A New or Improved System, and Apparatus in connection. therewith, for Checking and Recording the Number of Passengers Carried, Fares, and the like, upon Tramcars, Omnibuses, and similar vehicles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 27th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved System, and Apparatus in connection. therewith,
for Checking and Recording the Number of Passengers Carried,
Fares, and the like, upon Tramcars, Omnibuses, and similar
vehicles.
I, FRANK HEPTON of Bannockburn Road, Plumstead, in the County of Kent,
Cashier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved system, and appliances in connection
therewith, for the better regulation, and the more effectual checking, and counter-
checking of the takings, and the number of passengers carried, upon each journey,
and upon certain predetermined sections of each journey, of tramcars, omnibuses
and the like, and a method of registering such checking and counterchecking as a
permanent record thereof, the object of my said invention being that the tramcar,
or omnibus, or other company may learn by the said records which district, and
which journey upon said district, and which section of said journey, and what
time in the day the said section, makes and shews the best returns. By this
means the tramcar or other company are better able to regulate their traffic,
and time bills, and prevent unnecessary and profitless wear and tear of their
rolling stock as compared with the methods hitherto employed.
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I attain this by providing for each bus or car a small metallic or other case"
capable of being carried in the pocket, or suspended by a chain or strap passing
over the shoulder of, the conductor or attendant. The said case may be of
suitable shape but preferably rectangular in cross section and is provided with
any number of spring levers protruding from one face thereof, upon the outer
ends of which is printed or otherwise marked letters or figures indicative of, and
corresponding to, the different fares upon the journey or journeys to be traversed.
Within the face of said case and below the levers, I form an opening within
which I place a suitably swivelled partition carrying an inking pad, and upon
which is placed above the pad a small tray carrying a given number of blank
tickets, which may or may not have been previously numbered, so that they
can if necessary, be used in consecutive order, a spring or springs in said tray
operating upon the tickets in an upward direction. Within the said case are
placed, face downwards, a number of figures, letters, or characters corresponding
to, and coinciding with, the letters or characters before mentioned, upon the
outer ends of the levers, and these may be either attached to, or placed below
the said levers, and above the tickets, so that when the swivelled partition with
the tray of tickets, is raised, contact is made between the said letters or figures
and the top ticket, by the depression of one or the other of the levers, by which
means an impression is given upon the ticket of the number or character
corresponding to that upon the outer end of the lever depressed, such number'
or character indicating the amount of the fare paid.
Upon each end of the swivelled partition are one or more spring studs which
incline inwards when the ticket tray is absent, but are pushed outwardly,
thereby upon the insertion thereof, so that when said partition is raised to receive
the imprint upon the ticket, the protruding studs are held by suitable catches,
connected to the said levers, so that the partition cannot be again lowered until
one or the other of the levers is depressed, which operation prints the ticket as
before mentioned, and releases the studs from the catches, when the partition falls
and the ticket can then be removed, and handed to the passenger. When the
ticket tray is absent and the studs not extended outwardly the partition and pad
can be raised to ink the letters or characters aforesaid without being held by the

page_text: catches, and consequently can be again lowered without depression of either of
the levers, these being by the means of suitable mechanism arranged to register
each depression.
Upon the outer surface of one of the sides of said case is an index or pointer
mounted upon a transverse rod, carrying within the case a quadrant or the like
carrying type, forming the words UP, DOWN, and a series of numerals, so
arranged that the suitable placing of the pointer at the commencement or other
part of the journey, one or the other of said words, and a numeral, would be in a
position to give an imprint thereof upon the top ticket, when raised as before
mentioned, to indicate that the vehicle is travelling in a certain direction, and is
working a certain part of the journey. Upon the opposite side of the case is a
similar pointer operating in a like manner upon letters and numerals which imprint
upon the tickets letters or numeral by which the vehicle and the number of its
journey may be known, such for instance as A 1 B2 or the like.
Within the upper part of said case, and either fixed therein, or capable of being
removed therefrom are a series of wheels preferably fixed concentrically upon a
spindle, and bearing upon each of their peripheries the whole of the numerals
from 0 to 9, each wheel having upon its side a ratchet arrangement, or slots or
projections, operated by a forked lever when either of the before mentioned levers
are depressed, by which means the said wheels are rotated, the first by stages equal
to the distance between the numerals, the second an equal distance once to every
ten of the first, and the third once to every ten of the second and so on, the figures
pon the first being regarded as units, those upon the second as tenths, and
those upon the third as hundreds. The figure upon the uppermost part of each
wheel being the figure read from, these would be placed at zero upon the starting
of the vehicle or at other suitable times so that a reading taken therefrom at the
end or other part of the journey, would give the number of times a ticket had been
issued and consequently the number of passengers carried.
Each vehicle is provided with a way bill, for each or any number of journeys,
and of a width equal to that of the ticket tray, and suitably columned and ruled,
and bearing any words or figures that may be desired. A narrow slit is provided
in said case near the top of the front, and at or about the level of the top of said
wheels, so that the way bill when inserted in said slit may take an imprint or
reading of the numbers thereon, which may be effected by means of a plunger in
the top of the case, or the case may be arranged to operate in a similar manner to
the machines used by booking clerks when dating the issued tickets at railway
stations, the way bill taking the place of the ticket. The imprint may be taken
upon the way bill at commencement, and or at any part of the journey, and at the
finish by the local officer, or an imprint of the figures may be taken by a travelling
inspector at any part of the journey, or the car way bill may be arranged upon a
roller capable of being rotated in stages equal to the ruling spaces thereon, so that
impressions of the figures may be taken thereon to shew the number of riders
between or upon any section of the journey. A suitable means is provided for
inking the type upon the revolving wheels, and a space may be provided in said
case as a store for blank tickets, or way bills.
The way bills would be collected from the cars or busses at the end of each
journey, or part of a journey if necessary and preserved in properly arranged cases
or recepticles, as a check against all persons responsible for same, and from these a
copy or summary would be made upon specially designed sheets bound in book form
if necessary, so that the tram or other company may learn at any moment which
journey, and which part of any journey is the most and least profitable.
Dated this 28th day of November 1891.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved System, and Apparatus in connection therewith,
for Checking and Recording the Number of Passengers Carried,
Fares, and the like, upon Tramcars, Omnibuses, and similar
vehicles.
I, FRANK HEPTON of Bannockburn Road, Plumstead, in the County of Kent,
Cashier, 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 :-
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My invention relates to a new or improved system, and apparatus in connection
therewith, for the better regulation, and the more effectual checking and counter
checking of the takings, and the number of passengers carried upon each journey,
and upon certain predetermined sections of each journey of tramcars, omnibuses
and the like, and a method of registering such checking and counter checking as a
permanent record thereof, the object of my said invention being that the tramcar
or omnibus proprietors or company may learn by the said records which district,
and which journey of the said district, and which section of the said journey, and
which part of the day either journey or section of a journey makes and shews the
best returns. By these means the tramcar or other company are better able to
regulate their traffic and time bills, and prevent unnecessary and profitless wear
and tear of their rolling stock as compared with the systems hitherto employed.
I attain these ends by providing
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Firstly An apparatus to accompany cach car or other vehicle, carried by,
otherwise in the.custody of, the conductor or attendant, consisting of or containing
mechanism by which the otherwise comparatively blank tickets may be printed by
the conductor as issued, such printing to state the date, the number or other
distinctive mark by which the said car or other vehicle is known, the number of
the journey, and the section of the journey at which the ticket is issued, and
whether the said journey be "up or down," and the amount of the fare paid,
such printing of the tickets operating upon a numerating device and other
mechanism within the apparatus from which an imprint can be taken at any moment
shewing the number of passengers that have been carried, and the total value of the
fares paid from the starting of the vehicle to that part of the journey at which such
imprint was taken.
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Secondly Of a device for holding and containing continuous paper or lineu
strips suitably printed, ruled and divisioned, the insertion of which into the afore-
said apparatus receives the imprint from the said recording and numerating
mechanism therein.
Thirdly Of a system of recording and checking and counterchecking the
imprints taken from the said recording mechanism, and entering the same in suitable
ledgers or other books as a permanent record of the business done, and how, when
and where carried out.
In order that my invention and the manner of its operation may be fully under-
stood I have annexed hereunto four sheets of drawings, in which,
Fig. 1 Sheet 1 is a front elevational view of the outer case for containing the
mechanical apparatus.
Fig. 2 is a reverse view of same with the back enclosing plate removed
therefrom.
Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the inner or mechanism holding case which fits into
Fig. 1 and occupies therein the position shewn by the dotted, vertical lines in
Fig. 2.
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Fig. 4 is a side view of Fig. 3 as it would appear when viewed from left to
right.
Fig. 5 is side view of Fig. 3 when viewed from right to left.

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Fig. 6 is a reverse or inside view of Fig. 4, or a vertical section upon the line A. B
of Fig. 3 when in the case Fig. 2.
Fig. 7 is a similar section upon the line C D of Fig. 3, shewing the inner or
reverse side of Fig. 5.
Fig. 8 Sheet 2 is a top or plan view of Fig. 1 with part of the ornamental bead
broken away.
Fig. 9 is an enlarged perspective view of the upper and lower surfaces of a device
for holding the type for printing upon the tickets the date of issue and the letter or
other distinctive mark by which the vehicle may be identified.
Fig. 10 is a vertical section of so much of the apparatus as is necessary to
illustrate the position that Fig. 9 occupies therein, and the manner in which the
type of same is inked by the inking pad.
Fig. 11 is another vertical section of so much of the apparatus as will illustrate
the manner of automatically locking the ticket tray during the operation of printing
the tickets.
Fig. 12 is a similar section showing the action of the spring lever employed. in
the apparatus for preventing smearing of the top ticket by the printing rollers when
passing under same.
Fig. 13 is an enlarged perspective view of the fare printing device, shewn in
-position in Fig. 2 and by dotted outline in Fig. 3.
Fig. 14 is a side elevation, and under and upper plan views respectively of the
type carrying device for printing the said fares, and which forms part.of Fig. 13.
Fig. 15 is a side elevation of Fig. 13 with the right hand outer plate removed for
the purpose of disclosing the position of the inking roller for inking the type of
Fig. 14 and which forms part of Fig. 13.
Figs. 16, 17 and 18 are separate detached views of the T shaped. levers. forming
part of Fig. 13 shewing the action of each in connection with Fig. 14.
Fig. 19 is a detached perspective view of the inking roller forming part of Fig. 13
and shewn in position by Fig. 15.
Fig. 20 Sheet 3 is a detached view of a compound T shaped lever shewn in
- position in Fig. 7.
Fig. 21 is a detached perspective view of a compound H shaped lever shewn in
position at Fig. 6, and partly at Fig. 4.
Fig. 22 is a detached and enlarged perspective view of an oscillating. lever
forming part of the ticket printing device and shewn in position at Fig. 6.
Fig 23 is a diagram illustrating the manner in which the depression of the
Tshaped levers forming part of Fig. 13 operate upon the first or leading or unit.
wheel of the numerating mechanism.
Figs. 24 and 25 are enlarged perspective views of wheels forming part of the
recording mechanism.
Figs. 26 and 27 are perspective and plan views respectively of the way bill
holder, while Fig. 28-is an enlarged sectional view of the same.
Fig. 29 is a detached and enlarged perspective view of the roller..employed for
inking the numerating device and the wheels Figs. 24 and 25.
Fig. 30 is an enlarged detached perspective view of a cranked lever operated by
the-insertion of Fig. 26 into the apparatus, by which the vertical movement of
Fig. 21 is effected.
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Bigs. 31 to 36 Sheet 4 are views of a passenger ticket shewing the different
impressions made thereon by the several parts of the printing mechanism.
Fig: 37 is a view of the finished printed ticket shewing thereon all the printed
matter specialized by Figs. 31 to 36, the several mechanical parts for producing
which would all be operated simultaneously, the ticket being fully printed.by. one
impression only.
Figs. 38, 39, 40 and 41 are views of the various way bills employed in carrying
out-the-system-forming the subject of my invention, and the whole of the parts
shewn in the drawings and the manner of their operation respectively.and
collectively will be hereinafter fully explained..

page_text: Similar letters of reference are used throughout the whole of the views in the
drawings when referring to the same or like parts.
I wish it understood that I may employ the use of any metal or other suitable
material in the construction of the mechanical parts of my invention and therefore
the same need not be specified in the following description.
In order that my invention and the several parts and operations constituting
same may be described in proper sequence I deem it advisable to commence with a
description of the mechanical part of same.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct a preferably, rectangular
metallic case consisting of sides A and A' and front All which may be rigidly
connected by a top A and bottom A, provided with a hinged or portable
back plate A, the whole being of such dimensions that it may be carried in
the pocket, or suspended by a strap to the shoulders of the tramcar or omnibus
conductor. In the front plate A" I provide two horizontal slots B and B', and
upon the inner surface of A" between these slots I fix the apparatus Fig. 13 as
shewn at Fig. 2. This device is for printing the fares upon the tickets when issued,
and consists of two plates C and C parallel with each other, and held a suitable
distance apart and connected by a suitable number of stay rods C. Between C
and C and parallel therewith, I mount as many levers as there are different fares
upon the journey, which may be one, two or three, but seldom more, and I have
chosen to presume that the latter number is required and have mounted three such
Tshaped levers D, D and D" one arm of each of which is connected to a plate a,
abutting against the inner surface of A", and extending therefrom through a
vertical slot a¹ in A", the said arın passes through and is fixed to a similar plate all
upon the outer surface of A" and to the plate all is screwed or otherwise connected
a thumb plate al and presuming that the said three fares were 1d. 2d. aud 3d. the
three plates a would bear these figures as shewn in Fig. 8, denoting that the one
marked 2d. is to be depressed when the ticket is to bear the imprint 2d..as the fare
paid, and so on, and should there be only one or two fares upon the journey the
superfluous plate or plates all may be removed. The depression of either of the
thumb plates a causes the depression of the corresponding plates a and all and
the lever thereto connected, guided by its own slot a', and until so depressed each
of the combinations a a" and a" and its lever, are retained at the highest position
allowed by the slot a¹ by the tension of a spring b, connected to the lever and the
plate A In each of the plates C and C is a vertical slot 6, each of which is
provided with an inner and outer plate " and ", these four plates being rigidly
connected to a horizontal bar c or its equivalent, passing through both slots, so
that the four plates may be moved vertically simultaneously thereby, guided by
the slots Each pair of plates 6 and 6, and at a point slightly below the
centre of their lengths, are connected by a pin el passing through the slots b¹ and
extending inwardly from the plates ", and upon these pins is pivotted the device
Fig. 14. Pursuing the supposition that the fares are 1d. 2d. and 3d. the device
Fig. 14 is arranged in the form of a dish the sides of which d and d' are connected
by a bottom having three faces arranged as tangents of a circle whose radius
is X X Fig. 14, and upon these faces are fixed raised figures 2d. 1d. and 3d. as shewn
in the bottom plan view. Upon the inner surface of and over the figure 2d., and
parallel therewith, I form a projection d upon which the tail end of the lever D
would impinge when depressed, and upon the inner surface of the side d I form a
like projection over and parallel with the figure 3d., which in like manner
would collide with the tail end of the lever D₁ when that is depressed. The
plates are connected to suitable springs e fastened to the plates C and C, the
tension of which keep these plates in their highest position in the slots 6. Upon
the spindles or pins and between the plates 6" and the sides d and d¹ of Fig. 14,
I mount the inking device Fig. 19, by allowing c¹ to pass through the holes cli
therein and so form a pivot therefor. Fig. 19 has two slots e¹ and e¹¹ the latter of
which engages with a pin el upon the inner surface of C¹, while a similar pin
upon the inner, surface of C engages with e¹., The curved portions of Fig. 19

page_text: (which may be of springy or elastic material, or rendered so by any suitable
means) are connected at their ends by a rod, upon which is mounted an inking
roller, made of the usual composition or any suitable equivalent therefor.
The depression of either of the levers D, D' or D" would cause the depression
of the dish Fig. 14 which would carry down with it the plates and 6 and their
connecting bar, against the tension of the springs e, by reason of Fig. 14 being
pivotted upon the pins c¹ and as the inking device Fig. 19 is also pivotted upon c¹
this would also be carried down with and b, but by reason of the pins ell
forming a fulcrum with the slots e and e" the roller would be thereby caused to
take a circular course passing over, and at the same time inking the figures 1d. 2d.
and 3d., returning to its normal position (Fig. 15) when the pressure upon the lever
was removed, and again elevated by the tension of the spring to which it would
be connected. Each of the levers D, D' and D is provided with a central
vertical opening, these being to permit the rod c when depressed by any one
of the levers to pass down the opening in the two remaining elevated.
b
In Figs. 16 and 18 the lever D has been removed to shew the action of D¹
and D. Fig. 16 shows the manner in which the lever D' when depressed
impinges fairly and evenly upon the centre of the bottom of Fig. 14, and carries
it downward therewith without shifting it from its vertical position, thereby
presenting the fig. Id. as the printing medium. Fig. 18 in a like manner illustrates
what takes place when the lever D is depressed. In this movement the tail of D¹¹
impinges upon the projection and tilts the fare printing device, causing the
figure 3d. to assume a horizontal position and be presented as the printing media.
In Fig. 17 the lever D has been replaced and when this is depressed as therein
shewn the tail thereof impinges upon the projection " and tilts the printing
device in the opposite manner to that of D and presents the figure 2d. as
the printing medium. The operation of these parts will be again dealt with
hereinafter.
Referring to Fig. 3 and the views Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 relating thereto. This
consists of a rectangular frame composed of sides E and E¹ and top and bottom El
and Erespectively, the said frame being of such, size as to fit within the outer
case in the position shewn by dotted lines in Fig. 2. In the bottom of said frame
is placed a rectangular ticket containing box or tray g, which may have a swivelled
partition capable of being raised to print a ticket when placed thereon, but I
prefer in practice that said partition may be free and capable of rising and falling
in said tray or box without disturbing its horizontal level, such being effected by
guides upon the inside of g, and kept so raised by the means of springs g¹¹. To
the ends of gare attached projecting pieces gx which carry studs or pins extending
therefrom inwardly, and upon these is pivotted an inking tray and pad g, the free
side of which is pivottally connected to the corresponding ends of two levers h;
the opposite ends whereof are pivotted to the inner sides of E and E', and close to
the bottom E. Upon each end of the ticket tray or box g is a stud h', which
pass through.crescented slots in E and E', and are connected to the lower ends
of two levers, one upon the outside of E, the other upon the outside of E', to
which their upper ends are pivotted, each of said levers being provided with a
spring, which operate in keeping the ticket tray 9 protruding through the
opening B' in the outer case front A"; when the tray g is pressed inwardly the
inking pad g is caused by its connection with the levers to fold down behind g
as shewn in Figs. 11 and 12 Sheet 2.
Upon the inner side of E I place a roller F, one end of the spindle of which
passes through a plate ; abutting against E, and extend through a slot j¹ in E,
the said spindle is firmly connected to a plate j", abutting against the outer surface
of E, therefore j and 11 carrying the roller F are capable of sliding vertically
guided by the slot, and are kept at their lowest position therein by a spring
(see Fig. 4). Upon the circumferential surface of F are rubber or other type
denoting the names of the sections of the journey upon which the car or bus
is running. Upon the back of F is formed a circle of projecting pins F¹

page_text: corresponding in number to the sections named upon the circumference of Fand
coinciding therewith, and upon the inner end of the spindle of F is pivotted the
oscillating printing device F", (Fig. 22 Sheet 3) the upper end of which is forked,
while the bottom surface is formed with two faces, so angled relatively to each
other that one or the other would be horizontal as F is tilted backward or forward
in the manner hereinafter described, and upon the said faces are the words UP,
DOWN (the latter abbreviated DN) these being to denote in which direction the
car or bus is travelling.
A second vertical slot is formed in E, and shewn in Figs. 4 and 6, in which
slides the junction piece of two plates and ", the former upon the outer surface
of E, the latter upon the inner. The plate is provided with an internal
horizontal slot through which passes the cross bar of the H shaped com-
pound lever device Fig. 21 Sheet 3. The plates and are kept at their
highest position in the slot k by the tension of a spring as shewn at Fig. 4.
It will therefore be understood that the device Fig. 21 may be moved vertically
by means of the slot k, and horizontally by the means of its bar / sliding in the
plate To the lower legs of the said H piece are swivelled catch pieces /
and 1, the hooked ends of which may be brought farther apart by pressure,
against a spring connected to each, but are prevented from coming nearer cach
other by the means of stops, the said hooked ends being intended to operate upon
the pins F of the roller F in the manner hereinafter described. The upper legs of
the said piece are provided with projections m and m', which extend therefrom
through openings m" and min E, and to these are pivotted, outside E, two cam
pieces mand m these being provided with springs and stops like those
described in connection with land and for a like purpose. The cams
and mare intended to operate by an upward push upon the pins of a wheel n'
(Fig. 24 Sheet 3) upon the upper outer surface of E, the spindle of which passes
through a hole or sleeve in E, and carries upon its end inside E, a wheel G, having
upon its periphery characters or letters as distinctive marks corresponding in
number to the number of the sections named upon F, and which may be such
as AAA and so on, meaning the distinctive car letter and the number of the
section. An arm or crank connected to one of the standards of the before
mentioned H piece engages with the fork of F and operates the same as herein-
after described.
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The opposite side piece E' is provided with a drum G similar to F, upon the
circumference of which are strips of type bearing the words 1st journey, 2nd journey
and so on in consecutive order. The drum G has upon its back face a circle of
pins G, corresponding in number to the journeys nained upon G₁, and the spindle
of this drum is borne by plates G and G within a slot G (see Fig. 5) in the
plate E, and kept at their lowest position therein by a spring G in the same
manner as the drun F.
AT shaped lever device H (shewn detached by Fig. 20 Sheet 3) is borne
upon the inner surface of E by means of its tail piece H¹ sliding horizontally in
and through a slotted plate H", fastened to E'. Upon the ends of the arms of H
are cam pieces Hand H, the latter of which engages with the pins Gof
the drum G while the former engages with the pins I of a wheel 1 (shewn
detached at Fig. 25 Sheet 3) situated at the upper inner surface of E', the spindle
of which passes through a hole or sleeve in E and carries upon its end a circular
plate I, upon which are inscribed numerals which correspond with type numerals
fixed upon the periphery of 1' these being abbreviations of the number of the
journeys named upon G', and corresponding in number thereto and the quantity of
pins I. A rectangular slot is provided in the side A of the outer case through
which may be read one at the time, the numerals inscribed upon the disc or plate I".
The oscillating piece F" previously mentioned as mounted upon the spindle of F
may if desired be mounted upon the spindle of G³, and he operated by a pointer
upon the outer surface of A, but I prefer to place it in the position shewn to be
operated by the H piece as stated.

page_text: Through an opening in the back plate A of the outer case is inserted the
date stamping device F* (shewn enlarged at Fig. 9) the position of which when in
the apparatus, is shewn in dotted outline at Fig. 2, and fully in Fig. 10, the latter
view also shewing the manner in which the same is inked by the inking tray g¹.
In the upper part of Fig. 3 and situated between G and 1', are three sets of
numerating wheels, each contained and borne within its own case, carried in slots
or the like, or otherwise borne by the top E", and numbered 1. 2. and 3, either of
which sets may be removed at will when needed for setting the figures at zero.
To each set of numerating wheels is a depending arm J, (shewn by dotted lines in
Fig. 3 and particularly by the view Fig. 23) so arranged that when either of the
levers D, D', D" are depressed the lever J connected to the numerating set
devoted to the registration of the number of fares paid of the value to which the
said lever relates, is depressed thereby, and operates the movement of one number
of the first or unit wheel, as for instance.-Supposing the lever D' is depressed as
shown at Fig. 16, this would in the manner previously described operate the fare
printing device and print td. upon the ticket, and the depression of D¹ would cause
its extended arm to engage with the arm of the centre or No. 2 set of numerating
wheels, and by pressing this aside, the catch upon its upper end, by engaging
with a notch in the unit wheel, would rotate the same one tenth of its cycle, as
shewn at Fig. 23; and as the said unit wheel would have upon its periphery type
numerals from 0 to 9, and a like number of notches, ten such movements, would
complete its cycle, and as this would operate the next or tenth wheel, and this the
hundredth wheel in the usual way, a perfect registration of the number of 1d.
tickets issued would thereby be recorded. The same operation applies to the set
No. 1 when operated by the lever D, and set No. 3 when operated by D".
Each set of numerating wheels may be set at zero each day before the starting
of the car or bus if desired, or a record may be made of the reading of each
set at the close of the preceding day and so continued on from day to day if
preferred.
I provide for the inking of the numerating sets and the wheels G and I', by
placing within Fig. 3 a roller K, constructed as shewn by the enlarged view Fig. 29
Sheet 3, the position the same would occupy being shewn in dotted outline at
Fig. 3, and fully at Fig. 7.
The conductor of each vehicle would be provided with (in addition to the
apparatus described) a way bill holder, shewn in perspective at Fig. 26, in plan at
Fig. 27, and in longitudinal section by the enlarged view Fig. 28 Sheet 3. The
said holder is formed in two parts L and L, exactly alike in shape, each consisting
of a semicircular chamber with a table like extension aa, and hinged together as
shewn. Within the half L are two rollers, upon one of which, L", is wound a
continuous strip of paper or linen way bills, each printed and ruled as at Fig. 38
Sheet 4, the free end of which is carried along the opening between L and Land.
passing round the end of the table of L, is brought back through a slot 0, and
connected to a roller L, upon which it is wound as used by means of the milled
wheel at the outer end thereof. A similar pair of rollers o' and ol is placed in L',
and upon o is wound a continuous strip of way bill printed and ruled as at Fig. 39
Sheet 4, which passes therefrom in a similar manner and wound upon o" as used.
The only difference between L and L' is that the former has upon the one side of
its table a au extension L which does not exist upon the table of L' for reasons
hereinafter explained.
Each inspector is provided with a way bill holder which in shape would be like
the lower half of that described and shewn at Fig. 28, and without an extension L*
thereon, in which case the open part of L' would have an enclosure and a second
slot o therein, for the outward passage of the way bill, which would be printed and
ruled as Fig. 40 in continuous strip and wound upon two rollers as in L'.
A similar way bill holder would be in use at the terminus or other office
containing a strip of way bills printed and ruled as at Fig. 41.
Now presuming that the car or bus is starting upon its first journey in the

page_text: morning and the conductor is supplied with an apparatus, and way bill holder
charged with way bills Figs. 38 and 39, and a full stock of blank tickets.
or its
To prove to the conductor that the numerating device was at zero
equivalent, and having ascertained to his own satisfaction that the drum G' of the
apparatus was in a position for printing "1st journey" upon the tickets, and the
apparatus in proper order generally, the officer at the starting station would insert
in the opening B of the conductors apparatus the table of his way bill holder
which has not thereon an extension LX, and as this enters B it would collide with
the upturned tongues p and p' of the inking roller K, and by depressing these the
inking roller would be lowered out of the way of the table of his holder, and when
this was fully inserted the officer would raise the table end of his holder by taking
a leverage upon the lower edge of the slot B, and so bring the first cross line of his
way bill (Fig. 41) in contact with the numerating device and the wheels G and I',
and would receive an imprint thereon as shewn at Fig. 41, which would indicate
that the distinctive letter of the car was, say, A, and that it was starting upon the
first section of its journey, this being shewn by A 1 in the first column, the next
three columns being proof that the numerating device was at zero, and the right
hand column shewing by the figure 1 that the car was starting upon its first journey.
The officer would then make an entry of such imprint in a book kept for the
purpose.
Upon the starting of the car the conductor would push inward the knob M on
the front of the machine, which would push the lever device Fig. 21 into the
position shewn at Fig. 6, and consequently the lever F with the letters DN
downmost, and in a position such as shewn in the same figure.
Upon receiving the first fare and presuming this to be 2d., the conductor would
push inwardly the tray g filled with tickets, and in order that the top ticket as it
passes under the drums F and G' and the date stamp Fx (all of which are fresh
with ink given off by the inking tray gll which was only removed therefrom by the
pushing in of the ticket tray g) may not be smeared thereby, I provide a lever (),
pivotted upon the back plate A, the free end of which is furnished with a
wheel O', and this impinging upon the upper ticket would depress the whole by the
super tension of a spring O". This will be clearly understood by reference to
Fig. 7 Sheet 1 and Fig. 12 Sheet 2. The conductor would then press downward
the thumb plate marked "2" in Fig. 8 Sheet 2, which would carry down the
lever D, thereby tilting the fare printing tray or dish Fig. 14, in the manner
shewn at Fig. 17, and previously described, and at the same time he would press
inward the button O, which would release the pressure upon the tickets and allow
them to rise and receive the imprint shewn at Fig. 37 Sheet 4.
The lever O
would again depress the tickets when the pressure upon 011 was removed, in order
that the ticket may not be blurred as the tray g is brought out.
In order that the conductor may not be able to issue a ticket without the fare
being printed thereon, I provide upon the back plate A a locking lever P,
which is raised by a stud Px, upon the tray 9, when this is pushed in as described,
sufficiently to receive an imprint of the fare, when the catch P₁ of P engages
with the stud Px and prevents the tray being again withdrawn until the ticket has
been printed. The said locking of the ticket tray will be understood by reference
to Fig. 11 Sheet 2. Upon the bottom end of the plate 6 at the left of Fig. 13,
shewn in Fig. 2, and more particularly by Fig. 11, I provide a projection 6*
which when lowered by and with the depression of either of the levers D, D',
or D", would tilt and pass a weighted lever P" upon P, which would then fall back
into its normal position, and as 6 again rises, after the printing of the fare upon
the ticket, would engage with P and raise the lever P, so that its catch P
would be clear of Px, and the box y when thus released would run out by the
tension of the springs i of the levers h, when the printed ticket could be removed
and handed to the passenger.
In Fig. 31 Sheet 4 I show the blank ticket as it would be issued to the conductor,
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which may or may not be numbered consecutively where marked with a cross.
Fig. 32 shews the imprint that would be made by the device F* Fig. 9. In Fig. 33
I show the imprint made by the drum G, Fig. 34 that by the roller F, Fig. 35
shows that made by the device F", while Fig. 36 shows the result of the depression
of the lever D, and it must be understood that all these imprints are made.
simultaneously when the ticket tray is pushed in and the conductor depresses the
lever D and pushes inward the knob Gin.
At the end of the first section of the journey the conductor would insert in the
slot B the table of his bill holder, with the way bill Fig. 38 uppermost, and
consequently with the projection Lx upon the left hand side, and as this enters -B
(which is shaped at each end to permit the passage of L*) the said projection is met
by a lever R, (shewn enlarged at Fig, 30 Sheet 3, and in position at Fig. 6,) the
upper end of which being depressed thereby, the lower end forces downward the
plates and k, the latter carrying with it the H shaped lever; at the same time
the way bill holder would impinge upon the tongues p and p' of the inking roller K,
and depress K in the manner previously described. The conductor would then
take an imprint upon the first line of his way bill of the numerating wheels and the
wheels G and I, which up to now would register the same as at the start, with
the exception of that given by the numerating wheels and presuming that ten
tickets had been issued say-six at 1d., three at 2d., and one at 3d., his way bill
would register as at 38. Upon the withdrawal of his way bill holder the Hshaped
lever would be again raised to its normal position by the tension of the spring A,
and the hook at the foot of engaging with one of the pins F, would revolve the
drum F sufficiently to place in position for printing the name of the next section
of the journey. At the same time the rising of the H lever would cause the
cam m to operate in a like manner upon the pins n of the wheel n' and so revolve G
sufficiently to place the next figure thereon (2) in a position for printing the
same upon the next insertion of a way bill holder, and so on, the same operation
being repeated at the end of each section until and including the close of the down
journey.
Upon the commencement of the return journey the conductor would pull out the
stop M which would place the book of the foot of the H lever in a position to
operate the drum F in the opposite direction, and the cam min a position to
operate the wheel G, the rotation of which, like F, would be thereby reversed;
therefore the reading of the first column of the way bill, which upon the down
journey would be from A' at the start to, say, A12 at the finish, would, upon the
return or up journey read in the first column of the second half of the way bill,
A at the start and A' at the finish, and the shifting over of the H lever as
described at the commencement of the return journey would also place the lever Fl
in a position to print UP upon the tickets instead of down. It will therefore be
easy to learn from the reading of the way bills from day to day which section of
that journey was most and least profitable.
At the finish of the return journey the conductor would take an imprint of the
registering mechanism upon the total way bill Fig. 39 Sheet 4, and to do this he
would insert his way bill holder into B with the projecting piece L* at the right
hand side, which would have the effect of taking such imprint without operating
upon the lever R, and consequently the drum and the wheel G. Therefore if
twenty four tickets had been sold upon the up and down journey, say-twelve
at 1d., eight at 2d. and four at 3d. the total way bill would read as at Fig. 39.
The bottom half of Fig. 39 would be filled up with a pen either by the conductor
or other officer as a summary of the matter contained above it.
: At the commencement of the second journey the conductor would push in the
knob N which would cause the arms Hand H of the T shaped lever H,
(Fig. 20 Sheet 3 and Fig. 7 Sheet 1) to operate the pins G of the drum G¹, so
as to place the latter in a position to print the words "2nd journey" upon the
tickets, and also to operate upon the wheel I' and the disc I, so as to place the

page_text: former in a position to print the numeral 2, upon the way bill when inserted, and
the latter in such position that the numeral 2 thereon might be seen through the
aperture in the side A of the outer case provided for that purpose. By the records
of the second and subsequent journeys it will be easy to learn which journey shows
the best returns.
It may be necessary to provide inspectors to travel upon different journeys or
different sections of different journeys and periodically take impressions of the
numerating mechanism of the several vehicles running, and for this purpose he
would have a way bill ruled and columned like Fig. 40, carried in such a holder as
that previously described, which would be devoid of the projection L*, so that he
could take an impression from the apparatus of first one vehicle and then another,
without operating upon any one in fraud of the conductor, at the same time the
records taken froin the several cars or buses should coincide with the records of
cach conductors way bill and so prevent fraud of the proprietors. An inspectors
way bill after visiting several vehicles would probably read something like Fig. 40
Sheet 4.
The conductors ways bills would be torn off at the close of each day, or at any
other suitable or convenient time and copied into suitable ledgers or other books
at the office, so also would the way bills of the inspectors, and these after proper
comparison would also be entered, and the way bills filed or otherwise preserved,
as a check upon the book keepers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that
what I claim is.
1st. In an improved system and apparatus in connection therewith, for checking
and recording the fares etc. upon tramcars, omnibuses and the like, the combination
of an apparatus for printing the passengers tickets as issued, the action of which
operates mechanism for recording the number of such tickets issued and their total
value, an imprint of which records may be taken at any part or section of any
journey traversed by said vehicle, and apparatus for taking such imprint, together
with a system of checking and counter checking such records, and entering
such records in suitable books, and filing such records as a check upon such
booking, substantially as herein described and shewn by the accompanying
drawings.
2nd. As a part of the combination set forth in the preceding claim, the
construction and use of an apparatus capable of simultaneously printing upon the
passengers tickets as issued, the value of the fare paid, the date of issue, the number
and direction of the journey, and what section of said journey, with a distinctive
mark or marks by which each vehicle may be identified, together with the method
and means by which said printing is caused to operate other mechanism within said
apparatus, so as to furnish a record of the total number of passengers carried, and
the total value of their fares, the whole combined and operating substantially as and
for the purposes herein described and shewn by Figs. 1 to 25 and Figs. 29 and 30
of the accompanying drawings.
3rd. As a part of the combination set forth in the preceding claims the construc-
tion and use of a way bill holder, capable of enclosing and carrying continuous
strips of
paper or linen way bills suitably ruled and columned, upon which a record
may be imprinted of the fares paid and their total value, and other items furnished
by the recording mechanism of the apparatus mentioned in the preceding claim,
connected to and operating therewith substantially as and for the purposes stated
and shewn by Figs. 26, 27 and 28 of the appended drawings.
4th. As a part of the system for checking counterchecking and recording the
business done in connection with the rolling stock of tramcar omnibus and the like
proprietors, and in combination with the mechanical apparatus set forth in the
preceding claims, the employment of suitable way bills for use by the conductors
of such vehicles, and checking and counterchecking way bills for use by the

page_text: inspectors and other officers, substantially as described and shewn by Figs. 38, 39,
40 and 41 of the appended drawings.
Dated this 26th day of September 1892.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.