Improvement in Cash Tills.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 24th June, 1892-Accepted, 10th Sept., 1892
Improvement in Cash Tills.
SAMUEL LEWIS 8 Anglers Lane Kentish Town London N.W. Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
1. According to my invention the case or frame is made of wood, metal or other
suitable material in the shape of a cabinet with a door and fitted with glass to the
front and back to enable the interior mechanism to be seen in operation.
An aperture is made at the top to receive the coin which at once passes into
the till.
2. Inside the till an upright pillar is fixed to the centre of the flat surface of the
glass, this pillar is made with projecting branches on each side forming an incline
plane which causes the coin to run freely into the various sections of the till.
On the left hand side of the centre pillar at a convenient distance is fixed
another pillar with projecting branches pointing to the centre pillar each branch
having an incline plane and forming an escapement for the coin. On the right
hand side is fitted à corresponding pillar acting as a counterpart of the left hand
gide.
The surface of each branch upon which the coin runs is made at an angle
to allow the coin to drop in a slanting direction and obviate adhesion to the
glass.
3. The group of incline branches on the left and right hand side now form the
coin receptacles.
Between these branches is placed a moveable perpendicular bar or plunger
having a number of projections, the object of these projections is to control the
movement of the coin in the receptacles one or more bars can be used, attached to
these bars is an oscillating beam which controls the whole mechanism, fixed to this
beam is a stud or handle and by a slight movement of this handle to the right or
left the coin falls into a section of the till.
4. A movement of the handle to the left will raise the projection on the right
bar and allow the coin to escape into the next lower receptacle. A movement to the
right will bring about the same results on the left side and each successive move-
ment will bring the coins through the various sections of the till until they finally
pass into a secret drawer attached to the apparatus.
A further part of my invention consists in a pivoted lever attached to the
plunger which causes a bell or gong to sound each time a movement of the plunger
takes place.
4th Santambar 1901
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Cash Tills.
SAMUEL LEWIS Mechanical Engineer 8 Anglers Lane Kentish Town
London N.W. 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 :-
According to my invention, the till is made of wood metal, or other suitable
material in the shape of a cabinet, with a door and fitted with plate glass to the
back and front to enable the interior mechanism to be seen in operation. An
aperture is made at the top to receive the coin which at once passes into
the till.

page_text: 2nd. Inside the till an upright pillar is fixed to the centre of the flat surface of
the glass this pillar is made with projecting branches on each side forming an
incline plane which causes the coin to run freely into the various sections of
the till.
On the left hand side of the centre pillar at a convenient distance is placed
another pillar with projecting branches pointing to the centre pillar each branch
having an incline plane and forming an escapement for the coin. On the right
hand side is fitted a corresponding pillar, acting as a counterpart of the left hand
side. The surface of each branch upon which the coin runs is made at an angle to
allow the coin to drop in a slanting direction and obviate the adhesions to the
glass.
3rd. The inclined group of branches on the left and right hand side now form
the coin receptacles between the branches is placed a moveable perpendicular bar
or plunger having a number of projections, the object of the projections is to
control the movement of the coin in the receptacles. Attached to the perpendicular
bars is an oscillating beam which controls the whole mechanism, fixed to this beam
is a handle and by a slight movement to the right or left the coin drops into the
section of the till.
4th. A movement to the left will raise the projection on the right bar and cause
the coin to escape into the next lower receptacle a movement to the right will
bring about the same result on the left side and each successive movement will
bring the coins through the various parts of the till until they finally pass into
the secret drawer attached to the apparatus.
5. A part of my invention consists of a pivoted lever attached to the plungers
which causes a bell or gong to sound each time a movement of the plungers takes
place.
6. Fig. 1 of the accompanying sheet of drawing represents the working parts of
.the till.
A is an incline plane down which the coin passes to the projection B by a
movement of the handle H to the right releases the coin from B to C at the same
time the lever D causes the hammer E to strike the bell F.
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.
1st. The manufacture of a cash till which shall distribute the coins into the
various receptacles by an oscillating lever at the top H.
2nd. The method and application of the incline plane A which is pivoted to the
upright stems G.
3rd. The application of the lever D to cause the hammer E to strike the
bell F.
1000
SAMUEL LEWIS.