Improvements in or relating to Cash Tills.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 28th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cash Tills.
I, JAMES STURROCK, of Seacraig, Newport, in the County of Fife, Cashier,
Dundee Advertiser Office, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to cash tills, the objects being-First. To provide a
method or a means of recording the detailed, or the total value of the moneys
received in exchange for goods, from one buyer at one particular time. Second.
To enable the seller to keep a record of the value and description of goods sold to
any person either for cash or upon credit; that is to say to enable my apparatus
to be used instead of the ordinary day book. Third. To enable the buyer to see,
and if necessary to check such entries, by attracting his attention before said
entries are cancelled if cash be paid, or otherwise before a fresh portion of the
paper is uncovered.
In carrying out my invention, according to one modification, I affix my apparatus
to a specially mounted cash drawer, in such a manner that access to the said
drawer cannot be obtained except the part of the paper whereon the entries have
been made, be turned round or placed within the view of the buyer, as I will proceed
to describe.
The blank paper, is wound upon a roller and is transferred to another somewhat
similar roller, after the entries have been made upon it.
The paper is transferred automatically from the one to the other roller by a
certain amount every time a transaction takes place.
The paper, as it passes from the first roller, is exposed in a convenient position
in order that the entries may be written or stamped thereon, after which; before
the drawer can be opened, it has to be turned round facing the buyer, whose
attention is attracted to it by any suitable means, such as ringing a bell.
If the transaction is for cash, on opening the drawer the paper at that time
exposed is stamped "paid" in view of the buyer. On the other hand if the
transaction is on credit, the drawer need not be opened and the paper remains
unstamped.
In other modifications, instead of using a second roller I may cut the paper off
in sheets, or fold, it up in book form.
If it is found desirable to give receipts, I may place a receipt form on top of the
exposed band and by means of transfer paper make similar entries on both at
the same time. Instead of slips another roll of paper may be used for the same
purpose.
Dated this 26th day of January 1891.
GEO. U. DOUGLAS & CO.,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cash Tills.
I, JAMES STURROCK, of Seacraig, Newport, in the County of Fife, Cashier,
Dundee Advertiser Office, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to cash tills, the objects being-First. To provide a
method or a means of recording the detailed, or the total value of the moneys

page_text: received in exchange for goods, from one buyer at one particular time. Second.
To enable the seller to keep a record of the value and description of goods sold to
any person either for cash or upon credit; that is to say to enable my apparatus
to be used instead of the ordinary day book. Third. To enable the buyer to see,
and if necessary to check such entries, by attracting his attention before said
entrics are cancelled if cash be paid, or otherwise before a fresh portion of the
paper is uncovered.
The accompanying sheets of explanatory drawings illustrate the method of
carrying out my invention according to one modification.
Figure 1. (Sheet No. 1.) represents a sectional view through A. A. (Figures 3.
and 4.) looking towards the left, with the till drawn fully out,
Figure 2. a similar view looking towards the right with the till fully in,
Figure 3. (Sheet No. 2.) a sectional plan at B. B, (Figures 1. and 2.)
Figure 4. a view with the front, and rollers 9 and 20 removed,
Figure 5. (Sheet No. 3.) a view looking on C. C, (Figures 3. and 4.) and
Figure 6. a plan of my invention.
In these drawings the same reference letters and numerals are used to mark the
same or like parts wherever they are repeated.
In carrying out my invention, according to one modification, I affix my apparatus
to a specially mounted cash drawer 7. in such a manner that access to the said
drawer cannot be obtained except the part of the paper whereon the entries have
been made, be turned round or placed within the view of the buyer, as I will proceed
to describe.
The blank paper 8. is wound upon a roller 9. and is transferred to another some-
what similar roller 10.—said roller being free only to rotate in the one direction-
after the entries have been made upon it.
The paper is transferred automatically from the one to the other roller by a
certain amount every time a cash transaction takes place. Should the transaction
be a credit one the paper is moved by means of the handwheel 11.
The paper, as it passes from the first roller 9. is exposed in a convenient
position 12. in order that the entries may be written or stamped thereon, after
which, before the drawer 7. can be opened, it has to be turned round facing the
buyer, whose attention is attracted to it by any suitable means, such as ringing.
a bell.
If the transaction is for cash, on opening the drawer the paper at that time
exposed is stamped "paid in view of the buyer. On the other hand if the
transaction is on credit, the drawer 7. need not be opened and the paper remains
unstamped.
If it is found desirable to give receipts, I may place a receipt form on top of
the exposed band and by means of transfer paper make similar entries on both at
the same time. Instead of slips another roll of paper may be used for the same
purpose.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
13. is the circular base board for carrying and supporting the whole apparatus.
The frame 14, which carries the drawer 7, is pivoted at 15. to 13, and may be
made to freely rotate in either direction by hand, the drawer being kept from
being opened by means of the circular ridge 16, except the frame 14. be in the
position shown in the drawings, that is to say with the drawer opposite the gap in
the ridge at 17. 18. are the receptacles for money in the drawer, and 19. is a knob
or handle for opening same. 8. is a roll of blank paper kept from too freely
rotating by means of the pressing roller 20, and 21. is the table over which the
paper passés, its purpose being to support same when the entries are being made.
22. is a hinged lever, having the plate 23. filled with needles so disposed as to
pierce the paper, the perforations preferably marking the word "paid." The said
lever 22. is actuated at the proper time by the cain 24. 25. is another hinged
lever, actuated by the same or another cam similar to 24. in such a manner that on

page_text: the drawer being opened, the bell 26. is made to ring the shutting of the drawer
causing the other bell 27. to ring. 28. is a rubber driving roller made to inter-
mittently rotate in the direction of the arrow by means of the rack 29, rack
wheel 30, ratchet wheel 31. and pawl 32. The rack wheel 30. is loose, and the
ratchet wheel 31, is fixed to the roller arbor, the two being made to rotate in the
same direction by means of the pawl 32, which is pivoted on the rack wheel.
The receiving roller 10. is supported and guided by the two side levers 33. said
levers being free to move in the direction of their longitudinal axis to a certain
extent, the springs 34. always tending to draw them in and thus keep the roller 10.
against the rubber roller 28. 35. is a pawl so placed that it hangs vertically when
the drawer is either fully open or fully shut, but when the drawer is in any other
position the rack 36. engages with it; preventing either its opening or shutting,
depending upon the position in which the pawl is lying. 37. is a glass cover
actuated from the slide 40. which carries the rack 29. by means of the con-
nection 38.
The paper being in position and the cover locked, the apparatus is wrought in
the following manner :-
The seller enters on the blank paper the necessary particulars of the transaction
after which he turns the apparatus round about the pivot 15. until the entry is
facing the customer: In the event of the transaction being a credit one, the
portion of the paper bearing the entry is wound on the roller 10. by means of the
handwheel 11, and the apparatus is again returned to its original position. Should
the transaction be a cash one, the entries are made and the apparatus is turned to
face the buyer as before, and the drawer 7. being opposite the gap 17. is opened,
when the following action of the mechanism takes place. When the drawer is
partially open the cam 24. actuates the hinged lever 22, causing it to pass the
needles in the plate 23. through the paper, thus stamping the word " paid" or
other suitable mark, and ringing the bell at or about the same time. The paper
may be supported both above and below by cross bars 39. The drawer continuing
its course pulls forward the slide 40. carrying the rack 29, thus causing the rack
wheel 30. to rotate, and at the same time brings forward the glass 37. to cover the
paper at 12.
When the drawer is full out and the pawl 35. is free to hang
vertically, it is then in a condition to be shut after the transaction has been com-
pleted. On shutting the drawer the cam 24. actuates the hinged lever 22. in the
opposite direction, withdrawing the needles from the paper, and ringing another
bell if desired. It then pushes back the slide 40. carrying the rack 29. and the
glass 37, at the same time rotating the rack wheel 30. taking along with it the
ratchet wheel 31. and the roller 28, thus winding the paper bearing the receipted
entries on the roller 10.
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) In cash tills, turning the entry so that it may be read and checked by the
buyer, as herein before described.
(2) In cash tills, the combination of mechanism for indicating if the transaction
has been for cash or on credit, as described.
(3) In cash tills, the apparatus for automatically indicating that the till has been
opened, and that cash should have been placed therein, as described.
(4) In cash tills, the combination of the mechanism for covering the entry while
the drawer is open, as described.
(5) In cash tills, the mechanism which necessitates the complete opening or
shutting of the drawer as described.
(6) In cash tills, the prevention of access to the drawer except when in the
desired position.
(7) In cash tills, the mechanism for winding on, equal lengths of paper,
irrespective of the diameter of the roll, as described.

page_text: (8) In cash tills, the general construction, combination and arrangement of parts,
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth, together with
modification or modifications thereof.
any mere
Dated this 27th of October 1901
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
Applicant's Agents.