Abstract: For a trip odometer comprising a pinion carrier and a pinion spring mounted to the pinion carrier, the improvement provided includes, on the pinion carrier, a mating surface having a thickness, two protruding locators and an underside surface, wherein each locator has a retention ramp operatively associated with the pinion spring to retain the pinion spring in a secured position.

Abstract: A reset device (7) for the digit rollers (3) of a counter has a positioning spring (22) developed integrally on a shift drive bridge (9), the positioning spring being adapted to engage by means of a detent projection (21) into detent recesses (17-20) of the side surfaces (13-16) of a position setter (12). In this way, the position setter (12) passes in particularly reliable manner into each of its four possible positions.

Abstract: A value wheel rod lock is used to selectively lock value rods, mounted to a rotatable shaft of a postage meter, against axial movement according to the rotary position of the shaft. The rod lock includes a knife blade pivotally mounted to the shaft for rotation with the main shaft. The knife blade is spring biased away from engagement with the value rods. The knife blade is mounted to a cam follower which engages a circumferential cam surface surrounding the shaft. The cam surface is configured so that over a range of angular positions of the shaft the knife blade is biased against the value rods. This forces the value rods against a high friction backing pad mounted to the shaft with sufficient force to keep the value rods from being moved axially. When the shaft is at its home position, during which the meter values can be changed, the knife blade is biased away from the value rods to allow the value rods to be freely movable.

Abstract: An improved counter wheel assembly comprising an indicia wheel, a reset gear, a reset control mechanism for resetting the indicia wheel to a zero position, a drive gear, and a drive clutch for selectively engaging the indicia wheel to the drive gear. In one form, the drive clutch comprises an elongated pawl engageable with a frusto-conical surface integral with the drive gear and adjacent to and immediately inwardly of the rim of the indicia wheel. In a second embodiment, the drive clutch means comprises a pair of substantially identical V-shaped pawls that pivot in tandem to selectively engage serrations of a substantially cylindrical engagement surface.

Abstract: The connection between the actuating handle of a gasoline service station pump and the pump shaft is a lost motion connection wherein the pump may be actuated in the usual manner for turning the gasoline pump on but in returning the actuation handle to the vertical position, the connection between the handle and the pump shaft is floppy, i.e. a lost motion connection, so that the dial setting of the pump cannot be altered but the attendant can reset the indicating dials to zero and release the actuation lever for further operation by holding the actuating lever stationary, inserting a tool into the pump operating shaft and rotating the shaft and sleeve counter-clockwise a specified amount.

Abstract: A resettable register counter wheel assembly with a modified reset gear control mechanism having a modified reset gear pawl pivotal about an axis transverse to the wheel axis for selectively engaging and disengaging a reset gear and a reset control pawl pivotally mounted on the wheel about an axis parallel to and offset from the wheel axis and extending between the reset gear pawl and wheel shaft for pivoting the reset gear pawl outwardly with the shaft and for accurately locking the wheel to the shaft in its fully reset position.

Abstract: A word forming device for use in teaching and related applications including a plurality of juxtaposed rotatable wheels, each having on a peripheral surface thereof the characters of the alphabet. The wheels rotate about a common axis and are provided with novel detent means permitting rows of characters to be aligned to form a word or words appearing beneath an elongated opening in a casing. The casing has a larger opening in a rearwardly facing surface thereof to permit manual manipulation of each of the wheels.

Abstract: In order to increase the "sale" or "cost" registering capacity of a standard, conventional three-wheel register (counter) used in gasoline dispeners, a modified price wheel has been developed as a substitute for the lowest-order price wheel of a conventional register. This new wheel carries indicia from zero to 99 and during counting makes one revolution for every one hundred cents' worth of gasoline dispensed. The new wheel has an antibacklash arrangement for eliminating inaccuracies during the counting mode, and has an improved reset stop and a linkage mechanism associated therewith, for providing accurate resetting and for preventing improper operation during the resetting mode.

Abstract: A low cost resettable counting mechanism comprising an electromagnetic indexing mechanism and a counter stepped by the indexing mechanism having three-piece higher order number wheels with respective unitary molded plastic reset and drive pawl members for connecting the number wheels for counting and resetting purposes. A detent arm integrally formed with the number wheel shaft engages a recess in the counter viewing crystal to hold the countershaft against rotation during counting and the counter shaft is manually rotatable for resetting the higher order number wheels. A clapper and plastic verge of the indexing mechanism interfit to retain them in assembled relationship.