AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AND REGISTERING THE PASSENGER TRAFFIC AND PAYMENT OF FARES ON RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, WILLIAM ROBERT ROWAN at present residing at Ventnor in the Isle of Wight,
Civil Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AND REGISTERING THE PASSENGER
TRAFFIC AND PAYMENT OF FARES ON RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS, to be as
follows:-
My invention has reference to an improved method of and apparatus for
controlling and registering the passenger traffic and payment of fares on railways
and tramways, whereby a registration is effected of the number of passengers
travelling on a line, the distances travelled by them, and the amount of fares
received both for the total journey and between intermediate stations.
The tickets are for this purpose, printed with a double row of divisions marked
with numerals or otherwise to represent all the stations along the line, and the
particular divisions representing the station from which a passenger starts and the
one at which he alights, are both punched out by the conductor when handing the
ticket, and are collected in a tube in the apparatus to be presently described.
The divisions for the departure stations are by preference made of a different color
from those for the alighting stations, or they are otherwise marked so as to
distinguish the one from the other. Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings shews a
ticket of the above described arrangement the back of which may also have a table
of the fares printed on it. The two rows of numerals A and B represent the
several stations, A being the departure row and B the alighting row. Fig. 2 shews
an elevation of the punching and collecting apparatus, and Fig. 3 shews a plan of
the same.
It consists of a casing A containing the tickets for different classes
(which are of different colors, as at present) and closed at top by a hinged cover k
secured by a screw or key at l. The tickets are taken out through slits o at
bottom, and are punched as above described when being handed to the passenger,
by means of the lever h and punch e, which, in its descent, forces the parts or discs
punched out consecutively on to the needle n in the tube r. The needle is fixed in
a base piece closing the lower end of the tube, which base, together with the needle
can be withdrawn, and which is held by a screw or other locking device. The
lever / carries date stamps c c c by means of which each ticket is dated at the same
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page_text: time that it is punched. The apparatus may be conveniently attached in the
position indicated to the belt of the conductor. The two discs punched
consecutively, say, from station 2 of the A or departure series and from station 7
of the B or alighting series, will be stored consecutively upon the needle n, and
they will consequently accurately indicate on inspection the distance travelled by
the particular passenger, and consequently, on reference to the fare table, the fare
paid by him, as also the stations used.
At the end of each journey the conductor may be made to introduce into the
tuber, by means of the punch, a disc of different colored paper thus separating the
consecutive series of ticket discs from each other, and this may also be done when
there is a change of conductors.
The discs thus stored up on the needle are removed at the end of the day and
each pair is pasted on a table as shewn at Fig. 4, in which column A receives the
departure discs, and the column B the arrival discs, while the division discs of the
conductor are pasted on the column C. The amount representing the fare paid by
each passenger as shewn by the numerals on the respective pairs of discs 1-6, 2-3,
3-7, etc. is then marked in the cash column D, and added up, and the table then
gives a record of all the matters herein before mentioned.
Dated thig 5th day of January 1984
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
28, Southampton Buildings,
London, W.C.

page_text: I, WILLIAM ROBERT ROWAN at present residing at Ventnor in the Isle of Wight,
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "AN
IMPROVED METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AND REGISTERING THE
PASSENGER TRAFFIC AND PAYMENT OF FARES ON RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
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My invention has reference to an improved method of, and apparatus for
controlling and registering the passenger traffic and payment of fares on railways
and tramways, whereby a registration is effected of the number of passengers
travelling on a line, the distances travelled by them, and the amount of fares
received both for the total journey and between intermediate stations.
The tickets are, for this purpose, printed with a double row of divisions marked
with numerals or otherwise to represent all the stations along the line, and the
particular divisions, representing the station from which a passenger starts and the
one at which he alights, are both punched out by the conductor when handing the
ticket, and are collected in a tube in the apparatus to be presently described. The
divisions for the departure stations are by preference made of a different color from
those for the alighting stations, or they are otherwise marked, so as to distinguish
the one from the other. Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings shews a ticket of
the above described arrangement, the back of which may also have a table of the
fares printed on it. The two rows of numerals A and B represent the several
stations, A being the departing row and B the alighting row. Fig. 2 is a front
view and fig. 3 a plan of the punching and collecting apparatus. It consists of a
casing A containing the tickets for different classes (which may be of different
colors as usual), and closed at top by a hinged cover k, secured by a screw or
key a l.
Each ticket is taken out through a slit o at the bottom and punched before it is
handed to the passenger, by means of the lever and punch e, which in its descent
forces the pieces or discs punched out consecutively on to the needle n in the tuber.
The needle is fixed in a base piece closing the lower end of the tube and held by a
screw or other locking device, on releasing which the base can be withdrawn, along
with the needle having the punched pieces strung on it. The lever h carries date
stamps c cc, by means of which each ticket is dated at the same time that it is
punched. The apparatus may be conveniently attached in the position indicated
to the belt of the conductor. The two discs punched consecutively, say from
station 2 of the A or departure series, and from station 7 of the B or alighting
series, will be stored consecutively upon the needle n, and they will consequently
accurately indicate the stations used and distance travelled by the particular
passenger shewing by reference to the fare table, the fare paid by him.
At the end of each journey, the conductor may introduce into the tube r by
means of the punch, a disc of different colored paper thus separating the consecutive
series of ticket discs from each other, and this may also be done when there is a
change of conductors.
In order to tabulate the results, the punched pieces stored up on the needle are
from time to time removed and each pair is pasted on a table as shewn at fig. 4
ruled with a column A which receives the departure discs, and the column B the
arrival discs, the division discs of the conductor being pasted on the intermediate
column C. The amount representing the fare paid by each passenger as shewn by

page_text: the numerals on the respective pairs of discs 1-6, 2-5, 3-7 &c, can then be marked
in cash columns D, and added up.
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
1, The method substantially as herein described of controlling and registering
passenger traffic by punching from suitably prepared tickets, pieces distinctively
marked to indicate departure and arrival stations, and retaining the pieces so
punched.
2, The method of tabulating the results of the traffic, by attaching in columns of
suitably ruled paper the punched pieces referred to in the preceding claim,
substantially as herein described.
3. The combination of a casing holding a supply of tickets, a punching lever and
a tube and needle to receive the punched pieces, substantially as and for the
purpose herein set forth.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
28, Southampton Buildings,
London, W.C.
Dated this 22nd day of September 1884.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
28, Southampton Buildings,
London, W.C.