US63804A - Improved fare-box - Google Patents

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and useful Improvementin HorseUar and Om- Figure 1 is a sectional view in perspective,

V itsfcompleted state, as when in actual use, as

-secn from the inside of a car.

l paratus, which enables passengers and driver and it may beof any convenient external coninvention, and which, by reference to the detail.

UNITED) Smm-fasi@ PATENT. C11-Fre t CHARIiES STREET RAILROADl l WILLIAM H. vMcLennan, or New oai-JEANS, LoUrsIANmAssIGNoR To sfr.y

COMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

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l'Specification-forming'partiof Letters Patent No. 63' S0.Ll.dad;ed A`nrilJ J6LI To all ywhom Muay concern:

Beitknowu that I, w. H. MCLELLAN, 0f-

the city of New Orleans, parish of Orleans and State ot' Louisiana, have invented a new ni-bus FarewBoxes; and I do hereby decla-re the following to be affull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, formingpart of this specification, in whichand Fig. 2 asimilar view of my invention in My invention supersedes the necessity of employing collectors on horse-oars and omnibuses; and it consists of acoinbination of a series ot`.`tilts, a sliding sheltl and springs, so arranged as to enable passengers -themselves to deposite the fare andfsecure its admission, into' a locked cash-box, with a lattice-screen of wire on the "front and rear sides ot' the apto see that the fare has been paid, and at the same time prevents the abstraction ot' the money, and a lever-check by which the driver is enabledlto` prevent `the payment offares while he is absent from his post.

In the construction of mv invention, wood, brass, iron, or any other suitable or two or more dierent materials may be employed, as the taste and fancy ot' the maker may dictate,

figuration or form. My usual 'plan is to construct the outside box of wood, and I prefer the form represented in the drawings as being at once symmetrical and convenient in its proportions. V'

Inside the outer box and in its front and rear sides are arranged the tilts, sliding shelf, springs, and other parts that constitute my drawings, I shall now proceed to describe in A isa bent lever or push-arm5 B, a vibrat.

ing or partially revolving door and shelf, or, as I technically call it, a tilt.77 C is also a tilt, and D a sliding shelf. These parts are all connected with each other by a system oflinks or connecting-rods, and their action is conjoint and simultaneous.

The operation otmy invention is as follows: The knob F being pushed inwardly, tlie'pusharm A acts, by means oftheconnecting-link a,

the box, while atthe same time the box is closed,

at a point a little below the opening, by the partial revolution in an upward direction, of

the other or lower end of B, and it remains closed until the knob is relieved fromfpressure. K, tilt B is instantly brought back to'its closed or normal position, and firmly held in such position until the knob K is again subjected to pressureby the superior gravity ot' the endsl o and s ofthe tilts C and B, which said ends are made very much heavier than the Vopposite endsV u and u of said tilts, in order to produce this result. The same result may be attained by the insertion of a helical or other suitable spring at b, so placed as to press constantly against the upper end ofthe bent lever A in such manner as to keep knob K in propel` position to be pushed in by the next passenger who wishesto deposit a'fare. No spring is shown upon the drawings, but thesame does not form an element ot' my claim, and any mechanic ot' ordinary skill `will readily perceive how itmay be introduced.

When tilt B assumes its normal position its lower end becomes an inclined plane,down

which the fare slides and falls upon tilt C,`

where it is exposed to the View of the passengers and driver throughV the metallic latticej that when the fare drops olf C, itv :falls upon D, where it remains until() is again closed. As C closes D opens, and the fare is precipitated into the locked receptacle or cash-box H, where it remains until withdrawn by the cashier or other person appointed for 'such purpose.

In order that the driver and the passengers may know that the fare has beendeposited, openings are made on the front and. rear sides of the box, between tilts B and C. These Pressure being removed from the knob openings are covered by a lattice-screen of s trong steel, iron, or brass Wire, As o constructed that the interstices are sufficiently large to allo\v the fare as it lies upon tilt C to be clearly discerned both from the front and rear. It will be observed that this lattice of Wire affords a far more secure bar against depredators than glass, While at the same time it is free from the obscuration to which glass is subjected from smoking lamps. It cannot,

in fact, be obscured by smoke, but presents at all tim es a reliable protective medium through which the fare can be distinctly seen. 1f occasion call the driver temporarily ofil the ear, a turn of the lever J fixes the knob F iminovably in position, thus efl'ectiially preventving the deposition of afare during his ab;

sence, and preventing the disputes that so frequently arise as to Whether the fare has been really paid'orput into the box. The locking of the knob K by aturn of the lever J is effected through the agency of the projecting pin q, which, when lever J is turned interposes behind the part t, which, it will be seeii, is connected by the bar or rod w to said knob K. Apartial revolution of the Lever J partially revolves projecting'pin @because they both project from the saine shaft and have a coiniiion center, and so the latter is brought intoposition behind part t, and thus holds knob K niinovably in place.

The advantages of my invention are manifold, and 4I proceed now briefly to point out some of thein. It enables the passengers to deposit the fare in the cash-box, and hence allows the driver to give a more constant al1- tention to his animal and the car, a mere glance back being all that is required, after each passen ger has entered the car, to tell hiin Whether the fare has been deposited or not. In all ear fare-boxes with which I am acl lquainted, but particularly in the case of J. B.

Slawsons patented box, the part corresponding with tilt C is the last obstruction or stopping-place of thefare before it enters the locked cash-box, and Efas each fare is put into the box the driveris required to pull a wire inv or-lder to get the fare into the money-box by a partial revolution of said parat. In doing this an opening is made through which a hand may be inserted into the cash-box and its conget at the single fare that might be lying on tilt (l. AAnother advantage o f my invention over Slawsons box results from the obvious superiority of my tilts over the fixed incline planes used in the latter, and in the non-use of the' knife employed in the same. Still aiiother advantage of my invention is foind in the substitution therein of the metallic screens in lieu of glass, and s ich other substances as are commonly used, by which I secure aview of each fare as itis putinto the box,

despite smoking lamps, and at the same time` provide a more durable and efficient barrier against depredators; and, finally, by the introduction of the lever J, I avoid all possible chance of contention as to the payment of fares between the driver and passengers.

Having thus described my invention,- what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patentis- The combination of the push-arm A tiltdoor and shelf B, tilt C and sliding shelf D, when these several parts are constructed and arranged for conjoint operation, as described, for the purpose set forth.

WM. H. MCLELLAN. Witnesses: v

LYMAN HARDING, S. L. JAMES.

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