Year: 1898

page_text: A communication from abroad by THE VEEDER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, of
Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America.
I, PHILIP MIDDLETON JUSTICE, of 55 and 56, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows: —
This invention relates to the construction of cyclometers, revolution counters
or indicators which comprise two series or sets of registering wheels, one series or
Bet being adapted to be set to zero when commencing a new count for registration,
and the other set being adapted to record the total of successive counts or registra-
tions. The object particularly in view is to produce an instrument of this
character which shall be specially adapted for recording the distance traveled by
a bicycle or other vehicle, such instrument presenting two separate and distinct
lines of figures, one line of figures showing the distance traveled in a single trip
or ride, and the other line of figures showing the total distance traveled in succes-
sive trips or rides. The wheels which show the distance traveled in a single trip
are capable of being set to zero at the beginning of each new trip without disturb-
ing the wheels which register the total.
According to this invention the registering or indicating wheels or rings of each
set are arranged upon a common axis, as in the so-called "barrel" cyclometers,
and the axes of the two sets or series are parallel, so that the two lines of figures
are entirely distinct, easily read, and not liable to be confused. The totalizing
mechanism may be constructed and arranged in any desired manner, but prefer-
ably substantially as described in the Complete Specification to Letters Patent
No. 19,835 of 1895, reference being had particularly to the construction shown in
Figures 8 and 9 of the drawings. From the right hand index ring or wheel of
the totalizing series motion is transmitted, through suitable intermediate mechan-
ism, to the right hand index ring or wheel of the trip set or series, so that the last
named hand ring or wheel shall rotate in unison with the first named ring or wheel.
The last named ring or wheel is driven, however, through a ratchet or other like
device which permits the ring or wheel to be rotated, under certain conditions,
independently of the first named ring or wheel, for the purpose of setting it to
zero with the beginning of a new trip. The transmitting mechanism between the
successive index rings or wheels of the trip series is arranged, as described for
example in the specification above referred to, 80 that it is positively
locked against accidental movement, except when each ring or wheel
completes a rotation and advances the next ring or wheel one step,

page_text: as required in the proper operation of the mechanism. Provision is
therefore made for the release of the transmitting and locking mechanism
at the proper time so that the index rings or wheels can be set quickly to the zero
position. This release may be effected in various ways, as by moving the locking
ring, in the construction described in the specification above mentioned, from
engagement with the locking pinion, or by moving the locking pinion from
engagement with the locking ring. Devices are provided, such as an axially dis-
posed clutch bar, for the purpose of effecting the rotation of the index rings or
wheels to set them to the zero position, and for effecting the release of the locking
mechanism so as to permit the simultaneous rotation of two or more of the index
rings or wheels without requiring the one to be actuated step by step through the
rotation of the other.
Dated the 16th day of November 1900
Improvements in Cyclometers, Revolution Counters, or Indicators.
A communication from abroad by THE VERDER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, of
Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America.
I, PHILIP MIDDLETON JUSTICE, of 55 and 56, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, 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 the construction of registers, such as cyclometers,
revolution counters and other indicators of like character, and is chiefly con-
cerned with registers which comprise in their construction. two series or sets of
indicators or registering or indicating wheels or rings, one series or set being
adapted to be set to zero or the initial point when commencing a new count or
registration, and the other series or set being adapted to record the total of succes-
sive counts or registrations. The object particularly in view is to produce an
instrument of this character which shall be specially adapted for recording the
distance traveled by a bicycle or other vehicle, such instrument presenting two
separate and distinct lines of figures, one line of figures showing the distance
traveled in a single trip or ride, and the other line of figures showing the total
distance traveled in successive trips or rides. The indicators or index wheels or
rings which show the distance traveled in a single trip are capable of being set to
zero at the beginning of each new trip without disturbing the indicators or index
wheels or rings which register the total distance traveled. The improved register
is so constructed and arranged that during operation the indicators or index wheels
or rings of the trip register, as well as of the totalizing register, are driven
positively and locked positively against accidental movement, while at the proper
time the release of such index wheels or rings is easily effected and they are, with-
out difficulty, reset to zero or the initial point. Provision is also made whereby
two or more of the successive indicators or index wheels or rings can be rotated
simultaneously during the resetting, thereby saving much time and trouble.
Although the improvements are shown and described herein as embodied in a
cyclometer which comprises a trip register and a totalizing register, it will never-
theless be understood that some of the improvements are equally applicable to

page_text: registers of any kind, whether the same comprise one series of indicators or more
than one series. In the accompanying drawings in which, for purposes of explana-
tion, the improvements are shown as embodied in a cyclometer of the character
referred to,
Figure 1 is a right hand end elevation of the cyclometer with the cap removed
and with some parts in section to illustrate details of construction;
Figure 2 is a horizontal section on the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of
Figure 1, the cap being in place;
Figure 3 is a detail view partly in horizontal section, of the transmitting gear-
ing between the totalizing register and the trip register, the support therefor being
shown;
Figure 4 is a vertical section on the plane indicated by the line 4-4 of Figure 1,
looking toward the left, the cap being in place;
Figure 5 is a vertical section on the plane indicated by the line 55 of Figure 1,
the cap being in place;
Figure 6 is a vertical section on the plane indicated by the line 6-6 of Figures 2
and 5;
Figures 7 and 8 are detail views illustrating the relation of the locking and
actuating ring with the locking and transmitting gear.
In the form of cyclometer chosen for illustration in the accompanying drawings,
the construction and arrangement of the main or totalizing register or registering
mechanism is substantially the same as described in British Specification No. 19,835
of 1895, to which reference may be had for a more detailed description than is
necessary to be given herein. For convenience, like letters of reference are used
herein to indicate like parts in the two constructions, so far as such parts. are
mentioned herein. The case A receives and supports the several working parts
substantially as described in said specification, being extended and so shaped as
to receive and support also the trip mechanism and the transmitting mechanism
between the totalizing register and the trip register. The cap A' in the present
case completes the enclosure of the working parts. The actuating shaft B, having
at its outer end the usual star wheel E, passes centrally through the supporting
hub a, having a bearing at one end in said hub and at the other end in a plate
secured to the end of said hub a. An eccentric F, on the inner end of the shaft B,
carries the two gears G and G', conveniently formed in one piece, one of which
meshes with the internal gear c formed in the plate C, while the other meshes with
the internal gear h formed on or carried by the first or right hand index ring H, the
said internal gear h having a number of teeth greater than the number of teeth
in the internal gear c, so that the index ring H will be given a very slow revolu-
tion. The transmitting gears I I may be mounted, as described in suid specifica-
tion, upon a pin D, having each a locking and actuating member or pinion i at
one end to be engaged by the locking ring and, at the end of each rotation, by
the driving pin As, of the right hand index ring; each of said transmitting, gears
having at the other end a transmitting member or pinlon ¹ to engage the internal
gear of the next index ring to the left. This mechanism secures the proper
advance of each index ring or wheel by one step as the next index ring or wheel
to the right completes its rotation, meanwhile holding the left hand index ring
positively locked against accidental movement, all as fully described and explained
in the specification above referred to.
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The trip register, which is shown at the right hand in Figures 1 and 2, is driven
from the totalizing register, the right hand index rings or wheels of the two
registers being operatively connected. It is obvious that these two index rings
might be directly geared together, but for convenience in manufacture an inter-
mediate transmitting mechanism is provided, as shown in the drawings. The right
hand index wheel H of the totalizing register carries a driving gear h, which, for
convenience, is formed in a separate piece, secured to the said index wheel or ring.
This gear meshes with a double transmitting gear H mounted eccentrically upon
a stud.a' projecting from the case A. The inner line of gear teeth of this outer

page_text: transmitting gear He mesh with one side of a double internal, intermediate trans-
mitting gear H7, with the other side of which meshes one part of the inner, double
transmitting gear H³, the intermediate transmitting gear being mounted eccentric-
ally upon the stud a' and the inner transmitting gear Hs being mounted concen-
trically thereon. The other part of the inner transmitting gear Ho meshes with
the driving gear H of the trip register. This arrangement of transmitting gears
permits the two driving gears h and H to be offset with respect to each other, and
at the same time is very compact.
The gear H is so connected with the first or right hand index ring or wheel H*
as to drive the latter positively and yet to permit the latter to be rotated in a for-
ward direction independently of the driving gear and consequently without dis-
turbing the totalizing register, the object being to permit the trip register to be
reset to zero without affecting the totalizing register. For this purpose the gear H9
is provided with an internal ratchet h³, which is engaged by a ratchet spring Ho
The other end of said spring enters a slot h* in the hub of the index ring H³, and
extends inward beyond said hub for a purpose presently to be described.
Motion is transmitted from the right hand index wheel or ring of the trip
register to the next index wheel or ring through a positively operating transmit-
ting device which also locks the next, wheel or ring against accidental movement,
substantially as in the totalizing register already described, but provision is made
for the release of the locking devices so as to permit the next index wheel or ring
to be rotated simultaneously with the right hand wheel or ring in resetting the
trip register to zero. This release of the locking mechanism might be effected in
various ways, but that represented in the drawings and now to be described is most
desirable on account of its simplicity, convenience, and certainty in operation. An
intermediate part, for convenience called hereinafter a clutch disc, iudicated at K,
is mounted within the casing, being supported upon the trip shaft L so as to be
capable of longitudinal movement and also of rotary movement therewith when
the trip register is being reset to zero as hereinafter described. A flange k of the
disc K furnishes a bearing for the hub of the right hand index ring H*, and is
slotted as at ¹, for engagement with the end h of the ratchet spring H already
referred to, which thus acts as a key or feather to lock together the said index ring
,and the clutch disc so that they shall rotate as one, and also permits a longitudinal
movement of the clutch disc with respect to the index wheel or ring. The said
clutch disc is also provided with a flange which operates as an actuator and as a
locking ring for the transmitting gear I through which motion is imparted to
the next index wheel or ring. For this purpose said flange or locking ring is cut
out or slotted as at 3, to permit the movement of the locking pinion of the
transmitting gear when the clutch disc completes a rotation with the right hand
index wheel or ring, the inner periphery of said locking ring at other times (except
when released) moving in contact with two adjacent teeth of said locking pinion
and thereby holding the same and the next index wheel or ring positively against
accidental movement. Normally the clutch disc is not in direct engagement with
the next index wheel or ring, but it is adapted to be brought into engagement with
said index wheel or ring by a longitudinal movement. For this purpose the
flange is formed with a slot and lugs, as at k³, to engage a pin or projection 4*
carried by the next index wheel or ring. The same longitudinal movement of the
clutch disc which effects its engagement with the next index wheel or ring, also
withdraws the flange or locking ring from its bearing upon the teeth of the lock-
ing pinion of the transmitting gear I, and so permits such index wheel or ring.
to be rotated freely together with the right hand index wheel or ring which, as
already described, is positively engaged with the clutch disc.
The trip shaft L, already referred to, is provided with a knurled knob 7, out-
side of the case, by which it can be moved longitudinally and rotated when it is
desired to reset the trip register to zero. At its inner end it is provided with a
head, which is preferably beveled, as represented, and engaged by a retaining
spring which offers sufficient resistance to the longitudinal movement of the

page_text: shaft to prevent accidental displacement. The head is also formed with clutch
teeth to engage corresponding clutch teeth on the end of the hub of the
clutch disc K. The head of the trip shaft is guided and has a bearing in a station-
ary plate a secured, as a matter of convenience in manufacture, to the case A.
A separating ring a" is seated within the inner end of the cap A' and serves to
retain the parts in proper position and to prevent such frictional contact of the
first or right hand index ring with the next index ring as might tend to move the
latter with the former at other times than during the resetting of the trip register
to zero.
The operation of the cyclometer, so far as concerns the totalizing register and
the transmitting gearing for actuating the right hand index wheel or ring of the
trip register, has already been described sufficiently and will be understood without
further explanation herein. When it is desired to reset the trip register to zero
the knurled knob 7 is grasped and the trip shaft L is pulled out until its clutch
teeth engage the clutch teeth of the clutch disc K. The shaft is then rotated
in a forward direction, carrying with it the right hand index wheel or ring H*
through the positive engagement between the clutch disc and said index wheel or
ring which is effected by the end of the ratchet spring H. The shaft is rotated
until the right hand index wheel or ring presents at the sight opening a¹ in the
case A, the same character which is already presented at the sight opening by
the next index wheel or ring. This brings the slot of the clutch disc into line
with the clutch pin of the next index wheel or ring. Before this relation is
established it is impossible to move the clutch disc longitudinally because of the
bearing of the outside rim against the said clutch pin , but when this relation
is established the trip shaft L is pulled further out, carrying with it the clutch
disc K which, as already described, thus releases the locking mechanism of the
next index wheel or ring and effects a direct engagement between said index wheel
or ring and the clutch disc. The first and second index wheels or rings can now
be rotated together to reset them to the zero position. It is obvious that the third
index wheel or ring might be released and operated in a similar manner, but as
the mechanism required would be quite complicated it is preferable to effect the
necessary rotation of the third index wheel or ring, to reset it to zero, by succes-
sive rotations of the first and second index wheels or rings together, particularly
as the maximum number of rotations required in any case will not exceed twelve.
It will be evident that all of the moving parts of the register are operated
positively and are locked positively against accidental movement, that springs
are not relied upon for the actuation of any of the parts during operation, and that
the positive locking devices of the trip register are released to permit the reset-
ting of the index wheels or rings to zero. As already indicated, the invention is
not concerned directly with the particular construction of the registering devices,
and other constructions may be employed in place of that shown. It will also
be evident that various changes may be made in the construction shown and
particularly that the release of the positive locking devices may be effected in other
ways than as shown and described herein, and that other means may be employed
for driving the right hand index wheel or ring of the trip register positively from
the right hand index wheel or ring of the totalizing register, while permitting it
to be rotated independently thereof during the resetting of the trip register.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. A register comprising a totalizing register and a trip register, a gear mounted
concentrically with one of said registers, a driving connection between said gear
and the first index wheel or ring of said register to drive the latter positively and
permit independent movement thereof, and positive connections between_said gear
and the first index wheel or ring of the other register, substantially as shown and
described.

page_text: 2. A register comprising a totalizing register and a trip register, a gear mounted
concentrically with said trip register, said gear carrying a series of ratchet teeth,
positive connections between said gear and the first index wheel or ring of the
totalizing register, and a ratchet engaging said ratchet teeth and connected with
the first index wheel or ring of the trip register, substantially as shown and
described.
3. A register comprising a totalizing register and a trip register, a gear con-
nected with the first index wheel or ring of one of said registers, a gear connected
with the first index wheel or ring of the other of said registers, and transmitting
gearing between said gears, said gearing comprising a double outer gear, a double
internal intermediate gear, and a double inner gear, the outer and the intermediate
gear being mounted eccentrically with respect to the inner gear, the outer gear
meshing with the gear of one of said registers and with one side of the double
intermediate gear, and the inner gear meshing with the gear of the
other of said registers and with the other side of said intermediate gear, substan-
tially as shown and described.
4. A cyclometer comprising a series of index wheels or rings, transmitting
devices between successive index wheels or rings of the series, a driven part
mounted concentrically with the first index wheel or ring, and a driving connee-
tion between said driven part and the first index wheel or ring to drive the latter
positively and permit independent forward movement thereof, substantially as
shown and described.
5. A register comprising a series of index wheels or ringa, transmitting devices
between successive index wheels or rings of the series, an external gear having a
sleeve extended and having a bearing within the first index wheel or ring, internal
ratchet teeth formed in said sleeve, and a ratchet engaging said ratchet teeth and
connected with said first index wheel or ring, substantially as shown and
described.
6. A cyclometer comprising a series of index wheels or rings, means to drive the
first index wheel or ring, positive transmitting and locking devices between succes-
sive index wheels or rings of the series, and means to release the positive locking
devices, substantially as shown and described.
7. A cyclometer comprising a series of index wheels or rings, a transmitting gear
between each index wheel or ring and the next, said gear comprising a locking
pinion engaged by an internal locking ring and actuator carried with the preceding
index wheel or ring and a transmitting pinion engaging an internal gear carried
with the next index wheel or ring, and means to disengage said locking ring and
said locking pinion, substantially as shown and described.
8. A register comprising a series of index wheels or rings, a transmitting gear
between each index wheel or ring and the next, said gear comprising a locking
pinion engaged by a locking ring and actuator carried with the preceding index
wheel or ring and a transmitting pinion engaging a gear carried with the next
index wheel or ring, and means to move said locking ring longitudinally upon its
axis to release said locking pinion, substantially as shown and described.
9. A register comprising a series of index wheels or rings, positive transmitting
and locking devices between successive index wheels or rings of the series, means
to release the positive locking devices and means to connect the successive index
wheels or rings for rotation together, substantially as shown and described.
10. A register comprising a series of index wheels or rings, a transmitting gear
between each index wheel or ring and the next, said gear comprising a locking
pinion and a transmitting pinion engaging the gear carried with the successive
index wheel or ring, a locking ring connected with the preceding index wheel or
ring and movable longitudinally with respect thereto, said locking ring normally
engaging said locking pinion and adapted to actuate the same, and adapted also
to engage said successive index wheel or ring when moved longitudinally from
its normal position, substantially as shown and described.
11. A register comprising a series of index wheels or rings, a lougitudinally

page_text: movable shaft supported concentrically therewith, a clutch disc mounted loosely
upon said shaft and adapted to be engaged thereby when the latter is moved
longitudinally, said clutch disc being connected with the first of the index wheels
or rings and having a locking ring and actuator and adapted to engage the next
wheel or ring, and a transmitting gear having a locking pinion to engage said
locking ring and actuator and a transmitting pinion to engage the next index
wheel or ring, substantially as shown and described.
Dated the 30th day of November 1898.