Improvements in Registering Cash Tills.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 19th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 2nd June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Registering Cash Tills.
I, EVAN JENKINS, of Oxford Street, Swansea, in the County of Glamorgan,
Wholesale and Manufacturing Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of cash till or money drawer in which the
amounts received are recorded upon a travelling band of paper.
It consists essentially of the arrangement of the several parts by which the
apparatus is operated; the lever which actuates or moves forward the paper
carrying drum being placed to be acted upon by the end of the money drawer as it
is pushed in; the bell being placed behind the drawer and actuated by the drawer
coining against a spring push attached thereto, and the drawer prevented from being
pushed out by a pivoted or swinging catch, pivoted in front, which falls when the.
drawer is closed automatically in front of it.
In carrying out the invention I construct an outer casing with a sliding money
drawer and a roller or drum to receive a band of paper which passes beneath a slit
and a glass in the lid in the ordinary way.
The paper roller or drun is fitted with a ratchet wheel and to the side of the
case attach a swinging lever, carrying a pawl which engages with the teeth of
the wheel. The lever is preferably of L shape and pivoted at or near the top end,
the pawl being pivoted near to the fulcrum, so as to move but a short distance
relatively to the movement of the lower end of the lever. The lower end of the
When the
lever is placed so as to come in contact with the end of the drawer.
drawer is drawn out the lever falls forward of its own weight or is pulled by a
spring, and when the drawer is pushed in, it is moved backwards. The pawl
engages with the ratchet wheel on the paper roller, and with it the paper is moved
forward the required distance. A second pawl prevents the paper roller turning
back in the wrong direction.
At the back of the case I affix a bell and connect thereto a spring pusher, which
when pushed in, engages with one or two small catches or cams on the bell hammer
or connected to the shank thereof. The drawer when pushed in comes against the
bell push and operates the bell. The spring draws back the pusher when the
drawer is drawn out or may be made sufficiently strong to push out the drawer
when released.
On the front of the drawer I place a small swivelling catch which falls down in
front of the drawer when closed and holds it shut and which can be easily moved
to one side by the hand to allow the drawer to open when required.
Dated this 18th day of July 1900
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Registering Cash Tills.
I, EVAN JENKINS of Oxford Street, Swansea in the County of Glamorgan,
Wholesale and Manufacturing Ironmonger, 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 that class of cash registering till or money drawer in

page_text: which is carried or caused to move forward by the movement of the drawer.
It consists essentially of the arrangement and combination of the several parts
by which the apparatus is operated, the paper carrying drum being actuated or
rotated by a lever attached to a rotating disc against which the end of the drawer
comes in contact as it is pushed in the bell being placed behind the drawer and
actuated by the drawer coming against a spring push attached thereto, and the
drawer prevented from being pushed out by a pivoted or swinging catch, pivoted in
front, which falls when the drawer is closed automatically in front of it.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. Longitudinal sectional elevation.
Fig. 2. Plan.
Fig. 3. Transverse sectional elevation.
Fig. 4. Front elevation.
Fig. 5. Part elevation in section showing a modification.
The outer casing A, the sliding money drawer B, the roll or drum of paper C,
the slit d and glass plate in the lid D under which the band of paper passes are
all constructed in the ordinary way common to this class of apparatus.
The roll or drum E upon which the paper C is wound as it travels from and
across the slit d is mounted on brackets e at the end of the casing A behind the end
of the drawer B. The drum E is fitted at one side with a ratchet wheel F either
attached to the side of the drum as shown or to its spindle. A pawl G connected
with a swinging lever H engages with the teeth of the ratchet wheel F and at each
movement of the lever the wheel is advanced one or more teeth, a second pawl g
prevents any backward movement.
The swinging lever H is preferably pivoted on the axle or spindle e¹ of the
drum E and for the purposes of construction I at present prefer to attach it to a
disc though it may be of L or quadrant or other convenient shape.
The swinging lever may however if desired be pivoted on a different centre at or
near its top end, the pawl being pivoted near to the fulcrum, so as to move but a
short distance relatively to the movement of the lower end of the lever.
The lower end of the lever H is placed so as to come in contact with the end of
the drawer. When the drawer B is drawn out the lever falls forward of its own
weight (or is pulled by a spring), and when the drawer is pushed in it is moved
backwards. The pawl G engages with the ratchet wheel F on the paper roller E
and with it the paper is moved forward the required distance.
At the back of the case I affix a bell I and connect thereto a spring pusher K
which when pushed in engages with one or two small catches or cams on the bell
hammer or connected to the shank thereof. The drawer B when pushed in comes
against the bell push K and operates the bell. The spring draws back the pusher
when the drawer is drawn out or may be made sufficiently strong to push out the
drawer when released.
In the modification shewn in Fig. 5 the swinging lever H is operated by the
projection on the pusher M which at the same time presses the bell push K, the
spring m returning pusher M again into position.
On the front of the case AI affix a small pivoted catch L which falls down in
front of the drawer when closed and holds it shut, this catch can easily be moved by
he hand to one side to allow the drawer to open when required.
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 :-
1. In a cash registering till the combination with the money drawer A and the
paper receiving roll or drum E of the ratchet wheel F the pawl G and the swinging
lever H by which the roll is advanced or rotated arranged and actuated substantially
as described.

page_text: 2. A cash registering till having the several parts constructed and arranged in
combination substantially as and for the purposes described and shown.
Dated this 17th day of April 1893.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.