Improvements in and relating to Tills.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left; 30th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1898
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Tills.
I, ARTHUR COMINGS HIDE, of Ivy Villa, Harewood Road, Merton, in the
County of Surrey, Manager of Works, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:
My invention relates to an improved construction of till. On a suitable frame
having a drawer in its base are two vertical chambers having doors at their fronts
and having between them an open space which is preferably glazed both front and
back. On the inner side of each of the doors of these chambers is mounted a slide
capable of being operated from the outside of the door. Each slide is marked
with a figure equivalent to the amount it is intended to record so that when one or
more of the slides is operated the amount of the purchase is visible in the glazed space
between the two chambers carrying the slides. The movement of each slide besides
showing the amount of the purchase actuates the recording mechanisin connected
with it and also releases the catch which locks the till drawer so that it may be
opened to place the money therein, the drawer automatically locking itself when it
is closed. The recording mechanism connected with each slide consists of any
suitable train of wheels for recording the amount that has been paid into the till
corresponding with the movement of the said slide. The doors of the chambers
carrying the slides and recording mechanisms are secured by locks so that they
can only be opened by the person authorized to check the receipts of the till.
Dated this 30th day of January 1893.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agont,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Tills.
I, ARTHUR COMINGS HIDE, of Ivy Villa, Harewood Road, Merton, in the
County of Surrey, Manager of Works, 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 an improved construction of till, and it consists of a
suitable frame having a drawer in its base and two vertical chambers having
doors at their fronta and having between them an open space which is preferably
glazed both back and front. On the inner side of each of the doors of these
chambers are mounted a series of slides capable of being operated from the outside
of the door. Each slide is marked with a figure denoting a certain sum so that
any amount received can be denoted to the purchaser by means of the slides in the
glazed space between the two chambers carrying the slides. The movement of
each slide besides showing the amount of the purchase actuates a recording
mechanism connected with it and also releases the catch which looks the till drawer
thus allowing it to be opened to place the money therein, the drawer automatically
locking itself when it is closed. The recording mechanism connected with each
slide consists of any suitable train of wheels for recording the number of times that
the slide has been operated, i.e., the number of times the amount, marked on the said
slide has been taken. The doors of the chambers carrying the slides and recording
mechanisms aro secured by locks so that they can only be opened by the person
authorized to check the receipts of the till.

page_text: In order that my invention may be fully understood I will more particularly
describe it making reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 Sheet No. 1 is a view in front elevation of my improved till with the
door of one of the chambers open.
Figure 2 Sheet No. 2 is a view in side elevation of the till.
Figures 3 & 4 Sheet No. 2 are broken views in side and front elevation
respectively of the mechanism for unlooking the drawer of the till.
Figures 5 & 6 are views in front and back elevation of one of the slides and its
case showing one form of recording mechanism, and
Figure 7 is a view in back elevation of a slide and its case showing another form
of recording mechanism that may be used.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
On a suitable base fitted with a drawer A are mounted two vertical chambers B, B,
each having a door B' hinged to open outwards. These two vertical chambers are
so placed with respect to one another that thero is an open space X between them
which is proferably glazed both back and front. On the inner side of each of the
doors B' are mounted a series of slides C, C, etc. each capable of being operated
by means of a small knob e protruding through a slot in the door so that the
slide may be pushed into the open space X between the two chambers B, B. There
may be any number of theso slides, and each slide is marked-proferably on both
sides with a figure denoting any given sum. I find in practice that twelve slides
are sufficient, the said slides being marked d. 1d., 2., 3d., 4d., 6d., 1/-, 2-, 3/-
5/-, 10, and £1, but any number of these slides may be used and they may be
marked in any way found most convenient in use. By marking these slides on both
sides with the denoting figure the amount received can be sean from both sides of
the till. The slides C, C, etc. are mounted in suitable cases or carriers C¹, C', etc.
carrying the mechanism for recording the amount received. On the back of each
of the slides C is formed or fixed a small wedge-shaped piece c¹ which when the
slide is pushed forward into the space X engages with a locking pawl e fixed on a
vertical bar E mounted in suitable bearings and adapted to slide vortically therein.
The action of the wedge-shaped piece of on the slido C through the pawle is to
lift the bar E against the action of the spring F which acts to return the said bar
after the wedge-shaped piece c' has passed the pawle. The pawls are kept in
place by means of small springs e¹ which allow the pawls to give way as the wedge-
shaped piece repasses them when the slide is returned.
The bars E are adapted to operate a catch G which locks the drawer A. by
engaging with a recess a cut or formed therein through the locking levers Fand
the latter of which act on projections y and y on the catch G which is acted on by
the spring Gas shown by Figures 3 and 4. By this mechanism the catch F can
be operated by either of the rods E, indopendent of the other. When the catch F
is withdrawn the drawer is pushed slightly open by means of a spring H fixed to
the back of the base of the till and acting against the back of the drawer A.
It will thus be seen that the drawor to receive the money cannot be opened until
one or more of the slides has been operated to display the amount received and
record it. When the drawer is pushed back into the base of the till the catch F
automatically engages itself with the recess a theroon and the drawer thus becomes
locked again. The mechanism for recording the amount received may be either of
the construction shown by Figures 5 and 6, or that shown by Figure 7. In the
former construction a small pawl e' carried by the slide C engages with a toothed
wheel J mounted in the casing or carrior C' in which the slide is mounted. This
wheel for a slide denoting peuce has twelve teeth and one enlarged tooth or fingerj
which when the wheel J has rotated once engages with a second toothed wheel K
having twenty teeth, this wheel also has an enlarged tooth or finger & which when
the wheel Khus rotated once engages with a third wheel L which may have any
desired number of teeth. These wheels J, K & L are mounted on arbors j¹
and which project through the back of the case or carrier C¹ and carry small
discs J', K & L cach having a V-shaped piece cut away to expose the recording

page_text: figures as shown by Figure 6, the disc K' being removed to show the arrangement
of the recording dials. The projecting ends of the arbors are squared to receive a
key for setting them to zero. The figures of the recording dials are exposed by
the recesses in the discs J', K³ & L' so that the amount recorded by each slide can
be instantly read.
For slides denoting shillings the first wheel would have twenty teeth and the
second and third wheels any suitable number of teeth to denote the pounds or
tens or hundreds of pounds received, while for slides denoting pounds the train of
wheels may be proportioned to record the tens or hundreds of pounds received.
As a modification the recording mechanism may be actuated by means of a lever
as shown by Figure 7. To the arbor of the first wheel J of the train is pivotted
a lever M carrying on its free ond a stud m engaging with an inclined slot c' in
the slide C, the movement of which actuates the said lever and so communicates
motion to the first wheel J of the train by means of a pawl o' mounted on the said
lever. The recording dials may be fitted either with hands as shown or with the
recessed discs as heroinbefore described.
In both mechanisms the wheels of the train are fitted with springs or other
suitablo devices to check and look them after movement.
The doors of the chambers B are fitted with locks so that they cannot be opened
by unauthorized persons and the drawer A may also be fitted with a lock if
desired.
I wish it to be particularly understood that I do not limit myself to the precise
details of construction herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing, but that I hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as
fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination of parts hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accom-
panying drawings constituting a new and improved till.
D. L 1
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.