Year: 1896

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by FREDRICH WILHELM GUSTAV BRUHN o No.
Schaper Strasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, Director.]
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents, 45
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to fare indicators which may be used at will for journeys
in which the fares are calculated according to the distance and also for time
journeys, on the basis of different taxes.
In the case of journeys which are to be charged for according to the distance
travelled the main driving wheel of the indicating mechanism receives its impulse,
from a worm arranged upon a shaft. The said worm shaft caused to turn by one
of the carriage wheels through the medium of suitable intermediate gear, is
supported in a slide adapted to be adjusted by an arm or the like extending to the
outside of the casing. While the vehicle is waiting the time mechanism is caused
to operate in the known manner.
With the main driving wheel of the indicating mechanism is coupled a ratchet
wheel hereinafter termed the driving ratchet wheel which is driven by the time
mechanism, when it is intended to drive by the time, in the following manner:
The main wheel of the time mechanism engages with a toothed wheel which is
firmly connected with an escape wheel. The teeth of this escape wheel set a lever
in intermittent rocking motion by a projection, which is provided thereon, sliding
along its tangential surface and falling down as soon as the points of the escape-
The rocking
ment wheel teeth are passed and the radial surface comes into action.
motions are transmitted by means of a pawl on the rocking lever to the driving
ratchet wheel which drives the indicating mechanism alone as soon as the worm
is disengaged from the indicating mechanism by the displacement of the above-
mentioned slide.
By means of an eccentric or cam the angular motion of the rocking lever may
he varied at will, thereby effecting a slower or quicker movement of the indicating
mechanism and therefore obtaining different rates for the time journey.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & CO.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Fare-indicating Apparatus.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents, 45
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to fare indicating or registering apparatus for cabs or
other public conveyances which may be used at will for journeys in which the
fares are calculated according to the distance and also for time journeys, on the
basis of different taxes or rates of hire; and with this end in view my invention
consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as
will be fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing,
in which-
Figure 1 is a diagram of those parts of a fare registering or indicating apparatus
appertaining to my invention, and illustrating the position of the parts when the
apparatus is set for time journeys;
Figure 2 is a similar diagrammatic view showing the position of the main parts
when the apparatus is set for distance journeys.
In the case of journeys which are to be charged for according to the distance
travelled (Figure 2) the main driving wheel m of the indicating mechanism is set
in motion from a worm arranged on a shaft a, which is intermittently rotated
to a more or less degree (with respect to the higher or lower tax) by one of the
vehicle wheels through the medium of suitable intermediate gear in a well known
manner. The shaft a is supported in a slide d adapted to be adjusted by an arm
or the like extending to the outside of the casing encompassing the apparatus.
While the vehicle is waiting the time mechanism is caused to operate in the known
manner.
With the main driving wheel m of the indicating mechanism is coupled a
ratchet wheel f, hereinafter termed the driving ratchet wheel, which is driven by
the time mechanism, when it is intended to drive by the time, in the following
manner: The main wheel 7 of the time mechanism engages with a toothed wheel k
which is firmly connected with an escape wheel i. The teeth of this escape wheel i
set a lever in intermittent rocking motion by a projection e, which is provided
thereon, sliding along the tangential surface and falling down as soon as the
points of the escapement wheel teeth are passed and the radial surface comes into
action. The rocking motions are transmitted. by means of a pawl c on the
rocking lever g, to the driving ratchet wheel f which drives the indicating
mechanism along as soon as the worm 6 is disengaged from the indicating
mechanism by the displacement of the above mentioned slide d (see Figure 1).
By means of an eccentric or cam h the angular motion of the rocking lever g
may be varied at will, thereby effecting a slower or quicker movement of the
indicating mechanism, and therefore obtaining different rates for the time
journey.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. In a fare-indicating or registering apparatus the combination of a driving
mechanism influenced by the distance travelled, with a driving mechanism
dependent on the time used for the journey, both the said driving mechanism
being adapted to act upon the indicating or registering mechanism and capable

page_text: of being adjusted each for different taxes, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
2. In a fare indicating or registering apparatus the combination of a driving
wheel (m) of the indicating mechanism, a worm (a) operated by the action of one
of the carriage wheels and supported by an adjustable slide (4), a toothed wheel (/)
of the time mechanism, a combined toothed and escapement wheel (ki), a rocking
lever (9) provided with a projection (e) engaging the escapement wheel and a
pawl (c) engaging the ratchet wheel (f) coupled with the main driving wheel m,
and a cam h acting upon the rocking-lever, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
Dated this 15th day of June 1897
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.