An Improved Safety Drawer or Till.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 11th Feb., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Safety Drawer or Till.
I, CURT VOGT, of the Firm of Curt Vogt, Aschersleben, near Magdeburg, in
the Kingdom of Prussia, Empire of Germany, 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 relates to an improved safety drawer or the like, but is more
especially adaptable for cash tills in business houses where the tills are constantly
in use, and so cannot conveniently be kept locked in the usual manner, such tills
as at present in use admitting of easy access for the surrepticious removal of their
contents, but with my invention this objection is overcome without any appre-
ciable delay in opening the till.
To enable my invention to be clearly understood I have hereunto appended
a sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a drawer or till, according to my invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of same.
Fig. 3 is a back elevation while Fig. 4 is a horizontal section upon the line A. B
Fig. 3.
My invention consists of an ordinary drawer or till A, sliding in a suitable
guide B, the said drawer or till A, having at the back thereof a series of rocking
plates C, each of which is pivotally connected, at u, to supports such as 1), the
said plates C having each connected at their upper ends a spiral spring E, at-
tached at the back of the drawer or till A, and at their lower ends are each con-
nected to a bar or rod F, passing through the entire length and projecting in front
of the drawer or till A, by means of which said bars or rods F, motion may be
imparted to any of the plates C, restricted however by extensions b and c formed
upon the same, the return movement of the plates C being effected automatically
by the tension of the spiral springs E.
Upon each of the said plates C is pivotally connected at d a double hook G,
having members G and G, and a flat spring H rivetted or otherwise connected to
it at the lower end of the said spring only, so that the upper end of
the same, which is provided with a pin upon its under surface may
be free to be raised for the purpose of adjusting the position of the double
hook G, from that shewn in Fig. 1 to that shewn in Fig. 4, the plates C having
suitably arranged holes ef (Figs. 1 and 4) for this purpose, through which the
pin upon the under surface of the spring H, after passing through a hole pro-
vided therefor in the double hook G, is inserted, and thereby locking the same
in either of the two positions shewn, that the operator may have desired.
cross bar J mounted upon supports K is provided at a suitable distance behind
the drawer or till A for supplying a hold for the members G¹ and G* of the double
hooks G as hereinafter explained.
The manner of operation is as follows:-
A
In practice, the draw bars F would be represented upon the front of the drawer
or till A by numbers such as 1 to 6, according of course to the number of draw

page_text: bars employed, and the operator may be supposed, for the sake of example, to
choose the draw bars numbered 1 and 4 with which he or she may release the
draw or till A, and consequently the double hooks G operated by these two draw
bars are set in the manner herein before described, and as illustrated at Fig. 1,
with the member G₁ engaging with the bar J, the remainder of the double
hooks G being set in the position illustrated by Fig. 4, with both members G
and G perfectly clear of the bar J. To release the drawer or till A the draw-
bars or rods numbers 1 and 4 must be simultaneously withdrawn which imparts
a forward motion to the lower end of the plates C, and consequently an oscilla-
ting movement to the corresponding double hooks G, the said movement being
just sufficient (governed by the extension pieces c) to allow the members G2 of
the said double hooks G to be released from the bar J, and at the same time pre-
vent the upper member G¹ from engaging therewith, when the drawer or till A
may be opened, and when again closed, automatically locks itself by the im-
pingement of the members G2 of the said double hooks ( against the bar J, thus
causing the said members G2 to slip thereunder, where they are held in position
by the tension of the spiral springs E.
Should however any other draw bars or rods but numbers and 4 be with-
drawn, by any person not in possession of the secret, the drawer or till A it would
not only be impossible to open, but would be rendered more secure still, as the
forward direction given to the lower ends of the rocking plates C would, by reason
of the position of the double hooks G, impart an oscillating downward direction
thereto, thus causing engagement of the members G₁ with the bar and thereby
preventing any fraud being exercised upon the contents of the drawer or till A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is-
1st. The improved safety drawer or till substantially as described and shewn
by the appended drawings.
2nd. The improved safety drawer or till such as A, carrying any number of
operating rods such as F, cach connected at its back end to a rocking plate C,
pivotted to A at a point a, and connected by a spring E, the said plates C each
carrying a double hook G having members G and G2, and pivotted thereon at a
point, the members G¹ or G2 being adapted to make contact with a horizontal
bar J, when their position is adjusted by a studded spring H, engaging with one
of two holes e or f in the plate C substantially as herein set forth and shewn by
the drawings.
Dated thie 17th d....
1000
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.