US769398A - Operating mechanism for car-registers. - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES] Patented September 6, 1904. l

PATENT OFFICE.

WILFRED I. OHMER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, v

AND' COMPUTING MACHINES COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

AssieNon v'ro THE RECORDING OPERATINGMECHANISM FOR CAR-REGISTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,398, dated September 6, 1904.

Application iiled January 23, 1903. Serial No. 140,211. (No model.)

ToaZZ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that- I, WTLFRED I. OHMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the countyk of Montgomery and State of Ohio, 'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Operating Mechanism for Car-Registers, -of which the following is a specification, reference Vbeing had therein to the accompanying drawings. This'invention relates to operating mechanism for car-registers or, in other words, to

mechanism mounted on or in a street-car body by means of which the conductor may operate at one or more points distant yfrom the register a register mounted onthe wallof the ear.

More specifically, my invention relates to operating mechanism for use in connection with registers of that class which require two operating movements to complete their cycle of operation, one movement being for the purpose of setting the register so as to indicate and register different kinds of fare or different numbers of fare units and the other movement being the actual actuating movement whereby the registration is accomplished.

It is the object of my present invention to provide a simple and eiiicient mechanisma perspective view showing my inventionap-l plied to av street-car. Fig. 2 is a detail View ot' a portion of the operating mechanism. Fig. 3 isa vertical sectional View taken on the line mof Fig.2 and looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional View Itaken on the line y y' of Fig. 3 and looky'ing in 'the ydirection of the arrows. Fig. 5 is .a detail sectional view taken on the line e le of Figa/3' and looking 'in' the'direction of the arrows, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of the housing and its inclosed mechanism'remov'ed from the supporting-bracket. y

Referring first to the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, l indicates a fare-register, which is mounted, as usual, on one of thef end wallsof the car, so as to lne-maintained in fixed position thereon when infuse. This register isprovided with a setting-arm 2;,by

means of which the mechanism of the register `l may be set to register and indicate either different numbers of fare units kinds of fares.v The register is further proor different, I

vided with an' actuating-lever 3, by means of" which the register is operated after being set to register the fare or fare units to which it -hasloeen set. Registers of this class are well known, and any approved form thereof may be employed.

4: indicates an operating-shaft, constituting in the present instance both a setting and an actuating shaft and mounted in suitable bearings supported from the car-body, along which it extendsadjacent to the roof in the position usual for such devices. In the present` instance I have shown a support for thev shaft consisting of a bracket 5, depending from the roof, and a housing 6 in the form of a hollow box, open at the top and secured to the under side of the bracket 5 by l .the bottom plate 8 of the bracket forming a cover or top for the housing 6. It will be understood, of course, that any desired number of these supports may be employed, and

means of screws 7,

an operating-handle and connecting mechanism may be employed vin connection with. each support, sothat the shaft 4 may be operated freely longitudinally of the shaft, while the' 'shaft is compelled to turn when the handle isfl f to" slide vertically upon a shaft l0, which' tom of the housing 6. The movement of the IOt-ted- The shaft 1Q is provided at its 4 4UQPG" end with a bevelfgea/r 12, which meshes Hwith a similar.- bevel-gear 13, carried by a sleeve 14, mounted in a suitable bearing in the sidewall of thev housing and having a -spline-and-groove connection 15 -with the shaft L1sothat said shaft may slide .freely with respect to the .bevel-gear .13, but will rotate along with vsaid gear. Thus a rotary fmo'vement of the operating-handle 9 willvrotate thel shaft afand'said shaft is provided at a point adjacent to the register l wlth an operating-arm 16,1,in the path of which the setting-arm 2 ofl the arm lies', so that by rotating the handle 9 the setting-register 2 .may

lbe moved to set the register to the desired position. 4 y Y l I prefer to employ 1n connection with the operating-handle and shaft one or more indicaters, preferably one (for each operating-L handle, and to this 'end provideanindicating-wheel `17., carrying on its face numbers indicating the fare units orother suitable designating charactersi-f'lhis indicating.

wheel is mounted oir ashaft .18, vwhich is mounted in a suitable bearing` in 'the front wall of the housing 6 and* which is provided at its rear end with a bevel-gearv1'9, vehfinh meshes with the 'bevel-gear 12. Thus as the conductor turns the handle 9v the indicatorl wheel will be revolved into indicating position for the proper ligure or character to designate the farewhich the register has been set to register by the corresponding movement of the handle, and the conductor can thus readilyA see that the-.register is properly set. 1'

After the register has beenset by a .movement of the handle 9 in one direction-t0 .v wit, a movement of rotation-the register is then actuated by a movement of the handle in another directions-to wit, a longitudinal downward movement. To this end, the handle is provided with a cord, wire, or other suitable connection 20, which extends up from the handle through a longitudinal opening 21 in the shaft 10 and bevel-gear 12 and is conneclted` at is upper end'to n one end of .a bell- 'cranlrlever 22, pivoted at 22u-cna supporting stud or projection 'Within'. the. V.housing 6."

V longitudinal motion to the shaft 4, and said shaft isprovided with 'a collar 27, in the path of which lies the actuating-arm 3 of the register, so that this longitudinal movement of the shaft willactuate `the register and cause it to register andindicate the number of fare units to which it .has been set.

The parts may be returned to their normal position Vby springs or the likesuitably arf ranged, and in the present'instance this -is ef- Y fected by means of the springs which return the register-arms 2 and 3 to their normal -positions. y

It will be seen that both the setting and actuating movements of the register are accom'- .plished by the use of one and the same handle," so that the conductor does not need' to ments'. 'It willfurtherbe seen that an indicating device is provided adjacent to theoperating-point, so that the conductor can redily and distinctly'see that' the register isproperly set, which would not bev the' case if he were operating the register from a considerable'distance and had to rely upon the indieating-figures shown by the register itself, these figures beingi'requently small and diiicult to make out at a distance or in a crowded car. I y

While I have shown and described one e1n" bodiment of myv invention, I do not Wish two. be understood as limiting myself" to the precise embodiment set forth, since various modif cations will readily suggest themselves. The,

-indicatingwheel or wheelsmay be located at4 anysuitable point and, operated by any suitable connecting mechanism. I also prefer to employ a register provided with anudicator B2, which will indicate von the register itself,4 vas well as on the auxiliaryindicating wheel or wheels, the particular fare for which the register is set and which will serve as a check IGC to insure the correspondence between 'the indicating-.wheels of the operating mechanism and the proper setting of the register. The details of the mechanism may also be varied without departing from the principle ofY my IS invention. I therefore do not wish `to 'be understood as limiting myself to the precise details hereinbefore set forth, and shown in the accompanying drawings.

, Having thus f u'llydescribed my invention, 11

what I claim as new, and desire to sec'ure by Letters Patent, is'-- 1. An operating mechanism for car-registers, comprising a shaft ,capable of both ro- 'tary'and longitudinal motion, a housing. inl II5 whichsaid'shaft is mounted, a verticalshaft mounted in said housingand' having a geared connection with said shaft-within said housing, whereby both Aof said shafts rtate in unison, an operating-handle mounted on said ver- I 20 tical 'shaft so as to rotate therewith, and mov;l able longitudinally thereof, a bell-crank lever mounted in the housing and engaging the'sliaftv to move the same longitudnallssnand a connectionbetween the operating-handleand the I 25 v hell-crank/lever to actuate said lever/ when the handle is moved longitudinally, substantially as described.

' 2. The combination, with a register and provided with setting mechanism andan ac- 130 7 S change or shift. his, grasp to eect both move- ,Y

. 'theh tuating mechanism, of a rock-shaft capable of longitudinal and rotary'motion hand provided with means to aetuate the setting mechanism during its, rotary motion, andwith means to actuate the actuating mechanism during its longitudinal motion, afhousing supporting `the shaft, a beve'fgear mounted in the housing and splined on-the shaft, a vertical shaft mounted in thehousing and provided with a bevel-gear to mesh withl the 'first-mentioned gear, an operating-handle splinedon said vertical shaft and longitudinally movable rela-' tivelthereto, a bell-crank lever'rnountedin ousingand-engaging the sha .to move the same longitudinallyfand a connee ion be-1` tween 4Jthe operating-handle and bell-crank le-- ver to 'aetuate said lever A'when the handle is moved" longitudinally, lsubstantially ,as d?- seribed. .v `3.Tphe. combination, with na register provided Awithl ajsetting-.arml and an actuating.

arm, of 'a rock-shaft eawpableyof longitudinal and rotary motion and provided' with a projection to engage the. settingrotarymotion, .and with a pr y lon the shaft, avertical shaft-`mounted ,in Ithe housing and providedwith a' bevel -gear 'to mesh withth'e first-mentioned gear, anoperatinghandle splined on saidvertca'l shaft and arm duringitsfl ejection zto` e n'l gage the actuating-arm duringits longitudinal motion, a housing supporting the shaft, a bevel-gear mounted in the housing and splined engaging theshaft to move the same longitudinally, and a connection between thejoperating-handle andv bell-crank lever to actuate said leve;` when the handle is moved longitudinally, substantially as described. y

' 4'. The combination, with a register .provided With a setting-arm and an actuatingarm, of a rock-shaft capable of longitudinal and rotary motion and provided lwith a projection to engage thel setting-armfduringits rotary motion, and with a projection to engage the actuating-arm during its longitudinal motion, a housing supporting'the shaft, a Ebevel-gear mountedin' the housing and s plined on the shaftaavertical shaft 'mounted in the "housing and Y.provided with a bevelgear to mesh with 'the first-mentioned gear,v an operating-handlesplinedon said vertical shaft and longitudinally movablefelatively thereto, a i

.bell-crank lever mounted -thehousing and engaging'the'shaft to move thesaine longitudinally., aeonnection between the operating- 'handleandz bell-crank .lever tl actuate said .lever fwhen the l handle 'is moved'v longitudi- .nally', and an indicator having a shaft mountedinthe housing and provided with a bevel'- gearimeshing with the bevel-gear ofthe verl' tical shaft, substantially as desc ibedl l In'testimony whereof 1 a'ix' my signature in .presence of twowitnesses. l f p WILFRED,I.OHMER. f Witnesses: Y

nu. Flam, 1 w- KATHARINE P. EVANS;

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