Patent GB-191515371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Registers for Cash Receipts and the like.
Inventor: BUCHANAN HENRY
IPC: B41L5/14
Filed: 1915-11-01
Abstract: 15,371. Buchanan, H. Nov. 1. A u t o g r a p h i c cash recorders.-A portable or pocket apparatus for use by carmen or foremen in giving receipts or orders &c. is provided with means for printing on a paper strip fed from a supply roll suitable fixed matter, such as the name of a firm, money columns, &c., and independent means for printing changeable matter, such as the date, operator's number, and a serial number. A voucher is severed and delivered to the customer &c., and, when more than one strip is used, the changeable matter is printed in manifold and a check is severed and delivered into a receptacle within the apparatus, The casing is of oblong shape with rounded ends, as shown, and provided with two overlapping hinged covers b, c. The paper rolls f, g are mounted on spindles h, i, Fig. 5, held in position by plates l on the cover b so as to be readily removable ; and friction blocks 63 may be provided to tension the paper and prevent accidental unwinding. The rolls may be carried on wooden spools mounted over split bushes 64, Fig. 12, with spiked flanges 65. The paper strips o, p pass between a printing-roller 6, Fig. 4, and a platen z, whereby fixed matter is printed on the upper strip only, and then through a guide q to a writing-table r, in front of which is carried an iuking-ribbon 17. A second inking ribbon 16 is carried in front of the type-disks 10, 11, 12 for the changeable data, the shaft 13 carrying the disks being moved towards a platen 18 in the cover b, to effect printing, by the action of an eccentric 15 on the operating-shaft u. A knife 34 held in position by a spring 60 is engaged by a projection 36 on a plate 35 carried by the shaft 13, so that the check and voucher strips are severed at the same time that the paper is printed in readiness for a succeeding transaction. The voucher is delivered through a slot 33 to the payer &c., and the check into a pocket n. To render the date type 12 and the carman's-number type 11 readily accessible for resetting, the ink ribbons 16, 17 are carried by a frame 26, Fig. 6, hinged at 27 so that it can be swung outwards, the ribbon being wound over rollers 20, 22 ... 25 on to a roller 21. A suitable ink-ribbon feed-mechanism comprises pawls 50, 49, Fig. 8, pivoted on a block 51 provided with a spring button 54 adapted to engage one of two recesses 55, 56 in a plate 35 movable with the typedisks by the action of the eccentric 15. In the position shown in Fig. 8, the pawl 50 engages ratchet teeth 48 on the roller 21 at each movement of the plate 35, until it encounters such resistance that the spring button 54 is forced out of engagement with the upper recess and engages the lower recess. Upon the downward movement of the plate 35, the pawl 49 then engages teeth on the roller 20, and the ribbon is fed in the reverse direction. The hand-set type-disks 11, 12 may have internal ratchet teeth engaged by a pawl on the non-rotary shaft 13, and the numbering typedisks 10 may be advanced by a fixed pawl 29, Fig. 4, at each operation. The operating-handle t, Fig. 3, is preferably hinged, and in order to prevent it from being overturned, its hoss is provided with a spiral slot 37 engaged by a block 40 carried by a blade spring 39. By a slight reverse rotation of the handle, the block 40 is forced through a gap in the slot into its initial position. The main shaft u is fitted with a pinion w, Fig. 5, having a broad plain portion 2 adapted to engage with a plain portion 3 secured to the side of a pinion x gearing with a wheel 4 on the shaft y of the platen roller z. During a part of the rotation of the main shaft u, the wheel x is rotated so as to feed the paper strips ; but during the remainder of the rotation, the wheel x is stationary, so that the feeding is stopped, and the continued rotation of the main shaft effects printing by the type-disks 10, 11, 12. The pressure of the printing-roller 6 is adjusted by a screwed block 67, Fig. 5, and the inking-roller 9 is held in bearings at the bottom of slots 44 by springs 45. According to the Provisional Specification, the folding part of the handle may act as a lock to retain the parts in the starting position, the printing-roller is provided with a stop and with means for facilitating its removal, and a feeding- roller adapted to cut the paper may be arranged near the outlet.