An Improved Fare Register.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fare Register.
I, EDWARD FUCHS, of 339, East 42nd Street, New York, N.Y., U.S.A., Inven-
tor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
The object of this invention is to provide improved mechanism for registering
fares taken on trams and such like vehicles.
The invention comprises a suitable casing in which a series of concentric rings
are mounted and capable of being rotated to shew numerals on the outer side of
the casing. The rings have circular racks upon them which are engaged by
spring-pressed dogs or pawls depending from a lever, pivoted to the centre of the
casing, and projecting therefrom in such manner as to be capable of being rocked
and returned to its normal position by a spring. When moved in one direction,
the pawls engage the racks to rotate them and the plates; but when moved in
the opposite direction, they are raised free of the teeth by riding over an inclined
plate, or other suitable means for effecting the object, may be employed.
A rod is pivoted near the centre of the casing and carries a sleeve having gear
wheels upon it adapted to engage the racks when the rod is swung inwards andi
adjusted by a binding screw or the like, to re-set the racks and the plates and
cause the numerals thereon to register "zero."
A gong is mounted within the casing and is sounded at each operation of the
lever, by a dog, which engages teeth on the outermost ring.
The outer rings register the number of fares taken consecutively whilst the inner
rings shew the total amount of fares taken.
Dated this 1st day of June 1898.
R. RAINSFORD,
Agent for Applicant.
I, EDWARD FUCHS, of 339, East 42nd Street, New York, N.Y., U.S.A., Inven-
tor, 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:-
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This invention relates to fare registers, used in public conveyances; and the
object is to provide a fare register of comparatively simple construction and with
which fraudulent manipulation is practically impossible.
I will describe a fare register embodying my invention and then point out the
novel features in the appended claims.
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page_text: Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in all the views.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fare register embodying my invention. Fig. 2
is an edge elevation and partial section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an
interior view of the register. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5
is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a partial section on the line G-C
in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a partial section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 3 and drawn on an
enlarged scale. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view shewing the total-registering wheels
or rings employed, and Fig. 9 is a sectional detail shewing the construction of a
resetting device.
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The fare register comprises a casing 1 of circular form and having a hinge con-
nection 2 with a base 3. The casing 1 also has a hasp portion 4 throngh which a
staple 5 on the base 3 is intended to extend to be engaged by a lock. The front
of the case is provided with a sight opening 6 and also with a sight opening 7.
Arranged to rotate in the casing between the front wall and a spider 8 is a
series of concentric rings 9, 10, and 11, each having on its outer surface a scries
of figures ranging from "0" to "9" and designed to indicate through the sight
opening the number of fares collected. The ring 9 is termed the units ring,"
the ring 10 the tens-ring" and the ring 11 the hundreds-ring." Each ring is
provided on its inner side with a rack 12 which extends only partially around
the ring, there being a smooth space between the ends of the rack. These racks
are designed to be engaged by a resetting device comprising gear-wheels, as will
be hereinafter more fully described. Each ring is also provided with a rack 13,
designed to be engaged by actuating-dogs operated by a lever 14, which extends
through a slot in the side wall of the casing and is mounted to rotate on a stud 15.
The number of notches in the rack 13 will correspond to the numbers on the
rings that is there are ten notches forming ten shoulders, with which the dogs
engage. The moving dogs 16, 17 and 18, are extended from a frame 19, mounted
to swing on a rod 20, mounted in the lever 14, and these dogs are held yieldingly
against the racks by means of a spring 21, surrounding the rod 20 and engaging
at one end with the frame 19 and at the other end with a lever 14. As is plainly
shewn in Fig. 7, one of the notches in each rack is deeper than the other series
of notches in the rack, and, further, the deep notches will increase in depth from
the inner ring to the outer ring, the purpose of which will hereinafter appear.
Arranged within the series of rings 9, 10, and 11, is another series of rings 22,
which I will term the "total-amount" rings. These total-amount rings have a
series of numbers on their outer surfaces ranging from "0" to "9," and these
numbers may be seen through the sight opening 6. These rings 22 are each pro-
vided with annular racks 23, similar to the racks 13, described in connection with
the outer rings, and these racks are designed to be engaged by dogs 24, extending
from a frame 25, carried by the lever 14 and pressed yieldingly in engagement
with the racks by a spring similar to the spring 21.
It will be noted that the dogs for the rings 9, 10, and 11, gradually increase
in length one relatively to the other--that is, the inner dog will be shorter than
the middle dog, and the middle dog shorter than the outer dog. The dogs 24 are
similarly constructed. The inner one of the rings 22 is made in the form of a
disc, and the stud 15 is extended from its centre through an opening in the
spider 8. Attached to the outer end of this stud 15 is a finger piece 26, by means
of which the rings 22 may be set.
Extending upwardly and outwardly from the frame 19 is a finger 27, designed
on the backward movement of the lever 14, to engage upon a spring plate 28.
which extends from a block 29 mounted on the spider 8. During the forward
movement of the lever 14 the finger 27 will move underneath the spring plate 28;
but as the free end of this plate is curved downwards, upon the backward or re
turn movement of the lever 14, the finger 27, will engage the upper surface of said
spring plate 28 and rock the frame 19 to carry the dogs out of engagement with

page_text: the racks. From the outer dog 24 a finger 30 extends over the inner dog of the
frame 19, so that when said frame 19 is raised the frame 25 will also be raised,
and therefore no motion will be imparted to the rings on the backward movement
of the lever.
A series of stop pins 31 extends from the ring 9, and a similar series of stop
pins 32 extends from the ring 10. These stop pins 31, and 32 are designed to be
engaged by stop dogs 33 and 34, mounted on a shaft 35, having bearings in lugs
on the spider 8. The inner end of the shaft 35 engages and inclined lug 30,
carried on the inner end of the lever 14. By this construction, as the lever 14 is
moved to register a fare the inclined lug 36 will allow the shaft 35 to rock
sufficiently to move the dogs 33 and 34 to a position to be engaged by the stop-pins,
and on the return movement of the lever 14 the shaft 35 will be rocked in the
opposite direction to move the dogs out of the line of the movement of the pins,
so that a ring or rings may be subsequently moved to register a fare.
The dogs 33 and 34 are held yieldingly by means of a spring 34", encircling
the shaft 35 and bearing at one end on the dog 34 and at the other end upon the
spider 8,
The several rings are prevented from backward rotation by means of spring
fingers 37, extending from the spider S and engaging with the notched racks. The
several total-amount rings are set or returned to position where all the zeros will
be disclosed at the sight openings in the casing by manipulating the finger-
piece 26.
By referring to Fig. 8 it will be seen that the setting dogs 38 are pivotally con-
nected to the surface of the three outer rings 22, and these dogs are designed to
engage the several rings or wheels in such manner that the said wheels may be all
returned to their normal position-that is, the dog 38, carried by the outer ring 22,
is designed to engage in a notch formed in the periphery of the ring 22 next
within it, and the dog carried by this next inner ring is designed to engage in
a notch formed in the periphery of the next inner ring, and the dog carried by
this last mentioned ring engages a notch formed in the periphery of the innermost
disc-like ring.
The dogs will be held yieldingly by suitable springs, as indicated
in the drawings. It will be seen by this construction that by rotating the finger
piece 26 the inner or disc like ring will first be turned until the dog 28 engages
in the peripheral notch of said disc like ring, and then the two rings will be turned
together and the other rings will be successively taken up in turn.
I will now describe the means for resetting the rings 9, 10, and 11. This means
consists of gear-wheels or pinions 39, 40, and 41, mounted on a shaft 42 and adapted
to engage with the racks 12. The shaft 42 has its inner end mounted to rotate in
a block 43, pivotally connected between ears on the spider. This shaft 42 extends
outward through a transverse slot 44 in the side wall of the casing 1, and attached
to the extended outer end of the said shaft is a locking head 45. This locking
head 45 is made tubular and engages over the end of the shaft, and a pin 46
extends through the head portion into a groove 47, formed longitudinally in the
shaft. On the threaded outer end of the shaft 42 is a nut 48, and between this
nut 48 and a shoulder formed on the shaft is a spring 49, designed to be engaged
by the pin 46 when the head portion 45 is drawn outward relatively to the shaft.
At one end of the slot 44 is a depression 50, into which the inner end of the head 45
is designed to engage to hold the gear-wheels out of engagement with the racks,
and at the other end, of this slot 44 there is a similar depressed portion 51, into
which the inner end of the head portion 45 is designed to engage to hold the gear
wheels in engagement with the racks.
As the successive numbers are indicated on the register at the sight openings.
it is designed to sound an alarm. This alarm consists of a bell or gong 52, attached
to a lug extended upward from the spider 8 and designed to be struck by a ham-
mer carried on a pivoted crank lever 53, the end of the longer member of which
bears against segmental cam surfaces 53ª on the periphery of the ring 9. The
lever is held yieldingly in engagement with its ring 9, by means of a spring 54,

page_text: and obviously as the ring 9 rotates and as the long member of the angle-lever
slips over the tooth or segmental portion of the ring the hammer will be caused to
strike the bell.
During the operation of setting the several rings back to zero it is desired that
the bell shall not sound, and to remove the angle lever out of its operative position
I attach a collar 55, to the shaft 42 and this collar engages against the inner side
of the inclined lugs 56, extended upward from the longer member of the angle-
lever. As the shaft 42 is moved downward to engage its wheels with the racks
the collar 55, engaging upon the curved surfaces of the lugs, will rock the angle
lever outward and out, of engagement with the periphery of the ring 9.
The operation of this machine is similar to other machines of its character-
that is by drawing downwards on the outer end of the lever 14 the ring 9 will be
rotated one step, or through the space between two figures, and after nine of such
steps shall have been made the dog 16 will drop into the deep notch of the ring 9,
causing the dog 17 to engage with the rack of its ring and move said ring one
step. This will continue throughout the several rings. The inner set of rings
which give the total amounts will be similarly rotated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
(1) A fare register comprising concentric rings, racks on the rings, a pivoted
lever, dogs on said lever engaging the racks to move the rings, and means for
raising the dogs wholly out of engagement with the rings on the return movement
of the lever, substantially as specified.
(2) A fare register comprising concentric rings, a pivoted lever, dogs carried by
said lever for engaging with the racks on the rings and imparting a step by step
motion to said rings, a plate attached to a fixed support, and a finger attached
to the dogs and adapted to ride upon the surface of said plate, to raise the dogs
out of engagement with the rings on the return movement of the lever, substan-
tially as specified.
(3) A fare register, comprising concentric rings, a pivoted lever, dogs mounted
to swing on said lever, racks on the rings with which said dogs are designed to
engage, a spring yielding plate mounted on a fixed support and having its free
end curved downwards, and a finger extended from the dogs and adapted to en-
gage upon the upper side of said plate to raise the dogs out of engagement with
the rings upon the return movement of the lever, substantially as specified.
(4) A fare register comprising a series of concentric rings, a lever, dogs mounted
to swing on said lever, the said dogs being of different lengths, notched racks on
the rings, a notch in one rack being deeper than a notch in the other rack, means
for moving the dogs out of engagement with the racks, on the return movement
of the lever, stop-pins on certain of the rings, swinging dogs adapted to engage
the stop pins, and means carried by the lever for moving said stop dogs out of the
line of movement of the pins, substantially as specified.
(5) A car fare register, comprising concentric rings, a rack extending around
each ring, means for moving said rings forward to disclose consecutive numbers,
a swinging shaft, gear-wheels mounted on the swinging shaft, to be engaged with
the racks when the shaft is swung in one direction, a tubular locking head on the
outer end of said shaft, and a pin extended from said head into a groove formed
longitudinally in the shaft, substantially as specified.
(6) A car fare register comprising concentric rings, a rack extended around
each ring, means for moving said rings forward to disclose consecutive numbers,
a swinging shaft, gear wheels mounted on the swinging shaft to be engaged with
the racks when the shaft is swung in one direction, a tubular locking head on the
outer end of said shaft, a pin extended from said head into a groove formed longi-
tudinally in the shaft, a nut engaging with the outer end of the shaft and movable
within the head, and a spring in said nut and the shaft, substantially as specified.

page_text: (2) A fare register comprising concentric rings, means for moving said rings
forward to disclose numbers consecutively, racks extended partially around said
rings, gear-wheels adapted for engagement with said racks, a swinging shaft on
which said gear wheels are mounted, means for holding the shaft in either of its
adapted positions, a bell-hammer lever, and means carried by the swinging shaft
for moving said bell hammer lever out of operative position substantially as
specified.
(8) A fare register comprising concentric rings, means for rotating said rings
in one direction for disclosing numbers consecutively, a rack extended partially
around each ring, gear wheels for engagement with said racks, a swinging shaft
upon which said wheels are mounted, whereby the wheels may be moved into and
out of engagement with the racks, means for holding the shaft in either of its
adjusted positions, a bell hammer lever designed to be swung by the outer one of
said rings and means for moving said lever out of its operative connection with the
ring when the swinging shaft is moved to engage the gear-wheels with the racks,
substantially as specified.
(9) A fare register comprising concentric rings, means for rotating said rings
in one direction to disclose numbers consecutively, a rack extended partially
around each ring gear-wheels for engagement with said racks, a swinging shaft
on which said gear-wheels are mounted, a bell hammer operating lever adapted to
be swung on its pivot by the outer one of the rings, a projection on said shaft,
and an inclined lug on the bell hammer operating lever with which said projection
is designed to engage, to move the lever out of its operative connection with the
ring, substantially as specified.
(10) A fare register comprising concentric rings, a pivoted lever, dogs mounted
to swing on said lever, racks on the rings with which said dogs are designed to
engage stop pins extended from certain of said rings, stop dogs for engaging with
said pins, a spring-pressed rod on which said stop dogs are mounted, and an in-
clined lug carried by the lever and engaged with said rod to move the stop dogs
out of line of movement of the pins, substantially as specified.
(11) A fare register comprising a series of rings, a notched rack on each of said
rings, a pivoted lever, dogs mounted to swing on said lever and adapted for engage-
ment with the racks, a spring for holding the dogs vieldingly in engagement with
the racks, a spring plate mounted on a fixed support and curved toward the ring
at its free end, and a finger carried by one of the dogs and adapted to move against
the inner surface of said spring plate when a ring is turned in one direction by the
dog, and adapted to ride upon the outer surface of the plate as the dog is moved
in the opposite direction, substantially as specified.
(12) A fare register, comprising a series of concentric rings for registering the
number of trip-fares collected, a series of concentric rings within the first series,
for indicating the total number of fares collected, means for moving all of said
rings forward, means for resetting the first named series of rings and consisting
of a shaft and gear wheels mounted on said shaft for engaging with the racks ou
the rings, means for resetting the inner series of rings, comprising a finger piece
having engagement with the innermost ring, and spring-pressed dogs carried by
certain of the rings, for imparting motion to other rings, substantially as specified.
(13) A fare register comprising a series of concentric rings for registering the
number of trip-fares collected, another series of concentric rings within the first
series, racks on said inner series of rings, a pivoted lever, dogs mounted to swing
on said lever for engaging the racks of said inner series of rings, other dogs
mounted to swing on said lever for operating the outer series of rings, and means
comprising a fixed plate, and a finger having connection with the dogs for simul-
taneously moving all of the dogs out of operative position upon a return movement
of the lever substantially as specified..
(14) A fare register comprising a series of concentric rings, a swinging lever for
moving said rings in one direction, stop-pins on certain of the rings, swinging
Hogs adapted to be engaged with the stop pins, and means carried by the lever for

page_text: moving said swinging dogs out of the line of movement of the pins, substantially as
specified.
(15) A fare register, comprising a series of concentric rings, a swinging lever
for moving said rings in one direction, stop pins on certain of said rings, spring
pressed swinging dogs adapted to engage the stop pins, a rocking shaft on which
said dogs are mounted, the said shaft having its inner end cranked, and an in-
clined lug on the inner end of the lever with which the cranked end of said shaft
engages, substantially as specified.