IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING MONEY AND THE LIKE AND FOR CHECKING RECORDING AND INDICATING THE RECEIPT THEREOF
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Thomas Davis at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th March 1882.
HENRY THOMAS DAVIS of Newington in the County of Surrey Engineer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING MONEY AND THE LIKE AND FOR
CHECKING RECORDING AND INDICATING THE RECEIPT THEREOF
"
This Invention relates to improved apparatus for checking the receipt of moneys,
such as fares paid on Tramcars, the object being to provide an apparatus, whereby.
the person by whom the payment is made may deposit the amount of the fare in
the apparatus, and see that such fare is correctly registered by the money being in
view until the register acts by a figure representing the amount being displayed,
and by the ringing of a bell, after the indicator mechanism or register is actuated,
and if desired to issue a ticket for the amount paid. The mechanism is specially
designed and constructed to reduce the weight and size thereof and to secure the
correct and ready working, easy fitting, and to reduce the number of parts to a
minimum.
The operating parts of the apparatus are carried in a casing the back of the
apparatus being hinged and locked up, so that access can only be obtained by the
authorized person. On the upper rim is an aperture into which a funnel is fitted;
on the face of the case, on the upperpart is a circular opening covered with a plate
of glass. Beneath the front plate is another plate which is the plate carrying the
principal parts of the mechanism, and is afterwards called the screen plate, having
a circular opening corresponding with that of the front plate, and also covered
with a plate of glass, and behind this second plate of glass is a semitransparent disc
suspended by a metal frame
In the lower part of the aperture between the disc and the screenplate is a narrow
shelf of metal this shelf being binged or hung inside the casing so as to form the
lower edge or a part of the lower edge of the narrow vertical receptacle for the
money, and so as to rise and fall by the action of the mechanism, so as to allow the
money to pass from the platform, and into a bag or receptacle attached to the
machine.
This shelf may be tipped or drawn down against the action of a spring, the lever
or all the levers for each amount of fare operating upon a lever or projection for
this purpose.

page_text: On each side of the screenplate 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 lying flat on the face of the screenplate. is an eccentric 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; the said catch acts upon a
toothed wheel which revolves on the screenplate 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 spindles upon which such wheels revolve can in any case be made square
headed so as to be set at zero by a key. On that part of the spindle which is between
the lower face of the screen plate and the bracket is a spiral spring which keeps
back the lever in the slot. On the eccentric plate affixed to the spindle is a short
length or link of metal, one end of which is attached to the arm of a large figure
such figure representing the amount of the fare received and so arranged by slotted
connections with the operating levers, that upon the handle being pulled back to
actuate the registering wheels, the large representative figure is thrown or brought
over the face of the glass in the screenplate, the semitransparent disc thus forming
a white background 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 taken its normal position. On the
lower side of the screen plate a spring ratchet or lever is placed having a single
double or other compound action, in accordance with the number of fares to be
received so as to be acted upon by an arın passing from all the spindles of the levers.
Above this ratchet or lever is a bell and a spring hammer is affixed above the ratchet
or lever, so arranged that the ratchet or lever acts upon it causing it to strike the
bell upon a spindle being turned by the action of either handle or lever.
When it is desired to cause more than one sound of the bell it is done by a pin
attached to the lever plate passing through a slot in the screen plate acting upon a
second ratchet or lever with a second spring hammer attached. It is so arranged
that the registering of the fare takes place, before the striking of the bell which is
caused by so relatively placing the ratchet of the tooth wheel which operates the
index, before the hammer is released to strike the bell, so that it is impossible to
strike the bell without registering
Attached to the ratchet or lever by which the bell hammer is actuated, is an arm
or short length of metal, which is also attached by a swivel action to the metal
shelf aboye it. When the money or fare is dropped through the hopper or funnel
in the rim it rests on its edge, in an upright position on the shelf, and is visible
from the front of the apparatus until the action of the bell ratchet, causes the shelf
to fall or tilt, and the money then passes into the lower part of the case, or is
directed through the apparatus, and into a case or leather bag. When it is desired
that the money shall pass ont of the case at one side, a curved metal plate receives
it, as it descends, and directs it on to an inclined frame, lipped over the opening in
the rim, and thence into a bag or case, which can be securely locked.
The disc against which the denoting figures are brought may be painted with
luminous paint or it may be lighted by a lamp: in one compartment of the case
the light of which lamp is thrown through a glass in the partition which divides
the compartiment and illuminates the disc so that the money or fare dropped in and
also the representative figure is clearly visible at night.
The handles or levers can each be locked by a sliding bolt placed inside the case
but operated from the outside and on the bolt being shot a spring catch inside the
case secures the bolt and consequently the lever so that it can only be released by
opening the case. This prevents the levers being actuated when not required. A
sliding plate is provided moving with each lever to cover the slit through which
it moves to prevent anything being passed into the case through the said slit.
When it is required to register more than one amount of fare similar arrangements

page_text: may be used for each amount and in such case a large figure may be engraved
on the face of the front plate close to the index denoting the fare to which such
index refers.
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.
When tickets are to be issued in addition to the above mechanism 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 between a relieving roller and outside the partition over a fixed
feeding surface, and thence to a slot in the front plate. When the lever is actuated
it draws a toothed slide which presses on the portion of the coil before it and thus
forces out a ticket through the slit in front and then the further movement of the
lever acts upon a crank carried by the screen plate which said crank brings into
action a serrated or sharp pointed edge piece which perforates the ticket allowing
it to be easily detached from the coil. When the lever is returned the head of the
lever presses upon the crank so that a surface carried by the side of the serrated
edge presses on the end of the ticket which is next in rotation. The relieving
roller presses against the ticket and has a toothed wheel at foot controlled by a
ratchet thus preventing the recoil of ticket. By using a perforater in place of a
cutter for perforating the ticket instead of cutting off, they can be used
continuously. for example sixpence may be deposited for three 2d fares; and throe
successive actions of the lever, would issue three tickets perforated for dividing
A
There will be a box or compartment and adjuncts as described for each amount
of fare, or factor of amounts of fare, for which tickets are to be issued.
convenient mode of operating each perforator or cutter lever will be to cause an
eccentric part of the head of the operating lever to press it into acting position, ön
the return movement of the said lever. The bringing away of this eccentric head
from the said perforator or cutter lever will allow it to be acted upon by a spring
to be thrown out of the way of the advancing ticket.
A convenient mode of operating each feeder forward of the tickets will be by
means of a lever fixed to the axis spindle of the operating lever, the said first
inentioned lever drawing forward, by intermediate appliances if necessary, the
tickets from the coil, when the operating levers are moved.
Where tickets are used it is preferred to have a separate bell for each amount of
fare, and it may then be conveniently placed at the top of the ticket receptacle so
that the hammer may be actuated by the forward movement of the ticket ejecting
apparatus.
It will be understood from the foregoing description, that the arrangement of
part as described via the same aperture being utilized for showing the coin on edge
and for exhibiting the fare indicating numbers, and the operating mechanism being
carried on by the screenplate that a very compact and portable instrument may be
constructed convenient for use, and combining the advantages of a sealed receptacle
a recording index an exhibitor of the amounts paid, and a ticket receptacle and
issuer for each amount paid.
The front of the apparatus is perforated, so as to admit of the sounding of the
bell being heard and when a lamp is used perforations are made to admit air to
and from the said lamp.