Improved Apparatus for Indicating and Registering Cash Payments.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 19th Feb., 1898.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Indicating and Registering Cash
Payments.
I, HENRY POTTIN, of 62, Rue St. Lazare, Paris, in the Republic of France, 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:-
My invention relates to an apparatus for indicating and registering cash payments,
forming the subject of a former Patent No. 29971 of 1896, the object being to provide
a simple and improved apparatus at a low cost and more particularly adapted for use
in small establishments. This apparatus indicates to the customer the sum which he
has to pay, stamps the bill that the cashier afterwards delivers to the customer and
successively registers all the amounts paid upon a continuous paper band which is
automatically unwound inside the apparatus. In order to ascertain the days' receipts,
it is only necessary every evening to add up the numbers successively inscribed upon
the said band.
A shutter covers the aperture in the apparatus turned towards the customer when
the apparatus is not at work and there are only noughts behind the said shutter.
When a customer presents himself, the cashier takes from him the bill that has
been given him of the articles he has purchased, operates the push-knobs which
correspond to the pounds, shillings and pence, and, if required, also the special knob
for the halfpenny so as to mark upon the apparatus the amount of the bill; by this
same movement the noughts situated behind the shutter are replaced by figures
representing the amount to be paid. The cashier then places the bill in a slot
provided for this purpose in the apparatus and he presses the operating lever down to
its lowermost position and then releases it; the lever automatically returns to its
initial or upper position and at the same time the apparatus stamps the bill and
registers the amount received upon the continuous paper band whilst the shutter
uncovers the aperture turned towards the customer and shews him the amount which
has been registered by the apparatus.
The cashier withdraws the bill and presses down the operating lever a second time
to its lowermost position and then releases it; the lever automatically resumes its
upper position of rest at the same time that the shutter again covers the aperture
turned towards the customer, the noughts resume their places behind the shutter and
the push-knobs of the apparatus are automatically brought back to zero. Directly
the mechanism assumes its position of rest a bell is sounded which informs those
interested that the cashier has just received the amount of a bill.
For subsequent receipts, the operations are the same, the cashier twice pressing
down the operating lever for each amount received.
To enable my invention to be fully understood, I will describe how it can be
carried into effect by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure is a plan of apparatus for indicating and registering cash payments
constructed according to my invention:
Figure 2 is an elevation of the apparatus seen from the side turned towards the.
public the outer case being removed.

page_text: Figure 3 is a plan, the casing being cut away horizontally:
Figure 4 is an elevation of the apparatus seen. from the side turned towards the
cashier, the outer casing being renioved:
Figure 5 is an end view on the side of the operating lever, the casing being cut
away vertically:
Figure 6 is a view of the opposite end of the apparatus, the casing being similarly
removed:
Figures 7 and 8 represent front and side views respectively of the details of the
actuating mechanism:
Figures 9, 10 and 11 are views relating to the discs and numbered segments of the
apparatus :
Figures 12 and 13 are views illustrating the arrangement for locking the dises:
Figure 14 is a view illustrating the operation of the shutter:
Figure 15 is a view shewing the halfpenny mechanism :
Figure 16 is a detail view of the main shaft with its cams:
Figure 17 is a side elevation of the registering and stamping apparatus:
Figures 18 and 19 are two opposite end views of the registering apparatus :
Figure 20 is a section of the registering apparatus taken at right angles to the
paper rollers.
The case of the apparatus is in the form of a desk on the cashier's side and
is provided with guide slots b, b (Figure 1) in which can slide the push-knobs d, d
which are respectively. fixed to racks c, c arranged inside, beneath the inclined
part of the frame (Figures 2 and 5). Only the special push-knob d for the halfpennies
is arranged differently; it fixed at the end of a horizontal draw-rod c2 which
passes freely through the side of the apparatus and which is pushed inwards when
it is desired to register a halfpenny (Figures 1, 5 and 15).
The racks c gear with teeth e, e in discs f independent of one another and
all mounted loosely upon a common shaft A (Figures 2, 4, 5 and 10). To these
racks care fixed numbered strips c¹ in such a manner that their figures can
appear successively beneath the apertures 61 in the inclined part of the case between
the places occupied by the said racks c (Figures 1 and 2).
The toothed discs f respectively operate segments also mounted loosely upon
the shaft A. The segments are connected to the discs f by cranked bars f³
which pass through are shaped slots f* made in the discs f (Figures 9, 10, 11, 2
and 3). The segment f for the halfpenny is also fixed on a cranked bar which
passes through the slots or apertures made in the discs f, but this bar f³ instead of
being fixed by its other extremity to a disc f is jointed by means of a projection
thereon to the end of the draw-rod c² (Figure 15).
The bar of the halfpenny segment passes through all the discs f. The first
disc f on the left hand corresponds by its bar with the last segment f on the right
hand, not counting the halfpenny segment 2; the second disc on the left hand also
corresponds by means of a bar with the last segment but one on the right hand.and
so on; the fourth or last disc f, the boss of which is mounted loosely upon the shaft A,
is alone directly connected by the said boss with the first segment 2 (Figure 9). The
seginents and the discs are connected, as shewn, in inverse order, that is to
say, the
right hand disc with the left hand segment, the second disc with the last segment
but one, etc., in order that the numerical indications which the cashier requires to
make may appear in the same order beneath the aperture 62 (Figures 1 and 5) turned
towards the public and through the apertures 61 placed on the cashier's side
(Figure 1). Any rotation which may be communicated to one of the discs f, is exactly
imparted to the corresponding segment f2. Each segment f2 is firmly fixed to a
second segment fo placed in the same vertical plane and on the other side of the
shaft A (Figures 6 and 11). Each segment fb carries, on its periphery, pins arranged
in such a manner as to form figures in relief arranged in the same order as the figures
on the segments 2 so that the figure in relief which is presented in front of the
registering and stamping roller hereinafter described, shall be the same as that
which the corresponding segment f² presents opposite the aperture 6².

page_text: The first numbered strip c' commencing on the left hand side (Figure 2) is.
numbered from 0 to 9 and corresponds with the units of pounds sterling. The
second strip c¹ is numbered from 0 to 1 and corresponds with the tens of shillings;
the third is numbered from 0 to 9 and corresponds with the units of shillings.
The fourth strip c¹ numbered from 0 to 11 corresponds with the pence. The:
segments and f are numbered in the same manner as the strips c¹ ixed to the:
racks c which gear with the corresponding dises f. The two halfpenny
segments and which do not correspond with any disc f simply bear the
Figures 0 and 4.
Besides the teeth e, e into which the racks c gear, the discs f have on their-
peripheries another set of teeth el into which take stops for fixing the discs during:
-the-stamping and preventing the displacement of the push-knobs (Figures, 5, 10:
and 12).
A coil spring in a barrel G (Figures 7 and 8) serves to actuate all the mechanisin,
that is to say, to register the amount received, stamp the bill, operate the regulator:
and the bell and bring back the discs to zero.
The barrel spring is wound up at each descent of the operating lever and unwinds;
to the same extent during the automatic re-ascension of the said lever. It therefore.
maintains a constant tension whatever may be the number of operations performed
with the registering apparatus.
The operating lever g is fixed upon a horizontal shaft or spindle m rotating in two:
uprights n, n¹ on the frame. This shaft m is fixed to a radial arm m¹ placed within;
the case of the apparatus and serving to transmit the movement of the lever to the
actuating mechanism (Figures 5, 7 and 8).
On the shaft m is loosely mounted a sleeve o forming the boss of a large circular
toothed sector having internal teeth and which carries upon one of its sides a;
strong stud pl against which abuts the radial arm m¹ fixed to the operating lever.
The sector gears with two circular pinions (Figures 5, 7 and 8); the lower;
pinion being fixed on the rotating spindle G¹ of the barrel and the upper pinion
being loose upon the inain shaft B which carries the cams operating the various
mechanisms of the apparatus.
When the lever g is depressed, the sector p is moved by the action of the arm m¹.
upon the stud and the two pinions and 1 rotate round their respective shafts or.
arbors. The pinion 7, in turning, winds up the barrel spring, one of the ends of,
which is fixed to the shaft G¹ so that directly the lever g is released at any point of
its travel, the barrel spring in unwinding rotates the pinion in the opposite,
direction and brings back the sector and the lever g to their initial upper:
position.
So long as the lever g is not moved to the lowest point of its travel, the pinion r¹ will
continue to turn loose upon its shaft B both on the descent and ascent of the lever
and the main shaft will remain fixed as well as all the mechanisms of the apparatus ;-
but if the lever be moved to its lowermost position a cam p² carried by the sector p
on one of its faces, will act upon a stud s¹ on an oscillating lever 8 and lift the latter.
and meanwhile force a second stud 82 to quit a notch or recess in a disc a fixed on the
main. shaft B. At the same time a pawl 2 moved round by the pinion ¹ in its
rotation and which is constantly pressed by its spring against the periphery of the
cam or ratchet wheel having two teeth and keyed upon the main shaft B
(Figures 7 and 8) falls into a notch in the said cam. If then the operating lever be:
released, the sector p and the pinion turning in the opposite direction by reason of:
the unwinding of the barrel spring, the pawl in its rotary movement will carry,
round the cam and main shaft B. The relative diameters of the sector p and,
pinion are such, that, whilst the lever g is passing from its lowermost to its
uppermost position, the main shaft turns exactly half a revolution; directly this half.
revolution has taken place, the stud 82 of the lever s falls into the second notch'or:
recess in the disc a fixed on the main shaft, which notch is diametrically opposite to .
the first notch in which the stud 82 was located at the commencement of the operation.
The lever 8 is kept pressed against the periphery of the cam by its spring.³, but:

page_text: during the rotation and after the cam p² (Figure 5) has left it, a second stop-lever &*
keeps it raised by bringing its notch or shoulder beneath the third studs on the
levers (Figures 5, 7 and 8). For this purpose the stop-lever 84 turns upon the
pivot 87 and is subjected to the action of a spring ss; but a roller 89 carried by one
arm of the said lever rests when the operating lever g is in its uppermost position 5
upon the highest portion of a cam p³ carried by the sector p on its periphery which
keeps the shoulder or notch 85 of the lever 84 free of the studs. When the lever g is
depressed the cam p³ is clear of the roller s and as soon as the levers is raised by
the second can p² the notch s falls under the stud 86 and keeps the lever s raised and
the stud 2 out of contact with the disc; the operating lever then again rising 1
automatically, the sector p brings its cam p³ beneath the roller 89; the shoulder 85
leaves the stud 80 and the stud 82 falls into the notch in the disc a whereby the
rotation of the main shaft B, pinion and sector p is limited.
8
When the operating lever g is first lowered and released, it rises automatically to
its former position whilst the main shaft B performs half a revolution. The lever 1
is lowered a second time and released, it rises again automatically and the main shaft B
again makes half a revolution in the same direction as its first rotation, that is to
say, it comes back as well as all the parts which it actuates to its initial position or
position of rest.
The main shaft B has keyed thereon six cams which actuate the various 2
mechanisms of the apparatus (Figure 16). When after having lowered the lever g
the first time it is left to rise again automatically the consequent half rotation of the
main shaft produces three results: it fixes the toothed dises f, registers the amount
on the register band, stamps the bill and raises the shutter 12.
To fix the toothed discs f the cam H fixed upon the shaft B actuates the following 2
arrangement (Figures 12, 13, 3 and 4).
A fixed shaft h supported by the frame of the apparatus parallel with the shaft B
and extending through the whole length occupied by the discs f supports a plate h¹
bent at its two ends and adapted to turn upon the shaft (Figures 12 and 13). On
the plate h¹ are fixed flat springs which act upon studs on the bent levers 3
mounted loosely on the shaft h and independent of one another. The whole system
of plate and levers constantly tends to rock forwards towards the cashier's side, the
supporting shaft being at the rear but this movement is limited by a stop roller h³
on the plate bearing upon the cam H.
The flat springs h always tend to engage the rollers which are carried at the 3
ends of the levers h³ in the recesses or teeth e¹ of the discs f, but according to the
position of the cam H during the operation these rollers assume three different
positions with relation to the said recesses.
When the apparatus is at rest, the rollers ho are sufficiently engaged in the teeth et
to allow these rollers when a number is indicated on the apparatus by operating the 4
push-knobs to successively leave the teeth of the discs and properly mark the
successive units. At this moment the roller h³ of the plate rests on the part of
smallest radius of the cam H. When the main shaft B performs its first half revolu-
tion, the cam H presents its portion of largest radius to the roller h³ on the plate h¹:
the latter is thereby raised and approaches the horizontal arms of the levers h; the 4
tension of the springs h is increased and they firmly press the rollers h³ into the
teeth e¹. On the other hand the plate h¹ has, at this moment, such a position that
the levers h³ can no longer be sufficiently depressed to allow the rollers to leave
the teeth; therefore, when the lever reaches its uppermost position at the end
of the first movement, the discs are invariably fixed in position and this fixing has 5
commenced almost immediately after the lifting movement of the said lever.
As already explained, when the main shaft B performs its second half revolution
which corresponds to the second lifting movement of the lever g, the discs and the
racks are automatically brought back to zero. To render this movement easier and
avoid all useless friction, the rollers he then completely leave the teeth e¹ of the dises. 5
To this end, at the commencement of the second half revolution of the shaft B,
the cam H suddenly presents its smallest radius to the roller and the plate h¹ rocks
"

page_text: thereby liberating the levers h' which carry the rollers h. The two bent ends of the
plate are, besides, connected by a bar h° which passes above the horizontal arms of
the levers h and draws these arms downwards so as to cause the rollers ho to
completely leave the teeth e¹.
It is important that the halfpenny segments f* and f which do not correspond with
any disc should be locked during the stamping. To obtain this result, the projec-
tion fixed to the cranked bar which controls these segments and to which
projection the draw-rod c2 is jointed carries on its inner face a pin on which is
inounted a roller , the lower part of which is located in one of two recesses in a
spring fixed on a projection 3 on the plate ¹ (Figure 15). When the apparatus is
not in operation, the roller is partially located in one of the recesses of the spring l
but-by-operating the draw-rod c², the said roller can jump from one of the recesses
into the other; when the discs f are locked, the plate being raised-with-its-projec-
tion 13, the spring 12 presses with greater force against the roller and on the other
hand the distance between the said roller and the projection on the plate h¹ is too
smail to allow the roller to leave the recess in which it is situated (Figures 13 and 15).
The halfpenny mechanism is therefore locked at the same time as the mechanisms for
the pounds, shillings and pence.
During the return of the discs to
moved the spring 2, and the roller
zero, the plate having rocked will. have
is completely disengaged from the recesses
of the said spring so that it can move without any useless friction.
I would observe that the spring is only provided with two recesses, because the
roller only has to assume two different positions, namely, that which corresponds
to the appearance of the figure 0 in the aperture 62 turned towards the public when
the knob d is drawn out, that is to say, to the position of rest, and that which
corresponds to the appearance of the sign in the same aperture 62 when the knob d²
is pushed in.
'
To register the amount paid and stamp the bill, the shaft B actuates the
registering apparatus by means of the two cams J and K (Figures 16 and 17 to 20).
The registering and stamping apparatus (Figures 17 to 20) comprises two
standards, suitably connected by tie-bars and carrying the principle joint pin 1
upon which oscillates the frame carrying the spindles of the rollers on which the
paper is wound and from which it is unwound. The registering mechanism is
placed in the general apparatus in front of a hinged door locked by means of a key.
It is held and guided by two slides, a stop-bar being provided on the customer's side
and catches on the cashier's side against which catches bears a pivoted handle 12
kept depressed by springs. By raising the handle and pulling the same towards
him, the cashier can withdraw the registering mechanism from the case when
requiring to place a fresh roll of paper therein. The said oscillating frame jo carries
the spindles of the paper rollers and as well as the spindle of the guide roller j
covered with india rubber.
The paper band which is at first entirely wound around the feed roller is unwound
from the top of this roller, passes over the guide roller and is wound upon the
receiving roller jt.
The roller which feeds the blank paper turns freely upon the spindle which
passes through it, and this spindle is terminated at one end by a knobserving as a
handle to withdraw the spindle when requiring to place a fresh roller of paper in
the apparatus.
The receiving roller can be also removed by lifting the handles 18 of the spring
levers (belonging to a machine forming the subject-matter of prior Patent
No. 29971 of 1896) which, when at rest, secure the spindle of the roller in
recesses 20 made in the frame and serving as bearings for the spindle of the said
roller.
.
To register the amount paid, the roller over which the paper band passes must
be moved towards the sectors f³ carrying the figures in relief formed by the pins and
the said roller must be applied to the said sectors (Figure 6). This result is obtained
by means of a support adjustably fixed on the frame which support carries:a

page_text: roller on which acts the cam J keyed on the main shaft B (Figure 6), when the
lever g is moved upwards in its first movement. The whole of the frame jo pivots
upon the spindle 1 and the roller j' over which passes the paper band j¹¹ is pressed
against the pins of the segments which impress upon the paper the amount
indicated in the apertures (Figure 6)..
The cam becomes free of the roller j immediately the lever
arrives, at the
end of its stroke, into its uppermost position and a spring j5 brings back the frame
each time into its initial position.
At the same time that the amount is registered on the band " the bill is stamped.
For this purpose, before the lever g is moved, the cashier introduces the said bill into
the slot made, on his side, in the case of the apparatus (Figures 1 and 6).
This bill is guided by strips between which pass the segments fo carrying the
figures in relief. When the frame jo rocks, the roller j³ simultaneously presses the
bill and the paper band against the pins of the segments so that the said pins
pass through a double thickness of paper. When the cam J is free of the roller;"
and the frame jo retakes its position of rest, the guides or strips disengage the bill
from the pins which have served to stamp it.
One of the faces of the roller j' carries a ratchet wheel actuated by a pawl 78 pivoted
to the lever. This lever which is itself pivoted at one end to the movable frame jo
carries at its other end a roller on which the cam K, keyed to the main shaft B
(Figures 16 and 4), acts during the second upward movement of the lever g, the roller jt
turns to a certain extent so as to wind up a certain length of the paper band and to
present on the roller ja on which the registration is effected, a fresh portion of the paper
band A pawl j¹² serves to prevent the ratchet wheel and consequently the
roller from travelling backwards.
When the lever g arrives, at the end of its stroke, near the top in its first movement,
the shutter i² rises and uncovers the aperture 6. For this purpose a cam I keyed
on the main shaft B acts at the required moment on a roller at the end of one of
the arms of the cranked lever i pivoted on the shaft A and at the end of the second
arm of which is fixed the shutter 12 (Figures 14 and 5). At its other end the
shutter is fixed to an arm 23 (Figure 4) which pivots upon the same shaft A and
which is subjected to the action of a spring (Figure 6): as soon as the cam I
becomes free of the roller ¹ the spring it forces the shutter to come down and retake
its position behind the aperture b².
When after having lowered the lever a second time it is left to again rise
automatically, the consequent second half revolution of the main shaft B produces
four results it liberates the toothed discs f by lowering the plate h¹, it causes the
endless band of the registering mechanism to advance, it brings the discs f and the
segments and back to zero and it causes the bell to sound.
The two first operations have already been explained in detail.
The return to zero of the discs f, segments f², f, racks c and push knobs d, d² is
effected in the following manner:
A cam Q keyed on the main shaft B (Figures 6, 9, 11 and 16) acts upon a roller q
carried by a toothed sector q¹ rotating loosely upon a shaft q° fixed in the frame.
The sector q' in turning actuates a circular pinión q loose on the shaft A of the
discs and thereby causes, an adjusting bar q³ to travel in the required direction,
the said bar being fixed by an arm q on the boss of the pinion 92 and supported by
a second arm q' turning loose upon the shaft A (Figures 9 and 11).
The bar qin rotating successively encounters the edges of the registering
segments f5 and carries along these segments, and with them the segments f² and the
discs f, in such a manner that at the end of the travel of the bar q3 all the discs f
and the sectors are brought back to zero. The racks c and the push-knobs d have
been carried along by the discs and the push knobs have abutted against the upper
end of the guide slots 6 which effectually limits the stopping position of all the discs
and segments. The halfpenny segments f2 and f³ in carrying their bar fs push
the draw-rod c² and cause the knob d² to come out if it has been previously pushed
in;

page_text: Directly the mechanism comes to a position of rest, that is to say, when the shaft B
terminates its second half revolution the bell is sounded. To this end a cam T fixed
on the main shaft B raises a hammer t¹ thereby placing in tension a spiral spring 2
wound around the pivot on which the rod or stem of the said hammer t¹ oscillates
(Figures 2 and 3). The cam T allows the hammer to fall and strike the bell (³
immediately the shaft B finishes its rotation. This bell signal denotes that the
cashier has just received the amount which it was his duty to count and register upon
the apparatus.
Finally, my apparatus comprises a centrifugal regulator which is always rotating
when the main shaft B is in motion (Figures 3, 4 and 5). For this purpose, the said
regulator is mounted on a horizontal spindle one of the ends of which is provided
with a worm 2-gearing-with a helical wheel mounted loose upon the shaft G¹ of the
spring barrel (Figure 5) and carrying on one of its sides a pawl v³ the end of which
engages with the teeth of the ratchet wheel of fixed on the pinion which gears with
the large toothed sector p.
When the operating lever g is depressed the pawl v³ moves over the teeth of the
ratchet wheel but directly the lever rises again, the pinion r and the ratchet
wheel v rotating in the opposite direction, the pawl is carried along and with it the
helical wheel, the worm and the regulator.
This regulator consists essentially of two horizontal arms v, v (Figure 3) jointed to
the cross bar and having on their ends cylindrical enlargements v. The two arms
are drawn towards one another by a spiral spring and the enlargements 6 turn in
a circular dish against the inner edge of which they are caused to rub by centrifugal
force should the speed of rotation become too great.
The regulator is mounted loose upon its shaft v¹ and is revolved simply by the friction
of the flat spring v (carried by a cross bar of the regulator) upon a boss 1¹º on the
shaft (Figure 3).
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. Apparatus for indicating and registering cash payments adapted to indicate to
the customer the amount which he has to pay, to effect the stamping of each bill
and to register all the amounts paid upon a continuous paper band, the said apparatus
being essentially characterized by its arrangement of the various mechanisms which
communicate two distinct half revolutions to the main shaft for each operation of the
apparatus, in combination with an arrangement for indicating a halfpenny, with the
registering and stamping arrangement and with the arrangement for the return to
zero and the special centrifugal.regulator, substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. In apparatus for indicating and registering cash payments of the kind described.
in Claim 1, an arrangement for operating the various parts comprising essentially an
outer operating lever g fixed to an arm m³ placed inside the apparatus and which
when the lever g is depressed communicates a rotary motion to a large sector having
internal teeth with which gear two pinions r and r¹, one of which pinions r is fixed
on a rotating shaft G¹of a barrel containing a spiral spring, and the other, ?, mounted
upon the shaft B carrying the cams which actuate the various mechanisms of the
apparatus, the said pinion turning loose upon the said shaft B when the lever g is
depressed, but rotating the shaft B when the lever g rises again "automatically and
the sector p retakes its initial position under the uncoiling action of the barrel
spring, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
3. In apparatus for indicating and registering cash payments of the kind described
in Claim 1, the combination with a spring barrel motor, an operating lever g and a
sector p which receives motion from the said lever, and with which gear two.
pinions and r¹, of an arrangement for locking the pinion upon the camshaft B
during the automatic rising of the lever g, the said arrangement essentially comprising

page_text: a cam or ratchet wheel 4 having two teeth and fixed on the shaft B over the periphery
of which ratchet wheel moves the pawl carried by the pinion 1, a disc x fixed on
the shaft B and provided with two notches or recesses, diametrically opposite to each
other, in which a stud s² on a lever s forming a stop or safety catch successively
engages, and a cam 2 carried by the sector p on one of its sides and which raises
a lever s so as to cause the stubs to come out of the recess in the disca each time the
lever reaches its lowermost position, whereby the pinion 1, during the uncoiling
of the barrel spring, is allowed to move the main shaft B through half a revolution,
substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
4. In apparatus for indicating and registering cash payments of the kind described
in Claim 1, the combination of the operating lever g with a toothed sector p and two
pinions and, a barrel G containing a spiral spring, and a main shaft B having
fixed thereto a ratchet wheel 4 provided with two teeth, and a disc x provided with
two notches or recesses, a lever or stop-pawl s, a second lever s pivoted at a fixed
point and subjected to the action of a counteracting spring 88 and a cam 2³ carried
by the sector p upon its periphery and adapted to bring the notch or shoulder 85 of
the lever s beneath the stud 80 of the lever s and keep the lever raised during each
rotation of the shaft B, and release the lever at the end of each rotation of the
shaft B in order to allow the stud 82 to fall into one of the notches or recesses of the
disc, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
5. In apparatus for indicating and registering cash payments of the kind described
in Claim 1, a special arrangement for indicating a halfpenny comprising a push-
knob d² fixed at the end of a horizontal rod c2 which passes freely through the side
of the casing of the apparatus and which is designed to be pushed inwards when it is
required to mark the halfpenny, the said rod being jointed inside the apparatus to a
cranked bar which is fixed to the segments f and f5 bearing the figures 0 and,
substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
6. In apparatus for indicating and registering cash payments of the kind described
in Claim 1, an arrangement for locking the toothed dises f at the moment when the
amount received is being registered, comprising a cam H fixed on the main shaft B
and arranged to act upon a roller 3 carried by a plate h¹ so as to raise the said plate
at the required moment and place it in such a position that it will no longer allow
the cranked levers 5 carrying the rollers he which engage in the teeth of the discs f
to descend sufficiently to free the rollers h from the teeth, the action on the said
rollers of the springs h fixed to the plate h¹ being, besides, augmented by this
operation and the levers being drawn downwards by a bar ho fixed to the plate h¹
in such a manner that the rollers ho are completely free of the teeth of the discs f
when the said plate h¹ rocks in the opposite direction during the return of the discs f
to zero, substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
7. In apparatus for indicating and registering cash payments of the kind described
in Claim 1, the arrangement for locking the halfpenny segments f2 and f³, comprising
a flat spring 12 fixed on the plate h¹ and provided with two recesses which, according
to the position of the draw-rod c², alternately receive a roller carried by the
projection on the bar f which actuates the halfpenny segments, so that the roller (1
is liberated or fixed in position according to the positions of the plate h¹, substantially
as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
8. In apparatus for indicating and registering cash payments of the kind described
in Claim 1, an arrangement for registering the amounts successively received and at
the same time stamping the customer's bill, consisting of a carriage on which a
frame carrying two paper-rollers j³ and jª and an india-rubber covered guide roller j
is adapted to oscillate, the oscillating movement being communicated to the movable
frame by means of a cam J fixed to the main shaft B so as to press the continous
paper-band and the bill between the india-rubber covered roller-j- and the

page_text: segments f5 bearing the figures in relief formed of pins, the feed of the band 1 being
effected, after the stamping, by means of a cam K fixed on the main shaft B, which
cam, by means of intermediate levers, is caused to actuate a ratchet wheel fixed on
the spindle of the receiving roller j, substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
9. In apparatus for indicating and registering cash payments of the kind described
in Claim 1 the arrangement for setting the indicating mechanism back to zero
consisting of a cam Q, fixed on the main shaft B and acting upon a roller q fixed to
a toothed sector q' and, at the required moment, operating a pinion q² mounted loose
upon the shaft A and an adjusting bar q³ fixed to the pinion q2, which bar in the
said rotary movement successively encounters the edges or shoulders of the registering
segments so as to bring the said segments to zero as well as the segments f2, the
toothed discs and the racks c, substantially as herein before described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the out day of Augus
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.