Patent GB-190627975-A (GB)
Inventor: TIRMANN HUGO
Filed: 1906-12-08
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 27,975. Tirmann, H. Dec. 8. Fares, registering.-Relates to fare indicators described in Specification No. 19,222, A.D. 1906, and comprises means for throwing the counting-gear into operation to show the initial fare under one of two more tariffs, or the same plus additional charges for luggage etc.; means for indicating the tariff employed ; means for returning the indicator to zero; means for preventing entrance of dust and operating the owner's totalizer; means for bringing the time or other tariff into gear after a certain initial fare has been marked off; and modifications in the counting-mechanism. The device for actuating the counter consists of a staff 35, Figs. 4 and 5, provided with racks on two or more sides; each rack consists of two parts, one containing more teeth than the other. One of the short racks, the lower one as shown in Fig. 4, contains fewer teeth than the other. Pivoted to the staff is an arm 102 bearing a rack-bar 103. When introduced into an opening 101, Fig. 2, with the flag downward, the wheel 104# is rotated, causing the initial fare to ba exhibited. When inserted with the flag upward, the wheel 104# is rotated a further amount corresponding to certain extra charges. The wheel 104# drives the counting- apparatus through spur and bevel gearing, a clutch on a shaft 107, and a pinion 109 gearing with internal teeth on the counting-wheels. To indicate the tariff and actuate the control counter, the rack 103 is inserted in one of two holes 51, 52, one of two slides 111, 112 being first depressed by an exterior handle. The rack 103 gears with one of two gears 39, 40, and rotates a disk 46 to bring the words "day" or "night tariff into view. The insertion of the rack also depresses one of the slides 49, 50, rocking a bar 28 and through it a second bar 28‹, thus throwing the wheel 23 or 24 into gear with the counting-wheels. The slides 111, 112 depress, through rods 114, a spring- controlled central slide 115 covering the opening 101. The slide 115 on its return after the withdrawal of the staff rotates the owner's control register through a gear 117 and shaft 118. When the staff is drawn out, the counters are returned to zero through gears 104, 125, 126, a shaft 127, a clutch, and wheels 129, Fig. 7, the latter entering a recess 155 in the counting-wheels as described in the above Specification. After a certain fare is reached, the journey may be reckoned according to time. This is accomplished by a wheel 130, which gears with the counting-wheel, and rotates a cam 132, which, through a lever 134, lifts a slide 136 and uncovers a slot 137. A second rack may be inserted in this slot, thus revolving the gear 141 and displaying a signal; at the same time, a lever 138 is depressed and throws the clutch 140 out of gear with the vehicle and into gear with the clock. An audible signal may be provided to give additional notice. Counting-apparatus.-To avoid the gradual movement of the figures in the fare indicator, the counting-wheels are provided with angular guides 145, Fig. 7, and projections 144 corresponding to the divisions of the rings. Between the guides 145 slide the axes 148 of consecutively numbered plates 147. The plates are pressed outwards by springs 149 so that projections 151 engage with stops 152 on the casing. The projections 144 remove the plates as they strike the pivots 148, and the plate immediately above, which has been resting on the projection 151, falls into position. When the indicator is reversed, the plates are driven by the projections on the counter rings over the oblique lower surface of the stops 151, until the zero plate comes into position.