Improvements in and relating to Check Tills.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1894--Accepted, 22nd Dec., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Check Tills.
I, RICHARD ZABEL of 10 Gartenstrasse Leipzig in the Empire of Germany,
Engineer 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 check tills in which a receptacle is provided which retains
a certain number of sums of money including and counting from that last inserted
in the coin slot in view though out of reach, and also provides for the movement of
a strip of paper in which the amounts of said sums are intended to be recorded by
hand; and the invention consists in the improvements in said till embodied in the
following description and indicated in the claims.
In the annexed drawings Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the improved till.
Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross section on line A. B. Fig. 1 looking
to the right and Fig. 4 a section on the same line looking to the left. Figs. 5 and 6
are detail views.
The case 1 is divided into an upper and a lower compartment by the horizontal
partition 2 and the upper compartment is again subdivided into two compartments
by the vertical partition 3. The two upper compartments are shown at C and D
respectively. The cover of the case contains a glass plate 4 through which the
cash receiving trays in the compartment C may be seen and also a glass plate 6
through which part of the strip of paper in which records have been made may be
seen in the compartment D. The cover is moreover provided with a slot and coin
chute 5 through which the cash takings may be allowed to fall into the cash
receiving tray beneath said slot; and alligned with the end of window 6 there is
also an orifice 7 in the cover through which written record may be made on that
part of the paper strip immediately beneath said orifice.
The plate 2 carries a vertical pin 9 on which revolves a sleeve forming the hub
of a crown wheel 10 by which said sleeve is revolved as hereinafter described.
The said sleeve carries also a series of radial arms 11 to which are respectively
hinged a series of cash receiving trays 12 so that the revolution of the sleeve brings
each of these trays successively under the coin chute 5. The trays are separate
from each other and adapted to fall down from their horizontal position when the
coins thereon are to be discharged; they are preferably segmental in shape as shown
in the drawing. These trays move above and rest upon a fixed segmental track 13
of such length that it supports all the trays except one, consequently as the series of
trays revolves each tray will arrive successively above the place between the two
ends of the track 13 and will tilt under its own weight and the weight of the coins
thereon and allow the latter to fall off the tray. Each tray having thus fallen and
discharged its load is at the next partial revolution of the series met by a down-
wardly bent end of the track 13 and rides upward thereon into its original horizontal
position ready to again pass under the coin chute 5.
In the compartment D a removable frame 14 is fitted carrying a bell 15 and a
lever or hammer 16 for striking the bell. On said frame are also journalled the
drums 17 and 18 of which the former 17 carries wound upon it the unused part of
the paper strip 19 and the latter 18 serves for the winding up of the said strip after
records are made thereon. The drum 18 is keyed upon a shaft on the squared end
of which a ratchet crown wheel 20 is fitted and there may be if necessary a suitable
pawl to prevent backward movement of said ratchet wheel.
Upon the partition wall 3 is pivoted a lever 21 of which the upper end projects
through a slot in the cover plate of the case and may be provided with a knob or

page_text: handle. This lever forms a dog to engage the ratchet wheel 20 when moved in the
direction of the arrow X Fig. 4 about its pivot 22. The lower end of the lever 21
is connected by the rod 24 to a lever 26 pivoted at 25 and operating in the same
manner as a dog to rotate the crown wheel 10 of the coin tray system. This wheel
may also have ratchet teeth and be provided if necessary with a pawl to prevent
backward movement. The spring 23 tends to return the hand lever 21 to its position
of rest.
In the lower compartment of the case is a cash drawer 8 which is held closed by
the nose 28 of a suitable spring. To this spring nose 28 a rod 27 is connected, the
other end of said rod being fastened to the lever 21. When the lever is held in its
rearward position against the power of spring 23 the nose 28 is lifted out of
engagement with the drawer 8 by the rod 27 and consequently the drawer can then
be opened for instance for the giving of change. When the lever 21 is released
and returns to its original place, the nose 28 falls and the drawer when pushed in
will be engaged thereby. The back of nose 28 is bevelled to enable the drawer to
lift the nose when the former is pushed in. On the drawer is a projection 29 which
when the drawer is opened moves the lever 16 against the pressure of the spring and
passing from under said lever causes the latter to be suddenly released so that its
spring propels it against the bell 15 and causes an audible signal to be given
whenever the drawer is opened.
The door 30 affords access to the paper strip and upon opening said door the
frame 14 with its parts may be removed for inspection or alteration of the strip.
If the frame 2 is a skeleton frame, the cash takings may fall into drawer 8; if the
frame 2 is a solid plate the cash takings will remain in compartment C distinct from
the money in the drawer 8 which may be for the purpose of giving change only.
This check till is operated as follows; The amount of the sum received is entered
on the strip at the orifice 7 and the coins are dropped into the chute 5 and fall into
the tray 12 under said chute; the lever 21 is then moved by hand and the strip 19
is moved carrying the entry from under the orifice 7 and exposing a fresh surface of
the paper strip there, while at the same time the money tray gives place to the next
in series below the chute 5. At this moment if desired the drawer 8 can be opened.
On releasing the lever 21 it resumes its original position and the drawer is again
locked.
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 ;-
1. A check till having a coin receiving tray consisting of a number of separately
movable tilting segmentally arranged divisions or parts adapted to be moved in a
circular course beneath a coin chute, with means for supporting said parts during
a part of their course, and a paper strip operating mechanism adapted to be moved
in conjunction with said coin receiving tray for the preserving of written records of
the amounts severally passed to said tray substantially as and for the purpose
described.
2. In a check till, the combination of a plurality of segments hinged severally
to a rotary body and adapted to fall from a horizontal position when unsupported,
with a segmental track adapted to lift said segments severally into the horizontal
plane and support them during a desired part of a complete revolution substantially
as and for the purpose described.
3. In a check till having a rotary coin tray, a movable paper strip, and a cas!!
drawer, the herein described mechanism for operating the said tray and strip and
locking and unlocking the cash drawer.
DL: Del 1
1004
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.