Improvements in Fare Boxes.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIF.
TION.
Improvements in Fare Boxes.
We ROGER FARMER of 16 School Croft, Sheffield; Mechanic and TномAS NUTTALL
of 283 South Road Walkley Sheffield do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to fare collecting boxes, and more particularly. to the
construction of such boxes, whereby surreptitious abstraction of coins is prevented,
and a register of all coins passed through the hopper is recorded, and if a fraudulent.
opening of the box takes place, then, an indication of such opening is given by
the fact that it cannot be closed except by the possessor of a master key.
Our improvements consist in an arrangement of parts attached to the hinged lid
of the box for registering a penny upon its passage through the hopper, and down a
shute, where the penny is held in front of a transparent eye, by a lever projecting
across the shute bottom.
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The coin actuated medium is a lever projecting across the opening in the hopper,
said lever is connected to a pawl engaging with the recording clockwork, and also.
embracing a lever projecting across the bottom of the shute, and both levers are
actuated simultaneously, by the passage of a penny through the hopper, the one
lever moving the clockwork one unit, and the other releasing the penny held in
front of the eye.
The checks or safeguards against fraudulent withdrawal of coins are threefold,
firstly, the withdrawal of coins through the shute, is prevented by four curved
arms freely mounted in the sides of said shute, said arins normally hang clear of the
sides, but when the box is inverted, or tilted on any side, then, one or more of said
arins fall by their own weight and close the passage in the shute.
Secondly. Should the transparent eye be broken the withdrawal of coins is
prevented by two bars,, one on part of the body of the box, and the other covering..
the face of the shute...
Thirdly. A circular seal cap is attached to the side of said box, through which.
passes a bolt with a recess thereon to engage a sealing plate, said bolt locks a
spring catch taking into an aperture in the body of the box and the lid; when the
seal is broken by lifting the plate and the bolt withdrawn, access can be had to
the contents of the box, but should the contents be fraudulently abstracted or any
part thereof, the register will give a record of the coins passed, and moreover the
box cannot be resealed in its normal condition becauso the spring catch released
by the withdrawal of the bolt cannot again be inserted in the aperture in the lid,.
said aperture being covered by a "blind" bolt shot across it by spring pressure
immediately upon the removal of spring catch above described, the said "blind"
bolt can only be drawn back by the master key in the possession of an authorised
person.
Dated this the Second day of September 1896.
ROGER FARMER.
THOMAS NUTTALL.

page_text: Improvements in Fare Boxes.
We ROGER FARMER 16 School Croft Sheffield, Mechanic, and THOMAS NUTTALL of
283 South Road Walkley, Sheffield, Machine Agent, 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 :-
Our invention relates to fare collecting boxes, and more particularly to the
construction of such boxes, whereby surreptitious abstraction of coins is prevented,
and a registration of all coins passed through the hopper is recorded; and in case a
fraudulent opening of the box takes place, then, an indication of such opening is
given by the fact that it cannot be closed again, except by having possession of a
master key.
We will now proceed to describe our invention with reference to the drawings
hereto annexed, in which corresponding letters denote corresponding parts in all the
figures.
Fig. 1, Front Elevation.
Fig. 2, Sectional view with lid open and front of case removed.
Fig. 3, End elevation with lid open:
Fig. 4, Plan of Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 Section of shute (detached).
Fig. 6 End elevation of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 Sectional view of shute on dotted line a, a, Fig. 5, with shute inclined by
tilting box sideways.
Fig. 8, Inverted plan of bottom of shute.
Fig. 9, Sectional elevation, shewing seal plate, bolt and catch.
Fig. 10, Sectional plan of Fig. 9. Fig. 10 to 16 inclusive are full size.
Fig. 11, Plan shewing lever connected up to clockwork.
Fig. 12 End view of Fig. 11.
Fig. 13 Side view of same.
Fig. 14 Sectional view of lock S shewing catch Q engaged.
Fig. 15, Sectional view of same on dotted line y, y.
Fig. 16, View of lock S with bolt R¹ drawn back from across aperture R.
Our improvements consist in an arrangement of parts which may be either
attached to the lid of the box, or fixed to ribs A, as shewn in Figs. 2 and 4, for
registering a penny or other coin of uniform size upon its passage through the
hopper B, and down a shute C, where the coin is held in front of a transparent
eye D, by lever E projecting lengthways of the shute bottom.
The coin actuated medium, is a lever F projecting across the opening in the
hopper B; to said lever F is connected a lever F1 engaging with ratchet wheel F
and thus actuating the recording clockwork G, which may be carried upon
centres F3, F4 and F5 and which may be of any well known type. Said lever Fis
slotted at its forward end to embrace a pin H on shaft I, said shaft carries at its
lower end a lever E, Fig. 8.
Upon the passage of a coin through the hopper B, levers F and E are actuated
simultaneously; lever F moving the clockwork G one unit, and lever E releasing
the coin held in front of eye D, lever E immediately resumes its normal position
and stops and retains the last inserted coin in front of the eye D until a succeeding.
coin again actuates levers F and E.
The checks or safeguards against fraudulent withdrawal of coins through the
hopper B and shute C and from the box generally are threefold.

page_text: Firstly, the backward passage of coins through the shute C is prevented by
curved arms K¹ K2 K3 and K freely mounted in the passage of said shute, said
arms normally hang clear for the passage of coins, but when the box is inverted or
tilted on any side, then one or more of said arms fall by their own weight and
block the passage in shute C.
Secondly, should the transparent eye D be broken the withdrawal of coins is
prevented by sets of bars L, one on part of the body of the box, and the other on
the face of shute C as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2.
Thirdly, a circular seal cap M is attached to the side of said box, through
which passes a bolt N with a recess O thereon to engage a sealing plate or lever P;
said bolt N locks a catch Q, against the side of said box; catch Q enters an
aperture R into lock S on lid.
Said lock S is fitted with a blind bolt R¹ which impinges against a spring R² and
which also engages with a pivotted bar R³ adapted to be actuated by the wards of
a key, and thus force back bolt R' against spring R². The position of the parts
constituting lock S are shewn as shot and locked in Figs. 14 and 15.
To release catch Q from lock S, pivotted bar R³ is actuated and forces back blind
bolt R¹ as shewn in Fig. 16; upon the withdrawal of the actuating key, spring R²
causes said parts to resume their normal position as shewn in Fig. 15 and thus
block aperture R against the re-introduction of catch Q.
Authorised access to the contents of said box, can only be had by first breaking
the seal over seal plate P, withdrawing bolt N, actuating blind bolt R¹ into position
shewn in Fig. 16, and thus releasing catch Q from aperture R.
Should a fraudulent attempt .be made to pick lock S by drawing back bolt R¹
and bar R³, the box would still be intact because the gib of catch Q passes through
the body of box into lock S, said catch Q cannot be forced free from said lock,
without withdrawing bolt N, which in turn cannot be withdrawn unless sealing
plate P be lifted, and consequently the covering seal broken, the breaking of said
seal will give an indication that a fraudulent attempt has been made to get at the
contents of said box; but should the contents be abstracted or any part thereof,
the register will give a record of the coins passed, and moreover the box cannot
be revealed in its normal condition, because catch Q released by the withdrawal
of bolt N cannot again be inserted in aperture R in the lid, said aperture being
covered by a "blind" bolt R¹ Fig. 4, shot across it by spring R2, immediately upon
the removal of catch Q; the "blind" bolt R¹ can only be drawn back by a master
key fitting lock S, said koy being usually in the possession of a person authorised
to remove coins from the box.
A swivel handle T is preferably used, so that the fare box will hang approximately
perpendicular when in use, and thus prevent the lodgement of coins in their passage
down shute C.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. In a fare collecting box, the combination of registering clockwork, with
shute C, levers F, F, and E, shaft I and pin H, arms K¹ K2 K3 and K, and
transparent eye D, substantially as described and illustrated in the drawings.
2. In a fare collecting box, the combination of registering clockwork, with a
sealing cap M, lever P, bolt N, with recess O, catch Q, aperture R, lock S having
"blind" bolt R', bar R³ and spring R² substantially as described and set forth in
the drawings.
3. In a fare collecting box, the combination of shute C having arms K¹ K² K³
and K', shaft I, pin H, levers F, F' and E, eye D, with a sealing and locking
arrangement consisting of cap M lever P, bolt N with recess O, catch Q, aperture R
and lock S, with "blind" bolt R', bar R³ and spring R' substantially as and for
purpose set forth.
the

page_text: 4. In a fare collecting box, the arrangement of parts for preventing abstraction
of coins; for indicating when fraudulent interference with the box has taken place,
and for locking and sealing, substantially as described and set forth herein.
Dated this the 30th day of March 1807
ROGER FARMER,
THOMAS NUTTALL.