IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING OR RECORDING THE RECEIPTS OF MONIES OR FARES ON OMNIBUSES, TRAMWAY CARS, STEAMSHIPS, IN THEATRES, AND IN OTHER PLACES WHERE THE RECEIPT OF MONIES IS REQUIRED TO BE CHECKED.”
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Bailey, of Lavender Hill, Wandsworth Road, in
the County of Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR REGISTERING OR RECORDING THE RECEIPTS OF MONIES OR FARES ON
OMNIBUSES, TRAMWAY CARS, STEAMSHIPS, IN THEATRES, AND IN OTHER PLACES
WHERE THE RECEIPT OF MONIES IS REQUIRED TO BE CHECKED.”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Bailey at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th October 1878.
JOSEPH BAILEY, of Lavender Hill, Wandsworth Road, in the County of Surrey.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING OR RECORDING THE RECEIPTS OF
MONIES OR FARES ON OMNIBUSES, TRAMWAY CARS, STEAMSHIPS, IN THEATRES, AND
IN OTHER PLACES WHERE THE RECEIPT OF MONIES IS REQUIRED TO BE CHECKED."
The object of this Invention is to provide an improved indicating and registering
apparatus for the purpose of checking the receipts of monies or fares by conductors,
guards, and collectors of cash payments.
This improved apparatus is a combined indicator, alarm, and special ticket
deliverer for receipts or payments of various values, and is of convenient size,
portable, of light but strong construction, and handy for manipulation. A case or
box is provided, wherein is arranged certain chambers, separated one from the
other by hollow partitionings, said chambers being for the reception of tickets
representing different values, one class or value of ticket being in each separate
compartment.
Below the ticket chambers is a chamber wherein is arranged the registering
mechanism consisting of toothed gearing, dial plates, and index fingers or pointers
arranged on the pivots of the gearing; and in combination with the registering
mechanism chamber is a chamber, for reception of the alarm bell and striking
mechanism.

page_text: Within the hollow partitioning of the ticket chambers is arranged a spindle or
plunger rod, which at the upper end projects out from casing and terminates in a
button; and the lower end of said plunger rod extends out below the casing into
the registering chamber and terminates in a foot formed as a rack for purpose
herein-after described. Also within the hollow partitioning, or in a tube therein,
is arranged one arm of a cranked presser lever or pedal acted upon by a spiral
spring, the neck of the said presser lever being free to move so as to raised and
lowered in a vertical slot in the said hollow partitioning or tube therein; and the
foot of the said presser lever extends into the ticket chambers, so as by the action
of the spring to give a more or less gentle pressure upon the tickets.
At the bottom of each ticket chamber is a slide or carrier, which is recessed upon
the upper side to a sufficient depth to receive one ticket only, and on the under
side of the said ticket carrier is a ratchet or rack for purpose of actuating the
ticket carrier to project same along with the one ticket in the recess thereof through
a slot in the face of the apparatus, said ratchet of the ticket carrier being geared
with a toothed wheel or pinion on a collar mounted loosely upon a shaft extending
across the uppert part of the registering chamber.
Each collar mounted upon the said shaft is provided with two toothed wheels or
pinions, one for purpose of actuating the ticket carrier as described, and the
other lying in gear with the rack at the foot of the plunger rod. This said foot of
the plunger rod also acts upon a cam arranged upon a rocking shaft, which also
carries a spring catch which gears with and actuates one arm of a pivoted lever, the
other end of which actuates the striking hammer of the bell. The rocking shaft
has a spiral spring arranged upon one end thereof, which will always effect the
return of the said rocking shaft and its cam or cams to its normal position after
it has been actuated for striking the bell when acted upon by the plunger rod
foot upon the plunger being depressed for the purpose of actuating the pinioned
collar on the cross shaft for delivering the ticket and actuating the counting
or registering mechanism, which will be operated, arranged, and constructed as
follows:-
The plunger rod has been described as working within the hollow partitioning
of the ticket chambers, and this plunger is of compound construction. A shoulder
thereon is acted upon by a spiral spring to return the plunger home after making
a throw, that is, after being depressed. A bracket piece is also formed on the said
plunger stem, and is recessed to form a catch to receive the end of a rod which
engages at its upper end with the catch portion of the said bracket, and a small
stud is employed if desired to aid in holding the two parts together. This said rod
so connected with the plunger has on the back thereof a spring tongue to keep it
up to the catch of the bracket and steady it, and its lower end is extended into the
registering chamber and carries two spring catches or pawls which are provided for
purpose of actuating the toothed registering wheels upon and just before the com-
pletion of the back action of the plunger after it has been depressed to strike the
bell and issue the ticket.
The toothed registering wheels are arranged upon a dial plate, and the arbors
extend through the plate and carry index fingers or pointers. The arrangement
of wheels that I have employed and find to answer my purpose best is as follows:-
The edges of two wheels are serrated with twenty teeth, and said two wheels are
mounted together side by side, that is, one at the back of the other. The main
arbor of the wheels carries the unit wheel fast thereon, and carries the unit finger,
and the decimal finger is carried on the hollow arbor of the decimal wheel, which
hollow arbor is carried loosely on the main or unit arbor. The unit wheel has
attached or riveted thereto on the back thereof, and between the two wheels, a
circular plate of corresponding diameter to the wheels, said plate having one notch
or tooth corresponding to the teeth of the wheels on its periphery. Thus as the two
spring catches of the plunger rod is depressed they pass down over the teeth of the
wheels, and after the operation of striking the bell and delivering of the ticket has
been performed, and the plunger returns after being depressed, the first or unit

page_text: spring catch acts upon the unit wheel and advances it and its pointer the distance
of one tooth at the same time that the second or decimal spring catch rides over
the plain portion of the periphery of the single toothed disc between the two
wheels until upon the completion of the revolution of the unit wheel the open
portion of the dividing disc will allow the second or decimal spring catch of the
plunger rod to engage with a tooth of the decimal registering wheel, and so advance
the decimal wheel and its pointer the distance of one tooth, at the same time that
the unit wheel is by its catch, the unit catch of the rod, advanced one tooth, and
with it the plain portion of the periphery of the dividing plate is brought to cover
the next tooth of the decimal wheel, so that a complete revolution of the unit
wheel must take place before a tooth of the decimal wheel will be exposed to the
action of the decimal catch. Spring stop catches are employed as usual in this
class of mechanism to stop the tooth wheels from turning in the wrong direction.
The unit pointer is a long hand" and the decimal pointer is a "short hand."
Thus the long hand makes one movement for each ring of the bell, which is simul-
taneous with the depression of the plunger and the delivery of the ticket, and the
short hand notes or indicates each score of (twenty) movements made by the long
hand. When the day's work is done the number of tickets issued and the number of
fares received for each class or value are accurately denoted on the dials.
"
The apparatus that I have constructed is made with three ticket chambers or
compartments and three corresponding sets of registering apparatus and ticket-
delivering mechanism, and is therefore capable of registering or recording 'three
different values of payments, such as for instance, one-penny, two-penny, or three-
penny fares for tramways, omnibuses, steamboats, or otherwise, for collecting
excess fares on railways or receipts of other or similar kinds, for higher prices, or
values. It will be obvious that any number of compartments of the apparatus
or registering mechanisms may be provided in each machine according to the pur-
poses for which it is to be employed.
The button heads of the plungers, which extend out from the case, are
numbered or marked for purpose of distinction; this may be advantageously effected
by employing screwed caps, below which properly figured discs are placed, the caps
screwed on, the buttons having glass tops similar to the lens of a telescope,
und the discs may be interchangeable, and may be marked with any number
denoting a certain value placed below the glass of the button top, so that the
instrument may be utilized for registering receipts of any required value.
The back of the apparatus has a hinged cover, and for purpose of locking a
tongue piece extends out therefrom, and a turning catch or button is provided,
which extends over the said tongue piece when turned around; and a hole is pro-
vided in the end of the turning catch, and also one in an ear on the lid or cover;
and before the instrument is delivered to the conductor or collector a piece of tape
or string is passed through the holes, and when tied is sealed with wax, so as to
ensure that the apparatus will not be tampered with.
On the apparatus suitable staples are fixed for purpose of attachment, as for
instance, by strap when carried by a conductor, or screwed to a desk or wall, as
the case may be.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Bailey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 14th April
1879.
JOSEPH BAILEY, of Lavender Hill, Wandsworth Road, in the County of Surrey.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING OR RECORDING THE RECEIPTS OF
MONIES OR FARES ON OMNIBUSES, TRAMWAY CARS, STEAMSHIPS, IN THEATRES, AND
IN OTHER PLACES WHERE THE RECEIPT OF MONIES IS REQUIRED TO BE CHECKED."
The object of this Invention is to provide an improved indicating and registering
apparatus for the purpose of checking the receipts of monies or fares by conductors,
guards, and collectors of cash payments.
This improved apparatus is a combined indicator, alarm, and special ticket
.deliverer, for receipts or payments of various values, and is of convenient size, light
but strong construction, and handy for manipulation. A case or box is provided,
wherein is arranged certain chambers separated one from the other by hollow
partitionings, said chambers being for the reception of tickets representing different
values, one class or value of ticket being in each separate compartment.
In order that the Invention may be well understood I have hereunto annexed
a Sheet of Drawings illustrative shereof, wherein,--
Fig. 1 is a front view of a "three-fare" apparatus complete, with one of the
plungers depressed as it would be when a ticket is issued, and the issuing of the
ticket is registered.
Fig. 2, a side view from right of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a top view, showing the
ticket carrier projected for delivery of the ticket upon the depression of the corre-
sponding plunger.
Fig. 4 is a front view with the bell cover removed for purpose of showing the
.actuating mechanism of the ticket carrier and alarum bell, the actuating plungers
.and connections being in their normal position.
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Fig. 5 is a sectional side view from right of Fig. 4 at line
Fig. 6, a view of back of apparatus, as shown in Fig. 4, with part of cover
broken away for purpose of showing the registering dials and actuating gearing.
Figs. 7 and 7 represent in side view and plan respectively the hollow par-
titioning of the ticket chambers, wherein works the plunger connections.
Figs. 8 and 8a represent in side and top view the ticket carrier plate, with its
toothed rack on under side thereof.
Figs. 9 and 9 represent in side view and plan the presser pedal, which is acted
upon by spring to hold down the tickets in their chambers.
Fig. 10 is a side view of the compound arm of the actuating plunger, the lower
end whereof extends into the registering chamber and carries the two spring catches
for actuating the toothed registering wheels.
Fig. 10, a front view from right of Fig. 10, partly in section, showing the details
of the fitting of the spring catches.
Figs. 11 and 11a are side and under views of stop catch for registering wheels to
prevent same "overthrowing," that is, being turned more than one tooth at a time
on the return action of the plunger.
Figs. 12 and 12 represent in side and top view the unit registering wheel with
the dividing single toothed plate; and Figs. 13 and 13ª are like views of the
decimal wheel.
A is the main case of the apparatus; B, the bell cover; A³, the cap of the case
carrying the hinged back or cover; A2, A3, is a lug at foot of cover; and A, a
swivelling piece upon the foot of case A. Holes are provided in A³ and A' to
which a tape may be tied and sealed, or a padlock may be fastened; C is a bracket
carrying bell; D, E, are the ticket chambers, one for each separate class or value
of ticket.

page_text: Below the ticket chambers is a chamber F, wherein is arranged the registering
mechanism, consisting of toothed gearing, dial plates, and index fingers or pointers
arranged on the pivots of the gearing; and in combination with this registering
mechanism chamber is a chamber for reception of the alarum bell and striking
mechanism, this latter being formed and enclosed in the bell cover B.
Within the hollow partitioning G of the ticket chambers is arranged a spindle
or plunger rod H, which at the upper end projects out from the case A and
terminates in a button H'; and the lower end 1 of said plunger rod extends out
below the casing A into the bell chainber and terminates in a foot formed as a rack
for purpose herein-after described. Also within the hollow partitioning, or in a
tube G¹ therein, is arranged one arm of a cranked presser pedal I acted upon by a
spiral spring, the neck of the said presser pedal I being free to move, so as to be
raised and lowered in a vortical slot G in the said hollow partitioning or tube
therein; and the foot of the said presser pedal extends into the ticket chamber, so
as by the action of the spring to give a more or less gentle pressure upon the
tickets.
. At the bottom of each ticket chamber is a slide or carrier a, which is recessed
upon the upper side to a suflicient depth to receive one ticket only; and on the
under side of the said ticket carrier is a ratchet or rack b for purpose of actuating
the ticket carrier to project same along with one ticket in the recoss thereof
through a slot in the face of the apparatus (as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3),
said ratchet of the ticket carrier being with a toothed wheel or pinion c on a
collar & mounted loosely on a shaft e extending across the upper part of the bell
chamber. Each of the loose collars & upon the said shaft c is provided with a
second toothed wheel or pinion 2 in gear with the rack 1 at the foot of the plunger
rod. This said foot 1 of the plunger rod also acts upon a cam 3 arranged upon a
rocking shaft 4, which also carries a spring catch 5, which gears with and actuates
one arm 6 of a pivoted lever, to the other arm 7 of which lever is attached the
striking hammer of the bell.
The rocking shaft 4 has a spiral spring 8 arranged upon one end thereof, which
will always effect the return of the said rocking shaft and its cam or cams 3 to its
normal position after said rocking shaft has been actuated for striking the bell by
the action of the plunger rod foot 1 upon said plunger being depressed for the
purpose of actuating the double-pinioned collar d with its pinion wheels c and 2 on
the cross shaft e for delivering the ticket and actuating the counting or registering
mechanism, which will be operated, arranged, and constructed as follows:-
The plunger rod has been described as working within the hollow partitioning
of the ticket chambers, and this plunger is of compound construction. A shoulder H³
thereon is acted upon by a spiral spring H³ to return the plunger H. "home" after
making a throw, that is, after being depressed. A bracket piece H' is also formed
on the said plunger stem, and may be recessed to form a catch to receive a corre-
sponding catch on the end of the rod or compound arm H³, which engages at its
upper end with the bracket portion H*; or, as shown, a small stud on the bracket
Hand an eye in the upper end of H³ is employed to aid in holding the two parts
together. This said compound arm H³ so connected with the plunger has on the
back thereof a spring tongue to keep its eye up to the stud of the bracket piece H*
and steady it, and its lower end He is extended into the registering chamber, and
is formed with double plates constituting a boxing, in which is carried two spring
catches or pawls 8 and 9, which are provided for purpose of actuating the toothed
registering wheels upon and just before the completion of the back action of the
plunger H after it has been depressed to strike the bell and issue the ticket.
The toothed registering wheels are arranged upon a dial plate 10, and their
arbors extend through the plate 10, and carry index fingers or pointers. The
arrangement of wheels that I have employed is as follows:-The edges of two
wheels 12 and 13 (see Figs. 12 and 12ª, and Figs. 13 and 13a) are serrated with
twenty teeth (other number may be employed); and said two wheels are mounted
together side by side, that is, one at the back of the other. The main arbor of the

page_text: wheels carries the unit wheel 12 fast thereon, and carries the unit finger, and the
decimal finger is carried on the hollow arbor of the decimal wheel 13, which
hollow arbor is carried loosely on the main or unit arbor. The unit wheel 12 has
attached or rivetted thereto on the back thereof, and between the wheels, a
circular plate 14 of corresponding diameter to the wheels, said, plate having one
notch or tooth 15 on its periphery corresponding to the teeth of the wheels. Thus
as the two spring catches 8 and 9 of the plunger rod H³ are depressed they pass
down over the teeth of the wheels, and after the operation of striking the bell and
delivery of the ticket has been performed, and the plunger returns after being
depressed, the first or unit spring catch 8 acts upon the unit wheel 12 and advances
it and its pointer the distance of one tooth at the same time that the second or
decimal spring catch rides over the plain portion of the periphery of the single
toothed disc 14 between the two wheels 12 and 13 until upon the completion of
the revolution of the unit wheel the open portion 15 of the dividing disc will allow
the second or decimal spring catch 9 of the plunger rod to engage with a tooth of
the decimal registering wheel 13, and so advance the decimal wheel and its pointer
the distance of one tooth at the same time that the unit wheel 12 is brought to
cover by the plain portion of the disc wheel the next tooth of a decimal wheel, so
that a complete revolution of the unit wheel 12 must take place before a tooth of
the decimal wheel 13 will be exposed to the action of the decimal spring catch 9.
Stop catches 16 are employed as usual in this class of mechanism to stop the
toothed wheels 12 and 13 from turning in the wrong direction.
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To prevent all shake or overthrowing" of the said toothed registering wheels
in a forward direction, that is, to prevent any liability of the said wheels being
turned more than one tooth at a time, a stop catch 11 (Figs. 11 and 11a) is pivoted
on the dial plate 10 to gear with the toothed registering wheels 12 and 13, the
point of said stop catch 11 being divided by a part being filed away, so as to pro-
vide a catch for both registering wheels; and at the opposite end of said stop
catch 11 is a flat tongue, which is acted upon by a shoulder of the boxing Ho, as
clearly shown in Fig. 6, for when the plunger is depressed said catch 11 will be
free to allow of the toothed registering wheel or wheels being actuated by their
pawls 8 and 9.
The
The unit pointer is a "long hand" and the decimal pointer is a short hand."
Thus the long hand makes one movement for each ring of the bell, which is simul-
taneous with the depression of the plunger and delivery of the ticket, and the short
hand indicates each score of (twenty) movements made by the long hand.
two registering wheels of 20 each will count to 400 fares, but if the wheels were
made with 25 teeth each the count would reach 625; or if with 30 teeth each, the
count would reach 900, and that without altering the actuating mechanism. When
the day's work is done the number of tickets issued and the number of fares
received for each class or value are accurately denoted on the dials.
The apparatus that I have constructed is made with three ticket chambers or
compartments and three corresponding sets of registering apparatus and ticket
delivery mechanism, and is therefore capable of registering or recording three
different values of payments, such as for instance, one-penny, two-penny, or three-
penny fares for tramways, omnibuses, steamboats, or otherwise, for collecting excess
fares on railways, or receipts of other or similar kinds for higher prices or values.
It will be obvious that any number of compartments of the apparatus and set of
registering mechanism may be provided in each machine according to the purposes
for which it is to be employed.
The button heads H¹ of the plungers which extend out from the case are
numbered or marked for purpose of distinction; this may be advantageously
effected by employing screwed caps having glass tops similar to the lens of a
telescope, below which properly figured discs will be placed, the caps being screwed
on the buttons. The discs may be interchangeable, and be marked with any
number denoting a certain value and placed below the glass of the button top,

page_text: so that the instrument may be utilized for registering receipts of any required
value.
The back of the apparatus has a hinged cover A terminating in a foot plate A²,
and for purpose of locking an ear A³ extends out therefrom, and a turning catch or
button A is provided, which extends to the said ear A³ when turned around;
and a
hole is provided on the end of the turning catch A", and also one in the ear A³ on
the lid or cover foot plate A2, and before the instrument is delivered to the con-
ductor or collector, and after the chambers E are filled with tickets, a piece of tape
or string is passed through the holes, and when tied is sealed, so as to ensure that
the apparatus will not be tampered with; or a padlock may be used.
On the apparatus suitable staples A5, one only is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,
are fixed for purpose of attachment, as for instance, by strap when carried by a
conductor; or flat staples may be employed, and screwed to a desk, or wall, or
door, as the case may be.
Having now described the nature and particulars of the said Invention in such
wise that the same may be readily understood and carried into practical effect, I
claim,―
Firstly. In registering and indicating mechanism the compound lever H, H¹, H³,
H³, H, and 1, with the compound arm H³, H6, with its two spring catches 8, 9,
arranged and operating substantially as herein set forth, and as shown by the
Drawings.
Secondly. The double-pinioned collar piece c, d, 2, on the shaft e operated by
the foot 1 of the plunger to project the ticket carrier a, b, for delivery of a ticket
from the compartiment E of the machine, as herein set forth, and shown by the
Drawings.
Thirdly. The ticket carrier a, b, in the ticket chamber E provided with the
presser pedal I, constructed, operated, and working, as herein set forth, and shown
in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7ª, 8, 8, 9 and 90, of the Drawings.
Fourthly. The bell-striking mechanisın 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, arranged and operating
as herein set forth, and shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the Drawings.
Fifthly. The registering mechanism, consisting of the two pawls 8, 9, count
wheels 12 and 13, and dividing disc 14, 15, and stop catch 11, constructed, operated,
and working as herein set forth, and shown by Figs. 5, 6, 10, 10, 11, 11ª, 12, 128,
13 and 13a, of the Drawings, and
Lastly. The construction and arrangement of registering or recording alarum and
ticket holding and delivery apparatus, as herein set forth, whether the mechanism
be arranged in three sets and compartments, as shown by the Drawings, or in one
or more sets of combined registering, alarum, ticket holding, and delivering chamber
or chambers and mechanism.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Bailey, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Tenth day of April, One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine.
In the presence of
WALTER A. BARLOW,
Patent Agent & Engineer,
6, St. Paul's Churchyard,
London, E.C.
JOS. BAILEY. (L.S.)