Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Aug., 1886. •
Complete Left, 11th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 14th June, 1887.
I, GEORGE HENRY GLEDHILL of 43, Northgate, Halifax, Yorkshire Milliner and
Fancy Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:→
My invention consists in the construction of apparatus for checking the receipt of
money and is specially applicable for shopkeepers.
The apparatus consists of a suitable shaped box, and is provided with one or more
drawers, which drawers as they open and close operate certain mechanism hereinafter
explained.
In carrying out my invention I employ a narrow roll of paper wound upon suitable
drums, a portion of which paper is exposed through an aperture in the top of the box,
the said paper being caused to travel intermittantly a suitable distance by the opening
of the drawer which causes a finger or other instrument to operate a ratchet wheel
and a train of gearing on the winding on drum.
1 also employ one or more endless sheets made of any suitable material, which are
caused to travel intermittantly as the drawer is closed by means of a finger or other
instrument acting upon a ratchet wheel and operating thereby a train of gearing on
the end of one of the rollers carrying the endless sheet.
The action of the apparatus is as follows,
After a sale has taken place the attendant writes the amount thereof upon the strip
of paper exposed through the aperture in the box lid; the drawer is then opened
which causes the paper to travel in such a manner and such a distance, as to place the
written amount past the aperture and beyond the reach of the operator; the money
received is then put into the till of the drawer and afterwards closed.
As disputes often arise as to the value of the coin the purchaser has given into the
hands of the attendant, provision is made so that the coin can be seen for some time
after being received.
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page_text: To do this the coin is placed upon the endless sheet and the next time the drawer
is closed the action thereof causes the sheet to travel and take with it the coin just
received in payment for the goods. A hinged plate is employed which is also operated
by the closing of the drawer, the arrangement being such that the coin cannot be
reached after passing the hinged plate, but on the continued movement of the endless
sheet the coins put thereon drop into the till of the drawer.
By this means the coin can be seen for sometime after it has been received, so that
disputes about its value would be useless.
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and other Places.
I, GEORGE HENRY GLEDHILL, of 43, Northgate, Halifax, Yorkshire, Milliner and
Fancy Draper 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 consists in the construction of apparatus for checking the receipt of
money, and is specially applicable for shop keepers. The apparatus consists of a
suitable shaped box provided with one or more drawers, which drawers as they open
and close, operate certain mechanism hereinafter explained.
In carrying out my invention I employ a narrow roll of paper wound upon suitable
drums, a portion of which paper is exposed through an aperature in the top of the
box, the said paper being caused to travel intermittently a suitable distance by the
opening of the drawer which causes a finger or other instrument to operate a ratchet
wheel and a train of gearing on the winding-on drum. I also employ one or more
endless sheets made of any suitable material, which are caused to travel intermittently
as the drawer is closed by means of a finger or other instrument acting upon a ratchet
wheel, and operating thereby a train of gearing on the end of one of the rollers
carrying the endless sheet.
In order that my invention may be better understood, I herein give reference to
the accompanying sheets of drawings illustrative thereof. Fig. 1 is sectional elevation

page_text: shewing one side of my improved money checking apparatus Fig. 2 is sectional
elevation of the opposite side and Fig. 3 is plan view thereof. A represents the outer
casing of the box, and B the lid, which is fastened by lock or other suitable means.
C is a roll of paper placed loosely into the dish D; and E is a winding-on drum onto
which the paper is rolled intermittently as hereinafter explained. F is an endless
travelling sheet passing over rollers a and b supported in brackets attached to the
framework. The roller a is driven intermittently by pinion wheel c operated by spur
wheel d, cast to or otherwise fastened to the ratchet wheel G. The several motions
necessary for the efficient working of the machine are obtained automatically as
follows. H is the money drawer or till carrying a finger e which on the drawer being
opened causes such finger to slide upon the front end of the inclined lever I working
upon a fulcrum f the action of which finger is to depress the front end of the said
lever I in such manner as to cause the hanging weighted catch g to take into the tooth
of the ratchet wheel J, whereby such wheel is caused to move or partially rotate,
carrying with it the winding-on drum E and the paper attached thereto, but when the
drawer is closed and the finger e removed from the hinged lever I, a flat spring K
acting under the pin h projecting from the lever I lifts up the front end of such lever
so that the catch takes into another tooth of the ratchet wheel J, and this goes on
every time the drawer is opened and closed for the purpose of moving the paper
onward after a receipt of money has been written, upon it. In order to give the
intermittent rotary motion to the endless belt F the said drawer H carries another
finger l, see Fig. 1, which on the drawer being opened, causes such finger to operate
a lever L carrying a catch m, which takes into the teeth of the ratchet wheel G,
therefore when the drawer is opened the lever L is operated so as take hold of a tooth
on the ratchet wheel G, but on the drawer being closed the lever L is operated in the
opposite direction, so as to move the ratchet wheel and toothed wheel d and pinion con
the end of roller a consequently the endless sheet is caused to travel some little
distance, and this goes on every time the drawer is opened and closed. A bell or
gong M is fixed in a suitable position within the box, such bell carrying the usual
striking hammer and tumbling lever n the lower end of which is in contact with the
upper edge of the drawer, so that each time the drawer is opened, the bell will be
sounded, the object of which is to denote or "tell" when the drawer has been opened.
The roll of paper passes over a tablet p and is useful for the assistant when writing
upon the paper the amount of money he has received. The lid of the box is provided
with glass at the part N, so as to expose the travelling paper; and glass is also placed
at the part O so that coins received may be seen resting upon the travelling apron for
some little time after they have been introduced into the aperature P. In order that
coins cannot be taken off the travelling apron Feither by the fingers of the assistant
or by any instrument, I employ a vibrating wing or bar r carried on axes working
in the standards or framework A¹. One axle of this vibrating wing carries a long
finger or arms and a counterbalanced weight t. The lower end of the arm s is con-
nected by a cord or chain u to a lever arm working upon a stud attached to the
frame of the machine. The manner of giving oscillatory motion to the vibrating
bar is effected as follows. The drawer H carries an upright finger wand the drawer
being opened, the upper end of such upright finger passes under the lever arm but
on the drawer being closed the upper end of such said upright finger comes into
contact with a pin x projecting from the lower end of the lever arm the effect of
which is to cause such arin v to swing or move upon its centre, in doing which the
cord or chain is drawn forward in such a manner as to oscillate the vibrating bar r
and this is timed to take place when the endless belt F travels forward so that when
the vibrating bar r is elevated the coin upon the endless belt can pass under the lower
edge of the said vibrating bar but immediately after the endless belt has carried the
coin forward past the lower edge of vibrating bar r, upright finger w on the drawer
will have left loose of the pin on the lever arm v, whereupon the counterbalanced
weight t on the axis of the vibrating barr will come into operation and cause the
vibrating bar to assume a vertical position, consequently the coin will be beyond the
reach of the assistant or of any instrument which may be employed for tampering

page_text: with the coin. As the belt F continues to travel the money thereon will be carried
forward and allowed to drop into the till of the drawer.
The modus operandi is as follows.
After a sale has taken place and the attendant writes the amount thereof upon the
paper exposed through the aperature in the box lid, the drawer is then opened, which
as previously explained, operates ratchet wheel J causing the paper to travel in such
manner and such a distance as to place the written amount past the aperature in the
box lid and beyond the reach of the operator. The money received is then put into
the till of the drawer and afterwards closed: The apparatus thus far would form a
compact machine for recording and checking receipts of moneys for shops and other
placos, but as disputes often arise as to the value of the coin the purchaser has just
previously given into the hands of the salesman, it is my intention to combine with
the money checking apparatus some other provision so that the coin received from the
purchaser may be seen for some time after it has been received. To do this the coin
is placed through the aperature P, in the lid of the box; such coin falling upon the
endless travelling belt F, so that the next time the drawer is closed the action thereof
operates ratchet wheel G (see Fig. 1.) as already explained, causing the endless belt
to travel and take with it the coin or coins resting thereon and which may have been
just received in payment for the goods; by this means the coin can be seen for some
little time after it has been received, consequently disputes about its value would be
useless.
From the construction and arrangement of the apparatus herein described and
illustrated by the drawings it is evident that the machine may be made in a simple
form consisting only of the means for operating the roll of paper each time the
drawer is opened and closed; or the machine may embody the mechanism consisting
of the endless travelling belt F and its apparatus for operating same which possesses
the advantage of exposing the coins received, which in many cases will be found very
advantageous, and a sure detector as to any erroneous statements respecting the value
of the coin received.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and shewn how the same may be put into practical operation I would have it under-
stood that I do not limit myself to the exact details herein shewn and described but
what I claim is :-
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Firstly In a money-checking machine the means substantially as herein shewn
and described, whereby the sliding movement of the drawer or
till causes the
movement of the paper after the amount of a sale has been written thereon.
Secondly In a money-checking machine, the employment of an endless travelling
belt such as F operated by the sliding movement of the drawer or "till" for the
purpose of carrying the money away after it has been deposited thereon.
Thirdly In a money-checking machine, the employment of a vibrating or
swinging bar such as r for the purpose of preventing coins being tampered with, after
the first movement of. the endless belt, substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of May 1887.