IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS APPLIED TO OMNIBUSES, TRAMWAY CARS, AND OTHER VEHICLES TO REGISTER THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CARRIED AND THE FARES PAID DURING EACH JOURNEY
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Victor Isidore Feeny, of Mostyn Road, Brixton,
in the County of Surrey, Mechanical Engineer, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS APPLIED TO OMNIBUSES, TRAMWAY CARS,
AND OTHER VEHICLES TO REGISTER THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CARRIED AND
THE FARES PAID DURING EACH JOURNEY."
$
Scaled the 9th December 1875, and dated the 17th June 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Victor Isidore Feeny
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 17th June 1875.
I, VICTOR ISIDORE FEENY, of Mostyn Road, Brixton, in the County
of Surrey, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS APPLIED TO OMNIBUSES,
TRAMWAY CARS, AND OTHER VEHICLES TO REGISTER THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
CARRIED AND THE FARES PAID DURING EACH JOURNEY," to be as follows:-
My improvements consist in a combination of turnstiles with a
registering cylinder or barrel and pencil or marker in such a manner

page_text: that the same marker will register upon a piece of paper or other
material placed upon the cylinder both the entrance and exit of
passengers and the number of passengers entering and alighting during
each division of the journey.
In applying my improvements, say, to an omnibus, I propose to place a
two turnstiles upon a platform at the rear end of the omnibus, these
two turnstiles being thrown in and out of gear with the checking
apparatus by the pressure of the passenger upon a tread plate, and both
turnstiles revolving in such conjunction that no two persons can pass
in together between any two arms of the turnstile and be checked as
one passenger. These turnstiles will be connected with the registering
barrel by gearing, which will upon the entrance of a passenger set the
barrel revolving, and cause a horizontal mark to be made upon the
paper by pressure of the marker against the barrel. I also propose to
connect the turnstiles with the marker in such a manner that upon the
exit of a passenger the pencil or marker will move along its axis
and make a vertical stroke upon the paper, the barrel remaining
stationary.
The marker will be so arranged that at each section of the journey
an attendant may, using a suitable key, send it back to the top of the
barrel. The operation might be reversed, and the barrel might be made
to traverse along its axis, the marker remaining stationary.
In order that my Invention may be more easily understood, I have
herounto annexed three Sheets of Drawing representing apparatus
embodying my improvements, but I do not limit myself to the use of
the precise mechanical combinations shown on the several diagrams, as
I may in practice find it desirable to use mechanical equivalents to
produce the same results.
On Sheet 1 Figure 1 represents a plan of the registering apparatus or
indicator, and Figure 2 a longitudinal section of same.
A indicates the turnstile shaft, which imparts motion to the registering
apparatus; B, cam working freely on turnstile shaft A; C, ratchet
wheel secured to turnstile shaft A; D, the barrel of indicator fitting on
to the large ratchet wheel E, which revolves on the spindle or stud F;
G, H, I, rocking arms and connecting rod for driving ratchet wheel E;
K, a second ratchet wheel secured on to turnstile shaft A, by means
of which the train of wheels L, M, N, O, is set in motion and the screw

page_text: snart r made to revolve; Q, nut working on the screw. shaft P and
between the guides R, R, to which is attached the marker S; T, key
shaft for raising the clutch U out of gear with the scrow P; V, spring
pressing against nut Q.
On Sheet 2 Figure 1 illustrates a plan or general arrangement of
improved turnstiles and indicator.
On Sheet 3 Fig. 1 is a cross section through the above, shewing
position of gearing wheels below platform.
A indicates the turnstiles, on the lower end of which is secured the
cam plate B and ratchet C, as also the chain pulleys D, D; E, the tread
plate carried on the springs F, F, and connected to the stop levers G, G;
9, 9, guides for stop levers G, G; H, spring paul working against cam
plate B.
Action of Indicator.-The barrel D, having been previously covered
with a suitable sheet of paper, upon the turnstile shafts A, A, being
made to revolve by the entrance of a passenger, the cams B revolve with
them, the rocking arms and rod G, H, I, are set in motion, and the
ratchet wheel E with barrel D made to revolve a short distance, the
marker S pressing against the barrel D during this partial revolution,
and making a horizontal line upon the paper equal in length to the
travel of the barrel. Upon the exit of a passenger the train of wheels
L, M, N, O, is set in motion (the cams B remaining at rest), and the
screw shaft P thereby made to revolve slightly, thus causing the nut Q
and marker S to travel a short distance across the barral, or in the
direction of its axis, making a vertical line upon the paper.
Upon the completion of the 1st portion of the journey the timekeeper
or other attendant, provided with a suitable key, will turn the short
shaft T, thereby lifting the clutch U out of gear with the screw shaft P,
whereupon the spring V drives the nut Q, and with it the marker S, to
the top of the barrel B, and the indicator is ready for registering the
altered fares.
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In lieu of the above the key may be fitted on to the top of the screw
shaft P, the shaft T and spring V being thereby dispensed with.

page_text: the distance apart being equal to the amount of travel of barrel or
marker for each distinct registration, but other paper or registering
material might be used.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
by the said Victor Isidore Feeny in the Great Scal Patent Office
on the 17th December 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, VICTOR
ISIDORE FEENY, of Mostyn Road, Brixton, in the County of Surrey,
Mechanical Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Victor Isidore Feeny, Her special
licence that I, the said Victor Isidore Feeny, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Victor Isidore Feeny,
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 APPLIED TO OMNIBUSES, TRAMWAY CARS,
AND OTHER VEHICLES TO REGISTER THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CARRIED AND
THE FARES PAID DURING EACH JOURNEY," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Victor Isidore Feeny, my executors or ad-
ministrators, 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.
A that the said Viston Isidore Feeny do hereby

page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
My improvements consist in the combination of turnstiles with a
registering cylinder or barrel and pencil or marker in such manner
that the same marker will register upon a piece of paper or other
material placed upon the cylinder both the entrance and exit of
passengers and the number of passengers entering and alighting during
each division of the journey.
In applying my improvements, say, to an omnibus, I place two turn-
stiles upon a platform at the rear end of the omnibus, these two
turnstiles being thrown in and out of gear with the checking apparatus
or indicator by the pressure of the passenger upon a tread plate, or these
turnstiles may always be in gear with the checking apparatus, and the
tread plate serve simply to lock them when not required to operate, both
turnstiles revolving in such conjunction that no two persons can pass in
together between any two arms of the turnstile and be checked as one
passenger. These turnstiles are connected with the registering barrel by
gearing, which will upon the entrance of a passenger set the barrel
revolving, and cause a horizontal mark to be made upon the paper by the
pressure of the marker against the barrel. I also connect the turnstiles
with the marker in such a manner that upon the exit of a passenger the
pencil or marker will move along its axis and make a vertical stroke
upon the paper, the barrel remaining stationary.
The marker is so arranged that at each section of the journey an
attendant may, using a suitable key, send it back to the top of the
barrel; or the operation may be reversed, and the barrel be made to
traverse along its axis, the marker remaining stationary.
In order that my Invention may be more easily understood I have
hereunto annexed three Sheets of Drawing representing apparatus
embodying my Invention, but I do not limit myself to the use of the
precise mechanical combinations shewn on the several diagrams, as I
may in practice find it desirable to use mechanical equivalents to
produce the same results.
On Sheet I., Figure 1 represents a plan of the registering apparatus or
indicator, and Figure 2 a longitudinal section of same.
A indicates the turnstile shaft, which imparts motion to the registering
annaratus: B. cam working freely on turnstile shaft A: C. ratchet

page_text: wheel secured to turnstile shaft A; D, the barrel of the indicator fitting
on to the large ratchet wheel E, which revolves on the spindle or stud F;
G, H, I, rocking arms and connecting rods for driving ratchet wheel E;
K, a second ratchet wheel secured on the turnstile shaft A, by means of
which the train of wheels L, M, N, O, is set in motion, and the screw
shaft P made to revolve; Q, nut working on the screw shaft P and
between the guides R, R, and to which is attached the marker S; T, kcy
shaft for raising the clutch U out of gear with the screw P; V, a spring
pressing against nut Q.
A modification of the above is shown in the plan and section,
Figures 3 and 4. Here in lieu of the clutch arrangement, shewn
Figures 1 and 2, for replacing the pencil or marker S upon the com-
pletion of any particular section of a journey, I substitute the lock
action, as shown.
.
A is an oblong nut, having a screw thread upon one half only of its
inner face, and furnished with a fork B, which slides upon the moveable
plate C; D, guide block for plate C to work in; E, screw spindle;
F, spiral spring pressing against nut A; G, key spindle, upon which is
secured the lever arm H; I, spring pressing against plate C. I also
place a second spring paul K in gear with the ratchet whee L.
On Sheet II., Figure 1 illustrates a plan or general arrangement of
improved turnstiles and indicator, and Figure 2 is a cross section through
the above, showing position of gearing wheels below platform.
A indicates the turnstiles, on the lower end of which is secured the
cam plate B and ratchet C, as also the chain pullies D, D; E, tread
plate carried on springs F, F, and connected to the stop levers G, G;
g, g, guides for stop levers G, G; H, spring paul working against cam
plate B..
On Sheet III., Figure 1 represents a plan of an arrangement of turn-
stiles having only three arms, and without the chain gearing below, as
shewn in Fig. 2, Sheet II., and Figure 2 is a section through the same.
A, A, are the turnstiles; B, the cam plate; O, ratchet or stop wheel;
E, the tread plate; F, spring; G, stop lover; H, H, spring pauls
working against cam plates B, B; I, the step.
Action of the Indicator.-The barrel D having been previously
covered with a suitable sheet of paper, upon the turnstile shafts A, A,

page_text: being made to revolve by the entrance of a passenger, the cams B
revolve with them, the rocking arms and rods G, H, I, are set in
motion, and the ratchet wheel E with barrel D made to revolve a short
distance, the marker S pressing against the barrel D during this partial
revolution, and making a horizontal line upon the paper equal in length
to the travel of the barrel. Upon the exit of a passenger the train of
wheels L, M, N, O, is set in motion (the cams B remaining at rest), and
the screw shaft P thereby made to revolve slightly, thus causing the
nut Q and marker S to travel a short distance across the barrel, or in the
direction of its axis, making a vertical line upon the paper.
Upon the completion of the first portion of the journey the time-
keeper or other attendant, provided with a suitable koy, will turn the
short shaft T, thereby lifting the clutch U out of gear with the screw
shaft P, whereupon the spring V drives the nut Q, and with it tho
marker S, to the top of the barrel B, and the indicator is ready for
registering the altered fares.
In lieu of the above the key may be fitted on to the top of the screw
shaft P, the shaft T and spring V being thereby dispensed with; or I
substitute the lock motion, as shown on Sheet I. Figures 3 and 4, in which
case the attendant, by means of his key and the lever arm H, causes
the sliding plate C to move in a horizontal direction, whereupon the
oval nut A, and with it the marker S, being drawn out of gear with the
screw spindle E, is at once driven to the top by means of the spring F.
Upon the attendant withdrawing the key the plate C, and with it the
nut A and marker S, are at once thrown into gear and ready for use by
the spring. I. The spring paul K is arranged to secure the barrel during
the back stroke of the lever and rod.
I propose to use paper having lines ruled at right angles to each other,
the distance apart being equal to the amount of travel of barrel or
marker for cach distinct registration, but other paper or registering
material might be used.
At the end of cach journey the marked paper will be removed from
the registering cylinder and a fresh one substituted by a person provided
with a suitable key, all the working parts of this apparatus being care-
fully boxed in, so that they cannot be tampered with and to protect
them from dirt.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven

page_text: tion, and in what manner the same is or may be performed, I claim as
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent,—
Firstly. The use of apparatus for registering both the entrance and
the exit of passengers on to and from an omnibus or other vehicle by
means of a same marker and registering cylinder, operated substantially 5
as herein-before set forth.
Secondly. The combination of one or more turnstiles with a registering
apparatus or indicator, as herein-before described and shown, Sheets I.,
II., and III. of the Drawings hereunto annexed.
Thirdly. The combination and general arrangement of the registering 1
apparatus as herein-before described and shewn, Sheet I., Figures 1 and 2
of the Drawings hereunto annexed.
Fourthly. The combination and general arrangement of the registering
apparatus as herein-before described and shown, Sheet I., Figures 3
and 4, of the Drawings hereunto annexed.
Fifthly. The construction of an indicator having a barrel, drum, or
registering cylinder arranged either to revolve or to slide upon a spindle,
in combination with a pencil or marker, as herein-before described and
shewn, Figures 1 to 4, Sheet I., of the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Victor Isidore Feeny, have here-
unto set my hand and scal, this Seventeenth day of December,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.