US830791A

US830791A - Removable handle for fare-registers.

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Publication number: US830791A
Application number: US26549505A
Authority: US
Inventors: William G Kirchhoff
Original assignee: International Register Co
Current assignee: International Register Co
Priority date: 1905-06-16
Filing date: 1905-06-16
Publication date: 1906-09-11
Anticipated expiration: 1923-09-11

Description

PATENTED SEPT. 11,1906.

W. G. KIROHHOFF;

ISTERS.

REMOVABLE WILLIAM G. KIRCHHOFF, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTER CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS? COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A

REMOVABLE HANDLE FOR FARE-REGISTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1906.

Application filed June 16,1905. Serial No. 265,495.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM G. Kmorr norr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Removable Handles for Fare-Registers, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to removable handles for fare-registers, &c., and has for its object to provide a new and improved device of this description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the various parts separated. Fig. 4 shows a modified construction of the gripping device.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

In the drawings I have illustrated my device as applied to a rod or shaft adapted to be rocked or rotated to perform some suitable functionas, for example, the operation of a fare-register. I/Vhen the device is used to operate fare-registers, the rod extends along the length of the car and is provided with a series of handles, so'that the conductor may operate it from any part of the car. These handles are frequently broken, and one of the objects of my invention is to provide a handle which will be effective and which can be removed independent of the other handles and without removing any of such other handles.

As illustrated in the drawings, the rod or shaft A is the rod or shaft adapted to be rotated. The handle proper comprises two separable parts B and O. The part B is a bifurcated engaging part between the members of which the rod is received, while the part C is a handle part. The two parts are removably connected together, and associated with said parts is a gripping device for gripping the rod. The two parts are preferably held together by a pin or the like C, which passes through both parts. This pin is the strain-bearing part when the handle is operated. Abolt B passes through both the parts B and C and is preferably provided at its ends with the nuts B B As herein shown, the gripping device consists of the removable sleeves B B, which surround the bolt B and which are received in recesses in the enlarged end C of the handle part C. The edges of these gripping-sleeves project through openings B (see Fig. 3) in the end of the handle-piece C, so as to come into contact with the rod A. The bolt B is provided with a collar B which engages the sleeve B The sleeve B is engaged by the nut B When it is desired to fasten the handle in position, the part B is slipped over the rod and the enlarged end of the part C is then placed in position between the bifurcated ends of the part B and the pin C fitted in position. The gripping-sleeves B and B are then placed in position and the bolt inserted and the nut B tightened. This forces the grip ping-sleeves B and B inwardly, so that the sharp corners engage the rod A. These sleeves are preferably made of hardened steel and are therefore forced into the rod so as to tightly grip it, as shown in a more or less exaggerated form in Fig. 2. It will be seen that by moving the handle part C can be rocked or rotated. It will further be seen that the strain due to the forcing of the handle part C around is transmitted to the part B by the pin C and is not taken up by the bolt B. as to insure the strain being removed therefrom. This is desirable because of the fact that the material of the enlarged end C between the bolt and the rod is comparatively the rod A Said bolt may be made loose, so

thin and is weakened by the holes B, and

consequently if the strain came upon the bolt it would tend to rupture this material. By providing the collar B and leaving a space between said collar and the nut B the nut B can be tightened so as to force the members of the bifurcated part B tightly against the faces of the enlarged end C thus reducing the shearing strain upon the pin C to a minimum.

The fit of the pin C is such that it may be easily removed by ressing upon one end, and the nuts B and B are preferably of such size as to cover up the ends or at least partially cover them up, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to prevent the pin from falling out when the arts are in position. If the handle becomes Broken or for any other reason it is desirable to remove it, it is only necessary to remove the nut B and withdraw the bolt B and then handles between it remove the pin 0; The parts B and C may then be separated, so as to be removed from the rod. When the ordinary handles containing simply an opening for the rod and set-screws for binding them to the rod are used, it 'will be seen that if a handle is broken it becomes necessary to remove all the other and the end of the rod before the broken handle can be removed. It will further be seen that because of the fact that the set-screws mutilate the rod there will be difficulty in sliding the handle past each of thesemutilations. All such difficulties are obviated by this construction, as is also the difliculty due to the slipping of the set-screw when the handle is operated, and a handle is produced which is easily attached to and detached from the rod.

It will be seen that one of the sleeves B or B may be omitted, if desired, although the device is more symmetrical if both are used.

I have described in detail a particular construction embodying my invention, but it is of course evident that the parts may be varied in many particulars and some of the arts omitted and others used with parts not herein shown without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not Wish to be limited to the particular construction and arrangement illustrated.

In Fig. 4:, for example, I have shown the gripping part B as inte al with the bolt and the sleeve B as integra with the nut B I claim 1. A removable handle comprising two separable parts, one provided with members between which the device to which the handle is attached is received and projecting beyond said device, the space between said members being substantially equal to the thickness of the device to Which the handle is attached the end of the other part also received between said members, a removable gripping device associated with said parts and adapted to grip said device, and means for connecting the parts together.

A removable handle comprising two separable parts one provided with members between which the device to which the handle is attached is received and projecting beyond said device, the end of the other part also received between said members, a bolt passing through both parts, a sleeve on said bolt adapted to engage the device when the parts are in position so as to cause the device to move with the handle.

separable parts, one provided with members between which the device to which the handle is attached is received and projecting beyond said device, the end of the other art also received between said members, a olt assing through both parts, a sleeve on said olt adapted to engage the device when the parts are in position so as to cause the device to move with the handle, and a strain-bearing connection between the two parts of the handle.

4. The combination with a rod of a removable handle comprising two separable parts, one provided with members between which the rod is received and which project beyond the rod, the end of the other part being the handle part and having its end also received between said members, a bolt passing through both of said parts, a sleeve on said bolt projecting into a recess in the handle art, an opening in said handle part throug which the edge of the sleeve projects so as to' engage said rod, and a nut on said bolt for forcing the sleeve toward the rod.

5. The combination with a rod of a removable handle comprising two separable parts, one provided with members between which the rod is received and which project beyond the rod, the end of the other handle part and having its end also received between said members, a bolt passing through both of said parts, a sleeve on said bolt projecting into a recess in the handle art, an opening in said handle part throug which the edge of the sleeve projects so as to engage said rod, a nut on said bolt for forcing the sleeve toward the rod, and a connecting-piece passing through both of said parts to connect them together.

6. The combination with a rod of a removable handle comprising two separable parts, one provided with members between which the rod is received and which project beyond the rod, the end of the other part being the handle part and having its end also received between said members, a bolt passing through both of said parts, a sleeve on said bolt projecting into a recess in the handle art, an opening in said handle part throug which t e edge of the sleeve projects so as to engage said rod, a nut on said bolt for forcing the sleeve toward the rod, and a pin loosely passing through both of said parts and adapted trl) be held in position by the said bolt when in ace.

p 7. The combination with a rod of a removable handle provided with two separable parts, one having members btween which the rod is received and projecting beyond the rod, the other constituting the handle part and having its end also between the said members, a bolt provided with a collar and passing through both of said parts, two

sleeves on said bolt, two recesses in said han- 3. A removable handle comprising two l dle part into which said sleeves are received and provided with openings through which the edges of the sleeves project so as to engalge said rod, and a nut on each end of said 8. The combination with a rod of a removable handle provided with two separable parts, one havin members between which the rod is receivecI and projecting beyond the 5 part being the rod, the other constituting the handle part and having its end also between the said members, a bolt provided with a collar and passing through both of said parts, two sleeves on said bolt, two recesses in said handle part into which said sleeves are received and provided with openings through which the edges of the sleeves project so as to engage said rod, a nut on each end of said bolt, a connecting-piece loosely passing through both of said parts, the removal of which is ppevented by the nuts on said bolt when in p ace.

9. The combination with a rod of a removable handle comprising two separable parts, one provided with members between which the rod is received, and which project beyond the rod, the end of the other part also received between said members, said latter part being the handle part, a bolt passing through both of said parts, a portion of the material of the handle part interposed between the bolt and said rod, said material cut away at two points, two sleeves on said bolt of such length that the edges project through said cut-away portions so as to engage said rod, the sleeves eing separated by a portion of the material of the handle part surrounding said bolt.

WILLIAM G. KIROHHOFF. WVitnesses:

JOHN BENI-IAM,

J ENNIE Gow.