An Improved Cash Check Till.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 29th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 29th Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cash Check Till.
I, GEORGE HENRY GLEDHILL, of 41 Northgate, Halifax, in the County of
York, Cash Till Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
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My invention consists in constructing and arranging a new form of apparatus for
checking the receipt of moneys taken in shops and other places. In constructing a
machine according to my present invention, I employ any suitable form and size of box,
on the top or other part of which are one or more sliding plates having any suitable
number of holes or perforations made therein, each hole representing the value of a
coin, therefore when a purchase has been made of a certain amount, the attendant
inserts his finger in the hole representing such amount, and pulls the plate towards
him or otherwise until his finger comes into contact with a stop piece, and in order
to separately record or indicate the amount of purchase, the sliding plate is
connected by suitable form of levers carrying a pawl engaging with the teeth of a
ratchet wheel so that when the sliding plate is operated, the pawl takes up one or
more teeth representing the aforesaid amount of purchase or purchases. To this
ratchet wheel are connected other wheels for the purpose of multiplying or adding
to what has already been recorded, so as to enable the principal to readily ascertain
the amount of purchases for the day or within any other given time.
The sliding
plate may be put back to its original position either by the attendant, or by the
action of the drawer, or by springs or other devices.
In order to indicate to the customer the value of a purchase, a tape having
marked upon it numerals is attached to the sliding plate. This tape passes in front
of a piece of glass or otherwise, so arranged as to place figures indicating the
amount of the purchase in front of the glass. On the sliding plate being put back
to its original position, the tape is drawn onto a roller by the action of a coiled
spring or other suitable means.
In combination with the above named machine I may employ self acting apparatus
for supplying vouchers for the moneys paid. To do this I fix under each plate,
and opposite to each hole or perforation therein, type representing the money value
of each hole, so that after the plate is drawn forward, the movement of the drawer
acts on a spindle which carries an inking pad, causing such spindle to force the pad
against the type, whereby it is supplied with ink, after which the continued move-
ment of the drawer acts upon a second spindle provided with a plate, upon which a
piece of paper rests, such paper being forced against the newly inked type, which
prints upon it the amount of money paid, when the voucher may be detached and
given to the customer; and for this purpose the paper may be perforated at suitable
distances apart, or there may be fixed in front of the machine a serrated instrument
for the purpose of allowing the assistant to sever the paper.
The paper for producing the voucher is in the first place wound upon a roller
and unwound therefrom by the action of vertical rods or bars, made to rise and fall
by the action of the drawer and inclined planes.
The vertical bars are provided at their upper ends with a series of notches for
catching hold of studs projecting from a disc on the end of the paper feed roller,
the upward and downward motion of the said notched bars causing the disc to
revolve to supply or unwind the paper required for the voucher.
In order to prevent the till drawer being opened after having been partially shut
without making a record, I attach a horizontal toothed ratchet to the drawer, and
to the side of the box a hinged catch or pawl, therefore when the drawer is first

page_text: opened, a tumbling catch connected to the drawer comes underneath the pawl and
lifts it from the teeth of the ratchet, permitting the drawer to be opened, but on
the drawer being closed, the movement thereof causes the tumbling catch to fall from
underneath the pawl, permitting it to drop into the teeth of the ratchet, which whilst it
is no impediment to the continued movement of the drawer in its closing action, would,
however, prevent the motion of the drawer being reversed for the purpose of opening
without detection; a similar form of apparatus being described in a prior Patent
granted to me, No. 15075 of 1887. The movement of the pawl may be transmitted
by links and bars either to the paper travelling mechanism or to the wheels which
record payment of the money, for the purpose of recording the amount of the
purchase or purchases.
In combination with this check till I may use an endless travelling sheet or belt
operated by the action of the drawer, which travelling sheet is for the purpose of
receiving the money paid by the customer so that misunderstandings cannot arise as
to the value of the coin the customer has paid; this form of apparatus being more
fully described in a prior Patent granted to me on the 11th day of August 1886,
No. 10247.
Dated this 28th dow of Ontahan 1901
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cash Cheok Till.
I, GEORGE HENRY GLEDHILL, 8 Trinity Street, Halifax, in the County of
York, Cash Till Manufacturer, 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 consists in constructing and arranging a new form of apparatus for
checking the receipt of moneys taken in shops and other places, and in exhibiting
to the customer the amount of each purchase purchase, also for multiplying or adding
to the amount of each succeeding purchase and means or apparatus for printing and
supplying a coupon to the purchaser, and in combining with such money till, certain
apparatus for preventing the money drawer being closed after having once been
partially opened, and also in combining with such money till, an endless travelling
apron for exposing, for some time, the coin paid by a customer.
In order that my invention may be better understood, I will now make reference
to the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrative thereof, wherein
Fig. 1 is a plan of my improved money till, the case or box portion being shewn
in section ;
Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. 1 taken through the line x, x.
1 is a horizontal spindle or shaft upon which are mounted loosely a series of
grooved pulleys 2 and discs 3. Number 6 represents sliding plates provided with
openings 7, representing in their order, reading from left to right, half-pennies,
pence, shillings up to nine; plate 8 representing of itself ten shillings, whilst plate 9
is for pounds.
When a purchase has been made, the assistant will draw down the sliding plates 6
by inserting his finger into the holes 7 of the sliding plates corresponding to the
amount of purchase, in each case his finger coming against the stop bar 10, which
determines the distance the plates must be slided. Tapes 11 are fastened at one
end to each of the sliding plates then pass around discs or pulleys 3 and are
connected at their opposite ends to a drum 34 around which they are wound. These
tapes are marked from one upwards, or otherwise as the case may be with numerals
corresponding to those marked under the openings 7 in the sliding plates, and the

page_text: tapes are unwound from the drum 3ª by the traverse of the sliding plates and to
the same extent thus bringing the number or numbers on the tapes representing the
amount of purchase opposite a glass 4 so as to exhibit it to the purchaser.
When the sliding plates 6 are pulled endwise for the purpose of recording a
purchase, they are held in the position to which they have been drawn by a
balancing catch 12, the upper point of which enters the openings in the plates next
to the stop piece 10, but on the drawer being opened, the finger 13 strikes the lower
end of the hanging lever arm 12ª which removes the catch from the opening in the
sliding plate, whereupon a coiled spring 14 attached to the inner side of the grooved
pulley 2 connected by cords 24 to said plates rotates the pulleys and brings the
sliding plates back to their normal position. An important feature in this invention
consists in multiplying or adding to what has already been recorded by each
successive purchase so as to enable the principal to readily ascertain at a glance the
amount of purchases made during the day or within any given time, and this
multiplication is effected in the following manner. Mounted loosely upon the shaft 1
are other discs 15, to the back of which are attached ratchet wheels 16 into whose
teeth engage pawls 17, projecting from the outer sides of the grooved pulleys 2.
These ratchet wheels, have teeth of various numbers, for instance the first ratchet
or half pence wheel has twenty-four teeth, the second or pence wheel has twenty-
four teeth, the ratchet wheel for the shillings has twenty teeth, the ratchet
wheel for the half sovereign has also twenty teeth, and that representing pounds
has also twenty teeth. It will also be observed that each of the discs 15 have
projecting studs 18, but these studs vary in numbers, the first one has twelve
studs, that in connection with the pence disc has two studs, that in connection
with the shillings disc has one stud, that in connection with the ten shillings
disc has ten studs, and that in connection with the pounds disc has one stud,
and these studs are used for operating the next succeeding ratchet for the
purpose of multiplication, thus, when a purchase has been made, say, of one
shilling and two pence upon what has already been purchased, the assistant puts
his finger in the shilling hole and draws down the sliding plate 6 until his
finger engages the stop piece 10 which movement causes the ratchet wheel to
be revolved one tooth by means of pawl 17 on the grooved pulley 2 which is
revolved by the cord 24; he then transfers his finger to the two penny hole and
pulls that plate against the stop piece 10, the movement of which causes the
pence ratchet wheel to move two teeth, but when the shilling ratchet wheel has
moved twenty teeth representing twenty shillings received, then the stud on the
shilling disc, engages one end 19 of a double armed lever causing it to oscillate,
in doing which the opposite arm 21 of the lever carrying pawl 22 is made to
push the ratchet wheel in connection with the pounds disc forward a tooth,
thus the multiplication goes on, and the same principle is employed in connection
with each disc, thus when the half penny disc has moved two teeth, one of the
twelve studs on said disc causes the ratchet wheel in connection with the pennies
to move a tooth, and when the pence ratchet has moved twelve teeth, one of
the two studs on its discs acts in like manner on a finger lever 23 causing the
shilling ratchet to move a tooth, and this goes on multiplying or adding to each
preceding purchases, therefore at the end of the day or other given. time the
principal on looking through an aperture or glass as at 24 in Fig. 3 in the top
of the box or by opening a lid will be able to ascertain a correct record of all
the moneys received within a given time the discs 15 being numbered between
the studs to facilitate the reading of the record. Fig. 4 shews a disc where the
amounts increase twenty pounds for each revolution of the pound ratchet wheel.
When a purchase has been completed and the amount exhibited through the
aperture 4, it remains so exhibited until another purchase has been made, when
the exposed amount vanishes in the following manner. It must be understood
that each exhibiting disc or pulley 3 after being revolved forward by the
unwinding of the tapes from the drum 34 is held in that position until the next

page_text: purchase (the tapes remaining slack) by means of a hinged pawl 25, the upper
point of which enters a notch in the said disc but when another purchase is
made and the plates 6 drawn forward, a spring finger 26 projecting from the
fore part of each sliding bar, takes hold of a stud 27 projecting from the
pawl 25, in doing which the pawl is withdrawn from the notch, whereupon the
upper end of bell crank lever 28 moves upward by its own weight or gravity
for the purpose of holding the pawl clear of the notches in the disc.
When the pawl 25 has been thus withdrawn from a notch in the disc 3 it
allows it to be revolved back again to its normal position and the tapes wound
onto the drum 34 by means of a coiled spring secured or confined within said
drum but on the drawer being opened which in all cases must be done, the
finger 13 thereon will engage the lower arm of the bell crank lever 28 causing
it to assume the position shewn in the drawings permitting the pawl to gravitate
back against the periphery of the tape disc 3 and to catch the notch presented
for it, and that particular disc is then retained there until the sliding plate
belonging to it is operated to indicate a fresh purchase. On the drawer being
opened and the finger 13 having operated the bell crank lever 28, the continued
movement of the drawer causes the same finger 13 to strike a hanging lever
arm 12 which engages with the balanced catch 12 and withdraws the upper
point thereof from the notch or opening in the sliding plate as before described.
I will now describe how I print the amount of a purchase upon a voucher or
strip of paper a which is unwound from a roll (not shewn) placed in any suitable
position in the box. This paper passes between two feed rollers 36 and 37 and
rests upon a table 38 shewn in Fig. 2. The type is fixed on the underside of
each sliding plate as denoted by number 64 between each opening 7 therein
and represents the money value of each opening. When the plates are drawn
out the type representing the amount of purchase is brought directly over the
table 38.
When pulling out the drawer, the finger 13 rides under and lifts up the sliding
bar 40 having an inking pad at its upper end which inks the type, said bar
falling back to its original position by its own weight. The finger 13 then rides
under a second sliding bar 34 having the table 38 secured thereto which is thus
raised so as to force or press the paper against the type 64 which prints the
amount of purchase thereon. When the finger 13 is clear of the bar 34 the
latter falls back to its original position by gravitation.
For the purpose of feeding forward a length of paper so that the printed
coupon may be delivered to the outside of the till, I employ a second finger 47
carried by the drawer which said finger on the opening of the drawer (and
arranged to act directly after the printing has been effected) rides under a
hinged lever 48 which by means of a stud thereon lifts the vertical notched
rod 49, said rod engaging with a stud or studs projecting from a disc on the
end of the feed roller 37 and thereby rotating said roller. By this means the
paper is drawn off its containing roll and a length delivered to the outside of
the till upon which the printed amount of purchase appears, this being severed
by the assistant and given to the purchaser. The fingers 13 and 47 do not
operate the parts on the return or closing of the drawer, being tilted or turned
over on their pivots and clear of the parts by engagement therewith.
In combination with a money till such as that herein shewn and described, I
employ the apparatus fully shewn and described in prior Letters Patent granted
to myself No. 15075 of 1887 which is for the purpose of preventing fraud by
the employment of ratchet teeth and catches which prevents the money drawer
being opened after having once being partially closed.
In combination with a money till such as that herein shewn and described, I
employ an endless travelling. apron or sheet for receiving and exposing a coin
paid by the customer to prevent misunderstandings such apparatus being fully
shewn and described in a prior Patent granted to myself No. 10247 of 1886.

page_text: 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 :--
Firstly. In a money till, the combination of sliding plates 6 provided with
holes 7 and stop pieces 10 for purposes described.
Secondly. In a money till, the use of sliding plates 6 provided with holes 7
and stop pieces 10 in combination with exhibiting tapes 11 for purposes described.
Thirdly. In a money till, the use of sliding plates 6 provided with holes 7
and stop pieces 10 in combination with exhibiting tapes 11 and ratchet wheels
and catches for multiplying or adding each successive purchases all as described.
Fourthly. In a money till, the use of the discs 15 having studs 18 for operating
levers 19, 21, and 23 for the purpose of revolving each next succeeding ratchet
wheel as described.
Fifthly. In a money till, the arrangement and construction of mechanism
having exhibiting tapes, in combination with means substantially as herein shewn
and described for printing a coupon.
Sixthly. In a money till, having sliding plates 6, exhibiting tapes, multiplying
mechanism and printing devices, the combination therewith of a rack and catches
for preventing the drawer being opened after having once been partially closed,
all as described.
Seventhly. In a money till, having means for exhibiting the amount of
purchase together with multiplying mechanism and printing devices, the com-
bination therewith of a travelling endless apron for exhibiting a coin paid by a
customer, all as described.
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TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.