Patent GB-195073-A (GB)
Abstract: 195,073. Shipley, B. M. Dec. 16, 1921, [Convention date]. Cash registers; printing on inserted material.- In a machine adapted to perform two printings upon a voucher or an inserted slip and having means for severing the slip between the two impressions and for depositing the stub in a detachable receptacle, means are provided which lock the machine against operation when the receptacle is not entirely in or completely out of the machine and which prevent with withdrawal of the receptacle during operation of the machine. Also, means are provided which support and hold the stubs within the receptacle and which allow the receptacle to be enlarged as fresh stubs are deposited therein. Co-operating with the receptacle 598 which slides by means of studs 595 in guides 596 on the machine frame, is a finger 640 keyed to the sleeve 641, Fig. 1, which also has rigid with it an arm 642 connected by a link 643 to an arm 645 loose on the shaft 646 and integral with a yoke 647 which transmits the motion of the arm 645 to a sleeve 648, Figs. 3 and 4, carrying a plate 649. This plate co-operates with a plunger 650 connected by a link 651 to an arm 655, the connecting pin 652 moving in a slot 653 of the arm 654 which is pivoted to a link 657 connected to a lever 61, 62. When the machine is released for operation, this lever 62 is rocked anticlockwise so that the arm 654 is moved anticlockwise and the plunger 650 moves to the right. If the receptacle is entirely in or completely out of the machine the finger 640 is in normal position aided by a spring 658 as shown in Fig. 1, and the plate 649 will not be in the path of plunger 650. If the receptacle is not entirely in or out of the machine the finger 649 contacts with the side wall of the receptacle so that plate 649 is in the path of the plunger 650, thereby preventing rotation of the lever 62 and release of the machine for operation. Further, if the machine is in operation, the plunger 650 prevents rotation of the plate 649 and therefore prevents the finger 640 from being drawn back for removal of the receptacle. The machine may be operated by a hand crank or by a motor. In the latter case a clutch member 52 co-operates with another clutch member 51 of the motor through rollers 53 carried by a plate 54 normally locked by a lever 56, 58. Upon release of the machine the arm 62 is rotated anticlockwise, thus releasing a roller 60 on arm 58 and allowing spring 64 to rotate the arm 56 anticlockwise so as to release the plate 54. The rollers 53 are then moved anticlockwise and rotate clockwise a lever 66 which then depresses a roller 67 on an arm 68 so that an insulated part 71 on this arm 68 is moved down to close contacts 72, 73 in the motor circuit. A pin 84 on a gear wheel 77 meshing with a gear wheel on a sleeve 74 integral with the member 52, contacts with a part 85 of a link 82 pivoted at 83 to the arm 58, so as to raise the link 82 and thus restore the roller 60 into engagement with the arm 61. After the first impression the inserted slip is fed forward on to a table 586, Fig. 3, which moves up and down by means of arms 597 and rollers 588, 589 in slots 587 in the sides of the receptacle.; this table being yieldingly held in any position by bars 590, 600 which are mounted between flanged rollers 601, 602 on the outside of the receptacle and are drawn together by springs 603 so as to grip the rollers 588, 589. The slip is severed by means of a plate 630 cooperating with the knife-edge 604 of a plate 605 supported by arms 610, 611 which are connected by a link 616 and are operated by a pin 617 on the arm 615 and a lever 618 connected by a link 620 to an arm 621, Fig. 7, which is rigid on the shaft 461 together with another arm 622 operated by cams 627, 628. Near the end of the operation of the machine the cams 627, 628 are rotated anticlockwise, thus moving the link 620 to the right as shown in Fig. 7, or to the left as shown in Fig. 3, so that the arm 618 moves the pin 617 to the right. This rotates the shafts 612, 613 anticlockwise so that the plate 605 is lowered and severs the slip by its edge 604. Further motion of this plate 605 downwards then forces the stub on to the table 586 where it is retained by spring clips 638 on the inside of the receptacle; the addition of fresh studs gradually forcing the table 586 downwards and enlarging the receptacle. Specifications 8119/15, 100,568, 100,569, and 100,570 are referred to.