IMPROVEMENTS IN TILLS, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH FOR REGISTERING AND CHECKING MONIES."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Norman King, of Portsmouth, in the County of Hants,
for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN TILLS, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED
THEREWITH FOR REGISTERING AND CHECKING MONIES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Norman King at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th April 1880.
" IMPROVEMENTS IN
NORMAN KING, of Portsmouth, in the County of Hants.
TILLS, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH FOR REGISTERING AND CHECKING
MONIES."
My Invention relates to improvements in the construction and arrangement of
money tills, and in apparatus connected therewith, by which the monies taken are
more perfectly registered and checked than by tills hitherto used for this purpose.
My improved till consists principally of two compartments or chambers, one of
which serves as the "till" proper, and the other for the reception of the registering
and checking apparatus, which comprises a train of geared wheels and rollers by
the action of which a slip of paper perforated in the form of tickets to any required
size is caused to pass under an aperture in the lid or top of the till, the assistant
marking upon the slip thereat the amount of money he is taking from a customer.
Under this portion of the perforated slip is a black leaf known as carbonic paper
which transfers the impression made on the slip onto a big sheet below, which
sheet is also worked by the geared wheels before mentioned, and also extends under
a second orifice by the side of the first named aperture. The assistant at the same
time marks the amount he is taking of the customer with his initial through this
second aperture upon this big sheet. He then turns a handle at the side of the till
in connection with the wheel gearing for one revolution until it meets with a stop,
this movement passing the marked part of the perforated slip upwards through an
incision in the till in advance of the first named aperture, and the assistant_tearing
off the marked part or ticket of the slip gives it to the customer. The one
revolution of the handle also advances the big sheet slightly forward for the next
record, and the big sheet bearing the various impressions on its right side and the
ordinary pencil mark upon its left side is drawn onto a receiving roller from which

page_text: it is taken off at night time, and a double check thereby given upon it. Below
the big sheet is a block or table on which the sheet, black leaf, and slip temporarily
rest whilst being marked.
The till proper is composed of an ordinary till with three compartments, for gold,
silver, and copper, an ivory tablet board at the side, and a tray running upon a
couple of fillets above to receive the monies dropped through the lid, and which
would be under lock while the ordinary till would be open.
The lid of the chamber containing the registering apparatus would be under a
separate lock. A notice would appear on the till requesting the customer not to
leave the counter without a ticket of the amount spent.
By this Invention a correct register or record of the monies taken is ensured,
and the smallest theft or error in receiving or giving change detected.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Norman King in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th
October 1880.
NORMAN KING, of Portsmouth, in the County of Hants. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TILLS, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITII FOR REGISTERING AND CHECKING
MOXIES."
My Invention relates to improvements in the construction and arrangement of
money tills, and in apparatus connected therewith, by which the monies taken
are more perfectly registered and checked than by tills hitherto used for this
purpose.
My improved till consists principally of two compartments or chambers, one of
which serves as the "till" proper, and the other for the reception of the registering
and checking apparatus, which comprises a train of geared wheels and rollers, by
the action of which a slip of paper perforated in the forin of tickets to any required
size is caused to pass under an aperture in the lid or top of the till, the assistant
marking upon the slip thereat the amount of money he is taking from a customer.
Under this portion of the perforated slip is a black leaf known as carbonic paper,
which transfers the impression made on the slip onto a big sheet below, which sheet
is also worked by the geared wheels before mentioned, and also extends under a
second orifice by the side of the first named aperture. The assistant at the same
time marks the amount he is taking of the customer with his initial through this
second aperture upon this big sheet. He then turns a handle at the side of the till
in connection with the wheel gearing for one revolution until it meets with a stop,
this movement passing the marked part of the perforated slip upwards through an
incision in the lid of the till in advance of the first named aperture, and the
assistant tearing off the marked part or ticket of the slip gives it to the customer.
The one revolution of the handle also advances the big sheet slightly forward for

page_text: the next record, and the big sheet bearing the various impressions on its left side
and the ordinary pencil mark upon its right side is drawn onto a receiving roller
from which it is taken off at night time, and a double check thereby given
upon it.
And in order that my Invention may be well understood I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the same, reference being made to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, like letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in all the
Figures.
Figure 1 is a side sectional elevation of my improved till, and Figure 2 a plan
thereof partly broken away.
My improved till is divided into two compartments or chambers, one of which A
serves as the "till proper," and the other B for the reception of the registering and
checking apparatus composed as follows:-Mounted horizontally and part way
across the compartment or chamber B is a spindle C which is operated by
the handle D at the outside of the till. On this spindle C is fixed a pinion 1
gearing into a spur wheel 2 fixed on the horizontal transverse spindle E and
gearing into pinion 3 on spindle F; the pinion 3 gears into pinion 4 on spindle G,
and on the spindles F and G respectively are rollers H and I which revolve in
contact below and in advance of an aperture J in the lid of the till. These rollers
give motion to a paper slip K which passes between them under the aperture J
and is perforated in the form of tickets, as shewn in Fig. 2. Under the portion
or ticket of the paper slip K beneath the aperture J is arranged transversely a
black leaf or carbonic paper L which transfers any impression made on the paper
slip K onto a big paper strip or sheet MI situated below the black leaf or carbonic
paper L, and of sufficient width to extend under a second aperture N in the lid of
the till at the side of the aperture J. This big paper strip or sheet M passes from
a feeding roller O between the rollers P and Q and under the black leaf or carbonic
paper Lonto a receiving roller R, the necessary motion being given to it from a
pulley sheave S fixed on the spindle E by a series of guts or bands passing over
pulley sheaves fixed on the respective spindles of the rollers P and R, as shown in
Fig. 1, or by any other suitable means. Below the big paper strip or sheet M is a
block or table T on which the sheet M, black leaf or carbonic paper L, and
perforated paper slip K temporarily rest whilst being marked.
The manner in which the apparatus above described is operated so as to register
and check the various amounts of monies received or taken into the till is as
follows: Upon that portion or ticket of the paper slip K which is immediately
beneath the aperture J the assistant marks the amount of money he is taking from
a customer, say 10/6 as indicated on the Drawing, this amount by the medium or
nction of the black leaf or carbonic paper L is transferred onto the big sheet M
below. At the same time the assistant registers the amount with his initial
(say a) on the sheet M through the aperture N at the side of the aperture J, he
then presses down the stop U to free the handle D and turns the latter for one
revolution until it again meets the stop U. This movement, by the action of the
pinion and wheel gearing before described, causes the rollers H and I to revolve
and pass the marked part or ticket of the perforated paper slip K forwards and
upwards through the incision V in the lid of the till in front of the aperture J, and
the assistant tearing it off gives it to the customer. The same revolution of the
handle D also moves the big sheet M slightly forward for the next record, and
the said sheet bearing the various impressions on its left side and the ordinary
pencil records on its right side is passed onto the receiving roller R from which it
is taken off at night time and a double check thereby given of the amounts taken.
To prevent any back action of the apparatus the pulley sheave S on spindle E is
furnished with a ratchet wheel x.
The compartment A or till proper is composed of an ordinary till with three
compartments (not shewn on the Drawing) for gold, silver, and copper, whilst
above this are an ivory tablet board W (for recording any amounts paid out of the
till) and a tray X which runs upon a couple of fillets to receive the monies dropped

page_text: through the apertures in the lid, the latter being under lock and key while the
ordinary till would be open. This tray would receive all amounts taken except
sufficient kept in the open till for giving and taking change. The lid of the
compartment or chamber B containing the registering apparatus will be under a
separate lock, and in the front or other convenient part of the till is a notice to the
public requesting the customer not to leave the counter without a ticket of the
amount spent. By this Invention a correct register or record of the monies
taken is ensured, and the smallest theft or error in receiving or giving change
detected.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which. the same is or may be used or carried into effect, I
would observe in conclusion that what I claim as my Invention is,-
1. In money tills the general construction, combination, and arrangement of
perforated paper slip K passing under aperture J and through aperture V, with
black leaf or carbonic paper L and with big paper strip or sheet M passing under
apertures J and N, the whole being actuated by gearing and by handle D combined
with stop U for registering and checking monies taken, substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by the accompanying Drawing.
2. The construction and arrangement of money till comprising the compartment
or chamber A containing an ordinary till with tablet board W and tray X in
combination with the compartment or chamber B containing the registering and
checking apparatus enumerated in the preceeding claim, substantially as and
for the purpose herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying
Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Norman King, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty.