Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Controlling Payments.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 24th May, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Controlling
Payments.
We, HERMANN ZEGLIN, of 40, Jüden Strasse, Berlin, Tinman, and HERMANN
JANTZEN, of 9, Grimm Strasse, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire,
Apothecary, 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 refers to apparatus intended to be put up in shops, to receive the
various amounts paid by the buyers, and to control the correct delivery of said
amounts into the cash boxes. Our improvements in apparatus of said kind relate,
first, to the arrangement of a number of small boxes connected with each other to
form an endless chain, and adapted each to receive the amount of one payment,
the whole chain being intermittently moved and rotated according to the succession
of the various payments; our second improvement resides in the arrangement of a
strip of paper moved intermittently together with the said box-chain, and adapted
to receive notes as to the contents of, i.e. the sum contained within, each of the
said boxes. These latter as well as said strip of paper are covered by a glass-plate_
which allow the contents of the several boxes, and the notes made at the sides of
the same upon the strip of paper to be seen. Said glass-plate has an aperture
lying over said strip of paper, and being of a width equal to the length of one of
the cash-boxes. The money is introduced always into that box, which is in front
of said aperture, and the box-chain as well as the strip of paper are moved for one
step as soon as the sum of the amount just paid has been noted down upon the free
and accessible portion of the paper.
In order to make our invention more clear, we refer to the accompanying drawing,
in which similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the different views, and in
which :-
Fig. 1 is a rear view of the apparatus, the back-plate with some parts carried by
it being removed;
Fig. 2 is an upper view of the apparatus, the cover or lid being removed;
Fig. 3 is an upper view of the lefthand portion of the apparatus,
Fig. 4 is an upper view of the righthand portion of the apparatus,
Fig. 5 is a rear-view of the righthand portion of the apparatus, the cover and
the back-plate being removed, and
Fig. 6 is a detail.
Referring to Figs. 1 & 2, a are the boxes, which are connected with each other
by hinges a¹ so as to form an endless chain; the latter is supported by the shafts b
and which in section are of quadrangular shane the breadth of each side of void

page_text: shaft are provided with pins 8, which by taking into the paper effect the
movement of the latter. The proper perforation of the paper is secured by said
india-rubber roller h, which is deflected during the rotation of shaft b' and on
passing over an edge of the latter presses the paper directly upon, and onto, the
pins 6³
The paper after having left the shaft is led over a roller i to a drum k loosely
arranged upon a pin k' (Fig. 1); the center-portion of said drum is provided with
a slit tube 2 encompassed by another, but loose, slit tube k³, both of which are.
employed for securing the end of the strip of paper to the said drum. The latter
is connected by an endless cord, chain, or band with a wheel-work m, by means
of which the paper is wound upon the drum as soon as shaft b¹ is turned by the
key. The wheel-work is constantly tending to wind the paper upon the drum in
order to remove the amount noted upon the strip e below the aperture t' but this is
hindered by the resistance of the other parts of the apparatus when not using it.
In order to prevent the shaft 61 from being rotated in the reverse direction, I
prefer to provide the same with a ratchet-wheel n (Fig. 6) co-operating with a
pawl or spring o. Said ratchet-wheel may at the same time be used for operating
a bell p, as also represented in said figure.
The whole mechanism is contained within a box or casing having a lid or
cover the latter is provided at one end with a cash-plate s adapted to convey
the various amounts into the boxes a, and at the other end with a cash-plate s¹
intended to receive the change for the buyers. The place between the plates s
and is covered by a glass-plate t having an aperture c', by means of which the
notes as to the various amounts may be written upon the paper.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In an apparatus for controlling payments, the combination with an endless
chain composed of boxes a or the like, of a strip of paper, and means for moving
the latter together with said chain of boxes; a transparent plate covering said
strip of paper as well as the said chain, for the purpose as described.
2. In an apparatus for controlling payments, the combination with an endless
chain composed of boxes a or the like, and held by shafts of quadrangular section,
of a strip of paper arranged parallel to said chain, and means for moving the
latter intermittently together with the said chain; a transparent plate covering
said strip of paper as well as the chain of boxes, for the purpose as described.
3. In an apparatus for controlling payments, the combination with an endless
chain composed of boxes a or the like, and held by shafts of quadrangular section,
of a strip of paper arranged parallel to said chain; one of said shafts having
projections or pins adapted to move said paper in correspondence with the move-
ments of the said chain; the two ends of the paper being wound upon drums, the
second of which is constantly acted on by a spring or weight; a glass-plate
covering said strip of paper as well the chain of boxes, and having an aperture
allowing access to the said strip, for the purpose as described.
Dated this 10th 1
J
1005
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.