Machine for Registering Money Received, at the same time Printing a Receipt for same.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 5th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Machine for Registering Money Received, at the same time Printing
a Receipt for same.
DAVID SALOMON 20 St. Andrew Street Northampton Boot Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The machine has several levers (1) corresponding to the number of pounds
required (2) one for each number of shillings from one to nineteen (3) one for
each pence from one to eleven (4) and one or more for farthings; these can be
arranged in one or more rows as required; when money is received for instance
£1. 10. 11 the levers representing such amount are pressed, & by doing this the
amount is printed or embossed on a coil of paper in the machine a receipt or check
for that amount being at the same time printed.
No receipt can be printed except by touching the levers whereby also the amount
of the receipt (which is the amount to be received) is registered in the machine,
this conduces to a prevention of embezzlement, & also keeps a correct account of
the takings.
By numbering consecutively the receipts which are to be used & comparing
these with the registered paper in the machine, it can be traced that every amount
has been registered by the machine.
I will now proceed to describe generally the working parts and arrangements of
the machine:-
To simplify explanation I will describe one of the levers referred to before, but it
must be understood that one is required for each coin or amount in general use. A
straight lever is fixed at one end to a rod on which it works, on the other a disc is
fixed, this lever is connected by a transverse connection to a lever of a similar
shape and fixed in a similar way underneath the other, on the underside of this
lever & towards the front end, two dies or type are fixed one a short distance
behind the other by pressing the disc on the first mentioned lever, movement is
given downwards to the under lever whereby the type or dies are brought down,
the front one on to the receipts which have been placed under it & the other one
on to a coil of paper, underneath it which is worked by the following process.
Two rollers working close to each other, at the ends of one of which two ratchet
wheels are fixed (one at each end) the pins working these ratchet wheels are fixed
to a frame in the shape of three sides of an oblong, this frame being fixed by a
projecting from each end of the roller above mentioned on which the ratchet
pin
wheels are pins these pass through the two sides ends of this frame, the other side
being brought against the bottom side of the lever first mentioned the two rollers
bowever being under the second mentioned lever the same pressure which has been
mentioned before brings the top side of this frame down, causing the pins fixed to it
to pass over one cog of the ratchet wheels two springs connected to the ends of
each side of the frame, causing at the release of the pressure on the disc the ratchet
wheels to move & thereby the rollers also; the paper from the coil being between
these rollers is moved also, the impression on the paper being also moved leaving it
clear for the next print.
A catch is also to be used which fastens down the frame when it has been
rought down as before mentioned the pile of receipt papers being fastened by this
Iso except that by pressure of a lever, the catch is released allowing the frame to
ise & allows the receipts or one of them to be removed.
The invention can be used by one person for the purpose of giving a check of
mount to be received and also registering this amount the check being used as an.
mount to be received by another cashier, thus making it impossible for either.
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page_text: party to embezzle except by conspiracy between the person selling, the person sold
to & the person receiving the money the check, checking the person selling & the
roll of registers in the machine & the person receiving the money.
The levers when arranged in different rows are made of such shapes so as to
allow the discs to be one diagonally below the other.
Dated this Third day of March 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Machine for Registering Money Received, at the same time Printing
a Receipt for same.
I, DAVID SALOMON of 20 St. Andrew's Street, in the City and County of
Northampton, Boot Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention relates to a machine for registering money received and for
simultaneously printing a receipt for same, which said receipt can be taken out and
given to the person paying the money, the machine containing, within a lock up
case, a register or record of the amount printed on such receipt, thus serving as a
check on the employee by whom the receipt was printed. The machine is intended
for use in large shops and warehouses having a numerous staff and receiving
frequent payments of money and is devised for the purpose of preventing
embezzlements by the cashiers, unless they act in collusion with the person paying
the money, which, in ordinary circumstances, is not likely to be the case.
The accompanying drawings shew a machine, constructed in accordance with this
invention, for registering money and for simultaneously printing a receipt for the
same, the outer case being removed.
Figure is a side elevation and Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation of the
machine. Figure 3 is a detail view, and Figure 4 is a modification.
In all the figures of the drawings, the same letters of reference are used to
indicate the same or corresponding parts.
Broadly the machine consists of a number of key levers the finger discs of which
are marked with figures or symbols of monetary value, representing one or more
pounds, shillings or pence. Each key lever carries or actuates two dies or types of
the same character which correspond with the figures or symbols of monetary value
marked on the finger disc, so that when, for example, the key lever having 4/-
marked on its finger disc is depressed, the two types or dies of said lever will
register or print that amount, one on a receipt paper which can be removed from
the machine, and the other on a travelling roll of paper secured within the outer
lock up case.
The finger discs, which may be separate from or attached to the keys O, protrude
through slots or slits in the outer case, so that the keys only can be depressed when
the outer case is locked, no other parts of the mechanism being accessible to the
employee or other manipulator.
The key levers O are all pivotted on a fixed rod W, supported on side plates W
carried by the bed plate W2 (see Figure 2). As all the key levers and their
connections are the same in construction and arrangement, a description of one of
them will serve for all. W³ is a spring, one end of which is attached to the top
side of the key lever O and the other end to a fixed part of the machine for the
purpose of returning the key lever to the position shewn in Figure 2 after the
pressure has been removed from the finger disc. The underside of the key lever
is connected by means of a link T to a type lever O'. The type levers are pivotted
on a fixed rod K supported in suitable brackets carried by the bed plate. T" is a
slot in the lower part of the link T which engages with a pin on the type
lever O¹. On the underside of each type lever is a lug or projecting arm 0³,

page_text: the lower end of which carries, or is formed into a die or type U. These types or
dies U when depressed, print on the receipt papers contained in the holder V
situated beneath them. Any suitable means for inking the types U may be
adopted.
Bebind each die or type U is another type or die Y' carried by, or formed on
the lower end of a rod Y. Each rod Y is sufficiently in rear of the die or type U
to be well within the outer case when the latter is focked up, and is immediately
beneath the respective type lever O' so that as the latter is depressed it will come
into contact with its respective type or die Y' which will mark a sign on the
paper passing over the bracket or platen a. Y is a spring on the rod Y which
returns it to the normal position, so that the type ¹ is out of contact with the
paper 6 after the pressure has been removed from the key lever O. The types Y'
may be connected direct to the type levers O' in the same way as the types U, or
the latter may be separate from the type levers after the manner of the types Y' if
so desired. Figure 4 shews a modification of this part of my invention wherein
the type levers are dispensed with and both rows of types are made exactly alike
and separate from the key lever O. In this case the frame or side plates W' of
the machine are extended, so as to carry the front row of types and the type
frame Y³.
which
The paper passing over the bracket or platen a is stored on the roller g
runs transversely across the machine and is journalled at its ends inside the outer
case, or to brackets carried by the bed plate W. Every time a key lever is
depressed, the paper is drawn off the roller g and over the platen a, and the
types Y are inked. These two operations may be effected by an arrangement of
mechanism similar to that described for the same purposes and shewn in the
drawings accompanying the Specification of my Patent application No. 22630
of 1891. In that invention, which is for a money delivering and registering
machine, there are eleven type levers arranged side by side and the movement of
the record paper is produced through the medium of a friction roller under the
type levers, the depression of which said friction roller actuates a ratchet wheel
and thus rotates one of the rollers between which the paper passes. In Figure 2
of the drawings accompanying the present Specification-L is a friction roller
which corresponds with the roller marked C in the drawings accompanying the
Specification of Patent application No. 22630 of 1891. But in a machine for
registering money and for printing receipts for same, it would be inconvenient to have
only eleven key levers. Preferably I make the machine with thirty three key
levers, eleven for the various pence such as one penny, twopence &c. nineteen for
the various shillings from 1 to 19, one for one pound, and one for two pounds, and
one for a halfpenny, making thirty three key levers in all. These might all be
constructed and arranged as described in Specification No. 22630 of 1891, but as
the machine so produced would be inconveniently wide, I have arranged the levers
in three rows with eleven in each row and have coupled each key lever to a type
lever in the manner herein before described, so that, although the finger dises on the
key levers are in three rows, the type levers are arranged side by side in one row.
Another object in coupling the key levers to the type levers by the link T, is to
ensure that any of the keys in the rear may be depressed without acting upon any
other than the type lever to which it is connected. Figure 3, which is an enlarged
detached plan view of three key levers, and their type levers, shews the manner in
which the former are arranged in three rows one behind the other.
As already stated I may rotate the paper feed roller R¹ by an arrangement of
mechanism similar in every respect to that described and shewn in my previously
cited Patent application, or I may adopt the alternative cam action, shewn in Fig. 1
of the accompanying drawings, and which I will now describe. But as this is only
a mechanical equivalent for the arrangement shewn and described for the same
purpose in the Specification of application No. 22630", I have in the present
Specification made no claim per se to this alternative cam action. To one or both
ends of the friction roller L 'I connect one end of a link M whose other end is

page_text: slotted at M and works over a fixed pin N. The link M has a cam shaped
abutment M which bears against a pin P on a trigger Q pivotted at Q'. To the
upper end of the trigger Qis pivotted a pawl S which is kept in gear with the
teeth of the ratchet wheel R by a suitable spring S¹.
As the friction roller L is forced downwards by the depression of any one or
more of the key levers O, the link M is pressed down and its cam M² presses
against the pin P, turning the trigger over on its pivot Q and rotating the
roller R through one or more teeth. On the return of the link M the spring Q
attached at one end to the trigger Q and at the other to the bed plate W2, returns
the said trigger to its normal position.
From the foregoing description it will now be understood that when the key
lever is depressed the slot T' in the link T will not act on the pin 02 of the type
lever O until the friction roller L has been depressed and the paper feed roller R
thereby rotated. Continued pressure on the key lever will, by reason of the upper
end of the slot T being contiguous to the pin O, now act direct on the type
lever and will carry the same downwards until the type, touches the top paper in
the holder V.
Having now particularly 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. A machine for registering money received & for simultaneously printing a
receipt for same, consisting of a number of key levers the finger discs of which are
each marked with figures or symbols of monetary value, each of said key levers
carrying or having located in its path two types or dies with symbols or figures
thercon which correspond with the figures or symbols of monetary value on the
finger discs, so that the depression of any lever will cause its types or dies to print
or mark on paper beneath, one of said types or dies printing or marking on the.
uppermost of a number of separate papers contained within a suitable holder
partly within the outer lock-up case, the other of said types or dies printing or
marking on a record paper contained within the lock-up case of the machine, to.
which said record paper a step by step motion is imparted by any suitable means,
so that a record of the amount printed on the separate receipt paper is contained.
within the machine, the mechanism being combined and arranged so as to operate.
substantially in the manner described and for the purposes stated.
2. In a machine for registering money received and for simultaneously printing a
receipt for same, wherein the double printing is effected by the depression of the
key lever or levers, coupling or linking such levers to other levers which carry or
actuate the duplicate dies or types substantially as described and for the purpose
stated.
3. The combination of parts forming my machine for registering money received
and for simultaneously printing a receipt for same, all arranged so as to operate
substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth and,
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 5th day of December 1902
F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agent for the Applicant.