Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1897-Accepted, 28th Aug., 1897
We, WALTER THOMSON and THE NORTHERN INVENTIONS LIMITED. both of
89 City Road, Newcastle on Tyne, in the County of Northumberland, Manufac-
turers of Specialities, 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 an improved cash registering apparatus or till or
combination of two such apparatus with a till. As a whole it consists of a framing
of suitable form divided into two compartments, the mechanism in one compart-
ment being independent of that in the other. In one compartment the halfpence
and pence are registered, totalled to shillings & pounds; in the other compart-
ment the shillings are registered totalled to pounds. In each case the mechanism
consists of certain levers or keys, pawls, springs, wheels, a cylinder and indicators
hereinafter aescribed. In the pence compartment there are eleven levers or keys
marked 1 to 11 and one lever marked ; in the shilling compartment there are
ten levers or keys marked 1 to 10; in each case the number of levers may be
varied, and also the amounts they signify. The levers lie in a horizontal position
and each is provided with a suitable projection for the finger of
the operator. Attached to each lever is a dog which works in the teeth
of a wheel immediately above the lever therefore the number of these wheels will
correspond to the number of levers, and all the wheels in one compartment are
preferably carried on one spindle. In the pence compartment each of these wheels
has 12 teeth but in the shilling compartment each has 20 teeth. Each depression
of a lever will turn the corresponding wheel round to the extent of one tooth only.
In one piece with or fixed to each of these wheels so that it turns with it is a
transferring wheel provided with teeth which gear with a cylinder the axis of which
is parallel with the axis of said wheels. This cylinder has twenty teeth each
running from end to end or a distance sufficient to be engaged by all the trans-
ferring wheels of that compartment. In the shilling compartment the number
of teeth on the cylinder may be more or less than twenty though we prefer twenty.
One end of the pence compartment cylinder has one tooth which gears into another
toothed wheel above. This last wheel registers pounds, the cylinder registers
shillings. Suitable pawls are provided for checking the wheels and cylinders so
that in no case can any wheel or cylinder move through a space greater than one
tooth for one depression of a finger lever. As the first wheel on which the finger
pawl acts has 12 teeth, it is evident that if single pennies are being paid into the
till the wheel will have to be moved through 12 teeth or one revolution before it
is necessary to register on the longer cylinder, therefore the transferring wheel will
only require one tooth. If sixpences are being paid then the transferring wheel
corresponding to the sixpence lever must have six teeth so that six shillings will

page_text: be registered on the cylinder during one revolution of the first wheel, and the
same holds good for the other values each transferring wheel having a number of
teeth equivalent to the denomination of its respective lever. The number of teeth
on the transferring wheels in the shilling compartment is regulated in the same
manner. At one end of the pence compartment is a similar arrangement for
registering half pence. Each finger lever when depressed raises a rod to which is
attached a thin plate of suitable shape, and indicating on its face the same
number as the finger lever. In its normal position this indicator is not seen, but
when the finger lever is depressed the plate rises in a glass compartment of the
case & can be seen by the operator and others as in other machines for the same
purpose. The lever is kept depressed by a toothed quadrant in one piece with it
or firmly attached to it resting on a rocking plate. A drawer for holding cash is
placed beneath the regulating apparatus, and is opened by a catch being released
when the lever is depressed, a spring or springs actuating lazy tongs or similar
mechanism at the back of the drawer forcing it open immediately it is released.
The rocking plate is controlled by rocking levers on the sides of the drawers
lifting studs or pins fixed to the ends of the plate, such studs being provided in slots
in, the bracket plates carrying. the pivot pin in which the rocking plate moves.
A pawl and ratchet may be so arranged in or on the drawer that it can only travel
one way until its maximum of travel has been reached in either direction. After
the drawer has been. opened the levers &c. will not resume their normal position
until it has again been closed. Suitable springs or weights are provided for
keeping all dogs and pawls in position. Numbers are stamped or otherwise
marked on the registering wheels and cylinders so that the receipts of the till can
be easily read and totalled by an inspector. The whole is enclosed in a suitable
casing and cannot be tampered with by the operator.
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In order that this invention may be more readily understood and carried into
practice, four sheets of drawings are appended in which Fig. 1 is a plan with casing
removed. Fig. 2 a sectional elevation through the shilling compartment, Fig. 3
a sectional elevation through the pence compartment and Fig. 4 a plan of the
drawer with the upper part of the apparatus removed. The parts of the apparatus
are denoted by numbers as follows: 12 the frame, 13 dogs in shilling compartment
connected to finger levers 19 and engaging teeth of wheels 15 which have 20 teeth;
14 pawls in pence compartment engaging teeth of wheels 16 which have 12 teeth.
45 transferring wheels in pence compartment. 40 transferring wheels in shilling
compartment. 191 finger pieces on levers 19. 20¹ finger pieces on levers 20.
21 ever for registering half pence. 22 toothed cylinder, 23 a plain part thereof
on which numbers are stamped or otherwise marked and indicating pounds,
24 toothed cylinder with 20 teeth. 25 being the plain part thereof on which
numbers are stamped indicating shillings. On part 25 there is one rojecting
tooth which gears into toothed wheel 33 which registers pounds which are marked
on part 32 thereof. 26 shilling register wheel for half pence gearing through a
tooth on its plain part 27 with wheel 35 which registers pounds;
34 part of wheel 35 on which numbers are stamped. Suitable numbers
are also marked on the transferring wheels SO that the pence 01
shillings as the case may be, which have not been registered on cylinders 24 or 22
can be read off and added to the other totals by the inspector. 39, 40, 41, 42, 46'
are check pawls which may or may not be provided with rollers for resting
between the teeth of the wheels in which they gear. 87, 43, 17, 18, 44, 991 springs
for keeping pawls and dogs in place. 36, 37 are springs pawls for wheels 33, 35;
47, 38 distance pieces. 48, 49, 50, 50, 65, 90, 90¹ are stays for stiffening and
supporting, the frame. 63, 64 cheeks or supports for spindles 68, 69, 62, 66, 88,
92, 93, 94, 95, 96. The spindles 61, 61' are carried in frame 12, 30, 30¹, 67 are
guide plates for finger levers of which plates 67 is not shown on the plan view
Fig. 1. 28 are rods carrying indicators 28'; 29, 89 guide plates for rods 28.
53, 54" are, striking levers pivoted on spindles 61 and 61 and having rods 59, GO
and 57; 58 stretching across the shilling and pence compartments respectively the

page_text: ends of the rods being connected by arms-55.
56 pivoted on spindle 61 and 61¹.
71 is a locking striking lever pivoted at 73. 72 a striking 1 piece connected to
framing 12 by studs, 74, but provided with slots to allow it to rise and fall; or
the rods of levers 53, 71, may be made so that one strikes the others. 75 is a
link, 76 a catch lever pivoted at 77. When any key lever is depressed it lifts
rod 60 or 58, lifting lever 53, slide 72 and lever 71, thus depressing rod 75 and
rocking lever 76 to release the drawer 84. 78 is a spring for depressing lever 70.
79, 80 toothed quadrants on ievers 19, 20. 81 is the rocking plate pivoted at 82.
81' are end plates or ears of plate 81. 83 stud or pin fixed in 81. 84¹ trip lever
pivoted at 85 and fixed to side of drawer 84. 851 supporting pin for lever 84¹.
871 slot for pin 83 in plate bracket 95¹ which bracket also supports pivot 82;
96 and 97 members of lazy tongs. 99 rollers on ends of rods 97 pressing against
the back of the drawer 84. 931 is a pawl and 94¹ a ratchet for compelling full
stroke to the drawer in each direction, 100 springs for operating the lazy tongs
and 101 rollers for carrying the drawer 84.
The plate 81 acts as a pawl against the ratchet toothed segment 79, 80, of each
key lever, so as to prevent the rising of the lever after it has been depressed until
when drawer is pushed home, the trip lever 84' moving with the drawer rides
under and raises pin 83 thus lifting plate 81 out of engagement with segment 79
or 80. When the drawer is opened the lever 84' rides over the pin 83.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention.
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
In a cash registering machine or till:-
1. The constuction embodying an elongated toothed cylinder adapted to act as
totaliser to a group of transferring wheels each of which is adapted to separately.
operate the toothed cylinder.
2. The combination with an elongated toothed cylinder of a group of trans-
ferring wheels, cach wheel having means for revolving it intermittently through
equal predetermined spaces and having a number of transferring teeth equivalent
to the indicated figure which each movement of the said wheel is to register.
3. The combination with an elongated toothed cylinder of a group of trans-
ferring wheels, a ratchet wheel attached to each transferring wheel and a key
lever with a dog limited to move each ratchet wheel though a portion of a re-
volution equivalent to the proportion between a unit value of the keys and a
unit value of the totalising toothed cylinder, each transferring wheel having a
number of teeth equivalent to the indication on its respective key lever.
4. The combination of the keys 19, dogs 13 transferring wheels 46, ratchet
wheels 15 and cylinder 22 with check pawls substantially as set forth.
5. The combination of the keys 20 dogs 14 transferring wheels 45 ratchet
wheels 16 cylinder 24, single toothed part 25 thereof, ratchet wheel 33 and check
pawls substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
6. The combination of two separate groups consisting of levers 19, 20 ratchet
wheels 15, 16 transferring wheels 45, 46 toothed cylinders 22 and 24, single
toothed part 25 and ratchet wheel 33 with the check pawls substantially as and for
the purpose set forth.
7. The combination with one or more series of key levers having toothed
segments and a cash drawer, of a rocking plate adapted to engage the teeth of any
one or more of said toothed segments, means for causing the depression of any one
off said levers to release the cash drawer, and a trip dog on said drawer adapted on
the inthrust of the drawer to raise said rocking plate to temporarily release the
toothed segments and permit return of the respective key lever or key levers.
S. The combination with one or more series of key levers having toothed
segments 79, 80, of a rocking frame adapted to be lifted by depression of any one
of said key levers, parts 72, 71, 75 76 adapted to release the drawer 84, rocking
plate 81, trip dop 84¹ and pin 83 substantially as set forth.

page_text: 9. The construction of register till substantially as described and illustrated in
the annexed drawing.
Doted this 17th dow of Tu 1907
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, Agents to Applicants.