Improvements in or relating to Cash-controlling Apparatus.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1897-Accepted, 5th Feb.,
, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cash-controlling Apparatus.
I, DR. ADOLF FRANKE, Engineer, of 23, Hagelsbergerstrasse, Berlin, in the
Empire of Germany, 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:-
In cash controlling apparatus, which print a receipt and counter foil and indicate
the total sum by means of a counting device the so called addition mechanism is
generally provided with two type sectors for printing the receipts, which by means
of displacement indicate progressively the units, tens, hundreds etc. My inven-
tion consists in arranging these two type sectors, as well as the wheels of the
addition mechanism upon one shaft, so that by the displacement of this shaft the
two type sectors are displaced and simultaneously also the counting wheels of the
addition mechanism come successively into reach of a driver, which in accordance
with the position of the shaft operates the wheels for the units, tens or hundreds.
In this manner the type sectors and the counting wheels of the addition mechanism
are adjusted and operated correspondingly each time to the angle of revolution of
the shaft.
In the annexed drawing which shows how my invention may be performed.
Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan view of the improved cash controlling
apparatus. Figs. 3, 4 and 5 show details.
On the shaft W₁ are fixed the two type sectors T1 and T2 whilst the counting
wheels 1 S P P2 P3 of the addition mechanism are seated so as to turn loosely.
The rotary shaft W is displaceable and movable to the left, as soon as it comes
under the effect of the spring F. According to the angle of revolution of the
shaft W a higher or lower number, as arranged on the exterior rim of the type
sectors T and T2, stands over the receipt papers Q¹ and Q² which by means of
a stroke from beneath can be pressed against them so that the corresponding
numbers are marked on the papers. A bow is fixed by its arms E' and to the
shaft and thus turns together with the shaft; the arm E2 is fixed on the shaft Wi
in the socket H, so that it serves simultaneously as a seat for the spring F. This
bow carries a driver M for the counting wheels of the addition mechanism as well
as a toothed rod Z which controls the longitudinal movement of the shaft W¹ so
that for each turning movement of the shaft it allows the latter to move to the left
for the distance of one toothed division. With each displacement of the shaft W
for one tooth division, the type sectors T1, T2 under the action of the spring F move
to the left, and simultaneously also the driver M for the counting wheels of the
addition mechanism, so that this driver must coincide with the wheel for the units
when the type sectors T¹, T print the units and the wheel for the tens, when they
print the tens, and so on.
The counting wheels of the addition mechanism could however also be arranged
to move with the shaft W so that the addition mechanism makes corresponding
oscillations and lateral displacements, whilst the driver M remains stationary
and fixed on the framing.

page_text: In order to operate the type sector shaft W₁ the following mechanism can be
used shown in Figs. 1-3. On a shaft W2 are arranged 20 lever arms AO, A¹,
A²,
which are kept in their normal position by means of springs,
which are not indicated on the drawing, and which lever arms can be pressed
down by means of the keys 0 to 19. Each of the lover arms AO, A1, A2 carries a
pin J of unequal length increasing with the numbers, which pins, when the keys
are pressed down, push earlier or later according to their length on a framing L²,
which revolves on the shaft W2 and carries in its prolongation the toothed segment
Z. According to the length of the pins J the frame L2 and the toothed seg-
ment will have to make a greater or smaller movement. In consequence of its
gearing with the toothed wheel 2 upon the shaft W the movement of the toothed
segment will determine the revolution of the shaft W
A second frame L', which is revolvable on the shaft W2, is moved always an
equal distance by means of the lever arms AO, A¹, A²,,
when the keys
are pressed down. It carries in its prolongation on one side a click O, which can
be brought into engagement with the ratchet wheel on the shaft W', and at its
ends are the platen arms K and K2 which press the receipts Q and Q² against
the type sectors T and T2 for the purpose of printing.
Figs. 4 and 5 show on a larger scale the escapement mechanism which at each
oscillation of the shaft Wallows the latter to move to the left for one double tooth
of the toothed rod % under the action of the spring F. For this purpose the teeth
2 and 2 are arranged in the mouth like end of a spring operated lever N on the
arms R and R2 of the socket H, these teeth and 2 engaging alternately with
the upper and the under teeth of the toothed rod Z.
When the mechanism is at rest the upper end of the lever N lies upon the arm V
near its point, this arm extending from the frame at the back and partly encircling
the sleeve H, and in this position of the lever N the lower tooth 22 engages with
one of the lower series of teeth on the rod Z. When lowever any one of the keys
is depressed, the lever N moves off the point of the stationary arm V and is drawn
by a spring so that the tooth clears the lower series of teeth while the upper
tooth engages a tooth of the upper series. The latter being placed slightly
rearward of the former teeth, this movement of the lever N permits to the rod Za
slight movement which when the lever N again returns on to the arm. V allows
the tooth to engage with the next following tooth of the lower series while the
tooth escapes from the teeth of the upper series.
In order to bring the shaft W₁ against the effect of its spring F again into the
starting position a mechanism as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 can be used. On a short
shaft W is fixed a driving arm and a handle G which projects from the casing
of the cash controller. During the revolution of the shaft W3 by means of the
handle an angular lever y is operated, the free hook like end of which comes into
the reach of a pin C, which is fixed on the shaft W. By means of a sufficient
movement of the handle G the shaft W is taken into its starting position by
means of the angular lever y.
If for
This cash controlling apparatus operates in the following manner.
instance a receipt has to be made by the apparatus for #190 17. 6., in the position
of the shaft Was shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the key "6" is first pressed down and
the framing L is carried down by the key, as soon as the pin J of this key touches
the said framing; hereby the segment Z and by the toothed wheel Z the shaft W
with the type sector T and T2 will make a movement, which corresponds to the
length of the pin J. When the types 6 of the two type sectors T and T2 are placed
over the receipt paper, the position of the type wheels is fixed by the pawl O which
reaches into the ratchet wheel Z. The further pressing of the key 6 has taken with
it the frame L' and simultaneously the receipt papers Q¹ and Q2 are pressed by
the platens K and K2 against the figures 6 of the type sectors. In the same time
the driver M has turned the counting wheel D for the pence for an equal angle
and it turns the counting wheel 1) for 6 numbers. In this back movement also the
stopping device, Figs. 4 and 5 comes into effect and the shaft W' must move one

page_text: tooth to the left. In order to print the 17/- the key 17 is pressed down, whereby
in the before described manner the type sectors 1 and T2 turn so far round, that
their numbers 17 are printed. The driver M, which coincides with the periphery
of the second counting wheel S turns this counting wheel for 17 numbers. Again
the stopping device lets the shaft W move one tooth to the left and in this manner
the units the tens and the hundreds of the £ are successively adjusted on the type
sectors and the wheels of the addition mechanism in an analogous manner.
by using the handle G and by means of the angular lever y the shaft W is brought
into the starting position and one of the two receipts can be drawn out of the
apparatus.
Then
In order to allow the adding of the pence to shillings and the shillings to pounds
in the addition mechanism the periphery of the counting wheels D, S, P1, P2, P3,
are divided into 60 equal parts which are provided for the pence wheel 1 five
times successively with the numbers 0 to 11 for the shillings wheel S three times
successively with the numbers 0 to 19 and for the wheels for the units, tens,
hundreds, etc. of pounds P1, P2, P3, etc. six times with the numbers 0 to 9. In
the drawings the wheels are shown with small circles instead of numbers, because
the numbers would be too small for the scale used in the drawing. By means of
any convenient transmission apparatus the counting wheels transfer during one
revolution the pence wheels D transfer 5 times one shilling, the shilling wheels S
transferring during one revolution 3 times one pound and the pounds wheels P',
P2, P3, etc., transfer during one revolution 6 times the units to tens and the tens
to hundreds and so on.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. An improved cash controlling device in which the type sectors T1, T2, for the
printing of the receipt and the controlling numbers and the counting wheels D, S,
P1, P2, P3, of the addition mechanism are arranged upon a common turnable and
displaceable shaft W so that with the periodical longitudinal displacement of
the shaft the counting wheels of the addition mechanism come successively into
the reach of a driver M which displaces them according to the angle of revolution
of the shaft and of the type wheels.
2. An improved cash controlling device as under Claim 1 in which are used
type wheels and counting wheels divided into 60 parts, in order to add pence to
shillings and shillings to pounds, as well as to transfer the units of pounds to tens
and so on, all substantially as illustrated and described.
Date
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C., London.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C., London.