IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO Appa- RATUS FOR CHECKING, REGISTERING, INDICATING, AND CONTAINING FARES OR MONEYS RECEIVED, PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO OMNIBUSES," TRAMWAYS AND PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Johnson Aspinall, of Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO Appa-
RATUS FOR CHECKING, REGISTERING, INDICATING, AND CONTAINING FARES
OR MONEYS RECEIVED, PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO
OMNIBUSES,"
TRAMWAYS AND
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Johnson Aspinall at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th January 1880.
ALFRED JOHNSON ASPINALL, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO APPARATUS FOR CHECKING, REGISTERING,
INDICATING, AND CONTAINING FARES OR MONEYS RECEIVED, PARTICULARLY
APPLICABLE TO TRAMWAYS AND OMNIBUSES."
My Invention relates to a combined apparatus, being a cash bag or receptacle,
and a registering apparatus for containing and checking fares or moneys received,
and is particularly applicable to tramways and omnibuses, and consists,-
First. In combining the checking and registering apparatus with the cash bag
or receptacle carried by the guard or other official for containing fares and
change.
Second. In an arrangement of mechanism which punches out and receives either
in receptacles or by filing portions of the tickets, and registers each ticket punched,
and simultaneously gives notice of the punching by striking a bell.
The cash bag consists of a leather or like receptacle suspended by a strap round
the guard's or official's shoulder. The strap is connected to the cash bag, so as to
support the front of the bag, which may be mounted on or provided with a metal
frame.
The registering mechanism is attached to the frame in front of the cash bag, and
consists of a metal casing, which contains receptacles or files to receive the punched
portions of the tickets. The punch or punches are mounted over the receptacles
or files, and are worked by a lever and connections or their mechanism.
The registering apparatus consists of a series of toothed wheels, by preference
ratchet wheels, which are worked by pawls receiving notion from the lever which
operates the punch. In the case of ordinary spur wheels such wheels may be
worked by a rack, a toothed quadrant, and pinions operated by the action of the
punching mechanism. The ratchet or toothed wheels form dials, on which are
delineated figures, which indicate the number of times the punch has been used
and the number of tickets punched, and corresponds with the number of punched

page_text: out pieces of the tickets contained in the receptacles or impaled on the files. Below
the registering wheels there is a bell or gong sounded by a hammer worked from
the punching lever and mechanism. The whole case is provided with a door
fastened by a suitable lock.
The action of the punching and registering mechanism is governed by springs, &
which always keep the punching mechanism in position for use.
A convenient form and arrangement of registering wheels consists of a train of
three ratchet wheels of varying diameters. The wheels are placed one in front of
the other, and are mounted loosely on a spindle common to all. The numerals are
engraved on the teeth of the wheels, which serve as a dial, the wheels representing 1
units, tens, and hundreds. The wheels are operated by a pawl worked by the
punching lever, which pawl is so arranged as to work each of the three wheels,
namely, it works the unit wheel one tooth, and so on for a revolution, when it
gears with the tens wheel, which is moved forward one tooth; it then disengages
with the tens wheel and operates the unit wheel only. This operation is continued I
until the tens wheel has completed its revolution, when the pawl engages with the
hundreds wheel. This action is obtained by having a pawl of sufficient breadth to
cover the three wheels, and by varying the depth of the tenth tooth of each
wheel.
The registering apparatus is provided with locking gear, which may be a pawl
taking into a notch on the actuating lever. This locking gear serves to prevent
the ticket being withdrawn before the registration is completed.
The ticket punching mechanism may be arranged with a locking bolt, which is
shot back by the insertion of the ticket, so that the apparatus cannot be worked
without first inserting a ticket. The ticket is passed under a spring roller, and is 2
held in position by such device, so that the official can perform the operation of
punching the ticket and registering the fare with one hand, the other being at
liberty to steady himself during the jolting of the vehicle.
The ticket punching mechanism is further provided with a loose sliding cap or
cover, which slides over the punches, and arranged so as to exhibit only one fare at 3
a time, namely, the fare corresponding with the ticket to be punched, and this
prevents more than one kind of ticket being inserted.
The bell of the apparatus can be worked either direct from the operating lever
or direct from the registering wheels by pins set in the unit wheel.
In carrying my Invention into practice for, say, two fares, for example, two 3
pence and three pence, the guard or official is provided with tickets of different
colours, say, a red ticket for the two pence fare, and a white ticket for the three
pence fare. The apparatus is provided with two receptacles or files to receive or
file the punched out portions of the tickets. There is also a double punch, namely,
a punch over each receptacle or file. Upon receiving the fare from the passenger 4
the official punches a ticket corresponding with the amount of fare, and hands the
same to the passenger. The punched portion of the ticket, which is by preference
of horseshoe form, falls into the receptacle or is impaled on the file. Simultaneously
with the punching action the registering apparatus has a unit of advance. At the
end of the journey or period the registering apparatus indicates the total number 4
of tickets punched, and the punched portions of the tickets, which are removed
from the receptacles or files, indicate the equivalent value of the tickets issued.
I would mention that I am aware that the principle of punching tickets has
been used prior to my Invention, as has also the combination of a ticket punch
receptacle and a registering apparatus, but such mechanism has heretofore only 5
existed in a detached form, and distinct from the cashbag or fare receptacle, and
through this construction the guard or official has been able to evade the honest
use of the apparatus, whereas in my Invention the registering apparatus and the
cash bag and receptacle being combined in one the chance of evasion of the proper
use of the apparatus is overcome, as the action of registering and punching the
tickets is open to the view of the passenger or money payer.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Alfred Johnson Aspinall in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th
July 1880.
ALFRED JOHNSON ASPINALL, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO APPARATUS FOR CHECKING, REGISTERING,
INDICATING, AND CONTAINING FARES OR MONEYS RECEIVED, PARTICULARLY
APPLICABLE TO TRAMWAYS AND OMNIBUSES."
My Invention relates to a combined apparatus, being a cash bag or receptacle,
and a registering apparatus for containing and checking fares or moneys received,
and is particularly applicable to tramways and omnibuses, and consists,―
First. In combining the checking and registering apparatus with the cash bag
or receptacle carried by the guard or other official for containing fares and
change.
Second. In an arrangement of mechanism which punches out and receives either
in receptacles or by filing portions of the tickets, and registers each ticket punched,
and simultaneously gives notice of the punching by striking a bell. The punch or
punches are bevelled, and have two cutting edges, so as to cut pieces out from the
tickets of horse shoe form or of C form, or in the form of a link or ring that will
easily, without force, slip over and be impaled on a file or files.
The cash bag consists of a leather or like receptacle suspended by a strap round
the guard's or official's shoulder. The strap is connected to the cash bag, so as to
support the front of the bag, which may be mounted on or provided with a metal
frame.
The registering mechanism is attached to the frame in front of the cash bag, and
consists of a netal casing, which contains receptaclos or files to receive the punched
out portions of the tickets. The punch or punches are mounted over the receptacles
or files, and are worked by a lever and connections or other mechanisın.
The registering apparatus consists of a series of toothed wheels, by preference
ratchet wheels, which are worked by pawls receiving motion from the lever which
operates the punch. In the case of ordinary spur wheels such wheels may be
worked by a rack, a toothed quadrant, and pinions operated by the action of the
punching mechanism. The ratchet or toothed wheels form dials, on which are
delineated figures, which indicate the number of times the punch has been used
and the number of tickets punched, and corresponds with the number of punched
out pieces of the tickets contained in the receptacles or impaled on the files. Below
the registering wheels there is a bell or gong sounded by a hammer worked fron
the punching lever and mechanism. The whole case is provided with a door
fastened by a suitable lock.
The action of the punching and registering mechanism is governed by springs
which always keep the punching mechanism in position for use.
A convenient form and arrangement of registering wheels consists of a train of
three ratchet wheels of varying diameters. The wheels are placed one in front of
the other, and are mounted loosely on a spindle common to all. The numerals are
engraved on the teeth of the wheels, which serve as a dial, the wheels representing
units, tens, and hundreds. The wheels are operated by a pawl worked by the
punching lever, which pawl is so arranged as to work each of the three wheels,
namely, it works the unit wheel one tooth, and so on for a revolution, when it
gears with the tens wheel, which is moved forward one tooth; it then disengages
with the tens wheel and operates the unit wheel only. This operation is continued
until the tens wheel has completed its revolution, when the pawl engages with the
hundreds wheel. This action is obtained by having a pawl of sufficient breadth
to cover the three wheels, and by varying the depth of the tenth tooth of each
wheel.
The registering apparatus is provided with locking gear, which may be a pawl

page_text: taking into a notch on the actuating lever. This locking gear serves to prevent
the ticket being withdrawn before the registration is completed.
The ticket punching mechanism may be arranged with a locking bolt which is
shot back by the insertion of the ticket, so that the apparatus cannot be worked
without first inserting a ticket. The ticket is passed under a spring roller, and is
held in position by such device, so that the official can perform the operation of
punching the ticket and registering the fare with one hand, the other being at
liberty to steady himself during the jolting of the vehicle.
The ticket punching mechanism is further provided with a loose sliding cap or
cover which slides over the punches, and is arranged so as to exhibit only one fare
at a time, namely, the fare corresponding with the ticket to be punched, and this
prevents more than one kind of ticket being inserted.
The bell of the apparatus can be worked either direct from the operating lever,
or direct from the registering wheels by pins set in the unit wheel.
In carrying my Invention into practice for, say, two fares, for example, two pence
and three pence, the guard or official is provided with tickets of different colours,
say, a red ticket for the two pence fare, and a white ticket for the three pence fare.
The apparatus is provided with two receptacles or files to receive or file the punched
out portions of the tickets. There is also a double punch, namely, a punch over
each receptacle or file. Upon receiving the fare from the passenger the official
punches a ticket corresponding with the amount of fare, and hands the same to the
passenger. The punched portion of the ticket which is of horse shoe, C, triangular,
rectangular, or circular link or ring form, falls into the receptacle or is impaled on
the file. Simultaneously with the punching action the registering apparatus has
a unit of advance. At the end of the journey or period the registering apparatus
indicates the total number of tickets punched, and the punched portions of the
tickets which are removed from the receptacles or files indicate the equivalent
value of the tickets issued.
I would mention that I am aware that the principle of punching tickets has
been used prior to my Invention, as has also the combination of a ticket punch,
receptacle, and a registering apparatus, but such mechanism has heretofore only
existed in a detached form, and distinct from the cash bag or fare receptacle, and
through this construction the guard or official has been able to evade the honest
use of the apparatus, whereas in my Invention the registering apparatus and the
cash bag and receptacle being combined in one, the chance of evasion of the proper
use of the apparatus is overcome, as the action of registering and punching the
tickets is open to the view of the passenger or money payer.
The beforegoing being the nature, object, and purposes of my Invention, I will
now proceed to illustrate how the same may be practically applied, and to describe
forms and arrangements of apparatus such as are suitable for carrying my Invention
into practice, and for that purpose I have attached a Sheet of Drawings illustrative
of such apparatus and mechanism, which are marked with letters and figures of
reference corresponding with those in the following explanation, like letters and
figures being used to denote the same or corresponding parts throughout the various
views and Figures.
Figure 1 is an outside elevation of a cash bag and registering apparatus
constructed according to my Invention.
Figure 2 is an end view of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a view of Figure 1 showing the door of the registering apparatus
open, and showing the registering mechanism.
Figures 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are details of the registering and punching
mechanism according to my Invention.
Figure 13 is a plan of a ticket such as I prefer to use with my Invention, and
showing the nature of the punched out piece according to my Invention.
My Invention consists,-
First. In combining the checking and registering apparatus, which is indicated
by the letter A in the Drawings, with the cash bag or money receptacle, which is

page_text: indicated by the letter B in the Drawings, and which bag B is carried by the guard
or money taker.
Second. In an arrangement of mechanism which punches out and receives, either
in receptacles or by filing, portions of the tickets, and registers each ticket punched,
and simultaneously gives notice of the punching by the striking of a bell.
The registering mechanism is contained in a casing A, which also contains the
files C, C³, see detail Figure 12, the punches D, D₁, see details Figures 9 and 10,
the alarum bell E, see detail Figure 8. The registering apparatus consists of a
series of toothed wheels F, G, H, see Figures 3 and 8, the teeth of which are of
ratchet form. The wheels are worked by the pawl I, which receives motion by the
inovement of the rocking plate J to which it is attached. The rocking plate J
receives motion by means of the link and sliding frame K, and the rack and
pinion L, L', see detail Figure 7. Movement is given to the pinion L' by the
spindle M, which is actuated by the key N; O is a spring for recovering the action
of the rocking plate J and frame K. The ratchet wheels F, G, H, are marked with
figures and form dials, which indicate by the pointer P the number of times
the punches D, D¹, have been used and the number of tickets punched. The
punches D, D, are operated by the downward movement of the rack L, which is
attached to the sliding frame K and the crosshead R, which carries the punches D, D'.
The punches D, D', are placed over the files C, C', as shown at Figure 3, and work
in the upper portion or box A¹ of the casing A and into the bed Q. The tickets to
be punched are passed into the slot S or S¹ between the box A¹ and the casing A.
The box A' has marked thereon the values of the fares, such as two pence, three
pence, and is provided with a sliding shield T arranged to exhibit only one fare at
a time, as shown at Figure 1; U is a locking lever, which is actuated by the bolt
dovices V, V. The lever U is fulcrumed at U' and retained in its normal position
by the spring U; W, W¹, are retaining friction rollers for ensuring the proper
entry and retention of the ticket into the slots S or S¹, and the ticket pressing
against the device V or V¹ actuates the locking lever U so that the punching and
registering can be accomplished. The registering wheels F, G, H, are mounted
loosely on the spindle a and retained in position by the three pawls b, the outer
pawl b' of which is a special pawl for actuating the hammer E¹ of the bell E; Fis
the unit wheel; G, the tens wheel; H, the hundreds wheel. One tooth in the
wheel F and one tooth in the wheel G are cut to the depth of the teeth in the
wheel H, so that once in every revolution the pawl I engages with the wheels F
and G together, and once in every revolution of the wheel G, and when the deep
tooth in the wheel F coincides with the deep tooth in the wheel G the pawl I
engages with the three wheels, as shown in Figure 8; each advance of the teeth on
the wheel F sounding such advance on the bell E by means of the pawl b¹, which
is attached to the hammer E. The perfect completion of the process of punching
the ticket, registering the ticket punched, and striking the bell is ensured by the
locking lever X. After the punch D or D¹ has punched or partially punched the
ticket the head ✗¹ of the lever X engages over the pin Y from the sliding
frame K. By this means the ticket cannot be withdrawn from the slot S, or the
punches D, D', raised until the registering and ringing of the bell has been
completed, and the projection X" again rides on the top of the tooth of the numeral
wheel F, and thereby disengages the catch X' from the pin Y. The spring O then
brings the mechanisin to its normal position.
Amongst the essential features of the punching and registering mechanism, and
the filing of the punched portions of the ticket are the bevelled edge to the punch
for facilitating the cutting of the ticket, the construction of the punch with a
vertical slot and two cutting edges so as to punch a horseshoe or C piece, link, or
ring out of the ticket, which will slip easily over the files C, C¹. This construction
of punch is shown in detail at Figures 9 and 10. To ensure the perfect action of
the punch and the clearing of the ticket I use the plates e, e', which are placed as
shown at Figures 3 and 4. These plates also serve as a guide for the device V.

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The tongue e¹ of the plates e, e¹, prevents the core of the C piece being torn on
withdrawing the ticket.
In carrying my Invention into practice for, say, two fares, such as two pence,
threepence, the guard or official is provided with tickets of different colours
perforated across the centre, as shown at Figure 13, say a red ticket for the two
pence fare, and a white ticket for the three pence fare. Upon receiving the fare
from the passenger the money taker moves the shield T to coincide with the valuo
of the ticket, inserts the ticket into the slot S or S' as the case may be, turns the
key N and punches the ticket, the punched out portion of which is impaled or
falls over the files C, C', as the case may be. The punching of the ticket is
simultaneously registered on the dial and the boll sounded. At the end of the
journey or period the door of the casing A. is unlocked, the dial read, and the
punched portions of the tickets on the files are removed; these portions indicate
the number and value of tickets issued.
Having now described my Invention and shown how the same may be put into
operation, what I claim is,-
First. Combining in one article a registering and ticket punching mechanism,
such as that contained in the casing A, A³, with a cash bag such as B, as herein
set forth.
Second. In a registering and ticket punching mechanism, the exhibition of the
value of the ticket being punched and registered.
Third. In a registering and ticket punching mechanism for punching more than
one denomination of ticket, the use and application of a sliding shield, such as T, so
that only one denomination can be exhibited at a time.
Fourth. In a registering and ticket punching mechanism, the use and application
of a locking device, such as U, V, arranged so that the mechanism cannot be
operated without the insertion of a ticket.
Fifth. In a registering and ticket punching mechanism, the use and application
of the train of ratchet wheels, such as F, G, H, arranged to be worked by one pawl,
such as I, as herein described.
Sixth. In a registering and ticket punching mechanism, the use of the files, such
as C, C, arranged to receive the pieces punched out of the ticket, which are of form
to naturally impale thereon.
Seventh. In a registering and ticket punching mechanism, arranging a locking
device, such as X, so that the ticket cannot be withdrawn from the punch until the
registering is completed and the bell sounded.
Eighth. In a registering and ticket punching mechanism forming the punch or
punches with a bevelled duplex cutting edge, so that the punch will cut out pieces
of a C, horse shoe, triangular, rectangular, or circular link or ring form, as herein
.described.
Ninth. In a registering and ticket punching mechanism, forming and arranging
the parts so that the piece punched out of the ticket is of a C, horse shoe, triangular,
rectangular, or circular link or ring or equivalent form.
Tenth. Constructing a registering and ticket punching mechanism, as herein
described and as illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Johnson Aspinall, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord
'One thousand eight hundred and eighty.