Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 20th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 23rd Aug., 1887.
GEORGE RODENHURST STOKES, Tailor 67 Piccadilly Hanley, WILLIAM LONEY,
Clay Merchant, Howard Place, Hanley, and THOMAS MILNES FAVELL, Ironfounder
Etruria, in the County of Staffordshire, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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A box, consisting of a drawer and lid, to open, and four sides. On the lid, to be
made an opening three inches wide and a quarter of an inch across. At each end of.
the box, inside, is placed a roller. The roller at the front, to hold a roll of paper.
The roller at the extreme end, to be connected to a cog wheel, worked by a lever.
The paper on the front roller, to pass from the roller, over a support directly under the
opening in lid, to the roller at the extreme end of box. The lid being locked, the
amount taken, is written on the paper, through the opening in lid. On opening
the drawer, to deposit the cash, a stud secured to the drawer, catches the lever, which
turns the cog wheel, a sufficient distance, to remove the writing opposite the opening
in lid, out of sight. When the drawer is opened, it thereby becomes, impossible to
alter the writing, hence forms a perfect check on the cash deposited.
GEO. R. STOKES.
WM. LONEY.
T. MILNES FAVELL.

page_text: We, GEORGE RODENHURST STOKES, 67 Piccadilly, Hanley, Tailor, WILLIAM LONEY,
Howard Place, Hanley, Clay Merchant, and THOMAS MILNES FAVELL, Etruria,
Ironfounder, in the County of Staffordshire, 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 :-
Our Invention has reference to improvements in what are generally known as check
tills, and is devised with a view to more efficiently checking the amounts of money
taken, and placed in the till.
In order that our Invention may be the better understood we have appended the
accompanying two sheets of drawings in which the same letters of reference are
employed to denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views. Figure 1,
sheet 1, is a sectional elevation of our device and Figure 2 is a plan of the same with
the lid or cover removed. Sheet 2 shews detailed drawings of various parts of our
device (Figures 3 to 5 inclusive, drawn to a larger scale) as hereinafter described and
identified in reference to sheet 1.
Referring to sheet 1, the device in accordance with our Invention comprises a box
or till A Figure 1 of any suitable dimensions, provided with a hinged lid or cover,
and also a lock. In the front of the box or till A is formed an opening for the
reception of a drawer B of suitable depth, the bottom of which is extended as at b¹
to the end of the box or till A; the end of the drawer proper terminates however at
a predetermined position as at b, the space between the end of the drawer B and the
end of the box or till A being occupied by the mechanism hereinafter described. The
drawer B of the device may be fitted in any desired manner for the reception of coins
of different denominations.
At the back of the box or till A aforesaid is fitted a rod or spindle E free to move
in suitable bearings d, d', Figure 2, secured to the inner sides of the box or till A.
To one end e Figure 2 of said spindle E is fitted a ratchet wheel g, Figures 1 and 2,
into which takes a pawl k pivotted at the end of a cam lever, J having at its base a
lateral straight arm j on one side, and on the opposite side the curved lateral arm or
cam piece, said device J, j, being mounted loosely upon the rod or spindle E
aforesaid. To the other end e² of the rod or spindle E is fixed a brake wheel H
provided around its circumference with semicircular projections into the intervening
spaces between which engages the stud m of the horizontal spring M, which latter is
secured to the end of the box or till A, and as shewn also in the enlarged view
Figure 4 sheet 2. There is also fixed centrally upon the rod or spindle E a drum or
cylinder F of wood or other suitable material, provided with spring clips f,f, or other
equivalent means for securing the end of a paper strip or band to said drum or
cylinder F.

page_text: At the front end of the box or till A aforesaid and above the drawer is fitted a
second rod or spindle O, working in suitable bearings dd fitted to the inner side
of the box or till A, and upon which shaft O is placed a reel or bobbin N upon which
is wound a continuous band or strip of paper. Said strip of paper passes from the
reel or bobbin N in the direction shewn by the arrow and dotted lines p, p, over a
curved block of wood q or other suitable material to the cylinder F. Said block
being fixed in such a position in the box or till A as to be in close proximity to-
without touching-a plate R which is fixed to the top of the cover, over an opening R¹
made therein. Said plate R has a slot or perforation formed therein the position of
which is immediately over the highest part of the curved block 9, and through which
slotr the paper strip or band p p can be written upon. 3. s. s. are three wire brackets
through which the paper strip or band is interlaced. Said brackets are devised for
the purpose of increasing the friction, and thereby ensuring a constant tension on
the said paper strip or band when passing over the before mentioned block 1.
The modus operandi is as follows, that is to say:-The till or box A being closed
and locked, the various parts of the device will be in the position shewn at Figures 1
and 2 sheet 1. On the drawer B being pulled out by the knob or handlet the stud
or striker C will move as shown by the arrow c along the inner end of the underside
of the horizontal arm j towards the cam piece j¹ and will cause the latter to rise and
the arm to fall; this action imparts a thrusting movement to the upper arm or cam
lever J and thus pushes forward the pawl & a distance limited by the depth of the
curved part of the cam piece j below a line parallel with the bottom of the drawer B.
The pawl which engages with the ratchet wheel 9 causes the latter to rotate in
the direction of the arrow 9', and is so arranged as to advance it to the extent of
one tooth; and, in order to prevent it moving further, two small studs 2, l,-fixed at
suitable points to the inside of the box or till A-are provided, which project above
and beyond the horizontal arm ; and curved arm and limit the motion of the cam
lever J. These studs l, l, however whilst limiting the movement of the lever and
consequently that of the ratchet wheel are no check upon the otherwise free motion
of said ratchet wheel, which by a sudden jerk night rotate a greater distance than is
provided for by the aforesaid studs 1, 1, but, inasmuch as the projections and recesses
upon the brake wheel H correspond with the number of teeth on the ratchet wheel,
any movement beyond the distance of one tooth is prevented by the spring M and
stud m, which latter, at each operation of opening the drawer is raised by, and rides
over one of the semicircular projections on the brake wheel H, dropping into the
next recess, thus effectually preventing any further movement of the mechanism
until the drawer B is again opened after being closed. In the act of closing the
drawer, the stud or striker C in its travel slides under the horizontal armı ; of the
cam lever J, pushing it up, in which action, the pawl k is brought back to its normal
position, and is ready for the next operation of opening the drawer B.
It will be seen, by the arrangenient described above, that the motion imparted to
the mechanism is constant ; and, the paper band p, p, being secured to the drum or
cylinder F, it follows that said paper is moved forward beneath the slot ra given
distance each time the drawer is opened; said distance being dependent upon the
diameter of the drum or cylinder F and the amount of motion imparted to it by
the mechanism above described. The slot in the plate R is made of a width
corresponding to the distance travelled by the strip or band of paper each time the
drawer is opened; or, if preferred the paper band p, p, may be made to advance
a distance somewhat greater than that represented by the width of said slot r.
In order to check the amounts received, each time a payment is made, the amount
of such payment is written through the slot upon the paper p. The drawer is then
opened and the amount corresponding to that written on the paper band is placed
therein in the action of opening the drawer the paper band will have advanced a
given distance, and the written entry moves or passes out of sight, and cannot again
be seen until the lid of the till is opened. At the end of the day the sum total of
the various entries is obtained, with which the amount of cash in the till should
correspond. In the event of the drawer being opened without an entry having been

page_text: previously made, a blank space on the paper band will indicate either carelessness;
that there has been an attempt to tamper with the device; or that it has been used
improperly.
The mechanism may, if desired, be arranged so as to be actuated when the drawer
is being closed instead of when it is being opened; this is effected by turning round
the rod or spindle E-upon which are fixed the wheels g and H and cam lever J-
so that the direction of thrust of the pawl k and rotation of the wheels shall be
opposite to that shewn by the arrow 71 in the accompanying drawing Figure 1
sheet 1. If desired, a bell or gong may be added which would be caused to sound
on the opening of the drawer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we wish it to be understood that we
are aware various devices have hitherto been introduced in connection with checking
tills in which a narrow strip of paper is caused to travel over rollers and we make no
claim thereto as a feature of novelty but we declare that what we do claim is :-
Firstly: The improved cash checking till substantially as herein set forth and
shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Secondly: In a cash checking till the adaptation thereto of the device J, j, j¹
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Thirdly In a cash checking till the application of the brake wheel H substantially
as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Fourthly: In a cash checking till the method of and means employed for keeping
the band at a constant degree of tension substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 27th day of June 1887.
JAMES
STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers,
20, High Holborn, W.C.,
Agent for Applicants.