US986523A - Automatic fare-register. - Google Patents

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D. J. TGAL. AUTOMATIC FARE REGISTER. APFLIOATION FILED MAR.14,1910.

986,523, Patented Mar. 14, 1911 TP-F WITNESSES: 1 INVENTOR.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

DAVID TOAL, 0F GLEN OAK, ONTARIO, CANADA.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 113,1. 1 1, 1911 Application filed March 14, 1910. Serial No. 549,365.

ticularly to provide means whereby accidental registration when no one is entering is entirely prevented.

I attain my object by the constructions hereinafter particularly described and illustrated in the accompanying .drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of the rear end of a street car provided with device.

vided with my improvements and looking toward the rear. Fig. 3 is a plan view of 'a portion of the mechanism. Fig. ,4 is a front elevation of the registerin dials partly v broken away. Fig. 5 is a p an view of the same. Fig. is a' vertical side elevation partly in section.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures. V

A is the rear platform of a car and B the dash board surrounding the same. The usual entrance opening is provided in the dash in line with the steps C. The lower step 1) instead of being fixed as usual is made vertically movable and for this purpose is secured to the outer end-of the lover I suitably fulcrumcd on the bracket a secured to theunder side of the platform of platform intermediateits ends. '50

the car. The inner end of this lever is'provided with a oounterbalancing weight F which tends to retain the step in its normal position. As the depression of the step is intended to operate a register the following mechanism is provided for that purpose. A levenG is suitably fulorumed below the One end-it suitably engaged with the lever E and the other is pivotally connected with the lower endof a connecting rod H adapted to operate the register in a manner I will shortly describe.

From this construction-it is evident that any person entering the car and stepping on its depression.

:nfy Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation o part of the rear end of a street car prothe step D will depress the same and thus register his entrance. There is always,

however, the possibility of the oscillations. of the car causing the accidental operation of the register and a further possibility of "tricks being played with the mechanism.

In order to completely prevent any such trouble I provide the entranceto the platform with a suitable gate I which may be .of any suitable type but is preferably of the I double type shown, the halves being hin ed at opposite sides of the opening preferably on'vertical rods 6. These halves are suitably shaped, as shown, to follow the eontour of the steps and the lower end of one or both halves 1s rovided with a lug-or projection J I adapted when the gate is closed to engage beneath thestep D and'thus prevent The gates, are operated in the following manner. A suitable hand lever K is fulcrumed on the platform and provided'with the usual means of engaging a notched quadrant L. The lower end ofthis lever is 0 connected by means of a pivoted link a with a short lever d fulcrumed intermediate its ends at the under side of the'platform. The

other end of this lever is connected by means of the connecting-rods e with the oppositely extending cranks 1' formed on the halves of the gate. Thus by means'of the hand lever K the gate may be opened whenever necessary to permit the entry of )assen-. gers and subsequently closed an closed, thus effectively revcnting any accidental or piemeditate registration.

\Vhile any suitable registering mechanism" might be employed I prefer to use the mechanism illustrated in detail in Figs. 4, 5 'and j? 6 of the drawings. M is a. suitable dial.

Through thisdial extends the suitably journaled spindle f carrying the units hand g; This spindle is' rigi ratchet wheel h which ratchet wheel is engaged by the spring actuated pawl a on the upper end of the connecting rodfljfl. j is a spring retaining pawl tendinggjo hold the' ratchet'wheel as moved. Through the me dium of this ratchetwheel the connecting rod H is thus adapted to register; units, the dial being suitably divided fo'ifltl at purpose. A second ratchet wheel: flisfsleeve nd hand I on the s indle f and carries a se intende to register the number of revolu-j tions of the dial made by the first' hand.- second spring actuated pawl m held ly connected with the Y necting rod is adapted to -co'o era te with this second ratchet wheel,- but is normally held out of engagement therewith through,

the medium of 'the disk in connected with the first ratchet wheel h.' -A notch is formed at one point in the periphery'of this disk and thus once in each revolutlon of the first ratchet wheel the second pawl m is allowed.

to engage and move the second ratchet wheel 'one tooth. A secondspring actuated retain ing pawl p serves to hold the second ratchet wheel as moved. A bell N-is-provided of which 0 is the hammer centrally fulcrumed and connected by the pivoted link 9 with the retaining pawl 71- Thus every time'the' -paw1 is moved bythe rotation of the ratchet called to. the registration of the entrance of wheel h-the bell is-rung and attention thus the passenger.

,are' rendered entirely safe from :accidental registration or premeditated tampering by the means I have described. 5 e

What I claim as my invention is:.

1. In an automatic car register the combination of a lever fulcrumed beneath the platform of the car;,a step connected to one end of the lever; a counterbalancing device for said lever; a fare register; an oper'.

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ating connection between the register and the ever; a gate adapted to guard the step comprising half gates connected to vertically 1ournaledrods; cranks formed on said rods; :1. forked'lever having its forked ends pivotally' connected with saidcranks; a hand lever fulcrumed on the car; operating connections between the 7 single end of the .forked lever" and the hand lever; and projections on the half gates adapted toengage beneath the aforesaid step when the gate is closed.

2. In an automatic car register the combination of a lever fulcrurned beneath the plat-form'of the car; a step connected to one end of the lever; a counterbalancing weigl1t connected to theother end of the lover; a fare register; an operating"con vnection between the re ister and the lever;

a gate adapted to guarc the step comprising half gatesconnected to verticallyjournaled rods cranks formed on said rods; a forked nectedI-with said cranks; a hand lever fulcrnmed .on the car; operating connections between the single end of the forked lever and, the hand lever;- an'd projections on the half, gates adapted to engage beneath the aforesaid step' when the gate-isclosed. Signedthis 25th day of Feby. 1910. 7

DAVID J. TOAL.

the presence of H. O. ToAL,

L1zz1n T. FISHER.

lever having its forked ends pivotallyeon-

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