IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR COUNTING, REGISTERING, AND SIGNALING, APPLICABLE TO VOTES, PASSENGERS, PERSONS, GAMES, AND TO MONEY AND GIVING CHANGE."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Cyrus Symons, Engineer, of 2, George Street,
Blackfriars Road, Southwark, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR COUNTING, REGISTERING, AND SIGNALING, APPLICABLE TO
VOTES, PASSENGERS, PERSONS, GAMES, AND TO MONEY AND GIVING CHANGE."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Cyrus Symons at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th January 1880.
"
HENRY CYRUS SYMONS, Engineer, of 2, George Street, Blackfriars Road,
Southwark. IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR COUNTING, REGISTERING, AND
SIGNALING, APPLICABLE TO VOTES, PASSENGERS, PERSONS, GAMES, AND TO MONEY
AND GIVING CHANGE."
This Invention will be described in such parts as will facilitate reference and
prevent repetitions; it has for its object the prevention of mistakes or fraud in
reference to money and change, to games, passengers, persons, and votes.
Part I. refers to a money till; the cover has a coin hole to adinit each size coin
edgeways. The coin hole is covered inside by a tell tale lever, and when the coin
entering forces one end inwards, the other end moves a counting appliance. By
having similar mechanism to each coin hole, all the money entered is recorded, and
by dropping into separate tills or drawers it is assorted for change.
Part II. relates to a money till with coin holes in its cover. Each coin drops into
a horizontal groove, and is pushed forward by a slide to allow the coins to be seen;
the till cover is partly glass. A tell tale acts upon every coin passing; it is done by
a tell tale lever pivoted to one side of the groove frame, and on it rotates a wheel
when pressed by the edge of the entering coin; this tell-tale lever is a principle
part of my Invention to actuate the counting appliances. For this lever a slide to
guide the action of the tell tale lever a wheel may be substituted. Besides counting.
the tell tale wheels may be used to actuate locking gear applied to covers and their
holes for giving change. After the coin has passed the tell tale it lays just before
the wheel, and here I make a hole in the till cover to take out a coin when wanted
for change; this hole is covered by a slide (or a swivel), and a bolt or catch inside
the till locks the slide; this locking catch drops into a hole in the cover appliance
when the coin is pushed in, and to unlock it a higher value coin must be forced in
the adjoining groove when it forces the tell talo lever to push the locking catch out

page_text: of the hole of the said cover appliance, when the band can easily move the slide to
take out a coin for change.
Part 3 resembles in action Part 2, but has a vertical groove to receive the coin;
this groove at its till edge front contains a slide to push the coin inwards, and at
the back end of this groove the coins drop into the drawer. When the coin is
pushed inwards its edge is made to depress a wheel rotating on a lever; this tell
tale lever I employ to actuate the counting mechanism. Sometimes I apply it to
work mechanism to get change taken from holes in the rear of the entering coin
holes; this change hole is fitted with a swivel or slide. If a slide is used it is
placed below the till cover and worked by a pivoted link, the other end of the
link being pivoted to the long end of a vertical forked lever; the shaft of this lever
works on its horizontal axis, and on its other end is a short horizontal lever which
is jointed to the link of the tell tale lever worked only by the coin; this action
automatically uncovers the hole of the adjoining groove for change. In this way
2 put in the left hand groove opens the change hole over the 1/* groove or forcing
1' forward uncovers the next change hole for 64, and so on for the series. The
forked lever of 2 works the adjoining forked lever for 1; this motion is
transmitted by a stud of one forked lever extending above the short horizontal arm
of the neighbouring forked lever; these levers so fitted will open both covers for
1 and 6 when 2% is forced in, and pushing in 6d will close all the change holes.
Instead of this automatic action for getting at the change the covers may be moved
by hand when unlocked, as described in Part II.
Part IIII. consists of a rotating wheel with its rim recessed to hold a number of
coins of one kind. Through a hole in the till each coin is placed in its separate recess,
then a slide or lever forced against the coin causes the wheel to rotate; fixed to the
wheel is a ratchet or escapement wheel, so that while the wheel can be turned
forward, backward motion is prevented by a pawl; this pawl is part of the
escapement motion and is raised out of gear by a rod or lever, which at the same
time forces the pawl on the other side of the wheel into action, so that the wheel
may be turned backwards one tooth only, and doing this brings the coin under a
till hole so that it can be taken out for change, but this cannot happen except a
coin is first forced inwards in a groove as in Part III.; its tell tale lever actuates the
escapement mechanism. If the coin groove is fitted for 2 pieces, the coin wheel
must be fitted for 1 pieces, and so on in pairs for the series of coins. The
entry of the larger coin acts upon the mechanism which uncovers one of a lesser
value, and thus cheating is prevented.
Coin wheels may be mounted in pairs instead of the alternate arrangement of
groove and wheel. When the wheel is turned forward and lifts its forward acting
pawl, a lever from the pawl is made to lift the escapement action of the wheel in
the next compartment, and then the escapement acts on a lever to uncover the
change hole, so that forcing 2/ forward in its wheel is made to uncover the change
hole over the 1*/ wheel, and so on for all the series.
Part V. relates to a wheel adapted for pence; it is fitted with holes or tubes to
hold a pile of pennies about 12 in each tube. When this tube wheel is rotated
the tubes in succession are emptied by the coins falling through an outlet in the
frame, before reaching the outlet there is a hole closed by a moveable slide or cover
so that when closed the coins pass over it; if the hand opens the cover then the
rotation of the wheel lets the coin drop through the change hole in front of the
till handy for change. Part of the wheel axis may be fluted for the paper counting
appliance, or ratchet may be used for index wheels; also for the moveable slide,
the former counting the in going and the latter the out going coins.
To deal in a similar way with silver coins, the wheels are grooved to hold the
coins edge to edge. By placing the axis of the wheel at an angle of about 45
degrees the coins will drop through the moveable slide hole, or if rotated beyond
will drop into the till.
Part VI. For displaying coins or payments as made in succession a series of
grooves are covered with glass. When the coins are laid in these grooves they are

page_text: pushed forward by slides, the width of the combined grooves. Above these slides are
a series of steps and with slots in them, through the slot holes projects studs
attached to the wide slides, so that each stroke of the slides will push the payments
one step forward at a time as they lie in the respective grooves all to be seen at a
glance. Instead of being a slide to push the coins they may lay on a long fluted
roller or on a band rotated by wheels and a ratchet motion.
Part VII. relates to counting and signalling appliances. For a simple arrange-
ment to preserve a record I employ fluted rollers, and between them place a strip
of paper to be creased or marked when the axis rotates. Ratchet motion may work
one of the fluted rollers, or one fluted roller may be the axis of a wheel. On a
wheel axis I sometimes attach other wheels or markers to register counting opera-
tions or special marka
The mechanism for actuating the counting appliances in money tills, Part 1, 2, 3,
4, and 5 may also work signals by compressing air in a reservoir communicating
by a pipe to any suitable place for displaying the signal which may be caused by
the end of a pipe blowing on water, or blowing a pendulum disc or a whistle. Å
pipe from each compartment will then provide for every transaction being signaled.
When the signals are required at a distance I sometimes employ the pneumatic or
electric signals or the telephone. In like manner signals may be worked from the
counting mechanism of billiard markers, or scorers for other games.
Part VIII. relates to appliances for scoring games; one of these scorers is simply
a frame with one end fitted with the fluted rollers described in Part VII. As the
paper strip is rolled through a ratchet wheel on the axis and a spring on the teeth
clicks to count the numbers taken. For each strip a wheel is used to work each
ratchet. The length of paper strip rolled out shows the state of the game. On the
mover fluted roller a tooth longer or shorter may be made to mark the strip at
regular intervals to make the register easy to read. By placing this scorer to hang
on a wall large strips of paper can be seen at a distance. Instead of rolling out
creased paper strips a band may be uncoiled from a drum, the figures marked
either on board or band. By releasing the pawl from ratchet which the drum may
be turned backwards with the band ready for recommencement.
For another kind of scorer I place a serew in a groove in the frame with end
bearings for the screw to rotate in; at one end an index wheel is placed and a
ratchet with spring check on tooth. With a screw of ten threads to the inch one
revolution of the wheel will advance the nut on the screw one inch, and figures
at every inch apart will shew where the pointer nut lays is the state of the game.
In a frame formed like the ordinary billiard marker I place in the groove a rack,
on the sliding pointer I attach a pawl catch so that the pointer can move only
onwards from 1 to 20 or higher. Being past out at one end of the groove the
point must be entered at the commencement end to repeat the counting.
The above described arrangements may be fitted to all the grooves in a board or
only some of them.
Every time the pointer leaves or enters the groove it is registered as follows:-
Below the groove I place a rocking shaft working in end bearings; on each end of
the shaft is placed a plate at such an angle that one plate will cover the end of the
groove while the other remains open at the entering or unit end. At the end of the
pointers journey the rocking shaft must be canted for the plate to uncover the end
of the groove, and it must be canted again to enter the unit end. The rocking
shaft also works a pawl to actuate a register index of the games played. Instead
of a rocking shaft a lever pivoted between the ends may be used, and the ends
square formed to cover the groove ends. To make the boards or frames to suit
when games of varying length or numbers are played I prefer to use flaps hinged
at their ends or edges like doors.
One such door may reach from the numbers 1 to 40, and continued in the same
line by one extending from 40 upwards.
Such flaps or doors are placed one to form one edge of each groove, the pointer
is laid in the groove, the door shut to cover a part of it; when pushed along to

page_text: reach to 40 the door can be opened and the pointer entered again at the unit end,
now shutting the door makes ready for play and also by a pawl on the door
actuates the register index for the games played.
For the screw scorer a split or hinged nut is used, so that the nut can be taken
off at No. 40 or other number and placed on the screw at zero, where removed
or entered the groove must be widened enough to let the hinged nut to pass
freely.
Instead of a hinghed nut a half nut may be used formed to pass under the groove
ribs. The screw plan has its wheel marked on the rim for counting, and a pin and
pawl is applied to actuate the game register.
The paper strip plan has a cover over the fluted rollers, when hinghed the opening
of this cover draws by a rod a break to stop the rollers from turning. When the
new paper strip is placed between the rollers and the door or cover closed the
apparatus can be worked. In such frames as I fit with end covers in this manner,
I make a pawl or tell tale lever on such cover to work suitable counting, registering,
or signaling apparatus, as described in Part 7.
In like manner the other apparatus may be worked, whether fitted as doors,
levers, cr slides, as covers, and the motion of opening or closing made to actuate
signals in or on the apparatus or placed in a distant room or place.
Part IX. The application of my Invention to count, cheque, or register passengers
is as follows, and a modification of it will be easily understood to suit seats not
in vehicles. Before a seat can be used one of the following contrivances employed
must be depressed or if a slide pushed inward:-In one case it may be the seat like
a music stool seat on a rod passing through the seat frame; or it may be the seat
hinged at its front edge, or its equivalent line a square frame to work in a hole in
the seat. When the square is up it is retained so by a vertical working lever,
having its upper end to lock underneath the square frame.
The attendant by means of a string or levers depresses this vertical rocking lever,
pivoted at its lower end to the floor or frame.
A pawl pivoted to the moveable seat or square frame is to actuate the register or
signal appliance described in Part 7.
To register the distance travelled a drum rotates with a paper strip, motion is
given thereto by a stud or eccentric on the carriage wheel and wheel gearing to
reduce speed. For each passenger seated a line is traced on the paper by a pencil
fixed in a marking lever, or a rotating pricker or cutter may be used. This
marking lever is so pivoted that other levers, rods, or strings, making connection
with the seat throws the marker out of contact with the paper when the passenger
leaves the seat. In this way the paper is only marked a length corresponding to
the distance travelled. There is a separate counter or marker worked by each
seat. A lever on the seat may be used to compress air in a reservoir, and a pipe
transmit the motion to the markers.
Part X. of my Invention is a contrivance to register votes as follows:-When
the votes are to be taken by ballott an office is fitted so that no one can see into it.
In this office I fit a separate counting appliance for each canditate. The counting
appliance is worked by a pawl jointed to a vertical vote-lever at its top end;
depressing this vote-lever towards the horizontal moves the ratchet to give one
vote. To prevent more than the proper number of votes being given there is a
check mechanism adjustable to stop further action when the proper number of votes
have been recorded. This check mechanism is actuated by a pawl jointed to the
fulcrum of the vote-lever to work a ratchet check wheel on a shaft; to this shaft
is keyed one ratchet wheel for each vote lever used, so that either of the vote levers
when moved rotates the shaft until the total ratchet teeth needed to give each full
vote is advanced, all the check-wheels are thereby in like position with regard to
guage-stops. These guage stops are adjustable in slots in the ruins of the check
wheels. The ratchet action can rotate the check wheels until the guage-stops are
interposed between the check wheels and the lower end of the vote lever; this is
a lock action preventing further use of the vote levers. Before another voter

page_text: enters the office this mechanism has to be unlocked, and it is done by rocking
levers acting upon all the check pawls simultaneously to lift them off the check
rackets. For this purpose the pawls are extended beyond the ratchet wheels, and
below their loose ends are the rocking lock levers; these are keyed on a main shaft
beyond and parallel with the main shaft of the check-wheels. The check wheels on
their shaft can rotate together while the lock levers are pressed downwards, but
when they are raised vertically all the pawls are simultaneously lifted out of their
respective ratchet teeth. While in this condition the shaft and all the check wheels
can be rotated backwards and brought into contact with the stop guages, then all
is free again so that any of the vote levers may be used. On the end of the lock
lever shaft a wheel or handle is fixed, so that it can be worked by hand to make all
ready for the next vote. Instead of being worked by hand this wheel or lever may
be worked by motion imparted from the door; from a bar on the door is passed a
chain to extend around the drum fixed on the working lever shaft, and this action
lifts all the pawls; when so lifted the shaft and check-wheels rotate backwards by a
weight pulling a rope off a drum on the check-wheel shaft. As the check wheels
are rotated an additional distance for every vote given, the gauge stops in each case
must be adjusted to match the throw of the check-wheels by the pawls and vote
levers. The wheels may have as many ratchet teeth as will rotate them a distance
from one vote upwards.
On the vote lever or other convenient part of the mechanism I attach the usual
gear to work the index wheels which register the votes recorded.
An additional and transferable check register may be made by using my fluted
rollers and paper tape, each length to be dated and stamped for 'security. Some
of the signals described in Part 7 may be applied according to the mode of voting
required.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Cyrus Symons in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th July
1880.
HENRY CYRUS, SYMONS, Engineer, of 2, George Street, Blackfriars Road,
Southwark. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR COUNTING, REGISTERING, AND
SIGNALLING, APPLICABLE TO VOTES, PASSENGERS, PERSONS, GAMES, AND TO MONEY
AND GIVING, CHANGE"
This Invention will be described in such parts as will facilitate reference and
prevent repetitions. It has for its object the prevention of mistakes or fraud in
reference to money and change, and to scoring in games, and also in reference to
prevent mistakes. or fraud in registering and counting passengers, persons, and
votes.
Part 1 refers to a money till; the cover has a coin hole to admit each size coin
edgeways. The coin hole is covered inside by a tell tale lever, and when the
entering coin forces one end of said lever inwards the other end of same moves a
counting appliance. By having similar mechanism to each coin hole all the moneys
entered is recorded, and by dropping into separate tills or drawers it is assorted for
change..
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of such a till. a is the tell tale lever pivotted
at a; it is depressed at the end near the coin aperture by the coin, as shewn at b,
whilst the opposite arm actuates the ratchet wheel c by a pawl lever d, by which
the amount of money that enters the till is indicated. After a coin has depressed
the lever and dropped into the till the lever returns to its normal position by the
action of springs or weights.
Part 2 relates to a money till with coin holes in its cover. Each coin drops into
a horizontal groove, and is pushed forward by a slide. To allow the coins to be
Been the till cover is partly glass.
A tell-tale acts upon every coin passing; it is done by a tell-tale lever pivotted
to one side of the groove frame, and on it rotates a wheel or friction roller when
pressed by the edge of the entering coin. This tell-tale lever is a principal part of
my Invention to actuate the counting appliances. For this lever a slide and a
friction wheel may be substituted. Besides counting the tell-tale wheels may be
used to actuate locking gear applied to covers and their holes for giving change.
After the coin has passed the tell-tale it lies just before the wheel, and here I make
a hole in the till cover to take out a coin when wanted for change.
This hole is covered by a slide (or a swivel cover), and a bolt or catch inside the
till locks the slide. This locking catch drops into a hole in the cover appliance
when the coin is pushed in, and to unlock it a higher value coin must be forced in
the adjoining groove, when it forces the tell-tale lever to push the locking catch out
of the hole of the said cover or appliance; the hand can then easily move the slide
to take out a coin for change.
Figure 2 is a plan, and Figure 3 an end view in section of such a money till.
On the left are shillings, and on the right sixpences, and marked A and B respec-
tively. a is the tell-tale lever, and on it the friction wheel or roller b, the said
lever being pivotted at a¹. The coins in this case are dropped into the groove
flatways through the cover at d, d', and are pushed forward by slides C and C', and
drop into the till at the other end through openings d², d³. The lever a carrying
the roller b is actuated when a shilling has been moved past it. The other arm of
the lever liberates the slide D, and thus allows it to be drawn back, and a sixpence
taken out of the right hand groove for change, but this slide D can only be drawn

page_text: back when a coin of greater value has pushed away the lever and liberated it. e is
a lever pivotted at a¹, and is in connection with indicating mechanism by a rod e¹.
The lever a and roller b may be used to check the coins received, or give the sixpence
change automatically, or both combined.
Part 3 resembles in action Part 2, but the till has a vertical groove to receive the
coin. This groove at its till edge front contains a slide to push the coin inwards,
and at the back end of this groove the coins drop into the drawer. When the coin
is pushed inwards its edge is made to depress a friction wheel rotating on a lever.
This tell-tale lever I employ to actuate the counting mechanism. Sometimes I
apply it to work mechanism to get change taken from holes in the rear of the
entering coin holes. This change hole is fitted with a swivel or slide cover placed
below the till cover. The change hole cover may be moved by hand when unlocked,
as described in Part 2.
Figure 4 is a cross section, and Figure 4a a part plan of such a till. a is the tell
tale lever pivotted at a', and having at the other end a counterpoise weight a²; b
is the friction roller on the lever a, which is depressed when a coin (say, sixpence)
is pushed over it by the slide C. The coins pass up an incline and drop into the
till through an aperture f' in the framing f.
Figure 4b is a part side elevation, and Fig. 4° a plan of the underside of another
arrangement. b is the friction wheel depressed by a coin of greater value than that
for the adjoining coin hole; a¹ is the axis which has a locking arm t which when
the wheel b is depressed releases the slide D; v is an arm provided with a spring w
which when the slide D is unlocked serves to keep the change hole closed, but the
slide D may be easily moved and one sixpence, for example, taken out as change.
Figure 5 is a diagram view of another modification to a larger scale of the levers
actuated by a coin at the opposite side, a shilling for example. a is the lever
pivotted at a¹; b is the friction wheel thereon, and a² a counterpoise; a³ is a short
arm fixed to the lever a at a¹ and actuates the locking mechanism E which rocks
on the centre E¹. When a shilling has depressed the wheel the levers will take
the direction indicated by the arrows, and release the slide D which may then be
slid along and a sixpence withdrawn from the groove containing the sixpences.
Figure 6 is a section through x, y, Figure 4, to a larger scale showing slide C,
guides g, frame f, and wheel b. Instead of this automatic action for change, the
change hole covers may be moved by hand after being automatically unlocked.
By making the coin hole entry slanting down (from right to left in the Drawing) I
prevent the insertion of an instrument for depressing the roller b.
Part 4 consists of a rotating wheel with its rim recessed or formed to hold a
number of coins of one kind. Through a hole in the till each coin is placed in its
separate recess, then a slide or lever forced against the coin causes the wheel to
rotate or it may be done by the finger of the operator; fixed to the wheel is a
ratchet or escapement wheel so that while the wheel can be turned forward, back-
ward motion is prevented by a pawl; this pawl is part of the escapement motion
and is raised out of gear by a rod or lever which at the same time forces the paw!
on the other side of the wheel into action, so that the wheel may be turned back-
ward one tooth only, and doing this brings the coin under a till hole so that it can
be taken out for change; but this cannot happen except a coin is first forced inwards
in a groove; its tell-tale lever actuates the escapement mechanism. If the coin
groove is fitted for two shilling pieces the coin wheel must be fitted for one shilling
pieces, and so on in pairs for the series of coins. The entry of the larger coin acts
upon the mechanism which uncovers one of a lesser value and thus cheating is
prevented.
Coin wheels may be mounted in pairs instead of the alternate arrangement of
groove and wheel. When the wheel is turned forward and lifts its forward acting
pawl, a lever from the pawl is made to lift the escapement action of the wheel in
the next compartment.
Figure 7 is a side elevation of such a till. h is the wheel having recesses or

page_text: apertures in its periphery to receive the coins (say sixpences) marked B, B. On the
shaft h' is a ratchet or escapement wheel c into which works a pawl lever h² con-
Dected to a lower lever h³ by a rod or link ht, each lever rocking on centres i, i'.
When a sixpence is inserted in the aperture opposite the coin hole b₁ the wheel his
moved forward by a slide or by the finger of the operator a distance equal to the
pitch of the recesses or apertures in the wheel, when another such aperture appears
and the pawl lever h² allows the ratchet wheel c to advance another tooth or
ratchet; is a rod which is raised when a shilling has been put in the adjoining
till or shilling till hole, and if change is required the wheel during this operation can
be moved back a distance equal to one tooth or division in the following manner:-
a is the lever pivotted at a provided with a friction roller b over which the coin
runs (shown in dotted lines); the rod is thus raised and with it the lower lever h³
to which it is connected, and the pawl lever h³ is also raised by the connecting rod
or link /* and the pawl tooth on the lever ; this engages with the ratchet tooth
while another spring pawl j on the lower lever h³ prevents the wheel being turned
more than one tooth or division for the withdrawal for sixpence as change for the
sbilling inserted in the adjoining till hole.
Part 5 relates to a wheel adapted for pence; it is fitted with holes or tubes to
hold a pile of pennies, about twelve in each tube. When this tube wheel is rotated
the tubes in succession are emptied by the coins falling through an outlet in the
frame. Before reaching the outlet there is a hole closed by a movable slide or cover
so that when closed the coins pass over it, if the hand opens the cover then the
rotation of the wheel lets the coins drop through the change hole in front of the till
handy for change. Part of the wheel axis may be fluted for the paper counting
appliance to be hereafter described, or a ratchet may be used for the index wheels,
also for the movable slide, the former counting the ingoing, and the latter the out-
going coins.
Figure 8 is a sectional elevation of such an arrangement. m is the rotary wheel,
and m³ the cylinders or tubes thereon for containing the piles of copper coin, for
example, which, when one is filled, is partly rotated, and then another cylinder or
tube appears in order to be filled. At the back part of the till I provide a slide n,
which when drawn out a convenient distance releases the coins in the tube, and
they fall into the till. The number of revolutions of the wheel m may be indicated
by a fluted roller o to be hereafter more particularly referred to, or by ratchets to
the indicating mechanism. The movement of the slide n in connection with
mechanism indicates the out-going coins, whilst the in-going coins are indicated by
the revolutions of the wheel m, as before described.
To deal in a similar way with silver coins the wheels are grooved to hold the
coins edge to edge. By placing the axis of the wheel at an angle of about forty five
degrees the coins will drop through the movable slide-hole, or if rotated beyond
will drop into the till.
Figure 9 is a sectional elevation of such an apparatus in which the wheel or
drum m on the shaft m² is placed at a convenient angle, so that when the slide n
is moved the coins, by their own weight, will fall past the slide n. An end view
of the drum m is shown at Figure 10. The coins are placed in the slots or grooves
m', and when the desired number of coins have been placed therein a partial
rotation is given to the wheel m, and another groove comes into play, and so on, as
described.
Part 6 relates to counting and signalling appliances. For a simple arrangement
to preserve a record I employ fluted rollers, and between them place a strip of
paper to be creased or marked when the axis rotates. Ratchet motion may work
one of the fluted rollers, or one fluted roller may be the axis of a wheel. On the
wheel axis I sometimes attach other wheels or markers to register counting
operations or special marks.
Figure 11 is an end view, and Figure 12 a longitudinal section of a pair of fluted
rollers M, M. They are provided with ten teeth, by preference, and on one of these

page_text: teeth I form a projection o, and there is a corresponding recess in the corresponding
tooth space of the other wheel, which makes a mark, indentation, or other
impression at every tenth ridge of the paper, and the counting is therefore much
facilitated.
Figure 13 is a plan of part of a strip of paper, shown separately. o' is the
distinguishing mark, as described. Rollers may be made and driven by gearing to
mark 50 or 100, as may be required.
The tell-tale lever in tills referred to may be so connected as to drive and actuate
indicating mechanism or a bell.
By compressing air in a reservoir the tell-tale lever may operate pneumatic
signals either in the till or in another room or place. The pipe from the shilling
tell-tale may sound a whistle, and the sixpenny one a bell. The change slide when
actuated may operate a distinct signal. By this means witness signals are made to
be useful for the customer or attendant, and the proprietor or other person may
know from his room what money is taken at the counter. A silent signal may be
made by air blowing into water or against a pendulum, so as to indicate the coin
last placed in the till.
To convey sounds or signals a distance electrical contact may be made or broken
by the action of tell-tale lever; or by placing one end of a telephone in the till the
sounds may be heard as to indicate what is taken.
Part 7 relates to appliances for scoring games. One of these scorers is simply a
frame with one end fitted with the fluted rollers described in Part 6. As the paper
strip is rolled through the fluted rollers a ratchet wheel on the axis and a spring
on the teeth clicks to count the numbers taken. For each strip a wheel is used to
work each ratchet. The length of paper strip rolled out shows the state of the
game. On the lower fluted roller a tooth longer or shorter may be made to mark
the strip at regular intervals to make the register easy to read. By placing this
scorer to hang on a wall large strips of paper can be seen at a distance. Instead
of rolling out creased paper strips a band may be uncoiled from a drum, the
figures marked either on board or band. By releasing the pawl from ratchet
wheel the drum may be turned backwards with the band ready for recommence-
ment.
Figure 14 is a side elevation of a frame fitted with fluted rollers M, M. The
strip of paper is creased, as before described with reference to Figures 11, 12, and 13,
and passes over an index bar or scale. The lower roller M. has a ratchet wheel p,
and a pawl pl prevents a backward movement of the rollers M, and a spring p²
keeps it up to the teeth of the ratchet wheel p, which has preferably the same
number of teeth as the flutings on the roller. At the end of the game the paper
strips may be taken out and retained as a record by the winner. Instead of fluted
rollers a reel of paper may be used and drawn out a length corresponding with the
scoring.
For another kind of scorer I place a screw in a groove in the frame with end
bearings for the screw to rotate in; at one end an index wheel is placed, and a
ratchet with spring check on tooth. With a screw of ten threads to the inch one
revolution of the wheel will advance the nut on the screw one inch, and the pointer
will show the state of the game at every inch it is moved.
Figure 15 is a plan of such an arrangement. q is the frame containing the
screw q', at one end is the index wheel r, which turns only in one direction, except
a pawl be released, the screw drives a nut which is split or jointed, and which
can be inserted at q2, and taken out at q³, after having traversed the slot in the
casing q and indicated the score of the game by the divisions on the case, which
may be tenths.
The index wheel r counts units or tenths, and the divisions on the case are
divided, say into tens; the screw is of such a pitch as to drive the nut a distance
of ten to each revolution of the unit or tenth wheel.
Part 8. The application of my Invention to count, check, or register passengers is

page_text: as follows, and a modification of it will be easily understood to suit seats not in
vehicles. Before a seat can be used one of the following contrivances employed
must be depressed, or if a slide, pushed inward :—
In one case the seat may be like a music stool seat fixed on a rod passing through
the seat frame; or the seat may be hinged at its front edge or its equivalent like a
square frame to work in a hole in the seat. When the square frame is up it is
retained so by a vertical rocking lever, having its upper end to lock underneath
the square frame. The attendant by means of a string or lever depresses this
vertical rocking lever, pivotted at its lower end to the floor or frame, the square
frame or seat can then be depressed, the passenger seating himself thereon.
A pawl pivotted to the moveable seat or square frame is to actuate the register
or signal appliance described in Part 6.
To register the distance travelled a drum rotates with a paper strip; motion is
given thereto by a stud or eccentric on the carriage wheel and wheel gearing to
reduce the speed. For each passenger seated a line is traced on the paper by a
pencil fixed in a marking lever, or a rotating pricker or cutter may be used. This
marking lever is so pivotted that other levers, rods, or strings, making connection
with the square frame or seat, throws the marker out of contact with the paper
when the passenger leaves the seat. In this way the paper is only marked a length
corresponding to the distance travelled. There is a separato counter or marker
worked by each seat. A lever on the seat may be used to compress air in a reservoir
and a pipe transmit the motion to the markers.
Figure 18 is a section of such a registering apparatus. S is the pivotted or
hinged seat, which can only be depressed when the bell crank lever 82 is moved,
and the arm 8 of the seat 8 released, which is done by the conductor; the passenger
can then take his seat, and whilst the passenger is sitting the distance travelled is
indicated by. pencil on a reel of paper, as shown in the diagram Figure 19,
passing over drums, which are driven in any suitable manner from a wheel which
travels on the ground by means of an eccentric rod and ratchet or otherwise; thus,
there will be lines and blanks on the paper corresponding with the distance the
seat was vacant, or the distance a passenger travelled. A pawl on the arm s¹
indicates counting mechanism thro' a ratchet wheel shown in dotted lines.
Part 9 of my Invention relates to a contrivance for registering votes, as follows:-
When votes are to be taken by ballot a compartment is fitted up for the reception
of the apparatus, which can only be seen by the voter. The counting appliance is
working by a pawl jointed to a vertical vote lever at its top end; depressing this
vote lever towards the horizontal moves the ratchet to give one vote. To prevent
more than the proper number of votes being given there is a check mechanisın
adjustable to stop further action when the proper number of votes have been
recorded.
This check mechanism is actuated by a pawl jointed to the fulcrum of the vote
lever to work a ratchet cheek wheel on a shaft; to this shaft is keyed one ratchet
wheel for each vote lever used, so that either of the vote levers when moved rotates
the shaft until the total ratchet teeth needed to give each full vote is advanced, all
the check wheels are thereby in like position with regard to gauge stops. These gauge
stops are adjustable in slots in the rims of the check wheels. The ratchet action
can rotate the check wheels until the gauge stops are interposed between the
check wheels and the lower end of the vote lever. This is a lock action preventing
further use of the vote levers. Before another voter enters the office this
mechanism has to be unlocked, and it is done by rocking levers acting upon all the
check pawls simultaneously to lift them off the check ratchets. For this purpose
the pawls are extended beyond the ratchet wheels, and below their loose ends are
the rocking lock levers; these are keyed on a main shaft beyond and parallel with
the main shaft of the check wheels. The check wheels on their shaft can rotate
together while the lock levers aro pressed downwards, but when they are raised

page_text: vertically.an the pawis are simultaneously inted out of then respective father
teeth.
While in this condition the shaft and all the check wheels can be rotated back-
wards until brought into contact with the stop gauges, then all is free again, so
that any of the vote levers may be used. On the end of the locking lever shaft a
wheel or handle is fixed so that it can be worked by hand to make all ready for
the next vote. Instead of being worked by hand this wheel or lever may be
worked by motion imparted from the door. From the door is passed a claim to
extend around the drum fixed on the rocking lever shaft, and this action lifts all
the pawls. When so lifted the shaft and check wheels rotate backwards by a
weight pulling a rope off a drum on the check wheel shaft. As the check wheels
are rotated an additional distance for every vote given, the gauge stops in each
case must be adjusted to match the throw of the check wheels by the pawls and
vote levers. The wheels may have as many ratchet teeth as will rotate them a
distance of one vote upwards. On the vote lever or other convenient part of the
mechanism I attach the usual gear to work the index wheels which register the
votes recorded.
An additional and transferable check register may be made by using the fluted
rollers and paper strip hereinbefore described, each length to be dated and stamped
for security. Some of the signals hereinbefore described may be applied according
to the mode of voting required.
Figure 20 shows a front elevation, and Figure 21 a side view as fitted for
four candidates the names of the respective candidate being just above or on
each lever a. The lever a is pivotted and works independently on the shaft a¹.
A above this shaft is a pawl a² working a ratchet wheel a³ in connection with the
indicating mechanism; below the said shaft is pivotted a pawl b working or
impelling a ratchet wheel b¹ on the shaft c; d is a disc having a projection d'
thereon; e is a stop, and fare weights suspended from the periphery of the disc d;
7 is a rod having bell crank levers g* thereon, which simultaneously raise the
pawls b after a vote has been given, and the weights f cause the shaft a¹ and all
the discs d to resume their former normal position, which is secured by the
projection d' on the disc & coming against the stop c, caused by the action of the
weights f. The voter can give either one, two, three, or four votes, but if more is
attempted the apparatus will not act as the projection on the disc will come against
a suitable stop. It will be seen that a voter can plump for a candidate, and the
pawl b will actuate as many ratchet teeth.
Having now described the nature of my Invention I claim,-
First. The tell tale lever a applied to a till, and connected to a counting or
indicating appliance, such lever been actuated by passing a coin into the till,
substantially as described.
Second. The combination of a tell tale lever, a locking appliance, and a change
hole cover, in such manner that the change hole cover cannot be opened for
taking out a coin for giving change unless a coin of higher value is put into another
till hole, substantially as described.
Third. The tell tale lever a in combination with the coin wheel h, Figure 7,
having a step by step movement, so as to admit of the entry and removal of a coin,
substantially as described.
Fourth. The combination of parts, as described with reference to Figures 8, 9,
and 10.
Fifth. The crimped paper strip or sheet, and the means for producing the same,
substantially as described with reference to Figures 11, 12, 13, and 14, for the
purpose of indicating the scores in games.
Sixth. The combination of parts forming the game scorer shewn in Figure 15.
Seventh. The application of locking and unlocking, & of counting or
registering appliances to seats or parts of same, as described with reference to
Figures 18 and 19.

page_text: Eighth. The combination of parts forming the voting appliance shewn in
Figures 20 and 21.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Cyrus Symons, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
H. C. SIMONS. (L.S.)