Year: 1885

page_text: We, SAMUEL FYNN, and CHARLES HENRY WORSEY, both of 24 Pigott Street,
in the County of Middlesex, Electrical Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to apparatus for showing and checking the receipt of
money taken by the attendant at public bars, or in similar situations; and it is
designed to receive the money, so that it cannot afterwards be tampered with by
the attendant; to show visibly to a manager or proprietor at a distance the last
and other coins taken; and by the ringing of a bell, to give audible indication that
the device has been duly worked.
Our apparatus consists of a case or frame, conveniently circular in shape, to be
mounted upon the bar, or in any other conspicuous position. The vertical wall of
the case is cylindrical and constructed of glass, and the upper cover is provided
with a slit, through which the coin is dropped, so as to stand vertically between
the aforesaid vertical glass cylinder and an inner case, provided with compartments
for each coin, as they are successively placed within our device.
The said interior case, provided with compartments, is mounted so as to turn
freely upon a fixed central spindle, and is provided with a ratchet wheel fixed
thereto, conveniently in the base of the instrument. A hand lever, projecting
beyond the base of the apparatus, and working in a slot therein, is also fitted so
as to turn freely on the said central spindle, and is provided with a pawl, gearing
into the aforesaid ratchet wheel. The said lever is spring pressed, so as to remain
normally in a given position, and is moved by the attendant, so as to operate our
apparatus against the reaction of the said spring, which constantly returns the
lever into normal position for a repetition of the operation. To the central spindle
is also fixed a ratchet wheel, conveniently above the aforesaid revolving case.
A spring pressed pawl is attached by a pivot to the aforesaid revolving case, and
carries at its tail a spring hammer. As the money receiving case revolves, the
aforesaid spring pressed pawl rises over the ratchet teeth, thereby striking a bell
suspended above it on the aforesaid fixed spindle, giving an audible ring for each
movement of the money receiving case, and at the same time, the aforesaid ratchet
wheel and ball form a lock, so that the rotation of the money receiving case
cannot be reversed.

page_text: A slit is provided in the base of our apparatus, in the path over which the coins
are caused to travel, by the revolution of the money receiving case. The coins
successively fall through this slot, which is conveniently placed in the last compart-
ment behind the receiving compartment. Each coin falls into the till or other
receptacle below, after the coin has made a complete revolution around our device,
behind the vertical glass wall.
The operation of our device is as follows:-
Each coin, as taken, is dropped by the attendant through a slit in the cover of
our apparatus, and simultaneously, the hand lever operated by the attendant,
thereby causing the receiving frame to revolve through a fraction of its revolution,
carrying the coin onwards in a vertical and visible position behind the glass wall,
and bringing the next empty compartment under the receiving slit. By this same
movement the bell is rung, to indicate audibly to a manager or proprietor that the
apparatus has been duly worked. The rotation of the receiving cylinder is thus
continued indefinitely, the coins being carried round in their several compartments
in a vertical position, behind the glass wall, until they reach the compartment next
before the receiving compartment, where they drop through the slit in the base
into the till or other receptacle.
The cover, base, and glass wall, of our apparatus, are securely screwed together,
so as to prevent the possibility of tampering therewith by the attendant, or, if
desirable, we may use a special master lock and key held by the proprietor or
manager, to prevent any access to the interior by the attendant.
Dated this 18th dow of Sentember 1885

page_text: An Improved Apparatus for Showing and Checking the Receipt
of Money.
We, SAMUEL FYNN, and CHARLES HENRY WORSEY, both of 24 Pigott Street
in the County of Middlesex, Electrical Engineers, 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 relates to apparatus for showing and checking the receipt of
money taken by the attendant at public bars or in similar situations, and it is
designed to receive the money so that it cannot afterwards be tampered with by
the attendant; to show visibly to a manager or proprietor at a distance the last
and other coins taken; and by the ringing of a bell to give audible indication that
the device has been duly worked.
In order that our invention may be the better understood, we now proceed to
describe the same in relation to the drawings hereunto annexed reference being
had to the letters and figures marked thereon. Like letters refer to like parts
throughout the drawings.
Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section through our device.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same with the cover bell and top ratchet and pawl
removed.
Figure 3 is a plan detached detail of the upper check ratchet and pawl surrounded
by the bell in sectional plan.
Our apparatus consists of a base or frame A, conveniently circular in shape, to
be mounted upon the bar or in other convenient position. The vertical wall A¹ of
the case is cylindrical, and is constructed of glass and the upper cover B is provided
with a slot, b, through which the coin or coins C are dropped, so as to stand
vertically between the aforesaid vertical glass cylinder A¹ and an inner case D,
provided with compartments for each coin or set of coins as they are successively
placed within our device.
The said interior case D provided with compartments is mounted so as to turn
freely upon a fixed central spindle E, and is provided with a ratchet wheel F fixed
thereto, conveniently in the base of the instrument. A hand lever G, projecting
beyond the base of the apparatus, and working in a slot therein, is also fitted so as
to turn freely on the said central spindle E, and is provided with a pawl H gearing
into the aforesaid ratchet wheel F. The said lever is spring pressed by the spring K,
so as to remain normally in a given position, and is moved by the attendant so as
to operate our apparatus against the reaction of the said spring K, which constantly
returns the lever into normal position for the repetition of the operation. A locking
lever S is mounted on a pivot fixed to the base, and is pressed by a spring T so as
normally not to engage in the stops V fitted around the interior periphery of the
receiver. When the aforesaid hand lever G is operated, it first causes, by the
rotation of the receiver, the stop V to pass the locking lever, and then presses the
said locking lever S outward so as to engage in the stop of the receiver immediately
following the one which has passed free.
To the central spindle is also fixed a ratchet wheel L conveniently above the
aforesaid revolving case, shown in detached detail figure 3. A spring pressed pawl M

page_text: (figure 3) is attached by a pivot to the aforesaid revolving case, and carries at its
tail a spring hammer N. As the money receiving case revolves, the aforesaid spring
pressed pawl rises over the ratchet teeth, thereby striking a bell P, suspended above
it on the aforesaid fixed spindle, giving an audible ring for each movement of the
money receiving case; and at the same time, the aforesaid ratchet wheel and pawl
forms a lock, so that the rotation of the money receiving case cannot be reversed.
A slot Q is provided in the base of our apparatus, in the path over which the
coins are caused to travel by the revolution of the money receiving case. The coins
successively fall through this slot, which is conveniently placed in the last compart-
ment behind the receiving compartment R. Each coin or set of coins falls through
this slot into the till or other receptacle below, after the coins have made a
complete revolution around our device behind the vertical glass wall.
The operation of our device is as follows:--
Each coin or set of coins as taken, is dropped by the attendant through the slot b
in the cover B of our apparatus, and simultaneously the hand lever G is operated.
by the attendant, thereby causing the receiving frame to revolve through a fraction
of its revolution, carrying the coins onwards in a vertical and visible position
behind the glass wall A¹ and bringing the next empty compartment under the
receiving slot b. By this same movement the bell P is rung to indicate audibly to
a manager or proprietor that the apparatus. has been duly worked. The rotation
of the receiving cylinder is thus continued indefinitely; the coins being carried
round in their several compartments in a vertical position behind the glass wall;
until they reach the compartment, where they drop through the slot Q in the base,
into the till or other receptacle.
The cover B, base A and glass wall A¹ of our apparatus, are securely screwed
together so as to prevent the possibility of tampering therewith by the attendant,
or, if desirable, we may use a special master lock and key, held by the proprietor
or manager, to prevent any access to the interior by the attendant.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1st The general construction of a money checking and showing device, the coins
being intermittently rotated in a vertical and visible position behind a glass
cylinder, by the attendant, by means of a hand lever, thus operating a bell, the
coins being delivered after one complete rotation of the receiver into the till below,
and the device being checked and locked so that it cannot pass through more than
one compartment for each movement and cannot be reversed, substantially as
described.
2nd In such a device for money checking and showing, the construction of the
revolving receiver in compartments retaining the coins in a vertical position, in
combination with a circular grooved path in the lower stand, in which the coins
travel vertically upon their edges substantially as described.
3rd In such a device for money checking and showing, a spring pressed hand
lever, rotating on a pivot, and operating the receiver by a pawl and ratchet, in
combination with a locking device operated by the said hand lever, to check over-
running of the receiver, substantially as described.