Improvements in and relating to Fare Indicating and Registering Apparatus.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 20th July, 1897-Accepted, 21st Aug., 1897
[Communicated from abroad by FRIEDRICH WILHELM GUSTAV BRUHN, of No. 1
Schaper Strasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, Director].
Improvements in and relating to Fare Indicating and Registering
Apparatus.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In order to adapt the accessory indicating mechanism forming the subject matter
of British Patent No. 1350 dated 19 January 1895 for use with fare indicators,
various constructional modifications are necessary.
In one form of construction the setting of the accessory indicating mechanism
back to zero is effected by moving the fare pointer from the "disengaged" position
to a position corresponding to one of the fares or to the "engaged" position. The
additions indicated by the accessory indicating mechanism can then be inserted
only after the apparatus has been set to the corresponding charge. A cylinder
the under portion of which is provided with steps or stops, is caused by the turning
of the pointer to the appropriate charge by the driver, to press against a slide rod,
which slide acts upon the presser rod for effecting the release of accessory indicating
mechanism by means of a lever.
The release of the accessory indicating mechanism is thereupon effected in the
manner described in prior specification above referred to by means of a pawl
and it is brought back to zero. A spring on the presser rod serves to press the
slide rod against the cylinder. In this case the release of the slide rod is effected
by the cylinder at its deepest part.
In another construction the fare pointer is acted upon by the cylinder by the
pressure of the slide rod which causes a pinion to engage with the several toothed
crowns concentrically arranged upon a driving wheel, according to the position of
the cylinder. The accessory indicating mechanism is put in or out of gear by
means of a shaft which carries the flag or signal indicating that the vehicle is
disengaged. A cam is provided upon this shaft, which cam moves the releasing
presser rod according to the position of the flag or signal and thus acts upon the
pawl.
In a further modified construction the setting in and out of gear of the fare
pointer is on the contrary effected by means of the flag or signal shaft through the
cam and the cam operated rod, whilst the accessory indicating mechanism is
released by the slide rod which is provided with a projection serving to engage
with the pawl when the rod springs up.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Fare Indicating and Registering
Apparatus.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:-
In order to adapt the accessory indicating mechanism forming the subject matter
of British Patent No. 1350 dated 19, January 1895, for use with fare indicators,
various constructional modifications are necessary, which form the object of the
present invention three constructional forms are represented in the accompanying
drawings.
In the form of construction shown by Figures 1 and 2 the setting of the acces-
sory indicating mechanism back to zero is effected by moving the fare pointer from
the disengaged" position to a position corresponding to one of the fares or to
the engaged" position. The addition indicated by the accessory indicating
mechanism can then be inserted only after the apparatus has been set to the
corresponding charge. The cylinder 6 the under portion of which is provided with
steps or stops, is caused by the turning of the pointer to the appropriate charge
by the driver, to press against a slide rod d, which slide acts upon the presser rod i
for effecting the release of the accessory indicating mechanism by means of a
lever a.
The release of the accessory indicating mechanism is thereupon effected in the
manner described in said prior specification above referred to by means of a pawl g
and it is brought back to zero (Figure 1). The spring c on the presser rod i serves
to press the slide rod d against the cylinder b. In this case the release of the
slide rod d at its lowest position is effected by the cylinder 6 (Figure 2).
In the construction shown in Figures 3 and 4 the fare pointer is acted upon
by the cylinder & by the displacement of the slide rod d which causes a pinion to
engage with the several toothed crown wheels concentrically arranged upon a
driving wheel, according to the position of the cylinder b. The accessory
indicating mechanism is put in or out of gear by means of the shaft .r which carries
the flag or signal indicating that the vehicle is disengaged. A cam y is provided
upon this shaft r, which cam moves the releasing presser rod according to the
position of the flag or signal and thus acts upon the pawl g.
In the modified construction shown in Figures 5 and 6 the setting in and out
of gear of the fare pointer is on the contrary effected by means of the flag or signal
shaft through the cam y and the cam operated rod Z, whilst the accessory
indicating mechanism is released by the slide rod d which is provided with a pro-
jection or collar d' serving to engage with the pawl g when the rod d springs up.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
ne by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. A construction form of the device forming the subject matter of British
Patent No. 1350 dated 19 January 1895, the characteristic feature being that the
setting of the accessory indicating mechanism back to zero is effected by moving
the fare pointer of the fare indicator from the disengaged position to a position
corresponding to one of the fares or to the engaged position, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination of an accessory indicating mechanism of the kind described
in British Patent No. 1350 (1895) with a fare indicator in such a matter, that the
fare indicator is operated by the tax shaft or its stepped cylinder respectively,

page_text: whilst the accessory indicating mechanism is released through the medium of the
shaft carrying the signal or flag, substantially as specified.
3. The combination of an accessory indicating mechanism of a kind described
in British Patent No. 1350 (1895) with a fare indicator in such a manner, that
the accessory indicating mechanism is released by the tax shaft or tax cylinder,
whilst the principal indicating apparatus, the fare indicator, is thrown into or out
of gear by means of the flag carrying shaft, substantially as described.
Dated this 20th day of July 1897.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.