IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING AND CHECKING THE RECEIPT PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Harris Lake of the firm of Haseltine Lake
& Co Patent Agents Southampton Buildings, London for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING AND CHECKING THE RECEIPT
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Harris Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th July 1883.
HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING
AND CHECKING THE RECEIPT OF FARES IN OMNIBUSES AND TRAM-CARS" [A com-
munication to him from abroad by Guiseppe Marzari of Inola in the Kingdom
of Italy]
This invention relates to registering apparatus chiefly designed for use in
omnibuses and tramway cars, and has for its object to provide improved means for
preventing fraud by conductors or other persons.
According to the said invention I construct an apparatus in which account is
taken of the fares, corresponding to the various distances, succeeding each other
in the whole journey, by printing the respective numbers upon sectors of different
colors into which a disc of paper is divided. This arrangement may also be applied
to apparatus of the same class heretofore in use
As
The number printed upon each colored sector should represent the total number
of passengers having travelled over the part of the line corresponding thereto.
each part of the journey may be charged for differently, all the numbers thus
obtained must not be added together.
It is consequently not only indispensable to make the conductor register the
number of passengers at the end of each part of the journey, but also to prevent

page_text: him from registering a portion of the number of passengers who have travelled
one part of the journey upon the sector of the disc corresponding to another part
of the journey
.
In order to attain this object it is necessary that the companies should compel
the conductor to make use of a determined color for the disc signal, flag or any
other signal exhibited outside the vehicle, whilst the same is running over a part of
the line. The correspondence between the color of a signal exhibited outside the
vehicle and the particular part of the journey which is being run at the time being
fixed, it will be easy to prevent, according to the improvements which form the
subject of this invention, the alteration of the outside signal previous to the
wheel of the dial having been brought back to zero on the said dial and previous
to the registering of the number of passengers. I also succeed in preventing
several numbers being registered one after the other, or the signal being changed
more than once whilst the corresponding part of the journey is being traversed by
the vehicle. Thus the frauds which, the conductor may commit are prevented, by
either checking the number of passengers' on one part of the line or another, or
by having a nought printed upon a sector corresponding to a part of the journey
during which the vehicle contained several passengers
The objects above stated are obtained as hereinafter set forth
In carrying the said invention into practice I provide a handle for actuating the
disc or other signal which may be exhibited outside the vehicle such as a flag, a
number, a series of numbers, or the like. A lever serves to print the numbers upon
the paper disc which is divided into colored sectors, or may serve to mark any
conventional signs upon a sheet of paper which may be arranged in different
manners, or may further serve to pierce holes in order to attain the object
ordinarily effect by printing. Setting aside everything connected with the
ordinary mode of operating the handle and lever as having no reference to this
invention, I shall only explain the manner in which the same are utilized in order
to obtain the control I require. The handle and the lever are integral. parts, thus
forming a piece pivotted upon the flattened extremity of a shaft; this piece is
pressed against a plate by a spiral spring which is wound around the said shaft.
By raising or lowering the lever by rotating the same upon its pivot, a to-and fro
rectilinear movement is transmitted to the shaft. In this movement, the groves
made in the surface of the lever raise two pegs which are guided in apertures
formed in a support connected with the casing of the apparatus. The said raising
of the pins can only take place when the pegs are facing grooves cut in two wheels
operating together with the outside dial of the apparatus. This arrangement is
effected in such a manner that the said pins coincide with the grooves when the
outside dial is at zero. It follows that it is impossible to lower the said lever
without bringing the dial back to zero, and it is equally impossible to alter the
disc signal, flag or the like without lowering the lever, as, when in a certain
position, the handle, by reason of the square shape of its neck or collar,
cannot turn inside a recess formed in a fixed plate or tray. The parts
are so arranged that, by turning the handle to change the color of the
exterior disc or other signal, the paper disc is also moved by an excentric, thus
presenting a clear space in which to print the number of passengers for the
following section of the journey; at the same time bringing back to zero the
printing wheel.
In order to prevent any kind of fraud and obviate mistakes arising from
negligence, it is necessary that the conductor, when travelling over the successive
sections should register the passengers without having to move the lever, which he
had previously depressed, to its proper position. This object is attained by making
the end of the said shaft project more or less from the said fixed plate according to
the position to which the lever and the handle are brought by reason of the form
of the lower part of the shoulder of the latter. When the lever is depressed, the
end of the said shaft consequently projects much more from the said plate; the
faces at the middle of the grooves formed in the periphery of the shaft are
.

page_text: advanced relatively to the faces on the middle of the pins, which, being engaged
in the groves of the wheels firmly fixed to the dial, prevent them from turning
The paper disc should be divided into a slightly larger number of parts than the
number of sections of which the journey is composed. When the disc is introduced
into the apparatus it should be marked upon its surface with any suitable sign by
any automatic arrangement. This should also be done when the paper disc is
withdrawn with the movable rear part of the apparatus. By these means the
conductor cannot remove the disc during the journey so as to alter the order
of succession of the divisions corresponding to the different sections of the
journey.
The paper disc may extend to the number 40 or more, When one turn of
the printing wheel is completed, the paper disc receives independently of the will
of the conductor, a corresponding imprint of the number 40 or other number.
Another arrangement comprised in this invention has for its object to ensure a
good source of control over the conductors, and to prevent any complicity on the
part of the employées charged with the superintendence of the conductors. For
this purpose each vehicle or each apparatus is provided with a number or a signal
applied in the form of a stamp, which is fixed in such a manner that it cannot be
removed. The controller carries with him an apparatus which shows the hour as
on a watch; on which he must imprint the marks by which the vehicle upon which
he mounts is distinguished. By these means the order he is to follow in his visits
of control may be prescribed. It is sufficient to trace upon a sheet of paper the
mark of the vehicle he is to visit at a given hour

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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Harris Lake in the Patent Office on the 16th January
1884.
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HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING
AND CHECKING THE RECEIPT OF FARES IN OMNIBUSES AND TRAM-CARS"
munication to me from abroad by Guiseppe Marzari of Imola in the Kingdom
of Italy
This invention relates to registering apparatus chiefly designed for use in
omnibuses and tramway cars and has for its object to provide improved means for
preventing fraud by conductors or other persons.
According to the said invention I construct an apparatus in which account is
taken of the fares corresponding to the various distances succeeding each other in
the whole journey by printing the respective numbers upon sectors of different
colors into which sectors a disc of paper is suitably divided. This arrangement
may also be applied to apparatus of the same class heretofore in use.
The number printed upon each colored sector should represent the total number
As
of passengers having travelled over the part of the line corresponding thereto.
each part of the journey may be charged for differently, all the numbers thus
obtained must not be added together. It is consequently not only necessary to
make the conductor register the number of passengers at the end of each part of
the journey, but also to prevent him from registering a portion of the number of
passengers who have travelled one part of the journey upon the sector of the
disc corresponding to another part of the journey
In order to attain this object it is necessary that the companies should compel
the conductor to make use of a determined color for the disc signal, flag or any
other signal exhibited outside the vehicle whilst the same is running over a part of
the line. The correspondence between the color of a signal exhibited outside the
vehicle and the particular part of the journey which is being run at the time, being
fixed it will be easy to prevent. by means of the improvements which form the
subject of this invention, the alteration of the outside signal previous to the wheel
of the dial having been brought back to zero on the said dial and previous to the
registering of the number of passengers. I also succeed in preventing several
numbers being registered one after the other, or the signal being changed more than
once whilst the corresponding part of the journey is being traversed by the vehicle.
Thus the frauds which the conductor may commit are prevented, by either checking
the number of passengers on one part of the line or another, or by having a zero
printed upon a sector corresponding to a part of the journey during which the
vehicle contained several passengers.
The objects above stated are obtained as hereinafter set forth
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a front elevation and
Figure 2 is a vertical section of apparatus constructed according, to this
invention.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of a device for controlling the movements of the
inspectors
Figure 4 is a section of the same drawn to an enlarged scale
Figures 5 to 10 are views of details hereinafter described.,
In the above figures several parts are shewn which form no part of this
invention and which may be modified at will. The only parts or pieces which will

page_text: be mentioned in the following description are those which form the subject of this
invention the other parts may be altered in any suitable manner for instance the
parts described in the specification of Letters Patent dated 21st February A D 1877
N° 701 may be used.
In carrying the said invention into practice I provide a handle for actuating the
disc or other signal which may be exhibited outside the vehicle, such as a flag, a
number, a series of numbers or the like. A lever 2 serves to print the numbers
upon the paper disc 11 which is divided into colored sectors, or may serve to mark
any conventional signs upon a sheet of paper which may be arranged in different
manners or may further serve. to pierce holes in order to attain the object I
ordinarily effect by printing. As the said handle 1 and lever 2 form, no part of
this invention, I shall only explain the manner in which the same are utilized in
order to obtain the control required. The handle 1 and the lever 2 are formed in
one piece and are pivoted at 13 upon the flattened extremity of the shaft 3. This
piece is pressed against the plate 4 by the spiral spring 31 which is wound around
the shaft. By raising or lowering the lever 2 by rotating the same around the
pivot 13 a to-and-fro rectilinear movement is transmitted to the shaft 3. In this
movement cam grooves formed in the surface of the lever raise the pins 5, 5 which
are guided in apertures formed in the support 6 connected with the casing of the
apparatus. The said rising of the pins can only take place when the said pins are
opposite the grooves 8 cut in wheels 7, 7 operating together with the outside dial
of the apparatus. This arrangement is effected in such a manner that the said
pins coincide with the grooves 8, 8 when the outside dial is at zero. It follows
that it is impossible to lower the said lever 2 without bringing the dial back to
zero, and it is equally impossible to alter. the disc signal, flag or the like, without
lowering the lever 2 as when in the position shewn on the drawing the handle 1
by reason of the square shape of its neck or collar cannot turn inside the recess
formed in the fixed plate or tray 9. . The parts are so arranged that by turning the
handle to change the color of the exterior disc or other signal, the paper disc is
also moved by an excentric 10, thus presenting a clear space in which to print the
number of passengers for the following section of the journey; at the same time
bringing back to zero the printing wheel 12.
In order to prevent any kind of fraud and obviate mistakes arising from
negligence, it is necessary that the conductor, when travelling over the successive
section should not register the passengers without having moved the lever, which
he had previously depressed, to the position shewn in the drawing. This object
is attained by making the end of the said shaft project more or less from the fixed
plate according to, the position to which the lever and the handle thereto attached
are brought by reason of the form of the lower part of the shoulder of the latter.
When the lever is depressed the end of the shaft 3 consequently projects much
more from the plate 4, 4; the faces at the middle of the grooves formed in the
periphery of the shaft 3 are advanced relatively to the faces on the middle of the
pins, which, being engaged in the grooves 8, 8 of the wheels 7, 7 integral with
the-dial, prevent them from turning.
The paper disc should be divided into a somewhat larger number of parts than
the number of sections of which the journey is composed. When the disc is
introduced into the apparatus it should be marked upon its surface with any
suitable sign by any automatic arrangement. This should also be done when the
paper disc is withdrawn with the movable rear part of the apparatus. By these
means, the conductor cannot remove the disc during the journey so as to alter the
order of succession of the divisions corresponding to the different sections of the
journey.
The printing wheel 12 may extend to the number 40 or more but it may serve
for a double number of passengers, as when one turn of the printing wheel is
completed, the paper disc receives independently of the will of the conductor,,a
corresponding imprint of the number 40
Another arrangement comprised in this invention has for its object to ensure

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a good source of control over the conductors and to prevent, any complicity on the
part of the employees charged with the superintendence of the conductors. For
this purpose each vehicle or each apparatus: is provided with a number or a
conventional signal applied in the form of.a stamp which is fixed in such a manner
that it cannot be removed. The controller carries with him the apparatus shewn
in Figures 3 to 10 which shows the hour as on a watch; and upon which he must print
the marks by which the.vehicle upon which he mounts. is distinguished. By these
means the order he is to follow in his visits of control may be indicated to him at
the time of starting without his being able to know it before hand. It is sufficient
to trace upon a sheet of paper the mark of the vehicle he is to visit at a
given hour.
The apparatus shown in Figures 3 to 10 is provided with a fixed dial a upon
which dial is placed the paper disc b shewn in Figure 5. The minute hand c
Figure 4 is arranged in a similar manner to that of an ordinary watch. The hour
hand is replaced by a hexagonal piece d shewn in Figures 4, 5 and 9. Upon this
hexagonal piece d is drawn or painted a hand-e Figure 5 which serves the purpose
of an hour hand and points to the Figures upon the dial.a visible through the
glass foFigure 4.
The paper.
disc bis placed upon the hexagonal piece d, and upon the former the
inspector by making use of the pricker or 'stamp with which each vehicle is
provided and which he introduces into the apertures gg, h h (figure 3) prints a
conventional sign to register the visit which he has made. Figure 5 shews the
manner of numbering the disc b in accordance with the exigencies of the service in
omnibus and tramway lines the duration of such service being generally above
twelve hours per day and below eighteen. The paper disc b shows the movement
of the hexagonal piece d'and is provided with short radial slits extending from
the points of the hexagonal piece. The object of these slits is to allow the
hexagonal piece to continue to turn, if any instrument is introduced through the
apertures g or h in order to stop the paper disc b b for the purpose of committing a
fraud. In this case the said disc would twist by reason of the said slits upon the
hexagon thus showing that the disc had been tampered with. The same object may be
attained in another manner by making use of the arrangement shewn in Figure 10.
The radial slits in this arrangement are dispensed with and the hexagonal piece is
made in two parts, one of which is a circular core r provided with a notch 7º¹.
The other pieces of hexagonal shape fits the former and moves upon it with
slight friction, A point s¹ on the piece s normally corresponds with the notch 1
The disc upon which the inspector prints a sign is placed upon the hexagonal
piece in the manner herein before described. It is however made of stout paper or
thin card board so that when an effort is made to stop the movement of the said
dise the movement of the pieces will be also stopped the piece continuing to
rotate. The notch 1 thus moves away from the point s¹ thereby indicating that
the disc has been tampered with. The watch or indicator is opened when it
requires winding and when it is necessary to change the disc l. This opening is
effected by turning the lid i of the case and the fixed dial a a integral therewith
upon the hinge; The keys and-locks ordinarily used in instruments of this class
are dispensed with as they are easily tampered with when of inferior make and too
expensive when of superior manufacture. The arrangement used according to
this part of my invention is such that the inspector cannot open the watch to alter
its indications without a mark being left upon the disc b. Upon the lid i is placed
the piece Figure 3 of peculiar shape and provided with a projecting portion
"Between these two pieces and i is inserted a bolt shewn in front elevation in
Figure 6. It is obvious that the lid i cannot move upon the hinge j without
previously displacing the bolt in a vertical direction as shewn in figures 3 and 4.
The amount of this displacement is limited by a knob m fixed to the projection k
and consequently to the lid i. This knob serves as a stop piece in the slot n
formed in the bolt l.
The key shewn in Figure 7 which serves for winding the clock may serve to

page_text: move the bolt l, and is introduced for that purpose into the cavity o formed in the
said bolt.
In the back of the bolt 7 is formed a small cavity p into which a projection on the
lid i enters when the watch is closed. This projection forms part of a tongue q
which as shewn in Figure S is partly cut out of the lid i and has a thin and flexible
extremity which serves as a spring. When the bolt is withdrawn, the tongue q
is caused to bend and the projection p to leave its cavity in the bolt. When the
tongue g is thus bent its extremity which is pointed impinges against the disc b
and makes a mark thereon thereby showing if any attempt has been made on the
part of the inspector to open the watch
Each pricker or stamp bears a letter and a figure which enables a sufficient
number of combinations to designate a great number of vehicles to be obtained
These prickers or stamps may be caused to make impressions upon prepared
paper with or without being inked. When they are inked, the ink used may be
contained in a cavity t Figure 4. The paper discs upon which the prickers or
stamps make impressions may previously have been provided with a stamp or
signature at the central office
The shape of the apertures g and h figure 3 serving for the introduction of the
prickers or stamps is such as will prevent inverted impressions from being
produced. The position of these apertures is so arranged that the inspector may
make a record of having inspected two vehicles, one immediately after the other,
due regard being had to the arrangements of the numbers on the controlling disc b.
This result is obtained without the clock being of very large diameter.
If it is required to have only one impression say every quarter of an hour, the
apertures for the prickers or stamp may be reduced to two, and in that case the
diameter of the indicator may be reduced to that of an ordinary watch
Having thus fully described the said invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent and the manner of performing the same I wish it understood
that I claim
First. The application to an omnibus or tramway vehicle of a sign visible from
the outside of the said vehicle compelling the conductor to set the dial at zero
when passing from one section of the journey to another
Second. The combination with the said sign of the mechanism hereinbefore
described for registering the number of passengers carried during the different
sections of a journey as set forth
Third The arrangement substantially as hereinbefore described for preventing
the disc, upon which the records of inspections are made, from being stopped
without a mark being made thereon
Fourth The means substantially as described of closing the indicator, and.
causing a mark to be made upon the disc when the said indicator is opened.
Fifth In apparatus for registering and checking the receipt of fares in omnibuses
and tramway and other vehicles the combination with a paper or similar disc of
prickers or stamps for making impressions upon the said disc through suitable
apertures this arrangement permitting a series of impressions to be made rapidly
and the instrument to be used for a period of eighteen consecutive hours
substantially as described with reference to Figures 3 to 10 of the drawing
In witness whereof I the said Henry Harris Lake have hereunto set my hands
and seals this sixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty four.
HENRY H LAKE (L.S.)