IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE REGISTRATION OF OMNIBUS, TRAM CAR, AND OTHER PAS- BENGER FARES
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Victor Isidore Feeny, of No. 37, Paulet Road, Camberwell,
in the County of Surrey, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR THE REGISTRATION OF OMNIBUS, TRAM CAR, AND OTHER PAS-
BENGER FARES"
Sealed the 19th December 1879, and dated the 25th June 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Victor Isidore Feeny at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th June 1879.
VICTOR ISIDORE FEENY, of No. 37, Paulet Road, Camberwell, in the County of
Surrey, Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE REGISTRATION OF
OMNIBUS, TRAM CAR, AND OTHER PASSENGER FARES."
The object of my Invention is the registration of omnibus, tram car, and other
passenger fares.
In carrying out my Invention I propose to construct two spring steps in com-
bination with suitable registering apparatus, upon which all persons, either entering
or leaving the vehicle, are compelled to tread.
These steps I protect in such a way that only one person can pass up or down at
the same time.
My registering apparatus consists of two prickers or punches arranged to operate
upon a continuous strap or band of paper, with suitable mechanism for imparting
motion to the said paper.
The prickers or punches are actuated by separate pistons working within suitable
cylinders, into which a current of air is driven from an elastic bag or sack. The
air sacks or bags may be arranged beneath the tread of the steps or in any other
suitable position.
In applying my Invention to an ordinary omnibus I provido a third pricker or
punch, also an indicating barrel, seinaphore, or disc, by means of which various
sections of each journey aro shewn.
I connect this third prieker or punch with the indicator in such a manner that
upon the latter being moved the said pricker or punch shall be caused to operate
upon the strip or band of paper.

page_text: In order that my Invention may be better understood, I will proceed to describe
the same, by reference to the accompanying 2 Sheets of Drawings, upon which,—
Figure 1 represents the back end of an omnibus fitted with iny Invention,
Figure 2 being a side view of the same.
Figure 3, a front view of my registering apparatus, the cover being removed.
Figure 4, a side view of the same, and
Figure 5, a plan as seen from above.
Figure 6 represents a portion of the paper after having been operated-upon by
the punches..
A indicates the first or lower step; B, the second; C, air bag for step A; D, air
bag for step B; E, pipe leading from bag C to cylinder G; F, pipe leading from
bag D to cylinder H; I, 1st pricker of punch; K, 2nd pricker of punch; L, reel of
paper; M, feed roll; N, bottom roll; O, paper; P, lever for working feed; Q, ratchet
wheel; R, lever for feed; S, ratchet wheel; T, third pricker or punch; U, lever for
punch; V, indicator-barrel, semaphore, or disc; W, nut for turning same; X; spring
pawl; Y, ratchet wheel; Z, door.
The action is as follows:-
The reel of paper having been placed in position and the door Z closed, immedi-
ately a passenger treads upon the first or lower step A the air bag C is compressed,
whereby a current of air being driven through the pipe E into the cylinder & the
punch I is caused to perforate the paper O; at the same time the lever P causes
the ratchet and roller M to bo moved one tooth forward, carrying with it the
paper O.
Upon the second step B being depressed in like manner the air is driven from
the sack D through F into the cylinder H, the punch K being thus set in motion,
and with it the roller M, by means of the lever R and ratchet wheel S.
When it is required to register any particular section or sections of a journey, the
conductor or other attendant turns or raises the indicator V by means of the nut W
to the corresponding section, and thus in so doing causes the third pricker or
punch T to operate upon the strip or band of paper O by means of the lever and
Cam U.
A bell or other alarm may be so arranged and connected with the
indicator V that when the indicator is turned or raised the bell or alarm will be
Bounded.
The total amount of money taken for fares during each journey or during the
entire day can readily be calculated, in a precisely similar manner to that described
in my former Specification, No. 4843/76.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Victor Isidore Feeny in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 24th
December 1879.
VICTOR ISIDORE FEENY, of No. 37, Paulet Road, Camberwell, in the County of
Surrey, Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE REGISTRATION OF
OMNIBUS, TRAM CAR, AND OTHER PASSENGER FARES."
The object of my Invention is the registration of omnibus, tram car, and other
passenger fares.
In carrying out my Invention I construct two spring steps in combination with
suitable registering apparatus, upon which steps all persons, either entering or
leaving the vehicle, are compelled to tread.
These steps I protect in such a way that only one person can pass up or down
at the same time.
My registering apparatus consists of two prickers or punches arranged to operate
upon a continuous strip or band of paper or other suitable material, with suitable
mechanism for imparting motion to the said paper.
The prickers or punches are actuated by separate levers connected with pistons
working within suitable cylinders, into which a current of air is driven from a
cylinder or an elastic sack. These cylinders or air sacks may be arranged beneath
the tread of the steps or in any other suitable position.
In applying my Invention to an ordinary omnibus or tram car I may provide a
third pricker or punch, also an indicating barrel, semaphore, or disc, by means of
which the various sections of each journey are shown. I connect this third pricker
or punch with the indicator in such a manner that upon the latter being moved
the said pricker or punch shall be caused to operate upon the strip or band of
paper.
Or in lieu of a third pricker or punch I may provide a third lever, which I
connect with the indicator in such a manner that upon the latter being moved the
said lever or arm shall cause the two prickers or punches to operate simultaneously
upon the strip or band of paper, and thereby show the change of the section.
In order that my Invention may be better understood, I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawing, upon which,―
Figure 1 represents the back end of an omnibus fitted with my Invention,
Figure 2 being a side view of the same.
Figure 3, a front view of my registering apparatus partly in section.
Figure 4, a side view of the same, and
Figure 5, a plan as seen from above.
Figure 6 representing a portion of the paper after being operated upon by the
punches.
Similar letters of reference indicating similar parts where such parts appear or
may be seen in each of the Figures respectively.
A indicates the first or lower step; a, lever attached to same.
B indicates the second or upper step.
C, air sack or cylinder for step A
D, air sack or cylinder for step B.
E, pipe leading from air sack C to cylinder G.
F, pipe leading from air sack D to cylinder H.
I, first pricker or punch.
K, second pricker or punch.
T

page_text: Z, door.
The action is as follows: -
The reel of paper having been placed in position and the door Z closed, immedi
ately a passenger treads upon the first or lower step A the piston within the air
sack or cylinder C is forced up by the lever ä, and a current of air driven through
the pipe E into the cylinder G, the punch or pricker being thereby caused to
perforate the paper O; at the same time motion is imparted to the feed roller M by
the lever P and ratchet Q.
Upon the second step B being compressed. in like manner, the air is driven from
the air sack or cylinder D through the pipe F into the cylinder H, the punch K
being thus set in motion, and with it the roller M, by means of the lever R and
ratchet wheel S.
Upon a passenger leaving the vehicle the action is reversed, as shewn Figure 6
of the Drawing.
When it is required to register any particular section or sections of a journey the
conductor or other attendant, provided with a suitable key, turns the stud W,
which causes the indicator or disc V to be moved, by the lever U operating upon
the ratchet Y, to the corresponding section, and in so doing causes the third lever
or arm T to set in motion the two prickers I and K by means of the levers P
and R.
The total amount of money taken for fares during each journey or during the
entire day can readily be calculated, in a precisely similar manner to that described
in my former Specification, No. 4843, A.D. 1876.
.
A bell or other alarm may be so arranged and connected with the indicator V
that whether the indicator is turned or raised the bell or alarm will be sounded
when a section is recorded.
In lieu of the arrangement above described and shown for indicating the various
sections of a journey, I might arrange for the required motion to be imparted to
the prickers and paper automatically from one of the wheels or axles of the vehicle
by the aid of suitable gearing or connections to the third lever or arm T, an alarm
bell announcing to the conductor that the mechanism has duly operated. As an
additional check to be used in conjunction with my registering apparatus, tickets
may be issued by the conductor, and such tickets may be arranged to indicate the
section of the journey upon which the passenger has entered.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is or may be performed, I would have it understood that I
use any suitable material in the construction of the various parts of my apparatus,
and that what
I claim as secured to me by the herein before in part recited Letters Patent is,―
Firstly. The use, in combination with the steps A and B, of the air sacks C
and D arranged to work the pistons of the cylinders G and H, and thereby actuate
the punches or prickers I, K, to perforate the paper O, substantially as and for the
purposes described.
Secondly. The use of the third lever or arm T to operate the punches or prickers

page_text: I and K, so that they may act simultaneously to indicate a change of section,
whether worked by the conductor or attendant or automatically, substantially as
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Victor Isidore Feeny, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty fourth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
Witness,
W. E. GEDGE
(Patent Agent),
11, Wellington Street,
W.C.
VICTOR ISIDORE FEENY. (L.S.)