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No. 872,537. PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907. J. F. OHMBR & E. H. BRIDENBAUG'H. FARE REGISTER.

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JOHN F. OHHER AND ELMER H. BRIDENBAUGH, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

FARE-RE GISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed August 27. 1906 Serial No. 332.277

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN F. OHMER and ELMER I-I. BRIDENBAUGH, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Registers; and we 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.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fare registers of the type found in many of the prior patents granted to John F. Ohmer, one of the present applicants, and to John F. Ohmer jointly with others, and among which may be mentioned. Patents No. 715,129 of Dec. 2, 1902; No. 718,869 of Jan. 20, 1900; Reissue No. 11,867 of Oct. 30, 1900; and Reissue No. 11,911 of May 28, 1901. Owing to the great strain imposed upon machines of this character, which is due to the constant operations of the same in registering and indicating fare collections, it is important that the moving parts be not made to depend upon springs for their prompt and accurate return to their initial or normal positions after each operation. It is, therefore, the object of the present invention to accomplish this by the elimination of springs heretofore employed for returning to normal position the common mechanism which is actuated upon by each of the individual actuating devices, and to dispense with the use of springs for control ling the locking mechanism which prevents the counters from overthrowing and which permits them to operate at the proper time.

Preceding a more detailed description of the invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings of which,

Figure 1, is a front elevation of the machine in which is embodied our improvements. Fig. 2, a front elevation of the actuating mechanism. Fig. 3, a sectional view on the line w en of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, a sectional view on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 5, a detail view of the member for controlling the transverse oscillating bar. Fig. 6, a detail view of the passenger fare counter which counts and indicates the total fares or passen- 3 designates a series of independent actuating members through which the fare counting wheels 2 are actuated by means of intervening pawls 4, ratchet wheels 5 and pawl support-s 6. The pawl supports 6 are engaged by the lower ends of the actuating members 3 in a well known manner as shown in Fig. 3. On sheet 2 of the drawings is illustrated the operating mechanism through which any one of the independent actuating members 3 are selected and operated. Mounted on the frame-work 7 is a stationary plate 8 which carries a horizontally slidable carriage 9. This carriage 9 is given movement to select any one of the independent actuating members to operate a desired counter, through a chain 10 which passes over pulley 11 and extends within reach of the operator. The slidable carriage 9 supports a lifting member 12 which slides vertically therein. The said lifting member 12 has a portion 13 which projects therefrom at right angles through an opening 1 1 in the main operating member 15. This member 15 is guided on end tracks 16 made fast to the frame 7. The lifting member 12 is movable horizontally to positions below and in line with. the lugs 1.8 on the independent actuating members 3 and these parts are engaged in the operations of the members 3 in a well known manner. The main operating member 15 has a transverse web 19 extending therefrom which is adapted to engage the upper sides of the lugs 18 when said main operating member 15 is returned to its normal position by gravity, Which movement also returns the independent actuating members 3 to their normal positions. The member 12 when moved to a position to actuate a selected member 3, is elevated in the carriage 9 by the main operating member 15 which is given ascending movement from the bellcrank levers the lower arms of which engage projections 21 on said main operating member 15. These bell-crank levers are operated from suitable ropes or connections 22 which extend to any convenient parts of the car. 1

The passenger indicator or total counting wheels 23 are simultaneously operated with each operation of the detail counting wheels 2 to totalize the work of the latter wheels, and such total counters are mounted on a shaft 24 in brackets 25. Each of said counters'23 has a ratchet wheel-26 which is engaged by a pawl 27 carried on a frame-work 28 fulcrumed on the shaft 24 and actuated by the transverse oscillating bar 29 through a pitman 30. The pitman 30 is connected to the oscillating bar 29 and to the frame 28 so that when the bar 29 is actuated by any one of the independent actuating members 3, the frame 28 will be likewise moved and the pawls 27 will cause the total counters 23 to move in a well known manner. The oscillating bar 29 is fulcrumed in the main frame 1 at 31. The total counters 23 are prevented from over-throwing in the operations of the machine by means of the arms 32 engaging their respective ratchet wheels 33 on the counters 23. These arms 32 are mounted upon a shaft 34 in the frame-work 1 and are rocked by a slotted cam'35 on the shaft 34. Upon the frame 28 is a roller 36 which rides in the cam 35 and controls the positions of the arms 32. I Vhen the frame 28 is in its highest position the roller 36 will lie in the portion 37 of the cam and the arms 32 will be in their lowest positions and will engage the ratchet wheels 33, thereby preventing any over-throw of said counters 23.. The transverse oscillating bar 29 is positively lifted by any one of theindependent actuating members 3 in a well known manner, such members engaging the lower side of said bar. The said oscillating bar 29 is returned to its normal position by an individual slide or member 38 located at one side of the frame and moving in guides 39. The upper end of this slide 38 has a right angle extension 40 which extends over the upper side of said bar 29. The said slide 38 is carried up by the bar 29 but is instrumental in carrying said bar down to its normal position. On the rear side of said slide 38 is a projection 41 which lies in the path of the web 19 heretofore mentioned as extending from the main lifting bar 15. When the latter bar descends by gravity the web 19 engages this projection and'carries down the slide 38 and therewith the oscillating bar 29 positively.

We claim:

1. In a fare register, detail fare counters, a total fare counter, a main operating member, means actuated by the main operating member to operate the detail counters, means actuated by the actuating means ofthe detail counters for operating the total counter simultaneously with each actuation of a detail counter, and means controlled by the main operating member for returning to normal position the actuating mechanism of the total counter when said main operating member returns to normal.

2. In a fare register, detail fare counters, a slide for each of such counters, a main operating member adapted to engage any one of said slides to actuate any one of said counters, a total counter, means actuated by any one of said slides for imparting movement to the total counter simultaneously with the movement of a detail counter, and a connection between said main operating member and the means acted u on by said slides to impart movement to t e total counter and whereby said means for imparting movement to the total counter is returned to normal when the main operatingmember itself returns to normal.

3. In a fare register, detail counters, a total counter, a main operating member, independent actuating devices intermediate of sand detail counters and said main operating member, a common member actuated alike by any one of said independent actuating devices, connections between said common member and the total counter by which the total counter is actuated simultaneously with the operations of the detail counters, and a connection between said common member and the main operating member whereby the connections between the common member and the total counter are returned to normal position when the main operating member returns to normal position.

In testimony whereof we affix" our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. OI-IMER; ELMER H. BRIDENBAUGH.

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