Improvementa in Registering or Indicating Mechanism for U80 in Combination with Locks, Box Lids, and other Articles, in Combination withs, Boxs, and other Articles, and in Padlocks Provided with the said Mechanism.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvementa in Registering or Indicating Mechanism for U80
in Combination with Locks, Box Lids, and other Articles,
in Combination with Locks, Box Lids, and other Articles,
and in Padlocks Provided with the said Mechanism.
We, ARMAND BRUNEL and NATHAN KLEIN, of 86 Faubourg St. Denis; Paris
France, Engravers do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN REGISTERING OR INDICATING MECHANISM FOR USE IN COMBINATION WITH
LOCKS, BOX LIDS AND OTHER ARTICLES, AND IN PADLOCKS PROVIDED WITH THE SAID
MECHANISM" to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for indicating the number of times cash-
boxes, railway ticket cases, padlocks and other similar devices have been opened
.or unlocked.
The devices heretofore employed for indicating the number of times a box, chest
padlock or similar article secured by locking bolting or otherwise has been opened
were actuated by a key, a bolt or the like, either directly, or at a distance through
the medium of suitable mechanism. This direct command of the first mover of an
indicator has the disadvantage of complicating the mechanism of the locking device
thereby rendering it delicate, and increasing the possibility of opening a lock
without a key by means of the tools usually employed for this purpose.
To obviate this disadvantage, we arrange the indicating mechanism independently
of the lock, and actuate it, from the moment of opening or closing the box, chest,
safe or the like, by the cover or door, that is to say by the movable side partition
which permits access to the said box, chest or safe.
For this purpose we apply to the said movable, side a projection acting upon a
kind of spring piston, the operation of which takes place conjointly with the catch
or pawl which actuates the first mover of the indicator applied against one of the
fixed sides of the box, chest or the like.
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Our system of numerical indication can be applied anywhere, where there is
necessity for a closing with complete security, such as with cash-boxes, railway
ticket cases, letter boxes, safe doors, doors of apartments, offices, workshops etc.
In carrying the said invention into practice we apply to the cover of a chest or
the like a projection which, when the chest is closed, impinges against a sliding
piece placed against a fixed wall of the chest and constantly pressed upwardly by
a spring so as to form a kind of piston working between guidos. Upon the said
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page_text: sliding piece is articulated a pawl which actuates the ratchet wheel of the first
mover of the registering mechanism and causes it to turn the distance of one tooth
each time that the sliding piece is pushed downward by the closing of the cover.
Instead of actuating the counting or registering mechanism by the descent of
the cover, the mechanism may be arranged in such a manner as to actuate the
counter when the cover is lifted, that is to say when the chest is opened, and the
counter may also be actuated each time the chest is opened and closed.
The said projection may be applied upon one of the fixed sides of the box; in
this case, however, the registering mechanism is fixed to the movable side or cover
of the chest or box.
The counting or registering mechanism may be of any desired construction
providing that its first mover be actuated by the ratchet-wheel. This wheel has
Bix teeth, and each time that it is actuated by the pawl of the numbered disc of
the first mover, shows a different figure. The ratchet wheel turns with a disc
wheel provided with a circumferential tooth or projection and with a second
ratchet wheel having a stop catch or pawl arranged in an inverse direction to the
pawl of the first ratchet wheel. Each time the first mover makes a complete
revolution the circumferential tooth or projection of the disc-wheel enters a notch
in the periphery of a disc wheel of a second mover and imparts to the latter a
rotation of one-tenth of the circumference, for causing the numbered disc of this
second mover to show a new figure. When this second mover has effected a
complete rotation it causes the third mover to turn one-tenth of a revolution and
the third mover transmits its motion to the fourth, and so on. Each of the movers
has a ratchet wheel provided with a stop catch or pawl.
The number of movers and number of discs should be sufficiently large to
prevent the same number from reappearing during an interval of say twenty four
hours.
The mechanism above described can be combined with a padlock.
Each time the bow of the padlock is depressed for locking, its end bears upon
the spring piston. This piston carries a pawl against which a spring presses, and
which, in the lifting motion of the piston, actuates a ratchet wheel. The lock
carries dials which successively indicate the units, the tens, the hundreds, and so
on.
The connection between the dials is established as above explained, or each
dial-wheel may be provided with teeth in such a manner that it advances one
division at each turn of the axis of the wheel in front under the action of a finger:
The spaces between the teeth of each dial-wheel have a curvilinear form corre-
sponding to the circular outline of the adjacent disc so that all the discs are
locked without the aid of pawls except under the action of the fingers when the
latter engage with the teeth.
The bolt which engages with the bow of the padlock is provided with rack teeth
with which gears a pinion; the latter is actuated by a special key the extremity
of which is square or rectangular for entering an opening of the same form.
In order that shaking shall not displace the bolt we provide a strip acted upon
by springs and having a projection which enters a notch in the bolt.
The key is provided with a conical portion which has for its object to lift the
said strip. When the key is inserted it lifts the said strip and disengages the
projection from the rack, so that the latter can be moved by the pinion actuated
by a key.

page_text: Improvements in Registering or Indioating Mechanism for Use
in Combination with Locks, Box Lids, and other Articles,
in Combination with Locks, Box Lids, and other Articles,
and in Padlocks Provided with the said Mechanism.
We ARMAND BRUNEL, and NATHAN KLEIN, both of 86 Faubourg St Denis,
Paris, France, Operative Engravers, 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:—
This Invention chiefly relates to apparatus for indicating the number of times
cash boxes, railway ticket cases, padlocks and other similar devices have been
opened or unlocked.
The devices heretofore employed for indicating the number of times a box, case,
padlock, or similar article, secured by locking, bolting or otherwise has been opened
were generally actuated by a part of the lock such as a bolt or bar either directly,
or at a distance, through the medium of suitable mechanism. This direct command
of the first mover of an indicator by a part of the lock has the disadvantage of
complicating the mechanism of the lock, thereby rendering it delicate, and
increasing the possibility of opening a lock without a key, by means of the tools
usually employed for this purpose.
To obviate this disadvantage we arrange the indicator mechanism independently
of the lock and actuate it at the moment of opening or closing the box, chest, safe
or the like, by the cover or door, that is to say by the movable side which permits
access to the said box, chest or safe.
For this purpose we apply to the movable side, a projection acting upon a kind
of spring piston, the operation of which takes place conjointly with the pawl which
actuates the first mover of the indicator applied against one of the fixed sides of
the box, case or the like.
Our system of numerical indicator can be applied whereever there is necessity for
closing with complete security, such as with cash boxes, railway ticket cases
letter-boxes, safe doors, doors of apartments, offices, workshops etc.
In the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 is a view of the improved indicator mechanism applied to a cash box
the plate having the apertures through which the dials are visible being removed.
Figure 2 is a transverse section of a cash box provided with the indicator.
Figure 3 is a sectional side elevation of a padlock provided with the improved
registering mechanism and
Figure 4 is a view of a detail of the same.
As shown in figure 1, the mechanism of the indicator is located in a metallic
box A applied against the side of the cash-box and closed by the dial covering
plate B of hardened steel, screwed upon the box A. The cover C of the cash box
carries a projection D, which, at the moment when the box is. closed, bears against
the catch E in the box. A, which catch is acted upon by a spring F' guided by a
pin G fixed to the small steel plate H.. The catch E.slides between the guides I I

page_text: and a projection K prevents it from moving out of the box A. Upon the catch E
is articulated a spring pawl J which, by the motions of the said catch actuates the
ratchet wheel M, which is the first mover of the registering train and causes it to
turn one tooth each time that, by the lifting of the cover C, the catch E is pushed
upward by the spring F. L is the retaining pawl of the ratchet wheel M. Each of
the succeeding movers of the registering train is formed of a finger-carrying
wheel O and a disc P having ten teeth.
The dials N N¹ N' (not shown) N3 N4 N° of the various movers indicate
successively the units, tens, hundreds and so on, and the connection is established
from one to the other by a special device which forms part of our invention.
In this device each disc P is provided with teeth d d in such a manner that it
advances one division at each revolution of the preceding axis, under the action of
the finger e of the wheel O on this axis. The teeth of each disc P have a
curvilinear form, corresponding with the circular outline of the preceding finger-
carrying wheel, so that all the wheels are rendered immovable (despite shaking
and shocks, and without the aid of catches) except under the action of the
fingers e when the latter are presented to engage with a tooth.
By the application of hardened steel plates B and H the piercing of these
plates is avoided and consequently also the momentary holding of the catch E to
prevent it from acting through opening the cover C.
This apparatus constitutes a kind of perpetual indicator of the opening and
closing movements of the cash box, so that the counting mechanism does not require
to be wound up.
It will be easily understood that, instead of actuating the counting or indicating
apparatus by the lifting of the cover A, it might be arranged to operate by closing
the cover, or the counting mechanism might be actuated at both the opening and
closing of the cover.
The projection D may likewise be applied to one of the fixed sides of the box;
in this case the indicator mechanism would be fixed to the movable side or
cover C.
Instead of being of the construction described the counting or indicating
apparatus can be of any other suitable construction, provided that the number of
registering dials is so large (six in the annexed drawings) that it is impossible to
bring the same number back by successively opening and closing the lid or cover,
even during a space of 24 hours.
Our system of indicator can be constructed of any desirable dimensions, and
applied to boxes or cases of variable forms and dimensions.
On the same principle as that previously explained we have constructed an
indicating padlock which can be adapted for locking wagons or for any other
objects.
Figure 3 is an interior view of the improved padlock, and figure 4 is a transverse
.section thereof.
Each time the bow A¹ of the padlock is depressed towards the body, for locking
it, its free end bears upon the piston B¹ actuated by the spring C₁, and which in
the ascending motion of the piston actuates the the ratchet El by means of the
pawl D F is the retaining pawl. The dials X X¹ X' X3 X4 X5 indicate
successively the units, tens, hundreds and so on, and the connection is established
from one to the other as above described, that is to say by means of an arrange-
ment, in which each dial wheel is provided with teeth d³ in such a manner that it
advances one division at each turn of the preceding axis, under the action of the
finger el. The spaces between the teeth of each dial wheel have a curvilinear
form corresponding with the circular outline of the preceding disc, so that all the
discs are rendered immovable (despite the vibrations and without the aid of
catches) except under the action of the fingers e¹ when the latter are presented to
engage with a tooth.
The bolt G which engages with the bow of the padlock is provided with rack
teeth f¹, with which engages the pinion g'. The latter is operated by means of a

page_text: special key, the extremity of which has a square or rectangular part for entering an
opening of the same form. In order that shaking shall not displace the bolt, we
maintain the latter in place by means of a guide piece H₁acted upon by springs h¹h¹
and having a lug i which enters a notch in the rack.
The key is provided with a conical part k¹ (figure 4) which has for its object
to lift the wedge secured to the piece H¹. When the key is inserted, it lifts the
piece H¹ and disengages the lug i from the notch in the rack, so that the latter
can be displaced by the action of the pinion which operates the bolt.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is: -—
First. The combination with a cash box, railway ticket case, or other device
requiring complete security of registering or indicating mechanism arranged
independently of the lock and actuated by a device attached to the movable side
of the said box, case, or the like, substantially in the manner above described.
Second. The improved registering and indicating mechanism comprising, upon
the axis of each dial, a finger-carrying wheel and a disc having ten teeth, the
teeth of the said discs being of curvilinear form corresponding with the circular
outline of the adjacent finger carrying wheels, so that all the discs are rendered
immovable (despite shaking and shocks, and without the aid of catches) except
under the action of the fingers when these are presented to engage with a tooth
substantially as above described.
Third. The arrangements of indicator mechanism in combination with cash
boxes and padlocks substantially as above described with reference to the
accompanying drawing.
HASELTINE LAKE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.