Improvements in Advertising upon Cash Registers.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1893-Accepted; 14th Oct., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Advertising upon Cash Registers.
I, CHARLES LENI of 377 Strand, London, 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:―
The object of my invention is to combine with cash registers advertisement
tablets or plates, and my invention relates more particularly to that class of registers
in which there are provided a series of key levers each of which levers bears a
figure to represent a certain amount in pounds, shillings and pence, and in which
the depression of one of said levers causes a ticket or tablet bearing a similar
amount to be elevated in view of the customer thus allowing the registration of
the amount by the till being seen by the customer and preventing fraud on the
part of the attendant.
My invention consists in affixing to and supporting upon each of the vertically
movable rods carrying said money tablets, a second tablet or plate which has
painted or otherwise displayed thereon advertising matter the advertising tablets
being arranged so as to rise simultaneously with the appearance of the tablet
showing the amount registered and fall out of sight when the said money
tablet disappears.
The way in which I carry my invention into effect consists in supporting the
advertisement tablet or plate upon the rod before mentioned, and carrying the
money tablet showing the amount of the purchase upon a vertical arm or wire in
rear of said advertising tablet or plate.
Referring to the drawings which form a part of this Specification-
Figure 1, is a side elevation of a portion of a till showing my invention applied
thereto.
Figure 2, is a front elevation of the same.
Figure 3, is a plan showing the arrangement of the advertising and money
tablets, and
Figure 4, is a rear perspective view showing the method of attaching the
advertisement tablets to the rods.
Like letters indicate similar parts of the machine throughout the several
figures.
A represents the vertical rods carrying or operating the money tablet C, the
said rods being of any suitable section, but I prefer to form them out of flat
metallic rod as shown, the lower portion being placed or bent at right angles to
the upper. This arrangement while preserving the alignment of the lower portions
allows the upper portions of the said rods to be arranged as shown in the plan
from which it will be seen that the upper parts of the said rods are set back one
from the other and are so placed as to give a considerable lateral distance between
their centres and thus a much larger space is provided for the advertisement
tablets or plates B than would be the case if the rods were in alignment. An
increased advertising surface is obtained by this arrangement of the advertisement
tablets or plates.
The said advertising tablets or plates B are preferably supported upon the
said rods A in the manner shown in Figure 4 in which 6 is a socket affixed to the
rear face of the said tablet, and 6 shows the upper end of the rod A which is
slightly reduced to fit into the said socket. By this method the whole of the
advertising tablets may be made interchangeable and thus a tablet which is rarely
seen by reason of its being elevated by a lever seldom used, may be transposed
on to another rod which is more frequently operated, it being possible by thus

page_text: changing the tablets at intervals, to effectively display the whole of the
advertisements.
The money tablet C upon each of the said rods A is carried upon a wire or
rod c which is preferably attached to the said rods upon the rear side of the
latter, as shown and the said money tablets may be rigidly or removably attached
to the said rod c at the will of the constructor.
Screens e of opaque glass or other material, are arranged respectively in front
of the money tablets C and advertising tablets B, the said screens being for the
purpose of concealing the money and advertising tablets respectively, when in
their depressed positions and only allow them to be seen when elevated.
Although I prefer to place the advertisement tablets upon the rods and have the
money tablets in rear of them as before described. I desire it to be understood
that I do not wish to confine myself to this arrangement as the money tablets
may be placed in front and the advertisement tablets in rear of said money tablets
if preferred.
The operation of the machine will be readily understood by those acquainted with
the machines to which it is adapted to be applied, the method of operating being
clearly shown in Figure 1. The key lever F being depressed at its forward end, raises
the rod A which is supported upon or is raised by the rear end of said lever, the
said rod being retained in its raised position by means of a hinge or weighted
bar G which acting as a pawl engages a notch in the rod A and thereby supports
the latter. The bar G is disengaged from the notch has another key lever is
depressed, the inclined face i on said rod forcing the bar G out of the notch h
thereby allowing the rod A to fall.
My invention may be readily adapted to any cash register of the class indicated
without any great modification of the parts, and I do not wish to confine my
invention to any particular machine.
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 register having a series of money tablets showing in succession the
amounts registered, the combination with said tablets of a series of advertising
tablets adapted to be elevated simultaneously with said money tablets, the whole
arranged and operating substantially as shown and illustrated.
Dated this 12th day of September 1893.
HORN & SON,
Agents.