US978327A - Fare-box. - Google Patents

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H. S. MILLER FARB BOX. APPLIOATION FILED MAB. 9, 1'910.

Patsnted Dec. 13, 1910.

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PARE BOX.

APPLXGATION FILED MAR. 9, 191D.

g5/f YL UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE- HENRY S. MILLER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FARE-IBOX.

Specication of Letters Patent.

' Patented D ec. 13, 1910.

AOvi'igiiial application filed December 141909, Serial No. 533,515. Divided and this application ledMarch 9, 1910. serial No. 548,135.

. -l'citizen of the United States, residing at' Cleveland in the county of Cuyahoga and 'y To all whom it moy-commi:

, ,A Be it known that I, HENRY S. MILLER, a

State of hio, have invented a certaln new and useful Improvement-'in Fare-Boxes, of

which the followin is a full, clear, and exact description, re erence being had to the accompanying. drawings;

Tlus invention relates to faire boxes, ,and

.. lfhasior its object to improve the construction and eiiiciency ofthe preliminary or inspection boxes into which the fare or tickets may, l be dropped.

lVith the above-object in view, the invention may be'dened further as conslsting of 'igthe'combinations of elements embodied in .the claims hereto annexed and illustrated in I vthe drawings forming a part hereof, where` yin-A Figure 1 represents a perspective View of .a fare box having a plied thereto an inspec- V g tionbox constructe 1n accordance with my lnvention; F1g..2 represents a vertical sec.-

tional view through the inspection box; Fig. 3' is a vertical sectional detail of one of the corners of said box; Figs. 4 and 5 are horizontal sectional details of such corners; Fig.

6 is a horizontal sectionalview on the line Oil G-G of Fig. 2; and Fig. '7 is-aperspective View of one of the corners of the box with the connecting bolt removed.

Describing the various parts of the drawings by referehcecharacters, 1 denotes the lcasingof a fare box, said casing being shown as cylindrical and having at its top fthe preliminary receptacle or inspection box 2in which the fares or tickets will be deposited by the passengers. This inspection box. cpmprises generally an upper dome-shaped casting 3 and a frusto-pyramidal casting 4 having therebetween suit-able spacing corner pieces, panes of glass being interposed lie- This casting has formed therewith an innerfrusto-pyramidal chute 6, the bottom of said chute being closed by means of y.doors 7. Each door is carried by a suitable shaft 7'l and is provided with a segmental gear 8 at y its outer end. These segmental gears intermesh, and one of the shafts is providedwith a suitable operating handle 9, projecting 'through the base 4, by means of which it may be rocked, rocking the other door simultaneously therewith. Beneath the door 7 there will lbe located a spout suclias showrr'in my application N o. 533,515 tiled December 14th,V

provided with a recess 12 extending therearound. The upper portion of the castinfr 4 is thickened in like manner and is provide Y with a corresponding recess 13. Thecasting 3 is provided in the thickened part- 11with threaded corner bores 14 for the reception of the upper threaded ends of corner bolts 15, said bolts being anchored at their lower ends to the cover 5. Angular corner pieces 16 connect the corners of' the castings 3. and 4 and receive the bolts 15. Each of these corner pieces has cast therewith, at the top and bottom thereof, an inwardly projecting lug 17, 18, respectively. These lugs are so located as to overhang the lower and upper edges of the upper and lower castings 3and 4, respectively, as shown more particularly 1n Fig. 3. These lugs receive the bolts 15. This construction anchors the corner pieces firmly to the castings, and the arrangement of the lugs 17, 18 relative to the. castings 3 and 4 prevents the shearing of the bolts by the portion ofthe inspection box which is above theasting 4. The space between the upper lower castingsand between the corner pieces is occupied by panes of glass 19.

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Within the upper portion of the inspection.

box there is located a, pyramidal or tapered deliector 20. This deflector will be supported with the apex in line with the center of .the opening of the hopper 10. The deflector 1s preferab y made of metal, the lower edges thereof being beveled toa knife edge, as

shown at 21. For the' purpose of supporting this deflector, the'following construction is provided: Each corner piece 16 is provided with a pair of spaced lugs 22 through which one of the corner bolts 15 extends. notes a pair of flat sheetmet-al strips. Each corner (in the ease of a -pyrainidal det'leetor) wlth an elongated slit, enabling the lowerl 'l edges to receive the' Strips 23. The engage used with paper tickets,

nient of the. slits with the strips preserves the proper relation between the detlector and the surrounding casing,'the whole construction providing a practically unobstructed passage 'ay between the detlector and the adjacent inner surface of the inspection box.

Beneath the detit-ctor 2O is a frusto-pyrainidal or tapered chute 26 having a central opening '27. The lower end of this chute is providedwwith a knife edge 28. This chute may'.befconveniently supported by means of' vertical pins 2S) depending from the outer edge thereof and adapted to be inserted into the sleeves 30 formed on the inner ends of light metal-strips 31,' the outer ends of which are provided each with a sleeve 32 similar to 'the sleeves 2l and secured in place between lugs 38 similar to lugs 22.

',l`he, inspection box illustrated and de scribed is particularly efficient. By the ar- [logement of the detlector 20 and chute 2G,

the fares and tickets are caused to pass down into the lower portion of the box in Such manner as to be open to inspection by the conductor. rl`he` relative arrangement of the dellector and chute provides a tortnous pas: sageway of the fare box by the insertion of a wire or other instrument down through the inspection box. Any attempt to withdraw a wire or similar instrument will be prevented by the. knife edges cutting tlleieinto.

'bere the fare box is to be used with coins or disks', the lower ends of the slits formed in the detlector 2() may be closed or staked against the metal strips 23, and no other support will be needed for the detlector than said strips. When thc-,fare box is to be it is advisable to support the detleetor in such manner that. it, may have a vibralory movement, thereby dislodging the tickets and facilitating their passage totbebottom of the. inspection box. For the purpose, of supporting the dellector in such manner as to' secure this result` a post til may be supported b v the intersect- 'ing' portions 25 of the. strips 2?, being setlector and the shoulder and 'this arrangement, taken with` the provision of the knife edges 21 'and 28,- .ell'ectually prevents theJ pickingH cured thereto by the screw which passes through the central portions of the strips and is threaded into the lower end of the post. rl`he upper end of the post is reduced and provided with a thread. This reduced portion 3G projects through an opening in the apex of the detlector and receives atits .upper end a tapered nut 3T. A spiral spring 3S is interposed between the apex of the de- 39. By this construction, the deflector receives' a yielding support which permits of a limited vibratory movement. of the saine, while the engagement of the slits at its lower end with the strips Q3 preserves the. proper relation between the 80 detieetor andl the surrounding easing. This manner of supporting the detiector enables itl to vibrate, therebvl preventing tickets from lodging on the surface.

I'iavin'g thus described my invention, what. 85

Al claim 1s:

l. The combination, with a fare box casing, of an inspection jbox mounted in oper# ative relation thereto, th'e latter box comprising a vertically-extending casing 'having 90 an inlet. a defiector` beneath said inlet, and i metzl strips extending across said casing, said deflector having its lower-.end slitted and supported by said stripswith the slits ei'igaged thereby. 95

2. In an inspection box, the combination of a casing having a hopper .inlet at 4the top thereof and provided with corner pieces, lugs projecting inwardly from said corner pieces, metal strips extending 'diagonally 100 across said casing and each having at its opposite ends a sleeve adapted to be interposed between said lugs, bolts located within said corner pieces and extending throughsaid lugs and the interposed sleeves, and adetlector within said casing having its lower end slitted to receive said strips.

3'. ln an inspection box, the combination of a casing having an inlet. at the top thereof and provided with spacing pieces, lugs projecting inwardly from said pieces, metal strips extending across said casing and each1 having at its opposite ends a sleeve adapted to be interposed between said lugs, bolts located within said pieces and extending through said lugs and the interposed sleeves, and a deliector within said casing supported by said strips.

4. An inspection box comprising a casing having an openiug'at the top thereof and 120 having below said opening a tapered de.- liector and means for supporting said detlector. said means coml'irisiug lugs projects ing inwardly from said easing, metal strips having sleeves at: their opposite ends, said sleeves being operatively secured to said lugs, said strips having their webs arranged substantially vertically at. the outer portions thereof and being connected at. their central portions, the lower edges of said dellector l l anaperture adjacent to the apex of the -debeing provided with slits to receive the outer portions ot' said strips.

5. 1n an inspection box, the combination of a casing having inwardly projecting lugs, metal supporting members each having at its outer end a sleeve, means securing said sleeves i to said lugs, a chute in said casing having a central opening, said chute being provided with downwardly projecting pins, and vsleeves at the inncrends of 'said supports adapted to receive. said pins. l

(i. An inspection boxv having an inlet, a tapered delector below said inlet and having its apex presented toward said inlet, a posthaving a reduced portion-projecting through tlector, and a spiral spring on the reduced portion of the post and yieldingly support- 7. An inspection box having an inlet, a

tapered defiector below said inlet and havI ing its apex presented toward the saine., strips Fextending across said casing and said delector having slits in its lower end adapted to receive 'said strips, a post supported by said strips and having a projection extending through the apex of the detlector, and a spiral spring surrounding the projecting end portion of the post and engaging the said delector.

8. n inspection box having an inlet, a tapered deflector in the box below said inlet and having its apex presentedtoward the saine, a postextending through the .de--

tleetor, anda spring carried by said post and engaging said deflector.

An inspection box having an inlet opening, a. tapered dtiector below said opening and ,having its apex presented toward said opening, metallic strips extending across the box and intersecting at the central portion thereof, the lower end of the deflector having slits adapted to receive said strips, a post supported by the intersecting portions of said strips,vsa1d post havir g its upper portion projected through an Ltperture inthe deflector, and a spring surrounding the upper portion of said post and yieldingly supporting the detlector.

l0. An inspection box comprising an upl per and a. lower member, corner bolt-s conl necting said members, supports anchored at l theirouter ends to diagonally opposite corner bolts, the upper member having an in let, and a tapered delector located below the inlet with its apex 'presented toward the inlet and carried by said supports.

tending between said members, the upper member'being provided with an inlet, a pair of supports adjacent to the upper end of the box and each extending across the box and having its outer ends anchored to diagonally opposed bolts, a set' of 'supports located below the lirst pair of supports 'and anchored to.' the corner bolts, a delector yieldingly carried by the rs't pair of supports and haviing its apex presented toward the inlet, and a chute carried by the second set of supports.

12. An inspection box comprising an upper and a lower member, the upper member being provided with an inlet, corner pieces extending between said members, panes of transparent material interposed between the corner pieces and the upper and lower mem- I bers, bolts located within the corner pieces l and connecting the upper and lower members, metallic strips running from each corner to one of the other corners and having their thin edges turned upwardly, and a tapered deflector arranged below said inlet l and having vertical slits in its lower end receiving said strips.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two' witnesses.

HENRY s. MILLER.

. Witnesses:

J'. B. HULL, BRENNAN B. WEST.

ll. An inspection `box comprising an up-t per and a lower member, corner bolts ex-

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