IMPROVEMENTS IN TILLS
Year: 1885

page_text: I THOMAS ALEXANDER DAVIES of 153 St George Street, London Docks in the
County of Middlesex Licensed Victualler do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TILLS" to be as follows:-
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This invention has for its object improvements in tills.
My improved till resembles the till known as Nixey's till in so far that a
receptacle for the money is provided which is divided by rotating partitions in a
series of compartments.
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The money is dropped through a hole in a glass cover into one of the compart-
ments and the rotating partitions carry it forward before the next coin is put in.
Thus the coins received remain for some time in view before they are finally
dropped into a general receiver.
According to my invention I combine with such an apparatus an automatic
propelment and a handle so contrived that at each movement of the handle the
rotating partitions are moved one step forward. A bell is also provided which is
rung by the same movement of the handle.
By these arrangements the opportunities for fraud are diminished as an observer
at a distance will know with certainty when the mechanism of the till- is moved
and whether the movement is a single step or two or more steps; facts which with
the present till can only be ascertained by very minute observation.
Dated this 90th day of Tu TOOK

page_text: Improvements in Tills.
I, THOMAS ALEXANDER DAVIES of 153 St George Street, London Docks in the
County of Middlesex, Licensed Victualler 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 has for its object improvements in tills.
My improved till resembles the till known as Nixey's till in so far that a
receptacle for the money is provided which is divided by rotating partitions into
a series of compartments.
'
The money is dropped through a hole in a glass cover into one of the compart-
ments and the rotating partitions carry it forward before the next coin is put in.
Thus the coins received remain for some time in view before they are finally
dropped into a general receiver.
.
.
According to my invention I combine with such an apparatus an automatic
propelment and a handle so contrived that at each movement of the handle the
rotating partitions are moved one step forward. A bell is also provided which is
rung by the same movement of the handle.
By these arrangements the opportunities for fraud are diminished as an observer
at a distance will know with certainty when the mechanism of the till is moved
and whether the movement is a single step or two or more steps, facts which with
the present till can only be ascertained by very minute observation.
In order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a plan, Figure 2 an underside view and Figure 3 is an elevation
partly in section of a till constructed in accordance with my invention.
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a is a base plate to be fixed to a table or counter, it has an aperture at a¹ for
the money to drop through into a drawer or receptacle below. b is a cylindrical
case formed or fixed upon the base plate. is a glass enclosing this case at the
top; it has in it a slit c for inserting the money as it is received. d is a frame
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with radial arms mounted upon and capable of rotating about the stud e.
these parts are substantially similar to the parts of a Nixey till. The stud e screws
into a bracket f secured to the under side of the base plate. Between the under
is
side of the base plate and the bracket is a ratchet & fixed upon the frame d. g
a washer of india rubber to ensure that the arms of the frame & shall work in
contact with the ribs a on the base plate. h is a draw rod capable of sliding to
and fro on the underside of the base plate, it has slotted holes h¹, h¹, in it through
which studs a a² project. a³ a³ are nuts on the studs holding the draw rod h in
contact with the base plate. h is a knob or handle at the outer end of the rod h.
h is a pin projecting from the draw rod and a spring i presses against it and
causes the draw rod to return after it has been drawn outwards by the handle.

page_text: is a propelling pawl carried by the draw rod, a spring holds it up to the teeth
of the ratchet. By this arrangement the ratchet is turned the space of one tooth
each time the handle is drawn out.
Z is a retaining pawl and
base plate.
is its spring; these parts are both carried upon the
The retaining pawl serves two purposes, it drops in between the teeth of the
ratchet as they are moved round in succession and prevents any return movement
and it also serves to sound a bell each time a step forward has been made.
m is the bell and is a hammer on a spring arm fixed upon the tail of the
pawl and as the retaining pawl drops in this hammer strikes upon the bell.
n is a pin passing up through the bed plate a and coming against the radial
partitions of the frame d to stop the frame truly at the end of each step.
The pin n is carried upon the lever n¹ which turns on a centre at n³. When
draw bar is pulled out the incline on it comes against the tail of the lever n¹
and causes the pin n to project into the path of the radial arms.
As in the ordinary Nixey till the money dropped in at the slit c¹ is carried
round step by step remaining in view all the time but inaccessible until it falls
through the aperture a¹ but with my till there is the additional security that an
observer at a distance can always know when the till is moved and whether the
movement be one step or more.
It will be observed that the base a, is grooved and that the arms of the rotating
frame d are serrated or formed with projections entering the grooves in the base
80 that it is impossible for a coin however thin to enter and jam between the two.
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. A till provided with a rotating frame propelling the money placed in the till
forward within a casing until it falls through an aperture into a receptacle, also
with a handle and mechanism moving the said frame step by step and simultaneously
causes a bell to be rung substantially as described.
2. My improved till substantially as herein described and represented by the
annexed drawings.