IMPROVEMENTS IN TILLS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Gittins, of 2, Thayer Street, Man-
chester Square, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TILLS."
Sealed the 9th March 1858, and dated the 7th January 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Gittins at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 7th January 1858.
I, RICHARD GITTINS, of 2, Thayer Street, Manchester Square, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TILLS" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of applying an apparatus to the counter or
other cover of a till, consisting of a series of small compartments
covered with glass, into each of which the money received may be in-
troduced through a slit or opening at the back. At the bottom of these
compartments is a platform, turning on axes at its ends, but weighted
so as to give it an inclination to remain horizontal or closed, notwith-
standing each compartment may have money in it.
By this arrangement the money received from several customers
will remain in sight for some time, and until the person at the counter

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Richard Gittins in the Great Scal Patent
Office on the 7th July 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, J,
RICHARD GITTINS, of 2, Thayer Street, Manchester Square, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the sixteenth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Richard Gittins, Her special licence that I, the
said Richard Gittins, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Richard Gittins, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time,
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, usc, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TILLS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Richard Gittins, by an instrument in
writing, under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascer-
tain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office, within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Gittins, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof (that is to say):
This Invention consists of applying an apparatus to the counter or
other cover of a till, consisting of a series of small compartments covered

page_text: with glass, into cach of which the money received may be introduced
through a slit or opening at the back. At the bottom of these com-
partments is a platform turning on axes at its ends, but weighted so as
to give it an inclination to remain horizontal or closed, notwithstanding
each compartment may have money in it. By this arrangement the
money received from several customers may remain in sight for some
time, and until the person at the counter acts on the platform so as to
incline it for the money to slide out from the compartiments into the
drawer or receiver below.
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And in order that my said Invention may be most fully understood
and readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the means
pursued by me.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1, shows a plan of an apparatus constructed or combined
Recording to my Invention; Figure 2, is a front view; Figure 3, is an
end view; and Figures 4, and 5, show two transverse sectional views.
The apparatus shewn has five compartments, but apparatus may be
made according to my Invention with more or less compartments.
The apparatus shewn is provided with weighing apparatus, which is not
however new, and is only added to give additional convenience to the
user. It consists of a plate a, moving on an axis at b, and can be
bolted by the bolt c, when not required to be in action; it has also slits
for each size of coin. A, B, C, D, E, are the five compartments, each
being separated from the others by partitions. These compartments
are covered over by a plate of glass, by which the contents of each com-
partment can be seen from above, but cannot be got at, or removed
from the compartments. F, is a platform or bottom which closes the
under parts of the compartments. This platform or bottom is supported
by, and pressed upwards by weights, or it may be by a spring G, at each
end. The platform moves on axes at H, H, and it is caused to descend
by means of the buttons I, I, which by their stems are connected to the
platform as shewn. A', B¹, C, D, E, shew the entrances into the
several compartments. According to the arrangement shewn it is in-
tended that the four compartments A, B, C, D, should be used to receive
silver coin, and the compartment E, is intended for gold coin. It will

page_text: be evident from the above description that several persons may pay
money in succession, which, being placed in the separate compartments,
will remain in sight, and thus prevent mistakes as to what money and
the nature of the coin the customer has paid.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
imanner of performing the same, I would have it understood that I do
not confine myself to the details as shewn and described, so long as the
imode of combining the parts be retained. But what I claim is the
mode of combination of apparatus herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Gittins, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Witness,
JN° ALCOCK
RICHARD GITTINS. (L.S.)