Improvements in or connected with Cash Drawers or Tills.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 10th Sept.,
1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in or connected with Cash Drawers or Tills.
I, HEINRICH KASISKE, of Glashütte, Saxony, in the Empire of Germany,
Electrical Engineer, 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 :-
This invention relates to a device for conducting coins into the cash drawers or
tills, such as are commonly employed in connection with shop counters, and
consists of a metal or other plate fixed above the cash drawer or till at the front
edge of the counter and provided with suitable openings, which openings lead into
the divisions of the drawer or till, and the coins are thereby sorted or separated
according to their kind or value. The said plate is so raised above the surface of
the counter, that the coins laying on the counter can be pushed under the plate
and be thereby conducted into the till. The said plate can be firmly united by
means of a lock, when in a horizontal position, with the cash drawer or till, when
the latter is drawn partly open. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustrates
the counter with the plate in the open position as seen from above; Figure 2 a
cross section on A A' of Figure 1; Figure 3 the counter with the coin-conducting
plate turned up.
By the employment of my coin-conducting devices a disadvantage is overcome
which has manifested itself in the coin conducting arrangements hitherto in use,
wherein the conducting funnels or slots have been situated directly over the top of
the counter and through which not only dust but also liquids are allowed to enter
the drawer or till, especially when the counter is being cleaned. According to this
invention, the conducting of the money into the drawer through the top of the
counter is entirely done away with, and the plate b is so attached, by one side, to
the front edge of the counter top a that it can be turned up or down. The plate b
is so arranged that it lies, when in a horizontal position, over the slightly drawn
out drawer or till of the counter, and entirely covers it widthwise. The plate b is
which
provided with openings c on its edge which is adjacent to the counter
openings are covered by a metal plate d. The metal plate d lies with its under
edge as much above the top of the counter as is required, according to the thickness
of the coins which are to be passed in, so that the said coins, lying on the counter
and requiring to be conducted into the drawer or till, can be easily pushed under
the plate d into the openings of the plate 6 in the direction of the arrow x and are
thus conducted into the cash drawer or till. The plate b may be furnished with
several openings, each of which serves to admit a certain kind or value of coin and
corresponds with suitably arranged divisions of the drawer or till 8, so that the
money introduced into the drawer or till is at the same time sorted. The drawer
is provided with a lock g, the bolt of which can enter either into the counter-top a,
when the plate b is not in use, or into the plate b, when the latter is intended to be
used. A pin i fixed to the underside of the plate b allows the lock g to be
immediately placed in position for locking up the drawer with the turned down
plate b

page_text: 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
'The arrangement for conducting coins into drawers or tills, which consists of a
straight, bent, or otherwise suitably formed plate b, provided with openings c for
different kinds or values of coins, which plate is so attached to the edge of the
shop counter, that the said openings, as seen from above, are covered, and the coins
introduced into the cash drawer or till are sorted according to their kind or value,
and dust, liquid, or other objectionable matter is excluded from the drawer or till,
substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
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МОТ спа пот
H. KASISKE,
Per W. H. Beck,
Agent, 115, Cannon Street, London, E.C.