Improvements in Cash Tills.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 10th Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cash Tills.
I, HERBERT PRICE LAVENDER of Burlington Chambers, Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
An apparatus for checking cash payments in shops. It combines in an ordinary
casing of wood or other suitable material a receptacle or receptacles for customers
to drop in the amount of purchase, and a travelling belt to convey the coin, to a
"till" or drawer.
In using my apparatus in a retail or other shop a customer drops the amount of
purchase into the preferably glazed receptacle where it may be inspected but not
handled by the assistant, it then falls through on to the travelling belt where it is
again exposed to view until it reaches the "till." The travelling belt is set in
motion and moved a convenient distance forward each time the said receptacle is
used, a covering to which may operate the movement of the said belt. I arrange
the said till with a partition in such a position and at such a distance from
the limit of the said belt's travel that smaller coins may fall on one side and
larger coins on the other.
To further facilitate the sorting of coins the whole apparatus may be arranged
in sets of any number with separate receptacles belts and tills for different coins
or classes of coin.
It will be understood that all the details requisite for carrying out this inven-
tion cannot be set forth in this Provisional Specification, these are reserved for
their proper place in the Complete Specification. Modifications in the parts
described may be made without departing from the spirit of this invention.
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W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cash Tills..
I, HERBERT PRICE LAVENDER, of Burlington Chambers, Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, 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, which relates to apparatus for checking cash payments in
shops, will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in
which,―
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Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus,
Fig. 2 a side elevation in section, and
Fig. 3 a plan upon line 3-3 of Fig. 2, with the external portion of the apparatus
..removed.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
A represents any suitable box or casing, preferably of wood, having a glass
top B and a till or drawer C secured in the case, and access to it prevented by
the lid or door D hinged at D' to the bottom of the box or casing A. An endless
band E carried by the two rollers F and G receives the coin and is kept stretched
by the roller H carried in the arms H¹ pivotted in the metal framing I, the tension

page_text: being supplied by the spring H2 connected to the other end of the lever H¹ and to
the framing I. This framing I is preferably so arranged as to carry the whole of
the working portions of the apparatus and may if desired, be made in a single
casting. The lid J which may bear the words "pay here" upon its outer face is
pivotted at J to a portion of the framing I which is made in the form of a pair of
arms or extensions which carry all the upper portions of the work above the box A
as well as the plate K. which bears the necessary information as to the manner of
using the apparatus or the like. The lid J has a preferably looped handle or
arm L with a projecting spur M adapted to engage with the bell-trip N' of the
bell N so that the opening or turning upon its pivot of the lid J will be audibly
notified. This lid when closed, as shown in full lines in Figure 2, prevents the
insertion of a coin but may be raised up to the position, shown in dotted lines in
Fig. 2, while in moving to this position it will have rung the bell N and by the
link jointed to the underside of the lid J and to the coin shoot P will have
moved the latter from its normal position in which it slants down towards the
endless band E, as shown in full lines in Figure 2, to the horizontal position as
indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The operation of this portion of the mechanism
is as follows,.
When the apparatus is not being used the lid J and coin-shoot P are, as
already explained, in the position shown in full lines in Figure 2, but upon the
attendant taking hold of the arm L which may be conveniently done by placing
the finger through the hole L' he raises the lid J and places the coin-shoot P
in a horizontal position, and upon the shelf thus formed the exact amount of the
purchase money is placed. The coin-shoot P may be divided into one or more
spaces by a plate or partition P¹ so as to separate the different kinds of coins.
When the lid J is allowed to drop which it will do by its own weight and that
of the coin-shoot P the latter returning to its slanting position deposits the coin's
on the endless band E which, at every operation of the lid J, causes the band to
travel in the direction of the arrow in Figure 2. This movement may be effected
by means of the link Q pivotted to the underside of the coin-shoot P and to the
end of an arm R pivotted upon the axle of the roller G, a weighted pawl S being
pivotted upon the arm R and engaging with the teeth of the ratchet wheel T
secured upon the end of the roller G or its axle. The balance weight S¹ of the
pawl $ causes the tooth of the pawl to engage with the teeth of the ratchet wheel T
while allowing it to slip over them on the return movement. By this means every
movement of the lid J causes the endless band E to travel its appointed distance
thus carrying the coin which was last deposited upon the band by the coin shoot P
underneath the glass B so that while in full view of the attendant he cannot touch
it. Another plate of glass U suitably carried in the framing I enables him also to
see what money is deposited upon the coin shoot P when in its horizontal position
without being able to touch it. This glass U is, as shown in Figure 2, carried
down considerably below the level of the other glass plate B so as to prevent the
possibility of tampering with the coin, which can be seen and handled by the
customer when he places it upon P, but cannot be touched even by him- after
the lid J has once been closed. Indeed the glass plate U may be carried down so
low that the moment the coin has slipped off the inclined surface of P on to
the band E which would carry the coin forward the moment the lid J was raised
again, it is entirely out of the reach of either the customer or the attendant.
When the coin has travelled upon the band E to the roller F it is tilted over
into the drawer or till C as shown in Figure 2, and if desired a division or
equivalent C may be carried across the drawer so as further to divide the money
into coins of different sizes. This may be decided by placing the upper edge of
the division C (which edge may be conveniently very thin) at the proper
distance from the periphery of the roller F so that while a large coin would over-
balance itself and fall forward into the division of the drawer farthest from the
roller F a smaller coin would fall into the other compartment of the drawer, slipping
between the division C¹ and the roller F.
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
1. In an apparatus such as described the combination with an inaccessible endless
band such as E moved forward at each operation of the lid which closes the coin
entrance of a lid such as J and coin-shoot such as P substantially as and for the
purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. In an apparatus such as described the combination with an endless band such
as E of two glass plates such as B and U lid and coin-shoot such as J and P and
ratchet and pawl mechanism for travelling the band E operated by or with J and P
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In an apparatus such as described the combination with a lid such as J
to close the coin entrance of a coin-shoot such as P so arranged as to move
with J substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
4. In an apparatus such as described the combination with a lid such as J
coin-shoot P and ratchet and pawl mechanism such as R S T of links such as O
and substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
5. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete cash-
till substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of October 1892
H. PRICE LAVENDER.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.
H. PRICE LAVENDER.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.