IMPROVEMENTS IN Apparatus EMPLOYED FOR COLLECTING FARES, CHECKS, OR TICKETS ON PUBLIC CON- VEYANCES AND OTHER PLACES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Kaye, of Kirkstall, near Leeds, in the
County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN Apparatus
EMPLOYED FOR COLLECTING FARES, CHECKS, OR TICKETS ON PUBLIC CON-
VEYANCES AND OTHER PLACES."
Sealed the 7th May 1875, and dated the 1st December 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Kaye at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents; with his Petition, on the
1st December 1874.
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I, JOSEPH KAYE, of Kirkstall, near Leeds, in the County of York,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED FOR COLLECTING FARES, CHECKS, OR TICKETS ON
PUBLIC CONVEYANCES AND OTHER PLACES," to be as follows:
:-
My Invention has reference to " hoppers" which are now in use in
connection with a Patent obtained by myself and Jane Kaye, dated
23rd March 1874, No. 1005, but it may also be employed on other
collecting boxes where "hoppers" and receiving tables are used.

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Above the "swing table" employed in the above-mentioned Patent
'hoppers" have already been used, but have been fixtures, so that an
incorrect amount of money, check, or ticket having passed through the
*hopper" on to the table could not be rectified.
According to my present Invention the "hopper" may be made of
glass or other transparent substance, or of metal perforated with any
required number of holes, so as to see the money, check, or ticket when
placed on the "swing" or other table.
For the above purpose the "hopper" may be hinged on the top of
the box over the "swing" or other table, and provided with a lock, so
that it cannot be opened or taken away from over the table without
being unlocked.
"
Instead of the whole of the "hopper," or the parts forming the
"hopper," being arranged as aforesaid any of the sides or top may be
made to open, either in the form of a slide or hinged, so as to swing open
when required, but in each case a lock is provided; and in order to
prevent the guard, conductor, or other receiver of money, checks, or
tickets opening the " hopper for fraudulent purposes the key required
to unlock the "hopper" is chained in the public conveyance or other
place in such a position that the guard, conductor, or receiver of money,
checks, or tickets cannot use it for the purpose of unlocking the
"hopper" without being observed, but only for rectifying any mistake
in the amount of money, checks, or tickets.
A duplicate key is of course required at the receiving office for
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Kaye in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 1st June 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
KAYE, of Kirkstall, near Leeds, in the County of York, send 3
greeting.
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page_text: our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Joseph Kaye, Her special licence, that I, the
said Joseph Kaye, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Joseph Kaye, my 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 APPARATUS EMPLOYED
FOR COLLECTING FARES, CHECKS, OR TICKETS ON PUBLIC CONVEYANCES AND OTHER
PLACES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Joseph
Kaye, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of 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 I, the said 'Joseph Kaye, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
-
My Invention has reference to "hoppers "which are now in usc in
connection with a Patent obtained by myself and Jane Kaye, dated
23rd March 1874, No. 1005.
Above the "swing table" employed in the Invention, the subject of
the above-mentioned Patent, “hoppers'
" have already been used, but
have been fixtures, so that an incorrect amount of money, check, or
ticket having passed through the "hopper" on to the table could not be
rectified.
According to my present Invention the "hopper" may be made of
glass or other transparent substance, or of metal perforated with any
required number of holes, so as to enable the money, check, or ticket to
be seen when placed on the "swing" or other table.
"
For the above purpose the "hopper may be hinged on the top of
the box over the “swing or other table, and provided with a lock, so.
"

page_text: Fig. 1 represents a side elevation; Fig. 2, a front elevation; and
Fig. 3, a transverse section of apparatus constructed according to my
Invention.
In my Drawing I have shown the hopper as hereafter described.
The front part of the hopper consists of the metal framework b, in which:
is fitted the glass slide or front c of the hopper, as shown. The top a of
the hopper is hinged at e, or when preferred could be made separate
from the hinge or.projection e, and so arranged that when required to
be placed in its position the point f is brought under the projecting
part e, and then closed down at point y, near to which point a lock his
arranged and fixed on the side of the box to receive the loop i, whereby
the top d is firmly secured to the box. The inclines ; form a portion of
the top d of the hoppor, and in these are fitted a slide, by preference
made of glass. The projecting parts & are for the purpose of directing.
the money, ticket, or check on to the table a.
Instead of the whole of the hopper, or parts forming the hopper, being
arranged as aforesaid, any of the sides or the top may be made to open
either in the form of a slide or hinged, so as to swing open when
required, but in each case a lock is provided; and in order to prevent
the receiver of money, checks, or tickets opening the hopper for
fraudulent purposes, the key required to unlock the hopper is chained
in the public conveyance or other place in such a position that the
receiver of money, checks, or tickets cannot use it for the purpose of
unlocking the hopper without being observed, but only for rectifying
any mistake in the amount of money, checks, or tickets.
A duplicate key is of course required at the receiving office for
cleaning and other purposes.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I would remark in con-
clusion that I do not limit myself to the exact details and configuration

page_text: departing from my Invention; but what I do claim and desire to be
secured to me by Letters Patent is, the arrangement, construction, and
application of hoppers fastened with locks, substantially as and for
purposes herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Kaye, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.