Apparatus for Checking the Journeys of Vehicles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 12th Feb., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Checking the Journeys of Vehicles.
We, ERNEST TAYLOR WORSSAM, of 10, Finsbury Circus, in the County of London,
Brewer, and HENRY JOHN WORSSAM, of Wenlock Road, City Road, in the County
of London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to apparatus whereby the times during which a car, van or
other vehicle is moving and at rest throughout a day or other period are recorded,
the record serving as a check on the carman or driver shewing how much of the
time has been spent in moving and in resting.
For this purpose, we provide in or on the vehicle a locked case containing clock-
work by which continuous rotation is given to a disc or cylinder having fixed on
it paper or other suitable receiving surface graduated with lines indicating hours
and fractions of hours. A wheel of the vehicle has on its nave a cam projection
which, once in every revolution, causes reciprocation of a pawl lever pressed by a
spring against the nave. The pawl moves a ratchet wheel, from which through
suitable gearing to and fro motion is imparted to a style or marker pressed against
the time disc, or cylinder. This style as long as the vehicle is in motion traces a
zig-zag or wavy line on the paper, but when the vehicle is at rest no movement
being given to the style, the line traced in the case of the disc is a circular are and
in the case of the cylinder a straight line. Thus the marking on the paper shews
the times during which the vehicle has been moving and those during which it has
been at rest.
The apparatus, instead of being fixed on or in the vehicle itself, may be mounted
on the wheel, in which case the style or marker would be worked by the revolution
of a hanging weight as in cyclometers employed for velocipedes.
Uated this 25th day of March 1807
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ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.
Apparatus for Checking the Journeys of Vehicles.
We, ERNEST TAYLOR WORSSAM, of 10, Finsbury Circus, in the County of London,
Brewer, and HENRY JOHN WORSSAM, of Wenlock Road, City Road, in the County
of London, Engineer, 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:-
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Our invention relates to apparatus whereby the times during which a car, van
or other vehicle is moving and at rest throughout a day or other period are

page_text: recorded, the record serving as a check on the carman or driver, shewing how much
of the time has been spent in moving and in resting.
For this purpose apparatus such as we shall describe referring to the accompany-
ing drawings is employed. Fig. 1 is an end view of part of a waggon with
apparatus according to our invention shewn in section, Figs. 2 and 3 are sections on
planes at right angles to each other shewing a modification. As shewn in Fig. 1
we provide in or on the vehicle a locked case A containing clockwork by which
continuous rotation is given to a disc B or it might be a cylinder having fixed on
it paper or other suitable receiving surface graduated with lines indicating hours
and fractions of hours. A wheel C of the vehicle has on its nave a projection D
which, once in every revolution, turns, partly round, a ratchet wheel E connected
with mechanism in the box A, such as is hereafter described, which imparts to and
fro motion to a style or marker F pressed against the time disc, or cylinder. This
style as long as the vehicle is in motion traces a zig zag or wavy line on the paper,
but when the vehicle is at rest no movement being given. to the style, the line
traced in the case of the disc is a circular arc and in the case of the cylinder a
straight line.
Thus the marking on the paper shews the times during which the vehicle has
been moving and those during which it has been at rest..
The apparatus, instead of being fixed on or in the vehicle itself, may be mounted
on the wheel, in which case the style or marker is worked by the revolution of a
hanging weight as in cyclometers employed for velocipedes.
"This arrangement is shewn in Figs. 2 and 3. The casing A is fixed between two
of the spokes of one of the waggon wheels, B is the time dise caused to revolve by
clockwork G. A weight H has on its axis a worm gearing with a wheel k which
is geared to a cam K. This weight as the wheel' revolves, remains suspended in
nearly the same place so that the worm, gearing and cam are caused to revolve,
and thus the tracer F is caused to vibrate tracing arcs on the face of the disc B
while the wheel of the vehicle revolves.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
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Apparatus for checking the journeys of a vehicle so arranged that the revolution
of one of the wheels causes a tracer to vibrate over the surface of a disc or cylinder
caused to revolve by clockwork, thereby making a series of marks during the time
that the vehicle travels."
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