Improvements relating to the Taking of Fares in Public Conveyances.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 19th May, 1892-Accepted, 25th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Taking of Fares in Public
Conveyances.
I RICHARD HENRY MARSHALL of 15 Palace Road, Upper Norwood in the
County of Surrey, of no occupation, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to a system of taking fares in omnibuses_and_other
public conveyances, whereby the opportunities of pilfering will be reduced to a
minimum.
According to my invention, the conductor is not allowed to receive any money,
and I provide a special form of fare box into which the exact amount of the fare is
to be placed by the passenger.
The conductor will be provided with tickets, the two halves of each ticket being
preferably of different colors, and he will hand a ticket corresponding to the amount
of the fare paid to the passenger, who will retain one half, and place the other half
in the fare box; or the conductor may tear off and place in the box the proper
half, giving the other half to the passenger.
The fare box will be composed of a receptacle or trunk, which may be divided
longitudinally into two compartments. The trunk will also be divided transversely,
so that there will be really four compartments, two (an outer and inner compart-
ment) for the money, and two for the tickets.
The transverse partitions will not extend to the top of the trunk, and thus an
opening will be left through which the money and tickets can fall from the outer
compartments to the inner compartments when the trunk is tipped up.
Near the upper part of the trunk, two slots are made, one for the tickets, and
one for the money, and inside the slots are inclined guides of some length, which
guide the tickets and money into the respective outer compartments, and towards
the lower end of the same. The lower front part of the trunk will be preferably
made of plate glass, so that the amount of the fare can be seen.
When the corresponding ticket is placed in the box, the conductor will tip up
the box, and the money and ticket will be caused to slide to the top, and fall into
the inner compartment, the inclined guides being so arranged that the money and
tickets can pass under the edge. The inclined guides will also prevent the
abstraction of money or tickets from the box when they are once put in.
At the end of the journey, or the end of the day, it will be only necessary to
count the number of half tickets of the several colors, and see that the amount of
money corresponds to the indicated amount of the total tickets.
The half tickets will be retained by the passengers, so as to indicate to an
inspector that the fare has been paid.
The box will be provided with a lock or other fastening which can only be
opened at the office.
In some cases it may be desirable to place the tickets and money in the same
compartments, and the box will then be relatively smaller, or the box may be used
for tickets only, which may be purchased beforehand at the office or elsewhere.
The conductors may be provided with change in case of necessity.
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The box will be provided with a strap or chain by which it can be slung from
the shoulder of the conductor, or otherwise attached to his person; or it be
provided with a handle and means for temporarily attaching it to some part of the
conveyance when not required to receive fares.
Dated this 19th day of August 1891.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Taking of Fares in Public
Conveyances.
I RICHARD HENRY MARSHALL of 15 Palace Road Upper Norwood in the
County of Surrey, of no occupation do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has reference to a system of taking fares in omnibuses and other
public conveyances, whereby the opportunities of pilfering will be reduced to a
minimum.
According to my invention the conductor is not allowed to receive any money,
and I provide a special form of fare box into which the exact amount of the fare is
to be placed by the passenger.
The fare box will be composed of a receptacle or trunk, which may be divided
longitudinally into four compartments by partitions arranged at right angles to one
another.
These partitions will not extend to the top of the trunk, and thus an opening will
be left through which the money can fall from the outer compartments to the inner
compartments when the trunk is tipped up.
Near the upper part of the trunk slots are made, for money of various values and
inside the slots are inclined guides with shutters which guide the coins into the
respective outer compartments and prevent their return. The lower front part of
the trunk will be preferably made of plate glass, so that the amount of the fare can
be seen.
When the coin is placed in the box, the conductor will tip up the box, and the
money will be caused to slide to the top, and fall into the inner compartment, the
inclined shutters being also provided so that the money can pass under the edge and
not be returned.
The box will be provided with a lock or other fastening which can only be
opened at the office.
The conductors will be provided with change in case of necessity.
The box will be provided with a strap or chain by which it can be slung from the
shoulder of the conductor or otherwise attached to his person, or it may be provided
with a handle and means for temporarily attaching it to some part of the conveyance
when not required to receive fares.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 shows in front view a fare box constructed according to my invention.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line
yy of Fig. 1, and
Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line z z Fig. 1.
A is the trunk which may consist of a rectangular box provided with a strap A¹
by which it may be carried. This box may have a chamber B in the upper part for
a roll or rolls of tickets the said chamber being provided with a spring door.
Below this chamber the box is divided by partitions a b into four compart-
ments C C¹, D D'. The partition a stops short of the top of the box so that there
may be connection between the compartments C & C and D & D¹ over the top of
the partition. The compartments C, D I designate receiving compartments and
the compartments C' D' collecting compartments.
In the front of the box slots are made to receive the coins. I prefer that one
slot shall be made to receive pennies while the other slot d shall be made to
receive silver coins not larger than a sixpence. At the top side of the slots a
downwardly inclined guide e is provided to direct the coins downwards into the
compartment and on the underside of the slot is a spring hinged flap or shutter f
the normal position of which is closed as shown in the drawing Fig. 2. The length

page_text: of the guide e is such that when the box is tipped up the coins will slide freely
underneath its edge. Behind this guide e is a second hinged flap g arranged to rise
and fall in a direction directly contrary to the flap f. The flap g is limited in its
movement but will give sufficiently to allow the coins to pass under it when the box
is tipped up.
Above the slots I provide a door by which the takings can be removed from the
box the key of this door being kept at the office. As the space required for pennies
will be greater than that for silver coin I may stop the compartment D' some
distance short of the bottom of the box as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and the compart-
ment C¹ will then extend all across the lower part of the box as shown by Figs. 1
and 4.
E is a piece of thick glass let into the box at the lower part, so that the coins,
when dropped into the compartments C or D, may be seen. In some cases I may
dispense with the compartment B for the ticket roll, and carry up the coin compart-
ments to the top of the box.
The fare box will be presented by the conductor to the passenger, who will place
his exact fare in the proper compartment, C or D. The conductor will then tip
up the box, and the coins will slide down the partition a, and fall into the compart-
ment C or D', as the case may be. The coin-receiving box may of course be used
for any purposes for which it is suitable, and need not be confined to taking fares
in public vehicles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. A fare box arranged and operated as herein shown and described.
2nd. A fare box having receiving compartments C D provided with hinged
flaps in combination with collecting chambers C¹ D¹ as set forth.
Dated this 19th day of May 1892.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.