US1056269A - Police-signal-code box. - Google Patents

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W. E. PASTNAGHIX POLICE SIGNAL CODE BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. 8, 1911. I

1,056,269. 7 Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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Inventor ar/en E F W. B. PASTNACHT.

POLICE SIGNAL CODE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED DBG.8,1911.

I 15056269 Patented- Mar. 18, 1913.

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I :000 o oQQQooa An/ woo tures and combination and arrangement of 'shaft Qwvill be rotated to wind up the UNITED s'rA'rEs i ignntr OFFICE.

.WARREN E. FATNACHfP. OF YORK. PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'POLICESIGNAL-CODE BOX.

To It IF/LU/IL it nmgpnmzccrn I Be it known that I. \Vann'nx E. Fas'rxAcu'n-citizen ofthe I'nited States, residing tain new and useful Improvements:in PoliCC-Sifi]tilt-(Ottt Boxes. of which the following is a sl'meification.

My present inventionis plifv and render highly efficient apparatus of this character. and it consists in the fea parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

4 The invention is shown in the accompany iiig drawings. forming a part of this specitication in which Figure l is a front iew of the dial, the operating lever or handle and the series of push buttons or rods controlled by said opcratinghandle. Fig. l is a detail sectional view of the carrier druinfor the circuit closing devices said drum being partly in section, and vother parts being in section and in at Yorlo Permsylvania. hare invented 'eei--.'

designed to sim-* elevation. Fig. 3 is a rear view of thesig-- naling drum of Fig. 2, and with parts asst ciated therewith. Fig; 4 is a bottom plan view of parts shown in Fig. 3, some being broken away and parts being'in section. Fig. 5 is a view of the Contact springs and associated parts. Fig. 6 is a detail view of an automatic trip for the carrier drum showing also winding mechanism and associated parts. I A

In these dra\vings.-1 is an operating lever on handle siida bly mounted on a bar-32 which, in turn,"-;'

-1"'has a splined connection with the baror sli aft 2, so that when the handleis pressed inwardly by pressure upon a- 'knob 3, the

mechanism as will be hereinafter described. The operating lever has a pointer 1 by Q2 mounted in bearings 2'.

suitably formed tn fixed to the casing of the which the handle maybe setto register with any desired division of the dial such, for instance,'as'the division marke ff Telephone Chief Sergeant Roundsman etc., or the divisions marked 1 to 6 for the patrolmen. The knob 3 may be of insulating material! The hand lever. carries aplate 4 to enter Vsliaped notches in a guard bar or lug 6 mounted-on the frame, and when the lever is .cssed the plate orblade {engages l these rods or buttons being shown pressed inwardly in Fig. There are a series of rod or button has a tumbler. 7 pivotally in a plate 8 attached to the frame so that as the buttons or bars are reeiprocated. they will be heldtrom turning by these pins engaging .tbese grooves. which are parallel with the axes of the buttons or-i'ods v The pins 5. at their lower ends enter inclined grooves 9 in a locking plate 9. which is slidably 'n'tounted on a bracket orplate l0 secured-to the frame, the said locking-plate 9 being adapted to more in a direction atright angles to the buttons or rods-5. \t'hen a button ispressed inwardlyjthe lower end of the pin 5 will enter the-inclined groove in" the sliding plate 9. and-this'.plate .will

therein will-be thrown out-of line-wil the pins 5* of all'the other buttons or slidev ods, soth'at noneofthese can be forcedinwardly normal position. 9 is in turn locked in position whenits sliding-movement is completed by a pawl 9, Fig. 6, which engagesa notch 9 in'theiedge of the lockinghar. 9, the pawl,'howereii-being shown released in" said -Fig. (3. This pawl is pressed by a spring 9.". and when in engagement with the notch 9" it. will hold the locking bar in position, and thus the button 5 which has been pressed inwardly will also be held locked against outward movement. until the code signal has been sent. For sending this code-signahthe carrier 12 is provided, and in the present embodiment of my invention I show this in its-best form as consisting of a rotary druin the shaftof which is mounted in suitable framework, the said drum carrying a series 'of circuit closing devices consisting of the p'nsor screws 12, some of these beingroun headed for transmitting the dots and some being fillis-ter headed for transmitting the dashes. \Vhen the drum is rotated. as will be htreinafter described, these projections or c" "nit closing devices 12 will engage the tumbler of the button or rod 5 which has been pressed inwardly, and this tumbler will be swung and presses inwardly the button or rod :.(l \\n\\':it-(ll y and 'will depress a lever or with which the plate is in alincment. one of 1 pivoted plate 13, it being understood that these buttons or rods 5 corresponding in; number to the dirisionsof the dial, and each mounted at 7 within a slot in the button. The buttons or slide bars 5 have each a pin 5 pro ectmg up therefrom entering a groove I thus be shifted so that all the othergrooves Patented Mar. 18, 1913. Application Med December 8. 1911. Serial No. 664.688." I

until the locking bar 9 has been returned to Theloeking bar or. plate- 25 closing all of those buttonsor rods which are not pressed in will have;theirjtumblers- 7 in position so as not. to be engaged by the circuit closing devices 12 of the drum.

The inward movement of any one of the will cause its tumbler to' ride on the plate or lever 13 to the position shown in Fig; 2, this tumbler having its buttons or rods 0 upper and lower ends in the same vertical.

1o plane with the axis of the drum. Now when this tumbler is depressed by engagement of the circuitclosing device's12, theiplate or lever, 13 will be depressed, and as the shaft of this-plate carries an arm or lever 15 15, this lever will be operated so asto close contacts at 16, these contacts being carried by springs 16 to which the circuit wires 16 are connected, as shown-in Fig. 5. It will therefore be seen that the tumbler 7, by

20 successive depressions resulting from the en 5 set in any desired order or changed at the will of the electrical engineer to change the code. A suitable escapement device may be provided to give the drum 12 a slow movement, and as representative of any device that may be used for this purpose, I show an escapement pawl at 12 engaging serrations 12' on the drum.

Reverting to the sliding locking bar 9, it

will be seen that thisis cut away or notched at its forwardiedge at 9, Fi 2, and the lower end of the pins 5 norma 1y lie in line I with this cut away part, and the pin 5 does not enter the groove 9 until it is moved backwardly. Thebuttons or rods 5 are each normally pressed outward by a spring 5",

one for each button, andafter the locking "pawlWfisTeleased from the locking bar 9, as will be hereinafter described, the spring 5" of the operated button will force said button outwardly to normal position, and the force of this springis sutli'cient through the in 5 working in the groove 9* to return to the sliding locking bar to normal position,

' in which the various grooves 9 will be opposite the 4 pins 5 of the respective buttons ready to receive them when any button is moved inwardly.

' As before stated, the operation of the handle or lever 1 not only presses inwardly 0 the desired button, but it stores power in the operating spring and controls a trip by which said power is delivered to the rotary carrier for operating the same, This mechanism is shown in Fig. 6, and includes an erm or lever 30 hired to the shaft 2, the free end of which lever moves. upwardly when the handle 1 is pressed inwardly, At its inner end the lever 30 has a catch 30 which draws upwardly a trip rod or bar 31. This trip rod, at its lower end, is pivotally mounted on an arm of a segment 34: which is pivotally mounted in the frame, the said segment engaging a toothed wheel or pinion 4O loosely mounted on the shaft of the carrier drum, but having a tooth at 40, Fig. 3, engaging a corresponding tooth on a head or collar 41 fixed to 'the outer end of the drum shaft, a fiat spring 42 beingprovided to press the toothed Wheels 40 laterally to make its tooth engage that'of the said fixed collar. The power spring 39 is connected at one end with an arm 39' extending laterally from the lower end of the segment lever, the upper end of this spring being connected to a bolt 39 engaged by a nut by which the tension of the spring may be adjusted. The bar 31 has a cam portion 31 thereon enga ed by a roller 32 mounted on the frame. l spring 33 carried by the segment lever pressesthe catch bar 31 in one direction, and a spring or lever 36 pivoted at 37 to the frame presses the catch bar 31 leftward, Fig. 6, when a pin 35 on the segment lever strikes the lower end of this spring or lever 36. The movement of the segment lever toward the right is limited by a pin 38 on the frame.

The operation of this mechanism 'is as follows: When the lever 1 is pressed inwardly, the arm 30 rises and pulls upwardly the catch'bar 31, thus rotating the segment 34 leftward from the position "shown in Fig. 6, and turning the pinion 40. This nrovement of the segment and the pinion are idle, however, that is, no movement is trans mitted to the carrier drum 12 because the tooth 40 simply slipsback idly over the face ofithe collar 41 on the shaft of the carrier drum. As the upward movement of the catch bar 31 continues, its cam portion 311, by bearing against the roller 32, forces the catch bar toward the right, and thus disengages it from the arm 30. During the movement just described, stretched, and as soon as the catch bar 31 is released from thearm 30, the spring will exert its force and move the segment34 toward the right, thus turning the .pinion 40 and the carrier drum through the tooth at 40". The spring 33 serves to insure'the maintenance df r he release or disengagement of the catch her 31 from,'the arm 30, this spring throwing the catch bar slightly toward the right. Before the segment reaches the position shown in Fig, 6, a pin 35 thereon strikes the 'end ofthelever or spring 36, and thus causes the same to press the catch bar toward the left. A spring 43 extends from an insulated stud 44 the spring 39 is.

into position over a second'insulated stud the Emmott;

" 1 of tho ioot, is l it that in may with t in it metal box. niywlt to aim form or kind may it vhnn ltm without whim t of rows of 'n'o'et'tionp thereon. a l I I pl tmi oi; selecting ll(fi\'l ,'i' 'i ointor wit-h tow. with means for operating the wow into solei'rti g position, Said selecting tltximm \Vlitll set into ope-rating position, being opt-1' Itittl by the pt'o im'tions on the drum. Pli st t'ioal contacts controlled by the rillk'l htlWl ing: devices. and a common opttuting vonm-vi lfllt between the solooting' tlt-l'lt'fifi owl tho elect rival tioiitiwts filltlfitilllt'ltllty us ttQsviihti.

i. In autonmtiu totlo signaling itfllltlt'titts. the combination ot' a rotary (lrum hitting rim-nit closing lvvivvs arranged it! :1 l litElfti' i y of (:llPtltflftl'GHtiz'il rows thereon wlct'ting moans one for ou -"h row of circuit lming: (to viz a, means for operating the wh sking tii z'n'ts, i'rotitttvts controlled from tho -lwt It}; tlfitns whim they are opcrutiul thv tFtti i' (losing (Lesions on the ttl'tllili an t in mm to! locking the selecting lllQilXlb ttUllHQ; tlw two lotion of tho th'imn substantially :t-a thimri'ihetl.

53 In combination with tin :*ot;1t' \"ili'u:n having rows of projootion.-. tlaial'wn, scrim of solution one tor Qtttlt row of projections untl monihly monntmh ltlt'illlS for moving the selmt'oi-s to sclvct their room-tin rows wt projections. mum wtrtiotl l tl'w fit tols to be o iwt'zitmt by the ;-.iti ,t plUjHilt Ht-k and mmt'mts opvmtml from built hm, in ittionmi 11mins. sithstamtiall ilh' losi'i'i-mi.

lit vomhination with the mini (innit tuning the m'vw of projtugtions tho ttlth'ttilit wlmtom lJiHlliQ' the movable tlttlltiltt thoroon, it pint: with which tho uitnhlrrw viigrtigv to he tnowal thtatotiy into sciwting {HMiiHlSl when the ittttftflili rm) ptt'ssui itinll'titf. mitt ttimbtuw being operated from thv o."o

. potion; and opor'atiiig the pl'ttv. at! oo trivial ()ntilttb; vonti'tiiiwi in t mmumvnt vomplotvq its inoveimnL snhsts mtiully ktS ileregister with any of the selecting members to operate the same into position to be operated by the projections, means for driving the drum, said means being controlled from said adjustable member in any of the positions in which said member may be set, substantially a described.

9. in con'ibination a carrier having a pini'ality of rows of circuit closing devi es, elec-- j trical contacts, selecting devices, a dial associated with the selecting devices. a light, and a member ad ustable to register with any of theselectin t dm ices. ilrivin means for the carrier,-said adjustable member being mom able in one dirc tion to opt-rate the selecting devices and the driving mcans of the carrier, and in anothe" direction to control the light, substantially as described.

10. In combination a carrier, circuit closing devices arranged in rows thereon, means for driving the carrier, a plurality of selecting devices to be moved individually into position to be operated by the circuit clo ing devices. a handle. a rock shaft on which the said handle is splined to be adjustable into line with any of the selecting devices,

and a connection between the rock shaftj and the carrier driving means, substantially as described.

11. In combination a carrier having a plurality of rows of circuit closing devices, moans tor driving the carrier, a plurality of selecting devices to be operated by the circnit closing devices on the carrier, electrical contacts controlled by the selecting devices, a hand lever, a shaft upon which the same is mounted to slide thereon to register with the selecting devices, a connection between I the said shaft and the carrier driving means,

a light, means for controliing the light from the said rock shaft, the said hand lever being moved in one direction to register with the selecting devices and being moved in another direction to operate the sclecting devices and the carrier driving means, and to be moved in another direction for turning on the light, substantially as described.

12. In combination with the rotary carrier having a plurality of rows of circuit closing devices, electrical contacts, selecting devices with means between the same and the contacts for controllin the said contacts, a spring with connections for driving the carrier, a handle with connections for tensioning the spring, said connections in cluding a trip, said handle also operating the selecting devices, substantially as do scribed.

13. In combination a rotary carrier hav ing rows of circuit. closing devices, a series of selecting members to be operated by the rows of circuit closing devices on the car rier, contacts controlled by the selecting members, a handle for operating the selecting members, a spring for driving the car- ;rier, a segment and pinion between the spring and the carrier, a trip bar connected with the segment, a member connected with the handle for operating the trip bar, and means for releasing the trip bar from said i member, substantially described.

14.111 con'ibination the carrier having rows of circuit closing projections, 51 series of selecting members, means for operating said selecting members into position to be operated by the projections on the carrier, electrical contacts controlled from the select ing members when operated-from the carrier, a locking member for the selecting members, a spring for driving the carrier, a segment and pinion between said spring land the carrier, a detent for the locking member, and means movable with the segment to release the said (letent when the F carrier completes its movement, substani tially as described.

l 13. in apparatus of the class described, I acarner having rows of circuit; closing devices thereon, circuit selectmg means, a co' loperating contact. device, a dial, a light, driving means for the carrier,

'handle for controlling the driving means, I the light. and the selecting means, substantially as described.

i 16. In combination, in apparatus of the class described, a carrier, circuit controlling 1 means thereon, a casing, selecting means for t the signals, locking means therefor within Il ower operating means for the the casing,

starting means, an electric carrier, an i lamp, circuit connections controlling the [same and a single handle controlling the i power means, selectingmeans, lighting circuit, starting means and locking means, substantially as descrit ?d.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l WARREN E. FASTNAGHI. Witnesses:

l Gnome L. SPRENKEL,

i SAMUEL S. HA

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