. Electric railway journal . is such that coins thrownin the hopper or droppedon it will immediatelypass down on to the trapdoor at the bottom ofthe hopper, where they may be inspected. After inspect-ing the coins the trap door may be opened by a slightleft-hand or reverse movement of the operating greatly simplifies the operation, because the right-hand rotation of the same crank registers the coins. From the trap door the coins drop through a tube into a pan of original design. On turning thecrank to the right the coins are picked up one by one in theholes in the b
. Electric railway journal . is such that coins thrownin the hopper or droppedon it will immediatelypass down on to the trapdoor at the bottom ofthe hopper, where they may be inspected. After inspect-ing the coins the trap door may be opened by a slightleft-hand or reverse movement of the operating greatly simplifies the operation, because the right-hand rotation of the same crank registers the coins. From the trap door the coins drop through a tube into a pan of original design. On turning thecrank to the right the coins are picked up one by one in theholes in the bottom of the pan and are carried into thecounting mechanism, where they are counted by amechanism which is so positive that the crank may beturned by hand as fast as possible without causing an errorin the count. The counting can be accomplished at therate of four coins per second. An extremely high speed ofthe crank does not facilitate the counting, as more coins willbe passed through per minute at a speed below the extreme. Coin Register for PrepaymentCars b72 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XXXVIII, No. 15. speed. After counting the coins are delivered into the con-ductors coin box at the bottom of the machine. This boxhas a capacity of about 100 fares, and could be made largerif desired. The door to this receptacle is operated by thethumb of either hand, while the fingers are held so as toreceive the coins which come down the snout on the doorinto the palm of the hand. The counting mechanism is connected directly to theregister above through a shaft in the column, and both thetrip register and the totalizer are driven from this shaft bypositive gearing. The trip figures are 1% in. high and>?/4 in. wide, and read to 999. The trip counts one for eachnickel, two for each dime and one for each five cents. Thetrip may be reset by a knob on the left when the crank is inthe down position only, as it is interlocked with the crankthrough a rod in the column. During the process of
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