Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Aug., 1899
Complete Specification Lett. 11th May 1900--Accented 44th
Ave 4000
LINIB.
I, FRANCIS DAY, of No. 40, Loughborough Road, Brixton, in the County of
Surrey, Whisky Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in cash register and other tills, and
the object of it is to prevent the unauthorised extraction of the takings or money
put into the till during the day.
In cash register tills and tills of like construction as hitherto and now made
wherein the amount placed in the till should be indicated by operating a lever,
corresponding to that amount, which causes the rotation of one of the wheels
of a revolution-counting mechanism, which thus is caused to turn and register
the amount inserted, there exists the disadvantage that the attendant can insert
the full amount taken but operate a lever corresponding to a smaller amount
and thus by extracting the amount from the change which is initially placed in
the till at the commencement of the day the attendant can keep said amount
but conceal the fact from the knowledge of others by making the amount up
out of the takings by inserting the full amount taken but operating a lever
corresponding to a smaller amount.
In order to prevent this kind of theft I hinge the bottom of an upper money
drawer in such manner that the said bottom drops downwards into an oblique
position when the drawer is closed and rises up again as the drawer is being
opened.
To ease the motion of the drawer I mount a roller beneath the bottom at the
front end.
Instead of hinging the whole drawer which may be divided into several com-
partments, I may hinge only one or more of the said compartments, say only the
compartment in which is placed the takings and leave those containing the change
with a fixed bottom as usual.
Beneath the drawer above described is the lockable drawer or receptacle into
which the money drops off the movable bottom of the drawer or compartment
above.
In the case where all the compartments of the upper drawer are provided
with hinged bottoms, the money intended for change may be placed on a tier
of shelves outside in front of the till.
Dated the 1111L .
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, FRANCIS DAY, of No. 40, Loughborough Road, Brixton, in the County of
Surrey, Whisky Merchant, 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 register tills and tills of like construction as hitherto and now made
wherein the amount placed in the till should be indicated by operating a lever,
corresponding to that amount, which causes the rotation of one of the wheels
of a revolution-counting mechanism, which thus is caused to turn and register
the amount inserted, there exists the disadvantage that the attendant can insert
the full amount taken but operate a lever corresponding to a smaller amount
and thus by extracting an amount from the change which is initially placed in
the till at the commencement of the day the attendant can keep said amount
but conceal the fact from the knowledge of others by making the amount up
qut of the takings by inserting the full amount taken but operating a lever
corresponding to a smaller amount.
In order to prevent this kind of theft I hinge the bottom of an upper money
drawer in such manner that the said bottom drops downwards into an oblique
position when the drawer is closed, causing the money which may have been
put in to drop into a lock-up drawer or receptacle, situated either immediately
beneath the till-drawer or at any distance therefrom as may be desired, and
which immediately rises up again as the drawer is being opened.
In order that my invention may be thoroughly understood I will now proceed
to describe the same in detail, reference being made to the accompanying sheets
of drawings, which are to be taken as part of this specification and read there-
with, in which :-
Figure 1 is an end elevation partly in section of a cash-register till constructed
according to the present invention, the drawer being shewn in the closed posi-
tion and all the movable parts in their corresponding positions.
Figure 2 is a similar view with the drawer open and the movable parts in the
state and position they then assume.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of the till, shewing the tier or shelves for the
reception of the change money.
The bottom a³ of the till drawer is made of stiff material as usual, but is
hinged at the front end, so that on the said drawer being closed the bottom
drops down into an oblique position, as shewn in Figure 1, causing the money
which may have been put in to drop into a lock-up drawer or other receptacle e,
preferably situated beneath the till drawer, but on the drawer being again
opened for the reception of more money, it will be found to be empty as desired
and as shewn in Figure 2, the angle of the drawer bottom may be determined
by cutting away the casing beneath, as shewn at 4 to a similar angle. Advan
tageously an anti-friction roller w may be supported on a spindle just beneath
the drawer bottom for it to ride on and so ease its motion. It will be under-
stood that on opening the drawer the bottom is gradually brought up to the
horizontal position as seen in Figure 2.
It is assumed that only the principal or manager or other responsible person
has access to the contents of the lock-up drawer or other receptacle e, and there-
fore money when once put into the till-drawer and the drawer closed, is
inaccessible except by way of opening the said locked receptacle e, which of

page_text: course will or may be provided with a special secret or other lock to render it as
safe as possible from being picked or otherwise tampered with.
In tills of this kind it is customary for a few pounds worth of money to be
deposited in the till-drawer at the commencement of the day or from time to
time as required, for the purpose of giving change to customers, and further,
it is customary for the "takings" to be thrown in the same drawer along with
the change money. Thus it will be understood, it is possible for a dishonest
attendant to extract some of the change money at the commencement of the
day and make it up again gradually during the day from the "takings," by
operating one of the indicator levers E of less value than the amount of the
taking" put into the till, so that at the end of the day the account might be
correct and yet the proprietor will have been defrauded of the amount taken in
the first instance from the change money.
It is in order to prevent this that my present invention is mainly designed,
and part of the scheme is carried out by the special construction of till-drawer
bottom hereinbefore described, the essence of which is that it does not permit
the money put into the drawer to remain therein, and the scheme is completed
by providing a tier of shelves y, on the exterior of the till for holding the
change money. Thus the change money can never get mixed with the "takings
and should remain of the same total value throughout the day. Moreover, with
the change money thus exposed it is less likely to be stolen by an attendant,
as the coins are so arranged on the various shelves that any deduction from
the amount can be seen at a glance. For example, half-crowns might be placed
on one shelf at the commencement, and for these may be substituted during the
day any other coins, the sum of which is equivalent to a half-crown, but should
the sum substituted be more than half-a-crown it would indicate that the differ-
ence should have been put in the till and not on the shelf, and would suggest
that the attendant intended taking it at a favourable opportunity, whilst if
the sum be less it would suggest that the attendant had already stolen the
difference.
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:
1. In a money till, the combination with the till-drawer of a bottom hinged
thereto, an aperture in the casing beneath the drawer adapted to admit the tree
end of said bottom, a stop piece in the casing limiting the fall of the bottom,
a support beneath the hinge of the bottom adapted to bring the bottom up
horizontal when the drawer is open, and a stop-piece at the rear end of the drawer
adapted to prevent the bottom rising too high on opening the drawer, and a
lock-up receptacle beneath said drawer, substantially as described.
2. In a money till, the combination of a till-drawer having a moving bottom
of a tier of shelves arranged on the outside of the till, substantially as and for
the purpose described.
Dated this 11th day of May 1900.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.