Improvements in Cash Boards for the use of Cashiers.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1891-Accepted, 15th Aug., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cash Boards for the use of Cashiers.
I, BERTHOLD ZEITSCHEL of 12 Risserstrasse, Berlin, Germany Gentleman do
ereby 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
tatement:-
My invention relates to improvements in cash boards, for the use of cashiers and
other persons, handling, receiving and counting cash, the object of which is to
provide a ready means of collecting and forwarding the amount received, and
preventing errors, arising from the imperfect collection thereof.
The cash boards as at present made and used, give off the cash deposited thereon
by the said board being arranged at an angle to permit the same to slide thereoff,
but in practice these are found to be imperfect, from the fact that the accumulation
of dirt and dust thereon prevents the cash, or some part thereof from leaving the
board when required, whereby serious errors occur, and likely to re-occur by their
continued use, thereby rendering them unreliable, and useless, for the purpose for
which they were intended, and to counteract these imperfections and carry out the
objects of a cash board, is the essential feature of my present invention.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood I have appended
hereunto three sheets of drawings, in which
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are, side elevation, end clevation, and plan respectively of one
form of cash board according to my invention.
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are, end elevation, side elevation and plan respectively of a
travelling, and partly rotating, covered cash board according to my invention.
Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are modifications of an alternative method of constructing
same.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several
views.
My invention consists of a corrugated cash board, upon which the money is
deposited, and an inverted corrugated scraper, for perfectly, and effectually
removing the cash therefrom, automatically, without the need of more exertion than
that needed to operate the apparatus hitherto made and used for a like purpose.
My invention comprises a stand and frame A, mounted upon a base B, Fig. 1
Sheet 1 said frame A has pivotted to its upper extremities one end of a vertical
To the lower end of C is pivotted
rod C, on which slides an adjustable weight a.
the back end of the corrugated cash board D, the front of which is reduced in
width, and becomes a drop mouthed outlet for the cash, as at b, the diameter of
which is such that, the hand is capable of receiving the cash when shot out there-
from. Upon each side of A, internally, are rollers e, which act as friction bearings
for the board D. Upon the inside of A, above D, is a fixed scraper E, the inverted
surface of which is corrugated similarly to D, and in close contact therewith, the
convex ridges upon the one, fitting into the concave ridges of the other, as shewn
at Fig. 2 Sheet 1. The cash when counted down upon Ď, remains in view until it
is desirable to remove it therefrom, which is not so with cash boards as hitherto
made and used, these as previously mentioned being arranged at a fixed angle,
according to my invention as described, when the cash is to be removed into the
hand, or a scoop, the cash board D is depressed, and pushed slightly from the
operator, when it assumes more, or less as desired, the position shewn by the dotted
outline Fig. 1 Sheet 1, and as it passes from the former to the latter position, the
scraper E, clears the surface of D, of every coin, which falls out at the mouth b,
into the hand, or scoop as aforesaid, and when released D resumes its original
position by the agency of the weight a

page_text: In Figs. 4, 5 and 6 1 shew a slight modification of the cash board just described,
the object of the arrangement now under consideration being to provide for the
necessity that sometimes exists of depositing the cash when counted out upon D, in
some place other than that immediately in front of the operator, such for instance
as when money paid to one cashier has to be passed to another, situated at the
opposite side of the table, or desk; and further, it is sometimes desirable under
certain conditions, that the cash should be so transported under cover, and to attain
this automatically, so that the first person may cover up the cash, transport it, and
present it to the second person at the opposite side, uncovered, by the simple move-
ment of a lever, is the object of the device illustrated by Figs. 4, 5 and 6
Sheet 2.
To attain this the frame A is mounted upon a vertical pivot spindle F, within
a carrier G, mounted upon wheels d, running upon rails e, within a stand H. The
spindle F, carries a spur wheel, situated below the upper surface of H, in gear
with a longitudinal rack g, within II. The spindle F, carries a double cranked
pivotted lever, which locks the carrier G in position when desired, by means of the
slots and y. Said lever is fulcrumed upon F, at h, and so constructed that
while the upper end, acts as a handle, the lower end under the carrier G, is
finished with a bevelled surface h", and this by the to and fro motion of the lever,
raises and lowers a vertical pin i, which is connected to, or forms part of, suitably
cranked 'levers I, which cause the raising and lowering of the cover J, shewn raised
at Fig. 4 Sheet 2, and closed at Fig. 5 Sheet 2. A longitudinal slot j, is formed in
the stand H, in which slides the vertical spindle F, and the manner of operation is
as follows.
'
The action of placing the handle ', into either of the slots g' or g" locks the
stand in position, and at the same time raises the cover J, by reason of the wedge
shaped end of the lever raising the vertical pin i. The cash is then counted
and placed upon the corrugated cash board D, and the handle removed from the
slot g', which closes J, upon D, the handle is then pushed from the operator in
the direction of the arrow Fig. 6, Sheet 2, which forces F along the slot j, and by
the travel of F, the wheel, being in gear with g makes one half turn of the
stand A, which brings the front of the cash board opposite the second person, with J
still down, the first person then places the handle h, in the sloty", which raises the
cover as before, enabling the second person to remove the cash in the same
manner as that described when dealing with Figs. 1, 2 and 3, Sheet . The second
position of the stand, and the extent of its travel, will be clearly understood by the
dotted outline of A, in the elevational, and plan views, Fig. 5, and 6, Sheet 2. The
return of A to its normal position is attained by reversing the.action described,
and again placing in glas before.
In Fig. 7 Sheet 3 I-show-a further modification of Fig. 1:Sheet 1. In this case
I arrange the cash board D to operate by horizontal movements, and without tilting
to remove the cash. I attain this by constructing the upper part of the stand A,
to form the scraper E, and arranging the cash board D to slide under E, upon
rollers R guided by a rod encircled by a spiral spring m. The cash is removed
from D by pushing the same horizontally until it assumes the position shewn by
the dotted outline Fig. 7 Sheet 3.
Or in lieu of the spring m and the rod I may make use of a weight n and a
double set of rollers R; the weight¸n would in this case bring the cash board D
back to its normal position when the push was released in the same manner as does
the spring min Fig. 7. This latter method is illustrated by Fig. 8, Sheet 3.
arm a
Or I may arrange a further modification of my invention, by the method shewn
by Fig. 9, Sheet 3. In this case the stand A carries a vertical standard o
surrounded by a spiral spring p, and carrying at its upper end a projecting
holding the scraper E. The cash board is so arranged as to form a section of a
circle, the corrugations thereon describe an arc, the axis of which is the centre of
the standard o. The board is borne upon a bracket D' pivotted upon the standard.o
and connected to one end of the spring p, the opposite end of p, being connected

page_text: to o, or A.
The tension of p tends to keep D in the position shewn by the plan
view in Fig. 9, Sheet 3, so that when pushed in the direction of the arrow, the
scraper E, clears the board in the same manner as before described, and for the
same purpose, the cash leaving D at b as before mentioned.
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. In an improved cash board, the employment of a corrugated surface therefor,
in combination with a corrugated scraper, operating in unison therewith, substan-
tially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
2nd. In an improved cash board the construction and use of a corrugated board D,
suspended upon a frame A, by a weighted rod C. The manner of arranging the
mouth b, to receive the cash cleared from D, by the action of a corrugated scraper E,
fitting into the corrugation in D, when D is tilted by being pushed over the
roller e substantially as described and shewn by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the appended
drawings.
3rd. The manner of arranging the cash board set forth in the preceding claim, so
as to be partly revolved for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned by mounting A
upon a pivotted spindle F, upon or within a carrier G, mounted upon wheels d
running on rails e. The wheel and rack and 9. The cover with jointed lever I
and the manner of raising and lowering the same by the lever operating the
spindle i, and locking the same in both positions by means of the slots g' and g"
substantially as described and shewn by Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the accompanying
drawings.
4th. In an improved cash board, the manner of constructing same, with horizontal
movement, consisting of a stand A, formed to comprise a scraper E, the rod 1, and
spring m, or weight n, and the wheels substantially as shewn by Figs. 7 and 8 of
the accompanying drawings.
5th. The improved cash board as described arranged to partake of a circular
motion, by means of mounting the board D, shaped as shewn, upon a bracket D
pivotted upon a standard o, attached to a stand A, and carrying the scraper E, the
spring p, for operating D, substantially as described and shewn by Fig. 9 of the
appended drawings.
Dated this 25th dox of June 1891'
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.