Improved Apparatus for Indicating the Fares Payable for the Hire of Vehicles and the Distances Travelled by such Vehicles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 8th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 13th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Indicating the Fares Payable for the Hire
of Vehicles and the Distances Travelled by such Vehicles.
I, HENRI JONDET, of 147, Faubourg St. Martin, Paris, in the Republic of
France, Clockmaker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus for indicating the fares payable for the hire of
vehicles and the distances travelled by such vehicles, the said apparatus being
particularly adapted for use in connection with carriages on hire on the time-
distance principle, and which must therefore fulfil similar conditions to those laid
down in such a case by the administrative regulations of Paris.
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These conditions are as follows:-The position of the vehicle provided with the
apparatus is indicated by the words "
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Free," or
Engaged,"
By time," this last
implying that the rider has ordered the driver to go slowly; the pace being below,
or only slightly above, two kilometres per hour, every fresh start inade by the rider
involves a fare of 50 centimes. The standard pace being taken as 8 kilometres per
hour the fare per hour for 8 kilometres travelled is 2 francs, the fare for a journey
1 kilometre or 7 minutes in length is thus 50 centimes + 25 centimes = 75 centimes,
that for two kilometres or 15 minutes is 1 franc &c. &c. When the carriage is
engaged under the standard conditions, that is to say, without the order to go "by
time" having been given, many circumstances may occur. If the engaged carriage
is stopped, or goes at a speed less than 2 kilometres per hour, the apparatus indicates
according to the lapse of time, reckoned at the rate of 8 kilometres per hour.
When the pace exceeds 2 kilometres, whatever else it may be, the apparatus
indicates the distance travelled.
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Thus therefore when a passenger enters the vehicle, the driver indicates
engaged," and the apparatus indicates 75 centimes as the amount to be paid;
after one kilometre has been travelled or 7 minutes the apparatus indicates
1 franc; after two kilometres or 15 minutes 1 franc 25 and so on.
My apparatus is therefore so constructed and acts in such a manner that the
carriage being hired "by time" or waiting, or travelling at a speed below
2 kilometres, per hour the apparatus registers at the rate of kilometres per hour
whilst at a normal speed above two kilometres per hour up to 8 kilometres and
above the machine registers at the rate of the number of kilometres actually
travelled the distinctive features of the counter being as follows.
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The counter is set by the driver according as the vehicle may be engaged;"
"disengaged" or travelling "by time" by means of a rod made in one piece with a
sliding plate which arranges the mechanism of the counter according to the
character of the hiring.
The clock and the counter are driven by two independent barrels the barrel of
the counter being stopped when the carriage is "disengaged" by a lever coming
into contact with a pin on a wheel united, by gearing, with the said barrel.
The numbered discs indicating the kilometres are rotated by a screw on a shaft
gearing with a wheel united to its spindle by a ratchet and pawl which allows the
vehicle to back without its affecting the counter, the said wheel-spindle acting at
every quarter of a kilometre upon an arrangement of levers and a pawl which rising
again under the impulse of a spring rotates the first disc through one division.
The discs which indicate the fare to be paid by the hirer are rotated by a second
screw on the said shaft gearing with a wheel which transmits the motion by gearing

page_text: to a wheel carrying pins which act on two levers thereby liberating another wheel
and causing the barrel of the counter to turn and a shaft to make one rotation, and
operate a slide which by means of a jointed finger advances the first disc to the
extent of one division.
The first disc of each of the two series indicating the kilometres, and the fare
payable by the hirer causes the rotation of the second disc of the series by a
finger jointed to the first disc meeting one of two spurs fixed on the disc spindle the
third disc being similarly operated from the second disc by means of a single spur.
The totaliser for the kilometres is actuated by means of one of the hereinbefore
described screws acting upon a wheel carrying a pin which operates two levers one
of which has a projection which causes the units disc to advance one division.
The totalizer for the fares to be paid is operated by the hereinbefore described
sliding plate which for this purpose is provided with three spring fingers which
when the said plate rises at the hiring of the carriage advances the first indicating
dise 3 divisions, and increases the sum indicated by 75 centimes.
The hereinbefore described spurs work in conjunction with pawls on the indicating
discs and are disconnected therefrom by the automatic shifting of the disc spindles
caused by the motion of the controlling sliding plate, the return of the discs to zero
being performed at the same moment by the action of cams.
In the case of slow speed below 2 kilometres per hour the barrel of the counter
is thrown out of connection by the clockwork through the medium of a clutch.
For a speed above 2 kilometres the clutch is uncoupled by an arrangement of
levers moved by pins on a disc mounted on the screw-shaft the said pins being
prevented when the speed is slow from operating the main lever which is frequently
raised by the clockwork and then possesses a considerable speed relatively to that
of the said disc.
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The main lever when the vehicle is "disengaged" is raised by a pin fixed on a
sliding band inside the counter and when the vehicle is "engaged" and is going
by time it is raised by the action of the said pin upon a sector which releases the
lever.
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When travelling "by time" the wheel which gears with the second of the two
screws is disengaged therefrom in order to stop the driving of the wheel by the said
screw, by means of an inclined plane on a sliding plate.
The time during which a passenger is seated in the carriage is checked by means
of a tracing point lowered by the action of a traction chain with a spring. attached
to a lever which acts upon the said point.
The number of kilometres travelled is checked by perforating the printed band
by means of a point driven sharply by a jointed piece which is operated by a lever
hereinbefore referred to from the wheel which gears with the second of the two
screws.
The crayon employed for constant tracing is caused to
positions on the band, according as the vehicle is "engaged
travelling "by time," as the result of the motion imparted to its
operated by the control lever by the driver.
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occupy different
disengaged" or
carriage by a cam
The three tracing points are shifted after the clock has been going 12 hours, by a
spring when a pin on the carriage comes opposite a notch in the margin of the drum
which carries the paper.
When the counter to be put back to "disengaged" the preparation for the
return to the starting point of the releasing levers of the barrel of the counter, is
effected by means of levers one of which grips the pin on one of the wheels which
effect the rotation of the fare discs, the starting position being reached at the next
rise of the hereinbefore described sliding plate. The preparation for the return to
the starting point of the disc which controls the advance of the kilometre-discs is
effected by means of levers a hook on one of which levers pulls on a pin on the
disc, freed by the raising of one of the levers employed to operate the kilometre-
discs under the action of an inclined plane at the end of one of the other levers.
The connection between the counter and one of the wheels of the vehicle is

page_text: effected by means of shafts having universal joints, and sliding in the boss of a
helicoidal wheel.
Dated the 13th day of July 1892.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Indicating the Fares Payable for the Hire
of Vehicles and the Distances Travelled by such Vehicles.
1, HENRI JONDET, of 147, Faubourg St. Martin, Paris, in the Republic of
France, Clockmaker, 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 apparatus for indicating the fares payable for the hire
of vehicles and the distance travelled by such vehicles, the said apparatus being
particularly adapted for use in connection with carriages on hire on the time-
distance principle, and which must therefore fulfil similar conditions to those laid
down in such a case by the administrative regulations of Paris.
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These conditions are as follows:-The position of the vehicle provided with the
apparatus is indicated by the words "Engaged," "Free" or By time," this last
implying that the rider has ordered the driver to go slowly; the pace being below,
or only slightly above, two kilometres per hour, every fresh start made by the
rider involves a fare of 50 centimes.
The standard pace being taken as 8 kilometres per hour the fare per hour for
8 kilometres travelled is 2 francs, the fare for a journey 1 kilometre or 7 minutes
in length is thus 50 centimes + 25 centimes 75 centimes that for two kilometres
=
or 15 minutes is 1 franc &c. &c. When the carriage is engaged under the
standard conditions, that is to say, without the order to go "by time" having been
given, many circumstances may occur. If the engaged" carriage is stopped, or
goes at a speed less than 2 kilometres per hour, the apparatus indicates according
to the lapse of time, reckoned at the rate of 8 kilometres per hour. When the
pace more than slightly exceeds 2 kilometres, whatever else it may be, the
apparatus indicates the distance travelled.
Thus therefore when a passenger enters the vehicle, the driver indicates.
'engaged," and the apparatus indicates 75 centimes as the amount to be paid;
after one kilometre has been travelled or 7 minutes the apparatus indicates
I franc; after two kilometres or 15 minutes 1 franc 25 and so on.
The construction and action of the different parts of the measurer, and the
functions they perform, will be easily understood from the following detailed
description reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a rear view of the apparatus, the back of the box being removed and
the parts of the mechanism being in the position which they occupy when the
carriage is "engaged."
Figure 2 is a section of the right hand portion of the apparatus the section
being taken on the line 1-2 of Figure 5, and shewing certain portions of the
mechanism which lie behind those shewn on the right hand side of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a side view of the controlling plate of the apparatus this plate being
on the left hand side of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a vertical section along the line 3-4 of Figure 1.
Figure 5 is a vertical section along the line 5-6 of Figure 1.
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Figure 6 is a plan of part of the right hand portion of the apparatus, this plan being
taken at the level of the line 7-8 in Figures 1 and 5, that is to say, the members
which are above are removed.
Figure 7 is a plan view of the upper part of the apparatus the enclosing box
being removed.

page_text: Figure 8 is a horizontal section along the line 9-10 in Figure 1.
Figure 9 is a horizontal section along the line 11-12 of Figures 1, 3 and 4, and
Figure 10 shews on a smaller scale, a front view of the apparatus removed from its
casing or protective box.
Figures 11 to 19 are views of details of certain portions of the mechanism shewn
separately.
Figure 20 shews the method of applying the apparatus to a carriage, and the
connection between one of the wheels and the mechanism of the counter.
Figures 21 to 28 shew separately the details of this connecting mechanism.
The apparatus is provided with two spring barrels A and B; of which A drives
the hands of the clock C, Figures 5 and 10 by an ordinary train of wheels; the
other barrel B is intended to shew the increase of the sum to be paid by the hirer
in divisions of 25 centimes for each kilometre actually travelled by the carriage
or for each hypothetical kilometre in the case of hiring "by time," under which
conditions the apparatus or counter should advance at the rate of 8 kilometres per
hour.
The general action of the counter or measure is controlled by a rod D
(Figures 1, 3, 4 and 9) connected to a lever V which is near the hand of the
driver (Figure 20).
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The rod D is fixed to a sliding controlling plate E which by its upward or
downward movement sets the measurer either for the standard travelling, or for
travelling "by time or again stops the action when the carriage is "disengaged."
The plate E provided with a main guiding groove a, a and kept in place by the
studs, is provided with two slots c the undercut upper boundaries B of which,
see Figure 14, serve to couple and uncouple the drums G and H which shew the
number of kilometres travelled and the sum due by means to be hereafter
described.
The plate E slides along a second plate F, which is fixed and supports the axles
of the drums G, G1, G2 which shew the kilometres travelled, and of the
drums H, H1, H2, which shew the sum to be paid by the hirer.
The barrel B is provided with teeth which gear into the wheel which in its
turn gears with the wheel mounted on the axle of the wheel g, as shewn in
Figure 2, and in dotted outline in Figure. 1. When the carriage is disengaged the
plate E is moved downward the notch e of this plate then pushes down the end of
the lever J, Figures 1, 2 and 5, and the extremity d of this lever stops the pin f
fixed on the wheel the latter being thus arrested, and at the same time the
barrel B.
The transmitting mechanism of the travelling wheel actuates the vertical
spindle K furnished with two worms and placed on the side of the measurer.
The lower worm h drives a toothed wheel (seen separately in Figures 11 and 12)
mounted loose on the axle k and carries this axle round by means of two pawls m
which engage with a ratchet wheel n fixed on the axle.
This method of mounting the wheel j on the axle k is adopted to prevent the
said axle from rotating when the carriage backs. The disc fixed on the axle is
provided on its two faces with four pins o each of which represents a quarter of a
kilometre travelled, these pins act successively upon the end p of a lever L,
Figures 1 and 8, pivotted at 7 which acts on the pin r of a second lever M
pivotted at s and whose extremity t is connected with a plate u which slides in
guides on the plate F on which, it is carried. The lever L is provided with a
spring stop forming a kind of brake for the wheel and preventing it moving too
suddenly by the pins o of the wheel which moves in the direction of the arrow,
coming successively against and pushing back the brake-rod or stop h¹.
Each movement of the lever M has the effect of drawing the plate u downwards,
and the stop of the latter, Figure +, releases the pins which the indicating
discs G carry, and at the same time the pawl a yields as it passes over the pin
which it mects. As soon as the pin o of the disc l engaging with the lever L has
left the end p of this lever, the plate u is returned to the top by a helical spring y

page_text: which causes the pawl x to engage with one of the pins of the drum G which
indicates the units, and gives it an eighth of a turn, thus indicating at the glazed
opening G¹ a quarter of a kilometre travelled.
To prevent the pawl from meeting and carrying on the pins e³ of the discs G
when the driver raises the movable plate E, to put the measurer at "engaged" this
plate E carries a pin j¹, Figure 3, which as it rises lifts the horizontal arm of an
angle lever; the vertical arm of this lever acts upon a pin a, Figures 3 and 4,
carried by the vertical arm of the pawl r, and the horizontal jointed finger of
this pawl (see Figure 4) is thereby moved out of the path of the pins e³ of the
discs G.
The second screw i controls the discs H, H1, H2, which indicate the fare to be
paid, it gears into a wheel on the arbor of which is fixed a pinion a¹ which gears
with a wheel which latter transmits the motion to a pinion 62 by means of the
wheels 63 and which are mounted loose on the arbor of the clock, these
wheels 3 and 6 are united by a ratchet and pawl mechanism similar to that already
described, Figures 11 and 12, that is to say, by a pinion n and two pawls m.
arrangement of pawls allows the carriage to back.
g
This
On the arbor of the pinion 2 is placed a disc g³ which carries four pegs c' each
corresponding to 25 centimes, the fare for one kilometre; this disc g is toothed on
its periphery and a flat spring 9 which constantly presses on the teeth acts as a
check upon the rotation. The pegs e act in succession on an angle lever b*,
Figures 1, 5 and 6, pivotted at 6, one end of which carries a finger 8 which limits
its travel by coming into contact with the bottom of a groove made in the plate.
When a peg c¹ meets the lever the latter lifts a second lever 10 which carries
two fingers and c³. The first one c², was engaged in a notch in the disc g
already described, see Figure 2, and in dotted outline in Figure 1, which stopped
the barrel B; the second finger held the pin of a wheel " which moves the
regulator d. When the lever 610 is thus raised, and being set free the barrel B
begins to turn and imparts motion to a shaft by means of the wheels and
pinions c, c, c, c, clo, el. The movement of rotation of these wheels is moderated
by a winged regulator d' driven by the wheels and pinions d², 6, d³, d, ds. When
the pin c which has effected the release no longer acts on 6 the finger c² of 60 falls
back into the notch e of the wheel g and at the same time causes the pin 6" of the
wheel to stop on the finger c³, and the barrel B thus ceases to revolve.
At each release, effected as has just been described the disc
makes one
revolution; this disc is in one piece with the wheel clo, Figures 1 and 5, which gears
into the pinion on the shaft c. The two wheels cand e being of the same
diameter the shaft makes one turn at each release, which corresponds to
25 centimes on the unit disc H of the indicator. The barrel B then transmits the
motion to the shaft c' which carries the toothed wheel de gearing into the wheel & on
the arbor of which is fixed the cam d8 which raises the plate or slide (Figures 1
and 4) which is furnished with a spring, by means of a roller 10 which is fixed on
it. When the cam has made a full revolution the plate d is sharply sent down-
wards by the springs d"; as it rises the catch e¹ acted upon by a spring e² has
yielded and not caused the disc H to revolve, but in its fall it does act on it and
causes it to make an eighth of a revolution corresponding to 25 centimes, by acting
on one of the pins e3; in the rise of the plate d the pins of the disc H were released
from the stope which prevented it from turning.
The distance indicating dises G, G', G² are constructed as shewn separately in
Figures 13, 14, 15, 16, Figure 13 being a view of the left side of the disc G
Figure 14 a longitudinal section Figure 15 a view of the right side of the discs G
and G and Figure 16 a view of the left side of the discs G and G. They are
independent of each other, and can turn freely on their arbor e. The units disc G
has eight divisions namely 0-250 metres-500 metres-750 metres-0-250 metres
-500 metres and 750 metres and carries a star wheel" similarly divided into eight
teeth each of which carries a pin e; between the star wheel fi and the disc Gis
interposed a heart shaped piece of tempered steel the function of which will be

page_text: described later on. On the side opposite to the heart 2 is jointed a spring finger f³
which is intended to turn the tens disc through one division for each semi-rotation
of the units-disc; to this end the arbor e carries between the discs G and G' two
spurs which compel the finger f³ to turn the tens.disc through one division for
each semi-rotation of the units disc; between the tens disc G¹, and the hundreds.
disc G2, each provided with ten, teeth and ten pins e³ there is only one spur f which
causes the hundreds disc to turn only at each turn of the tens disc. The fare
discs H, H1, H2, are arranged and united to each other in the same way as the
discs G, G, G². The screw i engages with the wheel g' (Figures 1 and 2) which
drives the totalizer of the kilometres actually travelled for which the wheel g' is
furnished (Figure 2) with a pin a' which makes the lever g² oscillate, this lever
having its end constantly bearing upon a second jointed lever a² which has a spring
nose a³. When the lever g2 oscillates it gives rise to rotation of the lever a² of
which the nose a³ comes to press upon one of the pins as of the units disc a, of the
totalizer which marks the total number of kilometres travelled during a day,
a helical spring afterwards draws back the levers g² and a² to their position
of rest.
This totalizer shewn in Figures 2 and 7 is made up of two discs a numbered
from 0 to 9; one of these discs a', that is to say the units disc, is fixed upon the
arbor of the disc a' which arbor moreover carries a star wheel as on which is fixed
a pin a which causes the other disc a', which is the tens disc, to rotate through one
division for each turn of the units disc. The star wheels as are kept in place by
spring pawls a. These discs are set back to zero every morning by turning the
buttons a" at the end of their arbors by hand.
The totalizer of the sums shewn by the measurer upon the discs H, H¹ and H²
acts at each ascent of the plate d' which carries for this purpose a jointed finger fo
which advances the totalizer one division at the same time as the units disc H is so
advanced. The finger acts upon one of the eight pins of the star wheel 10
mounted on the arbor of the centimes-disc I, the arbor of the disc I carries a second
plate provided with eight pins 16 which are opposite to three jointed fingers s¹ fixed
on the plate E which is set in action by the driving lever V. These three fingers s¹
play each upon one of the pins cle in order to indicate 75 centimes on the dial
indicating the fare to be paid, at each fresh start of the carriage.
The star wheel 10 on the disc I operates the disc I' by two pins 10 which meet
successively the teeth of the wheel mounted on the arbor of the disc I¹ of the
units of francs which causes the latter to advance one division at each semi-
rotation of the disc which like the disc H is figured 0-25 centimes-
50 centimes-75 centimes-0-25 centimes-50 centimes and 75 centimes. The
star wheel of the units disc drives in its turn that of the tens disc by a pin f
which causes it to rotate through one division every time a complete revolution of
the tens of franes disc has been effected.
The three totalizing discs I, 11, 12, (which indicate at the end of the day the
total of the various sums received by the driver) are kept in their relative
positions by a spring block o³ which engages between two teeth of the star
wheels x10
When the carriage is " engaged" and the speed is less than or only slightly
exceeds two kilometres per hour the measurer still counts as if the carriage were
going at the rate of 8 kilometres per hour since then the barrel A of the clockwork
drives the pinion 62 which effects the release of the barrel B, in this case the
wheels 63 and 4 (Figures 1, 5 and 6) are carried on by the ratchets or clutches f³
which unite them for the time being to the arbor of the clockwork. When the
speed exceeds 2 kilometres per hour it is the movement transmitted by one of the
wheels of the carriage which effects the release of the barrel B at the desired
time. In this case the clockwork is released by the following mechanism,
Figures 1, 2 and 6. The shaft K carries at its upper end a disc g' having five
pins which press back one arm 91° of a pivotted lever, the other arm of which
throws the ratchet wheels or clutches out of gear, by the intervention of the

page_text: middle portion . This middle portion is clearly shewn in Figures 1 and 5. The
lever is jointed at * and is cranked as shewn in the plan at Figure 6 for
avoiding contact with the wheels and other parts situated near it. The ratchet
wheels or clutches 7 remain out of gear so long as the speed of the carriage
exceeds two kilometres per hour, the wheels 3 and 4 (which are no longer driven
by the clockwork A, seeing that the ratchet wheels or clutches are out of gear)
are then driven by the wheel b¹ operated itself by the kilometric wheel . At the
normal speed the ratchets or clutches are kept in place by a spring 6. Below
the speed of two kilometres per hour the pins of the wheel g have not time to push
back the piece 10 which is very frequently raised by a pivotted lever g" which
acts on a rod 2 ending the piece. The lever g, pivotted at 13 is operated
every thirty seconds by pins fixed on a wheel which forms an integral part of
the clockwork. This lever g in rising throws out the lever g⁰ which cannot then
be met by the pins of the wheel y³.
When the carriage is "disengaged "the lever is raised by a pin ' placed
upon the plate movable upon the front. plate of the measurer (it is shewn
separately in Figure 17): this puts the lever go out of reach of the wheel '. .On
the other hand, when the carriage is engaged the lever descends by its own
weight onto the pin g' and the lever 10 will then encounter the pins of the
wheel 9.
When the carriage is to go "by time" the measurer must indicate at the rate
of 8 kilometres per hour (whether the speed be below, at, or a little above the
rate of two kilometres per hour), this same pin which is lowered by the action
of the driver lifts a semi-circular plate which prevents the lever g from being
met by the pins.
When the driver has adjusted the regulating lever for travelling "by time" it is
indispensable that the kilometric wheel z be put out of action, in order that it may
not indicate if the speed is two kilometres or a little more, whilst remaining at
"by time."
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For this purpose the lever 3 (Figures 1, 2 and 7) has lowered the plate / (shewn
separately in Figure 17) which carries the indications "disengaged "engaged'
and "by time;" this plate is provided with an inclined plane 10 which pushes
back the arbor 10 of the kilometric wheel z. This wheel in moving in the
direction of the arrow 212 no longer engages with the endless screw i, so that it is
the clockwork which actuates the discs H indicating the fare to be paid. The
discs G indicate as usual the number of kilometres travelled. The wheel is
brought back to the "engaged" or "disengaged" positions in gear with the screw i
by a spring 13 which bears upon the end of the arbor 10.
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From what has just been explained it will be seen that whilst travelling "by
time as well as whilst waiting the measurer will indicate at the opening which
shews the fare payable by the hirer a sum equivalent to a hypothetical journey at
the rate of 8 kilometres per hour whilst during a slow journey but at a speed above
2 kilometres the measurer will indicate at the rate of the distance actually travelled.
The check on the work of the driver is effected by a band of chemically prepared
paper arranged as is well shewn in Figure 18. This band is wound upon a drum 13
(Figures 1 and 5) mounted with friction upon the arbor 6 of the clockwork; this
drum is secured by a fastening bolt. The check-apparatus consists of two copper
crayons and and the point k². These members are mounted on two movable
carriages and y' (Figures 1, 5 and 7) both supported by the bracket. The
function of these carriages will be explained hereafter. On the bracket k" slides the
first carriage which guides the fixed crayon, which begins to mark as soon as
the vehicle is occupied. For this purpose the palette which surmounts it is
guided by two rods 2 and is pressed downward by the tongue 3 of a lever on
which a chain (not shewn in the drawing) acts by traction, which chain is connected
to the seat inside the carriage in such a way that the chain is drawn upon when the
seat is taken. In order that this traction may be elastic I prefer to join the chain
to a spring suspended from the lever x.
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page_text: The point which is designed to perforate the paper at each kilometre travelled
over is projected upon the paper sharply by means of the arrangement which is
shewn in side view in Figure 1, longitudinal view in Figure 5 and plan in Figure 7.
The point which can slide freely in the plate k, is carried by the cross piece a',
guided vertically by pins surrounded by lifting springs Above the cross
piece is the horizontal arm of a pivotted lever 10 which is acted upon by the
spring finger at its lower part through the medium of the pin 48 of the lever a²,
when, after a kilometre has been travelled this lever a² moves from right to left,
Figure 1, and acts upon the pins a' of the disc a of the kilometre totalizer. I
have already explained how the lever a² was itself operated by the kilometric
wheel z, through the medium of another lever g2.
piece 27, the point 2 is
the latter becomes free
When the arm 10 of the lever strikes the cross
lowered. When the pin 8 has left the nose of the lever
and the springs lift the cross piece and the point k² with it.
The first carriage k carries a second y', which slides upon it and it is on this
carriage that the second crayon is fixed, this crayon being able to take three
different positions on the band of paper according to the way in which the measurer
is acting. For this purpose the back of the carriage y' is bent up square at y² and
on this bent up portion there acts an inclined plane y³ operated by a rod
to the lever ³, Figures 1, 5 and 7.
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"
fixed
In Figure 5 the crayon is in the position it occupies when the carriage is
engaged; when the latter is "free" the crayon is near the point ³, and when
the measurer shews "by time" this same crayon is near the crayon. These
three positions are due to the action of the inclined plane y which presses upon
the carriage y¹ more or less according to the position occupied by the controlling
lever of the measurer. The square return piece y² is constantly kept in contact
with the inclined plane y3 by a spring y.
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The check drum is provided with two grooves which are placed successively
opposite the point 2 which allows the speed of the vehicle to be checked at each
moment of the journey. When the carrying disc of the check band is placed upon
the apparatus the rod is is placed opposite the hour when the carriage goes out, if
for instance this be 5 a.m. the band then registers upon the same side the indications
until 4.59 p.m. During this interval the carriage k which bears the crayon 2º and
the point as well as the carriage y¹ which bears the crayon occupy the position
shewn in Figure 5, a rod on the carriage kabuts against the circular edge of
the disc. When 4.59 p.m. is reached the rod is opposite a notch ke, Figures 5
and 19, in the edge of the drum ¹³. The rod k no longer finding an obstacle to
its forward motion yields to the traction of a spring k", which causes the carriage k
and with it the carriage y¹ to slide; the crayons and 29 as well as the point ²
then come to occupy the second portion of the check band, shewn in Figure 18.
The total number of kilometres actually travelled over by the vehicle during a
journey is indicated at glazed openings P, which are covered by a shutter
sliding in two guides 12. The shutter also conceals the openings I³ which
indicate the total of the sums received; by means of a bolt 8 placed upon the side
of the measurer (see Figure 20) the proprietor can, by introducing a key, act upon
the end of a lever * (Figure 10) and thus raise the shutter which conceals the
openings 13 and P.
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Besides the crayon the lever at its extremity is also operates the metallic
plate upon which are inscribed the words "disengaged
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engaged" "by time
which come into view through the opening R visible in the inside of the vehicle.
The spindles of the drums G, G¹, G2 and H, H', H2 are supported, and can
slide, in the plates F and S (Figures 1 and 14) they are pressed toward the outside
of the measurer by springs m which cause their extremities to engage in the
notches c of the plate E when the vehicle is "engaged," the result of which is to
engage the spurs f* opposite the pawls ƒ³.
When the driver replaces the measurer at " disengaged" the plate E descends
and the arbors e of the discs G and H being no longer opposite the slots c are

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pressed toward the interior of the measurer, the result being to free the pawls f*
from the spurs f³ thus allowing the discs G and H to be reset at the start.
having pressed back the arbors e, the plate E continuing to descend comes to act
through the pins o¹ upon the rakes o2 which bearing upon the steel cams or hearts.f
fixed on the discs force the latter to return to their starting point, that is to say,
to the zero point as regards the kilometric discs G, and 75 centimes for the discs H
which shew the fare to be paid.
The upper pin o¹ acts upon a pivotted arm s² one end of which releases the
pins of the discs H by bearing upon the pawl e'. A little before the action of
the rakes upon the cams or hearts f the plate E, by means of its edge of has
pressed back the carriage u by bearing upon the pin o and has by this means
released the pins e³ of the discs G from the pawl a, (see Figures 3 and 4).
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When the driver replaces the measurer at "disengaged" the plate E as it
descends, arrests the motion of the clockwork, since the nose d of the lever J is
caused to place itself in front of the pin f. At the same time two levers p¹ and g¹
prepare for the removal of the fraction of a kilometre which may have been
commenced, and which the next hirer has not to pay for, since it has been charged
against the previous hirer. The lever p', Figure 1, pivotted at p³ has its end
engaged with a notch p³ in the plate E, its other end is furnished with a pin p
situated in the fork of a lever po pivotted at p which is united to a hooked lever p
the downward motion of which is guided by a pin p fixed to the plate. In its
downward movement the hook-p10 of the lever p" slides upon one of the pins c¹ of
the wheel which pin finally passes above the nose of the hook; when the signal
"engaged" is replaced this hook p10 as it rises again draws with it the above
hooked pin, and the wheel 62 turns; the lever 66 returns to its starting position.
The second lever q' is likewise operated by the end q² of the plate E; it is
pivotted at 3 and carries a small connecting rod q which acts upon a lever q³.
On the lever q is jointed a hook q' constructed and acting like the one p, the
other end of the lever q' is formed as an inclined plane (Figures 1 and 5) and
displaces the lever L, the end of which, p, releases the pins o of the disc l.
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The controlling plate E, every time that it is operated, acts upon a pivotted
arm provided with teeth which cause a piece carrying a hammer
oscillate; this hammer strikes a bell every time the controlling lever of the
measurer is operated.
Moreover, a pin fixed on the wheel d' works a hammer-lever 78 which strikes
the bell every time the measurer marks 25 centimes. The rod D which works the
moveable plate E is connected at w (see Figure 20) with an indicating plate T
marked with the signals "engaged" "disengaged" and "by time" one or other of
which is shewn on one side of the measurer according to the position of the chief
controlling lever.
This
Figure 20 shews the measurer mounted with its transmitting mechanism on a
vehicle; the operating lever V is curved and pivotted at t'; it is jointed to the
connecting rod 2 which works the rod D and the indicating plate T at w.
lever V is moveable in a groove t³ (Figures 1 and 20) provided with three notches
corresponding to the different positions of the controlling lever; the first t
corresponds with "disengaged" the second with "engaged" and the third to with
"by time." It is kept in place in one or other of these positions by a spring t
which may be provided with an eye or ring allowing the waiting-lever to be fixed
by a padlock..
On the nave of one of the hind wheels of the carriage is fixed a worm u¹
(Figure 20) and (shewn separately in plan in Figure 21) which transmits the
movement to a rod u by means of a helicoidal wheel u³ supported on a moveable
jointed bracket fixed to the axle tree of the carriage. That it may comply
with the various movements, of flexion of the. springs of the vehicle the rod u is
moveable in the direction of its length inside the nave of the wheel u³ and is
constructed with a rib as is shewn in. the transverse section Figure 23.
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The other end of the rod u³ is articulated by a universal joint u³ (shewn drawn
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fixed beneath the floor of the vehicle. This second rod is united in its turn to a
third rod u by a joint us, the rod u being in its turn united by a joint ul to the
shaft K of the measurer.
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The rods u and u10 may be made to work together by means of bevel wheels vl
and as shewn in Figure 26 or by a universal joint shewn in Figures 27 and 28;
this joint consists simply of rings 3 placed one within the other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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A counter for vehicles constructed and acting in such a manner that the carriage
being hired by time or being stopped although engaged or travelling at a speed
below or only slightly above 2 kilometres per hour the apparatus registers at a rate
of 8 kilometres per hour whilst at a normal speed above or more than slightly
exceeding two kilometres per hour up to 8 kilometres and above the machine
registers at the rate of the number of kilometres actually travelled the distinctive
features of the counter being as follows:-
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1. The setting in action of the counter, as the vehicle may be "engaged
"disengaged" or travelling "by time" by means of a rod D made in one piece
with a sliding plate E which arranges the mechanism of the counter according to the
character of the hiring.
2. The driving of the clock and the counter by two independent barrels A and B
the barrel B of the counter being stopped when the carriage is "disengaged" by
a lever J coming into contact with a pin f on a wheel a united, by gearing, with
the said barrel B.
3. The rotation of the numbered dises G, G1, G2, by the screw h on the shaft K
gearing with a wheel j united to its spindle k by a ratchet and pawl which allow
the vehicle to back without its affecting the counter, the said wheel spindle k
acting at every quarter of a kilometre upon the members o, L, M, u and the
pawl which rising again under the impulse of the spring y rotates the disc G
through one division.
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4. The rotation of the discs H, H1, H2, which indicate the fare to be paid by
the hirer by the screw i on the shaft K, gearing with a wheel z which transmits
the motion by gearing b', b³, to the wheel 62 carrying the pins c¹ which act on the
levers and 6 thereby liberating the wheel g and causing the barrel B to turn
and the shaft c to make one rotation, and operate the plate or slide d³ which by
means of a jointed finger el advances the disc H to the extent of one division.
5. The combination above described of two series of discs indicating the kilo-
metres, and the fare payable by the hirer the first disc G or H, causing the rotation
of the second disc G¹or H¹ by a finger f³ jointed to G or H meeting one of the
spurs, fixed on the disc spindle thereby causing the disc G' or H' to
advance by a pin e³, the discs G' or H' and G2 or H2 being similarly connected by
a single spur*.
6. Actuating the totaliser for the kilometres by means of the screw i acting upon
the wheel g¹ carrying a pin which operates two levers g², a², the latter of which has
a projection as which causes the units disc a' to advance one division.
7. Operating the totalizer for the fares to be paid, indicated on the discs H, H', H'
by the arrangement of the plate E with three spring fingers s¹, s, s', which when
the said plate E rises at the hiring of the carriage advances the disc I 3 divisions,
and increases the sum indicated by 75 centimes.
8. The disconnection of the spurs f* from the pawls f³ of the totalizer-discs by
the automatic shifting which the disc spindles e undergo by the motion of the
controlling sliding plate E, the return of the discs to zero being performed at the
same moment by the action of the cams, a heart f thus responding to the motion
of the plate E.
9. In the case of slow speed below 2 kilometres per hour the throwing out of

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of the clutch or ratchets f' and the wheels 63, 64 which effect the disconnection of
the barrel B.
10. For a speed above 2 kilometres the uncoupling of the clutch or ratchets f
by the levers 2 and g¹¹ moved by the pins on a disc g mounted on the shaft K,
the said pins being prevented when the speed is slow from coming into contact with
the lever which is frequently raised by the clock-work which then possesses a
considerable speed relatively to that of the disc g.
11. The raising of the lever go when the vehicle is "disengaged" by a pin g'
fixed on a sliding plate inside the counter.
12. Raising the lever 90 when the vehicle is "engaged" and is going "by time"
by the action of the pin 97 upon a sector which lifts the lever glo.
13. When travelling "by time" disconnecting the wheel z from the screw i in
order to stop the driving of the wheel by the said screw, by means of an inclined
plane on the plate
14. Checking the time during which a passenger is seated in the carriage by
means of a tracing point lowered by the action of a traction chain with a
spring attached to the lever, which acts upon the said point.
15. Marking the number of kilometres travelled by perforating the printed band
by means of a point driven sharply by the jointed piece which is operated by
the lever a from the kilometric wheel z.
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16. The crayon for constant tracing, occupying different positions on the band,
according as the vehicle is " engaged disengaged or travelling "by time," as
the result of the motion imparted to its carriage y by a cam y³ operated by the
driver's controlling lever.
17. The shifting of the system of three tracing points, and k³, after the
clock has been going 12 hours, by their carriage being moved by a spring k
when the pink on the carriage comes opposite a notch in the margin of the
drum i¹³.
18. When the counter is to be put back to "disengaged" the preparation for
the return to the starting point of the releasing levers 66, 61° of the barrel B by
means of the levers p¹, p³, p', the lever p' gripping a pin c¹ on the wheel 2, the
starting position being reached at the next rise of the plate E.
19. In the action specified in Claim 18, under the same conditions as therein
described, the preparation for the return to the starting point of the disc l, which
controls the advance of the kilometric discs G, G1, G2, by means of the levers q', qª,
95, 96, the hook on q pulling on a pin o on the disc, freed by the raising of L under
the action of the inclined plane q' at the end of the lever g..
20. The connection between the counter and one of the hind wheels of the
vehicle by means of shafts having universal joints, and sliding in the boss of the
helicoidal wheel as described with reference to Figures 20 to 28 of the accompanying
drawings.
21. The improved apparatus for indicating the fares payable for the hire of
vehicles and the distances travelled by such vehicles hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 8th day of March 1893
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.