US908030A - Setting and operating mechanism for fare-registers. - Google Patents

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J. F. OHMER &'W. S. HEATON. SETTING AND OPERATING MECHANISM FOR FARE REGISTERS.

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JOHN F. OHMER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, riND WALTERS. HEATON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS TO OHMER FARE REGISTER 00., OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK;

SETTING AND OPERATING MECHANISM FOR FARE REG-ISTERS;

Application filed December 17, 1906.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Serial No. 348,362.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN F. OHMER and VALTER S. HEATON, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, and at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Setting and Operating Mechanism for 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 improvements in setting and operating mechanism for fare registers, and comprises the mechanism hereinafter described and claimed, whereby a positive connection is effected between the setting devices of the operating mechanism and the fare indicator, which enables the relative movements of said setting devices and said fare indicator devices to be accurate and positive.

In the annexed drawings,Figure 1, is a front elevation of the setting and operating devices. Fig. 2, is an elevation of the fare indicator which is exterior to and separate from the setting and operating devices. Fig. 3, is a view in section on the line tt of Fig. 1, showing also certain features of the register mechanism which is affected by the setting and operating devices. Fig. 4, is a view of the reverse side of the fare indicator shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5, is a detail of the horizontal slide or'carriage, and the vertical slide of the setting and operating devices.

In a detail description of the invention, similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts.

1 designates one of the actuating members for a bank of counters 3 which count the fares and which are operated from said memher 1 through the arm 2, the ratchet pawl 4 and the ratchet wheel 5 in a well known manner, said operating member 1 moving vertically in guides 6 located on each side thereof. Each of said actuating members has a lug 7 projected from the rear thereof and by which it is lifted in the registration of fares upon the counters. The means for lifting any one of the actuating members 1 consists of a vertical slide 8 which has a laterally extended arm 9 which is movable below any of the lugs 7; this vertical slide 8 is guided in its movements vertically by a carriage 10 in which it is supported; the carriage 10 is movable horizontally on a stationary bar 11 in the rear thereof and which is a fixed portion of the frame 12, said frame 12 being itself stationary.

The vertical slide 8 is raised and lowered by means of a main operating slide 13 which moves in vertical guides 14 fixed to the frame 12 and which has a horizontal slot 15 through which the arm 9 of the slide 8 projects. In the horizontal movements of the carriage 10, the arm 9 moves therewith in the slot 15, and when said carriage is moved to the desired point to bring the vertical slide 8 in an operative position with the lug 7 of a selected actuating member 1, the main operating slide 13 is elevated to impart the necessary movement to the selected operating member 1 to register the desired fare upon the counters. The movement is imparted to the main operating slide 13 through either one of two operating levers 16 which are drawn upon by ropes or connections 17 extending out into the car at suitable points. The levers 16 have extended arms 18 which are suitably connected to an upper extension 19 of the main operating slide 13. The carriage 10 is movable horizontally upon its supporting track 11 through a pitman 21 which is pivotally connected to an ear projecting from either side of said carriage; the outer end of said pitman is connected to the upper end of a crank arm 23 in the rear of the indicator dial 22 upon the front face of which the fares are indicated; the crank arm 23 is fixed to a setting rod 24 which extends into the car and is operated by hand to set a pointer 25 to the desired fare upon the dial, and to concurrently move the carriage 10 to bring the slide 8 to the desired point to register the fare indicated. The pointer 25 is fixed to the setting rod 24 parallel with the crank arm. Carried upon the rear side of the carriage 10 is a jumping cam or roller 26 which rides in and out of recesses 27 in a track 28 in the rear of the track 11; this roller 26 serves as a suitable stop to arrest the carriage at the desired point and to maintain it there until the next operation, said carriage being held in contact with the track 28 by means of a spring surrounding a stem 29 projecting from said roller.

We claim:

1. In setting and operating mechanism for fare registers, the combination of a carriage, a slide supported thereon and movable with the carriage, said slide being movable both horizontally and vertically, a setting rod, a fare dial, a pointer on said setting rod movable to the indications on the dial, and a pitman connected with said setting rod and the carriage and whereby the same relative movement is imparted to the carriage and to the fare pointer in the rotations of the setting rod.

2. In setting and operating mechanism for fare registers, the combination with a carriage, a slide supported thereon and movable with said carriage, said slide being movable both horizontally and vertically, a setting rod, a fare dial, a pointer on said setting rod movable to the indications on the dial, a crank arm on said setting rod in line with the pointer, and a pitman connecting the crank arm with the carriage.

3. In setting and operating mechanism for fare registers, the combination with a fare counter, an actuating member therefor, a horizontally-movable carriage, a horizontally and vertically movable member carried thereon and adapted to be brought into operative relation with the actuating member of the fare counter, a main operating member adapted to actuate said slidable member to register upon the counters, a dial with fare indications thereon, a setting rod in line with the axis of the fare dial, a pointer fixed to said setting rod, a crank arm fixed to said setting rod in line with the pointer, and a pitman extending between and connected to the crank arm and the carriage.

e 4. In setting and operating mechanism for fare registers, the combination with a fare counter, an actuating member therefor, a horizontally-movable carriage, a horizontally and vertically movable member carried thereon and adapted to be brought into operative relation with the actuating mem ber of the fare counter, a main operating member adapted to actuate said slidable member to register upon the counters, a dial with fare indications thereon, a setting rod in line with the axis of the dial, a pointer fixed to said setting rod, a crank arm fixed to the setting rod in line with the pointer, a pitman extending between and connected to the crank arm and the carriage, and means for arresting the movements of the carriage imparted thereto from the setting rod through the crank arm and pitman.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses. JOHN F. OHMER. WALTER S. HEATON. Witnesses to the signature of John F. Ohmer:

C. M. THEOBALD, MATTHEW SIEBLER. Witnesses to the signature of alter S. vI-Ieaton:

F. N. SUFFIELD, Jr., H. M. GRAY.

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