IMPROVEMENTS. IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND INDICATING THE DISTANCES TRAVELLED BY, VEHICLES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Octave Vivier, of Sckforde Strect, in the County.
of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS. IN MEANS OR
APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND INDICATING THE DISTANCES TRAVELLED BY,
VEHICLES."
Sealed the 10th June 1870, and dated the 11th January 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Octave Vivier at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th January 1870.
I, OCTAVE VIVIER, of Sekforde Street, in the County of Middlesex,
› do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND INDICATING THE DISTANCES TRAVELLED
BY VEHICLES," to be as follows :—
This Invention has for its object improvements upon an Invention
for which I obtained Provisional Protection on the 27th August 1869,
No. 2541, and consists, firstly, in an improved mode of giving motion.

page_text: to the first wheel of each set of gearing employed and for throwing the
apparatus into and out of gear. For this purpose I employ a jointed
pendant lever having a projection at the lower end, which is acted
upon by a stud or projection carried by one of the wheels of the vehicle
to which the indicator is attached. The pendant lever is mounted upon
an axis of motion, and carries a spring click or driver to act upon a
ratchet wheel, upon the axis of which is a toothed pinion which gives
motion to both sets of gearing. The pendant lever is so acted upon
by a spring or springs as to cause it always to return to the proper
position to be acted upon by the projection on the wheel of the vehicle.
And in order that the indicator may not act when the vehicle is empty
I mount the seats on springs as before proposed, and connect them to
a lever which when the seats are empty is caused to act upon a stud
or projection carried by the lower part of the pendant lever, and thereby
raise it and take it out of gear with the projection on the wheel of the
vehicle. In backing the vehicle the pendant lever will be caused by
the projection on the wheel to turn on its axis of motion, but not to
give motion to the indicator.
The Invention relates, secondly, to the employment of a lever carrying
a spring click or driver to communicate motion from the wheel on the
axis of the first hand or pointer to the wheel on the axis of the second
hand or pointer, a stud on the first mentioned wheel being employed
to act upon such lever, instead of, as in my Provisional Specification
before referred to, giving motion from, the first of such wheels to the
second direct by the stud.
The Invention relates, thirdly, to a mode of indicating the number
of separate fares for which the vehicle has been engaged. For this
purpose I connect to the moveable frame of the gearing under the
control of the driver a spring click or driver which takes into a
ratchet wheel on the axis of a hand or pointer to give motion thereto
the distance of one tooth every time the indicator is set to zero by the
driver. The hand or pointer on the axis of the ratchet wheel pointing
to figures on a dial, a spring stop being employed to prevent the
indicator running backwards, or travelling, more than one tooth at a
time.
The Invention relates, fourthly, to a mode of supporting the indicator.

page_text: one of the axles of the vehicle, a rod from the indicator passing through
a suitable guide to steady it. And in order to prevent any shock being
communicated to the indicator I interpose suitable springs between it
and its supports.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Octave Vivier, in the Great Scal Patent Office on
the 11th July 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, OCTAVE
VIVIER, of Sckforde Street, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Octave Vivier, Her special licence that I, the said
Octave Vivier, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Octave Vivier, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND
INDICATING THE DISTANCES TRAVELLED BY VEHICLES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Octave Vivier, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Scal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Octave Vivier, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same, is to
be performed, to. be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof, that is to say:―
This Invention has for its object improvements upon an Invention
for which I obtained Provisional Protection on the 27th August 1869,

page_text: No. 2541, and consists, firstly, in an improved mode of giving motion to
the first wheel of each set of gearing employed and for throwing the
apparatus into and out of gear. For this purpose I employ a jointed
pendant lever having a projection at the lower end, which is acted upon
by a stud or projection carried by one of the wheels of the vehicle to
which the indicator is attached. The pendant lever is mounted upon
an axis of motion and carries a spring click or driver to act upon a
ratchet wheel, upon the axis of which is a toothed pinion which gives
motion to both sets of gearing. The pendant lever is so acted upon
by a spring or springs as to cause it always to return to the proper
position to be acted upon by the projection on the wheel of the vehicle.
And in order that the indicator may not act when the vehicle is empty
I mount the seats on springs as before proposed, and connect them
to a lever, which when the seats are empty is caused to act upon a stud
or projection carried by the lower part of the pendant lever and thereby
raise it and take it out of gear with the projection on the wheel of the
vehicle. In backing the vehiclo the pendant lever will be caused by
the projection on the wheel to turn on its axis of motion but not to give
motion to the indicator.
The Invention relates, secondly, to the employment of a lever carrying
a spring click or driver to communicate motion from the wheel on the
axis of the first hand or pointer to the wheel on the axis of the second
hand or pointer, a stud on the first mentioned wheel being employed
to act upon such lever instead of, as in my Provisional Specification
before referred to, giving motion from the first of such wheels to the
second direct by the stud.
The Invention relates, thirdly, to a mode of indicating the number of
separate fares for which the vehicle has been engaged. For this purpose
I connect to the moveable frame of the gearing under the control of the
driver a spring click or driver which takes into a ratchet wheel on
the axis of a hand or pointer to give motion thereto the distance of one
tooth every time the indicator is set to zero by the driver. The hand
or pointer on the axis of the ratchet wheel pointing to figures on a
dial, a spring stop being employed to prevent the indicator running
backwards or travelling more than one tooth at a time.
The Invention relates, fourthly, to a mode of supporting the indicator,
For this purpose I mount the box or frame carrying the indicator
upon one of the axles of the vehicle, a rod from the indicator passing

page_text: through a suitable guide to steady it. And in order to prevent any
shock being communicated to the indicator I interpose suitable springs
between it and its supports.
And in order that my said Invention may be more clearly understood
and readily carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accom-
panying Drawings more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a front view, and Figure 2 is a back view of means or
apparatus for measuring and indicating the distances travelled by vehicles
having my present, improvements applied thereto, and Figure 3 is a
separate view of parts thereof. I would here remark that in describing
my Invention I will proceed to describe the apparatus as a whole
including a description of my former Invention, and will point out as
I proceed the parts I claim according to my present Invention.
A is the dial for indicating to the driver the number of miles, and B
is the dial for indicating the parts of miles the vehicle has run for a
single fare. The hands or pointers A', B', of these dials are under the
control of the driver, so that when a fare has been discharged he can
reset them to zero as herein after described in readiness for a fresh
hiring. C, D, are the dials for indicating to the proprietor the entire
distance the vehicle has run when hired, and E is a dial for indicating
the number of separate fares for which the vehicle has been engaged.
These dials C, D, E, are under the sole control of the proprietor and
cannot be interfered with by the driver. On the nave or other suitable
part of one of the wheels of the vehicle (one of the hind wheels by
preference) is fixed a projection which strikes against the stud or pro-
jection at the lower end of a pendant lever 1, which is mounted upon
an axis of motion &, and at its upper end carries a spring click or
driver to take into and give motion to a ratchet wheel mon the axis of
which is a pinion m which takes into and gives motion to the intermediate
toothed wheels c, c, and so to the measuring and indicating apparatus,.
as hereafter.described. The pendant lever is acted upon by springs
so as to cause it always to return to the proper or normal position to
be acted upon by the projection on the wheel of the vehicle. And in
order that the indicator may not act when the vehicle is empty I mount
the scats and footboard on springs as has been before proposed, and
connect them to a lever which when the seats are not occupied is caused

page_text: And it is
to act upon a stud or projection * carried by the lever to turn the
lower part of the lever on the axis 15 as shewn by the dotted lines in
Figure 3, and take it out of position to be acted upon by the stud or
projection on the wheel of the vehicle, but when the vehicle is engaged
the weight of the passenger acting upon the seats or foot board depresses
them and thereby allows the piece * and the lever to turn to the position
shewn by the full lines in Figure: 3 in readiness to be acted upon by|
the stud or projection carried by the wheel of the vehicle.
this mode of communicating motion from the wheel of the vehicle to
the measuring and indicating apparatus and of throwing the mechanism
into and out of gear with the wheel of the vehicle which forms the first
part of my present Invention. Each of the intermediate toothed wheels c
takes into and gives motion to a toothed wheel d, one of which is fixed
on the axis of the hand or pointer B' and the other on the axis of the
hand or pointer D¹. On each of the toothed wheels d is mounted a
stud or projection d' which strikes against one end e¹ of a spring click
or driver e so as to cause the opposite end e² to act against and move
forward a toothed wheelf the distance of one tooth for every revolution
of the toothed wheel d. I would here remark that it is the mode of
communicating motion from the wheels d on the axes of the first hands
or pointers B', D', to the wheels fon the axes of the second hands or
pointers A, C, which forms the second part of my present Invention.
Each of the toothed wheels fis provided with a spring stop f¹ to prevent|
its running backwards or being moved more than one tooth at a time.
In order that when a fare is discharged the hands or pointers A¹, B¹,
may be returned to zero the driver by pulling a wire or other con-
nection which is connected to the framing * carrying the set of
gearing giving motion to such. hands or pointers A', B', causes such
framing to turn slightly on the pin ** so as to take the toothed
wheel d out of gear with the intermediate toothed wheel c, and by the
projection f* to push the spring stop f¹ out of gear with the toothed
wheel, when the toothed segments i, i, which are mounted on the
axes of motion h', i, are caused by their springs 1, 2, to turn partially
thereon in the direction indicated by the arrows and thereby give
rotary motion to the pinions j, k, mounted on the axes of hands or
pointers A¹, B', to cause them to return to zero, the pin or projection d'
as the pointers A¹, B¹, are returning to zero coming against the end c¹
of the lever e, and the pin or projection f coming against a spring
stop to prevent their travelling beyond the require distance. The

page_text: hand or pointer E' receives motion from the frame * each time the wire
or other connection 9 is pulled, by means of the click or driver ³ fixed
to the frame * acting on the ratchet E2 which is fixed on the axis of
the hand or pointer E¹. Thus when the hands or pointers A¹, B¹, are
returned to zero the hand or pointer E¹ is moved forward one step to
indicate each successive engagement. A spring stop Es taking into
the toothed whcel E2 being employed to prevent the hand or pointer E
running backwards or travelling more than one tooth at a time. It
is the mode herein described of indicating the number of separate fares
or engagements of a vehicle which constitutes the third part of my
present Invention.
The present Invention relates, fourthly, to a mode of supporting the
indicator. For this purpose I mount the box or frame of the indicator
upon brackets or other suitable supports carried by the axle of the
wheel giving motion thereto, a rod y from the indicator passing through
a suitable guide z fixed to the body of the vehicle to steady the indicator.
And in order to prevent any shock being communicated to the indicator
I interpose springs a¹ between the brackets or other supports x and the
body or frame of the indicator.
What I claim as the fourth part of my present Invention is the mode
of mounting the indicator as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Octave Vivier, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.