Improvements in Cash-recording Apparatus.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cash-recording Apparatus.
1, EMIL SCHRABETZ of 2 Deutschmeisterplatz, Vienna I in the Empire of Austria,
Civil 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 cash recording apparatus.
In the apparatus constructed according to the said invention the Figures representing
the sum received are caused to appear through an opening in the case after which the
apparatus is set in operation.
Upon a roller inside the apparatus is wound a strip of paper which is designed for
the registration and a second strip of paper wound upon another roller is designed for
the receipt, the arrangement being such that the apparatus will at the same time provide
both strips with figures denoting the sum deposited. The former strip remains in the
closed apparatus, whereas part of the latter leaves the apparatus, is torn off and serves
as a receipt.
The mechanism for effecting the registration of the sum paid and for moving the
above mentioned rollers is actuated either directly by a device which is accessible
from the outside such as a pressing, turning or pulling knob, a lever crank or the like,
or indirectly by combining the said mechanism with a device which is caused to move
during the cashing manipulation, preferably with the drawer for the reception of the
money.
One of the strips of paper which are unwound from the aforesaid rollers is conducted
over the other and by means of needles or knives the figures and other designations
are pricked or punctured simultaneously in both strips. Under these circumstances
the two strips can be moved either in the same or in opposite directions they are
preferably caused to cross each other.
In the accompanying drawings the invention is represented in its most developed
form.
Figure 1 is a side elevation.
Figure 2 a rear elevation.
Figure 3 an upper view of the improved cash-recording apparatus.
The greatest part of the apparatus enclosed in the case I and 2 is preferably arranged
below the surface of the table.
The type-cylinders 3 which are provided in the index case 2 and the number of
which is adapted to the requirements have at their periphery the groups of needles
forming so-called needle-types for pricking or puncturing the figures and also the
figures appearing through the index opening 5 and corresponding to the types at the
point where pricking or puncturing is performed.
The axes of these cylinders are hollow and arranged concentrically to each other.
Into the two inner axes is inserted a solid axis 6 which serves as a support.
The axes of the aforesaid cylinders are provided exteriorly with turning knobs 7
and 8 for causing the Figures corresponding to the sum cashed to be exhibited.
By this direct operation of every single type-cylinder I obviate the complicated
transmitting mechanism which would have to be employed in connection with these
cylinders, whilst the knobs or other operating devices arranged one behind the other
are in such a convenient position between the fingers that the exhibition of the Figures
can be effected without straining the eye.
In order to prevent any displacement of the cylinders, use is made of locking levers
or pawls 10 which are adapted to engage with the ratchet wheels 11 connected with
the said cylinders, and can be disengaged by means of pressures 9. The registering

page_text: strip is applied by the roller 12 and the receipt strip by the roller 13. They are
conducted between the plates of the table or support 14 provided with openings 15
and they cross each other.
When the above mentioned support or table is raised the needle types pass through
the openings therein and prick or puncture both strips simultaneously.
For marks or signs to be provided upon every receipt strip fixed pricking or
puncturing devices are employed such as the needle type 16. This type can be fixed
in the case 2 to an arm which is shown in Figure 2 in section but is not represented
in Figure 1.
In case the two strips of paper do not cover each other they must be of the same
breadth. Even if they are fed forward different distances and the numbers are
formed very close one below the other in the registering strip this is not possible as
regards th receipt strip because the portion of the latter between the point where the
pricking or puncturing is performed and the delivery opening of the case cannot he
directly utilized. Then the receipt strip which is broad in this case must be of
incomparably greater length so that the roller for the same requires a much greater
space.
As it is desirable to make the apparatus as small as possible the crossing of the
strips presents the great advantage of enabling the receipt strip to be very narrow.
Moreover, the point where the pricking or puncturing of the strips takes place is
nearer to the delivery opening 17, whilst the roller 13 can be arranged in the small
space directly below the support or table 14.
The mechanism for moving the strips can be operated directly but in order to
obviate the deleterious effects of any violent action upon the same it is expedient to
cause the movement by means of a weight (for which a spring can be substituted).
Only the weight is raised by external action and this weight on being released sots
the mechanism in operation, it is therefore necessary to actuate the mechanism for
each registration.
While tho said mechanism is actuated the strips are pricked or punctured by
causing the support or table 14 to move towards the needles types. For this purpose
the weight 18 which is either adapted to oscillate upon an axis or is guided in any
suitable manner strikes in its upward movement against the support or table and lifts
the same.
In the arrangement represented by way of example a tappet 20 is provided on the
guide 19 for the support or table 14, this tappet being seized by a projection 21
formed on the weight 18. After the completion of the upward movement the said
projection slides off the support or table passes to its original position and in the
descent of the weight the projection pushes the said tappet to one side.
The mechanism for the forward movement of the strips comprises a ratchet wheel 22
arranged upon the driving shaft, which wheel is not acted upon in the upward
movement of the weight 18 (or when the spring is put under tension) whilst it is
carried away in the descending movement of the weight by a pawl 23.
For transmitting movement from the driving shaft to the guide rollers for the
strips use can be made of any suitable means for the purpose.
In the arrangement represented the registering strip 24 is conducted over the
support or table round the guide rollers 25 and 26 to the guide roller 27. The latter
receives its motion through the toothed wheel 28, firmly connected with the ratchet
wheel, the toothed wheels 29, 30, 31 and the worm and worm-wheel 32, 33. The
receipt strip 34 is conducted by means of the wheels 28, 35 and rollers 36, 37 over
the support or table and through a slit 17 in the index case to the outside of the
latter.
The rollers 26, 27 and 36, 37 receive pressing devices adapted to be regulated as
shown. At a suitable point preferably by the side of the paper roller 12 is arranged a
flying wheel which is actuated by the axis of the wheel 29 through the medium of
the wheels 38, 39, 40 and 41.
Only the device for winding up the registering strip is peculiar to the above
described mechanism for guiding the strips. This strip is wound upon the roller 42

page_text: which bears freely upon the roller 27 and its axis is guided on both sides in
slots 43.
On both sides of the said roller at the point where the paper passes upon the same
are arranged springs 44 which extend only over a few turns of the strip and cause
the last two or three turns to be adjusted in their position relatively to part of the
strip which arrives upon the roller, thereby obviating irregular turns which would be
very troublesome.
A peculiar feature is also the device for stopping the movement of the mechanism
which by reason of the inertia of the masses continues to move after the weight has
ceased to act. In order to limit this movement and to unwind equal lengths of the
strips on the driving axis is arranged a second ratchet wheel 45 with which the
pawl 46 engages. This pawl is disengaged by a projection 47 on the weight 18 before
the latter passes to its highest position. In the descent of the weight the wheels 22
and 45 are however carried away earlier so that the pawl 46 will come within reach
of the next space on the circumference of the wheel 45.
The last part of the movement is effected by the inertia of the masses until the
pawl 46 stops the mechanism when only a slight concussion will take place.
In the accompanying drawing means are shown for setting the apparatus in action
by the table drawer.
The weight is provided with the arm 48 upon which acts the bell-crank lever 49.
This lever in its turn is actuated by a nose 50 which is located in a slit in the side 51
of the said drawer seizes the end of the bell crank lever 49 when the drawer is pulled
out in the direction of the arrow actuates the mechanism and then slides from the
lever.
Now in order to obviate untimely interference with the movement of the strip by
the closing of the drawer the lever 49 or other part (knob or the like) for actuating
the weighted lever 48 must not be in firm connection with the latter but must be free
to perform its return movement.
It is not difficult to substitute for the parts 48 and 49 any other suitable device and
to effect the operation directly in lieu of by means of the tablo drawer.
The registering or recording is not effected by perforation in the technical sense of
the term because this necessitates the cutting of small discs of paper from the strip
but by pricking or puncturing through the medium of fine pointed needles or short
knives whereby the power required for the operation is reduced whilst the edges of
the punctures will enable the figures and other signs produced to be more clearly
seen.
For this reason it is advisable to use the underside of the strips for the reading.
If the back of the strips is covered with a (black) paint the punctures draw up this
paint and immediately render the marks still more distinct which greatly facilitate the
addition of the columns of figures upon the registering strips.
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
In a cash recording apparatus characterized by the marking of the figures repre-
senting the amounts received upon strips of paper which are wound from rollers, one
strip remaining in the apparatus whilst the other is conveyed in parts to the outside.
First The employment of movable groups of needles and two strips crossing each
other or otherwise conducted one above the other upon a table provided with openings
which table on being moved towards the points or cutting edges of the needles or
knives simultaneously effects the marking of both strips by pricking or puncturing.
Second-The arrangement of the type and index cylinders upon axes extending one
through the other with the actuating knobs placed one behind the other for the purpose
of enabling the operation to be effected directly.
Third The winding roller bearing upon the guide roller for the registering strip
and guided in slots in combination with the guide springs placed on both sides for the
purpose of winding the said strip uniformly upon the same.

page_text: Fourth-The utilization of the inertia of the wheels for 'terminating the movement
of the mechanism and the limitation of this movement by the ratchet wheel and pawl
the latter being liberated by the weight so that it will engage with the ratchet
wheel again only after the commencement of the movement for the purpose of obtaining
a uniform feed of the strip.
Fifth-The loose combination of the actuating part or device with the weight (or
spring) and the ratchet gear upon the driving axis for the purpose of raising the said
weight in order to set tho mechanism in operation and the support or table in order
to effect the marking or registration.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.