AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES FOR RECEIVING FARES AND ADMISSION FEES
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOSEPH GARRATT GRIMSLEY, of Halford Street, Leicester, Leicestershire,
Engineer and Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this my invention for
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES FOR RECEIVING FARES AND
ADMISSION FEES," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved novel arrangement consisting of a case
made of metal closed at the top by a cover in which is a slit to receive coins or
Tickets, the said top being fastened by an eccentric rod or cam Lever which can
only be moved when the door is open. The working parts are secured to a frame
which can be removed from the case at pleasure by detaching the top, The
arrangement I claim is as follows, Beneath the lid or cover is mounted a fixed
split with sloping sides discharging the Fares through 2 apertures before it arrives
on the Sloping Trap for the Inspection of coins previous to its transfer to the
lower or bottom part of the Box, and to prevent a return of the coins when the
Box is inverted a number of moveable combs are provided to protect the various
apertures.
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VAUGHAN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, JOSEPH GARRETT GRIMSLEY, of Halford Street, Leicester, Leicestershire,
Engineer and Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES FOR RECEIVING FARES AND
ADMISSION FEES," and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My said Invention relates to improvements in the construction of boxes for
receiving fares and admission fees in order to prevent the extraction of the same
from the said boxes without opening the door of the receptacle arranged at the
lower part.
The said boxes are formed of a case, made of metal or other suitable material,
which is closed at the top by a cover or lid in which is a slot for the passage of
the coins. The said lid is secured on one side by a piece of metal which fits into
the outer frame of the box and on the opposite side by an eccentric rod and cam
lever or bolt which is worked from the before mentioned receptacle_and_can_only_
be moved, in order to open the lid, when the door of the receptacle is open. The
working parts of the box are arranged within an inner frame as hereinafter
described, and can only be removed when the lid is open.
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I will now proceed to refer to the accompanying drawings from which the nature
of my said Invention will be more clearly understood. The same letters of reference
indicate like parts in all the Figures. Figure I. is a front view of the box, the
door a. of the receptacle being shown open, the catch b. on the inner side of the door
fits over the lower portion of an eccentric rod and cam lever or bolt and holds it
in the required position for securing the lid or cover when the door a, is closed.
Figure II. is a top view of the cover or lid with the slot for the passage of the
coins. Figure III. is a side view of the box. Figure IV. is a view of the inner
frame. Figure V. shows an enlarged detached view of the combs hereinafter
referred to, and Figuro VI. is a side view of a box constructed in accordance with
this invention, the same being shown perforated and inside, at the back of such
perforations, I insert glass. c. is a thumb piece for actuating the moveable trap or
platform . and f. is the gong or bell which is struck by the hammer . when the
said platform is actuated. d. is the eccentric rod and cam lever or bolt for securing
the cover or lid which is released, when the door a. is open, by moving the handle e.
in an outward direction. The sloping sides between which the coins pass are shown
at g. and J. are shields to protect the same. The combs are shown at h.
A coin, having been passed through the slot in the lid or cover a., slides down
between the sloping sides g. past the combs h. and on to the moveable trap or
platform k. where it can be inspected through glass suitably arranged in the outer
caso of the box, then by actuating the thumb piece c. the coin is discharged into
the lower receptacle whence it can be removed through the door a. In order to
prevent the extraction of coins from the box, the combs are pivoted or arranged
to turn on a spindle so that on the box, being tilted to one side the combs on that
side will fall over and by coming into contact with the sloping side will close the
aperture.
Although in the above description the use of boxes constructed in accordance
with this invention for the reception of coins is described it will be readily under-
stood that the same are equally applicable in the case of tickets and other similar
articles

page_text: 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
First. In the construction of boxes for receiving fares and admission fees, the
arrangement of the pivoted combs h. for closing the apertures, substantially as and
for the purposes, herein before set forth and described and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
Secondly. The arrangement of the eccentric rod and cain lever or bolt d. for
securing the cover or lid, substantially as herein before described and set forth,
and shown in the accompanying drawings.
And thirdly. The combination and arrangement of parts substantially as and
for the purposes herein before described and set forth, and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this first day of January One thousand eight hundred and sights five