US250011A - Fare-register - Google Patents

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M. W. SPEULDA.

FARB REGISTER.

No. 250,011. Patented Nov. 22,1881.

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M. W. SFHULM.v

PARE REGISTER.

No. 250,011. `Patented Nov. 22,1881

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PATENT FARE-REGISTER.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,011, dated November 22, 1881.

Application filed August 12, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN W. SPELDA, of Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Fare-Register; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1. is a side view, looking into the shell portion of the case, the cover ot which is removed. Fig.2isatransversesection through the line a' x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the line z z of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view of the devices between frame-plates D and E, looking toward the inner face of E. Fig. 6 is a view of the inner face of the plate D, showing the pull-bar as carried by this plate. Fig. 7 is a face view of the register, showing the openings for the gures to show through; and Fig. 8 is a view of the key for unlocking the register-case.

My invention relates to certain improvements in fare-registers of that class which are to be carried by the conductor, and operated as each fare is received to register the number of fares taken. I

My invention operates upon a common geueral principle, in that it has a pull-bar which gives a step-by-step movement to a train of wheels bearing numbered dials, and simultaneously rings a bell at each movement.

My improvement consists, first, in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the train of wheels in relation to a carrying-frame; and, secondly, in the means for fastening together the parts of theinclosing-case to prevent access to the parts by unauthorized persons, as will be hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, A and B represent the two parts of the case, of which A is the shell portion, and B the cover or face-plate. The part A has upon its iiat side three windows or openings, a, Fig. 7, through which the numbers on the dial-wheels successively show, 'and which openings are closed against the ingress of dirt and dust by a sheet of mica, b, Fig.'2, or other transparent material, which latter also prevents any one from tampering with the wheels through these openings.

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The shell A is made rectangular, and in the corners of the same, at one end, are rigid undercut lugs c, while at the other end, and near the middle, is a double-barreled lock-case, C, having between its barrels a parallel tumblershaft, d, with bits, and which tumbler-shaft is perforated to receive a key, e, Fig. 8, by which the tumbler-shaft may be rotated and its bits thrown into the range of the barrels on each side. The cover or other portion of the case B is provided at its corners, at one end, with hooks d', Fig. 2, that are inserted under the undercut lugs c ot' the shell, while at the opposite end said cover has two stems, f f, that register with and pass into the two barrels of the locking device. These stems have in their sides notches, Fig. 3, into which the bits of the tumbler-shaft enter to lock the stems to the double-barreled case. By an axial movement of the key, after it is inserted in the tumblersh aft, the bits are locked into the said notches of the stems, and the case thus securely closed in, while by turning the key a quarter of a revolution in the other direction the bits are removed from the notches of the stems, and

the latter may be withdrawn from the lock C to permit the cover to be removed. Within this case, and held in place by lugs g and a clasp-spring, h, is arranged the frame carrying the working parts of the register, which frame, with said working parts, is made readily removable. This frame consists of two flat plates, D E, of'rectangular shape, nearly, if not quite, lling the case, and held apart by posts at their corners, after the manner ot' a clock-movement frame.

Underneath the plate D is arranged the slide or pull bar F, which moves in right lines in suitable guides or keepers, t', attached to plate D, and which pull-bar extends through the outer casing and terminates in a ring adapted to receive the finger of the operator. This pullbar F is provided with an articulated finger, j, arranged transversely to the same and adapted to engage with the pins of a pin-wheel, G. This articulated nger j is provided with a spiral spring, k, and a stop, so that when moved in one direction by the movement of the pull-bar it is deflected and passes by the pins of wheel G, and when moved iu the other direction it acts as a rigid arm, and by engaging with one IOO ' end to the pull-bar, and at the other end to the plate D.

To give a signal with every movement of the registering device I mount a bell, I, upon the plate D, (due provision being made for its accommodation by a corresponding swell in the cover of the case,) and this bell I cause to be struck by the hammer k2 at every movement of the pull-bar, which hammer is attached to a short rock-shaft, l, between the two plates, which rock-shaft carries between the two plates D E an arm, n, which is held by a spring, m, against the pins of the wheel G, so that at every movement of the wheel G by the pullbar the arm n is deflected, and after the pin passes it the springis allowed to assert its elasticity and bring the hammer into forcible contact with the bell.

Ou the same shaft with the pin-wheel G there is arranged a disk, J, Fig. 1. This disk J is, however, on the top of plate D, while G is on the opposite side of plate D and resting upon the plate E. This disk J is provided with a series of peripheral notches, with which a spring-detent, o, is made to engage to prevent back movement, and it has also a tappet-arm, p, which once in every complete revolution ofthe wheel J strikes another pin-wheel, G', resting above the plate D. This latter pin-wheel has a series of notches in its periphery, with which a spring-pawl, g2, engages to prevent yback movement, and upon the same shaft with it, but underneath the plate D, is arranged a disk, J', Fig. 5, carrying a tappet-arm, r, which engages with the pins of a pin-wheel, G2, also 'under the plate D.

Upon the same shaft with the wheel G2 is a notched disk, J2, Fig. l, resting above the plate D, which is held against back movement by the spring-pawl s. This notched disk has a tappet-arm, t, that engages with a toothed wheel, G3, whose shaft has an index-hand that moves over a numbered dial, t2, also above the plate D. Now, it will be seen that, as the wheels G G G2 have each ten pins or teeth, the movement will be diminished by tens, and the shaft of wheel G willindicate units, the shaft of G tens, G2 hundreds, and G3 thousands. I accordingly place upon the wheels G J G2 the teirdigits in circular series, and perforate the plate E, so that these digits may successively show through the openings a in the outer case, while the last shaft indicates through its index-hand the thousands on its dial-faces within the case.

Now, I am aware that it is not new to use pin-wheels and tappet-wheels in a train ot' diminishing gear, and I do not claim this, broadly; but by arranging the pin-wheels and tappetwheels alternately on opposite sides of the plate D, so that the movement between the shafts is alternately transmitted between the shafts above and below the plate D, I am enabled to locate the pairs ot' wheels on any one shaft all in the same plane with the pairs of wheels of the other shafts, thereby reducing the space between the plates D and E and securing a much more compact and convenient form of register.

Referring to the construction of the case, I would state, also,that I am aware that undercut lugs and hooks have heretofore been used to fasten together the two parts ot' a case, and that the particular structure of lock used by me is not new of itself. I do not know, however, that such loch has ever been combined with a register-case, as shown in my invention, with one portion of the lock attached to and forming an integral part of one section of the case and the other portion of the lock attached to and forming an integral part ot' lthe other section ot' the case. This affords a very substantial and secure organization of case, and one which is but little liable to be deranged or surreptitiously opened.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new isl. In a register, the combination, with the two frame-plates D and E, of a pull-bar having an articulated iin ger, and the series of pairs of pin-wheels and tappet-disks G J G J G2 J2, the two wheels of each of said pairs being arranged on opposite sides of the pla-te D, and resting in the same plane with the adjacent pair, substantially' as and for the purpose described.

2. The shell A, having undercut lugs c and double-barreled tumbler-ease O, with rotary tumbler-shaft, having bits, as described, combined with the cover B, having hooks d and notched stems ff, substantially as and for the purpose described.

MARTIN WILLIAM SPEULDA.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM C. SOMMER, FRANK HARBAUER, Jr.

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