Vehicles, Applicable also for other Analogous Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Vehicles, Applicable also for other Analogous Purposes.
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I PAUL OGDEN, of Corporation Chambers, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CHECKING OR REGISTERING THE NUMBER OF
PASSENGERS CARRIED IN TRAM CARS AND OTHER VEHICLES, APPLICABLE ALSO FOR
OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES, 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 improvements in apparatus for registering the number
of passengers carried in tram cars and other public vehicles and the object of my
improvements is to guard against fraud by providing a certain and efficient means
of checking the fares received by the conductor or other person..
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will now proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
reference being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation on the line A. A, Fig. 3 and Fig. 2 is a similar
view on the line B B and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the seat of a tram car or other
vehicle fitted with my improved checking or registering apparatus. Fig. 4 is a
front elevation of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view of the arms or doors and connections
thereto which I employ according to this Invention. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan on
the line CC, Fig. 5. Fig. 6 is a front elevation, Fig. 7 a plan, and Fig.
elevation of an alternative arrangement of part of my improved apparatus.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
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In Figs. 1 to 5-a designates the seat of the tram car, omnibus, or other vehicle
to which my Invention is applied, each seat a is hinged or pivoted at a¹ and when
not in use is held. in a vertical position as indicated, by dotted lines, Fig. 1, by
means of weights or springs or otherwise and near each seat is mounted a rod or
shaft b which is free to turn and is geared or otherwise connected in any con-
venient manner to a dial or other suitable registering apparatus, not shown in the
Drawings On each shaft bis mounted a catch wheel and a star wheel d'of
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which the catch wheel c is fixed on the shaft but the star wheel d although it
cannot be turned independently of the shaft is free to be moved a certain distance
along the shaft b on which is a stud 61 placed in a slot in the boss of the star
wheel, see Fig. 4, for the purpose hereinafter described. On each seat a is fixed
an upwardly inclined plate or projection e and when the seat is about to be used
and is accordingly turned down from the vertical to the horizontal position as
shown in full lines, Fig. 1, this projection e comes in contact with. and releases a
pivoted trigger or catch f which up to this point has been holding the catch
wheel c and preventing it from turning with the shaft b to actuate the registering
apparatus; the catch f as it is released is moved by the projection e into the
position indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 2, and as the projection e leaves it the
catch f falls back ready to engage with the next recess or space on the catch
wheel c. On the back of the seat a there is another plate or projection g provided
with a peg or roller g¹ and after the catch f has been moved and the catch wheel c
released as the seat a is turned down this roller g¹ engages with the star wheel d
and turns it and the shaft b through part of a revolution thereby actuating the
registering apparatus which records the fact that a seat has been turned down
ready for use. To the boss d¹ of each star wheel dare secured chains h, or their
equivalents, which pass over suitable guide pulleys i and are connected by wires h¹
to a shaft or standard ; which is supported in suitable bearings and is free to
turn a certain distance, see Fig. 5, which is a sectional plan on the line C C, Fig. 5.
There is a standard j on either side of the entrance to the vehicle and to these
standards are secured arms or rails k placed across the entrance in such manner
that when the passenger leaves his seat to pass out of the vehicle he has to move
these rails k thereby turning the standards; and actuating the wires h¹ and chains h,
(or other connections) and causing each star wheel d to slide on its shaft b away
from the peg or roller gl and as soon as the roller g' on the particular seat a which
has been in use is thus released the weight, spring, or equivalent causes that seat
to turn on its pivots or hinges and resume its normal vertical position. Each star
wheel d is then by a spring or other means caused to slide back on the shaft b
into position ready to be again turned by the roller g' when the seat a is again
turned down into the horizontal position.
In place of the pivoted rails or arms k, a door or any suitable means for closing
the entrance to the vehicle may be employed the star wheels d being connected to
the door, or its equivalent, as described. The rails k (or door) are kept normally
closed by means of the spring m acting on the wires h¹ and if desired the rails k
may be so fitted that they may be moved in one direction to permit a passenger
to enter the vehicle independently of the conductor and without affecting the
registering apparatus but they cannot be moved to allow the passenger to leave
the vehicle until the conductor has unlocked or released a catch, such as the
catch n (see Fig. 5) which takes into a slot in the standard j.
In Figs 6, 7 and 8, the star wheel dis shown placed parallel instead of at right
angles to the back of the seat and the catch wheel c is shown made with, or secured
to the star wheel d.
Instead of the pegs and star wheels and other mechanism herein shown and
described, pawls and ratchets, or any suitable mechanism may be employed for
connecting the hinged or pivoted seats to the pivoted rails or door of the vehicle
without departing from the nature of my Invention which consists chiefly in
actuating the registering apparatus by means of such rails, door, or equivalent
in combination with hinged pivoted or movable seats.
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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
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1. The herein described improvements in registering apparatus for a tram
car, omnibus or other vehicle, said improvements consisting chiefly in the use and

page_text: application of the rails k, a hinged door, or other equivalent in combination with
hinged, pivoted, or movable seats and suitable mechanism for actuating said
registering apparatus.
2. The combination with the hinged or pivoted seat a provided with the
projection e and the projection g, carrying the peg or roller g', of the shaft b,
catch wheel c and star wheel d connected to the rails k or their equivalents, all
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
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3. In a registering apparatus for the purpose specified, the combination with
the star wheel d and means for moving the said wheel on the shaft out of
the way of the peg or roller gl as described, of the spring 1, or its equivalent,
substantially as and for the purposes herein described and as illustrated by the
Drawings annexed.