IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SHEWING THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS BY PUBLIC OR OTHER CONVEYANCES, AND FOR ENABLING THE AMOUNTS OF THEIR FARES TO BE CHECKED, WHICH APPARATUS IS APPLICABLE ALSO FOR CHECKING THE ATTENDANCES OF WORKMEN AND OTHERS AT WORKSHOPS AND OTHER PLACES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Spencer Smith, of No. 204, High Holborn, in
the County of Middlesex, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SHEWING THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS BY PUBLIC
OR OTHER CONVEYANCES, AND FOR ENABLING THE AMOUNTS OF THEIR FARES
TO BE CHECKED, WHICH APPARATUS IS APPLICABLE ALSO FOR CHECKING THE
ATTENDANCES OF WORKMEN AND OTHERS AT WORKSHOPS AND OTHER PLACES."
Scaled the 1st July 1873, and dated the 29th January 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Spencer Smith at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th January 1873.
I, SPENCER SMITH, of No. 204, High Holborn, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SHEWING THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS BY
PUBLIC OR OTHER CONVEYANCES, AND FOR ENABLING THE AMOUNTS OF THEIR FARES
TO BE CHECKED, WHICH APPARATUS IS APPLICABLE ALSO FOR CHECKING THE
ATTENDANCES OF WORKMEN AND OTHERS AT WORKSHOPS AND OTHER PLACES," to be.
as follows:-
This Invention is designed to cuand acainst fraud unon amplazas of

page_text: conjunction with apparatus provided with chambers and receptacles as
herein-after described.
I will premise the description of my apparatus by assuming that in the
case of a conveyance the total distance to be travelled by the conveyance
has been divided into sections or divisions according to the fares to be
charged, and that in the case of a manufacturing establishment or work
place the limits of time within which cach employé must attend to be
entitled to a given pay have been arranged in periods.
For cach section of distance or period of time I provide in the
apparatus a store tube or chamber, or place for unused counters or
tokens, and a separate receptacle for such as may be withdrawn,
preferring to make the last-mentioned receptacles with inclined bottoms,
and cach with a small door provided with a suitable catch or closing
piece. Each store tube or chamber is provided with a bottom slide or
tray recessed to receive and draw out the counters or tokens one at a
time, as may be required, each slide or tray being formed or provided
with a projection or bolt for the purpose herein-after described. Tho
upper ends of the receptacles are provided with a transversely slotted
closing shaft or plug common to the entire scrics. This shaft contains
as many slots as there are receptacles, cach slot forming the passage or
way into its own receptacle; but the slots are so arranged that when the
passage or way to any one of the receptacles is open all the others will
be closed. In connection with this slotted closing shaft or plug I
employ a check bar or locking shaft formed with slots, one for the pro-
jecting part or bolt of each slide or tray. The closing shaft and the slide
locking shaft are cranked and connected together by a link or links, so
that when the receptacle for any section of distance or period of time is
open the slot in the check bar or locking shaft shall be in a position to
receive the projecting part or bolt of the corresponding slide or tray, so
as to allow of its operating; but the other slides or trays will be kept
out of use, a solid part of the check bar or locking shaft being presented
to their projecting parts or bolts.
The link by which the closing shaft and the check bar or locking
shaft are connected is formed with a rack to receive a suitable pawl so
that the two shafts may be worked only in one direction, thereby
ensuring the successive use of each set of the series of chambers, the
parts being held in position for cach series by a sliding bolt, and locked

page_text: if necessary by a projection on the link operating in conjunction with a
suitable locking pin, screw, or equivalent device.
In some cases I may employ an upper and a lower slide suitably
slotted, and suitably connected so as to operate together in lieu of the
closing shaft or plug and check bar or locking shaft above described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Spencer Smith in the Great Scal Patent Office
on the 23rd July 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SPENCER
SMITH, of No. 204, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Spencer Smith, Her special license, that
I, the said Spencer Smith, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Spencer Smith, my executors, adminis-
strators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR SHEWING THE Number of PassENGERS BY PUBLIC OR OTHER CONVEYANCES, AND
FOR ENABLING THE AMOUNTS OF THEIR FARES TO BE CHECKED, WHICH APPARATUS IS
APPLICABLE ALSO FOR CHECKING THE ATTENDANCES OF WORKMEN AND OTHERS AT
WORKSHOPS AND OTHER PLACES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Spencer Smith, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Spencer Smith, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention is designed to guard against fraud upon employers of
money takers and workpeople by the use of counters or other tokens in
conjunction with apparatus provided with chambers and receptacles as
herein-after described.
I will premise the description of my apparatus by assuming that in
the case of a conveyance the total distance to be travelled by the con- ]
veyance has been divided into sections or divisions according to the fares
to be charged, and that in the case of a manufacturing establishment or
work place the limits of time within which each employé must attend to
be entitled to a given pay have been arranged in periods.
Fig. 1 (Sheet 1) is a front elevation of an apparatus embodying my 1
improvements with the cover or casing removed; Fig. 2 is a back
clevation; Fig. 3 is a plan; Fig. 4 is an end elevation; Fig. 5 is a cross
section taken in the line A, B, of Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a horizontal
section taken in the line C, D, of Fig. 1.
For cach section of distance or period of time I provide in the 2
apparatus a store tubo or chamber or place for unused counters or
tokens, and a separate receptacle for such as may be withdrawn. In
the apparatus shown there are three store tubes a, a', a³, and three
receptacles b, b', 6º. The receptacles b, b', b, are made with inclined
bottoms c, and cach with a small door d provided with a suitable catch 2
or closing picco c. Each of the store tubes or chambers a, a¹, a², is pro-
vided with a bottom slide or tray ƒ ƒ³, ƒ³, recessed at g to receive and
draw out the counters or tokens one at a time as may be required, each
slide or tray being formed or provided with a projection or bolt & for tho
purpose herein-after described. The upper ends of the receptacles b, b', 6º, 3
arc provided with a transversely slotted closing shaft or plug i common
to the entire scrics. This shaft contains as many slots as there aro
receptacles, cach slot forming the passage or way into its own receptacle,
but the slots are so arranged that when the passage or way to any one of
the receptacles b, b', b², is open, all the others will be closed. In con- 3
nection with this slotted closing shaft or plug I employ a check bar or
locking shaft
formed with slots, one for the projecting part or bolt of

page_text: each slide or tray. The closing shaft i and the slide locking shaft & are
cranked, and connected together by a link 7 (or links) so that when the
receptacle for any section of distance or period of time is open, a slot in
the check bar or locking shaft & shall be in a position to receive the pro-
jecting part or bolt of the corresponding slide or tray, so as to allow of
its operating; but the other slides or trays will be kept out of use, a
solid part of the check bar or locking shaft being presented to their
projecting parts or bolts. The link by which the closing shaft i and
the check bar or locking shaft / are connected is formed with a rack m
to receive a suitablo pawl n, so that the two shafts may be turned only
in one direction, thereby ensuring the successive use of each set of the
series of chambers, the parts being held in position for each series by a
sliding bolt o (forced forward by a suitable spiral spring) and locked if
necessary by a projection p on the link, operating in conjunction with a
suitable locking pin screw q or equivalent device.
The apparatus illustrated in the Drawings is arranged for three
sections of distance or periods of time, and is shown in working order for
the first section or period, that is to say, the slot ' in the locking shaft k
is opposite to the projecting part or bolt of the slide or tray which is
therefore free to move right home so that its recess g shall come well
under the store tube a, whilst the other slides f¹, f³, are prevented from
being moved home, because a solid part of the locking shaft is pre-
sented to their respective projecting parts or bolts. The receptacle b is
open, the slot i¹ in the closing shaft i being in line with the opening or
mouth of that receptacle, but the other receptacles 61, 63, are closed by
the shaft i. The store tubes are all charged with suitable tokens which
may consist of round flat picces of metal equal in thickness to the depth
of the recess g, the tokens in cach tube a, a¹, a³, being differently
marked from those in the other tubes. Supposing the apparatus to be
used in a public conveyance, every passenger on entering is furnished
with a token drawn by the slide from the store tube a, and if that
passenger leaves the conveyance before it has reached the second section
of distance, his token on being returned to the conductor will be placed in
the receptacle (that being the only one open), thus shewing that the
passenger has only travelled one stage, but on arriving at the com-
mencement of the second section of distance the conductor will withdraw
the locking screw 2, pull out the sliding bolt o, and by it move down
the link to the extent of one tooth of its rack so that the pawl n will

page_text: take into the notch m³, thus opening the receptacle a¹ and closing a, the
receptacle a remaining also closed; at the same time presenting the
slot of the shaft to the projection of the slide, and preventing the
action of the other slides,s. Any tokens now given up by passengers
whether taken during the previous stage from the store tube a or during ₺
the present stage from the store tube a' must be put into the receptacle b¹,
the other two receptacles being closed; and on arriving at the third stage
the link will be moved down again as before so as to open the
receptacle a, close the receptacles a, a', prevent the action of the
slides, and permit only of the action of the slide f. In this way 1
as the apparatus is locked in a suitable case with only the apertures b*,
slide ends and handles ƒ*, sliding bolt o, and locking screw 9 exposed, the
number of passengers and the stage or stages travelled by cach can be
readily checked by the proper person unlocking the case and examining
the contents of the receptacles b, b', b³, at the end of the journey, when :
the link can be moved back into the position shown in the Drawing
before the relocking of the case, thus setting the apparatus for the next
or return journey.
Fig. 7 (Sheet 2) is a front elevation of a modification of the foregoing
apparatus with its casing; Fig. S is a plan of the same without its
casing; Fig. 9 is an end clevation; Fig. 10 is a back clevation; Fig. 11
is a horizontal section with casing taken in the line E, F, of Fig. 7; and
Fig 12 is a vertical section taken on the line G, H, of Fig. 7. In this
apparatus there are four store tubes a, a', a², a³, and four receptacles b, b',
b³, b³, fitted with sliding doors. The slides,ƒƒ³,ƒ³, are perforated with |
holes of the same diameter as the store tubes, the slides being kept
with their holes eccentric to the said tubes by means of springs ras
shown in Fig. 11. The slots,,, ', for the projecting parts of the
slides are formed in discs /* on the locking shaft k, and in conjunction
with the pawl n; a circular rack m on the end of the shaft i is substituted
for the rack in the link described with reference to the previous
arrangement.
The opening and closing of the respective receptacles and the locking
of the slides is effected by a key operating on the circular rack m, and
the tokens are withdrawn from the store tubes by pushing the slides
inwards until their holes are concentric with the said tubes; thus
forming a recess (of which the fixed plate s forms the bottom) sufficiently
deep to receive one token at a time, on receiving which the slide is

page_text: released and by its spring is forced back until its hole reaches a position
concentric with a corresponding hole in the plate & through which the
token falls into the receiver t, whence it is taken and handed to the
passenger. The shaft i is hollow and carries an indicator u for indicating
the stage or section for which the apparatus is set for the time being.
20
Fig. 13 shews a gauge for ascertaining the number of tokens in the
store tubes; it consists of a graduated stem with a sliding part w
having springs w¹ which pinch the graduated stem.
Fig. 14 shews how in some cases an upper transversely slotted slide x,
and a lower slide y similarly slotted and suitably connected by a lever =
(having its fulcrum at ³) so as to operate together may be used in lieu
of the closing shaft or plug i and check bar or locking shaft & abovo
described. The return of the parts after they have been moved into
position for any one section or stage may be prevented by a sliding
bolt 1 taking into a rack formed as shown in the lower slide Y, which
said bolt 1 can only be got at by the person having the necessary key
for opening the outer casing (not shown in the Drawing).
Having described the nature of my said Invention for "Improvements
in Apparatus for Shewing the Number of Passengers by Public or other
Conveyances, and for Enabling the Amounts of their Fares to be Checked,
which Apparatus is Applicable also for Checking the Attendances of
Workmen and others at Workshops and other Places," and having
explained the manner of carrying the same into practical effect, I hereby
declare what I consider to be novel and original and therefore claim
as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent to be,―
First. The use or employment in combination with store tubes,
chambers, or places for unused counters or tokens and receptacles for
withdrawn counters or tokens, of a slotted closing shaft or plug and
withdrawing slides or trays operating in conjunction with a check bar or
locking shaft, substantially as described.
Secondly. The construction of apparatus as shewn in and described
with reference to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the accompanying Drawings,
for the purposes specified.
Thirdly. The use or employment in combination with store tubes,
chambers, or places for unused counters or tokens and receptacles for

page_text: withdrawn counters or tokens, of upper and lower slotted slides suitably
connected so as to operate together, substantially as herein-before
described with reference to Fig. 14 of the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Spencer Smith, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, this Twenty-first day of July, in the year of 5
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
Witness,
H. S. WILES,
Clerk to Mr. Lloyd Wisc,
Patent Agent,
London.
SPENCER (L.s.) SMITH.