Patent GB-387175-A (GB)
Title: A sales recording appliance
IPC: B42D19/00
Filed: 1932-04-18
Abstract: 387,175. Memorandum appliances. LEECE, E. D., Stuart Street, Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia. April 18, 1932, No. 11100. [Class 16.] A sales-recording or memorandum appliance comprises a rotatable cylinder within a cylindrical casing adapted to be secured to a fixture such as the casing of a petrol pump, a roll of paper within the inner cylinder and a length of such paper interposed between the cylinders and in frictional contact with each cylinder, an aperture or apertures in the outer cylinder through which the paper may be written on, means for rotating the inner cylinder, means for causing the paper to rotate in unison with the inner cylinder, and means for facilitating withdrawing the length of paper and simultaneously drawing a fresh length of paper around the inner cylinder. A cylindrical casing 10, Fig. 1, provided with endplates 11, 11a, the former being removable, has attached thereto a bracket to enable it to be secured to a fixture, and is also provided with a hinged cover 13 having a hasp which engages with a staple on the casing to enable the casing to be locked. A. longitudinal aperture.16 is formed in the casing and preferably above the aperture, and at each end thereof is another small aperture. Within the casing 10 a cylindrical paper-container 18 is mounted on a shaft 19a supported in bearings 20 formed in the endplates 11, 11a. The shaft 19a is reduced in diameter, shouldered, and screw-threaded at both ends. Endplates 21, 21a for the paper container 18 are retained in position against the shoulders on the shaft by means of nuts 22, 22a. One end of the shaft 19a is internally screw-threaded to receive the screw-threaded shank 23 of a handle 24. The paper-container 18 is provided with two longitudinal apertures 25, 26, Fig. 6, separated by a thin strip 27. A roll of paper 28 is mounted on the shaft 19a and the end of the paper is passed through the aperture 26, around the container 18, into the container again through the aperture 25, beneath the strip 27, out again through the aperture 26, and bent back a short distance over the container in a direction opposite to the direction of normal rotation of the container so that it will tend to tighten the paper around the container during rotation. The container 18 is of such a diameter that it can be rotated freely within the casing 10 with two interposed thicknesses of paper. Where the appliance is to be attached to a petrol pump for use in recording sales of petrol and oil the paper is ruled in columns, the first column for receiving the calculated amount of petrol in the tank after each transaction, the last column for the amount of petrol left in the tank as read from the meter, and the intermediate columns for receiving particulars of gallons sold, credit, cash, pints of oil, and the name of the customer. When a transaction in petrol is recorded on the paper through the aperture 16 the container is turned by means of the handle 24 to expose a fresh line and so that the records of the quantity of petrol remaining in the tank are exposed through the two small apertures immediately above the aperture 16. When the paper around the container 18 has been filled with entries the container is turned to a position shown in Fig. 6, and then on reversing the movement the end of the paper rises and projects through the aperture 16 of the casing 10. On pulling the projecting end the paper is drawn from the roll 28, around the container, and may be severed against the longitudinal edge of the aperture 16.