IMPROVED ENDLESS AND NON- ENDLESS COUNTING MACHINES, APPLICABLE TO TURNSTILES OR OTHER COUNTERS USED IN PLACES OF AMUSEMENT, TRAM CARS, OMNIBUSES, OR OTHER VEHICLES AND PLACES WHEREVER THEY MAY BE REQUIRED
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Reilly, of the Pomona Palace, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVED ENDLESS AND NON-
ENDLESS COUNTING MACHINES, APPLICABLE TO TURNSTILES OR OTHER COUNTERS
USED IN PLACES OF AMUSEMENT, TRAM CARS, OMNIBUSES, OR OTHER VEHICLES
AND PLACES WHEREVER THEY MAY BE REQUIRED.”
aled the 27th February 1877, and dated the 21st Decombor 187
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Reilly at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st December 1876.
JAMES REILLY, of the Pomona Palace, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster.
IMPROVED ENDLESS AND NON-ENDLESS COUNTING MACHINES, APPLICABLE TO
TURNSTILES OR OTHER COUNTERS USED IN PLACES OF AMUSEMENT, TRAM CARS,
OMNIBUSES, OR OTHER VEHICLES AND PLACES WHEREVER THEY MAY BE REQUIRED."
In one arrangement I make an endless registering apparatus by fixing on the
turnstile shaft or other first moving shaft a worm gearing into a worm wheel, in
connection with a to-and-fro traversing or reversing motion, formed by fixing to
the worn wheel a bevil wheel fitted loose on the plain part of a screw, and gearing
into a central bevil wheel geared into another bevil wheel, also loose on the plain
part of the screw, there being on the screwed part a nut carrying a finger or
pointer, and also a pin or projection. At the inner sides of the loose bevil wheels
there are clutches, corresponding with similar clutches at both ends of a clutch box,
so fitted to the plain part of the screwed shaft, and held by a key or feather, that
it can revolve with the shaft, and be moved to and fro laterally. In the clutch
box there is a circular groove, in which there are studs or bowls at the end of a
fork lever fixed to a shaft, to which is also fixed a lever, having a pin or stud
placed in a slot at one end of a reversing bar, having snugs or stops for acting
alternately on a weighted tumbler lever; and near both ends of the reversing bar
there are snugs, which are alternately acted upon by the pin or projection on the
nut of the screw.
For indicating the units and tens of the hundreds I fix a graduated dial to the

page_text: central bevil wheel, in connection with a stationary finger or pointer, and the
numbers of hundreds and thousands are indicated by the finger or pointer on
the nut traversing along a graduated scale of about the length of the scrow.
When the machine is applied to a turnstile the movements of the four pro-
jecting arms are indicated by units and tens up to a hundred on the dial, and when
the clutch box is in gear with one of the bevil wheels the screw turns in one
direction, and moves forward the nut and finger to one division of the graduated
scale, corresponding with the pitch of the screw, thereby indicating one hundred,
and as the arms continue to be turned the nut and finger inove onwards to indicate
hundreds and thousands. When the nut arrives near the far end of the scale or
screw the pin or projection on the nut moves the reversing bar and weighted
tumbler lever, so that when the latter is just overbalanced the weight causes
the lever to fall, and give the reversing bar a Interal movement, thereby shifting
the clutch box to the other bevil wheel, which reverses the motion of the screw and
brings back the nut and finger, thereby indicating additional hundreds and
thousands; and when the nut arrives near the back end, the pin or projection upon
it acts on the other snug on the reversing bar to cause the weighted tumbler lever
to fall in a reverse direction and move the clutch box to the first or primary
bevil wheel, to again move the nut and finger forward, and these reverse move-
ments are continually taking place and registering numbers; and instead of using
a weight on the tumbler lever I may employ springs for producing the
same effect.
I do not confine myself to the use of bevil wheels for giving the reversing motion,
for instead of them I may employ the reversing spur wheel motion, or the mangle
motion, or any other reversing motion, so long as it is in connection with a screw
having on it a nut and finger or pointer communicating with graduated scales for
indicating units, tens, hundreds, and thousands.
When desired I employ the screw, nut, and graduated scale, without any self-
acting reversing motion, and make the nut in two pieces, so that it can be opened
in order that it may be moved from one end of the screw to the other by hand, and
afterwards closed, and it is evident that the first moving shaft of the counting
machines can be moved in various ways without using a turnstile.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said James Reilly in the Great Scal Patent Office on the 21st June 1877.
JAMES REILLY, of the Pomona Palace, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVED ENDLESS AND NON-ENDLESS COUNTING MACHINES, APPLICABLE TO
TURNSTILES OR OTHER COUNTERS USED IN PLACES OF AMUSEMENT, TRAM CARS,
OMNIBUSES, OR OTHER VEHICLES AND PLACES WHEREVER THEY MAY BE REQUIRED."
Figs. 1 and 2 are end front elevations drawn to a reduced scale, and Fig. 3, a
plan of an ordinary turnstile provided with one of my improved endless counting
machines or registering apparatus; Fig. 4, a front view enlarged; and Figs. 5
and 6, plans of the registering apparatus or counting machine itself; and Fig. 7, a
view of one of the parts detached; and Figs. and 9 are views representing
inodified arrangements of my improved counting machines.
To the turnstile shaft marked a in Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8 I fix, in addition to
the catch wheel b geared to the spring catch c, a right or left handed worm d
gearing into a worm wheel e, in connection with a to-and-fro traversing or
reversing motion formed by fixing to the worm wheel a bevil wheel f fitted loose
on the plain part of a screw g, and gearing into a central bevil wheel / geared into
another bevil wheel i, also loose on the plain part of the screw, there being on the
screwed part a nut k carrying a finger or pointer 1, and also a pin or projection m.

page_text: At the inner sides of the loose bevil wheels there are clutches, corresponding with
similar clutches at both ends of a clutch box n, so fitted to the plain part of the
screwed shaft, and held by a key or feather, that it can revolve with the shaft, and
be moved to-and-fro laterally. In the clutch box thero is a circular groove, in
which there are studs or bowls at the end of a fork lever p fixed to a shaft, to
which is also fixed a lever r, having a pin or stud placed in a slot s at one end of
a reversing bar t, having arms acted upon alternately by a weighted tumbler
lever v, and this reversing bar is shewn detached in Fig. 7. Near both ends of the
reversing bar there are snugs or pins w, which are alternately acted upon by the pin
or projection m on the nut of the screw.
For indicating the units and tens of the hundred I fix a graduated dial X to the
central bevil wheel h, in connection with a stationary finger or pointer y, and tho
numbers of hundreds and thousands are indicated by the finger or pointer on
the nut k traversing along a graduated scale a¹ of about the length of the screw.
When the machine is applied to a turnstile the movements of the four pro-
jecting arms are indicated by units and teus up to a hundred on the dial X, and
when the clutch box n is in gear with one of the bevil wheels the scrow turns in
one direction and moves forward the nut and finger to one division of the graduated
scale, corresponding with the pitch of the screw, thereby indicating one hundred,
and as the turnstile arms continuo to be turned the nut and finger move onwards to
indicate hundreds and thousands on the scale a¹. When the nut arrives near the
far end of the scale or screw the pin or projection m acts on one of the snugs or
projections w, and gives movement to the reversing bar t, the arms, and weighted
tumbler lever v, and when the lever is overbalanced the slot 8 allows the lever to
fall and give further movement to the bar, thereby shifting the clutch box n to the
other bevil wheel, which reverses the notion of the screw, and brings back the nut
and finger, thereby indicating additional hundreds and thousands; and when the
nut arrives near the back end the pin or projection upon it acts on the other snug
on the reversing bar to cause the weighted tumbler lever to fall in a reverse
direction and move the clutch box to the front or primary bevil wheel, to again
move the nut and finger forward, and these reverse movements are continually
taking place and registering numbers; and instead of using a weight on the tumbler
lever I may employ springs for producing the same effect.
I do not confine myself to the use of bevil wheels for giving the reversing motion,
for instead of them I may employ the reversing spur wheel motion, the mangle
motion, the crossed right and left handed screws on one shaft with the corre-
sponding nuts, or any other reversing motion, so long as it is in connection with a
scale or scales for indicating units, tens, hundreds, and thousands.
When desired I employ the scrow, nut, and graduated scale, without any self-
acting reversing motion, and make the nut in two pieces, so that it can be opened
in order that it may be moved from one end of the screw to the other by hand, and
afterwards closed; and it is evident that the first moving shaft of the counting
machines can be moved in various ways without using a turnstile.
In Fig. 8 I show a modification of my improved counting machine, which can bo
worked cither continuously or reversely, as desired.
To the turnstile shaft a is fixed a right or left handed worm d¹ gearing into a
worm wheel el fixed to a shaft f¹, and to this wheel is fixed a dial g¹ for indicating,
by means of a stationary finger h¹, units and tens up to a hundred. To the
shaft f' is fixed a worm gearing into the worm wheel, having twenty teeth,
and to this wheel is fixed an indicating dial and also two pins or studs n¹
gearing into the recesses of a toothed chain carried by chain wheels p¹³, and for
each revolution of the wheel and pins the chain is moved the distance of two links,
indicating a thousand, and so on repeatedly; and in Fig. 9 I shew a plan in
which an endless band carried on rollers is used instead of the toothed chain.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention, I desire
it to be understood that I claim, the improved endless and non-endless counting

page_text: machines, as herein described, and illustrated on the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings, or any mere modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Reilly, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Nineteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.
Witnessed by
CHAS. W
COLLINS,
Engineer & Patent Agent,
Manchester.
JAMES REILLY. (L.S.)