Improvements in Money Tills.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1899-Accepted. 25th Feb., 1899
Improvements in Money Tills.
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We, THE EMPIRE CASH REGISTER LIMITED, of Monument Square Chambers, in
the City of London', and NORMAN COLLINS, of same address, Engineer, 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:—
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This invention relates to tills in which the sum received in respect of each sale
is recorded in writing upon a paper strip which is made to travel along a certain
distance each time the cash drawer is unlocked and the invention has for its
object to provide a simple and 'inexpensive construction of apparatus in which the
paper strip is advanced' by the act of unlocking the bolt by which the drawer is
fastened instead of by the movement of the drawer itself, the invention admitting
of the cash drawer being opened only as far as may be necessary to give access
to the particular money bowl required without necessarily being opened to its full
extent each time it is unlocked, as is the caes with some of these so-called
autograph cash tills.
The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawing
wherein I have represented a longitudinal vertical section of the till shewing the
improvements.
A is the case containing the mechanism and B is the money drawer fitted to slide
in the lower part of the casing and provided with separate bowls or receptacles
for coins of different denominations. The drawer B is locked in the closed position
by a stud and friction roller c on the forwardly extending arm C of an elbow
lever CC engaging in an upwardly extending groove 6 in the side of the drawer B
when the drawer is completely closed, thereby locking it. This groove b is curved
to the arc of a circle described from the pivot c¹ of the lever as a centre and from
its lower end a horizontal groove b¹ extends the whole length of the side of the
drawer wherein the stud and friction roller c are received when the lever arm C
is depressed as shewn in dotted lines and the drawer is pulled open. The lever
arm C is received in a recess in the side of the casing A and its extremity projects
from the front of the casing in order to enable it to be depressed with the one hand
whilst the drawer is pulled open with the other, the lever arm being normally
retained in the full line raised position by a spring attached to the arm C and
to a fixed point. To the arm is pivoted at a pawl d pressed by a counter-
weighted arm into engagement with the teeth of a ratchet wheel D fast on the
end of a roller E on which the paper strip F is wound up to an extent corresponding
to one tooth of wheel D at each oscillation of the lever C C₁ by the engagement of
the pawl with a tooth of the ratchet wheel D at each forward movement of
the arm C. is a detent or jumper spring which presses by its rounded end
against the teeth of the wheel D so as to ensure the completion of its motion and
prevents retrograde motion of said wheel under the pull of the paper .strip F
during the return movement of the pawl d. The gudgeons e of the roller E rest
in bearings formed by notches of the shape shewn in dotted lines at g in brackets G
and they are securely retained therein by springs g¹ fixed to said brackets pressing

page_text: the gudgeons e into the undercut recess formed at one side of the notch g, the
springs being capable of easily yielding to allow of the gudgeons being readily
inserted and removed when it is desired to introduce or remove the roller E. The
paper strip F is attached to the roller by its end being folded around a clamping
wire which extends entirely across the strip, lies in a recess in the roller, and has
its ends h¹ bent at right angles to its length, and driven into holes in the wooden
roller E. The paper strip is drawn from a loose roll F1 and passes
the sides of the case
over a cross bar fixed to
A by which the
paper is supported and presented at a slot in the top A¹ of the case in order that a
record of each amount received may be written thereon, the paper being caused to
taravel along each time the lever C is depressed. Should it be necessary to open the
drawer in order merely to give change the paper will also be fed along but no
record will appear in respect of a such a transaction, when no sale is made. J is a
bell supported on a forward extension G¹ of one of the brackets G and K is a
hammer pivoted at k to said extension and pressed towards the bell by a spring kl.
7 is a pendent wiper loosely pivoted at and abutting against the tail of the
hammer in the one direction so that the hammer will be tripped when a lip on the
rear end of the drawer B engages the end of the wiper, which it does when
the drawer is pulled out, whilst on the inward motion the wiper swings loose
as the lip passes beneath it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim
is:--
In a money till the combination and arrangement of drawer-locking and paper
strip-propelling mechanism substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.
Dated this 24th day of January 1899.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.