IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CHECKING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY RECEIVED ON TRAM CARS, OMNIBUSES, AT THEATRES AND SIMILAR PLACES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Robert Landon of Stoke Newington and George
Legrand Dezille of Regent Street West both in the County of Middlesex for
an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CHECKING THE AMOUNT
OF MONEY RECEIVED ON TRAM CARS, OMNIBUSES, AT THEATRES AND SIMILAR
PLACES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Robert Landon
and George Legrand Dezille at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents
on the 17th June 1882.
HENRY ROBERT LANDON of Stoke Newington and GEORGE LEGRAND DEZILLE
of Regent Street West both in the County of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR CHECKING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY RECEIVED ON TRANCARS
OMNIBUSES, AT THEATRES, AND SIMILAR PLACES
This invention relates to that class of apparatus designed for checking the
receipts of employees on tram cars, omnibuses and similar public vehicles and
applicable also for checking the amounts received at Theatres and other places of
amusement
The invention consists of the application use and combination of the parts
herein after described for the purpose of accomplishing the desired result Within
a box or case are arranged one or more sets of feed rollers which are suitably
supported in bearings, the axle of one being carried through the casing and
supplied with a knob or crank for the purpose of turning said roller and through
it by means of contact or by positive connection the other roller or rollers The
cheques or tickets are preferably printed in long strips which are wound upon a
reel carried in the box or case and are from thence led between the feed rollers
and out at a slit or opening in the side of the case, working in said opening is a
serrated or other cutting device mounted upon a suitable shaft and operated by
means of one or more cranks levers or eccentrics carried by the axle of one of the
feed rollers. If levers are employed they may strike in turn upon a lever attached
to the axle of the cutter after passing which, the cutter is thrown back by the
action of one or more springs and cuts or perforates the paper slip as it leaves the
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The motion of one of the feed rollers may also be made to operate a bell by
means of springs or other suitable devices-The printed slip may be printed with
a series of consecutive numbers at intervals corresponding to the feed of the rollers,
each number corresponding to a fare or receipt of any given amount, while for
cases in which the fares vary as for omnibuses or tram cars the slip may be printed
with a series of numbers in the same or in different colours, each ticket being
punched before leaving the box in that part of the strip which represents the
amount received. The apparatus for accomplishing this is arranged as follows
In the top or side of the box is formed a slit in which can travel the flanges of a
cylindrical box, through which passes a hollow square rod to the lower end of
which is attached an oval ring while beneath said ring is the suitably guided
punch The portion of the slit not occupied by the flanges of the cylindrical box
may be covered by rubber or other suitable slips Fitting over the top of the
hollow rod is an indicator cap or knob provided with a projecting piece or finger
adapted to fall into recesses on the outside of the box representing the different
fares said cap or knob carrying with it when moved the cylindrical box and con-
nected punching mechanism which is thus placed over that part of the paper strip
corresponding to the fare or amount indicated on the outside of the box by the
projecting piece or finger of the indicating knob
Said knob carries an internal rod which passes into the square hollow rod and
extends nearly to the bottom of the moveable cylindrical box, secured at right
angles to the extremity of this rod is a projecting piece or pieces which pass
through the square hollow rod which is slit or cut away to permit of the said
piece having a small vertical movement Surrounding the square rod and between
this projecting piece and a corresponding top piece carried by the hollow rod itself,
within the cylindrical box is placed a spiral spring the action of which will always
tend to keep the indicator knob down at the recess representing the desired fare or
amount Suitably held within the before referred to oval ring is placed an
eccentric which rides freely on and is operated by a square rod supported in
suitable bearings and capable of being turned from the outside of the box The
punch beneath the oval ring is hollow and within it is placed a small rod governed
by a spring and stop mechanism whose object is to push the paper punched from
the slip out of the punch and from whence it falls into a recess formed for the
purpose From the feed rolls the paper slip passes over or between a guide plate
or plates provided with openings in which the punch will work After setting at
the desired fare or amount, the punch is operated by turning the rod carrying the
eccentric which forces down the punch and thereby perforates the paper slip or
ticket before it leaves the box

page_text: rollers, each number corresponding to a fare, or receipt of any given amount,
while for cases in which the fares vary as for omnibuses or tramcars, the slip may
be printed with a series of numbers in the same or in different colours, each ticket
being punched before leaving the box, in that part of the strip which represents
the amount received The apparatus for accomplishing this is arranged ns
follows
In the top or side of the box is formed a slit d Fig 8 in which can travel the
flanges of a cylindrical box F through which passes a hollow square rod f clearly
shown in Fig 15, to the lower end of which is attached an oval ring G, while
beneath anid ring is the suitably guided punch H The portion of the slit not
occupied by the flanges of the cylindrical box F, may be covered by rubber or
other suitable slips Fitting over the top of the hollow rod is an indicator cap or
knob 1 provided with a projecting piece or finger. i. adapted to fall into recesses jj
on the outside of the box, said recesses representing the different fares The cap or
knob carries with it when moved, the cylindrical box F and connected punching
mechanism which is thus placed over that part of the paper strip corresponding to
the fare or amount indicated on the outside of the box by the projecting piece or
finger of the indicating knob I. Said knob carries an internal rod k which
passes into the square hollow rod and extends nearly to the bottom of the
moveable cylindrical box secured at right angles to the extremity of this rod, is a
projecting piece or pieces k' which pass through the square hollow rod which is
slit or cut away to permit of the said piece having a small vertical movement
Surrounding the square rod f and between this projecting piece ¹ and a corre-
sponding top piece ³ carried by the hollow rod itself within the cylindrical box
is placed a spiral spring, the action of which will always tend to keep the
indicator knob I down at the recess representing the desired fare or amount
Suitably held within the before referred to oval ring G is placed an eccentric
which rides freely on and is operated by a square rod gl supported in suitable
bearings and capable of being turned from the outside of the box by wheel L
The punch H beneath the oval ring is hollow and within it is placed a small
rodh governed by a spring and stop mechanism whose object is to push the paper
punched from the slip out of the punch H and from whenco it falls into a recess in
a box J formed for the purpose. From the feed rolls the paper slip passes over or
between a guide plate or plates or rollers as J' Fig 12 provided with openings in
which the punch will work After setting it at the desired fare or amount, the
punch is operated by turning the rod g' carrying the eccentric g which forces down
the punch H and thereby perforates the paper slip or ticket before it leaves the
box In Fig 10 the serrator is represented as being operated by lovers o. p and
spring, being a slight modification of the form shown and described with
reference to Fig 1 It is preferable in order to prevent all buckling of the paper
that the serrator should be moved out leaving the slot freely open before the
rollers begin to feed the paper forward This end may be accomplished in several
ways that shown in Fig 1 consist in making the main feed roller B with a series
of grooves over one of which the friction rollers B' B' will rest when the serrator
is down
The next movement of the knob M will turn roller B but before the paper is
caught and fed forward between B and B' the lever i will have struck upon the
arm b. and raised the serrator from the slot. The roller D is frictionally held by
means of spring r and thus prevents the paper from being unwound more rapidly
than the feed requires A modification of feed mechanism which will first act upon
the serrator is represented in Fig 6 in which the shaft c. attached to knob M and
carrying the lovers m. m passes freely through the roller B which is not turned
until the passing of the part c', attached to the shaft c, over part attached to the
box overcomes the action of spring 8. and brings the part q into contact with
faces qq by which time the serrator has been actuated by arms m. m. The
action of springs always tends to keep knob M in and parts c' c³ together In
order that parts q and q¹ may only come together by turning knob A duplicate

page_text: parts in reverse position are placed inside the box, part e³ being attached to the
box and part to the shaft When the punching device is employed, both it and
the feed may be operated by one external knob if desired, suitable gearing being
employed for this purpose When the inner framework and mechanism are
attached to one side of the outer case and then placed in position, they may be
locked by means of shaft t and spring u secured on the inner framework while the
perforated part to attached to the outer casing and provided with an inclined face,
enters below shaft and pushes it up until said shaft comes opposite the hole in w
into which it is pressed by spring u The entire box is then internally locked, but
may be unlocked by means of a powerful magnet held over the head of shaft t.
which is enlarged in order to present ample surface for attraction
Having thus described our invention What we claim and desire to secure by
Letters Patent is-
1st In checking apparatus the combination with supply roller D of feed
rollers B B' and serrator a. with or without the bell all operated by means of an
external knob or crank, the turning of which first raises the serrator and then feeds
and cuts the strip substantially as described
2nd In checking apparatus the combination with supply and feed rollers of a
moveable punch adapted to perforate the paper strip before leaving the box at
any settled point in its width, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth
3rd The Improvements in checking apparatus herein before described consisting
of the general arrangement and combination of parts forming said apparatus all
substantially as and for the purposes specified
In Witness whereof we the said Henry Robert Landon and George Legrand
Dezille have hereunto set our hands and seals this fifteenth day of
December in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty
H. R. LANDON.
Signed, sealed and delivered
by the said Henry Robert
Landon and George Legrand
Dezille in the presence of
PHILIP M. JUSTICE
Patent Agent
G. LEGRAND DEZILLE
53 Chancery Lano
London
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