IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF REGISTERING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ENTERING OR LEAVING PUBLIC CONVEYANCES OR PLACES OF PUBLIC RESORT, AND OF DETERMINING THE VALUE OF THE ENTRY AD ADR
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Charles Howells, of 120, Duane Street, New
York, in the State of New York, and Joseph Charles Howells, of
Madison, in the State of Wisconsin, both in the United States of
America, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF REGISTERING
THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ENTERING OR LEAVING PUBLIC CONVEYANCES OR
PLACES OF PUBLIC RESORT, AND OF DETERMINING THE VALUE OF THE ENTRY
AD ADR "
Sealed the 4th January 1860, and dated the 4th July 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Charles Howells
and Joseph Charles Howells at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 4th July 1859.
We, HENRY CHARLES HOWELLS, of 120, Duane Street, New York, in
the State of New York, and JOSEPH CHARLES HOWELLS, of Madison, in the
State of Wisconsin, both in the United States of America, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF REGIS
TERING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ENTERING OR LEAVING PUBLIC CONVEYANCES OR
PLACES OF PUBLIC RESORT, AND OF DETERMINING THE VALUE OF THE ENTRY OF
FARE," to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists, first, in the employment of a yielding platform to
determine the value of the entry or fare, in combination with doors or

page_text: equivalent devices to secure theregistration or persons previous to then ingress
or egress.
Second, in the employment or use of circular or segmental doors or
equivalent devices, having within the arca of their action a yielding platform.
Third, in combining with the yielding platform an operative lever to lift a
vertical rod and puppet.
Fourth, in the use of a pin or bolt in combination with a horizontal arm, in
order partially to rotate the vertical rod, and thus act upon the registering
arms.
Fifth, in the use of registering levers in combination with ratchet wheels,
spring pauls, and double dial for registering full and half fares.
Sixth, in the use of stationary brushes, and in the combination of levers
and rods for operating automatically the doors and steps.
In the annexed Drawings, Figure 1 shows a side elevation of our improved
registering machine; Figure 2, an end elevation; Figure 3, a horizontal
section; and Figures 4, 5, and 6, various parts in detail. A represents the
body of the vehicle to which our apparatus is applied; B, B, are the wheels;
C, C, are the axles, all these parts being of the ordinary method of con-
struction; D is the bottom; E, E, are the segmental doors; F, F, are the
steps; G is the platform which rests on the elliptic springs b; H is a piston
attached to the platform G, and fitting a bearing upon which the doors partially
rotate; I is the upper journal for the doors; J is a rod passing along under
the vehicle, and sliding in proper boxes 3 and 4 secured to the bottom, and
having a joint at 11. This rod is attached by a joint at S to another rod or
lever K, which has its fulcrum at 9, and slides in a slotted piece L; Q is a
puppet operated by the rod M; M is a vertical rod resting with a curved
foot on, and operated by the lever N, which has its fulcrum at j, and is acted
upon by the piston H; O is an arm attached to the vertical rod M, which is
operated beneath the doors by the pin or bolts in the rod d; P is a jointed
arm on the rod M, which operates the levers S and T; U is the registering
wheel for whole entries or fares, and V the registering wheel for half entries
or fares; W is the shaft or pinioa which is supported by the bracket R at
one end and a corresponding bracket at the other end; X is a fixed dial plate,
having two distinct circles for registering full and half entries or fares respec-
tively, the circles being divided so as to correspond with the number of cogs
in the registering wheels; Y is the hand or pointer for registering half entrics
or fares; and Z is the hand or pointer for registering whole entries or fares.
The steps of the stage or vehicle are connected by the brackets 5, 6, and 7, as
shown in the Figures 1 and 2.; and for the purpose ofkeeping them clean there

page_text: are stationary brushes a, a, a, against which the steps are drawn during the
opening and shutting of the doors. At one end of the rod J, at i, i, there are
secured the rods d, d, which connect at g, g, to the plates which form the
heads of the doors, and by these rods the doors are opened and closed by the
driver. There is also in the rod J a mortice which receives the levers c, c,
having their fulcrums at f,f, which are attached to the arms b.b, ath, h, and
these levers are operated by the reciprocating movement of the rod J, whereby
the steps and doors are simultaneously moved. The steps slide in grooves 1
and 2, which are in connection with these last-mentioned devices, as plainly
shown in the dotted lines at Figure 3.
"Operation." In the Figures 1 and 2 the steps and segmental doors are
shown in the proper position for a person to enter the vehicle, and as soon as
the person is on the yielding platform G, the piston H acts on the lever N
having its fulcrum at j, and consequently the vertical rod M which has its
curved foot resting thereon is elevated, which elevation causes the puppet Q
to be thrown up, by which the driver observes whether it is a whole or half entry
or fare, and also when to close the doors, which is done by the driver forcing
forward the lever K at its upper end. This closing act which takes place
while the person is on the platform and within the area of the action of the
circular or segmental doors causes the pin or bolts in the rod d to act upon
the arm O, which action partially rotates the vertical rod M, causing the
jointed arm P on the vertical rod M to have a movement against the lever S,
which has its fulcrum at n for a whole entry or fare, which causes the finger10
at the end of the lever S, in combination with the spring paul m, to move the
ratchet wheel U one tooth, and the hand or pointer Z, which is secured on to
the ratchet wheel U by the pinion W, moves over one space on the outer circle
of the dial X, which as the registration is secured by closing the doors while the
personis standingontheplatformwithin their area accuratelyandwith certainty
registers every such person who enters the vehicle. In like manner the half
entries or fares are made by the same movement of the driver, which operates
the finger of the lever T against the ratchet wheel V, and, in combination
with a spring paul m, moves the hand or pointer Y over a given space on the
inner circle of the dial X. The elevation of the vertical rod M, and the
subsequent action of the jointed arm P on the levers S or T, in order to
register the full or half entries or fares, is governed by the weight of the
person standing on the platform within the area of the action of the doors, and
which must be ascertained by the elasticity of the elliptic springs, on which
the platform G rests, or by any other suitable means. The arm P being
jointed with its under side or surface bevelled, prevents the possibility of a

page_text: double or full and half entry or fare from being registered, should it strike at
any time at the division of the levers S and T, as the tendency would be to
lift the arm P, and cause it to strike against the lever S. In order to
complete the movement of the registering wheels Uand V, and also hold them
in place, the spring pauls are used, which bearing upon the ratchet teeth
of the wheels and Vadvance them one-half their thickness after the fingers
attached to the levers S and T have ceased to act upon them, and the levers
have recovered their former position by the action of the spring o, arranged
for the purpose as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
It is evident from the foregoing description ofthe operation ofour registering
machine, that a reverse action of some of the moving parts with suitable
gearing will secure a registration of the entry or fare as the person is leaving
the vehicle instead of entering it.
We would remark that we do not confine our Invention to the use of stages
or other vehicles of conveyance, but claim the right to modify and vary its
construction to suit other purposes of registration without departing from the
principle by which it is governed.
To better adapt our Invention to the registration of persons entering rail-
road platform, and cars, ferries, bridges, and places of public resort, we
substitute for the segmental or circular doors above described, a door which
turns upon a centre, and has two or more leaves so arranged in relation to the
frame in which it is fixed, and revolves as to allow only one person to pass
through at a time, and which registers each person so passing through, who
at the same time shall rest his weight upon a yielding platform fixed within
the area of the door and in combination with it, acting generally as set forth
in the foregoing Specification.
Figure 7 shewing the application of our Invention to ferries, railroad cars,
&c., represents the back platform, &c., of a railroad car, of which A, A,
represents a part of the body B, B, the rear platform e being the part where
the conductors stand; 7, the part where the passengers enter and depart; E
is a bird's-eye view of a 3-leaved door turning in either direction on the
centre F. The dotted line Grepresents the yielding platform upon which the
weight of a person entering the car through the door from H to I must rest,
the door turning with the advance of the person, so that one leaf goes before
him and another follows him, and so by suitable machinery generally as before
described, effecting the registration as before described. K,K,K, are shields
intended to contract the apertures of the door as it revolves, so as to necessitate
persons to enter singly, and to pass over the yielding platform. X a dotted
line shows an arm attached to the rear fence of the platform, which is intended

page_text: to prevent either passenger or conductor from passing from the side of the
platform to the other, though the door will revolve either way. Each leaf of
the door is slotted to about 3 feet from the floor, to make room for the fixed
arm X.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Charles Howells and Joseph Charles Howells in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th January 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, HENRY
CHARLES HOWELLS, of 120, Duane Street, New York, in the State of New
York, and JOSEPH CHARLES HOWELLS, of Madison, in the State of Wisconsin,
both in the United States of America, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said Henry Charles Howells and Joseph Charles Howells Her special
licence that we, the said Henry Charles Howells and Joseph Charles
Howells, our executors, administrators, and assigns, er such others as we,
the said Henry Charles Howells and Joseph Charles Howells, executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF REGISTERING THE
NUMBER OF PERSONS ENTERING OR LEAVING PUBLIC CONVEYANCES OR PLACES OF
PUBLIC RESORT. AND OF DETERMINING THE VALUE OF THE ENTRY OR FARE," upon
the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Henry Charles Howells
and Joseph Charles Howells, or one of us, our executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of our, or their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Henry Charles Howells and Joseph
Charles Howells, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and

page_text: ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawings hereunto annexed (that is to say):-
Our Invention consists, first in the employment of a yielding platform to
determine the value of the entry or fare in combination with doors or equi-
valent devices to secure the registration of persons previous to their ingress or
egress, as will be more fully herein-after set forth.
Second, in the employment or use of circular or segmental doors or equi-
valent devices having within the area of their action a yielding platform
operating as will be more fully herein-after set forth.
Third, in combining with the yielding platform, an operative lever to lift the
vertical rod and puppet, as will be more fully herein-after set forth.
Fourth, in the use of a pin or bolt in combination with a horizontal arm in
order partially to rotate the vertical rod, and thus act upon the registering
levers, as shall be more fully herein-after set forth.
Fifth, in the use of the registering levers in combination with ratchet wheels,
spring pauls, and double dial for registering full and half entries or fares, as
will be more fully herein-after set forth.
Sixth, in the use of brushes, and in the combination of levers and rods for
operating automatically the doors and steps, as will be more fully herein-after
set forth.
Seventh, in the use of acircular curtain, to which areattached the stationary
brushes, and which serves as a protection to the steps when drawn beneath the
vehicle, as will be more fully herein-after set forth.
Eighth, in the use of a two, three, or more leaved door with circular shields,
the leaves and shields being slotted towards the centre, the said door having
movable or stationary sash or windows, and revolving upon a centre or upon a
tramway, and having within the area of its action a yielding platform, as will
be more fully herein-after set forth.
Ninth, in the use of a stationary shield or shields, so arranged in relation to
the door when in motion as to prevent the entrance of more than one person
at a time, and while the person is standing on the yielding platform with the
aid of the shields attached to the door to sufficiently encircle them at the
moment of registration, as will be herein-after described.
Tenth, in the use of a horizontal arm within the area of the door's action
and projecting towards the centre of the door for the purpose of preventing
any one passing from the passenger's entrance in or out of the vehicle, through
the conductor's door, and so entering or leaving without being registered, as
will be more fully herein-after set forth.
Eleventh, in the use of a ratchet wheel and paul, so connected with the

page_text: door as to prevent its reverse action without the consent of the conductor or
driver, as will be more fully herein-after described.
Twelfth, in the use of two or more arms projecting horizontally beneath the
door, but attached to it, so that when the door revolves in the direction for
entering the vehicle they shall each come in contact with the horizontal arm
attached to the vertical rod at the moment when the passenger is on the
platform and is encircled by the door in combination with the stationary
shield as will be herein-after set forth.
Thirteenth, in the use of pulleys so arranged with reference to certain of
the registering wheels as to be operated by them at every revolution moving a
distance equivalent to one of the spaces upon the double dial plate, the said
pulleys having a reciprocating action winding and unwinding a strap or belt of
suitable material, with spaces upon it equal to those upon the dial, and
numbered suitably, the said strap or belt travelling in guides directly behind,
and exposing through an open space in the full and half fare circles of the
registering dial a number corresponding to the revolutions that the hands or
pointers have made, as will be more fully set forth.
To enable others to make and use our Invention, we will proceed to describe
its construction and operation. Of the accompanying Drawings, Figure 1,
Sheet 1, is an end or rear elevation of a stage or omnibus with our improved
registering machine attached, showing the doors and windows closed, and the
steps drawn beneath the vehicle; Figure 2 is a similar elevation, and showing
the doors and windows open, and the steps thrown out, and also exposing a
portion of the works belonging to the registering dial; Figure 3 is a hori-
zontal section seen from above; Figure 4 is a perpendicular longitudinal
section; and Figures 5, 6, and 7 are parts in detail.
Figure 1, Sheet 2, is an end or rear elevation of a city railroad carriage
with our registering machine attached, but with some modifications in the
form of the door and yielding platform, and in one or two other particulars
necessary to the perfect working of our machine in city railroad carriages.
Figure 2 is a horizontal section, and Figure 3 is a part in detail. Similar
letters of reference indicate like parts in all the Figures. A represents
the body of the vehicle which we have chosen to illustrate our Invention ;
B, B, are the wheels; C, C, are the axles, all these parts being of the
ordinary method of construction; D is the bottom; E, E, are the seg.
mental doors with their movable windows I, I; F, F, are the steps; G is
the yielding platform which rests upon the elliptic springs b; H is a piston
attached to the platform G aud fitting a bearing around which the doors
partially rotate; J is a rod passing along under the vehicle and sliding in

page_text: proper boxes 3 and 4, secured to the bottom and having a joint at 11. This
rod is attached by a joint at 8 to another rod or lever K, which has its fulcrum
at 9. Q is a puppet operated by the rod M; M is a vertical rod resting on
and operated by the lever N, which has its fulcrum at j, and is acted upon by
the piston H; O is an arm attached to the vertical rod M, and is operated
beneath the doors by the pin or bolt s in the frame of the door E; P is a
jointed arm on the rod M which operates the levers S and T; U is the
registering wheel for whole entries or fares, and V, the registering wheel for
half entries or fares; W is the shaft or pinion, which is supported by the
bracket R, at one end, and a corresponding bracket at the other end; X is a
fixed dial plate, having two distinct circles for registering full and half cutries
or fares respectively, the circles being divided so as to correspond with the
number of cogs in the registering wheels; Y is the hand or pointer for regis-
tering the half entries or fares, and Z is the hand or pointer for registering
whole entries or fares; L is a circular curtain shotted so as to admit the
passage of the steps, and which serves as a protection to the steps when
beneath the vehicle. To this curtain are attached the stationary brushes a, a,
by which the steps are swept during the opening and shutting of the doors.
At one end of the rod J, at i, there are secured the rods d, d, which connect
with the doors at g, g, and by these rods the doors are opened and closed by
the driver; there is also attached to the rod J, a pin or bolt w, which travels
in the excentrics a, x, at the ends of the levers c, c, which have their fulcra
at,, and are attached to the arms b, b, at h, h, and these levers are operated
by the reciprocating movement of the rod J, whereby the steps and doors are
simultaneously moved. The steps slide in grooves or on plates 1 and 2, and
are in connection with these last-mentioned devices at le, k, as plainly shown
by the dotted lines in Figure 3, Sheet 1. The movable windows I, I, in the
doors E, E, travel on friction rollers in grooves in the tops of the doors, their
upper edges being secured in a groove at 14, in the cap or crown piece 12
The doors E, E, resting upon friction rollers, travel upon the tramway 13,
around the centre or bearing that receives the piston H, which is attached to
the platform G, as can be plainly seen in Figure 3, Sheet 1. Upon each
side of the entrance to the vehicle are the rails or handles =,=, so placed as
to assist the passenger in entering or leaving the vehicle. Near the inside
edges of the segmental doors are the rods or guides, e, e, e, e, which serve to
protect the dresses or persons of the passengers from being caught or pinched
as the doors close before or behind the passenger when in the act of entering
or leaving the vehicle, as can be seen by reference to Figures 2 and 3
Sheet 1.

page_text: Operation. In Figures 2 and 3, Sheet 1, the steps and segmental doors
are shown in proper position for a person to enter the vehicle, and as soon as
the person is on the yielding platform G, the piston H acts on the lever N,
having its fulcrum at j, and consequently the vertical rod M, which is resting
thereon is elevated, which elevation causes the puppet Q to be more or less
elevated, by which the driver or conductor observes whether it is a whole or
half entry or fare, and also when to close the doors, which is done by the driver
forcing forward the lever K at its upper end or handle, as shown by the
position of the dotted lines in Figure 4, Sheet 1. The passenger can with ease
also operate the doors by convenient handles. This closing act, which takes
place while the person is on the platform and within the area of the circular
or segmental doors, causes the pin or bolt s, which is in the frame of the door
to act upon the horizontal arm O, which action partially rotates the vertical
rod M, causing the jointed arm P on the vertical rod M to have a movement
against the registering lever S (which has its fulcrum at n) for a whole entry
or fare, which causes the finger 10 at the end of the lever S, in combination
with the spring paul m, to move the ratchet wheel U one tooth, and the hand
or pointer Z, which is secured to the ratchet wheel U by the pinion W, moves
over one space on the outer circle of the dial X, which, as the registration is
secured by closing the doors while the person is standing on the platform
within their area, accurately and with certainty registers every such person
who enters the vehicle. In like manner the half entries or fares are made by
the same movement of the driver, or conductor, or passenger, which operates
the finger of the lever Tagainst the ratchet wheel V, and in combination with
the spring paul m moves the hand or pointer Y over a given space on the
inner circle of the dial X. The elevation of the vertical rod M, and the
subsequent action of the jointed arm P on the levers S and T, in order to
register the full and half entries or fares, is governed by the weight of the
person who is standing on the platform G within the area of the action of the
doors, and which must be ascertained by the elasticity of the eliptic springsb,
on which the platform rests, or by auy other suitable means; these springs
being adjusted to indicate any desired weight. The arm P being jointed with
its under surface or side beveled, prevents the possibility of a double or full
and half entry or fare from being registered should it strike at any time by
the weight of the passenger at the division of the levers S and T, as the
tendency would be to lift the arm P, and cause it to strike against the lever S.
In order to complete the movement of the registering wheels U and V, and
also hold them in place, the spring pauls m, m, are used, which bearing upon
the ratchet teeth of the wheels U and V, advance them one half their thickness
B

page_text: after the fingers attached to the levers S and T have ceased to act upon them
and the levers have recovered their former position by the action of the springo,
as shown in Figures 6 and 7, Sheet 1, and in Figure 2, Sheet 2. When in
the act of opening the doors the windows I, I, which are secured by the
grooves 14 in the cap or crown 12, and in the tops of the doors are carried
into a recess upon each side of the vehicle, and stop at a given point at 15;
and as they rest on friction rollers, the doors pass under and beyond them
until their edges meet upon the inside of the vehicle, as can be seen in
Figures 2 and 3, Sheet 1. The act of closing the doors carries with them and
closes the windows, as shown in Figure 1, Sheet.1, unless it is the pleasure of
the driver or passenger that theyshall remain open within their recesses, which
is done by operating a suitable fastening, so that the doors travel out and in
without acting upon the windows, and presenting the appearance, as shown in
Figure 2, Sheet.1.
We would remark that we do not confine our Invention to the use of
vehicles of conveyance, but claim the right to modify and vary its construction
to suit other purposes of registration without departing from the principle by
which it is governed; with this view, and the better to addapt our Invention to
the registration of persons entering railway carriages, bridges, ferries, and
other places of public resort, we substitute for the segmental or circular doors
above described a door with two or more leaves, which turns upon a centre,
and is so arranged in relation to the frame in which it is fixed and revolves as
to allow only one person to pass through at a time, and which registers each
person while passing through, who at the same time shall rest his weight on a
yielding platform within the area of the door's action, and in combination with
it, acting generally as set forth in the foregoing.
Figure 1, Sheet 2, clearly illustrates the application of our Invention as
modified and applied to railroad and other like carriages, ferries, bridges, &c.,
and is a perspective elevation of the rear of a city railroad carriage. A
represents the body of the carriage; B, B, B, a three-leaved door with the
circular shields K, K, K, attached; C, C, C,the moveable or stationary sash or
windows; D the step at which the passenger enters or departs; E the enclosed
place where the conductor stands; F the horizontal arm passing through the
slots I, I, I; G is the yielding platform; J, J, are the stationary shields, within
whose area the door revolves around the rod or centre L.
Operation. As the passenger enters he walks between the leaves of the
door which revolves as he advances. While entering he passes over the
yielding platform G, as can be seen in Figure 1, Sheet 2, and is completely
encircled between the leaves of the door and the stationary shield J just at the

page_text: moment when one of the arms 5, 6, and 7, beneath the door but attached to
and revolving with it, comes in contact with the horizontal arm 0, thus effect-
ing as before described the full and complete registration of the person as soon
as he is enclosed by the door, as can be clearly seen by reference to Figures 2
and 3, Sheet 2. The reverse action of the door is prevented by the ratchett
wheel and paul d and g, the ratchet being connected with the door. The
cord or wire that is attached to the paul g, is conducted by the tube f in
Figure 1, Sheet 2, into the body of the carriage to be used by the conductor
or a passenger whenever any person wishes to leave the carriage. The
conductor stands in the place E, and secures the reverse action of the door so
as to permit passengers to leave while he is standing there, or to admit himself
into the body of the carriage in order to collect the fare by the use of the
handle k as seen in Figure 1, Sheet 2, and which is connected with the paul g.
The horizontal arm F in the slot I as seen in Figures 1 and 3, Sheet 2,
prevents any person entering or leaving the carriage through the place
occupied by the conductor, and so evading a registration. The sashes or
windows C, C, C, are attached to the rod L as their centre, and at pleasure can
be fastened to the top of the door at the holes c, c, c, and so be made to revolve
with the door so that the bad weather is excluded effectually, (the door when
closed appearing as in Figure 2, Sheet 2), when not needed they can be thrown
together and fastened to the post Q, by any suitable contrivance, as can be
seen in Figures 1 and 2, Sheet 2, and thus leave the door at liberty to revolve
without interfering with the sashes.
It is evident from the foregoing description of the operation of our register-
ing machine in its various modifications that a reverse action of some of the
moving parts with suitable gearing will secure a registration of the entry or
fare as the person is leaving the vehicle instead of entering it.
And having now described and endeavoured to render perfectly intelligible
to any one skilled in such devices, aided by the Drawings, the nature of our
said Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare
that we claim,-
°
First, the employment of a yielding platform to determine the value of the
entry or fare, and in combination with doors or equivalent devices to secure
the registration of persons standing upon it previous to their ingress or egress,
substantially as herein-before specified and set forth.
Second, the employment and use of the circular or segmental doors or
equivalent devices having within the area of their action a yielding platform
operating substantially as hercin-before set forth and specified.
Third, the employment in combination with the yielding platform G, of an

page_text: operative lever N, and vertical rod M, and puppet Q, or their equivalents,
substantially as herein-before set forth and for the purpose specified.
Fourth, the employment of the pin or bolt s, in combination with the
arm O, attached to the vertical rod M, or their equivalents for communicating
motion to the registering levers S and T, by the action of the jointed arm P,
substantially as herein-before specified and set forth.
Fifth, the employment of the registering levers S and T, operated, as set
forth, or their equivalents, and in combination with the registering ratchet
wheels U and V, aud the spring pauls m, m, together with the double dial X,
for registering the whole or half entries or fares, substantially as herein-before
set forth and specified.
Sixth, the employment of the stationary brushes, and the arrangement and
combination of levers and rods, or their equivalents, for operating the doors
and steps, substantially as herein-before set forth and described.
Seventh, the use of a circular curtain, or its equivalent, to which are
attached the stationary brushes, and which serves as a protection to the steps
when drawn beneath the vehicle, substantially as herein-before set forth and
described.
Eighth, the use of a two or three leaved door, with circular shields, the
leaves and shields being slotted towards the centre; the said door having
movable or stationary sash or windows, and revolving around a centre or upon
a tramway, and having within the area of its action a yielding platform,
substantially as herein-before set forth and specified.
Ninth, the employment and use of a stationary shield or shields, that in
combination with the shields attached to the door, shall prevent more than
one person from properly entering at a time, and which shall while he is
standing on the yielding platform sufficiently encircle the person at the
moment of registration, substantially as berein-before described and set forth.
Tenth, the use of the horizontal arm F', or its equivalent, projecting through
the slotted shields, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein-
before set forth and specified.
Eleventh, the employment and use of the ratchet wheel d, and paul g,
acting in combination with the door, substantially as herein-before specified,
and for the purpose set forth.
Twelfth, the employment and use of the arms 5, 6 and 7, as connected and
revolving with the door, and in combination with the arm O, attached to the
vertical rod M, substantially as herein-before specified and described, and for
the
purpose set forth.
Thirteenth, the use of the pulleys v, v, v, v, and the straps or belts y, y,

page_text: suitably numbered, or their equivalents, in combination with the double dial-
plate, and the registering wheels U and V, substantially as herein-before
described, and for the purpose specified and set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Charles Howells, for myself, and
on behalf of the said Joseph Charles Howells, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighth day of December, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nine.
H. C. HOWELLS. (L.S.)