Improved Apparatus for Indicating and Recording the Speed and Distance Travelled by Vehicles, and the Time Occupied by Stoppages.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 2nd Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Indicating and Recording the Speed and
Distance Travelled by Vehicles, and the Time Occupied by
Stoppages.
I, CONSTANT DINICHERT Jr., of Montilier, in the Republic of Switzerland,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus adapted to be attached to vehicles of any
kind, but more especially to velocipedes for the purpose of measuring and recording
at the same time the speed and the distance travelled by the said vehicle and also
the time occupied by the said vehicle in running and in stoppages.
The speed, distance and time are indicated by means of figures on the
circumference of suitable barrels or cylinders and successively appearing in front
of suitable openings in the box containing the apparatus.
The said barrels may of course be replaced by suitable discs or dials or by hands
or pointers but for the purpose of reducing the apparatus to as small a compass as
possible, I prefer to use rotating barrels or cylinders.
The invention further consists in providing the said apparatus with a device for
operating a ribbon of paper, at a constant speed controlled by the time-piece
belonging to the said apparatus, and in inscribing or marking in any suitable
manner the number of metres or miles recorded by the mechanism acting upon the
above-mentioned barrels, discs or hands, so as to furnish a permanent graphic
reproduction or record of the vehicle.
The apparatus is further provided with a device acting upon the style or pencil
marking the recorded distances upon the said paper-ribbon with the object of also
recording upon the latter the time when the box of the apparatus has been opened
and shut again, so as to avoid any possibility of fraud.
Instead of being marked upon an interchangeable movable paper-ribbon the
permanent record of the time of running and stopping of the vehicle and also the
time of opening and shutting the box of the apparatus might be marked or
inscribed upon an interchangeable rotative disc of paper or other suitable substance
rotated by the time-piece belonging to the apparatus.
In the accompanying drawings I have shown the apparatus provided with barrels
for the indication of the time and distances and with a paper-ribbon upon which
are marked or inscribed the permanent record of said speeds and distances.
Figure 1 is an external face-view of the complete apparatus.
Figure 2 shows the pulley intended to be fixed to the wheel of the vehicle, for
instance of a bicycle, for acting upon the apparatus shown in Figure 1 by means of
a suitable cord or string.
Figure 3 is a face view of the apparatus shown in Figure 1 the casing of the
same and also the pulley B being shown in section.
Figure 4 is a top-view of the mechanism shown in Figure 3,
Figure 5 is a top-view of Figure 3 after the withdrawal of the plate C and of
those parts of the mechanism placed above said plate C.
Figure 5 shows separately in section and seen from beneath, the barrels R R¹
and r.
Figure 6 is a top-view of Figure 3 after the withdrawal of the plate D and of
those parts of the mechanism placed above said plate D.
Figure 7 is a top-view of Figure 3 after the withdrawal of the plates D' and E
and of those parts of the mechanism placed above the plate D'.

page_text: Figure 8 is a top-view of Figure 3 similar to Figure 7 but without the axis B¹,
the worm-wheel G and the barrels I K and L.
Figure 9 is a side-view of Figure 6 seen from right to left.
Figure 10 shows at a larger scale part of the mechanism as shown in Figure 3.
In all the figures the same letters of reference refer to the same parts.
The mechanism of the apparatus comprises two distinct portions which might be
used separately but which I prefer to combine in one as will be hereinafter
described. One of those portions is located in a framing formed of two plates E
and E connected with one another by means of pillars e, and the other portion of
the mechanism is located partly between the plates D and D' connected to one
another by means of pillars d and partly upon the plate C connected to the plate D
by means of pillars e, see Figure 3.
The first-mentioned portion of the mechanism is the counter or meter of the
distances and the second one is the time-piece provided with means for permanently
recording by means of a graphic arrangement the time and speed of a race and also
the time during which the vehicle has been stopping.
Between the two plates E and E¹ and parallel to the same there is an axis B'
located in suitable bearings and provided with a worm b' as shown in Figure 7.
The axis B¹ carries a pulley B with several grooves of different diameter which
are intended to be used in connection with the pulley F (Figure 2) intended to be
fixed to the spokes of the wheel of the vehicle. According to the dimensions of
the diameter of said wheel the one or the other of these grooves of the pulley B
will be used.
The axis G of a worm-wheel G' which is intended to engage a worm of the
axis B is perpendicular to the plates E and E' and has its pivots engaged in
suitable holes in the same. The said axis G carries a cam g Figure 8 intended to
be acted upon by a projection of the setting-lever H (Figures 7 and 8). Said
axis G is of a square-shaped section and the worm-wheel G has a square hole and
is adapted to slide along this axis G. There is provided a spiral spring g' bearing
on the one hand on the face of the cam g and on the other hand beneath the
worm-wheel G so as to normally lift the latter in the position shown in Figure 10
in which the said worm-wheel is not in gear with the worm 6. The worm-
wheel G is provided with pin g projecting downward and intended to act upon
the teeth of a star-wheel I Figures 8 and 10 fixed upon the axis i of the first
barrel I of the counter or meter.
In the abovementioned position of the worm-wheel G shown in Figure 10, in
which the said worm-wheel does not engage with the worm 6' the pin g² is out of
reach of said star-wheel I but as soon as said worm wheel G¹ is put into gear with
the worm b¹ by means of the device which will be hereinafter described, that is to
say when it is placed into the position shewn in Figure 3, the pin g will act upon
one of the teeth of the star-wheel I once at every complete rotation of the
worm-wheel G¹.
It will be observed that according to the just described construction, the setting
of the worm-wheel G', that is to say of its pin g, in its starting position is only
possible when the said worm-wheel is disengaged from the worm and it will be
shown below that this disengaging is only possible by means of opening the
cover of the box and that said opening will automatically be recorded on the band.
Therefore the setting of the barrels, the figures of which record the distances
which have been travelled over, cannot be made without a permanent record being
indicated on the band.
The star-wheel I is further acted upon by a suitable setting spring i Figure 8
which prevents its jumping more than one tooth at a time when acted upon by the
pin gas described above."
The barrel I is fixed to the axis i of the star-wheel 1 Figures 3, 7 and 10 and
bears the figures 0 to 9 or any other suitable figures intended to record the units of
the distance travelled over by the vehicle to which the apparatus is affixed, the said
figures corresponding to the number of teeth of the star-wheel I and being drawn

page_text: according to the proportions of the car-wheel, of the pulley B and of the worm-
gear b' G¹ so as to cause the barrel I to move one of its figures for every mile run
over by the vehicle wheel.
The axis i is further provided with a finger Figure 8 intended to act upon,
once at each rotation of the star wheel I' one tooth of the star wheel K' fixed to
the axis k of the barrel K Figures 3 and 7 bearing the figures indicating ten miles,
metres or other distance, and the said axis i is further provided with an eccentric ³
Figure 8 intended to be acted upon by the tooth of the setting-lever H when
the barrel I is to be set into its starting position.
The axis k of the barrel K marking the tens of miles, metres or other distances
is provided with a finger 2 intended to act upon, once at every rotation, of the
star-wheel K, one tooth of the star-wheel L' fixed on the axis of the barrel L
bearing the figures intended to mark the hundreds of miles metres or the like.
The axes and are both provided with a cam, 3 and 13 respectively, intended
to be acted upon by the respective projections and * of the setting-lever H.
The said setting-lever is fixed to an axis H' pivoted to the plate E' and
traversing the plates E D and D and projecting its square shaped end up to the
face of the plate C which is provided with a suitable hole c' (Figure 4) allowing a
suitable key to be engaged on said axis H' and to act upon the said setting-
lever H so as to press the same against the excentrics and as shown in
Figure 8. The setting-lever H is provided with a spiral-spring + intended to
normally draw the said lever out of reach of the said cams as shown in Figure 7.
The end of the axis i of the first barrel I projects through a suitable opening of
the plates E, D' and is provided with a cam 93 Figure 10 the purpose of which will
be described below.
Between the plates D and D' is located a watch-mechanism of any suitable kind,
preferably provided with an anchor-escapement so as to be capable of working in
spite of the shakes given to the vehicle to which the apparatus is fixed.
In the drawing (Figure 6) the said watch-movement is composed of a mainspring-
barrel M centre-wheel N, second wheel O, third wheel P, escapement-wheel Q and
balance-wheel Q¹.
The axis of the main-spring barrel M is provided with a click-wheel M
combined with any suitable click and with a winding-up pinion m fixed to a
winding-up axis m pivoting in the plate D and projecting its square end up to the
face of the plate C which is provided with a suitable hole 2 Figure 4 for the
passage of a key intended to wind up the mainspring of the time-piece.
The axis of the centre-wheel N bears the usual minute-wheel n (Figure 5)
fixed by friction upon said axis and the sleeve of which carries the barrel R
rigidly fixed to it bearing the figures intended to indicate the minutes, the said
minute-wheel acts upon, by means of the usual intermediate wheel n' the hour-
wheel N the sleeve of which is fixed to the barrel R' bearing the figures intended
to indicate the hours, and is free to rotate on the sleeve of the minute-wheel n.
The minutes-barrel R is further provided with a concentric barrel r of smaller
diameter, projecting through a suitable opening of the plate C and provided with
suitable teeth or projections Figure 4 intended to cause the paper-ribbon S
which bas corresponding holes to be moved along with proportional speed
according to the minutes recorded by the barrel R.
The said paper-ribbon S is wound on a suitable spool s rotating on a pin s¹ fixed
to the plate C. One end of said paper-ribbon S is attached to a rotative pin s³
acted upon by the mainspring barrel M by means of suitable intermediate gear-
wheels m² and m³ (Figure 6).
The sleeve of the wheel m³ being frictionally connected to the pin is constantly
rotated by the mainspring of the time-piece.
Thus it appears that the paper-ribbon moved along by the projections
of the
barrel will be rolled around the pin in proportion as it is unrolled from the
spool s.
The plate C carries a stud T Figures 3 and 4 provided with a transverse slot in

page_text: which is engaged a crank-lever T₁ pivoted at t to the said stud T. The one arm
of the crank-lever T¹ projects within in reach of the barrel r and bears with its pin
or stile t against the paper-ribbon S under the action of a spiral-spring t which
connects a fix pin to the free end of a laterally projecting pivot arm t* of the
stud T; the latter being able to rotate in the plate C. The other arm of the
crank-lever T¹ projects through a suitable opening of the plate D and bears
normally against the cam g³ mentioned above under the action of a spiral-spring t
Figure 10 the end of which is fixed to the plate D, as shown in Figures 3 and 10.
Parallelly to the stud T there is provided a stem U traversing the plates C D D¹
and E; a spiral spring u is wound around said stem U and bears with its one end
upon the plate D₁ and with its other end against a stop u¹ fixed to the said stem U,
tending to raise the latter into its position shown in Figure 10. The lower end of
the stem U bears upon the worm-wheel G' and its upper end is provided with an
arm u² which embraces the stud T and is capable of sliding along the same when the
stem U is depressed from the position shown in the Figure 10 into that one shown
in Figure 3. In the first of these two positions the arms 2 of the stem U bears
against the heel T of the crank-lever T¹ and the spiral-spring u being stronger than
the spiral spring to the said crank-lever T is then maintained in the position shown
in Figure 10 in which its lower arm is out of reach of the cam g3 which is then free
to be rotated from the setting of the barrel I. The pin or stile t+ of the crank-
lever T bears in the position shown in Figure 10 against the one side of the paper-
ribbon S and in the position shown in Figure 3 on the other side of the same and
when it is thrown from one of these positions into the other one a transverse line is
traced across the movable paper-ribbon, recording thus the time at which such
displacing took place. Now the depression of the stem U from the position shown
in Figure 10 into the position shown in Figure 3 takes place by means of shutting
the cover A' of the casing A of the apparatus, so that if the latter is reopened at
any time whatever the time of this reopening will be recorded on the paper-ribbon S
by a cross-line.
When the cover A¹ of the box A is shut as it is shown in Figure 3 the worm-
wheel G is pressed into its operative position and the lower arm of the crank-
lever T' bears against the cam g and the latter raises the same once at every
rotation of the barrel I and records thereby by tracing a transverse line across the
paper-ribbon S, the number of units recorded by said barrel I.
The herein described apparatus operates as follows:
Having wound up the time-piece by means of a suitable key applied to the
axis m¹ and set the barrels I K and L and also the worm-wheel G into their
starting position by means of a suitable key applied to the axis H₁ of the setting-
lever H, the cover A¹ is shut and the crank lever T' is placed into the position
shown in Figure 3, the pin or stile t+ tracing a longitudinal line upon the paper-
ribbon S moving constantly along. The shutting of the cover A¹ also causes the
worm-wheel G to be put into gear with the worm b' and the pin gl to be placed in
.reach of the star-wheel T'. The barrels R and R' being rotated by the described
watch-work will constantly indicate the hours and minutes in the opening a¹ of the
casing A.
If after this the pulley B is rotated by the pulley F fixed to the wheel of the
vehicle, the barrels I K and L will successively present in the respective
openings a, a, a of the casing A (Figure 1) the figures corresponding to the
units, tens and hundreds of miles or meters travelled over by the vehicle and at
every rotation of the barrel I the pin or style + will draw a cross-line on the
constantly moving paper-ribbon S thus exactly recording the speed and also the
.stopping of the pulley B.
Dated this 18th day of February 1806
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improved Apparatus for Indicating and Recording the Speed and
Distance Travelled by Vehicles, and the Time Occupied by
Stoppages.
I, CONSTANT DINICHERT Jr., of Moutilier, in the Republic of Switzerland,
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 statement :-
This invention relates to apparatus adapted to be attached to vehicles of any
kind, but more especially to velocipedes for the purpose of measuring and
recording at the same time the speed and the distances travelled by the said
vehicle and also the time occupied by the said vehicle in running and in stoppages.
The speed, distance and time are indicated by means of figures on the circum-
ference of suitable barrels or cylinders and successively appearing in front of
suitable openings in the box containing the apparatus.
The said barrels may of course be replaced by suitable discs or dials or by hands
or pointers but for the purpose of reducing the apparatus to as small a compass as
possible I prefer to use rotating barrels or cylinders.
The invention further consists in providing the said apparatus with a device for
operating a ribbon of paper, at a constant speed controlled by the time-piece
belonging to the said apparatus, and in inscribing or marking in any suitable
manner, the number of metres or miles recorded by the mechanism acting upon the
above-mentioned barrels, discs or hands, so as to furnish a permanent graphic
reproduction or record of the vehicle.
The apparatus is further provided with a device acting upon the style or pencil
marking the recorded distances upon the said paper-ribbon with the object of also
recording upon the latter the time when the box of the apparatus has been opened
and shut again, so as to avoid any possibility of fraud.
Instead of being marked upon an interchangeable movable paper-ribbon the
permanent record of the time of running and stopping of the vehicle and also the
time of opening and shutting the box of the apparatus might be marked or inscribed
upon an interchangeable rotative disc of paper or other suitable substance rotated
by the time-piece belonging to the apparatus.
In the drawings accompanying my Provisional Application I have shown the
apparatus provided with barrels for the indication of the time and distances and
with a paper-ribbon upon which are marked or inscribed the permanent record of
said speeds and distances.
Figure 1 is an external face-view of the complete apparatus.
Figure 2 shows the pulley intended to be fixed to the wheel of the vehicle, for
instance of a bicycle, for acting upon the apparatus shown in Figure 1 by means
of a suitable cord or string.
Figure 3 is a face view of the apparatus shown in Figure 1 the casing of the
same and also the pulley B being shown in section.
Figure 4 is a top-view of the mechanism shown in Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a top-view of Figure 3 after the withdrawal of the plate C and
of those parts of the mechanism placed above said plate C.
Figure 5 shows separately in section and seen from beneath, the barrels R R¹
and r.
Figure 6 is a top-view of Figure 3 after the withdrawal of the plate D and of
those parts of the mechanism placed above said plate.D.

page_text: Figure 7 is a top-view of Figure 3 after the withdrawal of the plates D¹ and E
and of those parts of the mechanism placed above the plate D¹.
Figure 8 is a top-view of Figure 3 similar to Figure 7 but without the axis B',
the worm-wheel G and the barrels I K and L.
Figure 9 is a side-view of Figure 6 seen from right to left.
Figure 10 shows at a larger scale part of the mechanism as shown in Figure 3.
In all the figures the same letters of reference refer to the same parts.
The mechanism of the apparatus comprises two distinct portions which might be
used separately but which I prefer to combine in one as will be hereinafter described.
One of those portions is located in a framing formed of two plates E and E' connected
with one another by means of the pillars e, and the other portion of the mechanism
is located partly between the plates D and D' connected to one another by means of
pillars d and partly upon the plate C connected to the plate D by means of pillars e
see Figure 3.1
The first-mentioned portion of the mechanism is the counter or meter of the
distances and the second one is the time-piece provided with means for permanently
recording by means of a graphic arrangement the time and speed of a race and also
the time during which the vehicle has been stopping.
Between the two plates E and E' and parallel to the same there is an axis B'
located in suitable bearings band provided with a worm b' as shown in Figure 7.
The axis B carries pulley B with several grooves of different diameter which
are intended to be used in connection with the pulley F (Figure 2) intended to
be fixed to the spokes of the wheel of the vehicle. According to the dimensions
of the diameter of said wheel the one or the other of these grooves of the pulley B
will be used.
The axis G of a worm-wheel G¹ which is intended to engage a worm b₁ of the
axis B is perpendicular to the plates E and E' and has its pivots engaged in
suitable holes in the same. The said axis G carries a cam g Figure 8 intended to
be acted upon by a projection h of the setting-lever H (Figures 7 and 8). Said
axis G is of a square-shaped section and the worm-wheel G' has a square hole and
is adapted to slide along this axis G. There is provided a spiral spring g' bearing
on the one hand on the face of the cam g and on the other hand beneath the
worm-wheel G so as to normally lift the latter in the position shown in Figure 10
in which the said worm-wheel is not in gear with the worm b. The worm-wheel G¹
is provided with pin g projecting downward and intended to act upon the teeth of
a star-wheel I Figures 8 and 10 fixed upon the axis i of the first barrel I of the
counter or meter.
In the abovementioned position of the worm-wheel G¹ shown in Figure 10, in
which the said worm-wheel does not engage with the worm the pin g2 is out of
reach of said star-wheel I¹ but as soon as said worm-wheel G¹ is put into gear with
the worm b¹ by means of the device which will be hereinafter described, that is to
say when it is placed into the position shown by dotted lines in the said Figure 10,
the pin g will act upon one of the teeth of the star-wheel I' once at every complete
rotation of the worm-wheel G'.
It will be observed that according to the just described construction, the setting
of the worm-wheel G', that is to say of its pin g', in its starting position is only
possible when the said worm-wheel is disengaged from the worm & and it will be
shown below that this disengaging is only possible by means of opening the cover
of the box and that said opening will automatically be recorded on the band.
Therefore the setting of the barrels, the figures of which record the distances which
have been travelled over, cannot be made without a permanent record being
indicated on the band.
The star-wheel 1 is further acted upon by a suitable setting spring Figure 8
which prevents its jumping from more than one tooth at a time when acted upon
by the pin g as described above.
The barrel 1 is fixed to the axis i of the star-wheel I Figures 3, 7 and 10 and
bears the figures 0 to 9 or any other suitable figures intended to record the unities

page_text: of the distance travelled over by the vehicle to which the apparatus is affixed, the
said figures corresponding to the number of teeth of the star-wheel I' and being
drawn according to the proportions of the vehicle-wheel, of the pulley Band of the
worm-gear 6 G so as to cause the barrel I to move one of its figures for every mile
run over by the vehicle wheel.
The axis is further provided with a finger Figure 8 intended to act upon,
once at each rotation of the star wheel I' one tooth of the star wheel K' fixed to
the axis k of the barrel K Figures 3 and 7 bearing the figures indicating ten miles,
metres or other distances, and the said axis iis further provided with an eccentric ³
Figure 8 intended to be acted upon by the tooth h of the setting-lever H when the
barrel I is to be set into its starting position.
The axis k of the barrel K marking the tens of miles, metres or other distances
is provided with a finger intended to act upon, once at every rotation, of the
star-wheel K', one tooth of the star-wheel L' fixed on the axis of the barrel L
bearing the figures intended to mark the hundreds of miles, metres, or the like.
The axes k and I are both provided with a cam k³ and respectively, intended to
be acted upon by the respective projections h³ and h' of the setting-lever H.
The said setting-lever is fixed to an axis H' pivoted to the plate E' and
traversing the plates E D' and D and projecting its square shaped end up to the
face of the plate C which is provided with a suitable hole c¹ (Figure 4) allowing
a suitable key to be engaged on said axis H' and to act upon the said setting-
lever H so as to press the same against the excentrics 33 and 3 as shown in
Figure 8. The setting-lever H is provided with a spiral-spring h+ intended
to normally draw the said lever out of reach of the said cams as shown in
Figure 7.
The end of the axis i of the first barrel I projects through a suitable opening
of the plates E, D' and is provided with a cam g³ Figure 10 the purpose of which
will be described below.
Between the plates D and D₁ is located a watch-mechanism of any suitable
kind, preferably provided with an anchor-escapement so as to be capable of
working in spite of the vibration of the vehicle to which the apparatus is
fixed.
In the drawing (Figure 6) the said watch-movement is composed of a main-
spring-barrel M centre-wheel N, second wheel O, third wheel P, escapement-
wheel Q and balance-wheel Q
The axis of the main-spring barrel M is provided with a click-wheel M'
combined with any suitable click. and with a winding-up pinion m fixed to a
winding-up axis m', pivotting in to plate D and projecting its square end up to
the face of the plate C which is provided with a suitable hole Figure 4 for the
passage of a key intended to wind up the mainspring of the time-piece.
The axis of the centre-wheel N bears the usual minute-wheel n (Figure 5)
fixed by friction upon the said axis and the sleeve of which carries the barrel R
rigidly fixed to it and bearing the figures intended to indicate the minutes, the
said minute-wheel acts upon the usual intermediate wheel n' the pinion of which is
in gear with the hour-wheel N' the sleeve of which is fixed to the barrel R' bearing
the figures intended to indicate the hours and is free to rotate on the sleeve of the
minute wheel n.
The minutes-barrel R is further provided with a concentric barrel r of smaller
diameter, projecting through a suitable opening of the plate C and provided with
suitable teeth or projections Figure 4 intended to cause the paper-ribbon S which
has corresponding holes to be moved along with proportional speed according to
the minutes recorded by the barrel R.
The said paper-ribbon S is wound on a suitable spool s rotating on a pin si fixed
to the plate C. One end of said paper-ribbon S is attached to a rotative pin 8²
acted upon by the mainspring barrel M by means of suitable intermediate gear-
wheels m and m³ (Figure 6).

page_text: The sleeve of the wheel m³ being frictionally connected to the pin is
constantly rotated by the mainspring of the time-piece.
Thus it appears that the paper-ribbon moved along by the projections of the
barrel will be rolled around the pin sin proportion as it is unrolled from the
spool s.
The plate C carries a stud T Figures 3 and 4 provided with a transverse slot in
which is engaged a crank-lever T₁ pivoted at t to the said stud T. The one arm
of the crank-lever T¹ projects within reach of the barrel r and bears with its pin
or style t+ against the paper-ribbon S under the action of a spiral-spring t' which
connects a fixed pin t³ to the free end of a laterally projecting pivot arm of the
stud T; the latter being able to rotate in the plate C. The other arm of. the
crank-lever T projects through a suitable opening of the plate D and bears
normally against the cam 9 mentioned above under the action of a spiral-
spring Figure 10 the end of which is fixed to the plate D, as shown in Figures 3
and 10.
Parallel to the stud T there is provided a stem U traversing the plates C D D
and E; a spiral spring u is wound around said stem U and bears with its one end
upon the plate D¹ and with its other end against a stop u¹ fixed to the said stem U,
tending to raise the latter into its position shown in Figure 10. The lower end of
the stem U bears upon the worm-wheel G and its upper end is provided with an
arm u which embraces the stud T and is capable of sliding along the same when
the stem U is depressed from the position shown in Figure 10 into that one shown
in Figure 3. In the first of these two positions the arm u2 of the stem U bears
against the heel T2 of the crank-lever T¹ and the spiral-spring u being stronger
than the spiral spring to the said crank-lever T¹ is then maintained in the position
shown in Figure 10 in which its lower arm is out of reach of the cam 93 which is
then free to be rotated from the setting of the barrel I. The pin or style t+ of
the crank lever T¹ bears in the position shown in Figure 10 against the one side of
the paper-ribbon S and in the position shown in Figure 3 on the other side of the
same and when it is thrown from one of these positions into the other one a trans-
verse line is traced across the movable paper-ribbon, recording thus the time at
which such displacing took place. Now the depression of the stem U from the
position shown in Figure 10 into the position shown in Figure 3 takes place by
means of shutting the cover A¹ of the casing A of the apparatus, so that if the
latter is reopened at any time the time of such reopening will be recorded on the
paper-ribbon S by a cross-line.
When the cover A¹ of the box A is shut as it is shown in Figure 3 the worm-
wheel G' is pressed into its operative position and the lower arm of the crank-
lever T bears against the cam 9 and the latter .raises the same once at every
rotation of the barrel I and records thereby by tracing a transverse line across
the paper-ribbon S, the number of unities recording by said barrel I.
The herein described apparatus operates as follows:
Having wound up the time-piece by means of a suitable key applied to the axis m¹
and set the barrels I K and L and also the worm-wheel G¹ into their starting
position by means of a suitable key applied to the axis H' of the setting-lever H,
the cover A is shut and the crank lever T' is placed into the position shown in
Figure 3, the pin or style t+ tracing a longitudinal line upon the paper-ribbon S
moving constantly along. The shutting of the cover A also causes the worm-
wheel G¹ to be put into gear with the worm 6 and the pin g' to be placed in
reach of the star-wheel T. The barrels R and R' being rotated by the watch-
work will constantly indicate the hours and minutes in the opening a¹ of the
casing A.
If after this the pulley B is rotated by the pulley F fixed to the wheel of the
vehicle, the barrels I K and L will successively present in the respective
openings a², a³, at, of the casing A (Figure 1) the figures corresponding to the
units, tens and hundreds of miles or metres travelled over by the vehicle and at

page_text: every rotation of the barrel I the pin or style + will draw a cross-line on the
constantly moving paper-ribbon S thus exactly recording the speed and also the
stopping of the pulley B.
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 :-
1st. An improved cyclometer formed of the combination of a counter or meter
of well known construction with a time-piece of well known construction and with
a device composed of a ribbon, disc or other suitable piece of paper or other
material constantly moved along by the said time-piece and of a style, pencil or the
like acted upon by the meter and permanently recording on the said movable ribbon,
dise or the like the distances recorded by the said counter or meter.
2nd. An improved cyclometer formed of the combination with a meter of well
known construction located between two plates E and E' and acted upon by means
of a worin , of a time-piece of well-known construction located between two
plates D and D', a hour-barrel R¹ and minutes-barrel R replacing the usual hour
and minutes-hands of the said time-piece, a barrel r acted upon by one of the
movers of the said time-piece and intended to move along a ribbon S of paper or
other suitable material in view of permanently recording the speed and the
stopping of the counter or meter a pin or style + acted upon by means of one of
the movers of the counter or meter so as to act upon the said crank-shaft each
time the said counter or meter has recorded a predetermined distance travelled
by the vehicle to which the apparatus is applied substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
3rd. In an improved cyclometer the combination of a worm-wheel such as G'
sliding on a square axis and bearing a pin g² intended to act upon the first star-
wheel of the counter or meter, with a spiral spring tending to disengage the said
worm-wheel from the worm and the pin g from the path of the first star-wheel of
the counter or meter, and a stem U acted upon by a spring u in view of disengaging
the crank-lever T' bearing the pin or style t+ out of reach of the eccentric acting
upon the same and putting at same time the worm-wheel ont of its operative
position the said stem U being liable to be depressed for the purpose of
re-engaging the worm wheel with the worm, and the crank-lever with the eccentric
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
4th. In an improved cyclometer the combination with a constantly moving
paper-ribbon or the like of a pin or style intended to mark upon the same the
distances recorded by the counter or meter and of a device acted upon by the cover
of the casing containing the mechanism and causing the said pin or style to trace
a line on the said paper-ribbon or the like each time the said cover is opened or shut
again.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant..