An Improved Check-till.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 22nd July, 1896-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Check-till.
I, GEORGE HENRY HIMUS of 13 Devonshire Road Cambridge Carpenter and
Joiner do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A check till for preventing dishonesty made as follows:-An upright square
mahogany box 16 inches high 9 inches wide and 9 inches deep divided into three
compartments, at the bottom is a 2 inch drawer for keeping change in, the middle
compartment for receiving the cash paid in is the lock up part being 6 inches deep,
the top compartment forming the chief part of invention consists of a glass top
and three glass sides, the front side having a cup fixed in which the customer
places the money which pass through a slot and falls by means of an incline ou
the sliding piece (that divides the two top compartments) which when drawn back
allows the money to fall into the till below, the slide is retained in its proper place
by means of two strong springs.
The glass top is to enable the person receiving payment to see if the amount is
correct before drawing out slide.
Dated Lun 2nd 100
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1 Broad Street Buildings, Loudon, E.C., Agent for Applicant.
I, GEORGE HENRY HIMUS of 13 Devonshire Road, Cambridge, Carpenter and
Joiner 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 relates to an improved check-till, arranged to be fixed upon a
counter-top or other flat surface, but not adapted for suspension upon a vertical
surface, and is intended for use solely as a means for preventing or detecting
dishonesty on the part of an assistant, or fraud on the part of the buyer, and as a
means for obviating errors by either party.
In order that my said invention and the manner in which the same is intended
to operate may be fully understood, reference is hereinafter made to the accom-
panying drawings, of which
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are front, side and back elevation respectively of my said
invention, substantially as I prefer to construct it for general use.
Fig. 4 is a section taken through the vertical centre of Figs. 1 and 3, illustrating
the internal arrangements as they would appear if viewed from the right to left
of the former figure, and from left to right of the latter.
Figs. 5 is a top or plan view of Figs. 1, 2, and 3, while Figs. 6 is a section
taken upon the line A B of Fig. 4.
I carry my invention into effect by constructing of wood (preferably mahogany)
a rectangular case composed of front A, back B, two sides C and D, top E, and
bottom I, all mitred, morticed, or otherwise connected together in the way of
Price 811

page_text: cabinet work generally. At a suitable distance above the bottom F, is a fixed
partition G, beneath which slides, upon suitable runners, a preferably lock up
drawer H, this being for bolding cash for giving change when required, and may
contain partitions, or divisions or bowls, for this purpose. At a suitable distance
above GI provide upon suitable runners a sliding partition J, capable of being
partly withdrawn (as at Fig. 2) by the person serving the goods, but normally
kept closed by the tension of spiral or other springs K; immediately above J and
in contact therewith is a fixed partition L, extending from the back B to about
halfway within the case, and level with the lower surface of this, and in contact
with J, is a sloping or inclined shelf M fixed to the sides, and the front A, the
highest portion of the said shelf being level with, and in the same plane or
thereabouts as, a slot N formed in the side A, preferably divided by a thin
partition O, and outside and fixed upon A, is a cup or mouth P sloped to coincide
with the slot N.
The back B has a glass panel R, above the sliding partition J, and below J
a preferably panelled door S, which opens into the compartment formed by the
fixed partition G, and the sliding partition J, the said door being provided with
a lock, the key of which may be kept by the proprietor or manager of the
establishment. The top E is provided with a glass panel T, while the sides C
and D, have similar but preferably smaller glass panels V and V₁ respectively,
these latter panels being principally for admitting light into the compartment
above J.
The entire apparatus may be fixed (with the front A next the customer) in any
position upon the serving counter W, by any suitable means but preferably, by
the means of a bolt a passing upwardly through a hole made in the counter W,
and a hole in the bottom F which (when the drawer H is removed) may receive a
nut b as shewn in Fig. 4. The manuer of use is as follows
At the commencement of business each day the proprietor or manager of the
establishment would place a certain amount of assorted cash in the drawer H, to
which (although kept locked if desired) the assistant or assistants would have
access for the purpose of giving change to the customer, and the amount of cash
so left in H may be recorded upon a paper or ticket and be deposited in the
compartment closed by the locked door S, of which the manager or proprietor
would hold the key. The customer when served, and the amount of his or her
purchase totalled, would deposit the said amount in the cup P, which would be
guided thereby through the slot N, where it would be divided or scattered (if
necessary) by the partition O, and sliding down the inclined shelf M, be deposited
upon the slide J between M and L in full view of the customer and the assistant,
by means of the glass panel T, and the assistant, (when satisfied that the amount
deposited was correct) would pull out the slide J to or about the extent shewn by
Fig. 2, when the coin or coins, would fall into the compartment below J, and the
said slide would, upon release, return to its normal position (as at Fig. 4) by the
tension of the springs K, and it would be the customer's duty to see that
the slide was so withdrawn, and the cash so removed at the time of such payment.
If the customer should tender a coin of larger value, than the amount to be
paid, it would be the duty of the assistant to take the value of such coin from the
drawer H, deposit the said coin therein, and hand the change in full to the
customer, who would take therefrom the amount of the purchase and deposit
the same in the cup P as stated.
In order that the coins so deposited upon G may pot scatter too near the door S,
so as to fall out when the latter is opened, I provide upon G, at a suitable distance
from S, a wooden or other partition G', which may be arranged as a fixture, or be
removable for the convenience of removing the cash when required.
At the close of the day's business, or periodically during the day's business, the
proprietor or manager would remove the cash from the lock-up compartment closed
by the door S, and to learn at a glance the amount of the day's takings or if
periodically the amount of cash removed each time may be registered upon the

page_text: before mentioned ticket or paper in the locked compartment S, and be totalled at the
end of the day, when the amount of cash first deposited in the drawer H should be
found intact.
It will thus be understood that the assistant has no access to the cash when once
deposited in the lock up compartment S, and does not actually receive cash in
payment for the goods supplied, this being, as stated, deposited by the customer
in the cup P, and whatever may be the dishonest inclinations of the assistant, if
thus deprived of exercising them for his own gain, he would be careful to watch
that the customer deposited in P the full value of the goods supplied.
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 :
1st. In an improved check till for business houses, the construction, use, and
application of the herein described apparatus, and the several parts constituting
the same, the whole connected, combined, and operating substantially as and for
the purposes stated and shewn by the accompaning drawings.
2nd. In an improved check till for business houses, the combination of a
rectangular case, having glass panels such as R, T, V and V₁, a fixed partition G,
and lock up drawer H, a sliding partition J, normally closed by springs such
as K, a lock up door S leading to the compartment formed by G and J, a fixed
partial partition L and sloping shelf M above J, with coin receptacle P, surrounding
a slot N leading to the shelf M, with means such as a bolt and nut a b for fixing
the apparatus upon a counter or the like W, the whole connected, combined and
operating substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and shewn by the
accompaning drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1896.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1 Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for Applicant.