An Improved Combined Fare Box and Register.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd May, 1889-Accepted, 15th June, 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by THOMAS BELL LEE, of 101, Charles Street, in the
City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada,
Gentleman]
An Improved Combined Fare Box and Register.
I JOSEPH CRAWHALL CHAPMAN, of 70 Chancery Lane, London in the county of
Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents, 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
This invention relates to certain improvements in apparatus for receiving and
collecting fares or equivalent tokens and for automatically registering the number of
tunes such receipts have been passed into the collector. The object of the invention is
to provide a light, simple, durable and inexpensive apparatus not liable to become
deranged, to be absolutely efficient in its action and to prevent fraud
The
The invention consists in arranging within a suitable casing a rotatory triangular
receiver one surface of which is normally presented to the fare admission slot
triangular receiver (hereinafter called the triangle) is suitably connected with a
reciprocating part adapted to be operated either manually or mechanically on receipt
of a fare, so that the triangle is first caused to so far rotate as to open and allow the
received fare to fall into a money receiver, then on release of the operating piece so
much turther, rotation in same direction is given to the triangle as to close the opening
to the receiver and present another side to the slot ready for the next receipt and
operation. The act of operating the triangle simultaneously moves forward a strip of
paper or suitable material and marks or impresses it with one indication of such
operation, and all parts are returned to position by spring or suitable action.
I will now fully describe the invention as communicated to me in reference to the
accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 13 a side sectional elevation of the apparatus
Figure 2 is a back elevation with the back plate and handle removed Figure 3 is an
elevation of an internal prime moving part showing one method of imparting motion
to the mechanisms Figure 4 is an internal elevation on line a b figure 1, certain
parts being in section, looking to the right hand Figures 56 and 7 are diagrams
hereinafter referred to. Like letters indicate like parts in all the figures
A is the casing forming the box of brass or other suitable material and a is the slot,
slit or opening for the reception of fares and it may be at the top or other convenient
part of the box suitable to the mechanism.
In the construction illustrated the box is divided into several compartments the
first B is an open space within the box below the slot a the top of which may be of
metal wood or glass, I prefer glass in order that the collector may see the fares
inserted through the slot as they rest upon one of the sides of a rotatory triangular
receiver that serves as a table or flooring to space B Cis the rotatory triangular
receiver the top most side being seen as a table or flooring for space B, in figures 1
and 4; the three sides marked 1, 2, 3 of the triangle may be equal and with the
The second
surfaces flat, or the sides may be angular, curved, convex, or concave.
compartment D is the locked portion of the box below the triangle C which receives
the fares. The operating and registering mechanisms may be mounted in a movable
and D as
frame e e fitting in the compartment E adjacent to the compartments
illustrated, and fixed therein by screws so as to be conveniently removed for cleaning
or repairs. The triangle C is fixed upon its spindle c which is produced into com-
partment E and carries a gear wheel c¹
Fis a handle which may be used as a band grip for the box, but it is not essential
to the receiving or to the self registration of the fares In its application to turnstiles
ferries and other places where the box may be fixed instead of being held an automaue

page_text: mechanical device may be substituted for the handle and a spring or other mechanical
device may give the required pressure or other motion, that I from preference herein-
after describe as from the hand
g is a stem which may be of flat or round or other shaped metal, attached to or
forming part of a plate or frame G and extending through the top of the box and
there mounted or capped with a thumb button for with other form of cap for
mechanical requirements other than operated by band, or it may be connected with a
spring slide which may be secreted, to receive and impart motion mechanically. The
plate or frame G is made with an open space g¹ within the box as seen in figure 3 and
it is arranged in suitable guides so as to be capable of a reciprocating motion, being
depressed by button and returned by spring f which may be applied as illustrated
or otherwise as most convenient to the mechanism
Depression of plate G serves to give a first motion and its return serves to give a
second motion to the gear This is effected in figures 2 and 3 by a pair of spring
pawls I and J centred on opposite sides of the frame G and engaging the one I at the
down stroke and the other J at its up stroke with a ratchet wheel H in the known
manner, but lateral projections may be made on either side of space y¹ in suitable
position by which a spur wheel or tumbler may be similarly actuated, or any other
suitable mechanical motion may be substituted The wheel H is fast on a shaft / on
which are fixed also the pinion S and the toothed wheel T.
The wheel T gears with the wheel c¹ and gives motion to the triangle C, the
pinion S through the train of wheels U V. W and spindle m imparts motion to the
ribbon winding drum M upon the said spindle.
L is a loose drum revolving on an independent shaft kept in place and taut by a
spring
or other mechanical device
N is a paper ribbon which is slowly wound round M by the motion imparted by
the operator.
O is a punch pricker marker or indenter connected to plate G.
R is a bell fixed inside of the box, or it may be encircled in a confined space below
the handle Foutside of the box, as seen in figure 1, by preference I adopt the confined
space in the form of a semi-globe, as seen in figure 1, with the sides punctured with
small holes.
With the box in the hands of the collector, or fixed convenient to the conductor or
driver of a car, or attached for use at a turnstile wicket gate ferry or other required
place the operation is as follows:-
The normal position of triangle C is as illustrated in figures 1, 4 and 5 with the
side 1 below slot a
the
When the fare is received through the slot a upon the side 1 of the triangle C, in
space B, the operator with his thumb or by a device prosses upon button f and
depresses plate & causing the pawl 1 or equivalent to engage with the ratchet H and
turn it and spindle h through a certain distance thus imparting motion also to
pinion S and wheel T. The wheels are geared in such ratio that T giving motion to c¹
turns spindle c and triangle () one sixth of a revolution causing the triangle C to
take the position shown in figure 6, and the fare drops into compartment D ;
pinion S also gives motion to the chain of wheels U V W which are so geared as to
revolve the spindle m with wheel M a small fraction of a circle drawing the paper
ribbon N from L; the pawls I and J are now in the positions shown dotted figure 3.
On release from pressure the spring f¹ returns the plate G into its first position and
the pawl or equivalent J engages and again in part rotates the ratchet H and spindle /
which causes the wheel T to again turn the wheel c¹ and triangle Cone sixth of a
revolution bringing it to position shown in figure 7, closing the inlet into D and
bringing the side 3 of the triangle C to a horizontal position on which to receive the
next fare, the pricker or marker o, by the action of the spring when returning G
into its first position indents or marks the paper ribbon N, and thus simultaneously
registers on N the reception into D of the fare, and the bell is rung by any usual
trigger action, announcing to the passenger the receipt into the box of the fare
inserted into the slot or slit a. The motion is instantaneous on each part, and the

page_text: action returns the parts at the same instant of time for each succeeding fare, and its
registration within the locked box.
At the end of the trip route or time when the box is returned, with its contents to
the person authorised to receive and book the fares taken he may chip off that portion
of ribbon N wound from L and count the check marks, with the total of which the
money in D must agree.
It is to be noted that money cannot pass from space B into D without pressure
on f nor can be operated effectually without registering N. In case of a passenger
putting money into the box in excess of his fare, as in case of one passenger paying
for more than one, the Collector before receiving other fares may press as many
times as the piece of money represents fares, should he not do so the cash will exceed
the amount registered on N, but as on paper ribbon N registration takes place with
every fare from B to D by pressure on fa shortage cannot be honestly disclosed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A combined fare collecting box and register having a triangular fare receiver
such as C and registering apparatus arranged as set forth and adapted to be operated
by an external part so as to first move the receiver to open a passage and deliver
the fare to the cash compartment D, and second to move said receiver to position
for next receipt and simultaneously record the operation on a band substantially as
set forth.
2. The arrangement of gear for working the triangular fare receiver C and the
registering apparatus, by which on depression of the plate G the triangle C and
band N receive a first motion and on its return a second motion, and a registration
thereof substantially as and for the purposes set forth
3. In a combined fare collector and register the combination of the reciprocating
plate G and wheel H with triangle C and interposed gearing, and with the drums L
and M and paper strip N and interposed gearing, and the marker o attached to
plate G and bell R all arranged substantially as described and illustrated.
4. A combined fare collector and register constructed arranged and operating as
a whole substantially as set forth.