Improvements in Fare Indicating and Registering Apparatus.
Year: 1898

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by FRIEDRICH WILHELM GUSTAV BRUHN, of No. 1,
Schaperstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, Managing Director.]
Improvements in Fare Indicating and Registering 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 to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in fare-indicating and registering
apparatus for cabs and other public vehicles; and the objects of my improve-
ments are,
first to enable the carriage provided with such improved apparatus to
be driven either by time or distance according to the desire of the passenger or as
prescribed by the law; second to provide either like or unlike initial taxes for
time-driving and for distance-driving; third to increase, to diminish or to repeat
the fare for a certain distance or time after the initial fare; fourth to oblige the
driver to return the apparatus into the initial position every time when reversing
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the apparatus from time-indicating to distance-indications and vice versa;
to arrange the indication of the fare for waiting in such a manner, that the same
may be shown only when a certain time has elapsed or a certain fare is attained
either in one stroke or by repetition whereby even different taxes may be used;
sixth to prevent the driver from setting the apparatus not fully into its active
position or out of such position when reversing the same; seventh to combine the
two measuring systems in such a manner, that the distance indicating work may
be out of action when the waiting indicator is at work and vice versa; eighth to
provide means for showing the passenger, which of the measuring systems is
applied to the apparatus at any time; ninth to provide suitable controlling
devices separately for fares and journeys and for distance journeys either when
the carriage is engaged or free and for journeys either counted singly or separ-
ately for time and for distance, and tenth to arrange suitable indicators, and
controlling devices for extras.
I obtain these objects by arranging in such fare-indicating and registering
apparatus two, three or more blocking or locking devices, which, being in con-
nection with each other by means of suitable levers, rods, cams or other like
mechanism, can change their respective positions or can be reversed only, when
they all or at least several of them are placed in such positions, that the corre-
sponding-locking mechanism is out of action.
I provide, for instance, the fare-indicating and registering apparatus with three
shafts, which can be actuated from the outside of the apparatus by means of suit-
able handles, knobs or the like. Of those shafts one may be connected with the
mechanism, which brings the apparatus in or out of action, either temporarily
or definitely. The second shaft may be provided with a suitable signal, which
shows, whether the carriage is engaged or free; and the third shaft may serve
to move the apparatus from showing the fare to be paid for time-driving into
showing the fare to be paid in accordance with the distance, and vice versa,

page_text: These shafts bear or are connected inside the apparatus with either cams or
eccentrics engaging into each other or ratchet-wheels engaging with suitable
ratchets. The cams or eccentrics engaging with each other must be arranged in
such a manner, as to allow the corresponding shafts to be turned only when a
projection of the cam of the one shaft can pass a recess in the corresponding cam
at the other shaft, or vice versa.
The ratchets and ratchet-wheels may be disengaged by means of projections or
pins arranged eccentrically on one or two of the other shafts and acting upon
levers or connecting rods or the like.
Suitable dises or plates may be provided upon or in connection with the said
shafts for the purpose of being turned by the motion of the shafts in such a
manner as to render visible, in corresponding holes in a main covering or dial
plate, an indication either by colour or inscription or by both, what kind of func-
tion is obtained in the apparatus by turning the shafts in a given position.
When an indication for extras is required, even a fourth shaft, actuated from
outside by a knob or handle, may be arranged and brought in connection with
the other shafts or may even be turned independently from the other shafts. For
such extras a special hole may be provided in the main covering plate thus showing
the amount to be paid.
Controlling devices are or may be connected with the fare-indicator as well for
the journey fare as for the waiting fare either separately or combined or both in
order to show the proprietor of the carriage the amount of money received by
the driver during a certain time.
Even the journeys may be counted by the apparatus either singly or
acording to the method of driving-by time or by distance or both.
separately
An indicating and controlling device showing the distance travelled, by the
carriage either during a certain journey or a certain time or both may be suit;
ably arranged in my improved apparatus.
Dated this 15th day of March 1898.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Fare Indicating and Registering 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
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in fare indicating and registering
apparatus for cabs and other public vehicles and the objects of the improvements
are, first to enable the carriage provided with such improved apparatus to be
driven either by time or by distance according to the desire of the passenger or
as prescribed by law; second to provide either like or unlike initial taxes for
time driving or for distance driving; third to oblige the driver to return the
apparatus to the initial position every time when reversing the apparatus. from
time indicating to distance indicating and vice versa; fourth to arrange the indica-
tion of the fare for waiting in such a manner, that the same may be shown only
when a certain time has elapsed or a certain fare is attained; fifth to prevent
the driver from setting the apparatus not fully into its active position or out of
such position when reversing the same; sixth to combine the two measuring

page_text: systems in such a manner, that the distance indicating work may be out of action
when the waiting indicator is at work and vice versa; seventh to provide means
for showing the passenger which of the measuring systems is applied to the
apparatus at the time.
The above requirements are fulfilled by the mechanism hereinafter set forth.
In order to render the present specification easily intelligible reference is had
to the accompanying drawings in which similar letters, of reference denote similar
parts throughout the several views: -
Fig. 1 shows the face of the whole apparatus when in use and adjusted for
time indicating, the signal being down and the lever 5 raised.
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Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the whole apparatus adjusted to not engaged,"
the signal being raised. If the signal were down as indicated in dotted lines,
Figure 2 would show the apparatus in use and adjusted to indicate the charge
for travelling by distance.
Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line aa of Figure 4 which is a plan
of the apparatus some of the parts being omitted for the sake of greater clearness.
Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation on the line b-b of Figure 4, the Figures 3 to 5
show the apparatus when the signal, the lower end of which only is shown, is
up. The apparatus is not at work and the lever 5 is turned down being arrested
by the pin 10.
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Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are details of the pawl and cam mechanism as hereinafter set
forth, Figure 8 being displaced relatively to the other figures, through an angle
of about 45° to the left.
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Fig. 9 is an elevation showing the parts for arresting the clockwork and
Figs. 10 to 14 are detail views herein after referred to.
Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2:-1 is the signal which shows whether the
carriage is engaged (when down) or vacant (when up). The signal 1 is fast.on
the spindle 2, 3 indicates. a spindle which may be turned by a handle 4 said
spindle serving to bring the apparatus into or out of action and to adjust the
same to the various taxes. 5 is a lever rigidly connected to the spindle 6, the
said lever serving to adjust the apparatus by time" when in its vertical posi-
tion and "by distance" when in its horizontal position 7 is a handle fixed to
the spindle 8 which serves to indicate the extras. 9 is a handle by means of
which the clockwork is wound up.
The apparatus may be adjusted to be driven either by time or by distance. If
it has once been adjusted to indicate one or other of these systems, the driver
will be obliged to return the apparatus to the initial position every time, when
reversing the same from time indication to distance indication and vice versa.
When the driver has once commenced to adjust the apparatus to one or other
of the systems, he will be obliged to complete such adjustment before he can
return the apparatus again to its initial position.
The means for fulfilling these conditions are illustrated in Figures 3 to 10.
In addition to the lever 5, three discs 11, 12 and 13 are fast on the spindle 6
said discs being shown in detail in Figures 6, 7 and 8. The discs 11 and 12 are
provided with ratchet teeth over a part of their circumference said teeth being
cut to operate in opposite directions. A pawl 14 is adapted to arrest the disc 11
and prevent the lever 5 from being turned into its upright position. When the
signal is in its upright position. i.e.. in the position shown in Figures 3 and 6 the
pawl 14 is prevented from engaging the teeth of the disc 11 by means of a pin 15
mounted on the face of a cam disc fast on the spindle 2. Thus when the signal is
in its upright position, i.e.. when the apparatus is not at work or in operation,
the lever 5 may be turned into its upright position. As soon however as the
signal 1 has been slightly lowered the pawl 14 will be released by the pin 15 and
falls into engagement with the teeth of the disc 11.
The ratchet teeth of the disc 12 may be arrested by the pawl 16. This latter
carries a pivotally suspended 'finger 17 which is adapted to turn freely in one
direction but, on being turned in the opposition, will be coupled to the pawl 16
by means of the pin 18.

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The pin 19, mounted on the face of a disc fast on the spindle 2, will, by contact
with the finger 17 at a certain point in the path of movement of the signal, when
the latter is being raised, lift the pawl 16 out of engagement with the teeth
of the disc 12. If however the upward stroke of the signal is completed (as
shown in Figure 3) the said pin 19 passes the lever 17 and allows the pawl 16 to
again engage the teeth of the disc 12. When the disc is turned down, the pin 19
will lift the finger 17 during its movement, but the latter yields without operating
the pawl 16.
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A cam disc 13, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and in full in Figure 8 is
mounted fast on the spindle 6, said disc serving, at both ends of the path of
movement of the lever 5 to raise a pivotally supported spring pressed lever 20,
so as to to bring the hook 21 of said lever out of the range of a nose 22 of a
disc fast on the spindle 2. The spindle 6 carries further a lever 23 which is
free to revolve thereon and which is normally held in the path of movement of
the nose or projection 22 by means of a spring 24, but which, when the lever 5
is down, is raised by a pin 25 which acts against a shoulder 26 on its boss and
thus retained in its raised position.
According to the position of the parts as shown at Figure 3, the lever 5 may
either remain in the position as shown and the signal be turned down, or, if the
signal is in its upright position, the lever 5 may be first turned up.
When the lever 5 is down, the apparatus can be adjusted to indicate the fare
by distance only, and when the said lever is up it will indicate by time only.
The means for effecting this result will be herein after described. I will now,
in the first place, proceed to set forth how the movement of the lever 5 is made
dependent on the position of the signal 1 and the movement of the latter on the
position of the lever 5.
If the lever 5 remains in its lower position or down, (as shown in Figures 3, 5
and 8) the signal 1, will not be hindered in any way in its movement by the
lever 5, owing to the fact that the lever 20 is raised by the cam disc 13 (Figs. 3
and 8), and the lever 23 is retained in its raised position by means of the pin 25.
In this case the movement of the signal 1 is dependent on the positions of the
spindle 3 only. The mutual dependence of the positions of the signal spindle 2
and the shaft 3, which latter serves for setting the apparatus into and out of
operation and for adjusting the same to the various taxes, is effected by the means
described in Patent No. 20772 of 1897 and need not be more fully described here..
In the above mentioned patent means are provided by which the signal
can only be lowered when the spindle 3 is in a certain position, the apparatus can
only be set in operation after the signal has been lowered and the latter can
only be raised and the apparatus rendered inoperative after the spindle 3 has
been turned to a certain extent.
As soon as the signal has been slightly lowered for instance as indicated in
Figure 5, the pin 15 will release the pawl 14, the latter engages the teeth of
the disc 11 and prevents raising the lever 5 until the end of the period of
operation to which the apparatus is adjusted, i.e., until the signal has been again
raised and the pin 15 has again engaged the pawl 14.
Thus it will be seen that the lever 5 can only be turned upwardly and thereby
the apparatus reversed to time indicating, when the signal is in its upright posi
tion, if the latter is lowered or partially lowered the lever 5 cannot be turned up.
If the lever 5 is turned up into its vertical position, after the signal has been
raised into its upright position, the following will take place:
In the first place the signal spindle will he blocked or arrested from beginning
to end of the path of movement of the lever 5, in that the cam disc 13 of the
spindle 6 allows the lever 20 to fall during this period thus enabling the hook 21
to engage the nose 22. As soon as the driver has commenced to raise the lever 5
he will be unable to move it back again since the pawl 16 will engage the teeth
of the disc 12 and prevent the backward movement. As soon as the lever 5 has
completed its movement the lever 20 will be raised by the cam disc 13 and will

page_text: thus release the signal shaft. Thus the latter can only be lowered or turned
down when the lever 5 is at one end of its stroke. When the said 'lever 5 is
turned upwardly, the pin 25 moves away from the shoulder 26 and releases the
lever 23, which can follow the pull of its spring 24.
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The lever 23 however, rests on the nose 22 but as soon as the signal has licen
lowered it will fall down in front of the said nose 22.
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If at the end of the period of operation, the signal is to be raised, it will only
be possible to raise the same until the nose 22 strikes the lever 23 (Fig. 10). In
this position the pin 19 raises the finger 17 and with it the pawl 16. The lever 5
may now be lowered. Before, however it is completely lowered, the pin 25 will
raise the lever 23 and thus release the nose 22 so that the signal may now be
raised again. As the latter is raised the pin 19 will slide past the finger 17 (sce
Fig. 3). The readjustment to its vertical position of the wholly or partially
lowered lever 5, before the signal has been entirely raised is prevented by the
pawl 14 and the ratchet teeth of the disc 11.
In the foregoing the interdependence of movement of the lever 5 and the
signal 1 has been described.
If the lever 5 is down (Figs. 3, 4 and 5), the apparatus can only be adjusted to
indicate the fare by distance, since, in this position the clockwork is arrested,
although the distance charge registering and indicating mechansm may be
adjusted to any desired tax.
The clock work is arrested by the lever 29 (Figs. 5 and 9), which stops the
balance 30, or applies a brake to any other suitable intermediate wheel of the
clockwork.
When the lever 5 is down, a pin 27 mounted on the face of a disc fast on, the
spindle 6 engages under the hook of a pin 28 pivotally attached to and spring.
retained on the lever 29, and retains the lever 29 in its. position to apply its
brake to the balance or other wheel of the clockwork.
The lever 5 exercises its effect on the driving mechanism for the distance indi-
cating device by means of the pin 30 mounted on the case of a disc fast on the
shaft or spindle 6, the intermediate, pivotally supported double arm lever: 31
and the pin 33 mounted on the tax adjusting lever 32.
The transmission of the rotation of the carriage wheel to the apparatus is
effected by means of the spindle 34 on which the wheels 35 and 36 are axially
moveable but not revoluble being keyed to rotate with the said spindle. By
adjusting these wheels on their spindle, so that either 35 and 37 or 36 and 38 or
none of the wheels are in engagement, the fare, when travelling by distance may,
either be adjusted to one of various taxes or the distance indicating mechanism
may be thrown out of gear altogether.
From the spindle 39 carrying the wheels 37 and 38 motion may be transmitted
to the indicating and registering mechanisms by any suitable means such as a
worm and worm wheel or other device.
When the lever 5 is down the pin 30¹ occupies a position (Fig. 5) which allows
the lever 31 to be pulled by its spring 40 until its lower end is arrested by the
stop 71. When the lever 31 is in this position the lever 32 may be moved by
its spring 41 into its end position, as shown at Figure 5 and the said lever may
be adjusted, through any desired number of intermediate positions, determined
by a cam disc 55 on the spindle 3 to its opposite extreme position, which is shown
in Figure 9, and also in Fig. 11 in which position the wheels 35 and 36 are
out of engagement with the gears 37 and 38.
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Thus it will be seen that, when the lever 5 is down the apparatus may be
adjusted to any desired tax for travelling by distance and may also be adjusted.to
waiting," which must also be taken into consideration when travelling by dis-
tance, in which case, however the distance indicating mechanism is out of action,
the lever 32 being in the corresponding extreme position as shown at Figure 9.
The lever 32 may be operated and the distance indicating mechanism thrown
out of action by the lever 5 as well as by the cam disc on the spindle 3, and when

page_text: influenced by lever 5 the mechanism will remain inoperative during a whole
period of operation of the apparatus, since the lever 5 can only be turned down
again after the signal 1 has been turned down and raised again.
When the lever 5 is raised, the pin 30 moves the lever 31 so as to cause the
cam shaped end of the latter to push the lever 32 by means of its pin 33 into its
opposite extreme position, thus retaining the distance indicating mechanism
permanently out of gear (Fig. 9).
Simultaneously, on raising the lever 5 the pin 27 will be lowered (Fig. 9) thus
releasing the hook 28 and allowing the brake lever 29 to be pulled out of its
operative position to brake the balance wheel, by means of the spring 42, thus
releasing the balance. wheel, as soon as the pin 15 releases the lever 29 when
the signal is lowered.
From the above description it will be clear that when the lever 5 is down the
apparatus will only indicate by distance" and when the said lever
up it will
only indicate by time." Whichever system is working, the occupant will be
able to see, the system being visible through the opening 43 of the front plate
of the housing (Fig. 1).
When the apparatus is adjusted to indicate "by distance" the tax whether
"I" "II" or "waiting" will be visible through the orifice 44 as also if the
apparatus indicates or is adjusted to not engaged."
At the rear of these orifices mounted on the spindle 3 are two discs 45 and 46
arranged one behind the other (Figs. 12 to 14).
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The rear disc 45 is fast on the spindle 3 and carries the inscription
engaged", "I" "II" and "waiting." The disc 45 is turned once in 'the direc-
tion indicated by the arrow from not engaged" back again to not engaged
each time the apparatus performis a period of operation. The front disc 46 is
loosely mounted on the spindle 3 and has a tendency, in consequence of the
spring 47, to turn in the opposite direction to that of the disc 45. This disc is
provided with two inscriptions only viz.. "by distance" and "by time" and a
sector of the same is cut away, in order, when the disc is adjusted to "by dis-
tance," to allow the inscriptions of the rear disc to become visible through the
orifice 44 (Fig. 1).
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If the lever 5 is down, i.e., the apparatus adjusted to run by distance," a cam
disc 48 on the spindle 6 will allow a lever 49 to be operated by a spring 50 to
cause a pin 51 of the said lever 49 to retain the disc 46 in a position to show "by
distance."
If, on the other hand, the lever 5 is raised and the apparatus consequently
adjusted to "by time," the cam disc 48 will raise the pin 51 and thus allow the
dise 46 to follow the pull of the spring 47 far enough to allow the inscription "by
time" to become visible through the opening 43 (Fig. 1).
When, at the close or termination of its period of operation the lever 5 is
turned down again, the disc 48 will return to the position shown in Fig. 12.
The disc 45 may then be returned to the position to indicate "by distance," by
turning the spindle 3 in the direction indicated by the arrow.
For this purpose a pin 52 is provided on the face of the disc 45, and a pawl.53
is provided on the face of the disc 46. When the spindle 3 is turned, the pin 52
couples with the pawl 53 thus turning the disc 46 in the direction of the arrow
far enough to allow the same to be again arrested by the pin 51. On continuing
to turn the shaft the pawl 53 will be disengaged by the stationary pin 54, so
that the pin 52 of the pawl 53 may pass under the latter and uncouple the
disc 46, which will not accompany the movement of the other disc further.
If the apparatus is adjusted to "by distance," the time which the driver may
be required to wait by the occupant, which must also be considered as service
rendered, would not be charged for at a rate corresponding to the requirement,
if it were not for a special arrangement, by means of which, even when the
apparatus is adjusted to "by distance," by. turning the spindle 3 to indicate
"waiting" the clockwork is released (when the lever 5 is down) and caused to
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page_text: operate a special indicating device. The means for releasing the clockwork, when
the lever 5 is down are shown in Figure 5. When the spindle 3 is adjusted to
waiting, the surface 55 of a cam disc on the shaft 3, operates the double arm
lever 56 to cause a pin 57 to strike a nose 58 of the brake lever 29, and thus to
move the latter against the action of its spring 42 and out of contact with the
balance or other wheel of the clockwork. By this movement the pawl 28 is
raised. If the spindle 3 is returned from "waiting" to one of the taxes or to
not engaged," the nose 55 will release the lever 56 and the brake lever can
return to its operative position, in which case the pawl 28 lies on the pin 27.
The clockwork which is released when the apparatus is adjusted to "waiting,"
commences to run and its movement is transmitted to a special indicating device by
the following means;
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The pinion 60 which is mounted on the spindle 59 (Fig. 11) is driven from the
main spring drum of the clockwork. This pinion meshes with a wheel 61,
mounted on one arm of a bell crank lever 62, which is pivotally supported at its
elbow. When the spindle 3 is adjusted to "waiting" by the driver, the cam 63
causes the lever 62 to assume the position indicated in Figure 11. In this posi
tion of the parts, the ratchet wheel 64, which is mounted on the same spindle as
the wheel 61, lies in the path of movement of a pivoted pawl 65 and the opera-
tion of the said ratchet wheel is to gradually raise the lower end of the pawl
pushing it to the right and then to allow the said end to suddenly fall back
into the recess between the teeth of the ratchet wheel under the action of its
spring 66. This latter movement is employed to intermittently move the wheel 67,
to the spindle of which is attached the hand 68 (Fig. 1).
From the above it will be clear that the wheel 67 will only be moved when the
pawl 65 springs down from the top of a tooth of the ratchet gear 64, i.e.. after a
certain time has elapsed or a certain fare is attained.
When the shaft 3 is adjusted to "waiting," the gears 35 and 36 (Fig. 5) are
moved by means of a cam (not shown) which throws the lever 32 into a position
to move the distance indicating gear out of operation, i.e.. the gears 36 and 37
will be moved into the opposite end position.
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When the spindle 3 is adjusted from "waiting" to "tax I" or "tax II" or
back to not engaged," the lever 62 is able to yield to the pull of spring 67 and
thus the wheel 64 will be thrown out of engagement with the pawl 65 and the
wheel 61 into engagement with the wheel 69 which moves or drives the indica-
ting works, the record of which will be visible through the opening 70 (Fig. 1);
By means of the above described mechanism, the apparatus may be employed
in the following various ways and its operation is in every respect reliable and
secured.
The apparatus may be employed
1 as a time indicating apparatus,
2 as a distance indicating apparatus,
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whilst in the latter case in addition to the means for enabling the device to be
adjusted to
2a-any desired tax for distance travelling, the same may also be adjusted to
26-waiting.
The three methods of measuring, viz., 1, 2a and 26, being totally independent
of each other and each may consequently adjusted to any desired fundamental or
initial charge for a certain unit of work, or it may be adjusted to a certain unit
of work itself, or to any desired initial charge without in any way interfering with
the adjustment of the other individual mechanisms.
Any desired means for adjusting the apparatus for "extras" for adding
together and registering the fares taken, for indicating the number of miles
covered and for registering the number of times which the apparatus may have
been set in operation may be combined with the device herein before described.
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page_text: these may in many instances be varied according to circumstances without neces-
sarily departing from the spirit of the present invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the 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 combination with fare indicating apparatuses having a signal spindle (2)
and a spindle (3) for adjusting the taxes and for setting the apparatus in and
out of operation, the combination of a third spindle (6); the position of which is
mutually dependent on that of the signal spindle, and means in connection with
the said spindle to allow of the apparatus being adjusted to distance indicating
only, in one of its end positions and to time-indicating only in the opposite
extreme position.
2:In combination with a fare indicating device, means for necessitating the
apparatus being returned to its initial position every time when reversing the
apparatus from time indicating to distance indications and vice versa.
3: In combination with a fare indicating device, means for preventing the
driver from setting the apparatus not fully into its active position or out of such
position when reversing the same from time indicating to distance indications
and vice versa, substantially as described.
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4: In combination with a fare indicating device, means in connection with
the distance indicating mechanism. for adjusting the apparatus to waiting
during the distance measuring or indicating period in such manner that the
amount will only be indicated after a certain unit of time has elapsed or a certain
fare has been attained.
5 In combination with a fare indicating device, means for rendering the
two indicating systems-time-driving and distance-driving-independent of each
other, so that either like or unlike initial taxes etc., for time driving and distance
driving may be employed.
6: In combination with a fare indicating device means for combining the
two measuring systems in such a manner that the distance indicating work may
be out of action when the waiting indicator is at work and vice versa substantially
as described.
7: In combination with a fare indicating device means for showing the pas-
senger, which of the measuring systems is applied to the apparatus at any time,
substantially as described.
8: A fare indicating device comprising the improvements substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings for the purpose specified.
Dated this 14th day of January 1899.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.