A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING MONEY AND FOR CHECKING AND RECORDING THE RECEIPT THEREOF AND ISSUING VOUCHERS FOR THE SAME.
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Thomas Davis of Newington in the County of
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Surrey Engineer for an Invention of A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE OR
APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING MONEY AND FOR CHECKING AND RECORDING THE
RECEIPT THEREOF AND ISSUING VOUCHERS FOR THE SAME.'
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A
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Thomas Davis at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th November 1882.
HENRY THOMAS DAVIS of Newington in the County of Surrey Engineer
NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING MONEY AND FOR
CHECKING AND RECORDING THE RECEIPT THEREOF AND ISSUING VOUCHERS FOR
THE SAME
This Invention relates to improved apparatus for checking the receipt of monies
such as fares paid in vehicles or received as entrance money for places of resort and
so forth.
The mechanism is specially designed and constructed with the object of attaining
compactness, correct and ready working, easy fitting and sinchronous operation of
the parts to receive monies into the machine to register receipt thereof, indicate by
displaying" the value of amount received, employ the alarm, bell check, and issue
a voucher or ticket
The operating parts of the apparatus are contained in a casing capable of being
locked so that access can only be had thereto by the authorized person. In con-
nection with the exterior there is a receptacle wherein the money received is
deposited and on the face of the case is an opening covered with a plate of glass.
The operating part of the mechanism is carried on a screen plate having a
circular opening corresponding with that of the front plate and also covered with a
plate of glass in rear of which is a semitransparent disc carried in a metal frame
on the lower part of which between the disc and the glass in the screen plate is a
metal plate hinged or hung inside the frame supported by an upright spring bar,
and so fitted as to rise and fall by the action mechanism so as to allow the money

page_text: to pass from the shelf into a bag or receptacle attached to the machine as hereafter
described.
On each side of the screen plate is placed near the lower edge a spindle working
through a circular hole in the plate the other end of such spindle passing through
a circular hole in a bracket affixed to the inside of the rim of the case around the
spindle and affixed to it and lying flat on the face of the screen plate is an
excentric plate on which is affixed a spring ratchet catch so arranged that upon
the said plate being partly revolved by the operating lever which is attached
thereto or forms part thereof and projects to the exterior of the apparatus through
a slot in the rim the said catch acts upon a toothed wheel which revolves on the
screen plate above it. This toothed wheel is the unit wheel of an indicator which
may be of ordinary form with its several wheels arranged edge to edge, to give
flatness and compactness to the apparatus, the index figures of such wheels being
shown through apertures in the front plate or through the screen plate or both.
The spindles upon which such wheels revolve can in any case be made square
headed so as to be set at zero by a key. Upon the spindle which passes through
the screen plate and the bracket is a spiral spring so as to keep it back in the
slot. Attached to the upper surface of the lever inside the case is a short length
or link of metal the other end of which is attached to the arm of a large figure
such arm revolving on a pivot affixed to the screen plate such figure representing
the amount of the fare received and connected by slotted links with the operating
levers that upon the lever being pulled back to actuate the registering wheels the
large representative figure is thrown or brought over the face of the glass in the
screen plate the semi transparent disc thus forming a white back ground rendering
the figure clearly visible, the figure by reason of its slotted connection not being
brought into view until the registering takes place and remaining in view until
the lever has nearly retaken its normal position. The handles or levers can each
be locked by a sliding spring bolt, placed inside the case but operated from the
outside and being self locking can only be unlocked and the lever released by the
party duly authorized to unlock the machine. Each lever is provided with a
sliding plate or guard inside the rim and covers the slot through which it moves to
prevent anything being passed into the case through the said slot.
For issuing tickets there is provided for each amount of fare or payment a
receptacle having a sliding bottom in which is affixed an upright spindle. This
sliding bottom draws out at the back so that a coil of tickets on a tube may be
readily placed on the spindle and the end of the coil passed over a relieving roller
and a fixed feeding surface and thence between two thin plates fitted in a slut in
the front plate; and the mode of operating each forward feed of the tickets will be
by means of an arm attached to the axis spindle of the operating lever the said
arm drawing forward by intermediate appliances a slide the lower edge of which
is serrated and which edge presses on the portion of the coil beneath it and carries
forward the ticket immediately before it until it passes between the two plates
and issues forth from the front plate, when it can be easily torn off against the
sharp edge of the plates. The slide is drawn back by springs when the lever
returns to its normal position. The arm which draws forward the slide by the
action of the lever also acts in its downward action upon a pin projecting from
the upright spring bar which supports the money shelf causing the latter to fall
and thus allowing the deposited fare to slide down an inclined plate through a slit
in the rim into the bag or receptacle attached beneath.
On the face of the screen plate is a crank shaped pin of metal, on the upper part
being a straight edge provided with teeth and parallel to the plate and on the
lower end a curved or crescent shaped piece of metal working on a pivot and so
arranged that when the lever is pulled back to actuate the mechanism as described
it acts against the lower horn of the crescent and thus throws the teeth on the
upper edge through perforations in the plates in which the ticket has been brought
thus preventing the ticket being drawn back by the return action of the slide
whilst the return of the lever to its normal position causes the eccentric head to

page_text: act on the upper horn of the crescent and thus throws back the toothed edge at
the same time an arm with toothed edge and affixed to the head of the spindle is
pressed on the other side of the plates through perforated holes so as to hold the
tickets while the one required is torn off said arm releasing the tickets whilst the
lever is in action.
On the top of the compartment containing the tickets a bell is suspended with a
spring ratchet and hammer attached so placed that when the slide is drawn forward
a bar attached to the ejecting apparatus acts upon the ratchet and strikes the bell.
When it is required to register more than one amount of fare similar arrange-
ments may be used for each amount and in such case a large figure may be
engraved on the face of the plate close to the slot through which the ticket passes
denoting the fare to which such ticket refers. A figure also denoting the fare is
to be printed on each ticket and the tickets are also to be consecutively numbered
so that the amount of money received must agree with the registered number and
also with the tickets.
The front of the apparatus is perforated so as to admit of the sounding of the
bell being heard.
The apparatus may be constructed of such size as to be portable and carried on
a strap round the neck or waist of the conductor or other person or it may be
attached to any convenient part of the vehicle or building and in this case the
handles may be actuated by pulls and connecting wires as is well known.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Thomas Davis in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th May
1883.
HENRY THOMAS DAVIS of Newington in the County of Surrey Engineer
"A
NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING MONEY AND FOR
CHECKING AND RECORDING THE RECEIPT THEREOF AND ISSUING VOUCHERS FOR
THE SAME
"
This invention relates to improved apparatus for checking the receipt of monies
such as fares paid in vehicles or received as entrance money for places of resort
and so forth.
The mechanism is specially designed and constructed with the object of attaining
compactness correct and ready working, easy fitting and synchronous operation of
the parts to receive monies into the machine and pass the same through to a closed
receptacle, to register receipt thereof and indicate permanently by count mechanism,
to indicate by displaying the value of amount received, to strike the alarm bell
check and issue a voucher or ticket serially numbered and of the value of the
amount paid and also means for locking the machine after the same has been used
by the receiver. .

page_text: Endeavours have from time to time been made to attain such results both by
myself and others but the difficulties attending the construction and application of
adequate means within the same machine and in a small compass for simultaneous
operation of the parts have so far been failing in success.
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In the drawings:-Fig 1 is a face view of the machine and Fig 2 a front view
with face plate removed.
Fig 3 a back view with one ticket compartment and the fittings thereof shown
in position and the other removed.
Fig 4 a view of case of apparatus with the hand-pulls and sliding lock buttons
and with dotted lines representing the sliding guards of the openings in the casing
through which the hand-pulls project and work.
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Fig 5 is a side view of ticket box or compartment removed showing the bell
action on top and ticket ribband passing through the slide and projecting from the
outside shears also the main spindle with arm and lever and sliding lock button
and self locking bolt for locking the machine after use by the receiver.
Fig 5 is a front view (seen from right of Fig 5) of self locking bolt and sliding
lock button detached.
Fig 6 a vertical central cross section of framing of machine showing the spring
bar and movable bottom plate and fare receiving hopper and shoot to the closed
money bag.
Fig 7 is an inside view of back plate of machine showing the shoot which leads
from the receiving hopper to the closed money bag.
The operating mechanism of the apparatus is contained in a casing 1 capable of
being locked so that access can only be had thereto by the authorized person.
Outside the casing there is a hopper like receptacle 2 projecting into the casing
and there provided with a movable bottom 3 wherein and whereon the money
received is deposited and falls and in front of the hopper there is an opening
covered with a plate of glass 4 and outside the casing there also projects hand pulls 5
or spring levers for operating the working parts of the machine.
In order to effect the distribution and mounting of the working parts so as to
work together the casing is divided by a centre plate 6 and the plate of glass 4
forming the one side of the hopper is mounted in this centre plate.
The movable bottom plate 3 of the hopper 2 is hinged or hung on pivots at one
edge inside the hopper case frame and is supported by an upright spring bar 7
fitted with a stud 8 so as to be drawn down by a part 8 of the hand pull lever 9
when it is thrown back by operating the hand pull 5 whereby the money
deposited in hopper 2 will pass from the movable bottom 3 into a second hopper or
shoot 10 attached to the back plate 11 of the machine.
The hand pull spindles 12 are mounted free to turn in the centre plate 6 at one
end and on a bracket 13 at the other end. The spindle 12 carries, upon that part
which projects through to the front of the centre plate 6, an excentric plate 14 provided
with a spring ratchet catch 15 so that upon the hand pull 5 being operated the
said catch 15 will act upon the toothed wheel 16, said wheel 16 being mounted
free to turn on a stud on the centre plate 6 and is the unit wheel of the train 16,
17, 18 of a count mechanism of well known form the index figures of such wheels
being shown through apertures Fig. 2 in the centre plate.
The spindle upon which such count wheels revolve can be made square-headed
so as to be set at zero by a key in ordinary manner.
The spindle 12 has a spiral spring 19 thereon so as to return it to normal
position after each operation of the hand pull 5.
The arms 20 carry at their upper ends a large figure said arms being mounted
on a pivot 21 affixed to the centre plate 6, such large figure representing the
amount of the fare received. The lower ends of arms 20 are connected by slotted
links 22 with the hand pulls 5 so that upon the hand pulls being pulled back to
actuate the registering wheels the large representative figure is thrown or brought
over the face of the glass in the centre plate 6. These large figures by reason of
the slotted connection are not brought into view until the register is operated and

page_text: the gure remains in view until the hand pull 5 has nearly reassumed its normal
position.
To lock the hand pulls when the machine is given up after use the nose of the
spring bolt 23 (Figs. 3 and 5) is shot by the lock button 24 (which projects outside
the case) into a hole in the hand pull bars and when so shot into position the swing
block 25 will fall between the back end of the bolt 23 and the bracket 13 80
holding fast the nose of the spring bolt 23 in the hand pulls until positively released
by manipulation from the inside of the machine.
The necks of the hand pulls just inside the casing of the machine carry strips of
metal formed to the same curve as the casing and serve as guards to the opening
through which the hand pulls project so that the interior of the machine may not
be tampered with. The ears 26 on the outside of the casing Figs 1 and 2 are
thumb rests for obtaining "purchase" in operating the hand-pulls.
I will next describe the improved means for issuing tickets:-The boxing 27 is
fitted with a central stud upon which a roll of a riband of tickets will be placed
and said boxing can be readily removed and placed in position by employing studs
or ears which project through holes 28 in centre plate 6 Fig 3 and are pinned or
otherwise secured on the opposite side.
This portion of the device will be understood from the following description and
reference to Figs 1, 2, 3 and 5 of the drawings.
The ticket boxing 27 has mounted on each end of the back plate of said boxing
tubes 29 wherein are spiral springs; the ends of said tubes are closed by spring
buttons or caps and the sides of the tubes are slotted, and there projects across said
tubes above and resting on the springs through said slots a bar 30; and also
turnable upon bar 30 is a gripping swing jaw 32 between which and the back
plate 27 the ticket ribband is passed To the outer edge of said jaw 32 is
connected a cord 33 which is carried over a roller 34 and thence over roller 35
to the ear 36 of hand pull lever 9. The tubes 29 and the back plate of
the ticket boxing 27 projects outside the front of the machine and the back
plate 27 has a second plate 27 affixed at the outer side edges to the said back
plate 27 of the boxing so that this back plate and second plate 27ª form a flat
slide for the ticket and the extreme outer edges thereof which project see Figs 1
and 5 outside the casing terminate in knife edges against which the projected
ticket will be torn off or sheared after the operating of the hand pull has been
effected.
Now when the hand pull lever 9 is operated the cord 33 is brought in tension
and the gripping swing jaw 32 is swung on the bar 30 and the lower edge of the
jaw 32 is thereby caused to grip against the ticket ribband lying between said
jaw 32 and the back plate of the boxing at the same time the whole slide
consisting of the jaw 32, flat guides 31 and bar 30 is drawn forward against the
springs of tubes 29 by the cord 33 so advancing the ribband and projecting a ticket
out of the machine.
At the same time that this last named operation takes place there are two others
effected vis: the striking of the bell and gripping of the ticket ribband.
The bar 30 projects above the ticket boxing 27 and there is provided a pivoted
spring lever 37 which carries an upright stud 38 and a finger spring 39 fitted
with a bell hammer head; a spring 40 acts on stud 38 to return it to its position
and cause the hammer to strike the bell 40°; stud 41 is the striking stud for the
spring lever 37. When the bar 30 by operation of the ticket slide is carried
against the nose of spring lever 37 the said lever 37 is turned upon its tail
end pivot and carried back until released by the passing of the bar-end 30, the
spring 40 thereupon returns the lever 37 against striking stud 41 and brings the
hammer to and effecting the striking of the bell.
For holding or gripping the ticket ribband for preventing recoil thereof for the
free return of slide 31-32, the pivoted lever 42 is provided (see Fig. 2) on the
front side of centre plate; said lever 42 is provided with gripping teeth 43 which
pass through the ribband and through holes in the back plate of the ticket boxing,

page_text: The middle portion of the lever 42 is operated upon by the eccentric of the hand-
pull excentric plate 14 to throw it out of gripping position, and the tail end 44
is operated upon by the back of the hand pull itself at its furthest back throw
when the whole operation of projecting the ticket and so forth has been effected.
The holding of the ticket ribband for the shearing off of the ticket is effected by
the nose 9 of lever 9 pressing against the back plate 27 when the hand pull 5 is
released.
The openings 45 in the external ticket guide are provided to display the number
of the next successive but unissued ticket thus providing an outside register for the
user of the machine.
The slots 46 (see Fig 4) serve as apertures through which studs upon the metal
armed mouth of the money bag (not shown) pass and are secured within the casing
of the machine.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention I
claim
Firstly In fare registers the construction and arrangement of parts in the one
machine as herein set forth and shown by the drawings operating to receive the
fare, to actuate the count or indicator mechanism, to display a value figure, to pass
the money received and convey the same to a closed money bag or receptacle, to
grip and project a serially numbered ticket to and from the outside shears of the
machine, to ring the bell alarm and to grip the ticket ribband ready for the shearing
off of the ticket already projected and prevent the return of the riband into the
machine upon the apparatus resuming its normal position.
Secondly. In apparatus as herein described the providing of the outside register
in the ticket guide to exhibit the number of the next serial ticket.
In Witness whereof I the said Henry Thomas Davis have hereunto set my
hand and seal this twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
In presence of
WALTER A BARLOW
6 St. Pauls Churchyard
London. E C.
HENRY THO° DAVIS. (L.8.)