Patent GB-190617453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Tills.
Inventor: STEAN JOSEPH HENRY
Filed: 1906-08-02
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 17,453. Stean, J. H. Aug. 2. Tills. - A check till is arranged so that the coins of one payment in corresponding slots are kept in view till after the next payment, and the feeding of the recording and purchaser's receipt strips is operated by the cash slide. The coins inserted in the proper slots 8, Fig. 4, fall into the compartments 11, Fig. 1, of the slide, and, on the latter being drawn forward by means of the draw-bar 23, the coins are brought forward by the comb 20 on the slide into the inspection compartments 12, the combs 21 rising to let them pass, while at the same time gates 22 are raised to allow the coins previously in view to pass into the compartments 14, from which they are swept into the shoots 15 by the fallen gates 22 on the return motion. The coins in the middle compartments 12 are similarly retained therein by the fallen combs 21, which fit into the slide combs 20 so as not to interfere with them. The combs 21 and gates 22 are carried on rods mounted in blocks 27, 28, feathered to slide in the partitions 2, 3 of the casing and carrying on pins. rollers 25, 26 which engage cam-disks 43, 44, Fig. 9, respectively. These cam-disks are carried on spindles 42 bearing in the casing and the partitions and adapted to be rotated by pawls on the inner disks engaging, during the outward motion of the slide 7, pinions which are loose on the spindles and pinions are driven by racks on the slide. The rollers 26 are longer than the rollers 25 and extend through apertures in the cam-disks 43. Outer disks 45 are also attached to the spindles. The slide 7 is returned by a spring 16 and a plate 39 may be carried on an arm 38, so as to lock the entrance slots during operation of the slide. The slide is grooved at 30 to work on feathers on the partition 2, 3. The record strip is fed under the aperture in the casing to the roller 19 by means of an arm 31, Fig. 5, on the slide 7, carrying a pin 62 engaging a slot in a lever 64 which operates a ratchet-wheel 67, as shown. A spring 71 may be attached to the casing so as to return the lever 64. The ribbon spools have reduced and shaped ends to fit into the slotted portions of the thimblepieces 77, Fig. 11, the larger ends 83 of which work in the circular cavities 79, Fig. 10, in bearing- boxes, mounted in the casing and the partition 4. The spools are removed by sliding the reduced ends through the slots 81 m the bearing-boxes. The ratchet-wheel 67 is attached by screws 85 and a washer 84 to the enlarged end 83 of the corresponding thimble-piece. The purchaser's receipt strip 103, Figs. 16 and 19, is fed under an inking- ribbon 113, which is led between the spools 114, 115 over bridge-pieces 117, as shown, and between rollers 100, 101. The roller 100 is on the same spindle with the roller 98 which gears with teeth 94, Fig. 21, on disks 92, adapted to be alternately clutched by pawls 97 on disks 96 to one or other of the bevel-pinions 89, 90 and thus to be rotated in one direction to feed the strip 103 forward. The rollers 100, 101 may be ribbon or rubber covered. The ink-ribbon spools 114, 115 may be loose on the spindle 116 and alternately clutched thereto, and driven by gearing from the spindle 42<a>; or the spools may themselves be toothed to engage pinions on the spindle 42<a>. Two strips may be wound on the spool 104, and may be fed over the table 17 with an ink ribbon between. The draw-bar 23, which operates the cash slide, ends in a handle or finger-piece outside the casing and may be arranged to ring a bell on completion of its outward stroke. The partitions 50, 51 at the money entrance slots may act as shoots and may be continued down to the floor of the slide, as shown. The shoots 55 may be so arranged as to utilize the full width of the till for the compartments of the drawer, or separate drawers may be employed. A plate 110 is screwed to the till casing to facilitate tearing off the perforated check. Ball bearings, damping-rollers, and buffer stops may be fitted where necessary. The wheels 92 of the lower strip feed-mechanism may be stamped out in the form shown in Fig. 21, or may be formed by attaching to a toothed wheel a disk bearing the pins 93, for engaging the pawls carried by the disk 96 fast on the spindle 91. Shoulders 95 on the disk 96 support the pawls when in action.