An Improved Cash-register and Check-till.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1899-Accepted, 14th Oot., 1899
An Improved Cash-register and Check-till.
We, HUGO KOENIG, of Bachstrasse 4, Berlin, Germany, Merchant, and Sorius
HARTMANN, of Tempelhofer Ufer 18, Berlin, Germany, Technician, do hereby
declare the nature of our invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Our invention relates to a new and improved cash register, which is adapted to
register with exactness the amount of sales, to provide strips or tickets for the
amount of each sale to the purchaser and is simple and durable in construction.
It also embraces a certain modified form of construction as hereinafter described.
In the following specification similar letters refer throughout to similar parts.
In the drawings
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Fig. 1 shows the style of the paper strip used.
Fig. 2 is a rear view of the register with a part of the casing broken away
showing the strip in the machine.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view of Fig. 2.
Fig. 3 & 5 show rear and sectional views respectively of a modified form.
In the drawings it will be seen that within a suitable casing is a drum a upon
which is wound the registering paper strip 6 and which latter we will at a later
point more fully describe. Adjacent to said roller are two engaging rollers d
and c between which the said strip passes. The roller c is loosely mounted upon
an axle and carries (firmly secured) a ratchet w which latter is also loosely
mounted on the said axle. Fastened to the said axle f within the casing, are two
circular indicators or indicating plates h, h one adjacent to the front and one to
the rear of the casing, in which latter are two openings o, o through which
numbers etc., marked upon the said plates may be easily seen from both front and
rear of the register.
Secured to the rear plate h is a pawl adapted to engage ratchet w aforesaid
(see Fig. 4); while on the rear end of the said axle is a crank g. Adjacent to the
rollers d, c and in the path of the paper strip b as it advances are two small
friction rollers i, i which guide the strip forward with accuracy between knives k
and .
In the lower portion of the register is a money drawer having in the rear
section an angle slot t in which freely slides the lower end s of a plunging rod r,
which latter carries on its upper end the said knife . It will be clearly seen
that as the drawer is pulled out, the plunging rod r is driven upwardly, thus
bringing the knife blades together and easily cutting the paper strip there-
between.
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In the said drawer is a partition having a tooth m hinged thereto.
spring u bearing against said tooth keeps it in its normal upright position, where
it is adapted to use within the inner surface of the rear plate h and which latter

page_text: has an opening n therein adapted to register with the said tooth when the plate
stands at zero. It will be clearly understood that the drawer can be opened
irrespective of the position of the said plate but to close it properly the plate
must be so turned that the opening n registers with the said tooth.
The paper strip b employed is prepared with on one side or half A. a series of
numbers commencing at zero. Inasmuch as at each sale a correct length of strip
is cut off corresponding to the amount, the front end of the strip remaining
always shows at a glance the total amount of sales. The strip may be also prepared
with a series of lines as shown on the half B (Fig. 1) for indicating the fractional
amounts or the same may be omitted.
In the latter case the surface of roller c may be suitably engraved and move in
contact with an inking roll q (see Fig. 3 & 5), thereby printing upon the half B
of the strip the lines indicating fractional sales. It may also be desirable to
omit plates h, h and substitute other indicators as fingers f¹, f upon axle f, in
which case numbered plates p, p are secured to the register adjacent to the said
fingers.
The operation of the machine may be clearly understood from the foregoing
description when taken in connection with the following statement. Desiring
to register a sale the crank g (or finger f¹ corresponding thereto) is moved about
until the amount is indicated by plates h, h (or their equivalents) thus through
pawl and ratchet w revolving roller c thereby shoving forward the strip 6 between
the knives and printing if desired, simultaneously therewith, the fractional lines
as described. The drawer is then opened whereby the knives are operated and
a strip or ticket cut off indicating the amount. The axle f is then reversely
revolved bringing the plates or indicators to zero when the opening n allows the
tooth m to pass freely backward through which the drawer can be securely closed
and the knives opened.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:
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I. A new and improved cash register adapted to discharge a paper strip so
arranged as to indicate both the separate and total sales, said parts being com-
bined substantially as described.
II. In a new and improved cash register, the combination of a machine with
a paper strip and means within said machine adapted to so automatically discharge
and cut off said strip as to indicate both the separate and total sales, substantially
as described.
III./ In a new and improved cash register, the combination of a paper strip
adapted to indicate the separate and total sales and means for discharging from
said register and cutting off in desired lengths said strip, substantially as
described.
IV. A new and improved cash register having indicators, a paper strip and
means for automatically printing discharging and cutting off said strip so as
to register both separate and total sales, said parts being combined substantially
as described.
V. In a new and improved cash register, the combination of a drum, a paper
strip, rollers adapted to actuate said strip, means for actuating said rollers, knives,
and a cash drawer in connection with said knives, substantially as described.
VI. In a new and improved cash register the combination of a drum, a paper
strip thereupon, an axle, a roller loosely mounted thereupon, a ratchet in con-
nection with said roller, indicators upon said axle and in pawl connection with
said ratchet, a second roller above said first, a cash drawer, and knives working
in connection with said drawer, substantially as described.
VII. In a new and improved cash register, the combination of a drum, a
paper strip, indicators, rollers in connection with said indicators and adapted to
discharge said strip, a drawer provided with an angle slot, a plunger working

page_text: therein a knife on the end of said plunger and a second knife above said first,
substantially as described.
VIII. In a new and improved cash register, the combination of a drum, a
paper strip thereupon, an engraved roller, an inking roller in connection there-
with, and means for discharging and cutting off said strip as desired, substantially
as described.
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