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No. 6|6,934. Patented Jan. 3, 1899. J. J. KENNELLY.

FARE REGISTER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. KENNELLY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FARE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,934, dated January 3, 1899.

Application filed November 12, 1897. Serial No. 658,542. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN J. KENNELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Registers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

This invention relates to that style or variety of registers which are fixed conspicuously in street-cars or other passenger-vehicles and operated bya conductor or other attendant to register severally the number of passengers or the number of fares received.

More specifically it relates to that variety of registers having two registering mechanisms geared together and operating synchronously, one, which is resettable, serving to register the passengers or fares of a trip or between stated or predetermined points on the line, and the other, which is not resetable, to register the aggregate number of passengers or fares of successive trips.- The first of these mechanisms is commonly denominated the trip register and thesecond the permanent or total register or the totalizer.

Ordinarily in rcgistersof this character the trip-register comprehends either a stationary graduated dial and a movable hand or one or more rotary numbered dials arranged behind a faceplate which has an aperture or sightopening through which the numerals on the dials are displayed in succession, the dials rotating in planes parallel to the plane of the face-plate.

In my machine the trip-register comprehends two or more numbered wheels or drums (two being shown in the drawings) rotatably mounted 011 a transverse axis behind an apertured face-plate, so that the peripherical surfaces on which the numerals are arranged show through the sight-opening.

As above indicated, the wheels or drums of the trip-register are resettable and, as in other cases, are intended to be set to zero after each trip or at given points on the line or at stated times, as may be found desirable or convenient. Manifestly the resetting of the tripregister destroys or obliterates the trip registrations so that after resetting only the aggregate number of fares registered is shown by the total register or totalizer. It has been found desirable for purposes of comparison, as well as for other reasons, to make and preserve a permanent record of each individual trip, and for this purpose printing attachments have been devised to operate in connection with the trip-register to print on cards or strips of paper the number of fares registered during each trip. An attachment of this character forms one of the essential features of this invention.

My improvements comprehend, in addition to the printing attachment, the general construction of the registering mechanism with the features hereinafter described, and specified in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of my register; Fig. 2, a broken back view; Fig. 3, an elevation showing the back of the register-case in front view, with the registering and indicating mechanisms thereon; Fig. 3, a rear elevation of a detail hereinafter described; Fig. 4, a vertical transverse section through the case in front of the registering and indicating mechanisms; Fig. 5, a side View from the righthand side, showing the side and top of the case removed; Fig. 6, a similar view from the left-hand side; Fig. '7, a horizontal section on the line y 'y in Figs. 5 and 6; Fig. 8, a section on the line 0000 in Fig. 3 and i looking toward the left; Fig. 9, a section on the same line looking towards the right; Figs. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,15,16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, detail views which will be fully understood from the following description.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the base-plate, which forms also the back of the case of the machine. This base-plate is provided near its side edges with forwardly-extending bracket-arms a a, which, together with the plate, form the frame in which the trip-register mechanism is mounted. On a transverse shaft 1, extending through the bracket-arms, are mounted two registerwheels or drums 3 4 to turn freely thereon,

each of said wheels having on its peripherical surface the nine digits and a cipher arranged in numerical order and evenly spaced, as usual. The wheel 3, which is the tenswheel or wheel of second order, has c011- nected with it by a sleeve 5 extending toward the right a ten-toothed wheel 6, somewhat smaller than the wheel 3, and the wheel a has connected with it at the right-hand side a wheel 7, similar to the wheel 6. The wheels e and 7 are loosely mounted on-the sleeve 5, between the connected wheels 3 and (3, so that the two register-wheels and the two toothed wheels are respectively adjacent to each other. Aswinging yoke S, carrying a pawl 9, adapted to engage the teeth of the wheels 6 and 7, is also mounted on the shaft 1 to swing back and forth thereon. One of the arms of this yoke extends backward into engagement with a vertically-movable plate 10, lying against the back plate A, and held in place .and guided in its movements by screws 10,

extending through slots 1O into the baseplate. Said plate 10 is connected with and operated by an elbow-lever 11, pivoted on the rear face of the base plate A, to which lever is to be attached the strap or bar whereby the register is operated, as usual. When thelever 11 is moved in opposition to a spring 12, applied thereto, as shown, it draws down the plate 10 and swings the yoke 8 forward far enough to carry the pawl the distance of one tooth of the wheels 6 7, whereupon when the lever 11 is released its spring returns it, the plate 10, and the yoke 8 to normal position and advances one or both of the wheels 6 7, one step, carrying forward also the connected register wheel or wheels to register one fare.

The pawl 0 has an uneven point, one side being higher than the other, the high portion cooperating with the wheel 7 and the low portion with the wheel 6, and the arrangement is such that the high portion, (marked 9 resting on the perimeter of the wheel 7, holds the low portion (marked 0 out beyond the teeth of the wheel 6, so that when the pawl moves back only the wheel 7 is rotated.

At a point in the wheel 7 corresponding to the highest position of the connected registerwheel 4cthat is, at the point where the pawl comes into action to move the register vheel from the 9 position to the zero or O position-isa notch 7, into which the pawl 9 drops when it is retracted preparatory to every tenth operation of the register. lVhen this occurs, the low portion 9 falls into the range of the teeth of wheel 6, the result of which is that when the yoke and pawl move back to normal position both of the wheels 6 and 7, as also the two register-wheels connected therewith, are moved forward one step. At the next operation the pawl 9 leaves the notch 7 and passes to the full perimeter of the wheel 7, the low portion 9 being thereby again thrown out of action andheld out until the wheel 7 completes anotherrotati0n,when the operationdescribed is repeated and the wheels 6 and 3 advanced another step. In this way the tens are transferred or carried from the units-wheel 4 to the tens-wheel 3.

At the left of the wheel 3 (see Figs. at and 5) is a wheel 13, of the same diameter as the wheels 3 and 1. This is also loosely mounted on the shaft 1 to turn freely thereon. Under my present construction and arrangement this wheel belongs to the printing attachment, above referred to but it may, if found desirable or expedient, be numbered the same as the wheels 3 and 4 and serve as a hundreds register-wheel or wheel of the third order. The means for operating it being the same in either case, I will first describe it in connection with the registering mechanism and hereinafter define its purpose and function in connection with the printing apparatus.

The wheel 13 has rigidly connected with it, at theleft-hand side, a wheel 14, similar to the wheels 6 and 7, except that it has not the notch of the latter, the same being here unnecessary. Apawl15, rigidly connected with the pawl 9 by a bar 16, cooperates with the wheel 11 to rotate the latter and the connected wheel 13 one step at the completion of each full rotation of the tens register-wheel 3. The means for effecting this operation are as follows: The wheel 6 is formed with a notch 6, similar to and corresponding in position with the notch 7 in the wheel 7, and on the completion of a full rotation of the wheel 7 (which occurs simultaneously with the completion of the tenth rotation of wheel 6) the two notches 6 and 7 will be in coincidence and the pawl 9 will then fall into both. The angular arrangement of the two pawls 9 and 15 is such that so long as the pawl 9 rests on the full perimeter of either of the wheels (3 or7 it holds the pawl 15 back out of the range of the teeth of wheel 14, so that in the swinging movements of the yoke S the said pawl passes over said teeth without engaging them, and consequently imparts no movement to the wheels 13 14. lVhen, however, the two notches 6 7 come into coincidence and the pawl 9 falls thereinto, the additional movement on its pivot which the notch 6 permits it to make carries the pawl 15 into position to engage the teeth of wheel 11, so that 011 the return movement of the yoke and pawls the three wheels (5, 7, and 11 and the wheels 3, 1, and 13, connected therewith, respectively, will be advanced together one step. The next operation, where by the wheel 7 throws the pawl 9 out of action with respect to wheel 6, also throws the pawl 15 out of action with respect to the wheel 11, each higher wheel thus remaining stationary until the completion of a full rotation of the next lower wheel. At the left of the wheel 11 are two ten-toothed ratchetwheels 16 17, loosely mounted on the shaft 1. These are driven step by step by a pawl 18, mounted in the yoke 8 on the pivot-pin 8, which carries also the connected pawls 9 and 15, the purpose of these ratchet-wheels being to operate the bell-hammer 18", which is pivotally mounted on a rod 19, sustained to the full limit to bring the long side of the in the bracket-arms act in rear of and above the shaft 1.

It is difiicult if not impossible to adjust a series of driving-pawls working at the same time with such accuracy as to secure perfect synchronism in operation. If they be of unequal length,-so that when they are retracted they fall into engagement with their ratchets successively or at difierenttimes, the longer ones, if they move far enough to fall into a new engagement, will 011 the active stroke come into active play before the shorter ones, giving an uneven operation, while, on the other hand, if the back stroke be too short to bring the longer ones into a new engagement with their ratchets the latter will not be operated, the result being a defective operation of the machine.

In the operation of registers having a bell to indicate proper manipulation and operation it is essential that the bell be sounded simultaneously with the setting up of each new registration and that the machine shall be incapable of being operated to make a registration without sounding the bell or the bell be sounded without setting up a new registration. If the pawl or pawls for operating the registering mechanism be either too long or too short relatively to that for sounding the bell to effect the two operations simultaneously or in unison, the result will be that the bell will be liable to be sounded before registration is effected, giving a dishonest employee an opportunity to deceive and defraud his employer, or registration will be eifected without sounding the bell, givingthe employer unjust grounds for suspecting an honest employee. With the view of overcoming these difficulties I provide the two ratchet-wheels 16 17, which are capable of rotating together or independently of each other, and each of which is capable, without the other, of operating the bell-hammer in the usual manner. These ratchet-wheels are rotated step by step by a pawl 18, mounted in the yoke 8 on the pivot-pin 8, which carries also the two connected pawls 9 and 15, whereby the register-wheels are operated, as explained, so that the same movement of yoke 8 which operates the register-wheels operates also the ratchetwheels to sound the bell. The pawl 18 has an uneven point, one side being longer than the other, the results of which are that when it is retracted in the operation of making a registration it falls into engagement with the two ratchet-wheels successively, and when making its active stroke one wheel moves slightly in advance of the other. Now should the pawls 9 or 15, one or both, fall into active engagement with the wheels 6, 7, and 14:,which they operate, as already explained, before the yoke 8 reaches the limit of its movement and before the long side of the pawl 18 engages the ratchet-wheel operated thereby and should the movement of the yoke not be continued pawl into active engagement in the new position it will simply ride back to its former position without effecting any movement of the ratchet-wheel which it is designed to operate, while the other wheel, which is engaged by the short side of the pawl, will be moved forward and the bell sounded thereby. It will be understood that when the yoke swings far enough to carry the pawl 18 into a new engagement with both of its wheels 16 17 there will be a limited amount of lost motion on the active stroke before the short side comes into action, the wheel actuated by the long side meanwhile moving forward independently of its companion wheel.

While I show and have thus far described a single pawl 18 for operating the two ratchetwheels 16 17, it is evident that separate pawls of unequal length may be applied to the two wheels, and possibly this may be found preferable for the reason that in the event the yoke is not moved far enough to bring both pawls into a new engagement the independent movement of the engaging pawl will enable it to take a more secure and reliable hold.

Pawls 48, 49, 50, and 51, mounted on a rod 37, are adapted to engage the wheels 6, 7, 14, 16, and 17 and hold them against backward rotation under the. dragging action of the pawls 9, 15, and 18 when these are moving back for a new engagement.

To permit the bell to give a clear and full sound, it is necessary that the hammer after delivering its stroke be immediately withdrawn from contact to permit free vibration. This has usually been accomplished by making the hammer rod or shank of resilient ma terial and providing a stop for arresting pivotal movement just before the hammer struck the bell, the resiliency of the shank permit ting the head under the force of its momentum to strike the bell and then instantly retracting it. I accomplish the same result by making the shank rigid and mounting in the free end thereof a movable head in the shape of a short bolt 21, movable toward and from the bell and held back by a spring 22, which permits the stroke to be delivered after the shank has been arrested and then withdraws the head from contact with the bell. This construction has the advantage over that above referred to in that if the spring 22 breaks or becomes inoperative it can be removed and replaced conveniently and at trifling expense, while if the resilient shank breaks it necessitates the removal and replacement of the entire hammer.

The foregoing, itis thought,will give a clear understanding of the construction and operation of the mechanism by which registration is effected. I will next describe the means and the operation thereof for resetting the trip-register to zero preparatory to setting up a new registration.

On the left-hand end of the shaft 1, outside of the yoke S, is loosely mounted a disk or wheel 24, (shown in side View in Fig. 12,) which has rigidly connected with it, on its left-hand side, a gear 25. Outside of the gear 25, between the same and the bracket-arm a, is a gear 26, which is fast on the shaft 1. The gear 26 is somewhat smaller than the gear 25, and it meshes with a gear 27, loosely mounted on the bracket-arm a, and which has rigidly connected with it a gear 28, that meshes with the gear 25, fast on the disk 24. Thus when the shaft is rotated motion is communicated therefrom through the gear 26 to the connected gears 27 2S and from the latter back to the gear 25, which, as stated, is fast on the disk or wheel 24. The relative sizes of the gears of this train are such, preferably, that two rotations of the shaft are required to impart one rotation to the wheel or disk 24, the object of which will be explained presently.

At the right-hand side of the machine is a disk or wheel 29, formed with a hollow hub or sleeve 30, which extends out through and has abearingin the bracket-arm a and which in turn forms a bearing for this end of the shaft. The sleeve 30 has secured on its projecting enda hand-knob or handle 30, whereby it is adapted to be turned. Between the disk 29 and the bracket-arm a is a plate 31, (shown in detached side view in Fig. 23,) which is loosely mounted on the sleeve 30 and which carries a pawl 32, adapted to engage in a notch 29 (or with a spur-tooth) in the disk 29, the arrangement being such that when the disk is turned backward the pawl 2 will engage in the notch 29" and turn the plate 31 backward also and such that the disk may rotate in a forward direction independently of} the ,plate. The movements of the plate are limited bya stop-pin 33, which projects from the bracket-arm into a curved slot 31, formed in an arm 31.

011 the shaft 1 at the left of the disk 29 is a smaller disk 39, which is fast 011 the shaft 1, the same being shown in the drawings as having a hub or sleeve 39, extending toward the left, whereby it is connected with the shaft by a pin or screw 40. The disk 39 is formed with a notch (or a tooth) 39, adapted to'engage a pawl 41, carried by the disk 29, the arrangement being such that when the disk 29 is turned forward the pawl 41 engages the disk 39 and rotates it and the shaft on which it is fast, but when turned backward the disk 29 moves independently to a limited extent or till arrested by the stop-pin 33.

On the front ends of the bracket-arms aa is mounted a vertically -inovable plate 34, which has on its rear face a stud 35, that projects into the path of the plate 31, so that when the latter is turned back by turning the knob or handle 30, as explained, it will elevate the plate 34 to the position indicated by broken lines in Fig. 3, in which position it is engaged and held by a spring-pressed dog 36, mounted on the rod 37. The dog 36 has an arm 30, which in its normal position stands in the path of a lug or pin 24 thereon to prevent forward rotation. When the plate is raised, a shouldered lug 33 on the rear face thereof turns the dog 36 back and then engages the Same.- This movement of the dog throws its arm 36 out of the path of the lug 24 to permit the disk 24 to rotate. The knob or handle 30, having been turned backward to raise the plate 34 and release the disk 24 through the instrumentalities just described, is now turned forward to operate the resetting mechanism, which is constructed and operates as follows:

Pivoted on the side of the register-wheel 3 toward the wheel 4 is a pawl 40, which points in the direction of rotation, and on the wheel 4 is a laterallyprojecting pin 40, which stands in the path of the point of said pawl 40 to be engaged thereby when the wheel 3 rotates, the arrangement being such that the pin 40 is enabled to pass the pawl 40 to permit independent rotation of the wheel 4 in registering and such that when the wheel is rotated in the operation of resetting the pawl 40 engages the pin 40 and carries the wheel 4 along. The pawl 40 and pin 40 are arranged relatively to each other and to the numerals on their respective wheels so that when they are in active engagement with each other corresponding numerals on the two wheels will be opposite or in line with each other. At the left of the wheel 3, between the same and the wheel 13, is an arm 42, which is fast on the shaft 1 and which carries a pawl 43, also pointing in the direction of rotation, and on the wheels 3 and 13 are pins 46 47, projecting toward each otherand stand ing in the path of the pawl 43, the arrangement being such that in the registering operation the said pins pass the pawl 43 to permit rotation of the wheels 3 and 13 independently of the shaft 1 and suchthat where the shaft is rotated the pawl engages the pins and rotates the wheels. The arrangement of the pawl 43 and the pins 46 47 relatively to each other, to the numerals on the wheels 3 and 13, and to the pawl 40 and pin 41 is such that when the two pawls are in active engagement with the said pins the correspondingnumerals on all the wheels will be in line with each other.

The resetting operation may be summarized as follows: The plate 34 having been raised and the disk 24 released, as already fully explained, the knob or handle 30 is turned forward and the movement continued until all the register-wheels reach the zero position. The initial movement of the handle, which is fast on the sleeve 30, turns the disk 29 without affecting any of the other parts. As soon, however, as the pawl 41 reaches the notch 39 in the disk 39 it falls thereinto and engages the latter, and this being fast 011 the shaft 1 rotation is imparted thereto also. The rotation of the shaft carries the arm 42 and its pawl 43 around, and as the latter encounters the pins 46 47 it picks up and carries forward with it the two wheels 3 and 13. The rotation of the wheel 3 carries its pawl 40 forward, and this picks up and carries along the wheel 4, as already explained, and when this occurs the three wheels 3, 4, and 13 will move along together to the zero position.

In whatever position the three wheels 3, 4, and 13 may stand at the beginning of the resetting operation two rotations of the shaft 1 will'be sullicient to bring them all to the zero position, and when this point is reached the disk 24 will have completed one rotation through the operation of the gears 25 26 27 28, as before explained. Just before the completion of a full rotation of the disk 24 a stud 24, projecting from the side thereof, encounters an arm 36 of the dog 36 and trips the latter to release the plate 34, which thereupon drops to its normal position. As soon as the stud 24" passes the arm 36 the dog 36 returns to normal position with its arm 36 in the path of the pin 01' stud 24 to prevent overrotation of the register-wheels. The disk 24 has a segment cut therefrom, as shown at 24, Fig. 12, and when the register is in operative condition, as after being reset, the edge 24 is at the front, facing the plate 34, which has thereon a lug or projection 84, that stands in close proximity to the edge 24 to prevent rotation of the disk even should the arm 36 be tripped. lVhile the plate 34 stands in elevated position, the lug 84 is above or out of the range of the full perimeter of the disk 24; but when the plate drops (which occurs just before the disk 24 completes its rotation) the lug 24 passes to operative position to prevent overrotation even should the arm 36 fail to act.

Just above or beyond the stud 24 the disk 24 has an angular notch 24, in which in the normal position of the disk a pin 51, projecting laterally from the pawl 51, engages to assist in preventing backward rotation. \Vhile the register is being reset, the pin 51 rests on the perimeter of the wheel 24, and as soon as the latter reaches the normal position the pin drops automatically into the notch. It is to be observed that the teeth of the ratchet-wheels 16 17 are of suflicient height to prevent the pawl from being thrown out of engagement therewith by the disk 24.

Below and in rear of the shaft 1 and the wheels thereon is a transverserod 52, on which are mounted dogs 54, one for each of the toothed wheels 6, 7, and 14, and at the side of each dog is a swinging arm 55, said dogs and arms being coupled together by means of pins projecting laterally from the arms into notches formed in the ends of the dogs, the notches being wide enough topermit independent movement to a limited extent of the dogs. Springs 54, applied at the joints, hold the points of the dogs forward in the paths of the teeth of the wheels 6, 7, and 14 and also hold the arms up. The purpose of the dogs is to arrest and yieldingly hold the wheels at the end of each forward movement.

On the yoke 8, opposite each of the arms 55, is a bent lever 56, pivoted in lugs or ears 56 on the under side of the yoke and capable of swinging or vibrating to some extent on their pivots. The front ends of these levers underlie a laterally-movable plate 57, mounted on the yoke and formed with notches 58 in its lower edge, the arrangement being such that in one position of said plate it holds down the front ends of the levers 56, while in the other position the notches permit vibratory movements of the levers on their pivots. The rear ends of the levers 56, bent as shown, are of, such length as to contact with and hold down the arms 55 when the yoke stands in its normal position, the dogs 54 being then in operative position under the force of their springs 54.

At the right of the yoke 8 and in close proximity thereto stands a bent lever 59, (shown in separate view in Fig. 16,) which has on the side thereof toward the yoke a cam 60, which when the lever is moved upward encounters a pin 61, which projects into the path thereof from the plate 57, the result being that the latter is moved toward the left against the force of a spring 62, which holds it normally in the position shown in Fig. 10. Vhen the levers 56 are released from the plate 57 by moving the latter toward the left, as just explained, their rear ends drop away from the arms 55, leaving the latter free to swing upward and the dogs 54 to turn backward, so as to offer no resistance to the rotation of the wheels 6, 7, and 14 in the operation of resetting the register. 59 overlies a lug or projection 63 on the plate 34, so that when the latter is raised preparatory to resetting it raises the lever, which in addition to the functions described serves also to hold the yoke 8 against movement while the register is being reset. The yoke carries a laterally-projecting stud or pin 64, which in the normal position of the yoke stands above the bent portion of the lever, and when the latter is raised said bent portion embraces the stud 64 to prevent movement of the yoke until the resetting is completed and the plate 34 released, the register being thus rendered inoperative during the resetting operation. The lever 59 has a spring 59 applied thereto to press it down, and this serves also to draw the plate 34 down when the latter is released by tripping the dog 36.

The next feature of my invention to be described is the printing mechanism for producing a permanent record of the-several trip registrations. This is constructed and operates as follows:

The register-wheels 3 4 have on their perimeters raised types corresponding with and arranged in the same order as the registering-numerals, the types being, however, arranged so that when any numeral shows The free end of the lever IIO through the sight-opening s the corresponding type will be at the back of the wheel.

On a transverse rod 19 at the back of the machine is a swinging platen 66, provided with an arm 67, which extends forward and rests on the curved arm 31 of the plate 31, said arm being formed with a cam 67, which when the plate is turned back raises the arm 67 and swings the platen forward against the register-wheels or against the types thereon. Above the bracket-arms a a is a bracketframe 68, which extends forward from the base-plate and on which is mounted a spool or drum 69, carrying a roll of paper 70. The journals of the spool have movable bearings 71, which rest and slide on the side bars of the frame 68, and on said side bars are pivoted curved levers '72, one at each side, which work against said bearings 71 (or against the projecting ends of the journals) under the influence of springs 73 to press the roll of paper forward against a feed-roll 74, journaled in the front of the frame 08. One of the journals of the feed-roll has on it, outside of the frame, a ratchet-wheel 7 5, which is engaged and operated by apawl 77, carried by a vertically-movable plate 76, (see Fig. 3,) mounted at the side of the frame 68, which plate is raised by an arm 7 8, projecting thereunder from the plate 3% (see Fig. 4 and is depressed to bring its pawl into play by a spring 79. The web or strip of paper drawn from the roll '70 and fed forward by the feed-roll 7t passes around the back of the registerwheels 3 f and the wheel 13, between the same and the platen, and thence between two feed-rolls SO 81, mounted in a frame 82, projecting forward from the base-plate A below the register-wheels. The roll has fixed hearings in the frame, and one of its journals has thereon a ratchet-wheel 82, which is engaged and operated by a pawl 83, pivoted on a vertically-movable plate Sat, which is moun ted at the side of the frame 82. (See Fig. 10.) This plate 8% is held in elevated position by a spring 85 and is depressed by the bent lever 59 on the release of the plate 3%, the base of the cam 60 on said lever acting on an arm 81, which is bent around so as to stand in the path of said cam. The roll 81, which serves as a spool or drum to wind up the web of paper as fast as it is unwound from the spool or drum 69, is journaled in movable bearings 86, which are mounted in ways 87, formed in the arms of the frame 82, and are pressed forward to hold the roll or the strip of paper as it is wound thereon against the driven roll 80 bycurved levers 8S and springs 89. The two feed- rolls 71 and 80, operating in unison on the release of the plate 34:, wind the web of paper from one roll onto the other and hold it taut in its passage over the types.

I have before stated that the wheel 13 may be numbered the same as the two wheels 3 4: and serve as an ordinary register-wheel of the third order, and I have described its operation in connection with the registering and resetting mechanisms. Ipropose,however, to use it only as a type-wheel for printing the hundreds in the event the number of fares taken and registered exceeds the capacity of the two wheels 3 and l, which is ninety-nine.

Ordinarily two wheels will be suificient to register the fares of a trip; but on extraordinary occasions, when traffic is unusually heavy, greater capacity may be required, and it is for this purpose and to meet such emergencies that the wheel 13 is provided.

It will be understood that the trip-register constructed and operating as described is capable of continuous operation without resetting-that is to say, its capacity having been exhausted it may still be operated, such continued operation running it over into a new registration commencing again with unity, and so on indefinitely. Of course the visible registration will never exceed ninety-nine; but when this point is passed the wheel 13 will be brought into operation and the hundreds transferred thereto, so that when the printing mechanism is operated by resetting the trip-registerat the end of the trip a record of the whole number of fares taken during the trip will be made, the hundreds being printed from the wheel 13 and the units and tens from the wheels i and 3, respectively.

It will now be understood that the printing apparatus comprehends only the swinging platen 66, the wheels 3,4 and 13, (which in this connection may all be called type-wheels,) and the means for operating the platen, together with the supplemental mechanisms for feeding and for taking up the web or strip of paper, also that the printed record of each trip is formed or produced when the plate 3% is raised preparatory to resetting the register at the end of the trip and that the said record is therefore complete before the resetting operation begins and before the register-wheels can be moved to destroy or obliterate the visible registry, so that no opportunity is afforded a dishonest employee to make a false record. Usually in printing apparatus of this character an inked ribbon or inked paper is employed. lVith the View of simplifying the apparatus I dispense with this and employ a cushioned platen, which in operation forms a matrix, into which the paper is pressed by the type, or, rather, which presses the paper down over the type, to produce thereon raised or embossed characters instead of ordinary printing in color. By using paper of sufficient firmness and proper thicknessa record sufiieiently legible and durable to answer all purposes will be produced.

The cushion (marked applied to the face of the platen may be made of leather, rubber, or any soft elastic material adapted to the purpose.

91 designates the permanent or total register for registering the aggregate number of fares taken in successive trips. This register, located at the bottom of the machine,

maybe of any conventional or preferred style or construction, and since it involves no part of my invention beyond the means for connectin g itwith and operating it from the tripregister it requires no particular description here.

On the sleeve 39 of the disk 39 is loosely mounted a ten-toothed ratchet-wheel 91, which is engaged and rotated step by step by a pawl 92, mounted on the end of the yoke S, the movements of this wheel being thus synchronous with those of the wheels 6 '7 and the register- wheels 3 and 4, which are also actuated by pawls mounted in the yoke, as before explained. At the side of and fast on the ratchet-wheel 91 is a gear 93, which meshes with and drives a gear 94, mounted on an axis 95, projecting from the bracket-arm a. The gear 94 in turn meshes with and drives a gear 96, fast on the shaft 97, which carries the wheels of the permanent register. The motion thus transmitted to the gear 96 operates the permanent register in the usual manner.

It is to be noted that the pawl for operating the trip-register and that for operating the permanent register are both carried by the yoke 8, which belongs to the driving mechanism, and that there must therefore be the most perfect synchronism in the operations of the two registering mechanisms.

This register, like others of its kind, is provided with a direction-indicator to indicate to passengers the direction in which the vehicle is traveling. A block 98 in the form of a parallelepiped is rotatably mounted in standards 99, rising from the front of the frame 68, and it has on its sides appropriate legends, as Up, Down, North, South, &c., arranged in proper order to be displayed successively through a sight-opening d in the face-plate of the register. This indicator is changed or set at each resetting of the tripregister by the following instrumentalities: On one of the journals is fixed a four-toothed ratchet-wheel 100, which is engaged and operated by two pawls 101 and 102, carried by the vertically-movable plate 76. \Vhen said plate is raised by the arm 78, as .hereinbefore explained, the pawl 101 first moves into action and imparts an initial movement to the ratcl1etwheel-say an eighth of a rotation-suflicient to carry a new tooth into engagement with the pawl 102, which, as shown, is a hooked pawl. Then when the plate 76 falls on the release of the plate 34, as explained, the pawl 102 will impart anotherforward movement of the ratchet-wheel, the two movements together giving the block 98 a quarter-turn to bring the next face thereof into full view through the'sight-opening. At

its upper end the plate 76 has alaterally-projecting lug or tooth 103, which in the normal position of the plate bears upon and prevents forward movement of the ratchet-wheel 100. The pawl 102, having completed the resetting of the indicator, remains in engagement with the ratchet-wheel to prevent backward rotation thereof, the said pawl and the tooth 103 thus cooperating together to hold the indicator in proper position between the operations of resetting the trip-register.

The register constructed as shown and described is inclosed in a case consisting of the base-plate A, which forms the back, a faceplate ]3, connected with the base-plate by tie rods or bolts 104, and separate side, top, and bottom plates 0 D E, which are held in place by flanges around the edges of the back and face plates. The case, as seen from the front, forms a miniature representation of a streetcar as seen in end view, the faceplate being formed with raised ribs in representation of the framework of the car and with panels inclosed by said ribs in representation of the doors and windows in the end of the car.

Registers of the class to which this belongs are usually fixed at such a height in the car or other vehicle on which they are used as to make it difficult for a person of ordinary stature standing on the floor to read the permanent register, the numerals being usually small in comparison with those of the trip register and requiring a direct view to distinguish them with certainty. Vith the View of overcoming the difficulties in this respect I locate the permanent register in the lower part of the case and bevel or slope the latter backward at an angle of about forty-five degrees, as represented at Z). The sight-opening f, through which the register is observed,

is located in this beveled or sloping portion,

such construction and arrangement giving a direct view of. the permanent register from in front and below the same.

Having now described my invcn tion, I claim- 1. The combination of a series of rotatable wheels,each hayin g a ratchet connected therewith,.a swinging yoke, connected pawls at opposite sides of the yoke and rigidly held at different angles with relation to each other for actuating said ratchets, mechanism for operating said pawls, and means for holding the pawl of each higher wheel out of action, and for permitting the same to move into action at the completion of a full rotation of the next lower wheel.

2. The combination of a series of registerwheels each having a ratchet connected there with, a swinging yoke or pawl-carrier and means for operating the same, pawls carried by said yoke and rigidly held at diiferent angles with relation to each other for actuating the ratchets and register-wheels, means for holding the yoke against movement while the register is being reset and an alarm mechanism comprehending a bell, a bell-hammer, a ratchet-wheel for operating the bell-hammer, and a pawl also carried by said yoke for actuating said ratchet-wheel.

3. A belloperating mechanism comprehending a bell-hammer, a plurality of ratchetwheels for operating the same, a pawl-carrier, and a pawl mounted thereon to operate said ratchet-wheels, the pawl being constructed to rotate one wheel slightly in advance of the other.

4. A bell-hammer comprising an arm or shank adapted to be mounted on a stud or pivot and having at its swinging end a socket, a bolt in said socket having limited movement therein, and a spring applied to said bolt to hold the same in retracted position.

5. The combination of a trip-register, a swinging yoke or pawl-carrier and pawls mounted thereon for movement independent thereof for operating said register, said pawls being disposed at opposite sides of the yoke and rigidly held at diiferent angles with relation to each other, a permanent register or totalizer, a ratchet-wheel geared with the permanent register, and a pawl carried by said yoke or pawl-carrier independent of the firstmentioned pawl to actuate said ratchet-wheel.

(J. The combination of arotatable shaft provided with a handle having limited independent movement, a series of register-wheels loosely mounted on said shaft to rotate thereon, and means for operating said registerwheels, a releasing mechanism for the register-wheels embodying a vertically-movable plate operated by the turning of said handle connected with the handle and operated by turning the same in one direction, and a resetting mechanism operated by turning the handle in the opposite direction.

7. The combination of a rotatable shaft provided with a handle having limited independent movement, a series of register-wheels loosely mounted on said shaft to rotate thereon, mechanism for operating the registerwheels, means for preventing rotation of the shaft, a releasing mechanism for the registerwheels connected with the handle and operated by turning the same in one direction, and a resetting mechanism operated by turning in the opposite direction, and a verticallymovable plate operated by the turning of said handle and constructed and arranged to normally hold the releasing mechanism against action.

8. The combination of a system of registerwheels each having a ratchet-wheel connected therewith, a swinging pawl-carrier and pawls thereon for rotating said ratchet and register wheels, pivoted dogs adapted to move into and out of engagement with said ratchetwheels, and devices operated by the pawlcarrier at the end of its active movement to throw said dogs into action for preventing overrotation.

9. The combination of a system of register-wheels having ratchet-wheels connected therewith, a pawl-carrier and pawls for rotating said wheels, pivoted dogs adapted to turn into and out of the paths of the teeth of said ratchet-wheels, springs applied to said dogs to throw them intooperative position, and devices operated by the pawl-carrier during its active movement to put said springs under tension.

10. The combination with the ratchetwheels 6, '7, of the pivoted dogs 51, the swinging arms 55, the springs 51 between said dogs and swinging arms, and the swinging yoke or pawl-carrier arranged to move the arms 55 in opposition to the springs 51" to put the latter under tension, as and for the purpose described.

11. The combination with the ratchetwheels 6, 7, of the pivoted dogs 51, the swinging arms 55,'tl1e springs 54:" between said dogs and arms adapted to be put under tension by the movement of the latter, the swinging yoke or pawl-carrier provided with pivoted levers 56 adapted to contact with and move the arms 55 to put the springs under tension, and means for holding said levers in operative position and for releasing them to render them inoperative.

12. The combination with the ratchetwheels 6, 7, the pivoted dogs 51, the swinging arms 55, the springs 51 between said arms and dogs adapted to be put under tension by the latter, of the swinging yoke or pawl-earrier S, the pivoted levers 56 adapted to contact with, and operate the arms 55 to put the springs under tension, and the sliding plate 57 constructed and adapted to hold said levers in operative position and to release them to render them inoperative.

13. The combination with the registerwheels and their ratchet-wheels, and with the means for operating them and for preventing overrotation, as shown and described, of the movable plate 57, a cam for operating said plate, a rotatable handle, and intermediate devices for actuating said cam.

14. The combination of the register-wheels and their ratchets, the dogs 54, the swinging arms 55, the springs 54 between said dogs and arms, the swinging yoke or pawl-carrier, the levers 56 for operating the arms 55 to throw the dogs 51 into action, the movable plate 57 adapted to hold said levers in operative position and to release and render the same inoperative, the lever 59 provided with a cam for operating said plate, and mechanism for operating the lever 59.

15. The combination of a rotatable shaft, a system of register-wheels mounted thereon, and mechanism for operating said wheels, an arm on the shaft for rotating the register-- wheelsindependently of said operating mechanism, means for locking and unlocking said shaft, a handle, and mechanism operated thereby when turned in one direction for unlocking said shaft, and connections operating, when turned in the opposite direction, to rotate the shaft and set the register-wheels to zero.

16. The combination of a rotatable shaft, a system of register-wheels mounted to rotate thereon and mechanism for operating said register-wheels, the disk 24: mounted on the shaft and geared therewith as shown and described, a pivoted dog operating to prevent rotation of said disk, a handle, and devices IOR operated thereby for tripping said. dog, connections for rotating the shaft by a reverse movement of the handle, and an arm on the shaft for rotating the register-wheels to set the same to zero.

17. The combination of a rotatable shaft, a system of register-wheels mounted to rotate thereon, and an operating mechanism, a disk rotatively mounted on the shaft and geared therewith as shown and described, a pivoted dog having an arm which stands normally in the path of a projection on said disk, at movable plate adapted to trip, and to be engaged and held by said dog, a handle and devices operated thereby to move said plate, and an arm on said shaft adapted, when the latter is rotated, to rotate the register-wheels independently of the register-operating mechanism.

18. The combination of the rotatable shaft 1, the disk 24 mounted thereon and geared therewith as shown and described, and having a lateral stud or projection, a pivoted dog 36 having an arm which stands normally in the path of said stud or projection to prevent rotation of the disk and shaft, the movable plate 34 provided with the stud 38 arranged and adapted to trip and hold the dog 36, a handle for rotating said shaft, a system of register-wheels mounted on the shaft, an operating mechanism, and an arm on the shaft for advancing said wheels independently of the register-0perating mechanism.

20. The combination of a system of combined register and type wheels and an operating mechanism, a resetting mechanism comprehending a rotatable shaft with means thereon for rotating said wheels independently of the register-operating mechanism, a pivoted dog for locking and unlocking said shaft, a platen, and a handle, with intermediate devices and connections for operating the platen and tripping said dog by turning the handle in one direction, and for subsequently rotating the shaft to reset the register by turning the handle in the opposite direction.

21. The combination with the combined register and type Wheels, the rotatable shaft on which they are mounted, and the operating mechanism, of the pivoted dog 36 for locking and unlocking the shaft, the platen 66, the feed-roll 74 for feeding a strip of paper, the reciprocating plate 34, the handle 30, the cam for operating the platen, and connections for operating the cam, the plate 34 and the feed-roll, as shown and described.

22. The combination with the combined register and type wheels and with the mechanism for operating the same, of the shaft on which said wheels are rotatably mounted, an arm on the shaft for rotating and resetting said wheels, the dog 36, the plate 34, the platen 66, the cam for operating the platen, the feed-roll 74, the plate 76 and the pawl thereon operated by the plate 34, the disk 24 mounted on, and geared with the shaft, the

handle 30 and devices operated thereby for 7 raising the plate 34, and for operating the said cam, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN J. KENNELLY. lVitnesses:

JUsTIcE HonLn, J OHN J. Dnnnme.

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