Improvements in Apparatus Employed for Checking the Receipt of Money from Persons Riding in Public Vehicles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1887
Specification Accepted, 19th July, 1887.
Improvements in Apparatus Employed for Checking the Receipt
of Money from Persons Riding in Public Vehicles.
JOHN MELTON BLACK Tabernacle Street Finsbury City of London, Gentleman do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The present Invention is designed as a further improvement on Letters Patent
granted to me on the 16th July 1886 No. 9253, the objects being first for supplying
the apparatus employed for semi-locking, and then finally locking the crystal face of
the instrument through which the numbering dial is exposed, counting the actions of
the punch. Secondly:-The manner in which the fares by the up and down journies
of any particular route are separately distinguished and counted and finally the
method adopted for distinguishing any particular class or number of punches used by
any company or by the branch lines of any company in order, first that the use of
the instruments may be localized and secondly that the receipts derived from the
branch lines may be distinguished and accounted for separately thereby preventing
confusion and materially enlarging the utility of the instrument as a preventative
against fraud.
In order that the Invention may be well understood and explained in detail I have
hereunto annexed a sheet of Drawings made about full size upon which letters of
reference are marked on corresponding parts on all the Figs. alike.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. represents a side view of the instrument shewing the outer lid closed over
the crystal face of the numbering dial, and the receptacle for receiving the pieces
punched from the tickets.
Fig. 2. represents a longitudinal view, partly in section, of Fig. 1. through the

page_text: an inner movable case designed for receiving the "pips," or pieces punched out of the
tickets and Fig. 5 represents a longitudinál section of the inner case.
In carrying out the first portion of these improvements, I dispense with the yielding
snap, securing the cap enclosing the bell as described in the Specification of the
Patent hereinbefore recited, and make such snap'a fixed catch for the bolt of the com-
bination lock as is usual, but the cap closing in the crystal cover of the number dial
I allow to remain as described in the aforesaid Specification, a yielding snap or catch
which can be closed to after the bolt of the combination lock has been inserted and
locked in its place but inasmuch that the mechanism forming the subject of the first
part of these improvements, is more simple and reliablo in action than that previously
described, I will proceed to explain the nature of its construction and action.
The underside of the lid A when in its semi-closed condition as shewn at Fig. 2
rests on the upper surface of the slip catch &at which time its fixed catch c is caught
in the upper indentation d of the yielding catch d. The bolt of the lock a at this time
is inserted in its place and fixed by the combination rings of such lock so that when
the yielding catch d of the crystal cover A is closed to, it slips over the said bolt and
so becomes locked as shewn vide Fig. 3 the lid A' at this time is in its semi-closed
position resting on the shoulder of the catch and is retained in this semi-closed
state by its fixed catch e being caught in the slight indentation d' in the upper portion
of the spring catch d as before described but when it is desired that the lid A¹ shall
be closed to and locked, then the supporting catch is forced back, the action of
which allows the fixed catch c to lower and snap over the catch c¹ of the spring catch d
in which state both the crystal cover A and cap A¹ are fully locked.
Secondly-These improvements relate to the barrel or cylinder provided for the
reception of the "pips" or pieces punched from the tickets. The punch instrument
as at present constructed is provided with one chamber or compartment only for the
collection of the whole of the "pips" punched from the tickets during the time the
vehicle is making one complete trip from and to the point from which it started,
after which when the instrument is handed in by the conductor and opened by a
person in authority, this chamber or compartment is released and removed in order
that its contents may be examined and counted.
I propose to extend the usefulness of this portion of the punch instrument by
constructing this chamber or barrel in the following manner.
The outer barrel e vide Fig. 4 is secured to the framing of the punch; but is only
required to be removed therefrom when it is necessary to get at the punch for repairs
or the like. This barrel e is fitted with an inner cylindrical case f vide Fig. 5.
provided with a mid-feather which divides its interior space into two longitudinal
compartments g and g¹ there being an opening to cach compartment for the admis-
sion of the "pips" punched from the tickets. These openings are provided with slides
or covers i, and the inner cylinder is constructed with the annular indentation k near
its inner end and a knob or milled button head at its outer end. The lids i, i of
this cylindrical case covering the apertures for the entrance of "pips" are when the
case is being inserted in the barrel e caught by the edge of such barrel in a manner
which causes the lids as the case is forced in to be slid back so as to expose the
orifices h immediately below the punch. The inner cylindrical case when fully
inserted in the barrel e is fixed by the sliding stud 1, and when the lid A is locked the
said case cannot again be withdrawn so long as the instrument remains closed but it
is free to be partially revolved in the barrel e. When in one position, the "pips "
cuttings from the tickets are allowed to fall into the compartment then uppermost
which for example I will suppose is during the time the vehicle is making its outward
journey; but before making the return journey the conductor by means of the milled
headed button k¹ gives the inner cylindrical case half a turn, which then places the
receptacle g in position for receiving the "pips" punched from the tickets during
the time the vehicle is making its return journey. By this means an accurate account
of the fares received during any one journey can be ascertained and difficiences or
attempts at peculation, comparatively localized, and finally in order to prevent the
transfer of instruments by the employees and also to localize their use for a special
or

page_text: service on a given route I give the case or barrel e a coat of paint or enamel on its
outer surface shown by shaded lines at Fig. 1, by this means the Punch instrument can
be distinguished and localized for a given service, for example one company can use
the color "red," another "blue" or any other color or a mixture of colors which will
enable the receipts of any particular company, or the various branches bolonging to
one company to be accurately accounted for, thus materially extending the use of such
instruments as a means of establishing an accurate register of special fares, and
minimising attempts at fraud.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed; I declare that what I claim is :—
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1. In Instruments employed for checking the receipt of fares from persons riding
in public vehicles, the use of the spring catch d and fixed catch c to be employed in
the manner as herein described and shewn at Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, for
securing and locking the crystal and outer cover of the numbering dial of such
instrument, substantially as described.
2. The novel arrangement and employment in such instruments; of an inner divided
case for receiving the "pips," or pieces punched from the tickets, in order that the
fares received, during the outward or return journey may be separately accounted for ;
substantially as described and shewn at Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings.
3. The novel employment in instruments of the class herein described, for checking
the receipt of fares from persons riding in public vehicles, the use of an outer cylinder
or barrel, for containing the "pips" or pieces punched from the tickets, which shall
have a distinctive color or character, in order that instruments used by one Company
or set of vehicles shall be distinguished from those used by another Company, or set
of vehicles, thereby preventing confusion and fraud, by localising the use of such
instruments; substantially as described herein.
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THOMAS WRIGLEY,
36, High Holborn, W.C.,
Agent to Applicant.