Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 14th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 14th Apr., 1900..
I, MARSHALL GEORGE WOOD, of 21, St. James' Street, Brighton, in the County
of Sussex, Novelist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to cash registering apparatus of the kind wherein the
amounts of cash received from time to time are written upon a paper band which,
when the apparatus is moved, is caused to travel to such an extent as to bring a
fresh portion of the band into position to be written upon and to move the portion
of the band upon which a record was last written behind a glass screen; and to
that class of such apparatus which is mounted upon an axis so that it. can be.
moved to enable the amount recorded upon; the band by a shop assistant or
other person to be inspected by a person paying the money, the object of my
invention being to simplify the construction of such apparatus; to reduce the cost
of production and to render it more easy of manipulation than apparatus of the
same class-as heretofore constructed.
In carrying out my invention 1 make use of a casing which is advantageously
of-a-Hattened oval shape and is provided with a window partially covered by a
glass screen and laterally with a sleeve or socket which is rotatably mounted upon
an upright pillar or post; a spring being arranged inside the socket to normally
turn the casing into a position such that the window is turned towards the
purchaser. The casing is also advantageously constructed with a hinged door.
The paper band upon which the amounts of cash received are to be written is
simply placed into the bottom of the casing in the form of a roll and the end of
the said band is drawn up to the top of the casing passing over a guide roller or
bar and a table behind the window and glass screen and thence down and over a
guide or feed roll and on to a receiving drum. This receiving drum is provided
with lateral pivots or trunnions which are passed into guide or bearing grooves
formed on the inside of the casing so that the drum can be inserted from the 'back
of the apparatus and can rotate in the said guides. The said drum is provided
with flanges and the feed roller is furnished with a rubber or other suitable facing
and..bears upon the said flanges so that when the said roller is rotated as herein-
after described it revolves the receiving drum by frictional' contact..
To operate the feed roller I advantageously secure a ratchet wheel to one end
thereof and I provide a pawl lever pivoted to the inside of the casing and carry-
ing a pawl adapted to engage with the teeth of the ratchet wheel. The said pawl
lever also has a pin which projects through a curved slot (the centre of which
coincides with the pivot of the pawl lever) into the sleeve or socket. The up-
right pillar is furnished with two projecting pins or the like and with a stop pin
the arrangement, being such that when the casing, which is normally as above
described held with the window containing the glass screen facing the purchaser
by the spring arranged within the sleeve or socket, is turned by the shop assistant
or other person upon the vertical pillar so that the window faces him in order
that he may write the amount of cash on the paper band which is presented behind

page_text: the said window, the pawl is moved back by one of the pins inoperatively over
the teeth of the ratchet wheel; when, having registered the amount, the assistant
allows the casing to be returned to its normal position by the spring, the second
pin catches the pawl lever pin and turns the ratchet wheel through a pre-
détermined distance so as to feed the paper forward and bring the amount just
written upon the paper band under the glass sereen leaving the uncovered portion
of the window free for the next entry.
The stop pin is provided to limit the movement of the casing in either direction
and advantageously strikes the two ends of a stop piece fitted to the inside of the
socket or sleeve..
1, MARSHALL GEORGE WOOD, of 21, St. James' Street, Brighton, in the County
of Sussex, Novelist, 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 cash registering apparatus of the kind wherein the
amounts of cash received from time to time are written upon a paper band which,
when the apparatus is moved, is caused to travel to such an extent as to bring a
tresh portion of the band into position to be written upon and to move the portion
of the band upon which a record was last written benind a glass screen; and to
that class of such apparatus which is mounted upon an axis so that it can be
moved to enable the amount recorded upon the band by a shop assistant or
other person to be inspected by a person paying the money, the object of my
invention being to simplify the construction of such apparatus, to reduce the cost
of production and to render it more easy of manipulation than apparatus of the
same class as heretofore constructed.
In the accompanying drawing:
Figure l'is a side elevation of a cash register having my improvements applied
thereto;
Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof with one end of the casing
removed:
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Figure 3 is a vertical section of the apparatus seen from the back; and
Figure 4 is a sectional plan of the apparatus.
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The apparatus comprises a casing a which is advantageously of the flattened
oval shape shewn and is provided with a window b partially covered by a glass
screen and laterally with a sleeve or socket d rotatably mounted upon an up-
right pillar or post. The pillar or post comprises a rod e screwed at its lower end
into a rebated foot or base c¹ and at its upper end to a rebated Hanged cap e;
the sleeve or socket & fits and turns on the rebated foot e and cap
clearly seen in Figure 3. A spring (see Figures 3 and 4) is arranged
inside the socket d to normally turn the casing into a position such that the
aforesaid window is turned towards the purchaser, the said spring being coiled
around the rode and secured at one end to the said rod and at the other end to the
casing a. To enable access to be had to the interior of the casing it is provided
at the back with a hinged door a¹ which is furnished with a lock a².
The paper band 9 upon which the amounts of cash received are to be written

page_text: is simply placed in the bottom of the casing in the form of a roll (see Figure 2)
and the end of the said band is drawn up to the top of the casing passing over a
tension spring hand a table i behind the window band glass screen c and thence
down and over a guide or feed roller and on to a receiving drum k. This
receiving drum & is provided with lateral pivots or trunnions, which are
passed into guide or bearing grooves, formed on the inside of the casing a 80
that the drum can be inserted from the back of the apparatus and can rotate in
the said guides. The feed roller is fitted on a spindle m which is pivotally
mounted in the casing a and sleeve d as will be clearly seen on reference to
Figure 3. The said roller is also furnished with a rubber or other suitable
facing and bears upon flanges, provided at each end of the drum & so that
when the roller jis rotated as hereinafter described it revolves the receiving drum k
by frictional contact.
To operate the feed roller ; 1 advantageously secure a ratchet wheel n to the
portion of the spindle m between the roller j and one end of the casing a and I
provide a pawl lever o loosely mounted on the spindle m and carrying a pawl p
adapted to engage with the teeth of the ratchet wheel n. p is a detent pawl
engaging the wheel n. The said pawl lever o also has a pin q at its upper end,
which pin 9 projects through a curved slot r (the centre from which it is described
coinciding with the pivot of the pawl lever) into the sleeve or socket d.
A springs which is attached to the lower end of the pawl lever o and to the
side of the casing a tends to pull the pawl lever into such a position that the
pin is at the other end of the slot to that shewn in Figure 2, that is to say, such
that the pin occupies the position indicated at q'. When, however, the casing a
is in the position indicated in the drawings, that is to say, with the window b facing
the purchaser the said pawl lever has been turned against the action of the
springs into the position shewn in the drawings, (most clearly in Figure 2) this
being effected by a pin or tappet which projects from the upright rod e and
into the path of the pin g so as to hold back the pawi lever o and prevent it from
moving with the casing.
With this arrangement when the casing, which is normally, as above described,
held by the spring with the window containing the glass screen facing the
purchaser, is turned, by the shop assistant or other person, upon the vertical pillar
so that the window faces him in order that he may write the amount of the
purchase on the paper band g, which is presented behind the said window b, the
pin q is moved away from the stop pin i so that the springs can pull back the
pawi lever o, the pawl p during this movement inoperatively sliding over the
teeth of the ratchet wheel n. When, having registered the amount, the assistant
allows the casing a to be returned to its normal position by the spring of the
ping upon the pawl lever o again comes into contact with the stop pin or tappett
being thereby held from turning with the casing a so that the pawl turns the
ratchet wheel through a predetermined distance corresponding to the extent to-
which the pin is held from rotating; the feed roller is thereby turned and
operates the drum k so as to wind the paper upon the said drum from the roll in
the bottom of the casing a in the direction indicated by the arrows Figure 2.
This movement of the paper brings the amount just registered upon the paper
band g by the shop assistant under the glass, screen c in the window, leaving the
paper under the uncovered portion of the window free for the next entry.
A stop pin is fixed to the upright rod e to limit the movement of the casing a
in either direction, this being effected through the medium of the stop piece v
which is secured in the interior of the sleeve d; the two ends of this piece v by
coming into contact with the stop pin limiting the movement of the sleeve upon
the upright pillar.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is-
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1. In a cash register, the combination with a support, of a casing pivotally

page_text: mounted on said support, said casing being provided with a recording aperture
and a table below said aperture to support a recording band, of a feeding roller
for said band within said casing, a ratchet wheel connected with said feed 'roller,
an operating lever, a pawl carried by said lever and engaging said ratchet wheel
auda stationary part secured to said support in position to be engaged by a part
connected with said lever when the casing is moved around said' support, substan-
tially as described. ⚫
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2. In a cash register, the combination of an upright pillar or support, a casing
pivotally mounted thereon a paper roll loosely held in the bottom of the casing,
a receiving drum pivotally mounted in the casing, a feed roller pivotally' mounted
in the casing and arranged to frictionally drive the said drum and feed the-paper
in front of a window in the casing and on to the said drum, 'a ratchet wheel
rigidly secured to the feed roller, a pawl lever pivotally mounted in the casing
and having a pawl engaging with, the ratchet wheel and a projecting pin adapted
to engage with a fixed tappet or pin upon- the upright pillar, substantially as
herein before described. . .
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3. In a cash register, the combination of an upright pillar or support, a casing
pivotally mounted thereon, a paper 1oll loosely held in the bottom of the casing, a
receiving drum pivotally mounted in the casing, a feed roller pivotally mounted in
the casing and arranged to frictionally drive the drum and feed the paper
in front of a window in the casing and on to the drum, a ratchet wheel rigidly
secured to the feed roller, a pawl lever pivotally mounted in the casing and having a
pawl engaging with the ratchet wheel and a projecting pin adapted 'to engage with a
fixed tappet or pin upon the upright pillar, and a spring attached to the casing
and the pawl lever, substantially as, and for the purpose, herein before described..
4. The combination and arrangement of parts forming the improved cash
register herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing..
Dated the 14th day of March 1900 -
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.