Improvements in Fare Registers.
Year: 1899

page_text: Patron, 20th July, 1899-Accepted 25th
row, 20th July, 1899-Accepted 25th Jul
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fare Registers.
I, GEORGE FREDERIC ROOKE, of Y.M.C.A. Building, Peoria, in the County o
Peoria and State of Illinois, one of the United States of America, Manufacturer
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
5 statement:-
This invention relates to fare registers and has for its object to provide a
portable mechanism adapted to be carried in the hand of the conductor or fare
collector, and to receive a coin or token to be deposited therein by the passenger
in payment of his fare, said mechanism being so constructed that upon the de-
positing of the coin or token, the same will be seized and positively drawn into
the register, which will thereupon register its deposit, the coin passing out of
the register into the hands of the conductor. To these ends my invention con-
sists in certain novel features, which I will now proceed to describe and will
then particularly point out in the claims.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a register embodying my invention, said figure
illustrating the mode of supporting the same when in use;
Figure 2 is a plan view of the register:
Figure 3 is a rear elevation;
Figure 4 is an elevation of the inner face of the back plate of the register
casing detached;
Figure 5 is a' sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 4;
Figure 6 is a side elevation of the plate shown in Figure 4, the supporting
device being shown engaged therewith and partly in section;
Figure 7 is an elevation with the front plate of the casing removed, showing
he mechanism in the position assumed thereby after the registration of the
assage of a coin;
Figure 8 is a similar view showing the parts in the position assumed when
he mechanism is set and ready to receive a coin;
Figure 9 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the parts in the unset
normal position shown in Figure 7;
Figure 10 is a similar view showing the parts in the set position shown' in
gure 8;
Figure 11 is a vertical sectional view taken from the opposite side of that shown
Figures 9 and 10 and showing the parts in the unset or normal position;
Figure 12 is a similar view showing the parts in the set position;
Figure 13 is a rear elevation of the mechanism, the same being shown in the
mal or unset position;
igure 14 a similar view showing the parts in the set position;
igure 15 is an enlarged detail view showing the detent in its locking
tion;
igure 16 a similar view showing the detent disengaged by the
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page_text: Figure 17 is a detail view showing the toothed dog in engagement with a coin;
Figure 18 is a plan view of the upper or receiving end of the mechanism
detached from its casing;
Figure 19 is a bottom plan view of the upper end of the casing;
Figure 20 a plan view of the lower end of the casing;
Figure 21 is a view of the rear or concealed face of the wheel which operates
the sliding frame end of a portion of its associated mechanism;
Figure 22 is a detail perspective view of the sliding frame detached;
Figure 23 is a detail perspective view of the cam plate detached; and
Figure 24 is a detail view of the striking mechanism of the bell
Figure 25 is a detail view of the cam plate 43 hereinafter referred to.
In the said drawings, 1 indicates a suitable casing which contains the
mechanism of the register and which is provided with a removable back plate 2,
by means of which access may be had to the interior of the casing. For this
purpose I provide the back plate with projecting buttons 3, which are adapted
to engage notches 4 (Figs. 10) in the body of the casing and I also provide
said back plate with a vertically movable locking bar 5, Fig. 4, having tongues 6
which are adapted to enter apertures or slots 7 (Figs. 9 & 12) in the bottom of
the body of the casing. This locking bar moves between guides 8 (Fig. 4)
at its lower end and its upper end receives an eccentric 9 on a shaft 10 extending
through the plate and notched or otherwise constructed on its outer side to
permit it to be readily turned. In order to prevent unauthorized opening of
the casing I provide a seal receptacle 11 on the inner side of the plate 2, which
is adapted to receive a distinctive seal 12 of paper or the like and which is slotted
as shown at 13 on its inner side, while the face of the seal shows through a suit-
able aperture 14 on the outer side of the casing. Referring to Figure 4 the
shaft 10 is provided with an arm 15 having a point 16 which is adapted to enter
the seal seat through the slot 13 when the shaft is turned and thereby destroy
the seal when the case is open. This slot 13 extends to the edges of the raised
boss on the casing 11 as shewn in Figures 4 and 5. The paper seal lies within
said boss, raised above the body of the casing by means of the glass which closes
the apertures 14 as clearly shewn in Figure 5. The arm 15 is somewhat elastic
as also is its point 16, and in the rotation of the eccentric 9 to withdraw the locking
bar moves in such a direction that the point precedes the arm, thus tearing the
seal as it is pushed across or over it."
A cam projection 17 Figure 6 on the locking bar 5 serves to lift the ends of
arm 15 clear of the bar when the shaft is rotated.
The entire device may be supported by means of a fixed button or lug 18, which
is adapted to engage a notched plate 19, which may be suspended from the neck
of the fare collector by means of a strap or in any other suitable manner. The
easing may be provided with a ring 20 through which the finger of the user
may be inserted to enable the register to be more firmly held, and at its lower
end the casing may be provided with a discharge pipe 21 having an inclined
bottom and lateral opening to facilitate the discharge of the coin into the hand
of, the collector. For convenience of illustration these parts are omitted except
in Figures 1, 3 and 7 of the drawings.
Within the casing 1 are located two register mechanisms 22 and 23 which
are of the well known type, the casing being provided with sight apertures 24
(Fig. 2) through which the figures of the registers may be readily observed from
the exterior of the case. In order to actuate these registers I employ a register
operating mechanism which is constructed in the following manner: 25 (Fig. 13)
indicates a coin chute, which extends directly through the register from top to
bottom, the case having an opening 26 at the upper or receiving end of said
chute, and an opening 27 Fig. 12 at the lower or discharge end thereof. This
chute is secured in position in the case in any suitable manner and serves as a
base or frame, on which the various portions of the mechanism are mounted and
supported.

page_text: portions 29 Fig. 22 at top and bottom which fit against the edges of the fram
thereby, being provided for this purpose with rearwardly extendi
and with bars 30 located one at the top and the other at the bottom of the fran
5 and secured to the projections 29, which they connect in pairs, thereby formin
loops which embrace the chute and act as guides. This sliding frame is normall
moved downward towards the bottom of the chute by means of a suitable spring
and for this purpose I have shown a coil spring 31 (Figs. 9 & 14) mounted o
the rear face of the lower part of the chute by means of a pin and connected with
10 the sliding frame by means of a pin 32.
es a frame mounted to slide vertically on the chute
In order to raise the sliding frame into proper operative position to receive a
coin, I employ a wheel 33 (Figs. 7 & 8) loosely mounted on a fixed axis: 34
projecting from the coin chute, said wheel being provided with an eccentric
pin 35, to which is connected the lower end of a lever 36, said lever being con-
15 nected near its upper end to the sliding frame 28 by means of a screw or pin 37,
which enters an aperture in a cylindrical boss 38 secured to the sliding frame,
as shown in Figure 12. The wheel 33 is provided with ratchet teeth on its
edge, which are engaged by a spring pawl 39, which prevents rotation of said
wheel in one direction, and permits it to move only in the direction desired.
Rotation of the wheel 33 will obviously, through the lever 36, raise the sliding
frame from the lowered position shown in Figure 7 to the raised position shown
in Figure 8, and this rotation is preferably effected by the following means;
40 indicates a pinion mounted loosely on the axis 34, and 41 indicates a ratchet
wheel connected to and moving with said pinion. 42 (see Figure 21) indicates
a spring pawl mounted on the inner or rear face of the wheel 33 and normally
engaging with the ratchet wheel 41. 43 indicates a cam plate, apertured to
receive and encircle the pinion 40 and pawl 42, and provided at one side of
said aperture with a cam projection 431, the cam surface of which engages the
heel of the spring pawl 42 and throws the same out of engagement with the
ratchet wheel 41 during a portion of the revolution of the wheel 33, as clearly
ndicated in Figure 21. 44 indicates a sliding bar provided along a portion of
ts edge with a rack which meshes with the pinion 40. This sliding bar extends
hrough the case of the exterior thereof, and bears at its opposite end against a
ivoted arm 45, shown in dotted lines in Figures 7 and 8, said arm having
ring 46 which throws the bar normally outward. It will be at once seen that
essing the bar 44 inward will rotate the pinion and ratchet wheel 41, and
rough the medium of the pawl 42, rotary motion will be imparted to the
eel 33 to lift the sliding frame 28. to its upper position, as shown in Figure 8.
the sliding frame approaches its uppermost position, the cam projection 431
rages the pawl 42 and disengages the pawl from the ratchet wheel, so that
ther inward movement of the bar 44 will not affect the wheel 33 or the
chanism connected therewith. When the sliding frame has been thus lifted,
s automatically engaged and held uplifted until released by the insertion
coin, as will be hereinafter described. The operating bar is automatically
rned to its outermost position by the spring pressed arm 45 as
sed, the pinion rotating idly during such return movement.
are in the lowered position shown in Figure 7, and the sliding bar thrown
however, the pawl 42 has passed clear of the cam projection 431 and has
soon as
When the
engaged the ratchet 41, so that inward pressure on the bar 44 will reset
liding frame to its uppermost position.
e sliding frame 28 is provided with a toothed dog 47, pivoted thereon at
per edge and extending into the coin chute through a slot 48 therein. The
bar 30 of the sliding frame opposite this toothed dog, is provided with a
tion 49, which extends into the coin chute through a slot 50 therein, said
ion forming a fixed jaw with which the movable jaw, constituted by the
dog 47, co-operates. The sliding frame is held in its uppermost position
ns of an oscillatory cam plate 56 which carries a roller projection
a

page_text: (see Figures 18, 15 and 23) pivotally connected with the lever 36 by means of
the screw 37 thereof. On the upper edge of the chute adjacent to the toothed
dog 47, is mounted a trip 51 which extends through the slot 48 into the coin
chute. This trip is acted on by a spring 52 interposed between said trip and a
lever 53, which engages with the trip, said spring acting upon the trip so as to
force the same normally outward into the coin chute, in the position indicated
in Figure 15. The trip is provided with a pin 54 (see Figure 16) preferably
carrying an anti-friction roller, which, when the trip is projected within the
chute, engages with a shoulder 55 on the cam plate 56 mounted on the sliding
frame, and prevents the latter oscillating forwardly in a direction to carry its
roller 60 out of bearing with a triangular fixed shoulder 61 (Figure 7) on the
coin chute. This cam plate, which is shown in detail in Figure 23, is, as
before stated, mounted on the boss 38 which receives the screw 37, being pro-
vided with an opening 57 which fits over said boss. A spring 58 mounted on
the sliding frame and connected to a pin 59 on the cam plate 56, tends to rotate
said cam plate on its axis in a direction such as to move the shoulder 55 towards
the trip 51 when the latter is depressed and its pin 54 thereby moved clear of
said shoulder, thereby carrying its roller 60 out of engagement with the pro-
jection 61 and permitting the sliding frame to drop.
The cam plate 56 also has connected to it a link 62 the cam plate being pro-
vided with a pin 63, which forms the pivot to which the lower end of said link is
connected. The upper end of said link is slotted, as shown at 64, (Figures 12
and 17) and the toothed dog 47 is provided with a pin 65 which engages said
slot. The cam plate 56 is further provided with an arm 66, which is adapted,
when the frame is in its lowermost position, to engage with a fixed stop or pro-
jection 67 on the coin chute. The lever 36 is slotted, as shown at 68, to receive
a pin 69 on the cam plate 56, and further is provided with a pin or projection 70
to operate the bell. The said lever 36 is also provided with an arm 71 to engage
the lever 53 under certain circumstances, an arm 72 to operate the register 22,
and an arm 73 to operate the register 23.
74 Figs. 9 and 10 indicates the shutter frame, which is pivoted at its middle
to the coin chute as indicated at 75. This shutter frame is provided with a
shutter 76 at its upper end for closing the mouth or receiving end of the coin
chute, and with a shutter 77 at its lower end for closing the lower or discharge
end of the chute. The construction is such, owing to the central pivoting of
the shutter frame, that when one of the shutters is extended across the chute,
the other is withdrawn therefrom. The shutter frame and shutters are operated
by means of a projection 78 on the lower shutter 77, which projection is provided
with bevelled ends, as shown, and which is alternately engaged by cams 79
and 80 on the periphery of the wheel 33. The arrangement is such that at the
limit of the upward motion of the frame 28 the cam 79 engages the projec-
tion 78 and so moves the shutter frame as to open the upper shutter and close
the lower one, while upon the descent of the frame, the cam 80 engages the pro-
jection 78 and so moves the shutter frame as to close the upper shutter and open
the lower one. The shutters are positively held in each of their positions by
the engagement of the said projection and cams, and by stops against which the
edges of the shutters are held at their limits of motion. The stops for the lower
shutter are indicated at 81 while those for the upper shutter are indicated at 82.
In conjunction with the register, I prefer to employ an audible signal, which
indicates to the ear the fact that the register has been operated, and for this
purpose I mount upon the outer side of the case a bell 83. The end of the
pin 70 (Figure 12) extends through a slot 84 in the case, and in its path is
arranged an arm 85, (Figure 24) pivoted on a stud 86 and normally depressed
by a spring 87. The hammer 88 is mounted on an elastic arm 89 coiled around
the stud 86 and connected to the arm 85 so as to move therewith. Upward
motion of the pin 70 swings the arm 85 up and strains the spring 87. When

page_text: Any suitable means may be employed for connecting the sliding frame,
any of its moving parts, with the registers in such a manner as to operate t
5 same at each movement of said sliding frame. In the drawings, I have show
as a provision to this end, a spur wheel 91 on the register 22 and a simil
wheel 92 on the register 23. The arm 73 of the lever 36 engages with one
the spurs of the wheel 92 on the downward movement of the parts, and thus oper
ates the register 23, while the arm 72 of said lever engages one of the spurs of th
10 wheel 91 on the upward motion, and thus operates the register 22. The employ
ment of two registers is preferred, as each acts as a check on the other, but one
of them may be dispensed with without departing from the principle of my
invention.
a of the hammer bending the arm 89 until the bell is stru
the arm 85 descends until it strikes a stop
It being understood that the apparatus is to receive only a coin of a denomina-
15 tion equal to the exact fare, or a metallic ticket or token of equivalent value, the
operation of the device is as follows:-
The register may be conveniently supported in the manner shown in Figure 1
of the drawings, and will not practically inconvenience the conductor or fare
collector or hamper his movement.
is held out to the passenger, the parts thereof being in the position shown in
Figures 8, 10, 12, and 14 of the drawings, the shutter 76 which controls the
When a fare is to be collected, the register
receiving end of the register being open so that the register is adapted to receive
the coin or token. Upon the insertion of the coin by the passenger, it comes in
contact with the trip 51 and this latter is swung upon its pivot, as indicated in
Figure 16, until its pin 54 passes clear of the shoulder 55 on the cam plate 56.
The spring 58 thereupon rocks the cam plate on its pivot, and this rocking of the
cam plate produces two results.
is rocked upon its pivot by the link 62 so that the coin is firmly clamped and
held between said toothed dog and the projection 49 on the cross bar 30 of the
In the first place the toothed dog 47
liding frame. At the same time the rocking of the cam plate on its pivot causes
he roller 60 to pass clear of or beyond the flat upper surface of the triangular
am 61.
As soon as this occurs, the spring 31 immediately draws the sliding
ame and the parts carried thereby rapidly downward to its lowest limit of
otion, thereby drawing the coin downward through the chute, the upper end
which is at the same time closed by the shutter 76, which is locked in this
sed position in the manner already described.
limit of downward motion, the arm 66 of the cam plate 56 comes in contact
h the fixed stop or projection 67 and the cam plate is rocked back to its
As the sliding frame approaches
ginal position during the final period of the descent of the sliding frame. This
ting back of the cam plate causes the toothed dog to be swung upon its pivot
uch a way as to release the coin, which thereupon drops out through the lower
of the coin chute, the shutter 77 having been opened at the same time that
shutter 76 closes. The downward movement of the cam plate also carries
ar of the pin 54 so as to bring the pin once more in the path of the shoulder.
this downward movement of the sliding frame, the registering mechanism
s been operated to register the passage of the coin, and the bell has been
ed in the manner herein before described. The coin in passing out of the
er drops directly into the hand of the conductor and is available for making
2.
register is now in the position shown in Figures 7, 9, 11, and 13 of the
gs, with the receiving end of its chute positively closed by the shutter 76
it cannot be used to receive a fare until reset. This is accomplished
sing upon the rack bar 44, whereupon the pinion 40 will be rotated and
chet wheel 41 will rotate along with said pinion. At this time the
has passed clear of the cam projection 431, so that the wheel 33 is rotated
ith the pinion and ratchet wheel until by its rotation 41

page_text: restored the sliding frame to its uppermost position. During this upward move-
ment of the parts, the roller 60 travels along the inclined side of the triangular
cam 61 until the end of said inclined surface is reached, whereupon the spring 58
swings the cam plate upon its pivot so as to bring the shoulder 55 against the
pin 54 of the trip, and this slight motion of the cam plate brings the roller 60
above the flat upper surface of the triangular cam 61. This occurs when the
pin 35 is about in line with, or slightly beyond the point where it is in line
with the pivots 34 and 37, so that the tension of the spring 31 draws the sliding
frame down a trifle when bar 44 is released and brings the roller 60 in contact
with the flat upper surface of the triangular cam 61, and thereby locks the parts
in position ready to receive another coin. During this upward movement of the
sliding frame, the upper shutter has been opened and the lower shutter closed,
in the manner hereinbefore described. Moreover, during this upward movement,
the arm 71 of the lever 36 has swung over into contact with the lever 53 and
thus assures a proper movement of the trip and its pin 54 to bring the latter
into proper position to engage the shoulder 55 of the cam plate. The engage-
ment of the pin 69 of the cam plate 56 with the slot. 68 of the lever 36, serves
to limit the movements of the cam plate under the influence of the spring 58,
and also to positively carry over the cam plate so as to cause its pin or roller 60
to pass on the proper side of the fixed cam 61 during the upward movement of
the parts.
Of course in case two registers are used, the second one will be
actuated during the upward movement just described. When another coin is
inserted, the cycle of operations just described proceeds as before, the passage
of each coin being registered.
As a provision against accidental or unauthorized stoppage of the carrier or
vertically sliding frame, whereby coins might be passed through without re-
gistering, I employ a spring arm 93 (Figure 14) having a pin 94, normally held
so as to extend into the chute, as, for instance, through a hole 95 in the abut-
ment 49, (Figure 12). A pivoted plate 96 has a cam 97, adapted to pass under
and force outward the spring arm 93. When the parts are fully lowered, as
shown in Figure 13, the pivoted arm 96, by its contact with the cross bar 98
or any other fixed part, is so moved as to cause its cam projection 97 to pass
under and force out the spring arm 93, thus drawing the pin. 94 out of the chute
and permitting the passage of the coin. Towards the ends of the upward motion
of the parts, the pivoted arm contacts with the shutter 76, and is thereby so
moved as to withdraw its cam projection from under the spring arm and permit
the pin to be again projected across the chute. When this device is employed,
the lower shutter 77 may be dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what
I claim is:
1. A fare register, comprising a registering mechanism, a movable frame for
actuating the same, a spring for moving said frame from the receiving point
towards the discharge point of the register, gripping devices on said frame for
positively gripping the coin, and a detent mechanism for releasing said frame,
adapted to be operated by the insertion of a coin, substantially as described.
2. A fare register, comprising a registering mechanism, a movable frame
adapted to operate said registering mechanism, a spring to move said frame
from the receiving point towards the discharge point of the register, gripping
levices on the frame for positively gripping a coin, spring actuated mechanism
for operating said gripping devices, and a detent adapted to be operated by the
insertion of a coin to release said frame and the mechanism for actuating the
gripping devices, substantially as described.
3. A fare register, comprising a registering mechanism, a movable frame
adapted to operate said registering mechanism, a spring to move said frame from
the receiving point towards the discharge point of the register, gripping devices

page_text: operating said gripping devices, a detent adapted to be operated by the inserti
gripping the coin, spring actuated mechanism f
of a coin to release said frame and the mechanism for actuating the grippin
devices, and means for releasing said gripping devices when the frame has reache
5 its limit of motion, substantially as described.
4. A fare register, comprising a registering mechanism, a movable frame fo
actuating the same, a spring for moving said frame from the receiving poin
towards the discharge point of the. register, gripping devices on said frame fo
positively gripping the coin, a detent mechanism for releasing said frame
10 adapted to be operated by the insertion of a coin, a shutter for closing the receiv
ing end of the register after each registration, and means for locking said shutter
in its closed position until the mechanism is reset, substantially as described.
5. A fare register, comprising a coin chute, a frame mounted to slide on
said coin chute, a spring for moving said sliding frame from the receiving to
5 the discharge end of said chute, coin gripping devices carried by said frame, a
detent adapted to be released by the insertion of a coin in said chute, and a
registering mechanism operated by the movement of the frame, substantially as
described.
6. A fare register, comprising
chute, coin gripping devices on said frame, a spring for moving said frame
a coin chute, a frame mounted to slide on said
from the receiving to the discharge end of the chute, spring actuating mechanism
for operating the gripping devices, a detent adapted to be operated by the in-
sertion of a coin to release said sliding frame and the mechanism for actuating
the gripping devices, méans for releasing said gripping devices when the frame
has reached the discharge end of the chute, and a registering mechanism operated
by the movement of the frame, substantially as described.
7. In a register of the character described, the combination, with the coin
chute and the movable frame mounted thereon and provided with gripping
devices and means for actuating the same, of a spring for moving said sliding
frame from the receiving to the discharge end of the chute, a detent controlling
aid movement and adapted to be released on the insertion of a coin in the
hute, a wheel provided with an eccentric pin, a lever connected to said eccentric
in and to the sliding frame, and means for actuating said wheel from the
xterior of the case to return the sliding frame to the receiving end of the chute,
ubstantially as described.
8. In a register of the character described, the combination, with a coin chute
aving a fixed cam or stop thereon, of a detent, a spring actuated frame mounted
slide on said chute and provided with gripping devices, and a spring actuated
m plate having a shoulder to engage the detent and a projection to engage the
m or stop, substantially as described.
9. In a register of the character described, the combination, with a coin chute
ving a fixed cam or stop, of a detent, a spring actuated frame mounted to
le on said chute and provided with a pivoted gripping dog, and a spring
uated cam plate pivoted on said frame and having a projection to engage the
d cam, a shoulder to engage the detent, and a link whereby it is connected
the gripping dog, substantially as described.
J. In a register of the character described, the combination, with a coin
e provided with a fixed cam and a fixed stop, of a detent, a spring actuated
e mounted to slide on said chute and provided with a pivoted gripping dog,
a spring actuated cam plate pivoted on said frame and having a projection
gage the fixed cam, a shoulder to engage the detent, a link whereby it is
ected with the pivoted dog, and an arm arranged to engage the fixed stop at
imit of motion of the frame, substantially as described.
In a register of the character described, the combination, with a coin
having opposite longitudinal slots, of a sliding frame provided with means
tuating the same, and with a gripping dog extending through one of the
said frame embracing the chute and being provided on the opposite sid

page_text: thereof with a projection which extends through the other of said slots and co-
operates with the gripping dog, substantially as described.
12. In a register of the character described, the combination, with a coin
chute, and a spring actuated frame sliding thereon and provided with gripping
devices, of a lever pivoted to said frame, a shutter frame centrally pivoted on
the chute, a wheel to which said lever is eccentrically pivoted, said wheel also
serving to control the position of the shutter frame during its movement, and
means for actuating said wheel from the exterior of the register, substantially
as described.
13. In a register of the character described, the combination, with the coin
chute and sliding frame thereon, of a lever pivoted to said sliding frame, a
wheel to which said lever is eccentrically connected, said wheel being provided
with cams on its periphery, means for actuating said wheel from the exterior
of the register, and a shutter frame pivoted on the chute and having a projection
adapted to engage said cams, substantially as described.
14. In a register of the character described, the combination, with the sliding
frame, of a lever pivoted thereto, an actuating wheel to which said lever is
eccentrically connected, said actuating wheel having a spring pawl mounted on
its inner face, a cam engaging the heel of said pawl during a portion of the
revolution of the wheel, a ratchet wheel with which the toe of said pawl engages
when free of the cam, a pinion rotating with said ratchet wheel, and a sliding.
rack bar meshing with said pinion and adapted to be operated from the exterior
of the register, substantially as described.
15. A fare register, comprising a registering mechanism, means for operating
the same, a coin chute, a shutter located at the receiving end of said coin chute,
said shutter being open when the register is in operative position to receive a
coin, and means actuated by the insertion of a coin in the chute for closing said
shutter after the coin has passed said shutter, substantially as described.
16. A fare register, comprising two registering mechanisms, and a spring
actuated mechanism controlled by the passage of a coin and adapted to operate
one of said registering mechanisms when released by the coin and to operate the
other registering mechanism while being reset, substantially as described.
17. In a fare register of the character described, with the coin chute, a shutter
for closing the receiving end thereof, the spring actuated movable frame and its
gripping device and detent, of a spring arm having a pin adapted to close the
chute when the frame is raised, and a cam plate adapted to withdraw the pin
at the downward limit of motion of the frame and to permit it to enter the chute
when the frame is raised, substantially as described.
Dated this 25th day of July 1899.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
.45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.