Patent GB-184830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to fare systems and means used therewith
IPC: G07B15/06
Filed: 1921-03-22
Abstract: 184,830. Ellis, G. B., (Johnson Fare-Box Co.). March 22, 1921. Tokens, holding, issuing, and receiving, registering, and recording number and value of; conductors' and receipt registers; fares, apparatus for checking and registering.-In a zone fare system, a passenger on entering a vehicle receives a token from an issuing device set in each zone to issue distinctive tokens, and, on leaving, the token is inserted in a receiving device also set according to the zone in which the vehicle is, which has operative mechanism controlled by the deposited token to compute, register, and display the corresponding fare amount. Tokens issuing. Cylinders 13, 14, 15, &c., Fig. 21, each containing distinctive tokens may be rotated within a casing to bring any one into register with a discharging-mechanism, and are closed by a cover beneath which is a rotatable apertured plate provided with a locking device. Conveyers 46 with receiving openings are slidable in ways in a discharge plate 44 and are normally held inwardly out of register by springs which engage projections 48. Upon downward movement of a link 56 in a central sleeve 50, a pivoted lever 52, 53 acts against the projection 48 to move the conveyer momentarily into register with a cylinder, so that a token is delivered into a receiver 45. The link 56 also actuates through ratchet mechanism a counter for registering the total numbers of tokens issued, and the number issued during the trip. The cylinders are rotated by a handle, spring stops engaging lugs at regular intervals in the discharge plate being provided. Tokens reciving. Numeral discs 118, 120, 119 on the receiving device indicate respectively the entry zone, the exit zone and the computed fare, the exit zone disc 120 being set by a ratchet-disc 124 turned by a pawl 125 from a link 131, which may be actuated automatically by the setting of the token-issuing device. The entry zone disc 118 bears numerals in pairs, either of which may be covered by an " in " and " out " trip indicator 132 controlled through a link 135 by a cam 138 on the ratchet-disc 124 which engages during the " in " trip with a bell-crank lever 136. The operating-crank 92 is connected to a mutilated gear 143 which engages with a pivoted gear 146 in mesh with a gear 147 on the same shaft 105 through intermeshing pinions 152, 153 carried by a pivoted toothed segment 148. Operation of the crank to the right of Figs. 36 and 38 moves to the right a pivoted segment 161 connected by a pin 165 to a gear 149 in mesh with the segment 148, thereby opening a trap door 106, Fig. 34, and allowing an inserted token to fall into a slot of the receiving-wheel 104, which is at the same time locked by the engagement of a pin 200 on the gear 143 with a lever 201 which by means of an inclined surface forces a pin 198 into one of a series of apertures 199 in the receiving-wheel. The return of the crank to the left moves the segment 161 to the left until arrested by the engagement of the spring-pressed pin 165 against the side of the aperture of the token, thereby bringing the gear 149 and a meshing gear 156 controlling the entry zone disc 118 into selective position determined by the token. Further movement of the crank effects counterclockwise rotation of the gear 147 through the pinions 152, 153, causing a finger 170, which prevents clockwise rotation by engagement between stops 171, 172, to rise on a cam-surface 173, locking the gear 156 by forcing a pin 166 into one of a series of holes 156<a> and registering the receipt of the token on a counter through ratchet mechanism 176. Computation and indication of fare. The arrest of the gear 147 by the engagement of a pin 187 on the gear 143 with a cam 141 or pin 141<a> on the positioned ratchet-disc 124 determines the fare amount, and the proper movement is imparted through a segment 178, Fig. 38, keyed on the shaft 105 and gearing with the shaft 122 of the fare disc 119, and to a fare totalizer 181. At the same time the engagement of a pin 187<a> connecting the crank with the gear 143 with a release pin 142 on the ratchet-disc releases the crank and permits complete movement to the left. Clearing of the machine is effected on the subsequent movement of the crank to the right. The segment 148 engages a pin 189 on a segment 188 which, by the action of a pin 190 against one of a series of cam recesses 191, rotates the receiving-wheel, which has been released by the engagement with the lever 201 of a segment 205 moved by the crank on the return to normal position. The rising of the finger 170 on the cam surface 173 to register the receipt of a token effects a movement of the segment 188 by means of a finger 192 and pins 190, 194 in preparation for clearing. The slots of the receiving-wheel register in turn with graded token-receiving cylinders 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, Fig. 38. The fare totalizer is locked, when the crank is in normal position by the forcing between the teeth of a gear 180 of a plunger 221 bv the engagement of a segment 209 moved by the crank with a pin 218 on a plate 210, and backward rotation during operation is prevented by the engagement with a pawl 214 of a gear 213 in mesh with the segment 209. Means are provided for locking the crank against movement to the left while the ratchetdisc 124 is being set. The apparatus may be adjusted for different series of tokens, and mechanism is provided for ejecting improper tokens.