the Payment and Receipt of Money and Analogous Operations.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 11th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Feb., 1889
the Payment and Receipt of Money and Analogous Operations.
WO FREDERICK ALFRED MESSER and WALTER FULLER THORPE, both of 8 Quality
Court, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex Engineers, do hereby declare
the nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improved mechanism and arrangements of the same for
indicating, checking, and registering the payment and receipt of money, and analogous
operations. The indicating portion of our invention is so arranged, and the
mechanism for actuating the figures belonging to the various denominations is so
constructed that any figure or set of figures, forming a sum in the sequence of any
denomination (as for example £1, or 19s., or 2d., or d.) can be so adjusted and
placed, with regard to the figures of other denominations, that every combination
necessary to form a perfect money sequence, within the extremes of the highest and
lowest values determined upon, can be displayed. By this arrangement the figures
representing the amount of any transaction, always appear in their natural order and
symmetrical position; as, for example, the following figures £12 10s. 64d. In
carrying out our invention we arrange the figures round the periphery of short
cylinders or drums, the necessary motion being given. to the same by means
of levers, or equivalent appliances. Further, in combination with the before men-
tioned part of the apparatus, we arrange dials and pointers for respectively registering
and totaling, under their respective denominations, the various amounts of each trans-
action; or we record, by printing, the amount of each transaction on a ribbon of
paper or other suitable material.
We mark the indicating drums (for English money) in the following manner :-
From 1 to any other convenient number to represent pounds; next 1 to 19 for
shillings; 1 to 11 for pence; and for the fractions of a penny thus, t, and ; also
in addition to such figures each drum is arranged with a blank space or zero mark
upon it.
We actuate the indicating drums directly, by means of levers, handles or pulls,"
which project beyond the periphery of the drums, and pass through suitable slots in
the casing of the inachine enclosing the drums and other mechanism.

page_text: The casing on one side of these slots has notches or recesses, by the use of which
the lever handles or pulls are retained, and thereby the drums set in any desired
position, the lever handles being constructed to spring towards those sides of the
slots which are notched. We sometimes mark the figures of the denomination
against the notches belonging to that denomination, to give additional guidance to
the operator in setting the indicating drums. The indicating drums are mounted on
the ends of hollow spindles or sleeves; and upon the other ends of the same are
mounted or fixed the type discs, having at their peripheries figures corresponding to
those on the indicating drums, and rotating in unison with them, so that the figures
of the types presented for printed registration, are similar figures (and blank spaces,
noughts or zero marks) to those presented to view at the indicating openings.
We carry out the printing method of registration by printing the various trans-
actions on
a continuous ribbon of paper, through the intervention of another
ribbon of carbonized paper, or other suitably prepared material, placed between it
and the type disc.
The carbonized paper, after leaving the type disc, is received and wound upon
a reel, this reel being rotated by a helical or other suitable spring, and fitted
with suitable multiplying gear, to give the required number of revolutions to the
reel.
The principal portion of the casing of the machine which is nearly cylindrical, has
a partially rotating cover. This cover is so arranged that when the operator is setting
the figures of the drums, to indicate the amount of a transaction to be registered, the
cover is over the figure openings on that side of the machine which is presented_to
the view of the customer, and so hides from view those openings and any figure or
figures that would otherwise be there displayed.
After the operator, has set the figures of the indicating drums to the amount he
wishes to display, by means of the actuating lever handles, attached to those drums,
he moves the cover backwards towards himself, until the figure openings, on the
customer's side, are exposed to view; and those on the operator's, side covered. The
cover, when in this latter position, that is, when fully drawn back, covers up at the.
same time all the operating lever handles or pulls, in whatever position they may be,
and so prevents those lever handles, and consequently the exposed figures,-being,
for the time, moved or interfered with, in any way whatever, until the cover is
moved forward again. This cover is carried by the projecting ends of a spindle
which passes through the centre of the before mentioned hollow spindles, and which
projecting ends stand beyond the side of the casing. Upon this spindle carrying the
cover is mounted or fixed a toothed sector or pinion, which is in gear with, and gives
motion to a rack, attached to a sliding bar. This bar has upon it a suitably
shaped raised portion, which comes in contact with a roller attached to a platen
plunger, thereby raising the same, and the platen during a certain part of its
stroke.
The above mentioned roller of the platen plunger is pivotted and arranged in such
a manner that a lever catch, pivotted to the before inentioned sliding bar, can tilt the
roller out of the way of its raised portion, on the return stroke of the bar, and
thereby prevent the raising of the platen. This sliding bar is arranged to impart in
a similar manner, by the raised portions on the same (through the intervention of a
pawl acting on a ratchet wheel attached to one of a pair of feed rollers and through
which the paper passes) the necessary amount of movement to the papers, as well as
to ring a bell or alarm, which bell or alarm is sounded each time the machine is
operated upon to give notice of the same.
.
The apparatus is sometimes provided with a suitable locking arrangement, for the
purpose of fixing the working parts, so as to prevent the machine being unauthori-
tatively worked. We also, in cases where we register by printing, arrange so that
when either of the lengths of paper has run out or become broken, the machine
becomes locked, so that it cannot be further worked, and this mechanism may also be
made to sound a bell (or alarm) and actuate a warning indicator. This locking
apparatus consists of a frictional attachment to the two reels on which the papers are

page_text: wound, whereby, on either of them being run out of paper, or on breaking of either
of the papers, a spring is released, and thereby allowed to act, so as to shoot a bolt
into some part of the mechanism of the machine that has motion, thus locking the
machine and preventing its being further used while in that state. We arrange the
mechanism of the above locking apparatus in the following manner :-We attach a
grooved pulley to each of the supply ribbon reels, so that the two rotate together;
namely, each reel and its accompanying grooved pulley.
A band or cord is passed partly round the two grooved pulleys having its ends
fixed or attached to some part of the framing of the machine, while that portion of
the cord lying between the grooved pulleys is kept taut by a third or intermediate
pulley, which presses down the cord, so giving between it and those portions of the
grooved pulleys with which it is in contact, a certain amount of friction, but not
more friction than the strength of either of the papers will bear in their action of
rotating the pulleys, when being unwound from the same, by the motion of the feed
rollers of the printing mechanism before described. The intermediate pulley is on
one end of a bell crank lever, the other end of which lever forms a pawl, which is
by means of a spring kept in gear with a ratchet wheel. This ratchet wheel is fixed
on a spindle, to which is also attached one end of a helical or other suitable spring,
the other end of the spring being fastened to the frame of the machine. When the
pawl is out of gear with the ratchet wheel, which takes place when either of the
papers is run out or accidentally broken (for then the spring connected to the bell
crank lever can pull the pawl out of gear) then the spring attached to the spindle
rotates the same, and, in so doing, by means of a screw on the other end of the
spindle propels a bolt (provided with a telescopic spring end). forward into
some suitable moving portion of the mechanism, preferably when at its position of
rest.
Also, in lieu of the before mentioned locking gear, we sometimes arrange an arm
or tablet to each length of paper to be conspicuously displayed, to give notice when
either of the papers has nearly run out or broken. This arrangement is as follows:-
We fit upon one end of a rod an indicator, and on the other end of the same rod a
projection or arm, sometimes fitted with a roller, which rests against some portion, of
the paper in tension, namely, some part of the paper between the reel and the feed
rollers. The rod is also fitted with a spiral or other form of spring, which tends to
project the indicator, but is prevented from so doing by reason of the projection or
arm on the rod being caught or held back by the paper. When the paper is exhausted
from the reels or is broken, the projection or arm being then freed, the rod shoots
forward, and the warning indicator is thrust forward and displayed. In lien of this
signal arrangement a bell (or gong) may be sounded, or a combination of both may
be used. We sometimes, when registering by printing, (as before described) arrange
the movable cover so that on its return stroke it picks up all the operating handles
and returns them to their zero position, in the same manner as when registering
by dials and pointers, and the form of the casing being in like manner modified, as
hereinafter described.
When we register by dials and pointers we effect this by attaching to each of the
drum spindles a disc wheel, carrying a pawl; this latter engages with a ratchet wheel,
suitably divided according to the denomination of the type disc with which it is con-
nected; this ratchet wheel is in one with, or fixed to, a spur wheel; both running
loose on their spindle. The spur wheel is connected by wheel-work to pointers on a
dial. The wheel-work is suitably ratioed, according to the denomination with which
it is connected. Suitable brake or retaining apparatus is applied, where necessary, to
the spindles and wheels to check recoil.
We also in this pointer and dial arrangement of registration, arrange the cover on
its forward movement to pick up automatically all the actuating handles, and carry
them to their respective zero, or blank-space position. As this requires more move-
ment of the cover than where the lever handles are not returned to zero we modify
the principal portion of the case to an entire cylinder, to allow for the increased
motion of the cover. The manner in which the before mentioned handles are in each

page_text: case automatically picked up is as follows:-We place beneath the cover, in a suitable
position, out of the control of the operator, a spring catch, which is so constructed as
to pass over its handle on the cover being moved backwards, towards the operator ;
but to catch or carry the handle with it, to its zero position, on the forward movement
of the cover from the operator.
In this forward moment, when the handle arrives at its zero position, it is, as before
explained, left there, and the cover continues its travel until the knob of the handle
is exposed, so that it can be manipulated by the operator for the next transaction.
This automatic return of the handles of the drums to zero by the movable cover is
performed in the following manner :-(which it will be understood is the same in the
case of all four handles and the four catches)-the catch in the cover bas one side
inclined, so that, on coming in contact with another inclined side of a slot in the knob
of the drum handle, it pushes the latter laterally, until it is brought against the
other or unnotched side of the slot in the case; it then carries the handle forward
until the handle reaches its zero position. Here the unnotched side of the slot is
recessed so that the handle is, by means of the incline of the catch, moved still
further sideways until the catch has driven the handle laterally out of the path of
the catch, so that the cover can pass on leaving the handle at the zero position. Some-
times wo modify the mechanism of the movement before' mentioned, in so far that we
raise, and so free the catch on the handle arriving at its zero position, by means of
a pin of suitable form, fixed in the case, which, coming in contact with a projection
on the arm of the spring catch, raises the latter, and so allows the case to pass on,
leaving the handle behind.

page_text: the Payment and Receipt of Money and Analogous Operations.
We, FREDERICK ALFRED MESSER, and WALTER FULLER THORPE, both of 8 Quality
Court, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Engineers, do hereby declare the
nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
--
Our invention relates to improved mechanism and arrangements of the same for
indicating, checking, and registering the payment and receipt of money, and analogous
operations. The indicating portion of our invention is so arranged, and the mechanism
for actuating the figures belonging to the various denominations is so constructed,
that any figure or set of figures, forming a sum in the sequence of any denomination
(as for example £1, or 19s., or 2d., or d) can be so adjusted and placed, with
regard to the figures of other dominations, that every combination necessary to
form a perfect money sequence, within the extremes of the highest and lowest values
determined upon, can be displayed. By this arrangement the figures representing
the amount of any transaction always appear in their natural order and symmetrical
position; as for example, the following figures £12: 10: 61. In carrying out our
invention we arrange the figures round the periphery of short cylinders or drums,
the necessary motion being given to the same by means of 'levers, or equivalent
appliances. Further, in combination with the apparatus, we record, by printing the
amount of each transaction upon a ribbon of paper, or other suitable material, herein-
after called the "ribbon," or we arrange dials and pointers for respectively registering
and totalling, under their respective denominations, the various amounts of each
transaction, we mark the indicating drums (for English money) in the following
manner: From one to any other convenient number to represent pounds; next 1 to 19
for shillings; 1 to 11 for pence; and for the fractions of a penny thus, t, and ;
also in addition to such figures each drum is arranged with a blank space or zero
mark upon it.
Wo actuate the indicating drums directly, by ineans of levers, handles, or pulls,
which project beyond the periphery of the drums and pass through suitable slots in
the casing of the machine enclosing the drums and other mechanism.
any
The casing on one side of these slots has notches or recesses, by the use of which
the lever-handles or pulls are retained, and thereby the drums set, in desired
position, the lever-handles being constructed to spring towards those sides of the slots
which are notched.
:
We sometimes mark the figures of the denomination against the notches belonging
to that denomination, to give additional guidance to the operator in setting the
indicating drums.
The indicating drums are mounted on the ends of hollow spindles or sleeves; and
upon the other ends of the same are mounted or fixed the type discs, having at their

page_text: peripheries figures corresponding to those on the indicating drums, and rotating in
unison with them, so that the figures of the types presented for printed registration,
are similar figures (and blank spaces, naughts or zero marks) to those presented to
view at the indicating openings.
We carry out the printing method of registration by printing the various transactions
on a continuous ribbon, through the intervention of another ribbon of carbonized paper,
or other suitably prepared material, placed between it and the type disc.
The carbonized ribbon after leaving the type disc, and passing between the feed-
rollers is received and wound upon a reel, this reel being rotated by a helical or other
suitable spring, and fitted with suitable multiplying gear, to give the required number
of revolutions to the reel.
And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machine, with the case and portions of the
mechanism shown in section.
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Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine with the casing in section.
Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of a portion of the case and cover illustrating our
method of returning the lever handles to zero.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the catch k.
Fig. 4 is a diagrammatical plan, showing the various positions of the lever handles
and the catch for returning the same, also the form of slots in which the handles move.
Fig. 5 shows a portion of the drums (on a reduced scale) illustrating the arrange-
ment of figures on the same.
Fig. 6 is a side elevation (partly in section) of our warning or signalling apparatus,
for indicating when the ribbons are broken or exhausted.
Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the above warning apparatus.
Fig. 8 is an elevation (partly in section) of our brake apparatus for checking the
momentum of the parts. .
Fig. 9 is a face view of the registering dials and pawls.
Fig. 10 is an end or side view of the same.
a is the casing of the machine, the principal portion of which is cylindrical. a¹ is a
partially rotating cover. This cover is so arranged that when the operator is setting
the figures of the drums a² a³ a a³ to indicate the amount of a transaction to be
registered, the cover a¹ is over the figure openings a, on that side of the machine
which is presented to the view of the customer, and so hides from view those
openings and any figure or figures that would otherwise be there displayed.
•
After the operator has set the figures of the indicating drums a a³ a¹ a³ to the
amount he wishes to display, by means of the actuating lever handles b, attached to
those drums, he moves the cover a backwards towards himself by means of the
handles as until the figure openings a, on the customer's side, are.exposed to view ;
and the figure openings a', on the operator's side, covered. The cover a¹, when in
this latter position, that is, when fully drawn back, covers up at the same time all the
operating lever-handles or pulls b, in whatever position they may be placed, and so
prevents those lever handles, and consequently the exposed figures being, for the time,
moved or interfered with, in any way whatever, until the cover is moved forward
again. This cover is carried by the projecting ends of a spindle which passes
through the centre of the hollow spindles 62 63 64 6s, and which projecting ends of the
spindle stand beyond the sides of the casing a. Upon this spindle, carrying the
cover, is mounted or fixed a toothed sector or pinion c, which is in gear with, and gives
motion to, a rack-frame c', attached to a sliding bar c². This bar has upon it a suitably
shaped raised portion c³, which comes in contact with a roller c, attached to a
platen plunger, thereby raising the same, and the platen c¹ during a certain
part of its stroke."
The above mentioned roller c' of the platen plunger, is pivotted and arranged in
such a manner namely by being carried by links c, one of which has a projection c
which engages with a lever catch c³, pivotted to the before mentioned sliding bar c³.

page_text: Dat I can Hit the roller out of the way of its raised portion c, and thereby
prevents the raising of the platen c on the return stroke of the bar c³. There is also
a pressure roller beneath the sliding bar to relieve the strain on the bar when
printing. This sliding bar is arranged to impart in a similar manner, by the raised
portions on the same (through the intervention of a pawl acting on a ratchet wheel
attached to one of a pair of feed rollers, and through which the ribbons pass) the
necessary amount of movement to the ribbons, as well as to ring a bell or alarm,
which bell or alarm is sounded each time the machine is operated upon to give notice
of the same.
We will proceed more fully to describe these movemets. The raised portion or
race c¹ gives motion to the lever cl, and pawl cla, by means of the connecting rod c¹³
This connecting rod c¹³ is jointed to the lever and is guided in the fixed bearing c¹.
The lower end of the rod has a roller c15 on it, which runs on the race above mentioned,
and is kept against the same by the spring c¹. The ratchet wheel c is actuated by
the pawle, and is fixed to the spindle of one of the feed rollers d, and gives the
proper motion to the same. This ratchet wheel is provided with a retaining pawl 18.
The other feed roller is actuated through the motion of the first mentioned roller by
the toothed wheels d'. The pin e on the rack, frame c' coming in contact with the tail
end e of the bell hammer lever e² causes the bell e³ to be struck by the.hammer et
when the rack frame c¹ is moving in one direction (preferably at or near the end of
that stroke which takes place when the cover is being moved backwards) and to escape
being struck when moving in the contrary direction, by the action of the tail end e¹, of
the lever es, which is rule jointed, and fitted with a spring.
The apparatus is sometimes provided with a suitable locking arrangement, for the
purpose of fixing the working parts, so as to prevent the machine being unauthorita-
tively worked (which will be fully described further on). We also, in cases where we
register by printing, arrange so that when either of the lengths of ribbon has run out
or become broken, the machine becomes automatically locked, so that it cannot be
further worked; and this mechanism may also be made to sound a bell (or alarm) and
actuate a warning indicator. This locking apparatus consists of a frictional attachment
to the two reels on which the ribbons are wound, whereby, on either of them being
run out, or on breaking either of the ribbons, a spring is released, and thereby allowed
to act, so as to shoot a bolt into some part of the mechanism of the machine that has
motion, thus locking the machine and preventing its being further used while in that
state. We arrange the mechanism of the above locking apparatus in the following
manner :- -We attach a grooved pulley f to each of the supply ribbon reels f¹, so that
the two rotate together; namely, each reel and its accompanying grooved pulley.
A band or cord f2 is passed partly round the two grooved pulleys, having its ends f³
fixed or attached through the intervention of a spring to some convenient part of the
framing of the machine; while that portion of the cord lying between the grooved
pulleys fis kept taut by a third or intermediate pulley A, which presses down the cord,
so producing between it and those portions of the grooved pulleys with which it is in
contact, a certain amount of friction, but not more friction than the strength of either
of the ribbons will bear in their action of rotating the pulleys, when being unwound
from the same, by the motion of the feed rollers d of the printing mechanism before
described. The intermediate pulley is on one end of a bell crank lever f, the
other end of which lever forms, a pawl f', which is by means of the pull or drag of
the ribbons kept in gear with a ratchet wheel f°. This ratchet wheel is fixed on a
spindle 10, to which is also attached one end of a helical or other suitable spring f¹¹,
the other end of the spring being fastened to the frame 1 of the machine. When
the pawl is out of gear with the ratchet wheel f, which takes place when either of
the ribbons is run out, or accidentally broken (for then the spring f connected to the
bell-crank lever, can pull the pawl f7 out of gear) then the spring f" attached to
the spindle rotates the same, and, in so doing, by means of a screw f¹ on the other
end of the spindle 10 propels through the intervention of a bell-crank lever f¹³ a
bolt (provided with a telescopic spring end f15) forward into some suitable moving
portion of the mechanism, preferably when at its position of rest..

page_text: In the present case the bolt is shown arranged to shoot into a sector i, fixed on the
drum spindle b', when the cover arrives at the end of its backward stroke. The
construction of the above mentioned telescopic end fi is as follows:-The internal
spring is more powerful in its action than the internal spring 18, the former acts
between the telescopic end f¹ and the bolt f, and the external spring f 18 between a
fixed bearing and the collar 20 on the telescopic end 15. When the internal
spring is under compression, by the ascent of the bolt f14, it has sufficient power
to drive up the telescopic end 18 in opposition to the force exerted by the external
spring, until it shoots the same into the notch , or shoots it on to the periphery
of the sector where it remains until by the movement of the sector the notch i¹
in the same comes into position to receive the telescopic end 15. Also the
telescopic end is so arranged that the bolt 23 of an ordinary lock can by the
incline 24 upon it, coming against the incline on the collar f20, raise the latter
(when the bolt of the lock is shot) and so shoot the telescopic end into the notch ¹
in the manner before described. This latter arrangement is so constructed that
it can be modified to be used with the dial registration as well as with the ribbon
registration.
The alarm bell is actuated by the nose piece* on the nut f27 in a similar
manner to that in which the bell e³ is actuated.
Also, in lieu of the before mentioned locking gear, we sometimes arrange an arm or
tablet to each length of ribbon to be conspicuously displayed, to give notice when
either of the ribbons has nearly run out or broken. This arrangement is as follows:-
We fit upon one end of a rod 9 an indicator g¹ and on the other end of the same rod
(or on a lever g in contact with the rod) a projection or arm g² sometimes fitted with
a roller which rests. against some portion of the ribbon in tension, namely, some
part of the ribbon between the reel and the feed rollers d. The rod gis
also fitted with a spiral or other form of spring g³, which tends to project the
indicator g', but is prevented from so doing by reason of the projection or arm g² on
the rod y (or on the lever g) being caught or held back by the ribbon. When the
ribbon is exhausted from the reels or is broken, the projection or arm g² being then
freed, the rod shoots forward, and the warning indicator g¹ is thrust forward and
displayed.
In lieu of this signal arrangement a bell (or gong h) may be sounded, or a
combination of both as shown may be used.
We sometimes, when registering by printing (as before described) arrange the
movable cover so that on its return stroke it picks up all the operating handles, and
returns them to their zero position, in the same manner as when registering by dials
and pointers, and the form of the casing being in like manner modified, as hereinafter
described.
When we register by dials and pointers we effect this by attaching to each of the
drum spindles 263 a disc wheel m, carrying a pawl m²; this latter engages with
a ratchet wheel m², suitably divided according to the denomination of the type disc
with which it is connected. This ratchet wheel is in one with, or fixed to, a spur
wheel m³ both running loose on the spindle.
The spur wheel m³ is connected by wheel-work m³ to pointers n on a dial n', and is
provided with a retaining pawl m³. The wheel work is suitably ratioed, according to
the denomination with which it is connected..
As each transaction is indicated or shown it is at the same time recorded by the
hands. or pointers n (above described) shown upon one or more dials n¹ according
to the number of denominations. On the face of each dial n¹ a suitable stop o is
formed for the purpose of facilitating, the hands or pointers n being set or adjusted
The stop o allows the hands to travel over it when moving in the direction
of registering, but catches or stops the hands when turned back to zero.
Suitable brake or retaining apparatus is applied, when necessary to the spindles and
wheels to check recoil.
to zero.
This we preferably construct as follows:-On the part to be checked-say for
example a type wheel --we insert in the side of the same a pin v which on the wheel

page_text: approaching its position of rest, comes into contact with one arm v¹ of a belt crank-
lever which is pivotted to a carriage, attached to somo part of the framing of the
machine. This arm v has more or less spring in it, and the pin pressing against
the same, propels the brake surface of the other arm of the bell crank-lever
firmly against a portion of the surface of the type wheel.
1
We also in this pointer and dial arrangement of registration, arrange the cover on,
its forward movement to pick up automatically all the actuating handles, and carry
them to their respective zero, or blank-space positions. As this requires more movement
of the cover than when the lever handles are not returned to zero, we modify the
principal portion of the case to an entire cylinder, to allow for the increased motion
of the cover. The manner in which the before mentioned handles are in each case
automatically picked up is as follows:-We place beneath the cover a¹ in a suitable
position, out of the control of the operator, a spring catch k, which is so constructed
as to pass over its handle b, on the cover being moved backwards, towards the
operator; but to catch or carry the handle with it to its zero position on the forward
movement of the cover from the operator.
In this forward movement, when the handle arrives at its zero position, namely in
the position shown in Fig. 3 it is, as before explained, left there, and the cover a¹
continues to travel until the knob of the handle is exposed, so that it can be manipu-.
lated by the operator for the next transaction. This automatic return of the handles
of the drums to zero, by the movable cover a¹ is performed in the following manner:
(which it will be understood is the same in the case of all the four handles, and the
four catches.) The catch k in the cover has one side 'inclined, so that on coming
in contact with another inclined side of a slot in the knob of the drum handle, when
the latter is in the position, laterally with regard to the slot, as shewn at A, Fig. 4, it
pushes the latter laterally, until it is brought against the other or unnotched side of
the slot, as shewn at B, Fig. 4, in the case a; it then continues to caray the handle
Here the un-
forward until the handle reaches its zero position as shown at C.
notched side of the slot is recessed as shown at 13 so that the handle is, by means of
the incline of the catch, moved still further sideways until the catch has driven tho
handle laterally out of the path of the catch as shown at C so that the cover can pass
on leaving the handle at the zero position.
Sometimes we modify the mechanism of the movement before mentioned, in so far
that we raise, and so free the catch on the handle arriving at or near its zero position,
by means of a pin of suitable form, fixed in the case, which, coming in contact with a
projection on the arm of the spring catch raises the latter, and so allows the case to
pass on leaving the handle behind.
We place a screen a on the top of the machine clear of the sliding cover a¹ on the
customer's side of which instructions are given as to the method of utilizing the
machine. This screen acts as a stop to the forward movement of the cover.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is -
,
1. In combination with indicating and recording mechanism for the purposes
aforesaid, the application and use of drums or cylinders mounted on concentric shafts
or sleeves, carrying numbers upon their peripheral surfaces so arranged that the
amount is indicated in two lines, radially separated; such drums being partly covered
with a moveable case or cover, whereby only one set or sum of indicated figures is
exposed to view at one and the same time, substantially as herein before described
and illustrated by the drawings.
2. The combination with drums or cylinders mounted and indicating as aforesaid,
of the arrangements of mechanism for operating the same, substantially as herein
before described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. The combination with apparatus as aforesaid, of the printing and recording
mechanism, for registering, printing and recording the amounts by means of ribbons
B

page_text: coiled upon suitable spindles, substantially as herein before described and illustrated
by the drawings.
4. The combination with apparatus as aforesaid, of the mechanism for stopping the-
same on the running out or breakage of the ribbons or either, of them, substantially as,
herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
5. In combination with the apparatus last mentioned, the mechanism for indicating
by tablet signal on the running out or breakage of the ribbons or either of them
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the drawings..
6. In combination with apparatus as aforesaid, the application and use of tho,
aların bell and appliances, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by:
the drawings.
7. In combination with apparatus as aforesaid the application and use of dials and
pointers for indicating and recording totals substantially as herein before described;
and illustrated by the drawings.
8. The general arrangements, construction and combination of the several and
respective parts, constituting our invention of "Improvements in means and:
appliances for checking and recording the payment and receipt of money, and
analogous operations substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the.
drawings.
Dated 11th January 1889.
GEO. DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.s