Improvements relating to Tills for Containing Money and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Tills for Containing Money and the like.
I, CHARLES JOB FOOкs of 37 Great Union Road St. Heliers, Jersey, Ironmonger
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement —
My invention relates to improvements in cash tills, applicable also for containing
bank notes and the like, and has reference to the production of a till or analogous
cash receptacle wherein the opening of the lid or cover takes place simultaneously
with the sounding of a bell or gong.
In order that my invention may be better understood I have appended the accom-
panying explanatory drawing in which Figures 1, 2, and 3 represent an end elevation,
side elevation, and plan, having respectively an end, side, and top removed, showing
the interior of a till constructed according to my said invention; Figures 4 and 4
illustrating detail views of the actuating mechanism, hereinafter described, to enlarged
scale.
In carrying out my invention I employ a box, case, or other suitable receptacle A,
preferably rectangular, and of any convenient size, provided with a top or cover
composed of two parts B, B'; the major portion B', which normally, is closed, being
hinged at the back; the front portion B, which is hinged to B at a, allowing of
access being had to the interior of the till in the manner hereinafter described. The
cash receptacle C, formed with openings or recesses for containing various coins of
the realm, is carried upon the guides or supports b. A drawer, disposed in the
bottom of the till, immediately below the till or cash receptacle C, is utilized for the
reception of bank notes and other paper money, this drawer being provided, with a
lock, and opened from the exterior of the case or box A. Extending horizontally
through the case A below the cover B' is a rod or shaft D, carried in suitable bearings,
and provided with a pair of toothed wheels, pinions or equivalents c, c', one at each
end thereof. On turning this rod D partially round by its handle d, a spring, or
equivalent means, forces up the hinged cover B (when the latter is released by a catch
hereinafter referred to,) simultaneously with the sounding of the bell d' disposed in a
convenient part of the box or case A. To do this, I proceed as follows:-
1 provide a pawl or tongue piece e at one side of the box pivoted at its lower end
and engaging with the teeth of the wheel c. A rod E, is attached by one of its ends
to the pawl or tongue E', the other end of the said rod being attached to an arm e¹
which is connected to the tongue or hammer of the bell. The pawle, after dis
engaging from a tooth of the wheel c, returns to its normal position by the tension of
the spring of the bell. The toothed wheel el, mounted on the opposite end of the rod
or shaft D, engages with the nose or rounded termination of the sliding rod F, the
latter being carried in supports or bearings fl. A lever H is pivoted at its centre
to the front portion of the case A. One end of this lever engages with the end of the
sliding rod F, the other end carrying a catchy which releases the cover B when the
end of the rod F is forced against the end of the lever, in opposition to the pressure
of the spring s, Figure 4. When the pressure exerted by the rod F against the freo
end of the lever H is removed, the catch g retains the cover B in the closed position
by means of the spring s. It will thus be seen that on partially turning the rod or
shaft D by the handled the bell is caused to ring simultaneously with the opening of
the cover B.
On the top of the case AI binge, at h, an inclined frame I, which is supported, at
the rear, by the leg or support i, the latter being hinged, at i, to the frame, and
resting, in a groove or recess, by its lower end, on the cover B¹ of the box A to
permit of its reclining, when required, on the top of the case or box A in a horizontal

page_text: position. A cash book, or the like, J, is received within grooves formed in the
projecting sides of the frame, this cash book or tablet being utilized for recording the
nature of the goods sold, and the amounts of the payments received. A roller or
bobbin is carried in the top of the frame I, and is wound with a roll of American
cloth, or like pliable material, j', a knob or handle, j, attached to the end of the roll
of cloth or the like, being employed for lowering the latter and thus obscuring the
entries made on the paper J, from view. The cash book J might be folded up, or
remain open, when in use; and the means just described, employed in connection
with same, be modified, as desired.
1 do not limit my invention to the particular arrangement of parts herein specified,
nor to the precise details before mentioned, as same may be varied, in practice,
without departing from the nature of my said improvements.
Having now particulary described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
(1) The improvements in cash tills and the like substantially as herein set forth
and shown.
(2) The method of, and means employed for, opening the cover or lid of the till
or case simultaneously with the sounding of a bell or like alarm snbstantially as
herein set forth.
(3) The combination with a cash till or like receptacle of the means for recording,
and afterwards obscuring from view, the nature and amounts of the payments
received substantially as herein set forth.
(4) The combination with a cash till of the divided hinged cover B, B¹, the front
portion B opening automatically in the manner herein set forth; horizontal rod or
shaft D, toothed wheels c, c', sliding rods E, F, and pivoted lever H substantially
as and for the purposes specified.
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Dated this 18th day of March 1890.
JAMES STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers, 20, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.