Improvements in Money-tills.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 29th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Mar., 1890-Accepted, 26th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Money-tills.
We WILLIAM LINSEY Carpenter of Rose Cottage Mill Road in the town and
county of Cambridge ROBERT BARTON Carpenter of Brook Side Mill Road aforesaid
and WILLIAM FREDERICK BENSTEAD Carpenter of 162 Sturton Street in Cambridge
aforesaid do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
The object of our invention is to provide a simple cheap and yet very efficient
money-till.
To carry out this object in the lower part of a suitable box or case we fit a
sliding drawer provided with the usual semispherical or other receptacles for the coins
and above this drawer we mount in the case a moveable tray. On this tray we
mount in suitable positions two rollers round one of which is wound a sheet or strip
of paper or other suitable material the outside end whereof passes over a block or
mount secured on the tray to the other roller whereto the end is connected and on the
side of this latter roller is fitted a ratchet wheel provided with a retaining pawl. On
the side of the block or mount or in other convenient position we mount a bell
provided with a spring hammer. On the side of the sliding drawer we fit a pro-
jection or stop which can engage and actuate the spring hammer and we also fit
on the side of the sliding drawer a spring catch or pawl which can engage and
actuate the ratchet wheel. In the lid of the case over the block or mount we make
an aperture which can be partly closed by glass.
When the drawer is pulled out to place a coin in one of the receptacles the
bell is struck by the hammer actuated by the stop and the ratchet wheel is caused
by the pawl to revolve by so much as corresponds with one tooth and a fresh part
of the paper or material is presented at the aperture in the lid on which can be
written the sum received or other facts or information as may be desired. The
coin can then be placed in one of the receptacles and the drawer is pushed back
again right home to its place when the bell is again struck by the hammer actuated
by the stop and the aforesaid procedure can be repeated and so on.
A spring catch can fasten the drawer when closed and a spring can be fitted behind
the same to push it out. The lid of the case can be locked and the tray can be
secured in position by screws or otherwise whereby the money cannot be approached
except by pulling the drawer out when the bell must be sounded.
Dated this 90th day of June 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Money-tills.
We WILLIAM LINSEY Carpenter of Rose Cottage Mill Road in the town and
county of Cambridge ROBERT BARTON Carpenter of Brook Side Mill Road aforesaid
and WILLIAM FREDERICK BENSTEAD Carpenter of 162 Sturton Street in Cambridge
aforesaid 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 :-
The object of this our invention is to provide a simple cheap and yet very efficient
money-till for use in all places and for all purposes wherein such articles are required
or desired.
In order the more clearly to explain this our invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed we refer to the accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is a

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side elevation of our apparatus with the side of the box or case thereof removed and
Figure 2 is a plan of our apparatus with the lid of the box or case thereof removed.
We make a suitable box or. case A for this our apparatus of any convenient size
and shape and of wood or other material and in the lower part thereof we fit a sliding
drawer B provided with the usual semispherical or other receptacles b for the coins a
and above this drawer B we mount in the case A a moveable horizontal tray Cand
the drawer B and the covering tray C do not extend the whole breadth of the case A
or do not reach from side to side thereof but on one side preferably there is a certain
space between the side of the drawer B and the edge of the tray C and the side of the
case A as is shewn in Figure 2.
On the tray C we mount in the proper positions near the ends thereof two
horizontal rollers D and E round one of which rollers preferably the roller D is
wound a sheet or strip F of paper or other suitable material the outside end whereof
passes over a mount or block G secured to and on the tray C to the other roller E
whereto this end is connected and a spring brake D' can conveniently be applied in
any usual manner. to the roller D to prevent the same revolving too rapidly and on
the side of the roller E is fitted a ratchet wheel H.
In any convenient position it may be on the side of the case A but is preferably on
the side of the block G we mount a bell K provided with a spring hammer L
preferably as is shewn in the drawing on each side thereof and on the side of the
drawer B is a projection or stud M which can operate the hammer in any usual and
convenient manner when and as the drawer is moved and when as is shewn in the
drawing there are two hammers L these hammers can very conveniently be operated by
the cross-headed pivoted lever N the lower end whereof is in the path of the stud M
when the drawer B is moved whether outwardly or inwardly and must be engaged
thereby.
On the side of the drawer B also we fit in the proper position a spring catch O..
which can engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel H for which wheel also a pawl can
be provided but as these teeth are preferably for the purpose hereinafter stated some-
what large it is most convenient to fit on the side of this wheel H another ratchet
wheel P with smaller teeth whereinto the pawl or pawls Q can engage.
In the lid of the case A over the block G we make an aperture R which can be
closed by glass except a small and narrow transverse part R¹ thereof which is"
left open.
The action of this apparatus hereinbefore described and the manner of using the
same are as follows.
The apparatus and all the several parts thereof being in the positions shown in the
drawing and a coin having been received it is desired to place the same in one of the"
receptacles 6 and it may be to register the amount received or other facts or
information concerning the same or otherwise which latter object can be effected and
performed on the sheet F through the narrow aperture R¹ by any convenient means
and appliances. The drawer B is then pulled out and immediately it moves the
bell K is struck by the hammer L operated by the stud M and the catch causes the
ratchet wheel H and therefore the roller E to revolve by so much as corresponds to.
one tooth and a fresh part of the sheet F is presented at the narrow aperture R¹ and
the teeth of this ratchet wheel H are so formed as preferably always to move the
sheet F by about the breadth of the aperture R' whereby what has already been
indicated or written on the sheet F cannot be amended or altered but can be seen so
long as it is below the glass in the aperture R for the sheet F cannot return by reason
of the pawls Q. The coin can then be placed in one of the receptacles & and the
drawer B is pushed in back again right home to its place when the bell K is again
struck by the hammer L operated by the stud M and the catch O engages the next
tooth of the ratchet wheel H and the stud M and the catch O are so placed on the side
of the drawer B in respect of each other that unless the bell K is struck through the
stud M the catch O does not engage the ratchet wheel H and vice versa but whenever
the bell K is struck through the stud M either the ratchet wheel H is revolved as
aforesaid and therefore a fresh part of the sheet F is presented at the aperture R1 or

page_text: as will happen alternately a fresh tooth of the ratchet wheel H is engaged by the
catch O. This aforesaid procedure and sequence of operations can be repeated as
often as may be desired.
It is very convenient to fit any usual and suitable spring catch S in the front of the
drawer B to fasten the same when closed and also a spring T behind the drawer B to
force the same out when the catch S is retired. The case A can very conveniently be
secured by screws or otherwise to the counter on which it stands or elsewhere and
the lid of this case A can be locked and the tray C can be secured by screws or
otherwise in its proper position in the case A by which arrangement the money in
this till cannot be approached without pulling the draw B out when as is hereinbefore
described the bell K will be sounded and the sheet F moved.
We have thus described and we have shewn in the accompanying drawing a
very convenient and efficient form and style of our apparatus and of the several
parts thereof and also very suitable methods of constructing and fitting and
arranging and operating the same but it is obvious that we do not limit ourselves
exactly thereto for this our money-till and all the several parts thereof may be made
of such forms and proportions and styles and such methods and details of. con-
structing and fitting and arranging and operating the same may be used and
employed as may be convenient or desirable or expedient in each particular case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1. In a money-till a drawer B carrying a stud M and a spring catch O in com-
bination with a tray C carrying on two rollers D and E a sheet F a ratchet wheel H
provided with a paw! on one of the rollers to be revolved by the catch and a bell K to
be struck through the stud substantially as herein before described and set forth.
2. A case A an aperture R in the lid thereof partly closed by glass a tray C in the
case rollers D and E and a block G on the tray a sheet F passing from the one roller
to the other roller over the block ratchet wheels H and P on one of the rollers
pawls Q for one of the ratchet wheels and a bell K provided with one or more spring
hammers L in combination with a drawer B in the case under the tray provided with
receptacles for coins a stud M on the drawer to operate the hammer or hammers
and strike the bell and a spring catch O on the drawer to engage the other ratchet
wheel revolve the rollers and move the sheet substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described and declared.
3. The money-till substantially as herein before described and shewn in the accom-
panying drawing.