Fare-Receiver and Automatic Change-Maker.

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Patent for a fare box and change maker mean to improve on fare-receivers and automatic change-makers that "automatically deliver the correct change to a passenger or other person, who deposits in the machine a coin of greater value than is the regulation fare" (lines 16-19).

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[5], 10 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Sturgis, Herbert Marshall June 18, 1895.

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  • Sturgis, Herbert Marshall Herbert Marshall Sturgis, of St. Louis, Missouri, Assignor of two-thirds to William B. Taylor and James H. Smith, of Dallas, Texas.

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  • Main Title: Fare-Receiver and Automatic Change-Maker.
  • Added Title: Fare Receiver and Automatic Change-Maker.

Description

Patent for a fare box and change maker mean to improve on fare-receivers and automatic change-makers that "automatically deliver the correct change to a passenger or other person, who deposits in the machine a coin of greater value than is the regulation fare" (lines 16-19).

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[5], 10 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Application filed November 12, 1894. Serial No. 528,568. (No model.)

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  • June 18, 1895

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  • June 18, 1895

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  • November 12, 1894

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Sturgis, Herbert Marshall. Fare-Receiver and Automatic Change-Maker., patent, June 18, 1895; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174019/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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