Improvements in Tills.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 19th Mar., 1892
Improvements in Tills.
I, WILLIAM HENRY STAATS, Manufacturer, of 18 West Randolph Street,
Chicago, Cook County, State of Illinois, United States of America, 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:―
My invention relates to tills and more especially to that class of tills which are
adapted to be attached to a counter or other convenient position and which may
contain a money changer and other conveniences for holding money and making
change in ordinary business transactions.
The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple and effectual till which
is especially adapted to use my improved money changer and it consists in the
features of construction and arrangement substantially such as hereinafter are more
particularly pointed out.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a front view showing a portion of a counter with my improved till
attached thereto.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of a till the counter or covering being removed and the
money changer extended into convenient operating position.
Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 2 on the line x-x.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the case of the till, some of the parts being
removed, and
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Fig. 5 a similar view of the carriage for supporting the changer in the till.
I have shown my till in what I consider the preferred embodiment and
consisting of a case A secured to the underside of a counter or platform B though
of course it will be understood that any other proper top or covering may be used
when the till is not attached to a counter. This base A is rectangular in shape
and is provided with a hinge door C, by means of which it may be closed and
which door may be provided with any suitable locking device for securing it.
As it is usually desirable to have the till of sufficient size to furnish several
compartments for the reception of bills and the like as well as a money changer
and compartment for silver or coin I have shown the till as separated into two
main compartments by the partition A', forming the case A in two divisions A² A³,
but it will be understood that the case may be otherwise formed or divided to suit
the requirements of any particular case.
Arranged in one of the compartments A³ is a carriage D and this carriage can
slide back and forth in the compartment and it is preferably arranged so that when
the door C is opened the carriage D will be moved forward automatically and
when the door is closed the carriage will be returned to its rearmost position in
the compartment. While various means may be used to carry out this operation
I have illustrated a very simple and at the same time effective one. Mounted on
the door C is an elbow lever E and this is connected to a rod F the inner end of
which is arranged to engage the lever G it being connected thereto in any suitable
way as by a notch e embracing the lever G. This lever G is arranged on the
bottom of the case and extends through a slot-a in the partition A¹ and it is
provided with a pin g which is adapted to engage an opening gl in the bottom of
the carriage D and its other end is provided with an elongated slot 92 fitting over
a pin. or stud.g.secured to the bottom of the case...
By this construction it will be seen that when the door C is open the arm-F will
draw the lever G. forward and the pin thereof will force the carriage outward
from the case, the elongated slot 9 permit ing the proper-movement of the leyer G
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page_text: and when the door is closed the lever will be forced backward drawing the
carriage into the case.
This carriage may be provided with any suitable tray D' adapted to receive
loose coin and on its forward end it carries the money changer H. While this
changer may be of any suitable construction I prefer to use one made in accordance
with my English Patent No. 18094 dated 10th November 1890. The details of
construction of this money changer need not be set forth herein it being sufficient
to say that it is divided with a series of receptacles for coins of various
denominations and has a lever for each receptacle which upon being depressed or
otherwise operated will eject a single coin of the denomination desired, at each
operation. This money changer may be attached to the carriage by suitable
means and I have shown the hooks h¹ which serve to support the money changer
so that it will move with and be carried by the carriage D and when the carriage
is forced forward by opening the door the money changer will be exposed in a
convenient position for operation as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The carriage
is preferably provided with a roller D2 in order to facilitate its movement.
Arranged in the compartment A³ and shown as sliding upon the ribs a³ is a
drawer or case I preferably having several compartments for the reception of
bills or other material. This drawer or slide operates independently of the
carriage D that is it is not drawn out when the carriage is moved by opening the
door as often as it is undesirable to expose the bills when it is only necessary to
make change with coin. I prefer however to provide means which shall
automatically close this drawer when the door is closed if perchance it is drawn
out. To do this a lever J one end of which is pivotted to the case at j and the
other end is provided with a roller k which is arranged to bear against the
partition I of the drawer, is connected to the carriage D by a pin / there being an
extended slot m in the lever and it will be seen that when the drawer is extended
and the door is closed and the carriage forced backward by the lever G and
connections the lever J will be operated by the carriage to force the drawer back
also so that the whole of the till may be securely closed by simply operating
the door.
While I have thus described and shown the preferred embodiment of my invention
and set forth its mode of operation it will be apparent to those skilled in the art
that the details of construction and arrangement may be varied without departing
from the spirit of my invention and I do not therefore limit myself to the exact
construction and arrangement shown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is,
1. A till provided with a door a carriage moving in the till a money changer
mounted on the carriage and connections between the door and carriage whereby
the till is automatically moved in and out by the movements of the door
substantially as described.
2. In a till the combination with the case and door pivotally attached to the
lower edge of the case a carriage moving in the case a money changer mounted
on the carriage and connections between the door and carriage whereby the
money changer is moved in and out as the door is operated substantially as
described.
3. The combination in a till with the case having a door of a carriage moving
in the case a money changer mounted on the carriage a lever connected to the
door an arm connected to the lever and a lever mounted on the case and connected
with the carriage substantially as described.
4. In a till the combination with the case of a carriage moving therein a money
changer attached to the carriage a door pivotally mounted on the floor of the
case a rod connected to the door and a lever operated by the rod for moving the
money changer in and out of the till substantially as described.

page_text: 5. A till the case of which has two compartments a carriage carrying the money
changer movable in one compartment of the case a door connected to move the
money changer and a drawer having a series of compartments for the reception of
bills substantially as described.
6. A till the case of which has two compartments a carriage carrying a money
changer movable in one compartment of the case a drawer having a series of
compartments for the reception of bills movable in the other compartment of the
case a door for the case connections between the door and the carriage for moving
the same and connections between the carriage and the drawer for moving the
latter substantially as described.
7. The combination in a till of the case having two compartments a carriage
carrying the money changer arranged in one compartment and a drawer for bills
arranged in the other compartment and connections between the carriage and
drawer whereby when the former is moved inward the latter is also moved inward
substantially as described.
8. The combination in a till of the case having a door the carriage carrying a
money changer moving in the case a drawer also moving in the case and connections
substantially as described whereby when the door is open the carriage will be
drawn outwards and when the door is closed the carriage and drawer will be forced
inward substantially as described.
Dated this 18th day of February 1892.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.