Improved Apparatus for Collecting Fares and Giving Change.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1895-Accepted, 5th Oct., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Collecting Fares and Giving Change.
I, HERBERT MARSHALL STURGIS, Gentleman, residing at No. 2732 Lucas
Avenue, in the City of St. Louis State of Missouri, U.S.A., 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:-
My invention relates to a fare box and change maker, and consists in the
novel construction, combination and arrangements of parts hereinafter described
and claimed.
The object of my invention is to provide an improved machine of the class
above described which will automatically deliver the correct change to a passenger
or other person, who deposits in the machine a coin of greater value than is the
regulation fare.
Referring to the drawings:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine embodying my invention.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine, the front plate
or casing thereof
being removed in order to more clearly show the interior mechanism of said
machine.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the machine, the same being removed from the
casing and said view being taken as looking in the direction of the arrow 1 in
Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the machine, the same being removed from the
outer casing, said view being taken as looking in the direction of the arrow 2 in
Fig. 2.
Fig.
is a view in perspective of the frame of my machine, the same being
stripped of its contiguous mechanism.
Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately on the indicated line 6-6
of Fig. 2, and looking in the direction of the arrow 2 in Fig. 2.
Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of a portion of the frame and showing the coin
tubes as carried thereby.
Fig. 8 is a view in perspective of the inner side of the coin assorting plate.
Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section of the coin-chute into which all of the coins are
first placed and before they pass into the machine.
Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view on the line 10-10 of Fig. 9.
Fig. 11 is a view in perspective of one of the coin delivery slides of which
I make use in carrying out my invention.
Fig. 12 is a detail view in perspective of a latch used in connection with the
locking mechanism I employ in carrying out my invention.
Fig. 13 is a top plan view of a spring-actuated locking-dog used in connection
with the locking mechanism.
Fig. 14 is a view in perspective of the arm against which the latch shown in
Fig. 12 engages.
Figs. 15, 16 and 17 are views in perspective of the different coin-delivery slides
of which I make use in carrying out my invention.
Fig. 18 is a view in perspective of one of a pair of vertical rock-shafts I employ
in my invention, the same having mounted thereon locking-dogs such as shown in
Fig. 13.
Fig. 19 is a perspective view of one of the handles used for tripping the inclined
bottoms of the sight-pockets into which the coins pass before being deposited in
the money drawer or other receptacle.

page_text: Fig. 20 is a side elevation of a locking-dog used for locking the horizontally
moving operating handle at various points along its path of travel.
Fig. 21 is a view in perspective of a latch having a double cam-face at one
end that alternately engages with the top and bottom sides of the dog shown in
Fig. 20.
1 indicates the outer casing of the machine, which is preferably constructed of
wood, rectangular in form to enclose on all sides the mechanism contained therein.
The frame 2 of which I make use is removably located within the outer casing 1,
is constructed of metal and supports the main operative parts independent of the
outer casing. (Fig. 5.) The lower portion 3 of the frame 2 is somewhat wider
than the upper portion, and is provided with flanges 4 on its lower outer edges that
are adapted to slide in recesses 5 formed in the inner sides of the casing 1. Thus
the entire frame work, together with mechanism hereinafter described, is properly
positioned within the casing 1.
Occupying the entire floor space beneath the frame and within the casing is a
receptacle 6 that may be properly termed the cash drawer. Said cash drawer is
provided with a suitable lock 7.
I will now proceed to describe the mechanism for assorting and holding the coins
placed in the machine and for delivering to a passenger the requisite change. This
mechanism is adapted to receive from a passenger and assort coins of all values
from five cents up to one dollar. It is here shown as arranged to deliver change in
coins of the denominations of five cents and twenty-five cents only, the number of
coins delivered as change being automatically increased or decreased and selected
in accordance with the amount of change to which the passenger is entitled. This
function is controlled entirely by the diameter of the coin placed in the machine
by a passenger. All coins which are placed in the machine by a passenger, if good
coins are automatically directed into the money drawer 6 and are not used by the
machine for making change, the required coins for making change being auto-
matically taken from a series of coin-tubes which are to be supplied with coins by
an authorized person in charge of the vehicle in which the machine is located.
I make use of three five-cent coin tubes 8ª, 8, 8, and three twenty-five cent coin
tubes 9, 9, (see Fig. 7), all of said tubes being rigidly fixed to the top-plate 10 of
the frame 2 and extending downwardly through apertures 11 formed in the plate 12,
(see Fig. 5) said plate 12 being fixed to the frame 2 at a suitable distance below
the plate 10. These five and twenty-five cent tubes 8 and 9 are arranged in rows,
the first row comprising two short twenty-five cent tubes 9ª and one five-cent
tube 8, which is somewhat longer than the twenty-five cent tubes 9. The second
row is composed of one twenty-five cent tube 9b between two five-cent tubes 8b
and 8, the tube 8 being of greater length than auy one of the other tubes.
(Fig. 7.)
Removable covers 13 (Fig. 6) are adapted to be placed on the upper ends of all
the coin-tubes, the same to be removed by an authorized person when it is desired
to place coins in said tubes for making change. Access to the upper ends of the
coin tubes and to these caps or covers 13 is made by way of a suitable locked-
door 14, (Fig. 1), the same being located in the top of the outer casing 1.
Horizontally positioned beneath these coin tubes and adapted to slide laterally are
coin-slides that detach one or more coins from the bottom ends of the tubes in
making change. These slides will be more fully hereinafter described.
15 indicates a coin inlet or chute that projects through an opening on the front
side of the casing 1, and into which all coins are to be deposited by passengers.
This coin inlet or chute 15 is rigidly screwed or bolted to the front face of the
coin-assorting plate now to be described.
This coin-assorting plate clearly shown in Fig. 8 and indicated by the numera! 16
is rectangular in form and rigidly fixed in the forward portion of the upper part
of the frame 2, laterally extending lugs 17 being formed on the edges thereof to
more effectually hold said plate, in its proper position. Arranged at an angle to
the vertical plane of the plate 16 and near the upper end thereof is a rectangular

page_text: aperture 18, and immediately below said aperture and oppositely inclined thereto
is a smaller rectangular opening or aperture 19. On the inner side of this
assorting-plate 16 are formed vertical flanges 20 which are so graduated as to form
spaces differing in size according to the size of the various coins, the largest space
being at a point near the upper end of the plate, said space decreasing in size
successively to the lower end of the plate.
Oppositely arranged shoulders or projections 21 formed on the vertical flanges 20
are so spaced as to arrest the downward movement of the various sized coins, the
ten cent piece passing to the lowermost space and the dollar coin stopping in the
uppermost space. It may be here mentioned that the five-cent pieces do not pass
between the flanges 20 on this coin-assorting-plate 16, they having been deflected
into a coin chute before they reach said plate.
Referring now to the coin-inlet or chute 15 (Figs. 2, 4, 6, 9 and 10), said inlet or
chute comprises a rectangular casing having in the top of the upper side a circular
aperture 22 of such a size as to admit coins of all dimensions. This inlet or chute
is rigidly bolted to the upper end and to the outside of the coin-assorting-plate 16
and in such a manner as that the main opening at the end of said chute registers
with the aperture 18 previously mentioned in said coin-assorting plate. An
auxiliary chute or inlet 23 is formed integral with the under side of the inlet 15,
the partition 24 between the two inlets or chutes being provided with two
rectangular openings 25 and 26, the rectangular opening 25 being of a size
sufficient to just admit the passage of a ten-cent piece. The rectangular
opening 26 is of a size sufficient to admit the passage of a five-cent piece, or all
bad coins or metallic disks, etc., of a size approximating that of a five-cent piece.
The mouth of the auxiliary inlet or chute 23 registers with the rectangular
aperture 19 formed in the coin-assorting plate 16 immediately below the
aperture 18. It may be here stated that the ten-cent coins are the only coins that
pass through the aperture 19 in the coin-assorting plate 16.
A chute 27 is provided with rectangular openings 28 and 29, (Figs. 2 & 4).
This chute 27 is firmly fixed to and projects downwardly at right angles from the
auxiliary chute 23. The rectangular opening 28 is of a size slightly smaller than
is a five-cent piece, said rectangular opening 28 being provided with a chute 30
that leads to an opening 31 (Fig. 1) in the casing 1. The rectangular opening 29
is of a size that will just admit the passage of a five-cent piece, and is directly over
the open upper end of a chute 32 hereinafter more fully described. (Figs. 2 and 4.)
The outer lower end of the chute 27 communicates with an aperture 33 formed
in the outer casing 1. Thus it may be plainly seen how a coin or disk of a diameter
slightly less than the ordinary five-cent piece will pass through the rectangular
opening 28 and be discharged by the chute 30 through the aperture 31 in the
casing 1. A coin or disk of a diameter slightly larger than the ordinary five-cent
piece will pass over the rectangular aperture 29 and be discharged through the
aperture 33 in the casing 1. A good five-cent piece on being deposited in the
circular aperture in the upper end of the inlet or chute 15 will pass downwardly
through said chute, through the aperture 26 along the chute 27 over the
aperture 28, and then through the aperture 29 into the chute 32. Twenty-five cent,
fifty-cent and one dollar coins being of a much greater diameter than is the width
of the apertures 25 and 26 will pass over said apertures and be discharged through
the rectangular opening into the various sized spaces between the flanges 20 on the
rear side of the coin-assorting plate 16.
Formed in the coin-assorting plate 16 in the centers of the coin spaces between
the flanges 20 are circular apertures 34 (Fig. 8), and horizontally arranged in said
plate 16 immediately below the terminus of the flanges 20 is a slot or aperture 35.
Depending from the center of the plate 16 is an extension 36. Formed integral
with the front side of the plate 16 and extending at right angles thereto in a plane
with the horizontal slot 35 are a pair of ears 38 provided on their outer ends with
circular apertures 39. A single ear 40 is formed integral with one side of the
plate 16 at approximately a central point.

page_text: Formed integral with the front side of the plate 16 and extending forward
therefrom is a hollow cylindrical arm 41 shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Formed on or
fixed to the upper rear side of the plate 16 is a semi-circular hood 42, against
which the larger coins strike after having passed through the aperture 18 and are
thereby caused to enter the various spaces between the flanges 20 on the rear side
of the plate 16 edgewise. The open upper ended chute 32 into which the five-cent
pieces drop extends downwardly and rearwardly and passes through an aperture 43
(Fig. 5) formed in the top plate of the lower portion 3 of the frame 2.
A sight-pocket 44 (Fig. 6) is formed immediately below this aperture 43, the
sides of said sight pocket comprising one side of the lower portion 3 of the frame
and the partition 45 that is vertically arranged between the upper and lower
portions of the frame work, and at the rear side of the lower frame work. The
front of the sight pocket consists of a section of transparent material placed in the
rear side of the outer casing 1 and held in position thereon by a plate 46 (Fig 2)
fixed to the outer casing 1. An inclined tilting bottom for the sight-pocket is
constructed of a section of transparent material 47, the same being held in a suitable
rectangular frame work 48, said frame work being provided with ears 49 by means
of which the plate and frame work are pivoted upon a shaft 50, the ends of which
find bearings in the side wall and center partition forming the sides of said sight
pocket. A coil-spring 51 is, at one end, fixed to the center partition 45, is then
wound upon the shaft 50, and its free end engages against the lower end of the
transparent plate 47. The tendency of this spring 51 is to normally hold the lower
edge of the transparent plate 47 in engagement with the transparent plate fixed in
the rear side of the casing 1. (Fig. 6.) A lever 52 for tilting the bottom of this
sight pocket is constructed with a hub 53 (Figs. 4 and 19) that is adapted to be
mounted directly upon the end of the shaft 50. Integral projections 54, diametri-
cally opposite each other, are formed on the hub 53 and extending inwardly from
these projections 54 are flat faced lugs 55 that are adapted to engage directly
against the under side of the tilting bottom or transparent plate 47. The arm 52 is
on the outside of the lower portion 3 of the frame 2, and in order that the Hat faced
lugs 55 may contact with the plate 47, oppositely arranged concentric slots 56 are
formed in the side of the lower portion 3 of the frame 2. The sight pocket 57 is
arranged directly beneath the sight pocket 44, and is every way similar and
provided with the same operating parts as is the one just described.
A third sight pocket 58 (Fig. 2), identical with the others, is located on the
opposite side of the center partition 45 and in alignment with the sight pocket 57,
it being provided with a transparent front in the casing 1 and with an operating
handle identical with the operating handle 52.
I will now proceed to describe the bar and pins carried thereby that are used to
displace the coins that lodge in the various spaces between the flanges 20 on the
rear side of the coin-assorting plate 16. This mechanism consists of a bar 59
(Fig. 6), the same being provided near its vertical center with a tubular sleeve 60
that is adapted to slide upon the tubular arm 41 that projects from the coin-
assorting plate 16. Immediately above this tubular sleeve 60 and on one side of
the bar 59 is a projection 61, the purpose of which will be presently shown.
The lower end of the vertically arranged bar 59 is bent rearwardly at right
angles to the main body thereof, and is adapted at times to pass through the
horizontally arranged aperture 35 near the lower end of the coin-assorting plate 16.
Formed integral with the inner side of the vertically arranged bar 59 is a series of
pins 62 which slightly taper toward their ends, said ends normally lying just within
the apertures 34 in the coin-assorting plate 16, and through which apertures said
pins are adapted to pass.
Mounted upon the outer end of the cylindrical sleeve 60 and held thereto by
means of a screw 63 is a handle 64. A coil-spring 65 is interposed between the
inner surface of this handle 64, and a projection 66 is formed on the inside of the
tubular arm 41. A flange 67 formed on the outer end of the tubular arm 41
prevents the sleeve 60 and handle 64 from leaving said tubular arm 41. The

page_text: coil-spring 65 being an expansive spring, the tendency thereof is to hold the bar 59,
sleeve 60 and handle 64 in the position as shown in Fig. 6. Pivote to the lug 61
extending from the side of the vertical bar 59 is an arm 68 (Figs. 2 & 21), the
same being provided on its end with an inclined lug 69, the upper and lower sides
of which form an acute angle the apex of which is in alignment with the upper
edge of the arm 68. Pivoted to the ear 40 by means of a pin or screw 70 is a
toothed gravity paw! or dog 71 (Fig. 20), the vertical movement of which is
restricted by pins 72. This toothed pawl or dog 71 being directly in the path of
travel of the lug 69, when the arm 68 carrying said lug is moved rearwardly with
the bar 59 and handle 64, the upper surface of the lug 69 will cause the toothed
pawl 71 to assume a horizontal position, and as said lug 69 is carried further
rearwardly, the teeth on the underside of the pawl or dog 71 will consecutively
engage the point or upper edge of the lug 69. When said lug 69 has been carried
rearwardly to its limit of movement, the pawl 71 will reassume its normal position,
and then the lug in its return movement is free to ride over the plain top surface of
said pawl 71.
Mounted in the bearings 39 in the ends of the ears 38 is a shaft 73 (Figs. 4, 6,
and 18), the same having rigidly mounted on its ends and just outside the cars 38,
locking-arms 74 (Fig. 12), the same being provided on their under sides near their
outer ends with shoulders 75. Rigidly mounted upon the shaft 73 to one side of
the lower end of the vertically arranged bar 59 is a pawl or detent 76. Adapted to
slide vertically upon the face of the lower end of the plate 16 and held thereto by
screws or bolts 77 is a plate 78 provided with a centrally arranged vertical slot 79
through which said screws 77 pass. Formed integral with one side of and the
upper end of this plate 78 is a lug 80 having an incliued upper face 81 against
which the upper end of the pawl or detent 76 normally engages. Formed on or
fixed to the lower end of the plate 78 is a hook 82. This hook 82 is adapted to
engage beneath the flange 83 formed integral with a horizontally positioned bar 84,
the rear end of which is pivoted at 85 to the central partition 45. The forward
end of this bar 84 projects through the casing 1 and is provided in its forward end
with a horizontal slot 86.
I will now proceed to describe the various slides used for detaching from the
various coin-tubes the necessary change and depositing the same in the various
chutes, from whence said change finds passage through various other chutes into
the change receptacle located on the outside of the casing 1 and hereinalter
described.
The topmost, or what I term the dollar slide, (Fig. 11) consists of a rectangular
plate 87 mounted to slide in transverse bearings 88 formed on or fixed to the sides of
the upper portion of the frame 2. This slide 87 operates directly beneath the two
twenty-five cent coin tubes 9*, and formed in said slides are circular apertures 89
that are of a size sufficient to admit a twenty-five cent piece. To one side of the
apertures 89 is a slot 90, through which the five-cent tube 82 passes. The slot 90
is made of sufficient length to allow the free movement of this slide.
Formed integral with or fixed to the rear edge of the slide 87 is a vertical
plate 91, the same being provided with downwardly pending arms 92, the same
being offset and in a different plane from the main body of the plate 91. An
aperture 93 in the vertical plate 91 and a cutaway portion 94 in the slide 87
permits forward movement of the topmost pin 62, when a coin other than a dollar
is passed into the machine. The plate 91 is in direct alignment with the lower
edge of the hood 42 and also lies parallel with the coin assorting-plate 16.
Το
lugs 95 (Fig. 6) formed integral on the under side of the plate 67 is pivoted a
drop-plate 96 that normally closes the circular apertures 89. Formed integral
with the under side of this plate 96 are lugs 97 that are adapted to ride directly
upon a transverse rod 98 that passes from one side of the frame to the other
immediately beneath the twenty-five cent tubes 9. Directly in the rear of this
transversely positioned rod 98 and extending downwardly from the same is a small
chute 99, the same having a flaring upper end (Fig. 6).

page_text: The fifty cent slide 100 (Fig. 15) comprises a rectangular plate provided with
arms 101, said slide being located directly beneath the five-cent coin tube 8 and
the twenty-five cent tube 9. Said slide is adapted to operate in bearings 102
formed integral with the inner faces of the side walls of the upright portion of the
frame 2. Located in the slide 100 and normally coinciding with the twenty-five
cent coin tube 9 is a circular aperture 103 that is of sufficient size to admit a
twenty-five cent piece. Adjacent this circular aperture 103 is a slot 104, through
which the five-cent coin tube 8 passes. On the other side of the aperture 103, the
slide 100 is made of a thickness four times as great as is the main portion of the
plate, thereby allowing the location of four five-cent pieces in the aperture 105
that is formed in said thickened portion of the plate. Pivoted in lugs 106 formed
on the under side of the plate 100 is a drop-plate 107 that normally closes the
apertures 103 and 105. Formed on or fixed to the forward under side of the
drop-plate 107 are Jugs 108 that ride directly upon a rod 109 that extends from
one side of the frame 2 to the other. A chute 110 has its upper open end directly
beneath the shaft 109, and is adapted to receive the coins cut off or out of the
tubes 9 and 8, (Fig. 6).
Fixed to the front ends of the arms 101 is a rectangular plate 111 (Fig. 15) in
the center of which is a circular aperture 112, through which the second pin 62
from the top passes. Formed in the upper edge of the plate 111 are rectangular
notches 113, in which notches are located the shoulders formed at the juncture of
the downwardly pending arms 92 and the vertically arranged plate 91. When the
plates 91 and 111 are arranged in vertical alignment and parallel with the coin-
assorting plate 16, the arms 92 will engage on the front side of the plate 111.
Thus it will be seen that the fifty-cent slide 100 can move laterally in its
bearings 102 independent of the one dollar slide 87, but when the dollar slide 87 is
moved laterally in its bearings 88, the fifty-cent slide 100 must necessarily move,
as the arms 92 bear directly upon the front face of the plate 111.
The twenty-five cent slide 114 (Fig. 16) is provided with extending arms 115, thus
leaving a cutaway portion or space 116 between said arms. This twenty-five cent
slide 114 operates directly beneath the five-cent coin tube 8ª and is adapted to
move laterally in the bearings 117 forined on or fixed to the upright portion of the
frame 2. That part of the slide 114 that is directly beneath the end of the tube 8ª
is made of a thickness equal to that of four five-cent pieces, and in said thickened
portion is formed a circular aperture 118 of a diameter equal to that of a five-cent
piece. A passage through the plate 114 comprises the three vertical sides 119,
said sides being formed integral with the vertical front plate 120, in which is
located an aperture 121, through which the next to the lowest pin 62 is adapted to
pass at various times. The circular aperture 118 is closed by a drop-plate 122 that
is pivcted to lugs 123 (Fig. 4) projecting downwardly from the under side of the
plate 114. To the under side of this drop-plate are fixed lugs 124 that normally
rest upon and ride over a transversely positioned rod 125 that extends from one
side of the upright portion of the frame 2 to the other. By forming the passage
through the plate 114 and constructing the same with the sides 119, a vertical
chute or guide-way is formed for the fifty-cent and one dollar pieces as they drop
from above. The cutaway portion or space 116 is left for the purpose of allowing
the slide 114 free movement and to pass to its limit of movement without abutting
against a chute 126 (Figs. 3 and 6), that is placed directly in front of the slide 114,
but to one side on that portion that contains the aperture 118.
The ten-cent slide 127 (Fig. 17) comprises a rectangular plate provided on one
side with an extension 128, in the outer end of which is formed a circular
aperture 129 of a size corresponding to that of a five-cent piece. On the
other side of the slide is formed an arm 130. The slide 127 is located in a
plane immediately below the five-cent coin-tube 8 and moves laterally beneath
the same, the extension 128 and arm 130 sliding in hearings 131 (Fig. 6) formed
integral with the inner faces of the sides of the upright portion of the frame 2.
A cutaway portion or space 132 is left between the projection 128 and the arm 130

page_text: so as to allow the slide to move freely in a rearward direction and not engage
against a chute 133 (Fig. 6), and is located directly beneath the chute 126.
Pivoted to lugs 134 formed integral with the under side of the extension 128 is a
For ne on the
drop-plate 135 that is adapted to close the circular aperture 129.
under side of the drop-plate 135 are lugs 136 that normally rest and are adapted
to ride upon a transversely positioned rod 137 (Fig. 6) that extends from one side
of the machine to the other. Formed in the plate 127 is a passage surrounded by
the sides 138, thus forming a vertical guide-way or chute for the coins that drop
from above. The rear plate 139 is provided with an aperture 140 (Figs. 6 and 17)
through which the lowermost one of the pins 62 is adapted to pass, and imme-
diately below this aperture 140 is a rectangular aperture 141, through which the
A chute 142
inwardly bent lower end of the vertical bar 59 is adapted to pass.
is arranged directly beneath the passage through the sliding five-cent plate 127
and passing downwardly and rearwardly discharges into the sight pocket 58. A
plate 143 is formed on or fixed to the front lower edge of the front side 138, and is
adapted to partially cover the open upper end of this chute 142 (Fig. 6).
Mounted in bearings 144 (Figs. 2,5 & 18) formed integral with the sides of
the upper portion of the frame 2, and passing through bearings 145 in the top
Positioned upon
plate of the lower portion of the frame 2 are vertical shafts 146.
cach of these shafts and near the lower ends thereof, by means of set-screws 147,
(Figs. 14 and 18) are curved arins 148, against which the shoulder 75 on the
latching arms 74 are adapted to engage. Mounted upon the shafts 146 near their
upper ends are locking-dogs 149 (Figs. 13 & 18) comprising integral arms 150
and 151, the end of the arm 151 being adapted to normally engage against the
meeting edges of the vertical plates 91 and 111 of the fifty-cent and one dollar
slides. Fixed to the set-screw's that hold the dogs 149 upon the shafts 146 are
the upper ends of coil-springs 152, the bodies of which are coiled around the
vertical shafts 146, their lower ends being rigidly secured to the upper portion of
the frame 2. Thus the vertical shafts 146 are made spring-actuated, and the
tendency of these springs 152 is to hold the ends of the arms 151 of the dogs 149
against the vertical plates of the slides, when said slides are in their normal
positions. Mounted upon the vertical shafts 146 just above the arms 148 are
locking-dogs 153 that are identical with the dogs 149, the outer ends of the
armis 154 of said dogs bearing directly upon the vertical plates of the twenty-five
and ten-cent slides, when said slides are in their normal positious. The arms 150
and 155 of the dogs 149 and 143 are provided in their faces with vertical
shoulders 156, (Fig. 13).
When the fifty-cent and one dollar slides are moved horizontally, the edges of
the same will engage the ends of the arms 151 of the dogs 149, and the same
being mounted upon the vertical shafts 146 will necessarily partially rotate said
vertical shafts. This partial rotation of the shafts 146 necessarily imparts the
same movement to the dogs 153 that are rigidly mounted upon the lower ends of
said shafts. The ends of the arms 154 of the dogs 153 leave the meeting edges.
of the twenty-five cent and ten-cent slides, and with the continued movement the
shoulders 156 of the arms 155 are brought to a point directly in front of said
meeting edges of the twenty-five cent and ten-cent slides; this position being
occupied by the shoulders 156 when the dollar and fifty-cent slides have been
moved to their limit horizontally, and the shoulders 75 of the locking arms 74
engage the curved arms 148 to lock the vertical shafts 146 from reverse movement.
When the dog 153 is partially rotated by the horizontal movement of the ten-
cent and twenty-five cent slides against the end of the arm 154 of said dog, the
dog 149 will be likewise rotated and the shoulder 156 of the arm 150 of said
dog 149 brought directly against the meeting edges of the fifty-cent and dollar
slides, and locks the same against any horizontal movement.
In Fig. 18 the ten-cent and twenty-five cent slides are shown at their forward
linit of movement, and the fifty-cent and dollar slides locked against any forward
movement, by the shoulder 156 on the face of the arm 150 of the dog 149.
When

page_text: the locking arm 74 is raised the action of the coil-spring 152 rotates the shaft 146
in the reverse direction from the one just described, and the ends of the arms 151
or 154 that have been partially rotated will engage the slides and return them to
their normal positions.
In the left-hand side of the lower portion 3 of the frame 2 is a large chute 157.
(Fig. 2), the mouth of which communicates with an opening in the casing 1, said
opening being encased by a plate 158 upon which a change receptacle 159 is
formed (Fig. 7). The cover 160 of this change receptacle is provided with an
upwardly extending lug 161. The slotted end of the bar 84 previously mentioned
passes through a vertical slot 162 in the plate 158 and is connected to the upwardly
extending lug 161 by means of a screw or pin 163 passing through the slot 86 in
the end of said bar. The chute 133 communicates near the rear side of the machine
with the chute 157. A chute 164 connects the vertical chute 110 with the rear
end of the chute 157.
The operation is as follows:
Should a five-cent piece be deposited through the circular aperture 22 in the
inlet or chute 15, the same will, by reason of the inclination of said chute, pass
downwardly through the upper passage in said chute, drop through the aperture 26
which is of a size sufficient to admit said five-cent piece, from thence passes down
the chute 29 over the aperture 28, which is slightly smaller than the five-cent
piece, and drops through the rectangular aperture 29 into the open upper end of
the chute 32. By this chute it is directed into the sight-pocket 44 where it may
be plainly seen by the person in charge of the car. By a downward movement of
the outer end of the handle 52, the five-cent piece will pass into the sight-pocket 57
and by a downward movement of the handle 52 of the second sight pocket, the coin
is dropped and deposited in the coin receptacle or cash-drawer 6.
A ten-cent piece on being placed in the chute 15 will pass downwardly through
the same, drop through the opening 25 which is of a size sufficient to admit said
ten-cent piece, then pass through the lower portion 23 of the chute 15 through the
aperture 19 in the coin-assorting plate 16, and from thence drop to the lowermost
space formed between the flanges 20 on the rear side of said plate. Here it is
engaged and held directly opposite the lowermost aperture 34 by reason of the
inwardly projecting shoulders 21 of said flanges 20. The passenger is of course
entitled to change to the amount of five cents. In order to procure said change,
said passenger must push the handle 64 inwardly. By so doing the following
operation takes place: The lowermost pin 62 on being carried rearwardly contacts
with the ten-cent piece that is directly opposite the lowermost aperture 34 of
the plate 16, through which said pin passes and impinges said ten-cent piece
directly against the front side of the vertically arranged plate 139 that is
formed integral with the slide 127. As the tube 8 contains five-cent pieces
and the aperture 129 in the arm 128 capable of holding one five-cent piece is
directly beneath the lower end of said tube, one five-cent piece will be carried
in said aperture 129 and on the drop-plate 135 as the rearward movement of
the slide 127 is continued. As the push handle 64, bar 59 and slide 127
reach the limit of their rearward movement, the lugs 136 on the under side of
the plate 135 leave the horizontally arranged rod 137, and the drop-plate carrying
the five-cent piece is tilted and said five-cent piece drops into the chute 164,
and from thence passes through the chute 157 into the change receptacle 159. As
the slide 127 is being moved rearwardly, the edges of the vertical plate 139
thereof necessarily engage the ends of the arms 134 of the locking-dogs 153,
and said dogs being rigidly mounted upon the spring-actuated vertical shaft 146,
said dogs and shaft will be moved approximately one quarter of a revolution.
The curved arms 118 being rigidly fixed to the lower ends of the vertical
sbafts 146 must necessarily turn with said shafts. As the locking-arms 74 are
by gravity bearing directly against the arms 148 as soon as said arms 148 have
passed the shoulders 75 of the locking-arms 74, said shoulders will engage the
outer ends of the arms 148, thus locking or holding the vertical shafts 146,

page_text: together with the locking-dogs 149 and 153, in their abnormal positions. The
arms 150 and 155 are now so positioned as that the shoulders 156 on said arms
will rigidly lock the unmoved slides against any movement whatever. The
locking-arms 74 which are rigidly mounted upon the horizontal shaft 73 being at
their limit of downward movement, the dog 76 rigidly mounted upon the shaft 73
is brought into direct engagement with the inclined face 81 of the lug 80 that is
formed integral with the upper end of the slotted bar 78. As soon as the pressure
is removed from the handle 64, the coil-spring 65 therein having been com-
pressed in the hereinafter described operation, will expand and carry the handle 64,
sleeve 60, vertically arranged bar 59 and pin 62 to their normal positions, or as
that shown in Fig. 6. By reason of the triangular lug 69 on the end of the
pivoted arin 68 that is carried by the vertically arranged bar 59 engaging with
the teeth of the dog 71 during the rearward movement of the handle 64 and bar 59,
it will be seen that said handle 64 and bar 59 must necessarily be moved to their
rearward limit of movement before the spring 65 can return them to normal
positions. As soon as the lowermost pin 62 starts on its return movement, the
ten-cent piece that has heretofore been impinged between the end of said pin
and the front face of the vertically arranged plate 139 of the slide 127 will fall
into the chute 142 and by said chute be passed into the sight-pocket 58; said sight-
pocket 58 being provided with a glazed front, the person in charge of the car may
plainly see said ten-cent piece.
A passenger in order to procure his change, or the five-cent piece that is in the
receptacle 159 (Fig. 1) must necessarily raise the cover 160 of said receptacle.
This being done, the forward end of the bar 84 is raised as it is attached to
said cover by means of a pin or screw 163. The bar 84 being moved slightly
upward, the lug 83 on said bar will engage with the lower end of the slotted
vertical bar 78, raise the same a slight distance, and cause the inclined face 81 of
the lug 80 to engage with the point of the dog 76, which being rigidly mounted
upon the shaft 73, slightly rotates said shaft. The locking-arms 74 being rigidly
mounted upon the ends of this shaft 73, will be raised sufficiently far to allow the
shoulders 75 thereon to release the arms 148. The resiliency of the springs 152
on the vertical shafts 146 will necessarily cause said shafts and the locking-
dogs 149 to 153 to reassume their normal positions, and also carry the slide 127
to its normal position. The various parts are now in position for another
operation.
As the action and operation of the handle 64, bar 59, pins 62, slides, vertical
shafts 146, locking-dogs 149 and 153, horizontal shaft 73 and contiguous
mechanism, bar 84 and cover 160 of the change receptacle are the same when-
ever change is detached by the twenty-five cent, fifty cent and one dollar slides, it
will not be necessary to describe such operation in the succeeding descriptions of
the manner in which change is detached by the twenty-five cent, fifty cent and one
dollar slides.
When a twenty-five cent piece is passed into the machine through the coin inlet
or chute 15, the same passes through the aperture 18 in the upper end of the coin-
assorting plate 16 and from thence drops into the next lowermost space formed
between the flanges 20, where it rests upon the shoulders 21 formed in said flanges.
With the rearward movement of the bar 59 the next to the lowermost pin 62 will
impinge against such twenty-five cent piece and move in a rearward direction the
slide 144, which operates directly beneath the five-cent coin-tube 8ª. The
aperture 118 is adapted to hold four five-cent pieces, consequently when said slide
is moved rearwardly that number of five-cent pieces will be detached from the
lower end of the tube 8, and as the lugs 124 on the under side of the drop-
plate 122 pass over the transversely positioned rod 125, said drop-plate will tilt and
deliver the four five-cent pieces into the upper end of the chute 133. By this
chute it will be directed into the chute 157 and from thence into the change
receptacle 159. The various other operations, as hereinbefore stated, are
co-incident with this movement.

page_text: When a fifty-cent piece is deposited in the coin inlet or chute 15 said fifty-cent
piece passes through the aperture 18 in the upper end of the coin-assorting-plate 16
and from thence drops into the next to the highest space formed by the flanges 20 on
the rear side of the coin-assorting plate 16. Here it rests against the shoulders 21
formed in said flanges until the next to the highest pin 62 detaches said coin from
its resting place. The fifty-cent piece impinges directly against the rear side of
the vertically arranged plate 111 of the slide 100, said slide 100 operating directly
beneath the five-cent coin tube 8 and the twenty-five cent coin tube 9. The
aperture 103 in this slide 100 is of a size sufficient to hold one twenty-five cent
piece, while the aperture 105 is adapted to hold four five-cent pieces. As said
slide is moved rearwardly, one twenty-five cent piece and four five-cent pieces will
be detached from the lower ends of the tubes 8b and gb and the same carried
rearwardly on the drop-plate 107. When the lugs 108 on the under side of said
drop-plate 107 have passed the transversely arranged rod 109 the coins, the total
value of which is forty-five cents and the correct change to be given the passenger
who placed the fifty-cent piece in the machine, is dropped through the vertical
chute 110 into the chute 164 and by said chute carried into the chute 157 and
from thence into the change receptacle 159 on the exterior of the casing 1. A.s
hereinbefore stated, the coil-spring 65 causes the handle 64 and bar 59 to reassume
their normal positions, and when the passenger raises the cover 160 of the change
receptacle 159, this movement causes the repositioning of the various locking
devices, the fifty-cent slide and contiguous mechanism.
When a dollar coin is placed in the coin inlet or receptacle 15, said coin passes
through the aperture 18 in the upper end of the coin-assorting plate 16 and from
thence drops to the upper one of the spaces formed between the flanges 20 on the
rear side of the coin-assorting plate and rests directly against the shoulders 21
formed in said flanges 20. As the upper one of the pins 62 contacts with the coin,
it detaches the same from its lodging place and impinges it against the rear side of
the slide 87. The vertically arranged plate 91 of this slide 37 being provided
with the downwardly pending arms 92 that engage against the front side of the
vertically arranged plate 111 of the fifty-cent slide 100, both the slides 87 and 100
will be moved rearwardly. The slide 87 operates directly beneath the twenty-five
cent coin-tube 9 and the apertures 89 in said slide 87 are each adapted to hold one
twenty-five cent piece, consequently when said slides 87 and 100 are moved
rearwardly, each of the apertures 89 will contain a twenty-five cent piece, the
apertures 103 and the slide 100 will contain one twenty-five cent piece and the
aperture 105 and the slide 100 will contain four five-cent pieces, making a total of
ninety-five cents, the correct change to be delivered to the depositor of the one
dollar coin. As the slide 87 moves rearwardly, the drop-plate 95 beneath the
aperture 89 will, when the lugs 97 on the under side of said plate 96 pass the
transversely arranged rod 98, tilt and allow the two twenty-five cent pieces carried
in the apertures 89 to drop through the chute 99, from thence through the
chute 126 into the chute 133 which carries said coins into the chute 157, and from
thence into the change receptacle 159 on the exterior of the casing 1. As the
fifty-cent slide 100 moves rearwardly at the same time as does the one dollar
slide 87, the coins detached from said dollar slide will have an unobstructed
passage from the chute 99 into the chute 126. The coins detached by the
fifty-cent slide will pass through the chute 110 into the chute 164, from thence
through the chute 157 into the receptacle 159 on the exterior of the casing 1. The
movement of the slides 100 and 87 being simultaneous, the change consisting of three
twenty-five cent pieces and four five-cent pieces will be simultaneously deposited
in the change receptacle. As the next to the lowest pin 62 withdraws from
engagement with the twenty-five cent piece, said twenty-five cent piece will drop
through the passage formed in the slide 127 and into the chute 142, and by said
chute pass into the sight-pocket 58. When the pin impinging against the fifty-
cent piece withdraws, said fifty-cent piece drops through the passage surrounded
by the sides 119 formed in the slide 114 through the passage in the slide 127 and

page_text: into the chute 143 and by this chute passes into the sight-pocket 58. The dollar
coin drops through the passages formed in the slides 114 and 127 and is carried by
the chute 142 into the sight-pocket 58. The person in charge of the car can at
any time press downwardly upon the handle 52 operating the tilting bottom of
said sight-pocket 58 and allow the coin or coins in said sight-pocket to drop into
the receptacle or cash drawer 6. By providing the lower end of the bar 59 with
an inwardly projecting portion, it will be plainly seen that the cover of the change
receptacle can in no instance be raised unless the handle 64 and bar 59 are in their
normal positions, and by providing the arm 68 carrying the V-shaped lug 69 that
engages the teeth of the dog 71, it will be seen that the handle 64 has to be moved
to the limit of its rearward movement before sai handle and contiguous parts can
return to their normal positions.
When spurious coins or disks approximating the size of a five-cent piece are
inserted in the coin inlet 15, they will pass out of the chute 30, or out of the
end of the chute 27, through the apertures 31 and 33 in the casing 1. Should
spurious coins or disks approximating the size of twenty-five cent, fifty-cent and
one dollar coins be placed into the machine, the person in charge of the vehicle
would immediately discover their presence through the glazed fronts of the sight-
pockets.
I do not limit myself to the exact arrangement of the coin-tubes and other minor
details herein shown, as it is obvious that the same may be increased or decreased
in number and changed within the limit of mechanical skill without departing from
the
scope of my invention.
I will also state that the principle of my invention may be extended for any
denomination of coins in which case the number of mechanical parts will.
necessarily have to be extended, and also the mechanical construction varied,
which may be done without departing from the true principle and spirit of my
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A fare box and change maker having coin-actuated mechanism for selecting.
and delivering change.
2. A fare box and change maker having coin-actuated change mechanism for
selecting and delivering coins uormally retained in tubes.
3. A combined fare box and change maker having coin-actuated slides that cut
off and deliver coins in change from vertically arranged tubes.
4. The combination of a series of coin-actuated slides, and tubes arranged above
said coin-actuated slides.
5. A combined fare box and change maker having change cut-off slides that are
actuated by the inserted coin.
6. In a fare box and change maker, the combination of coin cut-off and delivery
slides, the same being actuated by the inserted coin, and coin containing tubes
arranged vertically above the before-mentioned slides.
7. A fare box and change maker having an operating handle and change-delivery
slides so arranged that the coin deposited in the fare box will form a connection
between the operating handle and the change making and delivery slides.
8. A fare box and change maker having a vertically arranged coin-assorting
plate.
9. A fare box and change maker having a vertically arranged coin-assorting
plate, the same being provided on one side with a pair of flanges between which
are formed spaces differing in size according to the size of the various coins.
10. In a fare box and change maker, the combination of a vertically arranged
coin-assorting plate having on one side thereof parallel flanges between which are
formed spaces differing in size according to the size of the various coins, and a series
of laterally moving change slides arranged one above the other.

page_text: 11. A fare box and change maker having a vertically arranged coin-assorting
plate, on one side of which are parallel flanges between which are formed spaces
differing in size according to the size of the various coins, a series of change
making slides arranged vertically one above the other adjacent said coin-assorting
plate, and a bar provided with a series of pins that are adapted to pass through
apertures in the coin-assorting plate and impinge the inserted coin against one of
the change making slides.
12. A fare box and change maker having a vertically arranged coin-assorting
plate, a coin-inlet or chute fixed to the top of said coin-assorting plate, a bar having
an operating handle and integral pins for displacing the coins from their lodging
places on the coin-assorting plate, and horizontally moving change making slides
arranged vertically one above the other and all but one adapted to move independently
of each other.
13. In a fare box and change maker, a vertically arranged coin-assorting plate
provided with parallel flanges on its rear side, shoulders formed in said Hanges to
form lodging places for the various sized coins, a coin-inlet or chute arranged at
the top of said coin-assorting plate, said plate being provided with apertures at the
points where the coins lodge, pins formed integral with the horizontally sliding bar,
an operating handle for said bar, and change making slides arranged one above the
other immediately in front of the coin-assorting plate.
14. A fare box and change maker having a series of vertically arranged tubes
for holding coins of various denominations for making change, slides adapted to
move horizontally immediately beneath said coin containing tubes, a coin-assorting
plate arranged adjacent the forward ends of the change making slides, said
coin-assorting plate being provided with parallel flanges on one side, said parallel
flanges having shoulders formed thereon against which the inserted coins lodge, a
bar provided with an operating handle and having integral pins that pass through
apertures in the coin-assorting plate, and chutes, one of which forms a passage for
the inserted coin into a receptacle inside of the fare box, the other chutes so
arranged as to carry the coins cut off for change into a suitable receptacle on the
exterior of the fare box.
15. A. fare box and change maker having an inlet coin chute so arranged as to
carry certain of the inserted coins through the coin-assorting plate, said coin
inlet or chute having an auxiliary chute that will pass coins of a uniform size
into a good-coin-chute and allow spurious coins, or coins slightly smaller or larger
than the uniform coins, to pass through apertures formed in the casing of the
fare box.
16. In a fare box and change maker a spring-actuated operating handle, a bar
provided with pins moved by said operating handle, said pins being adapted to
dislodge the coins from the coin assorting plate and impinge the same against
laterally moving change slides an arm pivoted to said bar and provided on its free
end with a V-shaped lug and a pivoted toothed-dog with which the lug of the arm
is adapted to engage.
17. A fare box and change maker having transversely positioned rods on which
are adapted to ride the lugs formed on the under side of the drop-plate that are
pivoted to the under sides of the change making slides.
18. A fare box and change maker having a series of change making slides
moving laterally in bearings formed integral with the sides of the framework,
and provided in their outer ends with circular apertures of a size sufficient to admit
a certain number of coins.
19. A fare box and change maker having a series of laterally moving change
making slides, the same being provided with circular apertures of a size sufficient
to admit a certain number of coins, and drop-plates pivoted to the under sides of
said change making slides, said drop-plates having integral lugs on their under
sides that are adapted to ride for a short distance ou transversely positioned rods,
the ends of which are fixed in the framework of the fare box.
20. In a fare box aud change maker, the combination of a series of vertically

page_text: arranged coin-tubes, laterally moving slides positioned immediately beneath sail
tubes and having circular apertures therein that register with the interior diameters
of the tubes, drop-plates pivoted to the under sides of the change making slides,
lugs formed integral with the under sides of the drop-plates, transversely positioned
rods on which the lugs of the drop-plates rest while the change slides are in normal
position, and chutes so arranged as to receive the coins constituting the change
that are discharged by the drop-plates and carry said coins into a receptacle on
the exterior of the fare box.
21. A faie box and change maker having laterally moving change making slides,
vertically arranged shafts on the sides of the frame of the machine, locking-dogs
for the laterally moving slides, arms rigidly mounted upon the lower ends of the
shafts, and gravity locking-arms for engaging against the herein before mentioned
arms to hold the shafts and locking-dogs when in an abnormal position.
22. A fare box and change maker having laterally moving change making slide.
and mechanism for locking said slides when any one of them is moved laterally,
said locking mechanism being released by suitably arranged mechanism connectel
to the cover of the change receptacle on the exterior of the box.
23. In a fare box and change maker, a releasing mechanism connected to the
cover of the change receptacle on the exterior of the box, comprising a hinged
bar, a vertically moving slotted bar, a lag formed integral with the upper end of
said slotted bar, and a dog fixed to a horizontally positioned shaft, upon which
shaft locking-arms are rigidly fixed, the movement of said slotted bar being
possible only when the operating handle and bar carrying the displacing pins are
in their normal positions.
24. A fare box and change maker having the slide 87 provided with a series of
circular apertures, a vertically arranged plate formed on or fixed to said slide arms
depending from said vertical plate and engaging the slide immediately beneath the
first mentioned slide in order that said slides may move simultaneously, together
with suitable parts to complete an operative machine.
25. A fare box and change maker having the slide 100, in the forward end of
which is an aperture adapted to hold a single coin, and an adjacent aperture, the
edges of which are of sufficient thickness to allow a plurality of coins to be
deposited within said aperture, said slide adapted to move independently of the
other slides, and suitable parts to make an operative machine.
26. A fare box and change maker having a laterally moving slide 114 through
which is formed a passage, in one side of which is formed an aperture, the edges
of which are of sufficient thickness to admit a plurality of coins to be held in said
aperture, said slide adapted to be moved independently of the other slides, and
suitable mechanism to make an operative machine.
27. A fare box and change maker having the slide 127 through which is formed
a passage, an arm formed integral with said slide, in the end of which arm is an
aperture adapted to hold a single coin, said slide adapted to move independently
of the other slides, and suitable parts to make an operative machine.
28. A fare box and change maker having a single chute leading from the inlet
chute directly to one of the sight-pockets of the fare-box, through which chute
pass all coins of a certain denomination, thereby dispensing with the passage of
said certain coins through the coin-assorting plate.
29. A fare box and change maker having a vertical arranged coin-assorting
plate, a hollow arm projecting from said coin-assorting plate, a vertically arranged
bar having integral pins mounted upon said hollow arm by means of an integral
sleeve, an operating handle rigidly fixed to the outer end of said sleeve, and a coil-
spring interposed between said handle and the hollow arm.
Dated this 18th day of June 1895
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.