Improvements in Means and Appliances for Checking Cash Payments.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 6th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 14th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means and Appliances for Checking Cash
Payments.
I, JOHN JOFEH, of 2 Willow Street, Chingford, in the County of Essex,
Draughtsman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in means and appliances for
checking cash payments.
My invention consists of an enclosed apparatus, with or without the addition of
a clock to record the time. When used in combination with a clock, a wheel
moved thereby has its periphery fitted with printing type. Under this wheel is a
table pivoted to levers, and capable of rising to the type wheel, and also to
a rectangular opening in the case.
The top of the case is fitted with a hinged flap, which is capable of rising and
falling to a limited extent.
Within the case I fit feed and other rollers, and a suitable quantity of paper;
also an inking pad and a bell and other accessories usually fitted in registering and
recording appliances; also a counter visible from the outside, indicating the
number of cash transactions; all so arranged that when the operator rests an arm
upon the hinged flap of the case to record the amount of cash taken, the hinged
flap descends, thereby causing the striking of the bell, and lifting of a pivoted
table with paper lying thereon to a suitable opening in the case near the flap, upon
which paper the operator writes the amount of cash. The same operation of the
hinged flap raises another portion of the paper to the type wheel (when used in
combination) whereby it receives a printed impression, showing the time when the
transaction took place. When the flap rises, and the pivoted table falls back, the
roll or other paper is carried forward, and the apparatus is then ready for repeating
the operation, on the receipt of a further amount of cash.
A drawer is fitted to the case, in which the cash may be deposited. This drawer
is self-locking, and is only released when the hinged flap is depressed for recording
a cash payment.
My invention may be combined with a time checking appliance.
I sometimes fit mirrors and lenses so as to shew the customer the amount written
by the operator.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means and Appliances for Checking Cash
Payments.
I, JOHN JOFEH, of 2 Willow Street, Chingford, in the County of Essex,
Draughtsman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
My invention relates to certain mechanism described in my former Specification
dated 16th February 1893, No. 3476; and its object is to apply and adapt such
mechanism to the checking of cash payments.
The invention consists of an enclosed apparatus, with or without the addition of
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page_text: a clock to record the time. When used in combination with a clock, a wheel
moved thereby has its periphery fitted with printing type. Under this wheel is a
table pivoted to levers, and capable of rising to the type wheel, and also to a
rectangular opening in the case.
The top of the case is fitted with a hinged flap, which is capable of rising and
falling to a limited extent.
Within the case I fit feed and other rollers, and a suitable quantity of paper;
also an inking pad and a bell and other accessories usually fitted in registering and
recording appliances; also a counter visible from the outside, indicating the
number of cash transactions; all so arranged that when an operator rests an arm
upon the hinged flap of the case to record the amount of cash taken, the hinged
flap descends, thereby causing the striking of the bell and lifting of a pivoted
table, with paper lying thereon, to a suitable opening in the case, upon which paper
the operator writes the amount of cash. The same operation of the hinged flap
raises another portion of the paper to the type wheel (when used in combination)
whereby it receives a printed impression, showing the time when the transaction
took place. When the flap rises, and the pivoted table falls back, the roll or other
paper is carried forward, and the apparatus is then ready for repeating the
operation, on the receipt of a further amount of cash.
A drawer is fitted to the case, in which the cash may be deposited. This drawer
is self-locking, and is only released when the hinged flap is depressed.
My invention may be combined with a time checking appliance.
I sometimes fit mirrors and lenses so as to show the customer the amount written
by the operator.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascer-
tained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar
figures of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section on
the line 6-7 of Fig. 1, (except that the wheels 14 and 44 are on a line taken
through the clock case).
10 is the case in which the apparatus is enclosed. 11 is a movable arm-rest or
flap, pivoted at 12. 13 is the clock which drives the type wheel 14, and also
indicates the time. The periphery of the type-wheel 14 is fitted with printing
type representing the 12 hours of the day, with the usual divisions for each hour.
15 is the inking pad pivoted to levers 16. 17 is a rectangular opening in the case,
up to the underside of which the paper band 18 is raised, intermittently, by the action
of the adjustable table 19. The lower part of the type wheel 14 passes through a
suitable opening in the case. 24 is a fixed type which prints an arrow head
pointing to the time when the cash was registered.
25 is one of a pair of brackets fixed to the underside of the arm-rest 11, and
vibrating therewith upon the centre 12. These brackets carry the table 19 and the
paper rolls 26 and 27.
A connecting rod 28 is pivoted to the bracket 25 and also
to a lever 29, fast on the spindle 30, which actuates the lever 16, and inking pad 15.
The inking pad 15 is held up by a spring 31, a pin being inserted in the end of the
lever 16, passing through a slot in the boss of the inking pad arm to limit the
action of the spring when the case is opened. 35 is a roll of plain paper fitted
under the arm rest 11. The paper 18 is carried from the roll 35 to the table 19.
From thence it passes (after being raised to the opening 17 and written upon and
printed) to the roller 27. This roller 27 is fitted with a ratchet wheel 36 and
pawl 37, whereby the paper is carried a certain distance to suit the required travel.
From the roller 27 the paper is carried to and wound upon the spring mounted
roller 26, or the paper may pass between the rollers and fall upon the bottom of the
case. 38 is a bell which is struck by the hammer appliance 39 every time the
arm-rest 11 is depressed. An ordinary counting apparatus may be fitted at
the opening 40, for indicating the total number of cash transactions.
When the arm of the operator rests upon the hinged flap 11, the latter descends;
this action causes the hammer 39 to strike the bell 38. At the same time the

page_text: bracket 25, by means of the connecting rod 28, and levers 29 and 16, carries the
inking pad 15 across the type 24 and type wheel 14. The table 19 then lifts.
the paper 18 up to the opening 17; a portion of the same paper being at the same
time pressed against the type, whereby the time is printed thereon.
The operator
then writes the amount of cash upon that part of the paper exposed to the
opening 17, and retires. The arm-rest 11 immediately rises, and the paper 18,
with the amount and time thereon, is carried towards the roller 27, by the action
of the pawl 37 and ratchet wheel 36. The apparatus is then ready for a repetition
of the process.
The action of the lever 16 may be varied, as described in 3476°³.
A cover may be fitted to the opening 17 for preventing the entrance of dust.
This cover may be made to open by hand or automatically by a suitable
connection with the mechanism.
As the type wheel is held stationary by the upward pressure of the paper, while
the operator is recording the amount, a wheel 44 is fitted, the latter being
constantly driven by the clock. The wheel 44 drives the wheel 14 by an
elastic connection of any suitable kind. 45 is one of a pair of guard wires to
prevent the contact of the paper with the ink pad.
46 is a cash drawer fitted in the case. 47 is a spring, pressing the drawer
forwards. 48 is a gap or recess in the side of the drawer to receive a tooth at
the end of the lever 49, pivoted at 50. 51 is a coiled spring pressing that end
of the lever upwards. When the flap 11 is depressed, its contact with the
lever 49 releases the drawer, which is then pressed open by the spring 47, for
the purpose of inserting the cash. The drawer is afterwards closed by hand,
and is self-locking. Other obvious means may be applied for securing the locking
of the drawer.
The clock may be wound automatically by means of well-known appliances in
connection with the arm-rest or flap.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In means and appliances for checking cash payments, the method of operating
the mechanism by means of an arm-rest 11, capable of rising and falling to a
limited extent, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the
drawings.
2. In means and appliances for checking cash payments, the mechanism of which
is operated by the motions of the arm-rest, the combination therewith of brackets 25,
rod 28, levers 29 and 16, opening 17, and inking pad 15, severally operating
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. In means and appliances as aforesaid, the combination with brackets 25, of
the adjustable table 19, paper 18, rotating printing type wheel 14, actuated by
clockwork, and fixed type 24, severally operating substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by the drawings."
4. In means and appliances as aforesaid, the combination of the rollers 35,
27 and 26, ratchet wheel 36 and pawl 37, severally operating substantially as herein
before described and illustrated by the drawings.
5. The adaptation of the means and appliances described and claimed in and by
my said former Specification No. 3476, and the application thereof to the purpose
of checking cash payments, substantially as herein before described.
6. The improvements in means and appliances for checking cash payments,
substantially as herein before described.
Dated 8th March 1804.
GEO. DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.