US987445A - Turnstile. - Google Patents

Description

G. DRIVER.

TURNSTILE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 12, 1910.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2;

WITNESSES @/K .eu-i4 burra einiges PATENT onirica.

CORNELIUS DRIVER, OF TIMBERVILLE, VIIEKASIIITIA.

TUnnsTILn To all whom' it may concern: 1 .A

Be it known that I7 ConNnLiUs Duiven, a citizen of the United States, residing at Timberville, in the county Rockingham and State of Virginia, haar invented certain new and useful Improvements in Turnstiles7 of which the following is ay specification.

My invention'relates'to railway passenger cars and particularly to pey-as-you-enter cars provided with novel `automatic means for accurately registering the number of passengers entering the same.

An important object of my invention is to provide a car with a turn-stile which may be transferred from one platform of the car' to the other, in accordance with the direci tion in which the car is'traveling.

A, further object of Athis invention is to provide a turn-stilewhich can be rotated in one direction only. p

A further object of this invention is to provide a turn-stile embodying registering mechanism74 which is mounted with said this arrangement 1s turn-stile. 4

A further object of my invention is to provide a turn-stile having a. registering ln'ieehanism associated. therewith, which is `actuated by the and said turnstile being so constructed that rotation of the turn-stile,

passengers may pass the same in leavingathe car without actuating the registering mecha.n

nism. A further object `of my invention is'to Vprovide a removable turn-stile comprising a hub to which are mounted arms capable of being swung in one direction only.

`The final object of this invention 1s the `provision of'v a` lturn-stile which Will be proficient in its operation, simple in construction and cheap to manufacture.

Oneof themostdiilicult problems in the management of street railway cars is to provide for the proper collection ofthe fares from the passengers. Conductors are often.

dishonest and the car companies accordingly lose quite a large percentage of their carnings. Besides from the dishonesty of the conductor, many fares are often" not collectcd, due to the fact that the-conductor is too lazy or lacks personal interest in his..

Serial No. 549,059.

business. On account of the above recited ditliculties, the pay-as-you-enter cars are coming into use, and to an extent lessen the dishonesty and negligence of conductors. The pay-as-you-enter cars however do not entirely remedy the trouble,` and the problem is` still unsolved. I propose `to equip a railway car and preferably a payL as-youenter7f car with a registering turnstile so that"l the number of the passengers entering the cars will .be registered and the conductor forced to colleetall ofthe fares or make up the deciency himself. `I am aware that turn-stiles'have before been employed in connection with street railway cars, but so far as I am aware have met With little success. A great objectionheretofore to the employment of la turn-stile upon a street railway car, is the fact ,that rit prevents passengers from quickly leavingA the car in case of accidents. heretofore been employed upon street ears .to

A Specification of Letters latent. t Patented Dial'. 21,` 1911. l navenant ined March 12, 1910.

actuate a. fare registering mechanism, but

complicated 'and by far too expensive.r n f I provide a turn-stile t0 be .used upon a pay-asy n1enter car, which may be transferred from'one platform to theother; thus reducing' the expense of 'such apparatus by making it perform the dutiesrof two 'turns stiles. The registering mechanism of m turn-stile is rotated with the hub of the same, and removable from said turn-stile.. In thc accompanying drawings forming a part of this specilicatioiuand in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame, Figure 1 is a plan view-of the turn-stile. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the hub of the turnstilel Fig. 4 is a horizontal line '4% of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of thel arms .of the turn-stile. Fig. 6 is a' plan view of the'turn-stile, parts thereof being removed and showingone of the arms arranged in its inoperative position,

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a car, showing the application of my invention.

In the drawings illustrating a preferred embodimentpof my invention, the numeral 1 f section taken on designates as aA Whole an ordinary form of pay-as-you-enter car. This car is shown as provided at each end with'a'platform 2,

which is provided upon opposite sides with` formand leave by the front platform.

As shown. in Fig. 7 a turn-stile 9 is arranged upon the rear platform 1 and 1s actuated by the passengers entering the car.l

r[,his turn-stile comprises a cylindrical hub 10, which is provided upon its lower end with a cylindrical reduced portion 11, for1ning with hub l0 a shoulder 12. lhe lower end of the reduced portion 11 is closed by mea-ns of a cap 13, which is suitably secured to the same by any suitable means, and pro-Y vided centrally thereof with a circular opening 14. The hub 10 is hollow as shown, be'- ing provided with a cylindrical opening 15, and the reduced portion is provided with a cylindrical openiugl, which communicates with opening 15. yThe hub l0 ot' the turn'- stile is rotatably supported by having its reduced portion 16 removably and rotatably mounted within a cup-like socket 17. .This cup-like socket has its upper open end provided with an inwardly extending flange 18. which engages the reduced portion 11, as shown: rlhe lower end' of the yreduced portion 11. or cap 14, rests upo'nthe bottom-wall 19 of the socket as shown, and this bottoniwall 19 is rovided centrally thereof with a downwarc ly extending tubular sleeve 20, the axial opening of which registers with an opening 21 vformed through the Wall 19 as shown. The sleeve 20 is arranged upon a vertically disposed rod or., support 22 which is fixcdly secured'upon each of` the platforms 3. This sleeve is detachably secured to the rod 22 by means of a removable bolt 23 which passes through openings 24 and 25 formed respectively upon the sleeve 20 and rod 22. The vertically arranged rod 22 is connected as shown with a horizontally arranged rod 26, the outer end of which is supported by a vertical-rod 427. The horizontal rod 26 is employed as is shown to divide theIv platforms 3 into entrance and exit aisles.

Within the reduced portion 11 of the hub 10 is loosely mounted a cylinder 28, which as shown extends above this reduced portion to within the openingA 15 of the hub 10. The cylinder 28, is provided near its upper end with laterally extending lugs 29 which are ldisposed at 90o apart. The cylinder 28 is .provided with an opening 28aA which is square in cross-section and adapted to removably receive the reduced end 30 of the rod 22, which is also square cross-'section as shown.

Bypthe construction so far described it is I obvious that the hub 1 0 is capable of being rotated within the socket 17, while the cylinder 28 is held stationary by the rod 22.. It is also seen that the reduced portion of the hub 10 together with the lcylinder 28 ma)7 be readily removed from the rod 22 when desired. The cylinder 28 is provided r.upon its periphery with cutout portions'or recesses 31, which are triangular in crossseetion anddisposed at QOOapart. These recesses are in vertical alinement. with the projections 29. The. reduced portion 11 of the hub 10 is provided intermediate its ends with ,f an elongated recess 32, which communicates at one end thereof with an opening 33, which leads into the opening' 1G above referredl to. As shown in Fig, 4 a leaf spring 34 is fixedlyA secured to the reduced portion 11, within the recess 32 as at 34', and this spring is provided at its free end with a head 35 which is "tri-' angular in horizontal cross-section and arranged within the opening for engagement within a selected-one of the recesses 31. lt is to be understood that as the reduced portion 11 Vis rotated in the direction ot' the arrow as shown in Fig. 1.' the head 35 of the spring 3.4 will be forced out of the recess 31 within which the same' is arranged, and remain in its outer position until the next recess 31 is moved into. registration with the opening` 33 when thehead will accordingly be urged into this nexty recess. It is obvious that the spring 34 will tend to stop the rotation of the. hub 10 at every` quarter of a revolution ot' the same when traveling in the direction of the arrow, and that suilicient torce will have to be applied lto the hub in order to forcel the spring 34 outwardly after said hub has been rotated. 'i

.00". ll is thus seen that the spring 34 does not positively prevent the rotation of the hub 10 in the direction of the arrow, but the saine simply makes its rotation more difficult after each movement of 90. Owing to the shape of the openings 31. and the shape of the head 35 of thespring 34 as shown in Fig. 4 it is.obvious that the hub 10 ca-nnot be rotated in a direction opposite upper portion of the hub 10 is arranged registering device designated as a Twhole by the numeral 30 and shown asr having a cyliudricalcasing. 'lhis registering' device! is supported within the hub 10 by means of an annular flange 37, and the same is covered. by a section of'glass 38 or other suitable transparent m'aterial which is held in to 4that indicated by the arrow. lVithin the v y BEST AVAILABLE 'copy place by means of a.' ringtl, `which in turn :is fastened to the uppei'rnd ot' thefhub 10 'by means of screws 40 mathe like. `lt is to be .understood that the registering device 36 may be of any well known form andthe same ivill not be described in detail no claim will be. made thereto per se. It is tov be -nnderstood that .the mechanism Within 4,the registering device 36 is actuated by'a y ltoothed wheel 41, which is shown .in Fig.

as extending through the' bot-tom Wall of Ythe device 36 and disposed to be actuated uccessively by the projections 29. It is oh-,.

tious that when the hub is rotated a quarter of a revolution and the cylinder 28 held stationary, the Wheel 41-Will be urged into engagement with one of the projections 29 ind actuatethe mechanism within the regstering device 36 to record the entrance of Inlssengers into the car. f

i As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the hub 10 isv provided upon its periphery with arms 42,

which are arranged at 9 0o apart and in ver'A l@ical alinementA with the projections 29.r

Each of the farms 42fcomp'rises a substan ially U-shapedrrod 43, which `has its free nds'fixedlyj secured 'to a rectangular platev 4 in thelmannershown. A This plate is pro'- 'ided upon one-` of its vertical edgesv with lsual with axial' openings' 46:""Thea1pper nuckle 45 has formed thereon an angularly fter described. Each.. of the -armsv 42 is fa flat plate 48 `formed upon the periph f the hub and provided with a knuckletl passage-sa-mssaassssgltlapted to be inserted' betweenthe lclniicltles'i 7 and be pivotally connected to the samey means of-a. suitable pintle'O thus form- 2 is in its operativepojsitio'n the same is raially arranged withrelationfto Vthe hub 10 nd theplate 44engages' oris` in"parallel y the construction so fardescribed it'lwill. e obvious that eachlof lthe arms 42 has'a nee-joint engagement with thefhublO and ie samel cannot bewo'scillated upon thehub hen swung in th'el direction of thearrow It is also obvious that each of the arms i free to osoillate upon the hub lO'When vung in .a direction 4opposite to the arrow.

ihe hub 10 is' provided with springs -52 its new position.

paced knucklesft rvhichv arepr'ovided rranged ear 4'? for va purposeto be hereinivotally conneotedto the hub Ll() by. virtue; eri" ig a hinged joint. When each of the arms" :lation to the plate148 as showninfligil@ ,a second .saidy second plate, said plates having@ a .i

1m to overcome the'spring 52. When the i ,As 'shown-,in Fig. 7 the turn`-stile 9 is arranged upon the rear platform so as to control the entrance aisle of this platform, attention being'called to the :tact that it is hereinabovestated that the rod 26 divides this platform into entrance and exit aisles. The passengers enter the car by the rear platform only and leave by the front platform. The travel of thepassengers through.

thecar is designated diagrammatically by the arrows 8. -It is obvious that each passenger will rotate the turn-'stile one'half of a revolution. to enter the door 5, and the correct number of passengers carried bythe car may be ascertain-ed b dividing the number displayed by the register 36 by 2. lt is to be understood that the vertical rod 22 arranged upon the forward platform 3 has se-l cured thereto a socket 11x11 similar tothe socket 11 arranged upon the rear platform, whereby the turn-stile may be removed from the rear' platform and placed upon the forward platform, which becomes the rear plat-,

fornt.,i,1pon the freturn `travel of the; car Where tivtrack's ru'ninto each other at the end ol line..,--fIhe:-turn-stile 9 is thus transferable from oney platform' toanothergand oper- J ates preciselythe same upon each platform.

Having,Vfully-fdescribed my invention, l'

f 1. The combination with the platforms of i.- i Vi,V acar,fof\mansfor dividing eaeh of said platforms.'intoentrance'and exit aisles, a Vsupporta:arranged uponeach of said plat- -forrns, fa trnfstile removably supported by theslupport upon one of said platformspnd saidturn'fstilebeng adapted to be arranged aipon thevsupportupon the other platform..

2. Thefcombination with a plurality of supports, of-a hubfand armseonnected there- .iwitluvremovably lmounted upon one of said supports; and "adapted to `be transferred to and removably mounted upon the other sup-` port. "f

scribed, ahubf-a ila-t plate formed upon said hub, a secondA plate, an arm fix'edly secured 4to said second plate, said plates having a hingedfengagement with Aeach other, and rineansffor normally retaining said plates .in contact with eachother.

. .4. In 4saturn-stile of, the character de scribed, a h1ib,a plate formed upon the same, Y

late, an' arm fixedly secured to hinged engagement with each other, an ear formed uponsaid second plate,

and a spring carried by vsaid-.hub for engagement with -said-ear. I -f 5.'.In a turn-.stile of the character described, a support, a rotatable hub remov` :ably mou'ntedupon-said support. and arms pivotallyf` eonnotedfwith, said hub, to oscillate inianapproximately horizontal plane.

` 6. The combination with the platform of BEST AVAILABLE COPY l I I 987,445

a cer, of-means to divide the same into entrance ald exi; aisles, a, suppui; arraned in presence of .two witnesses. u on sai plat orm, a turn-sti e remova y T, .Y minimized upon said support, comprising a CORLLLIUS DRIVER' s'hub, and arms pvotally connected there- Witnesses: Y

;With, to oscillate in an approximatelyvhoril WILLLuLB. MURRAY, `zonta1p1ane v C. L. PARKER.

In testhnonywhereof I. ax my signet-ure

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