Year: 1885

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I, HUGH HUTCHINSON GARDINER of No 120 Queen Victoria Street in the City of
London, Army Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to till apparatus for reception of fares in cabs and other
vehicles, so arranged that the fare paid by a passenger, though it is visible to the
driver or conductor is not handled by him, but retained in a receptacle to which he'
has no access. I will describe a till according to my invention as applied to a
Hansom cab.
In the upper part of the back of the cab under the trap door by which the driver
communicates with the passenger, I provide a glass box which, by means of a
handle, moved by the driver, is pushed forwards presenting a slit through which
the passenger introduces the money of his fare, the driver seeing the money through
the transparent top and sides of the box. The fare being thus. introduced, the
driver lets go the handle, and the box being retracted by a spring until an opening
through the bottom of the box comes over a vertical passage, the money drops
through this opening and down the passage into a receptacle below which can from:
time to time be unlocked by the proprietor or authorised collector. The retraction
of the box may cause a bell to sound so as to inform the passenger that the money.
passes to the receptacle and that the box is not held forward in such a way that
the money could be extracted from it.
In other vehicles, such as tramcars, omnibuses and the like, the apparatus is'
similarly arranged and worked, being placed in a situation in the vehicle where it
is conveniently accessible for being operated.
Dated this 1st day of December 1885.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,

page_text: Conveyances.
I, HUGH HUTCHINSON GARDINER, of N° 120 Queen Victoria Street in the City of
London, Army Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to till apparatus for reception of fares in cabs and other
vehicles, so arranged that the fare paid by a passenger, though it is visible to the
driver or conductor, is not handled by him, but retained in a receptacle to which he
has no access. I will describe a till according to my invention as applied to a Hansom
Cab. In the upper part of the back of the cab, under the trap door by which the
driver communicates with the passenger, I provide a glass box which, by means of
a handle moved by the driver, is pushed forwards presenting a slit through which
the passenger introduces the money of his fare, the driver seeing the money through
the transparent sides and top of the box. The fare being thus introduced the
driver draws back the box or lets go the handle, allowing the box to be retracted
by a spring, until an opening through the bottom of the box comes over a vertical
passage, the money drops through this opening and down the passage into a
receptacle below, which can, from time to time, be unlocked by the proprietor or
authorised collector. The retraction of the box may cause a bell to sound so as to
inform the passenger that the money passes to the receptacle and that the box is
not held forward in such a way that the money could be extracted from it.
In other vehicles such as tramcars, omnibuses and the like. the apparatus is
similarly arranged and worked, being placed in a situation in the vehicle where it
is conveniently accessible for being operated.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a section of a hansom cab shewing
apparatus according to my invention applied thereto, Figs. 2 and 3 are longitudinal.
sections to an enlarged scale shewing the money box, in Fig. 2 retracted, and in
Fig. 3 protruded to receive a fare; Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the box A, which
has glass front, top and sides. It can be pushed forward and retracted by means
of a handle B which projects through the back of the cab to be worked by the
driver. When the box is pushed forward it. presents on each side an aperture C
through which the passenger introduces the fare. When the box is retracted its :
bottom D, which is hinged, drops to an inclined attitude allowing the money to
descend a shoot E into a locked receptacle R which may have within it a locked
removable till arranged in any suitable manner for preventing extraction of the
coin except by the person possessing the key.
In order to ensure the separation of the coins when they are lying on the
bottom D, so that the driver can readily count them, the bottom can be shaken by
a lever G worked by a rod F projecting up through the cab roof. Usually the
box A is prevented from being pushed farther forward than the position shewn in
Fig. 3 by a fork stop H at the top of a rod extending down to the receptacle R.
When the receptacle is opened, this rod can be drawn down, and then the box A

page_text: can be pushed a little farther forward, so as to allow its bottom to drop and give
access for cleaning its interior. For a four wheel cab, omnibus, tramway car, or
other carriage, a box A may be situated in any convenient place. For instance,
for a four wheel cab, there may be one at the side of each door as shewn in part
longitudinal section at Fig. 5 and in sectional plan at Fig. 6, the dotted lines
indicating the position of the box when, in order to receive a fare, it is protruded by
means of the handle B.
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 t
For reception of fares in cabs and other conveyances, the use of till apparatus
consisting of a glazed box that can be protruded so as to present a slit or aperture
for introduction of the fare, and then retracted to a position where its bottom
opens allowing the fare to drop into a locked receptacle, substantially as herein
described.