USRE7554E - Improvement in fare-registers - Google Patents

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W. H. H O R N U M. Assiglior by mesne assignments to The Hornum Patent Fare-Register Manufacturing Co.

FARE-REGISTER. No. 7,554. Reissued March 13, 1877.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. H'ORNUM, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BYWMESNE AssIGN MENTS, TO THE HORNUM PATEN COMPANY, SAME PLACE.

T-FARE REGISTER MANUFACTURING IMPROVEMENT m FARE-REGISTERS.

necification forming part of Letters latent No 165,832, dated July 20, 1875; reissue No. 6,946, dated February 22, 1876; reissue No. 7,554. dated March 13, 1877 application filed March 7, 1877.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that L'WILLIAM H. HORNUM,

of the city, county, and State of New York,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fare-Registers, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, referg 3 Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of a modification of the same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the combination of a switch with two or more registering-1evers, each of which acts on a distinct set of registeringwheels, and with a main leveror prime mover, so that by moving the switch one and the same prime mover servest0 actuate different sets of registering -.wheels With the switch, the prime mover, the registering-levers, and the registering-wheels are combined a hammer and a bell, so that whenever the prime mover is actuated and a fare is registered on either of the registeringwheels, the bell is sounded. With the switch, the prime mover, and the single-trip-registering devices is combined a general registering mechanism, which continues to add up all the fares registered by. the single-trip-registering devices during a long period of time, and

which remains undisturbed, while the single-.

trip registering' devices are returned to zero after each trip. The single-trip registeringwheels, together with their actuating-anchors and ratchetwheels, are secured to a shaft which is fast to a head that fits the case inclosing said registering-wheels, so that by removing said head the registering-wheels,

with theiraotuating-anchors and ratchetwheels, are withdrawn, and another set of registering-wheels can bereadily substituted.

With the general registering device and the single-trip registerare combined a zero-guard and a pawl and-ratchet, sothat the singletrip register can be set back to zero; but it.

cannot be moved forward independent of its actuating mechanism.

In the drawing, the letter cylindrical case, which contains two or more sets of registering-wheels, B B B and agong or bell, Lsaid gong being fastened to a bridge or partition, I", which is secured in the cylindrical case A, and which forms the bearings for the inner end of the shaft B", on which are mounted the registering wheels or drums B B B. The outer end of said.shaft is socured in a head or cover, A", that fits the open end of the cylindrical case A. By this arrangement I am enabled to remove the entire registering mechanism from the case A simply by withdrawing the head or cover A", and another registering 'mechanism of the same or of a diii'erent nature can be substituted therefor. At the end of each roundtrip of a street-car, for instance, the conductor hands his register tothe proper clerk,

who removes the registering mechanism and substitutes another for it, so that the con-' ductoris not detained, while the clerk at his leisure enters the amount of the fares indi-' cated by the registering mechanism retained by him, and then sets the several registeringwheels to the zero-point. 0n the head A is secured an inner cylinder, A, which fits the case A' and incloses the registering-wheels.

With the case A is combined another case, U, that is divided by a partition, a, in two compartments, 1) c. The front plate D is connected to the body of the case by a hingejoint, d, and a spring, 6, has a tendency to force said front plate out to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In this front plate is a slot, f, which forms the guide for a switch, E, and beneath said front plate are two or more levers, g g? g, each of which serves to actuate-one ofthe sets of registering-drums B BB. Each set of registering-drums consists of a unit-drum and a teii-driiiii, the unit= drum being provided with a spring-pawl, h, Fig.- 4, which, whenever said unit-drum has completed nine-tenths of a revolution, engages with one of ten pins, i, projecting fromthe A designates a side of the ten-drum, and as the unit-drum completes the last tenth of its revolution the ten-drum is moved with it.

The mechanism for propelling the registeriug-drums, as shown in Fig. 3, consists ofan anchor, j, which swings on a pivot, 10,. and carries a spring-pawl. l, that engages with a ratchet-wheel, m, secured to the unitdrum, said ratchet-wheel being provided with ten teeth, so that each time the appro'priatelever.

g, gfl'org is, actuated the corresponding unitdrum ispropelled one-tenth of a revolution. A stop-pawl, it, prevents said'uuit-drum from moving backward. The pivots k of the anchors j are secured in partition-plates, which are fastened to the shaft B", so that when this shaft, together wit-h'the cover A, is withdrawn, the entire registering mechanism follows, as

heretofore stated. Y

' On the face of each of 'theregisteriug-drums are marked the figures 0 to 9, and consequently each set of registering-drums is capable of registering ninety-nine fares.

.In the mechanism shown in Fig. 3 th'e levers g g g are detached from the anchor j i; but,

if desired, the" levers g g g may be made in one piece withtheir anchors j, as shown in Fig. 5. By referring to Fig. 3, it will be seen that the registering-drum, when propelled by the anchor j 1, turns in the direction of the arrow marked on the ratchet-wheel m in said figure, and no provision is made topreveut the conductor from turning the drum forward by hand. If the conductor desires to cheat his-employers, he can turn the registeringdrums forward until both the unit and the ten drums are on the zero'poiut, and then he can turn the drums. farther to any desired point; for instance, if he has received on a certain trip fifty fares, he can set his drums to show thirty or any other number smaller than fifty,

and pocket'the difference. This difficulty is avoided by the mechanism shown in Fig. 5. in this case the forward motion of the registering-drums takes place in the direction of the arrow shown in that figure, and said drums cannot be moved forward by hand, being prevented by the ratch'etwheel m and the pawl orp'allet off the anchor j,- but each set of registering-drums can be turned backward .until caught by a stop, 0, secured to one ofthe drums,

" and by a lug, p, fastened to the case A, said 7 stop and lug being in such a position that they arrest the drum atthe zero-point. Ali lihefbfigiiin'ifig of tiietrip the registering-drums are set to zero by the superintendent, and then the fare-register is handed to the conductor.

He cannot at that time move the registeringdrnms by hand in either direction, and as soon as he begins to register fares byv depressing the front plate D "he also actuates a general registering mechauism,which will be presently described,andif the registering-drums should be set back durin the trip, the general regis ter will'expose t e fraud. If it were not for the cero-stop, however, the conductor, after the levers g g g, and if the front plate D,

it, and the corresponding registering mechanism B, B, or B is propelled one step. One of the registering mechanisms is intended-for three-cent fares, one for five-cent fares, and one for. six-cent fares, and, if desired, still for fares of other amounts.

On the front plate I) is secured a compound pawl, q hand if said front plate is depressed the arm q of said pawl acts on the tail end of the hammer H, so as to cause the same to pawl acts'ou a pin, 8, which projects from a lever, t, situated in the lower compartments of -the case 0. This lever carries aspr'ingpawl, a, that engages with teeth out in the periphery of a ring, J, that embraces a disk, K. The ring J and the disk K form the general registering mechanism. Said ring is provided on its face with figures from 1 to 100, and the disk K bears on its face one hundred radial marks and figures, beginning with 1 and running from 5'to 5, the ring being connected to thedisk in such a manner that for each complete revolution of the ring the disk is caused to move one-hundredth part of a revolution, and thus, by means of this-general registering mechanism, ten thousand passenmarks of the ringaud disk can be seen through 0; and since this general registering device will be moved invariably one step for each motion of the prime mover D, the number indicated by it must tally with the sum of the numbers indicated by the single-trip registering devices B B B. trip the siugle-trip-registering devices are set back to zero, while the general registering mechanism remains undisturbed, and continues to adds ual the fare a n ing a long period of time.

The conductor of a railroad car or train fastens my fare-register in a convenient position on his person, and-on receiving a fare he moves the switch to the appropriate lever, and'then he depresses the front plate. operation he can easily perform with one hand, and the number and amount of fares received can be read off at the end of each trip.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- Which forms the prime mover, is then de pressed, the switch acts on the lever beneath more registering mechanisms may beadded strike the-bell'I. The arm of said compound gers can be registered. [The figures and the an aperture, '0, in the back plate of the case At the end of each This "prime mover, D, and with two 'or more levers, g g g and corresponding registering devices B B 13, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of a switch, E, prime mover D, the registering devices B B B, (one or more,) and a bell and hammer or other alarm, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, in a passenger-register,

of the switch E, the prime mover D, the registering devices B B B (one or more.) and a general registering device, J K, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination, in a passenger-register, of the set of indicator-wheels B, adjustable for each day or trip, the'inaccessible general register J K, the prime mover for operating the two sets of registers simultaneously but independently, through connections substantially such as herein shown and described.

5. The combinatiom in apassenger-register, of a general registering device anda singletrip-registering device, with a shaft secured in a head which .fits the end of the case inclosing the single trip registering device, so

that by removing said head the single-tripregistering device can be withdrawn and another substituted for it without disturbing the general register, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, in a passenger register or indicator, of a general register, a single-trip register, adapted to be set back to zero at will, actuating mechanism common to all, and a pawl and ratchet to prevent the forward movement of the single-trip register independently of the actuating mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose described. I

7. The combination, with the single-trip register, and with a pawl and ratchet which prevents'its forward movement independently of the actuating mechanism, of a zero-guard, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th day of February, 181 f7 WILLIAM H. HORN UM.

Witnesses W. HAUFF, Cms. WAHLERS.

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