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No. 894,780. PATBNTED JULY 28, 1908.

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WILFRED I. OHMER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASZSIGNOR TO THE RECORDING AND COMPUTING MACHINES COMPANY, OF DAYTON, 01110.

FARE-REGISTER.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

Application filed May 4, 1903. Serial No. 155,593.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILFRED I. OHMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented-certain new and useful Im rovements in Fare Registers, of which t e following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This lnvention relates to fare registers, and more particularly to that class constituting combined registers and recorders, which both register or indicate and also make a record of the data.

The present invention has for its object to provide an efficient and compact machine which, in its most highly developed and complete form, is adapted to indicate, first, either the direction of the trip or the name of the next station, second, the total number of passengers carried on the particular trip, and third, the character of each fare paid, as, for instance, five cent cash fare, three cent cash fare, full ticket fare, half ticket fare, pass fare, and transfer fare. In'addition to indicating these data, the machine is also ada ted to make at any time a record of the ollowing facts. First, the direction of the trip or the name of thestation towards or from Which it is. made, second, the number of the trip or of the record, third, the total amount of cash received by the conductor, fourth, separate totals for each of the different kinds of fare in connection with which the machine is adaptedto be used, as, for instance, the

totals of' each of the different kinds of fares now proceed to describe and will then particularly point out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a re ister embodying my invention in one form, t e front'of the casing being removed; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a detail view, in front elevation and on an'enlarged scale, with portions of the machine removed, illustrating the mechanism whereby the rintin counters are operated; Fig. 4 is a etail p an section, taken on the line as x of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrows; Fi 5 is a detail vertical section, takeno'n the ine 'y y of Fig. 4, and lookin in the direction of the arrows, illustrating ti? anism; Fig. 6 is a detail plan view of one air of fare indicators, the same being shown 1n one of their three positions; Fig. 7 is a similar view, showing a second position; Fig. 8 'is a sectional view of a part of Fig. 4; Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the trip total passenger indicating register; Fi 10 is a detail perspective view of the pawl s own in Fig. 9;

ig. 11 is a detail perspective view of one of the elements shown in Fig. 9, detached; Fig. 12 is a view of the working face of the tripping dog shown in Fig. 11; Fig. 13 is a face view of the cash printing counters and their operating mechanism; Fig. 14 is a side elevation of what is shown in Fig. 13; Fi 15 is a vertical sectional view, on an en arged scale, showing in detail portions of the resetting and overthrow preventing mechanism; Figs. 16 and 17 are detail sectional views of the overthrow preventing mechanism, viewed from the o posite direction from Fig. 15; Fig. 18 is a etail sectional view, illustrating the operating mechanism of the direction or station indicating wheel; Fi 19 is a view showin saidindicating whee from its opposite si e and illustratlng its operatin' mechanism and the o crating mechanism means of which t e corresplonding printing or recording wheel and t e trip number printing counter are actuated; Fig. 20 isa'detail inverted perspective view of one of the slide bars; Fig. 21 1s -a similar view of another one of the slide bars; Fig. 22 is a er- -s ective view of the rack by means of w ich t e total cash printing counter is operated;

Fig. 23 is a similar view of the uide or way in which the slide bar shown in ig. 20 travels; Fig. 24 is an elevation of one end of the frame supporting the printing mechanism; Fig. 25 'is a similar view of the opposite end thereof; Fig. 26 is a sectionalview of'the same; Fig. 27 is aviewof a portion of Fig.

26, showing a different'position of the parts Fig. 28 is a detail sectional view, illustrating another portion of the construction shownin Fig. 26; Fig. 29 is adetai'l sectional view, taken on the line z-z of Fig. 25, and looking e fare indicating meche in the direction of the arrows; Fig. is an enlarged detail sectional view, illustrating a part of the roll holder; Fig. 31 is a detail perspective view of a conductors key; Fig. 32 is an enlar ed detail sectional view, illustrating the ocking mechanism and the conductors key cooperating therewith; Fig. 33 is a transverse sectional view, taken on the line '11. a of Fig. 32; Fig. 34 is a detail view, detached, of the guide'or key way of the conductors key; Figs. 35 and 36 are views illustrating the relations between the printing counters and the inking pad, Fig. 36 showing also the supporting frame of the printing mechanism and the feed rollers; Fig. 37 is a view showing the printed report, which is a product of the machine; Fig. 38 is a detail sectional view illustrating the stop devices of the impression mechanism shaft; Fig. 39 is a detail sectional view of the dating mechanism; Fig. 40 is a detail view of the tri printing wheel and printing counter and t eir actuating pawls; and Fig. 41 is a detail sectional view of a portion of Fig. 13.

The machine as a whole is of the type intended to be removably mounted in a fixed position, as,'for instance, upon the wall of a car, and is to be 0 erated by any suitable o crating means wit in convenient reach of t e conductor. It is inclosed within a suitable casing, the body of which is indicated at- 1, the front beingremoved in the illustrations to show the internal construction. This front will have the usual sight apertures, by means of which the faces of the indicators are renderedvisible. The back of the case, indicated at 2, forms a base or-support, to which the various parts of the machine are attached or on which. they are mounted. In this base there are .mounted' to slide transversely thereof in. horizontal planes the 'actuatin slides,.the base being provided with groove ways 3- to receive said slides. In the present instance; I have shown six of these slides, although their number may be varied, as desired, and said slides are indicated by the res ective reference letters A, B, C, D, E, F. hese slides project beyond the side. of. the casing for -connection with the o erating devices wherebythey are respective y actuated, and'are normally drawn inward into the casing by -means of sprin s 4, one for' each slide, connected at one on to the slide, as indicated at 5, and at the other end to the base, as indicated at 6, these sprin s being shown more particularly in Fig. 2. 11 front of each slide the base 2- is provided with a slot 7, through which roject the parts carried by the sl1des,'whic parts serve to actuate the registermechanism. Each actuating slide is provided with two inclined or cam projections to slide bar hereinafter referred to, and the individual slide bar corresponding to that particular actuating slide, and transmitting plate.

Eperate respectively the commonits motion to the corresponding printing counter, said slide bars moving in directions at right angles to the actuating slides. Thus the slide bar A is provided with an inclined or cam piece a, secured to or connected with the slide bar by means of a shank or stem 8, extending through the slot 7, and with a sec-- ond similar inclined or cam piece a, also having a stem or shank 8, by means of which it isconnected with the slide A through the slot 7. The inclined cam pieces a, and (1 thus lie in front of the front face of the base 2.

Supported in a raised position in front ofcam pieces a, a to pass between it and the This guide way has a groove or slot 11 cut in it to receive the slide bar G, which fits and slides vertically therein longitudinally of the way, being held in position by retaining plates 12 at the front and by the bottom of the guide way at the rear, said bottom being slotted, however, except at its end, ortion, for the purpose hereinafter set forth. The slide bar G pro ects below the guide way 9, so as to be engaged by the cam piece a, and also by the corresponding cam pieces of the other actuating slides. This engagement may be effected in any suitable manner, and I have shown, in the resent instance, each cam piece as provide with a groove 13, extending longitudinally thereof, the slide bar G being rovided with corres onding projections ad apted to enter an traverse said grooves. Thus the guide bar G, shown in detail in Fig. 20, has a projection a. on its under side, which lies in the path of the front end -of the groove 13 of the cam projection a. The said cam projection lies normally to the left of the slide bar G in Fig. 3, but when moved to the right in said figure by pulling out the slide A, the groove 13 of said cam rojection a will engage the projection a o the slide bar G and will move said slide bar first upward and then downward as the slide A is moved first outward and then inward.

A indicates the second slide bar, actuated by the slide A throu h the medium of the cam projection 0.,- w 'ch has a groove 13, with which cooperates a projection a on the slide bar A, said projection being shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. This slide bar A moves parallel with the slide bar G and simultaneously therewith, and operates the printing counter A, to be hereinafter more rocking motion such as to add one to the number rinting wheels 17 of which the counter 2 is composed, in a manner well known in devices of this character. Similarly, the actuating slide B is provided with a cam piece I), which cooperates with a projection b on the slide bar G, and with a second cam projection b, which cooperates with a projection b on a slide bar B, which, through a pitman or link 14, operates a printing counter B, which prints the total number of transfer fares received. The inclined cam projections b and b are arranged in a plane above the cam projection a, so asto clear the same, and for this reason the guide way 9 of the slide bar G is cut awa as indicated at 18, and the lower edge of the slide bar G is cut away, as indicated at 19, to bring the projection b on a higher level than the projection 11, and permit the lateral movement of the cam pieces I) and b.

The actuating slide C has inclined cam pieces 0 and c, which cooperate respectively with a projection c on the slide. bar G, and.

a projection c on a slide bar C, sliding vertica ly in the guide way 9, and operating, through a link 14, the printing counter 0 which prints the total three cent. cash fares.

The three actuatingslides A, B and C just referred to are arranged in a group above the fare indicators hereinafter referred to. The three actuating slides D, E and F are arranged in a similar group below said fare indicators, and the actuating slide D has inclined cam projections d and d, cooperating respectively with a projection d on the slide bar G, anda pro'ection d on a slide bar D, which 0 erates, t rough a link 14, a counter D, whic prints the total full ticket fares received.

The actuating slide E has an inclined cam piece e cooperatin with a projection e on the sli e bar G, and an inclined cam projection e, 006 eratin with a projection e on a slide bar whic through a link 14, o

e'rates a printing counter E, which prints t etotal ha ticket fares.-

The actuating slide F has an inclined cam piece f, which cooperates with a projection f 2 on the slide bar G, and a cam projection f which cooperates with a projection on a slide bar F, which 0 erates a pnntin counter F which rints t e total number 0 pass fares receiv The cam rojections e and e are arranged in a higher p ane than the cam projections 11 and f, and the guide way 9 is correspondingly cut away, as indicated at 20, and the slide bar G similarly cut awayat 21, to accommodate this arrangement.

All of the slide bars move in guide ways 9 similar to the guide way of the slide bar G, and all have the links or connecting rods 14 and pins 15, while the ide ways 9 all have slots 16 to accommo ate said pins. The slide bar G also has a slot 16, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 23, to accommodate a pin 15, to which-is pivoted a yoke 14, which operates the awl yoke 17 of a printing counter G, whic prints the grand total number of passcn ers. On its 0 posite side the uide way 9 o the slide bar 51s 'provided wit a slot 22 to accommodate a pivot screw or pin 23, to which is pivoted one end of a link 24, which operates the pawl yoke 25, of a printing counter G which prints the trip total number of passengers, or, in other words, the total number of passengers carried during any one tri It will thus be seen that when any one of the actuating slides is actuated it will not only add one to its own individual printing counter, but will also add one to each of the printing counters by means of which the grand total of passen ers and the trip total of passengers is recorded.

In addition to the rinting counters previously enumerated, l also employ a printing counter H, which is a counter of the adding ty e, by means of whichthe total amount of cas received by the conductor may be made a matter of record. This counter is operated by each one of t e slide bars representing a cash fare, and, in the resent instance, there are two of these cash are slide bars, to-wit, the slide bar A and the slide bar 0. To effect this operation, I employ a slide bar H, which operates the counter H through the mechanism hereinafter described, and which has a differential movement, or moves a greater or less distance, accordin as it is actuated from the slide bar A or the slide bar C. To this end, the slide bar H slides in a guide Way 9 similar to that of the other slide bar, with which its movement is parallel, and is provided with two racks, h and h, located preferably in different lanes, although a continuous rack might e employed. The slide bar A is rovided with a rack 26, formed on one side tliereof, and its uide way 9 is provided, adjacent to said rack, with a slot 27, while the guide way of the slide bar H is provided, opposite the rack h, with a similar slot 28. A gear H is mounted on the base 2, between the slide bars A and H, so as to extend through the slot 27 and mesh with the rack 26 on the slide bar A. This gear H also extends through the slot 28 and is provided with a blank portion h which is normally presented to the rack it. When the slide ar A is moved its proper distance, the gear k meshes with the rack h and moves the slide bar H a fixed distance upward and backward, but normally the slide bar H is not in mesh with said gear. A bridge plate 29 extends across the front of the machine above the several slide bars, and on this bridge plate there is pivoted at 30 a lever 31, provided at one end with a gear segment 32, adapted to mesh with the rack 71/, but nor- &

mally out of enga ement therewith, as shown in Fig. 13. he other end' of this lever 31 is suitably connected with the slide bar C,.so as to be actuated thereby, as, for instance, by means of a pin 33 on the slide bar 0, which engages a slot 34 in the lever 31. The bridge plate 29 is'provided with a slot 35 for the assage of the pin 33. When the slide bar 8 is given a full movement, the gear segment 32 of the lever 31 is brought 1nto mesh with the rack h on the slide bar H" and moves the same vertically up and down a fixeddistance. In the resent instance, the distances which the slide bar H is moved by the respective slide bars A and C bear the relation of five to three. The slide bar H operates the rinting counter H through the medium of a ink 36 pivoted to the bar H at its upper end, as shown at 37, while its lower end is pivoted at 38 to an eccentric pin on a gear segment 39, mounted loosely on a stud shaft 40, su ported by a bracket 41, arising from the ase 2. This segment 39 meshes with a inion 42, carrying a clutch member 43 an mounted loosely on a shaft 44, supported in brackets 45 from the base 2. The shaft 44 has secured thereon a gear 46, which meshes with the driving Cpinion 47 of the printing counter H, and sai shaft 44 is further provided with a clutch member 48, free to slide thereon longitudinally, but caused to rotate there with by ins 49, which enter apertures in said clutc member. A plate 50, secured to the shaft 44, carries the pins 49, and there is interposed between said plate and the clutch mem er 48 a spring 51, which forces said clutch member into engagement with the clutch member 43. By reason of this con struction, the downward. movement of the slide bar H turns the printing counter H,

the amount added thereon being three or five, according as the slide bar H is actuated from the slide bar C or the slide bar A. The return of the slide bar H does not affect theprinting counter H, asthe ratchet clutch composed of. the members 43 and 48 permits the pinion 42 to turn on the shaft 44 during this movement Without affecting the said shaft. A spring pawl 52, loosely mounted on the shaft 44, serves as a detent to prevent return motion of the pinion 47, which is provided with a ratchet wheel 53' cooperating with said pawl.

In order to hold the rack bar H in ino erative position when 'not in use, I provi e a lockin mechanism, shown in detail in Figs.

13 an "41; In this construction I provide a housing or tubular bearin H in which is mounted to slide a bolt backed by a spring it and adapted to en a .e a locking notch h in the bar H. The 0 t H is provided with a transverse pin H, which extends through longitudinal slots Win the housing H and engages slots h in a lever H",

lyin between the bars A and H and pivoted on t e base 2. This lever has an opening provided with a cam surface H, which is enaged by a pin h on the gear H The fower end of said lever lies in the path of a pin it, carried by the lever 31 and extending down throu h a slot H in the bridge plate 29. Normally, t e bolt H locks the bar H, but when either the gear H or the lever 31 is operated, the lever H is so actuated as to withdraw the bolt and ermit the bar H to move. The spring it re ocks the parts when the bar H returns to its normal position.

The common slide bar G also actuates the passenger indicating register, by means of which the total number of passengers on any given trip is visibly indicated. '10 this end, said slide bar G is provided with a pivot pin or screw 54, passing through a slot 55, indicatd in dotted lines in Fig. 23, in the side of the guide way 9. To this pivot 54 is connected the lower end of a link 56, the upper end of which is pivotally connected to a pawl yoke 57,by means of which the trip passen or register I is operated. This register is o a well known type, being mounted on a shaft 58, and comprising ratchet wheels 59, of which three are shown in the present instance, each wheel having one notch deeper than the wheel next in order, and being operated by differential awls 60, pivoted on the yoke 57. Detent paw s are shown at 61 for preventing reverse motion of the ratchet wheels 59. The ratchet wheels are mounted on concentric sleeves, loose on the shaft 58, and connected respectively to the number exhibiting wheels 62 so that the number exhibited by said wheels through the opening in the casing provided for that purpose is increased by 105 one for'each com lete vertical movement of the commonsli e bar G. There is also loosely mounted on the shaft 58 a direction or station indicating wheel J, operated in the manner hereinafter set forth, and bearing onits periphery either words indicative of the direction of the trip, as, for instance, the words In and Out, as shown, or other similar words, or the names of the successive stations along the road, where itis desired to make a record at each station.

The shaft 58 is mounted in suitable bearingsin brackets 63, arising from the base 2,

and is rotatable in said bearin s by means of a milled head 64 on one end thereof projecting through the .casingl. This rotation of the shaft 58 resets the wheels of the register I to zero, through any of the known mechantotal cash counter may be set to zero.

eccentrically at 68 to a gear or gear segment 69, mounted on a stud shaft 70, carried by a fixed bar 71, which also carries the detent pawls 72 of the various printing counters,

extending in a row from A to G, across the machine. The gear 69 meshes with a pinion 73 on the shaft 74 of the rinting counter G and the arrangement of tfie parts is such that a single rotation of the shaft 58 will impart an oscillating motion to the gear 69, and will thus, through the inion 73, rotate the shaft 74 of the counter 2 first backward and then forward, thus returning the number printing wheels on said shaft to zero through any of the well known mechanisms for that purpose. This resetting movement of the shaft 58 also serves to actuate the direction indicating wheel J, and also a direction printing wheel 'J and printing counter J from which are obtained res ectively a record of the direction and of the number of the tri where the division of records is by trips. if the division is b stations, then the record would be that of t e name of the station at which the record is taken, and the number of the record. This is accomplished by the construction shown more particularly in Figs. 1, 18 and 19. There is secured on the end of the shaft 58 opposite to that bearing the head 64 a crank arm 75, to which is connected one end of a link 76, the other end of which is pivoted to a second crank arm 77, mounted on a stud shaft 78, supported on a bracket 79, arising from the base 2. The shaft 78 carries a gear segment 80, which meshes with a similar segment 81, mounted on the shaft 40. This segment carries a projection 82, which is connected by a link 83 with a pawl yoke 84, mounted loosely on a shaft 85, which is the shaft on which the number printing wheels and pinion 47 of the printing counter H are mounted. The pawl yoke 84 is thus given a rocking motion around the shaft 85 and is provided with a pawl 86, which engages a ratchet 87, formed on the printing wheel J, which is loosely mounted on the shaft 85, and prevented from turning backward by a detent pawl 88. The yoke 84 also carries a pawl 89, which operates the first of the number printing wheels of the printing counter J the second wheel being operated from the first in any well known manner. These number printing wheels also have detent pawls 90 to prevent their backward rotation, and are so mounted on the shaft 85 as to be set to zero by the rotation of said shaft in the proper direction. The number printing-wheels of the total cash adding counter H are also similarly mounted on said shaft 85, so that, when said shaft is properly turned, both the trip counter and is accomplished by means of a ear se ent 91, adapted to be rotated by a 153 92, vi rhich may be inserted through a suitalile opening This- 93 in the casing, said gear segment being provided with stop ins 94, which limit its movement in either direction by engagement with a fixed rojection 95, said gear segment meshing wit a pinion 96, secured on the shaft 85.

The direction or station indicating wheel J is, as heretofore stated, mounted loosely on the shaft 58 and is prevented from turnin in a reverse direction by means of a rate et wheel 97 secured to it and engaged by a spring pawl 98, mounted loosely on a shaft 99, which, in the present instance, is the main shaft of the overthrow preventing device, and which is mounted in suitable bearings in the brackets 63. The forward motion of the wheel J is imparted to it by means of a sprin pawl 100, carried by an arm 101,

which is pivoted the upper end of a link 107,

the lower end of which is slotted, as indicated at 108, to receive a pin 109 on the end of the vibrating crank arm 77. By reason of this construction the arm 101 is rocked back and forward at the proper time to advance the indicating wheel J one step at the end of each complete rotation of the settin shaft 58, so that said indicating wheel J an the printing wheel J are always in corresponding positions.

It will be observed that the printing wheel J and all of the number printing counters are arranged in axial alinement, with their printing faces in the same plane, and I also mount in axial alinement with said wheel and counters three date printing wheels, indicated, res ectively, by the reference letters K, K an K carrying, res ectively, abbreviations of the names of t e months, and numbers to indicate the days thereof. These wheels are each provided with a detent ratchet wheel 110 and a corresponding detent pawl 111, to pro erly position said wheels, and are mounte on a common shaft on concentric sleeves, extending through the casingand provided externally of said casing with o eratin and indicating wheels or knurle heads ,k, W, by means of which the wheels K, K, K may be readily set to print an desired date.

ach actuating slide has cooperating with it a corresponding fare indicator, which, when said actuating slide is operated, will be turned into such a position as to indicate, through asuitable opening in the casing l, the particular amount or character of the fare J Paid. The fare indicators are, for convemence and compactness, mounted concenwhich I will s ecifically describe will be the pair L, L at t e right of Fig. 4. A bracket 112 extends forward from the faceof the base 2 and supports a vertical bearing sleeve 113, in which is mounted a shaft 1 14, which has at its upper end the disk-like base 115 of the indicator L". This base is generally circular in form, but is cut away for a portion of its length, so as to be of smaller diameter, as indicated at 116, one end of this smaller diameter terminating in a stop shou'der 117, while the other end merges into a cam projection 118, beyond which lies a notch or recess 119.

From this base 115 rises the body portion 120 of the indicator L, which carriesupon'it a suitable legend; in the present instance, the word pass, since this particular indicator is used n connection with .the actuating slide which is employed when a pass is presented in .payment of fare.

The lower end of the shaft 114 is dprovided with a projecting arm 121, secure thereon, and the said arm and the body of the indicator are held normally in inoperative position by means of a spring 122, coiled around the bearing 113 and having one end connected to a fixed pin 123, depending from the bracket 112,while its other end is connected with a pin 124, rojecting downward from the under face of the base 115 The bracket 112 also has an upwardly projecting pin 125, which lies adjacent to the ortion 1 16 of the base 115 and is adapted, y its'contact with the sto shoulder 117, to limit the movement '0 the indicator under; the influence of the spring 122. The bracket 112 has an armor extension 126, which carries a bearing 127, in which is mounted a shaft 128, which also extends downward through the base 115 and shaft 114, which are apertured and hollow to per mit the passage of said shaft and-are freev the indicator L", is of a len th about twice as great, measured periphera ly, as that of the.

ody 120 and is divided into two parts, one of which, 134, bears upon it a legend indicating the character of the fare, in the present instance, the word transfer, since this indicator is operated by the actuating slide employed when a transfer is used in payment of fare. The other ortion or half'134 of the body 134 is blan or has no distinctive indicating character upon it, or a neutral character, so that, when it is so turned as to be presented at the sight openin it will have no fare indicating function. T e shaft 128 is provided at its u per end with a rojecting arm 135, while its ower end, which projects below the arm 121, has coiled around. it a spring 136, oneend of which is secured to the s aft, and the other end to the fixed pin 123. This spring serves to turn the indicator L norma ly to inoperative position, with its blank indicating surface opposite the sight opening.

Each of the pair of indicators is similarly constructed, and below them and extending under all three airs is a rock shaft 137,

mounted in bearings 138 and provided with three arms 139, one for each pair of indicators. These arms are normally forced forward or towards the bases of the indicators by means of a spring 140, coiled around the shaft 138.

The three upper arms 135, belonging, respectively, to the indicators L, L and L are arranged to be ing slides A, B and and to this end, the actuating slide A is provided wth a projecting arm 141, which is adapted to engage the arm 135 ofthe indicator L. Similarly, the slide B has a projecting arm 142, in the .path of which-lies the arm 135 of the indicator L The slide 0 has an arm 143, which engages and actuates the arm 135 of the indicator L The indicators L, L and L have their actuating arms 121 located below, so as to cooperate with the lower group of actuating slides D, E and F, and to effect this result, the slide D has secured to it a bar 144, which extends along the top of the brid e plate 29 and carries a projection 145-, whic is adapted to enga e the arm 121 of the indicator L. The slide 1% carries a similar bar 146, having a projection 147 to engage the arm 121 of the indicator L and the slide F has a bar 150, having a projection 151 to engage the arm -1 2-1 of the indicator L It will be seen that, when any actuating slide is moved out, one of the indicators will be partially rotated so as to turn its indicating face into indicating position. The normal osition. of all of the indicators is that shown in detail in Fig. 8, but one-of themis always in indicatin position, being held in such position by t e engagement of the cooperating arm 139 with its notch or recess 119. When any'actuating slide has been operated so as to rotate another indicator into indicating position, the cam ortion 118 of the indicator thus rotated will, y contact with the cot) erating arm 139, partiall rotate the rock sl iaft 137 and thus release t e indicator. already in operated by the actuat-f return it to non-indicating position. The indicator which is being moved to indicating position will continue to move toward that osition until the cooperating arm 139 dro s into its notch 119, whereupon it will be he d in such indicating position until some other actuating slide than the one through which it is operated is in turn given an operative movement. In this way, the particular fare is alwa s indicated to corres 0nd with the particular printing counter o the recording ap aratus which is actuated, and such fare wi 1 remain indicated until some other kind of fare is to be indicated.

In connection with the indicators I and J, I employ an overthrow preventin mechanism, comprising the shaft 99, alrea y referred to, and arms 152 secured thereon and having hook-like extremities 153, which are adapted to engage teeth 153 on the mar inal portions of the peripheries of the whedls 62 and J. In the present instance, I have shown one of these arms to coijperate with the wheel J, and two of said arms to cooperate with the three wheels 62, said wheels havin teeth on their adjacent edges, so that one o the looking arms may engage the teeth of two adjacent wheels. The rock shaft 99 is operated both from the resetting shaft 58 and from the common slide bar G. The former operation is accomplished by a cam rojection 154, carried by the shaft 58, whic cam pro'ection is adapted, at the close of the complete setting revolution of the shaft 58, to come into contact with one end of a spring controlled lever 155, mounted on one of the brackets 63. This lever is held b its spring in the normal osition shown in I ig. 16, but when actuate by the contact of the cam projection 154, its other end will come into contact with a rojecting arm 156 on the rock shaft 99. his rock shaft is provided with a spring 157, which normally holds the locking arms 152 out of engagement with the indicator wheels, but when said rock shaft is actuated in the manner just described, the locking arms are thrown over into a position where their hook-like ends 153 engage the teeth 153 of the register wheels and prevent further motion thereof as long as a torsional strain is maintained on the shaft 58. When said shaft 58 is released, the spring 157 throws the locking arms out of engagement,

and the shaft may be again used to reset the wheels.

The overthrow preventing mechanism is also operated by the common slide barG, the upper end. of which, indicated at 158, is

extended upward sufficiently to come into contact, near the end of its u ward stroke, with a projection 159, carrie by the rock shaft 99 and preferably provided with an anti-friction roller 160. In this way, the overthrow preventing mechanism is operated every time a fare is registered, as well as upon the resetting of the indicators I and J.

In connection with the various printing counters and printing wheels employed for recording the different data hereinbefore referred to, I also employ a recording device, whichI term a conductors key, and by means of which a distinctive character, such, for instance, as a number, may be brought into printing position in alinement with the various printing wheels. One of these devices is shown in Fig. 31 and indicated by the reference letter M. It consists of a bar 161, having a handle 162 and an inclined terminal printing face 163, carrying a printing character thereon. Each conductor will be provided with a key having a distinctive character. An inclined guide way 164 is suitably supported in a fixed position in the casing at suc an angle as to bring the printing surface 163 into alinement with the various printing wheels when the key is inserted in said guide way, and the outer casing will be provided with a suitable opening, through which the key may be inserted into the guide way 164. In order to insure the proper positioning of the key and the holding of it there with sufficient resistance to make an im ression, I provide inside of the body 161 o the key a recess 165, and I mount in the side of the guide way 164 a casing 166, containing a detent pin 167 and a backing spring 168. When the key is thrust into the guide way it will pass down the same, its front end being beveled ,at one side, as indicated at169, to press back-the detent pin, and when the key has reached the proper position, the detent pin will spring into the recess 165 and hold the key in such osition. From an inspection of Fig. 33 it W1ll be seen that the upper wall of the recess 165 is relatively abrupt, so as to insure the stoppage of the key at the proper point, while 1ts lower wall is gradua ly inclined, said incline being sufficient to hold the key against the printing pressure, while at the same time permitting its withdrawal.

Itwill be understood, of course, that when a record is to be taken, the conductor inserts his key, so that his distinctive mark will form a part of the record, and then withdraws the ke which he keeps in his possession.

Ialso provide an audible alarm or signal to indicate the registering of eachfare, and to this end there ismounted on the back of the base 2 a bell, N, and a striking lever N, pivoted at n, and provided with a striker n. A spring N draws the lever toward the bell, and a stop pin n prevents it from contacting therewith when at rest. The lever N is provided with a pin N, which projects forward through a slot a in the base 2. The pawl yoke 57 is provided with a tripping dog 0,

pivoted on its front face by means of a pivot screw 0, and having aninclined-or oblique

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