Patent GB-190321213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Registers.
Filed: 1903-10-02
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 21,213. National Cash Register Co., [National Cash Register Co.]. Oct. 2. Receipts, checking and Recording.-A cash register shown in front elevation in Fig. 1, the cabinet and the cash drawers being omitted, is of the class which employs a series of setting elements or levers 1 for the amounts to be registered, and a single lever 2 for the clerks or departments to which the different transactions are credited. Figs. 2 and 3 show the apparatus in sections on the lines 2-2 and 3-3 of Fig. 1. The setting levers 1 set a series of vertical rack bars or slides 3 which engage pinions upon the rotary indicators. The rack bars 3 are positioned according to the amounts to be registered and the counting-apparatus is drawn over the bars by the movement of the operating crank 6. The movement of the clerks' lever 2 sets the indicator, a type carrier, and the drawer selecting mechanism. The rotary counting- wheels 10, Fig. 2, are mounted in the frame 12 which is mounted to reciprocate vertically in the slotted side arms 13 of the rocking frame 14. The machine shown is arranged for ú s. d. transactions. The wheel 26 intended for the registration of half-pound units is operated by the pivoted rack lever 28 which has its rear edge notched and engaged by the pin 32 mounted upon the rack bar 3 of the pounds lever. The pounds counter-wheel is operated by the rack teeth 33 formed on the slide 34, slidably mounted upon its bar 3 by pins 35. The pounds bar 3 has teeth 41 in mesh continually with the pinion 42 fast to the double indicating-wheel 43. When the shaft 52 is rotated, the levers 45 are reciprocated and the counter given its movements, first down and then back to the normal position shown in Fig. 2. The transferring-devices are operated upon the back or up stroke. The frame 13 is rocked forward by the reciprocating bar 53, Fig. 7, there being no effect upon the frame when the pawl 59 is disengaged from the bolt 58 mounted on the frame. The racks 18 mesh with the pinions 68 mounted upon the nested sleeves 69 which project through the machine and carry the type-wheels 70. The outermost sleeve 69 is connected to the clerks' lever 2, and when the sleeve is moved into either of the three positions representing charge, received-onaccount, or paid out, the counter carrying frame is thrown out of operation. The totalizing counters 75, 76, 77 for recording the sales in different classes of special transactions are actuated by the reciprocations of the slide 97, the slide having no effect when the arm 85 is in its normal position shown in Fig. 3. The auxiliary indicators 103 are set by a series of rack segments 105 provided with slotted arms 108 to engage the rollers 109 on the setting- levers. The main indicators are concealed by the flash plates 110 when the latch 119 is tripped on the operation of any one of the amount levers. The crank handle 6 is locked against operation until the special setting-lever has been operated, and the machine is locked until the flash plates conceal the indicators. The machine is unlocked upon the operation of the special setting-lever. The shaft 152 is rotated to bring a finger on the shaft under its proper lever and is elevated to release the selected cash drawer which is automatically propelled from the cabinet. The frame 125 is provided with a locking-arm and the looking of the frame 125 results in the locking of the setting- levers. Suitable printing-devices are provided, and the cash drawers are suitably mounted and ejected by means of usual construction.