IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS ENTERING IN OR UPON OR LEAVING CON- VEYANCES AND PASSAGE WAYS, AND THE FARES OR TOLLS TAKEN
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Victor Isidore Feeny, of Brixton, in the County of Surrey,
Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING
THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS ENTERING IN OR UPON OR LEAVING CON-
VEYANCES AND PASSAGE WAYS, AND THE FARES OR TOLLS TAKEN."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Victor Isidore Feeny at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th December 1876.
VICTOR ISIDORE FEENY, of Brixton, in the County of Surrey, Engineer. "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
ENTERING IN OR UPON OR LEAVING CONVEYANCES AND PASSAGE WAYS, AND THE
FARES OR TOLLS TAKEN."
My Invention consists in the application of swing doors or stiles in lieu of re-
volving stiles for operating registering or indicating apparatus, also in the combina-
tion of swing stiles with a particular arrangement of registering apparatus.
I propose to arrange each swing door or stile so that only one person can pass
through at the same time, whether in the one direction or the other, one or more
arms or projections following the door or stile in its swing backward or forward,
and obstructing the passage of a second person until the precceding passenger has
passed through and his entrance or exit is registered. One or more swing stiles
may be used according to requirement; where two or more are used I propose to
connect them so that they will work together.
My swing stiles may be connected to ordinary registering or indicating apparatus
by any suitable arrangement of rods and levers or other connecting gear.
I propose to connect the swing stiles with a barrel or drum in such a manner
that the swinging of the stiles in one or other direction will cause the said barrel or
drum to revolve, and at the same time give motion to one of two prickers or
markers arranged so as to bear upon a sheet of paper or other material placed upon
the circumference or face of the barrel, and register a mark corresponding to the
passage of each person through the stiles, one pricker or marker operating on the
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page_text: passage of a passenger in one direction, the other upon a passenger passing in the
opposite direction.
When iny registering or indicating apparatus is applied to an omnibus or tramway
car, I propose to provide it with an additional marker or pricker to be brought to
bear upon the paper carried on the drum or barrel by an attendant provided with
a suitable key for the purpose of indicating a break in the journey, whereby the
fares paid over each section of the journey are easily ascertained.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Victor Isidore Feeny in the. Great Seal Patent Office on the
9th June 1877.
VICTOR ISIDORE FEENY, of Brixton, in the County of Surrey, Engineer. "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
ENTERING IN OR UPON OR LEAVING CONVEYANCES AND PASSAGE WAYS, AND THE
FARES OR TOLLS TAKEN."
My Invention consists in the application of swing doors or stiles in lieu of re-
volving stiles for operating registering or indicating apparatus, also in the combina-
tion of swing stiles with a particular arrangement of registering apparatus.
I arrange each swing door or stile so that only one person can pass through at the
same time, whether in the one direction or the other, one or more arms or projections
following the door or stile in its swing backward or forward, and obstructing the
passage of a second person until the preceding passenger has passed through and his
entrance or exit is registered. One or more swing stiles may be used according to
requirement; where two or more are used I may connect them so that they will work
together.
My swing stiles may be connected to ordinary registering or indicating apparatus
by any suitable arrangement of rods or levers or other connecting gear, but I prefer
to use them in combination with the following arrangement of registering or in-
dicating apparatus which forms part of this Invention.
I connect the swing stiles with a barrel or drum in such a manner that the
swinging of the stiles in one or other direction will cause the said barrel or drum to
revolve, and at the same time give motion to one of two prickers or markers arranged
so as to bear upon a sheet of paper or other material placed upon the circumference
or face of the barrel, and register a mark corresponding to the passage of each
person through the stiles, one pricker or marker operating on the passage of a
passenger in one direction, the other upon a passenger passing in the opposite
direction.
I may also arrange the prickers to operate upon a slip or band of paper of any
length passing from one roller to another.
When my registering or indicating apparatus is applied to an omnibus or tram-
way car, I may provide it with an additional marker or pricker to be brought to
bear upon the paper carried on the drum or barrel by an attendant provided with a
suitable key for the purpose of indicating a break in the journey, whereby the fares
paid over each section of the journey are easily ascertained.
In applying my Invention to tram cars, into which passengers enter at one end
or the other according to the direction in which the car is travelling, I fix a pair
of stiles at each end, or I may use one pair of swing stiles arranged so that it may
be shifted readily from one end of the car to the other, and each stile connect itself
automatically with the registering apparatus directly it is in position.
On the accompanying two Sheets of Drawing, Figure 1 (Sheet 1) represents an
elevation of the back end or that portion of an omnibus to which my apparatus is
fixed, as shown, Figure 2 being a plan of the same, and Figure 3 a side view
thereof.

page_text: Sheet 2 shows the details of the indicator drawn to an enlarged scale; Figure 1
showing the arrangement and general construction of the indicator or registering
instrument; Figure 2, a side view of the above; and Figure 3, a plan of the
prickers or markers, and of the levers for actuating the same."
Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in each of the Figures
respectively.
A indicates the body of the omnibus; B, a platform securely attached on to
the rear end of the same; C, C, the swing stiles or doors; C¹, C₁, arms following
same; D, rod connecting the two stiles beneath the platform; E, E, cranks for con-
necting rod D; F, F, springs for bringing the stiles to their normal position;
G, crank for working indicator; H, connecting rod communicating motion from the
swing stiles to the indicator; I, bell crank; K, tappet rod; L, M, levers for
working prickers or markers; N, O, the prickers or markers; P, lever for driving
drum or barrel; Q, ratchet wheel; R, drum or barrel; S, supplementary pricker;
this pricker may be fitted with a spring to bring it back after operating; T, lever
for raising same to bear upon the face of the drum or barrel R; U, stud for key;
the turning of this stud with the key actuates the lever T and thereby the
pricker S.
The action is as follows:-Immediately upon a passenger entering or passing
through the stiles C, C, the tappet rod K is caused by means of the crank G, con-
necting rod H, and bell crank I, to move in a downward direction carrying with it
the two levers L, M, whereby the pricker N is raised so as to pierce the strip or band
of paper previously placed upon the drum R, whilst at the same time, owing to the
manner in which the levers are hung, the pricker O is withdrawn from the same.
Should the stiles C, C, be moved in an opposite direction to that above described,
the tappet rod K and levers L, M, are also moved in a corresponding direction,
when the pricker O is made to enter the drum in lieu of the pricker N.
When it is required to register any change or alteration (in addition to the above
registration), such for instance as the various fares in any public conveyance, an
attendant provided with a suitable key, and stationed at the spot where an altera-
tion of fare is made, turns the stud U and so causes the supplementary pricker S to
pierce the paper, by which means any number of breaks or alterations can readily be
registered.
The barrel or drum carrying the strip or band of paper upon which the registering or
indicating marks or perforations are made is enclosed so as to be accessible only to
the person authorized to remove the said paper at the end of each journey, at the
end of the day, or when desired.
The total amount of money taken for fares during each journey may be readily
calculated as follows:-
Having first ascertained from the perforations upon the strip or band of paper the
total number of passengers who have entered the omnibus during each section or
division of the journey, the same are charged as if they had travelled from that
section to the end of the journey.
The number of exits recorded are also charged in like manner, less an amount of
fare corresponding to one portion or section of the journey. This latter amount
being deducted from the former gives the total of fares received during the journey.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is or may be performed, I would have it understood that I
do not confine myself to the precise details herein set forth, as such may be varied
while retaining the essential features of my Invention, and that what I claim as
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,—-
Firstly. The combination of swing stiles with registering or indicating apparatus
for the purpose set forth.
Secondly. The combination, substantially as described, of a registering barrel or
drum with two prickers or markers, the one indicating the entrance, the other the
exit of a passenger, and whether the registering apparatus be operated by my swing
stiles or otherwise.

page_text: Thirdly. In combination with the registering barrel or drum a supplementary
pricker or marker for indicating the different sections of a journey or change of fare.
or toll, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Victor Isidore Feeny, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this the Seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
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