Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Mar, 1889
I, CHARLES HENRY BAINES of Knowle House, Knowle Road,. Brixton, in the
County of Surrey, Optician do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
The objects of my invention are to provide improved means and as hereafter
described whereby a register or record is provided or obtained for orders and
money received during a fixed period, say a day, as well as a check for the
money received while at the same time provision is made for giving the customer
change all in one and the same apparatus, thus when a customer pays money
and requires change the amount paid and the order given are recorded on
a register over which the attendant has no command, but after placing the amount
paid in the till he can give from the till itself the required change.
Outside a suitable box, case or till I provide a slope or writing platform onto which
The paper is
paper is led from a roller inside and under the lid of the said case.
held in position by a metal frame but which can rise sufficiently to allow the paper
when drawn along to pass. The order or amount of money received is written by
the attendant on the end strip of the paper within the frame and the written matter is
recorded by means of transfer paper to another roll of paper within the case; this
done the paper is pulled along, torn off and given to the customer. Money is paid
into the till through a hopper, beneath which there is a drum on a horizontal axis
divided into any required number of compartments or divisions, an intermittent
rotary motion being communicated to this drum through the operation produced by a
lever with handle outside the case the movement of which acts on mechanism whereby
the drum is revolved one division and the till is unlocked while at the same time the
operation of the same lever actuates a stamp for stamping with a date on the paper
and any other indication that may be required, the same lever motion also moving on
the paper. If the till is opened without money being placed in the hopper the paper
will not be stamped and the fact thus indicated. The money in the compartments of
the drum is conveyed, when each particular compartment there arrives, by a shoot to
.

page_text: the till itself. The hand lever operated from the outside while causing the drum to
revolve, stamps the date on order and actuates gearing whereby the paper on which
the amounts are written as well as the paper on which the several amounts are
recorded, are caused to travel in the required direction. By these means the amount of
money given by the customer to the attendant is recorded and when the amount paid
is inserted in the hopper the required change can be given by the attendant and not
before, without discovery; the customer having at the same time in his possession a
bill of the amount he has paid.
A bell and other fittings common to this class of apparatus are or may be applied
thereto.
C. H. BAINES.
By Brewer & Son,
33, Chancery Lane,
Patent Agents.

page_text: 1, CHARLES HENRY BAINES of Knowle House, Knowle Road, Brixton in the
County of Surrey, Optician, 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 objects of my invention are to provide improved means and as hereafter described
whereby a register or record is provided or obtained for orders and money received
during a fixed period, say a day, as well as a check for the money received while at
the same time provision is made for giving the customer change all in one and the
same apparatus. Thus when a customer pays money or requires change, the amount
of the bill, or the gross amount paid or both amounts, as well as the order given are
recorded on a register over which the attendant has no command, and before or after
placing the amount paid in the till he can give from the till itself the required
change.
Outside a suitable box, case, or till I provide a slope or writing platform on to
The
which paper is led from a roller inside and under the lid of the said case.
paper is held in position by a metal frame but which can rise sufficiently to
allow the paper when drawn along to pass. The order or amount of money
received is written by the attendant on the end strip of the paper within the
frame and the written matter is recorded by means of transfer paper to another roll
within the case.
paper
This done the paper is pulled along torn off and given
of
to the customer.
Where money is paid into the till through a hopper there is a drum on a horizontal
axis divided into any required number of compartiments or divisions an intermittent
rotary motion being communicated to this drum through the operation produced by a
handle outside the case the movement of which acts on mechanism whereby
the drum is revolved one division. The money in the compartments of the
drum is conveyed when each particular compartment there arrives by a shoot to the
till itself.
The handle while causing the drum to revolve actuates gearing whereby the paper
on which the several amounts are recorded are caused to travel in the required direction.
By these means the amount of money given by the customer to the attendant is
recorded and when the amount paid is inserted in the hopper the required
change can be given by the attendant and not before without discovery. The
customer having at the same time in his possession a bill of the amount he has
paid. A bell and other fittings common to this class of apparatus are or may be
applied thereto.
In order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Figure 1 is a vertical section and Figure 2 is a plan of a check till constructed
according to one modification of my invention wherein there is a till shown from
which money can be taken when required.

page_text: figure is a sectional view of a Sumar apparatus where a un proper is DOL SHOWI
and where in fact the till may in some cases be dispensed with.
Figure 4 is a plan of the slope or writing platform on the outside of the apparatus
with the paper removed therefrom.
Figure 5 is a vertical cross section through the line x-y of Figure 3 of the same
slope or writing platform.
Figure 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the mechanism for actuating the
metal frame which holds the paper in position and
Figure 7 is a perspective view of the apparatus such as is shown in vertical section
at Figure 3.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in all the Figures.
A is the box, case, or till; B the frame of the slope or writing platform for enclosing
the slope G that carries the paper. D is the druin which carries the writing paper D₁;
this paper D is carried up and passes over the edge of the plate C best seen at
Figure this paper D₁ then travels over the slope C and its end is passed through a
slot in the metal paper-holding frame E; it is on this paper D₁ that the writing
which is to be recorded is written. Immediately beneath this writing paper D₁ is
the transfer paper F, Figure 5, and this transfer paper passing through slots C¹ (³
is carried on rollers F F best seen at Figure 3 from which rollers it can be rolled or
unrolled as required. G is the drum for carrying the paper G on which the register
or record is to be made. This paper G passes up through the slot (Figure 4 in the
slope C, travels along same, beneath the transfer paper F and down through the
slot and thence to a drum, not shown, but mounted on the axis H carried by a
frame I where it is collected. On this axis H there is a ratchet wheel H' on one side
of the frame I and another ratchet wheel on the other side of the same frame to
prevent the axis H from being turned backwards.
At the back of the ratchet wheel H₁ there is loosely mounted a spur wheel J in
connection with the ratchet wheel in one direction by means of a pawl J. This spur
wheel J gears into a sliding rack K moving in guides on the frame I and provided at
its end with a handle L outside the case A as shown at Figure 3, or the handle may
be on the sliding money drawer of the till and the rack K secured to the said
drawer as shown at Figure I. On the rack there is a tappet arm L adjustable
thereon, as may be required according to the quantity or length of paper 1 to be
delivered at each stroke, the said tappet arm forming a stop and when pulled out by
the drawer L Figure 1 or sliding rack K. Figure 3 acting on the tail end of
the lever or tappet piece M. best seen at Figure 6 connected to the slide M jointed at
its upper end to lever M fulcrummed on fixed standards N N, the said levers M²
carrying at their ends the slotted metal paper holding frame E. P is the drum receiving
money from hopper Pl. The drum is divided into compartments indicated by the
dotted lines therein and is partially surrounded by a casing P terminating in a shoot P³
leading down to the money drawer L.
This drum is mounted on an axis free to turn in the frame A and fixed to this axis
there is a ratchet wheel Q. There is also a retaining rachet and pawl on the other end
of the axis to prevent backward motion. The rachet Q is moved round, step by step,
by the pawl R, operated by sliding arm R, actuated by lever S rocking on fixed
fulcrum T worked by another lever U, also on a fixed fulcrum, and motion is given to
the upper arm of this lever U by stud V fixed into, and projecting from, the side of
the sliding money drawer L', or from the rack K, when no provision is made for money
to be passed into the money drawer or case.
The action is as follows:-
The bill or other writing to be recorded having been written on the paper D' and
transferred in the manner before described to the paper G¹ the money received may
be placed in the hopper. Then the action of pulling out the handle ↳ causes the
paper G¹ to which the writing has been transferred, to be wound on the drum on the
axis H until the rack K or drawer L', has been pulled out a sufficient distance to
bring the tappet arm L against the tappet piece M whereby the slide M¹ will be
pulled down and the paper holding frame È will be raised into the position shown at

page_text: Figure 3 by the dotted lines. (In Figure 1 the drawer is shown partly drawn
out in order to illustrate the position the levers US would assume under the
action of the spring S¹.) The length of the paper D on which the writing is,
can then be pulled out through the slot in the frame E and torn off by the
sharp edge of the frame. The action of pushing back the handle L allows the
frame to be brought down on the slope and in so doing allows just enough of the
paper to be projected through the slot of the said frame E to be taken hold of for
the next operation of drawing the paper out, at the same time the frame E descends
through the action of a spring M¹ Figure 6 and forces pins, on the slope, through
holes in the frame E, and through the paper, so that the paper cannot be again pulled
without tearing same until the frame is again raised.
When the money drawer L is employed, as in Figure 1, the closing of it
brings the pin Vin contact with the lever U and the levers into the indicated
dotted position thereby rotating the drum P in the direction of arrow, one division,
and allowing the money in one of the advanced divisions to drop into the money
drawer L'.
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 :-
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First. The combination and arrangement of mechanism composed of the drum
and its actuating parts together with the paper recording and shifting mechanism, all
substantially as described and illustrated especially with reference to Figures 1 and 2
of the accompanying drawings.
Second. In check tills the mechanism for shifting the paper (having thereon
recorded copy) consisting of handle L rack K ratchet mechanisin J, J,
H, H tappet arm L² tappet piece M sliding piece M₁ lever M² and frame E
and parts connected therewith all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Third. The slope constructed and arranged as shown and described, through and
over which the papers D, F, G1, pass substantially as set forth.
Fourth. The slotted paper clip frame and parts connected therewith through
which the end of the paper D₁ passes, constructed and acting substantially as and for
the purposes set forth and especially with reference to Figure 6 of the accompanying
drawings.
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