Improvements in or connected with Check Tills' and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application; 30th Dec.; 1897
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1898
PROVIDIUNAL DILUITIVATION.
- Improvements in or connected with Check Tills' and the like.
'I, JOSEPH PALLWEBER, of No. 17, Schleusenstrasse, Frankfort-on-Main, in the
Empire of Germany, Technologist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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It is desirable in check tills and the like that they shall not only indicate and
continuously add up the amounts paid in but also that they shall issue to the
purchasers a slip on which is printed the amount paid together if desired with the
date of purchase and the name of the selling firm or of the salesman.
Such an apparatus adapted to be operated by the opening and closing of the
sliding cash drawer forms the object of the present invention and is shown in
the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1-3 show the construction of the
apparatus whilst Figures 4-7 show their mode of working.
In these:-
Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section;
Figure 2 a plan view after withdrawal of the frame 29 on which the conveying
and cutting off apparatus is arranged;
Figure 3 a plan view of the frame. 29 with the conveying and cutting off
device;
Figure 4 a longitudinal vertical section of the complete arrangement when the
drawer is open; and showing the inking of the type roller by means of the inking
roller;
Figure 5 a similar view slowing the arrangement for printing when the front
frame which carries the paper guide is depressed during the closing or pushing
to of the drawer;
Figure 6 a similar view showing the arrangement when the drawer is not entirely
closed at the moment in which the conveying device is set in operation by the
'push rod 47;
Figure 7 a similar view showing the arrangement when the drawer is com-
pletely closed after the last movement (namely the cutting-off of the check) has
taken place;
Figures 1, 1, 16, show the cutter arrangement of the cutting off device in side
view; front view and plan respectively:
Figures 1; 1, 12 show the arrangement of the guide bars 49 and 50 for the
paper band, in side view, front and plan view respectively;
Figures 1 and 1 show in elevation and plan respectively the attachment of the
push rod 47.
The arrangement is such that the whole device is contained in a corner of the
under frame of the cash till, the imprinted check being protruded through an
opening in the unner part and then cut off. The corner in which the device is
arranged is bordered by the side walls 1 and 2 of the cash till underframe, and by
specially inserted partitions 3 and 4, of which the latter does not extend quite to

page_text: the bottom but only serves to shut off at the top the frame casing thus formed.
This casing is traversed by fixed spindles 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, of which the latter 9 ex-
tends across the whole underframe and carries spur-wheels 14, 15, 16, and 17 for
operating type wheels 10, 11, 12 and 13. The said spur wheels are connected
with the type wheels 10, 11, 12 and 13 by means of sleeves placed one over the
other in such a way that said type wheels may be operated by them independently
of one another. The spur-wheels 14, 15, 16 and 17 are operated by means of
suitable cog wheel gearing from the figure wheels of the check till (which are not
shown in the drawings) so that the type wheels 10, 11, 12 and 13 always rotate
equally and simultaneously with the figure wheels. Four loose type wheels 18,
19, 20 and 21 also revoluble independently of one another are mounted on the fixed
spindle 8, and serve for impressing or printing the date and are each day adjusted
by hand, not mechanically, by raising upwards the frame 29 pivoted on the
spindle 7 after the removal of the box cover and then separately revolving each
of the type-wheels 18, 19, 20, 21 until the same assume the desired position.
The spindle 5 carries a revoluble bell crank lever formed of arms 22 and 23
which lever is required for the cutting off device. A double armed lever 24 and
a single lever 25 are revolubly mounted on the spindle 6. Both are so made or
so connected with one another that one must follow the movements of the other.
The front longer arm of the double lever 24 is provided with a weight 26 which
forces it to always return to the position shown in. Figure 1 after being raised.
In order that the weight 26 in striking on the bottom may not make too great a
noise a cushion 27 of felt or the like is provided. At one end of the rear shorter
lever arm of the double lever 24, a revoluble roller 28 is mounted on which rests
a curved arm 30 of a frame 29 which frame carries the paper roll as well as the
conveying and cutting off mechanism. The frame 29 is pivotally mounted on the
'fixed spindle 7 and is only maintained in the position shown in Figure 1 by being
supported by the roller 28 herein before described. If this support be removed, the
rear end of the frame tilts downwards and is only again returned to its initial
position by the roller 28 on the double lever 24. The already mentioned single
lever 25 carries an inclined piece 31 arranged at one side, over which incline, on
the sliding drawer 32 being opened, a roller 33 travels upwards and then drops
off in order on the closing of the drawer, in the opposite direction, to engage under
the incline in the angle formed by the incline 31 and the bottom of the cash till
underframe by which means the lever 25 is lifted and also the front longer arm
of the double lever 24, whereby the rear lever arm carrying the roller 28 is
depressed and the frame 29 thus deprived of its support. In order to prevent too
great a noise when the roller 33 drops off the inclined piece 31, a layer 34 of
felt or the like is also here provided. The roller 33 is connected with the drawer 32
by means of a flat iron bar 35 which extends along the bottom close to the wall 1
of the under frame and is pivotally mounted on a lug 36 on the drawer 32. The
front end of this bar 35 is carried by another roller 37.
The form of the frame 29 is evident from Figures 1 and 3. In it there are
arranged a paper roller 38 a conveying device and guide for the paper band, and
also the cutting off device. It is also provided with a sleeve 39 which is passed
over the spindle 7 and carries the whole frame. The paper roll 38 revolves loosely
on a fixed shaft 40 and the paper band is mechanically unwound and conveyed to
the cutting off device. The conveying device which effects this feed, consists of
a metal roller 41 and an indiarubber roller 42 between which the paper band is
passed. The india-rubber roller 42 is operated by spur-wheel gearing 43, 44, and
carries the paper band with it by friction on the metal roller. The spur-wheel 44
which engages with the spur-wheel 43 is provided on its side with pins 45 which
serve for moving the spur wheel forward and also for stopping the same.
stopping is effected by a pivotally suspended pawl 46 which always engages one
of the pins 45 of the wheel and holds the latter against rotation on one direction.
The movement of the spur wheel 44 and therefore of the whole conveying device
is not continuous but only takes place on the drawer 32 being closed by means of
The

page_text: a push rod 47 attached thereto. The movement of the spur wheel 44 which is
provided on its side with pins 45, and thus also the movement of the entire working.
mechanism takes place only when the drawer 32 is closed by the push rod 47
encountering one of the pins 45 and moving forward the spur wheel 44 to an
extent corresponding to the distance between two pins. This roll is pivotally
mounted on a stirrup 48 mounted on the bottom of the drawer 32, and is always
maintained in the desired position by means of a spring, (Figures 16 and 1").
The
paper band passes from the conveying device into a straight guide consisting of
guide bars 49 and 50 (Figures 1º, 1 and 1') at the end of which the cutting off
device is arranged. The latter consists of a shearing device, the upper blade 51
of which is fixed, whilst the lower one 52 is movable and is always held down
by the pull of a spring 53 (Figures 1, 1 and 1º). A pin 54 is attached to the
knife 52, against which pin a push rod 55 pivotally mounted on the arm 23 of
the bell crank lever pivotting on the spindle 5 strikes at the right moment and in
this way moves the lower knife 52 upward against the upper fixed knife 51. A
flat iron bar 56 is mounted at the top of the wall of the drawer alongside of the
side wall 1, and there is mounted on this bar 56 a pivoted arm 57 carrying a
spindle on which is mounted an inking roller 58 to which the ink may be
supplied by hand or mechanically. In order that the piece 57 may not swing
lower than a horizontal position, a pin 60 is provided on the flat iron bar, and.
another pin 59 which prevents the piece swinging too far upward,
drawer 32 being opened the inking roller saturated with ink or colour comes first
against the type rollers 18, 19, 20 and 21, and in consequence of the hinged or
pivotal connection of the piece 57 to the flat iron bar 56, the said inking roller
rises upwards at the same time rotating. on its axis and rides over the type.
rollers 18, 19, 20, 21 and then over the rollers 10, 11, 12, 13 thus inking their
types.
On the
An inclined projection 61 is arranged at the delivery slot to guide upwards the
check which is to be ejected, so that it remains lying on the cover of the under
frame of the cash till and may be taken possession of:
The mode of action of the arrangenient herein before described will now be
described with reference to the accompanying drawings, Figures 4-7.
On opening the drawer 32, Figure 4, the bars 35, 47 and 56 attached thereto
are drawn back with it. The roller 33 attached to the bar 35 in this movement runs
over the incline 31 of the lever 25 and drops down in front of same. The inking
roller 58 mounted on the bar 56 then travels successively over the two rows of
type rollers 10, 11, 12, 13; and 18, 19, 20 and 21, and thus conveys the necessary
ink to the types which are to print, and this takes place again in the reverse
direction on the closing of the drawer. The paper band takes the course shown
in Figure 4 and its end is pushed forward to the cutting off device. If the drawer
be then closed the levers 24 and 25 are raised by the roller 33 attached to the
rod 35, thus withdrawing the support from the frame 29 and the rear end of the
latter tilts downwards, see Figure 5. The paper band enclosed in the guide
bars 49 and 50 is thus lowered onto the adjusted types of the type wheels which in
this manner are caused to give an impression. On the drawer 32 being sull
further closed the lever 25 drops again as the roller 33 moves from under une
incline 31 and the frame 29 is returned to its initial position by means of the
weight 26 mounted on the lever 24. In the meantime the push rod 47 has also
moved so far forward that it encounters one of the pins 45 of the spur-wheel 44
which in this manner is revolved until the push rod again comes out of engagement
with the pin. By this rotation of the spur wheel 44 the conveying rollers 41
and 42 are revolved which push out and project from the guide bars 49 and 50,
the imprinted band of paper to an extent corresponding to the movement of the
spur-wheel 44. On the drawer 32 being completely closel (see Figure 7) the
projected: and printed check is cut off by the inking roller 58 encountering the
arm 22 of the bell crank lever which is pivoted on the shaft 5 whereby the push
rod-55 mounted on the lever 23 is lifted and strikes against the lower knife 52

page_text: of the cutting off device pressing it upwards to the knife 51. The printed and
cut off check then lies on the cover of the cash till under-frame.
On the drawer 32 being opened any rotation of the spur wheel 44 produced by
the friction of the push rod 47 on the pins 45 is prevented by the arrangement of
the pawl 46.
The same movements are then repeated at each opening and closing of the
drawer.
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Improvements in or connected with Check Tills and the like.
I, JOSEPH PALLWEBER, of No. 17, Schleusenstrasse, Frankfort-on-Main, in the
Empire of Germany, Technologist, 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:-
It is desirable in check tills and the like that they shall not only indicate and
continuously add up the amounts paid in but also that they shall issue to the
purchasers a slip on which is printed the amount paid together if desired with the
date of purchase and the name of the selling firm or of the salesman.
Such an apparatus adapted to be operated by the opening and closing of the
sliding cash drawer forms the object of the present invention and is shown in
the drawings accompanying the Provisional Specification in which Figures 1-3
show the construction of the apparatus whilst Figures 4-7 show their mode of
working.
In these:
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Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section;
Figure 2 a plan view after withdrawal of the frame 29 on which the conveying
and cutting off apparatus is arranged;
Figure 3 a plan view of the frame 29 with the conveying and cutting off
device;
Figure 4 a longitudinal vertical section of the complete arrangement when the
drawer is open, and showing the inking of the type roller by means of the inking
roller;
Figure 5 a similar view showing the arrangement for printing when the front
frame which carries the paper guide is depressed during the closing or pushing
to of the drawer;
Figure 6 a similar view showing the arrangement when the drawer is not entirely
closed at the moment in which the conveying device is set in operation by the
push rod 47;
Figure 7 a similar view showing the arrangement when the drawer is com-
pletely closed after the last movement (namely the cutting-off of the check) has
taken place;
Figures 1, 1, 1° show the cutter arrangement of the cutting off device in side
view, front view and plan respectively;
Figures 1, 1, 1 show the arrangement of the guide bars 49 and 50 for the
paper band, in side view, front and plan view respectively;
Figures 1 and 1 show in elevation and plan respectively the attachment of the
push rod 47.
The arrangement is such that the whole device is contained in a corner of the

page_text: under frame of the cash till, the imprinted check being protruded through an
opening in the upper part and then cut off. The corner in which the device is
arranged is bordered by the side walls 1 and 2 of the cash till underframe, and by
specially inserted partitions 3 and 4, of which the latter does not extend quite to
the bottom but only serves to shut off at the top the frame casing thus formed.
This casing is transversed by fixed spindles 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of which the latter 9 ex-
tends across the whole underframe and carries spur-wheels 14, 15, 16 and 17 for
operating type wheels 10, 11, 12 and 13. The said spur wheels are connected
with the type wheels 10, 11, 12 and 13 by means of sleeves placed one over the
other in such a way that said type wheels may be operated by them independently
of one another. The spur-wheels 14, 15, 16 and 17 are operated by means of
suitable cog wheel gearing from the figure wheels of the check till (which are not
shown in the drawings) so that the type wheels 10, 11, 12 and 13 always rotate
equally and simultaneously with the figure wheels. Four loose type wheels 18,
19, 20 and 21 also revoluble independently of one another are mounted on the fixed
spindle 8, and serve for impressing or printing the date and are each day adjusted
by hand, not mechanically, by raising upwards the frame 29 pivoted on the
spindle 7 after the removal of the box cover and then separately revolving each
of the type-wheels 18, 19, 20, 21 until the same assume the desired position.
The spindle 5 carries a revoluble bell crank lever formed of arms 22 and 23
which lever is required for the cutting off device. A double armed lever 24 and
a single lever 25 are revolubly mounted on the spindle 6. Both are so made or
so connected with one another that one must follow the movements of the other.
The front longer arm of the double lever 24 is provided with a weight 26 which
forces it to always return to the position shown in Figure 1 after being raised.
In order that the weight 26 in striking on the bottom may not make too great a
noise a cushion 27 of felt or the like is provided. At one end of the rear shorter
lever arm of the double lever 24, a revoluble roller 28 is mounted on which rests
a curved arm 30 of a frame 29 which frame carries the paper roll as well as the
conveying and cutting off mechanism. The frame 29 is pivotally mounted on the
fixed spindle 7 and is only maintained in the position shown in Figure 1 by being
supported by the roller 28 herein before described. If this support be removed, the
rear end of the frame tilts downwards and is only again returned to its initial
position by the roller 28 on the double lever 24. The already mentioned single
lever 25 carries an inclined piece 31 arranged at one side, over which incline, on
the sliding drawer 32 being opened, a roller 33 travels upwards and then drops
off in order on the closing of the drawer, in the opposite direction, to engage under
the incline in the angle formed by the incline 31 and the bottom of the cash till
underframe by which means the lever 25 is lifted and also the front longer arm
of the double lever 24, whereby the rear lever arm carrying the roller 28 is
depressed and the frame 29 thus deprived of its support: In order to prevent too
great a noise when the roller 33 drops off the inclined piece 31, a layer 34 of
felt or the like is also here provided. The roller 33 is connected with the drawer 32
by means of a flat iron bar 35 which extends along the bottom close to the wall 1
of the under frame and is pivotally mounted on a lug 36 on the drawer 32. The
front end of this bar 35 is carried by another roller 37.
The form of the frame 29 is evident from Figures 1 and 3. In it there are
arranged a paper roller 38 a conveying device and guide for the paper band, and
also the cutting off device. It is also provided with a sleeve 39 which is passed
over the spindle 7 and carries the whole frame. The paper roll 38 revolves loosely
on a fixed shaft 40 and the paper band is mechanically unwound and conveyed to
the cutting off device. The conveying device which effects this feed, consists of
a metal roller 41 and an indiarubber roller 42 between which the paper band is
passed. The india-rubber roller 42 is operated by spur wheel gearing 43, 44, and
carries the paper band with it by friction on the metal roller. The spur-wheel 44
which engages with the spur-wheel 43 is provided on its side with pins 45 which
serve for moving the spur wheel forward and also for stopping the same. The

page_text: stopping is effected by a pivotally suspended pawl 46 which always engages one
of the pins 45 of the wheel and holds the latter against rotation in one direction.
The movement of the spur wheel 44 and therefore of the whole conveying device
is not continuous but only takes place on the drawer 32 being closed by means of
a push rod 47 attached thereto. The movement of the spur wheel 44 which is
provided on its side with pins 45, and thus also the movement of the entire working
mechanism takes place only when the drawer 32 is closed by the push rod 47
encountering one of the pins 45 and moving forward the spur wheel 44 to an
extent corresponding to the distance between two pins. This rod is pivotally
mounted on a stirrup 48 mounted on the bottom of the drawer 32, and is always
maintained in the desired position by means of a spring (Figures 10 and 1"). The
paper band passes from the conveying device into a straight guide consisting of
guide bars 49 and 50 (Figures 1º, 1" and 1') at the end of which the cutting off
device is arranged. The latter consists of a shearing device, the upper blade 51
of which is fixed, whilst the lower one 52 is movable and is always held down
by the pull of a spring 53 (Figures 1^, 1 and 1º). A pin 54 is attached to the
knife 52, against which pin a push rod 55 pivotally mounted on the arm 23 of
the bell crank lever pivotting on the spindle 5 strikes at the right moment and in
this way moves the lower knife 52 upward against the upper fixed knife 51. A
flat iron bar 56 is mounted at the top of the wall of the drawer alongside of the
side wall 1, and there is mounted on this bar 56 a pivoted arm 57 carrying a
spindle on which is mounted an inking roller 58 to which the ink may be
supplied by hand or mechanically. In order that the piece 57 may not swing
lower than a horizontal position, a pin 60 is provided on the flat iron bar, and
another pin 59 which prevents the piece swinging too far upward. On the
drawer 32 being opened the inking roller saturated with ink or colour comes first
against the type rollers 18, 19, 20 and 21, and in consequence of the hinged or
pivotal connection of the piece 57 to the flat iron bar 56, the said inking roller
rises upwards at the same time rotating on its axis and rides over the type
rollers 18, 19, 20, 21 and then over the rollers 10, 11, 12, 13, thus inking their.
types.
An inclined projection 61 is arranged at the delivery slot to guide upwards the
check which is to be ejected, so that it remains lying on the cover of the under
frame of the cash till and may be taken possession of.
The mode of action of the arrangement herein before described will now be
described with reference to the accompanying drawings, Figures 4-7.
On opening the drawer 32, Figure 4, the bars 35, 47 and 56 attached therēta
are drawn back with it. The roller 33 attached to the bar 35 in this movement runs
over the incline 31 of the lever 25 and drops down in front of same. The inking
roller 58 mounted on the bar 56 then travels successively over the two rows of
type rollers 10, 11, 12, 13; and 18, 19, 20 and 21, and thus conveys the necessary.
ink to the types which are to print, and this takes place again in the reverse
direction on the closing of the drawer. The paper band takes the course shown
in Figure 4 and its end is pushed forward to the cutting off device. If the drawer
be then closed the levers 24 and 25 are raised by the roller 33 attached to the
rod 35, thus withdrawing the support from the frame 29, and the rear end of the
latter tilts downwards, see Figure 5. The paper band enclosed in the guide
bars 49 and 50 is thus lowered onto the adjusted types of the type wheels which in
this manner are caused to give an impression. On the drawer 32 being still
further closed the lever 25 drops again as the roller 33 moves from under the
incline 31 and the frame 29 is returned to its initial position by means of the
weight 26 mounted on the lever 24. In the meantime the push rod 47 has also
moved so far forward that it encounters one of the pins 45 of the spur-wheel 44
which in this manner is revolved until the push rod again comes out of engagement
with the pin. By this rotation of the spur wheel 44 the conveying rollers 41.
and 42 are revolved which push out and project, from the guide bars 49 and 50,
the imprinted band of paper to an extent corresponding to the movement of the

page_text: spur wheel 44. On the drawer 32 being completely closed (see Figure 7) the
projected and printed check is cut off by the inking roller 58 encountering the
arm 22 of the bell crank lever which is pivoted on the shaft 5, whereby the push
rod 55 mounted on the lever 23 is lifted and strikes against the lower knife 52
of the cutting off device pressing it upwards to the knife 51. The printed and
cut off check then lies on the cover of the cash till under-frame.
On the drawer 32 being opened any rotation of the spur wheel 44 produced by
the friction of the push rod 47 on the pins 45 is prevented by the arrangement of
the pawl 46.
The same movements are then repeated at each opening and closing of the
drawer.
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;
1. An apparatus in check tills and the like for issuing receipts for amounts paid,
characterized by the adjusted types of the type wheels (10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20
and 21) being first inked by the inking roller (58) on the cash drawer (32) being
opened and closed and by levers 24 & 25 being then raised by means of a roller (33)
altached to the drawer until said roller has passed from under the lowest point
of an inclined piece (31), whereby the front end of a frame (29) carrying the
paper roll (38), the conveying and cutting-off devices and also the guide for the
paper band and pivotting on a fixed spindle (7), loses its support and descends so
that the paper band held in guide bars (49 and 50) rests on the type rollers
arranged beneath and in this manner the adjusted types make an impression after
which the front end of the frame is returned to its initial position by means of
a weight (26) mounted on the double lever (24) and on the drawer (32) being
further closed a push rod (47) attached thereto encounters one of the pins (45) of
a spur wheel (44) operating the conveying device and turns the latter until the
imprinted paper strip pushed out of the guide bars (49 and 50) and then when
the drawer (32) is entirely closed is cut off by the inking roller (58) connected with
said drawer encountering a vertically erected arm (22) of a bell crank lever pivotting
on a spindle (5) and raising the horizontal arm (23) of said bell crank lever with a
push rod (55) whereupon the latter encounters a pin (54) on a lower knife blade (52)
and moves the latter against an upper fixed blade (51), and, on the opening of the
drawer, immediately returns substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The general construction and combination of parts taken as a whole forming
the improved apparatus for issuing receipts from check tills substantially as hereina
before described and illustrated.
1900
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.