Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1887
Complete Left, 28th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 29th Mar., 1888
I CHARLES JAMES NICHOLSON of 19 Clarendon Road, Edgbaston Birmingham,
Civil Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention -to be as follows:-
And to consist of a Fare Collecting box, so constructed that before a coin can be
dropped into it, the cover of the slot through which the coin is passed must be moved
vertically or laterally, or preferably a hood must he raised, & the coin placed in
it, the hood will then descend into the box, and discharge the coin through a series of
slots, into the portion of the box which contains the coins. The action of moving or
raising the aforesaid cover or hood operates a registering apparatus which records
either the number of times the cover or hood has beeen moved or the amount
of money that has been collected in the box, & at the same time causes a bell to
be struck.

page_text: An Improved Fare Collecting Box.
I CHARLES JAMES NICHOLSON of 19 Clarendon Road Edgbaston Birmingham,
Civil Engineer 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 :-
My invention relates to a fare collecting box or apparatus for the reception of coins
or checks and its object is to provide for the prevention of fraud by persons entrusted
with the receipt of money such as conductors of tramcars omnibuses doorkeepers at
places of amusement &c."
The chief feature of my invention is that before a coin or check can be placed
in the hopper it is necessary to cause the drum which receives the coin to partially
revolve so that the opening or slit in it shall be coincident with the opening in the
hopper. The revolving of this drum operates an index which registers either the
number of such revolutions or the value thereof in terms of the coinage in use and
at the same causes a bell or gong to be struck.
The drum may be designed to receive only one penny or two half-pence or to
receive a specified number of checks of any specified size at the same time.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. I is a vertical section along line A B in Fig. III.
Fig. II is a vertical section along line C D in Figure III..
Fig. III is a plan looking down with the top of box removed.
Fig. IV is an end view with side of box removed.
Figs. V & V1 are side & end elevations respectively.
The same letters refer to corresponding parts in all the drawings.
a, is the drum for the reception of coins or checks.
b, is the hopper fixed on the top of the box.
c, is the spindle on which the drum is centered.
d, is an arm on the spindle c.
e, is a rod attached to arm d and operated by the thumb of the collector to cause
the drum to revolve partially.
fis another arm on spindle c.
is a link connecting f & h.
h is a lever fulcrumed on i to operate the slide k.
is the pin on which vibrates.
is the slide which closes the slot and holds the coin in front of window s.
m is the pin fixed in the slide k to which one end of lever his attached.
n are the wheels of the register or index.
o is the arm or pawl fixed on the spindle c which sets the train of wheels n n n in
motion.
p is the bell which is struck by a hammer operated by an arm on spindle c in the
ordinary manner but not shown in the drawing.

page_text: r is a spring coiled round spindle c to cause the drum to resume its normal position
so soon as the pushing rod e is released.
s is a window in the side of the box through which the last coin may be seen.
The apparatus is worked by pressing down e this causes the drum to revolve
and come into position to receive the coin dropped through the hopper and
at the same time draws back the slide k so as to allow the coin previously
collected to drop into the lower part of the box. The pushing rod e being then
released, the slide closes, the drum revolves back again and the coin collected in
it is shot into the space in front of the windows where it remains until the
operation is repeated.
For the purpose of withdrawing the money or checks collected the box may be
made to open as shown in Fig. 6 or a door may be arranged in any convenient part
of the lower part of the box.
The apparatus is preferably made as shown in the drawings but the details may be
modified without departing from the nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1st. An apparatus for collecting coins or checks so arranged that no coin or check
can be collected until the drum or receptacle is moved from its normal position of
blocking up the hopper to a position in which the opening in it is coincident with the
opening in the hopper.
2nd. The employment of a drum or receptacle so constructed as to receive at one
time a specified number only of coins or checks.
3rd. The employment in combination with such drum or receptacle of mechanism
for registering each revolution or partial revolution of it.
4th. The improved apparatus consisting of the parts constituted and combined
substantially as described in the accompanying drawings and operating as and for the
purposes described aforesaid.
Dated this 25th day of February 1888.