Improvements in Cash Registering and Indicating Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1894-Accepted, 22nd June, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cash Registering and Indicating Machines.
We, JEROME JOSIAH WEBSTER, of 14 Dana Street, in the City of Somerville,
County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, United States of America,
Inventor, and CHARLES HALL LITTLE, of 45 Malvern Street Melrose, Middlesex
County, State of Massachusetts, United States of America, Machinist, 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 this invention are to provide improved and simplified means
for action in conjunction with the register operating devices for preventing what
is termed "pumping" of the keys, that is, for preventing, while any key is
being depressed, an intermediate movement of the key in the return direction.
or, while the key is returning an intermediate movement for the depression
thereof;
Another object is to provide means simpler than those heretofore used for
locking the keys to prevent the operation of the register, either wholly during
the absence of the person in charge, or until the manipulation of a push-rod
which is partially external to the case of the cash registering machine;
Also to provide improved means for lessening the friction and wear of the
locking-bar and keys upon each other;
Also to provide means for preventing the operation of the register by a wire
or rod introduced into the openings through which the keys enter the case;
Also to provide means for disengaging the numbered registering wheels, or
pinions, in order that said wheels may be readily turned in to their 0-positions ;
And also to provide a means, operating in relation to the initial registering
wheel and the secondary register, for preventing over-registration as the amount
or capacity of the initial wheel is transferred or accumulated into the higher
register; and, generally, to improve the construction of cash registering and
indicating machines in respect to the various devices, all substantially as will
hereinafter more fully appear.
In the accompanying drawings the present improvements are illustrated,
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cash registering mechanism as removed from
the cabinet or casing.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the right-hand end of the machine.
Figure 2 is a detail section on line 2-2, Figure 1, particularly illustrating
an improved construction of the stationary guard-plate, the key-levers, and the
rocker-plate.
Figure 2B is a perspective view of a portion of the key-lever, adjacent its
pivot.
Figures 3, 4 and 5 are elevations at the left end of the machine to show by
comparison, one with another, different positions and coacting parts pertaining to
the locking devices for the key-levers.
Figure 6 is a front elevation of portions of two adjacent key-locking plates,
means by which they are connected to each other, the drawer unlocking lever, the
auxiliary lever, and two adjacent sides of the frames of the two adjacent banks of
keys, said frames and levers being in vertical section.
Figure 7 is a perspective view taken at the front of the mechanism, and more
clearly showing the anti-pumping devices and the transfer devices for accumulating
into the register.

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Figure 8 is a front elevation of the registering wheels in their operative positions.
with their releasing devices.
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Figure 9 is a left side elevation of the parts shown in Figure 8, indicating also,
in dotted lines, the releasing lever and intermediate registering wheels in their
releasing position.
Figure 10 is like Figure 8, except that in Figure 10 the intermediate registering
wheels are swung out of engagement with the numbered registering wheels.
Figure 11 is a vertical section' on line 11-11, Figure 8.
Figure 12 is a right side elevation of Figure 8.
Figure 13 is a vertical section on line 13-13, Figure 8.
Figure 14 is a vertical section on line 14-11, Figure 8.
Figure 15. is a vertical section on line 15-15, Figure 8.
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Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the drawings.
Above the rear end portions of all: the key-levers, A,..extends a. wing, or
locking-bar, B, pivoted at its upper edge on a rod, b, the lower edge of said
locking bar being normally held over all said key-levers by gravity, or by the
force of a "spring," which is represented as a spirál spring, connecting the
horizontal push-rod, B; and the frame of the machine, the rear end of said
push-ród being jointed to an arm, ³, which extends' laterally from "the lower part
of said locking-bar' Figs. 1 and 6. "Hence the' depression of the key-levers and
any operation of the machine is norinally prevented' by the locking-bar. Said
locking-bar may be pushed backward (to the right in Figure 2) out of engagement
with the key-levers by means of the push-rod, and may be held in either of its
positions by means of a lock, operated' by a'key, and having a bolt which engages
notches in said push-rod, or preferably 'engages the' front and rear sides. of a
collar, b, fixed on said push-rod.
One part of the bar B may be connected to the other part by means the arm 6
as shown at B in Figs. 2 and 6.
When the bolt of the usual lock is in engagement with the rear face of said
collar,, the key-levers can only be operated after withdrawing said bolt by the
key of the lock, and forcing back the push-rod; but when said bolt is in engage-
ment with the front face of said collar, 63, any key-lever may be operated. Usually
the lock is unlocked and the push-rod must be forced backward before each
depression of a key-lever and the return of said key-lever to its normal position.
For convenience of adjustment, the push-rod may be made in two parts,*, 15,
one of which, b, is tubular and receives the other part, the latter being held in
place by a set-screw, 66, which turns radially in the part, 6, and thrusts against the
part, 1, Fig. 2.
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A rock-plate, C, of the usual construction, except as hereafter' described, extends
over all the key-levers of the same bank and is raised by the depression of any
key-lever of said bank and has pivoted to it a down-hanging link, c, in substantially
a well known manner. 'Said link,,c, has the usual slot, c', which receives a pin, or
lateral projection, d, from an. arm, d, which is thereby raised on the rising of the
rock-plate, C, there being at least one arm; d', for each two banks of key-levers,
each arm being secured to a rock-shaft, D, common to all said banks and the
slot, el; extending upward far enough to allow any arm,'d', to be raised without
raising the corresponding rock-plate. The rear end of the arm, d', is thrown down
by a spiral spring, d, connecting an upward projection, d, from said arm and the
frame of the machine, Fig. 2.
The raising of the free end of the arm, d', operates a lever, E, which by.menus
of the rod, e, operates to release the raised tags, F, in the usual manner; the front
end of said lever, E, having a slot which engages the pin, d. Fig. 2.
The drawer-unlocking lever, G, is pivoted at g, to the frame of the machine and
extends beyond the rear ends of the key-levers, and has pivoted to it at g, back of
the pivot, 9, a bolt, g; which engages the front face of the back of the drawer,
(not shown) in the usual manner and holds the drawer in the case, so that raising
the rear end of the lever, G, releases the drawer.

page_text: The pivot, g', is fast in the bolt,g, which passes loosely down through,a vertical
slot, g, in said lever, G, until, said, pivot, rests on the top of, said: lever, G. The,
front end of the lever, G, is normally raised by the spiral spring,g", stretched,
between said. lever. and the frame of the machine. The drawer-unlocking lever, G;
is provided at its front end with a trip, or, nose, g', secured, to the body of said lever
by a rule-joint, 9%, of ordinary construction, which allows said nose torbe raised.
without turning said lever. G, upon its pivot, g, but which, limits the downward
movement of said nose upon said. lever, Figs. 3. .4 and 5.
The adjacent ends of the arm, d, and the nose, 9, are beveled to, slide easily
upon each other when the rear end of said arm is raised against the front end of
said nose, g*.
The free end of the arin, d', when raised by the depression of any, key, raises
and passes above the mose, g, which immediately after falls. by its own weight or,
preferably, is drawn down by the contraction of a spiralspring, 9, (the ends of
which are attached to downward projections, 97, 98, on said Dose and said lever, G;
respectively, as shown in Figure 2) until the adjacent. ends of said nose, and
lever, G,.abut. When the rear end of the arm, d, falls, upon the release of the
depressed key-lever, said:arm presses upon said mose, 9, and raises the rear end of
said lever, G, drawing, the bolt, g. The rear end of the lever, G, reaches over, the
arm, 63, of the locking-bar, B, and is provided with a shoulder, g; against which;
said, arm, b', strikes, when the rod, B, is pushed back, far, enough and let go, said
shoulder,, g, then preventingo said locking-bar. from, swinging forward over, the..
key-levers, as shown in Figure 4.
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When, the locking-bar, is thus held out of engagement with the, key-levers,.any:
key-lever may be depressed, but, when the key is returned. to position, the rear end
of the drawer-unlocking lever, G,, istraised, by. the descent of the arm, d', as above..
described high. enough to allow said locking-bar arm, b, to swing forward past said
shoulder, locking all the key-levers until said arm, b, is, by means of the, push-rod,
forced back of said shoulder 9: Hence when the push-rod, is unlocked and: free
said push-rod must, be forced backward after each depression of a
to .move,
key-lever..
To lessen wear and friction of the keys on the locking-bar; an auxiliary lever, G',
(Figures 3-5) may be, used, the rear, part of which reaches: over, the arm; 6, of
the locking bar and is provided with a shoulder, g10,-(like the shoulder, 92, of, the
drawer-unlocking lever, G, and having, the same function) which engages with said.
arm,, after. said lever, G, has been engaged therefrom and holds said locking-bar
out of contact with said key-levers, until the return movement of, the depressed
key-lever, and the arm, d, are more nearly completed,, the front end of said.
auxiliary lever, Gi, being arranged lower than.. the, lowest position, of the.
nose,g.
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The auxiliary lever, G', is, pivoted at gl, on the frame of the machine, and is
normally held down upon the arm, 2, by the greater. weight. of the, part of said
lever, G¹, being back of the pivot g¹¹.
In order to prevent tampering with the machiue, by means of wires introduced
into. the openings in the case, through which, the key-levers, A, project, the other-
wise cylindrical hubs. of said. levers, (which are arranged close together on their
fulcrum-rod, a,, in the usual manner). are each provided with two guards,. a¹, a³
(Figures. 24, 2B), one above and below each .hub, each guard having the, same
lateral thickness as, the hub to which, it is. secured, the front faces of the guard
resting, when the key-levers are in their normal positions, the lower. against the.
rear face of the stationary vertical guard-plate, H,, (which, as, usual, is placed
below the hubs of the key-levers) and the upper against the rear of a downwardly
projecting rib, c, which extends along, the under side of the rock-plate C. This.
construction allows of less care and expense in finishing and fitting the key-levers,
plate, H, aud rock-plate, and prevents the operation of the registering devices. by
anything introduced between said plate, H, and rock-plate.
Now, describing the register operating mechanism, L represents the dial of the

page_text: initial registering wheel having, for instance, as shown in Figure 1, a consecutive
series of indicatings, or amounts, in multiples of 5 c., up to one dollar. The dollar
capacity being five times repeated around the face of this single wheel.
This disk, L, has on its shaft or arbor, at the rear thereof, the ratchet-wheel, K,
with the properly spaced teeth to correspond with the graduations, or indications,
on the dial, or disk, L. To all intents and purposes the dial wheel and the ratchet
wheel are one, or as an integrally formed element. The ratchet-wheel, K, has the
pins, k, at fifths to correspond to the dollar amounts on the register wheel, M. The
initial register wheel, or disk, might have its graduations in indication of cents,
instead of five cents, whereupon but one of the pins, or studs, k, would be provided
at its rear.
The key-levers may represent amounts say from 5 c. to 50 c. These keys
operating to impart a reciprocatory movement to the plate, I, which carries the
driving-pawl, , of the register wheel, K, K, in correspondingly varying extents.
This is ensured by the various grading of the inclined, or cam-slots, i.
The rear extensions of these key-levers work against these inclines to force the
plate to the right, so that the pawl, i, will have a retracting and clicking movement
over the proper number of the ratchet teeth of the initial register wheel to
positively drive the wheel forward the proper distance as the plate has its return
working movement to its limit, as impelled by its driving spring, 1.
The variously graded cam-plate, I, has on its upper edge a series of fine ratchet
teeth,, with the vertical or engagement faces thereof towards the right, while
adjacent to this ratcheted edge of the plate a pawl, r, is, intermediately thereof,
pivotally hung upon a suitable stationary supporting part of the framing. Fig. 7.
This pawl, as shown, (though not essentially so) is formed by an approximately
elliptical body with the engaging portion thereof constituted by a flat-strip of thin
metal set and secured in a saw-kerf in the body and projected longitudinally from
the end of such body.
The pawl is held normally out of engagement with the ratchet teeth, f, and only
engages such teeth after the plate, I, has been moved to the right such distance as
is ensured by any one of the fully depressed keys, the engagement continuing until
the plate, I, has returned to its normal position by the force of its driving spring, 12,
which correspondingly, through the pawl, ", effects the driving of the ratcheted
wheel, K, of the register. Fig. 7.
This spring-returned movement of the said plate is in this mechanism the
"working" movement. The means for holding the pawl, r, out of the engagement
will be now pointed out:
A lever, r, is hung on a suitable arm, 3, of the framing, the extremity of which
enters a hole in the body of the pawl, r, at the side of the pivot opposite from the
tooth of such pawl; thus when the lever is swung the pawl, r, is swung on its pivot,
into engagement with the ratchet teeth, f. The lever is swung just at the
completion of the depression of the key-lever which is the same in time as the
termination of the rightward moverment of the plate, I, such swinging of the lever
being caused by the rearward extension, C, of the rocker plate, C, which extension
arm is arranged to contact with and swing the lever, ', at just the proper instant.
Fig. 1. This lever is retained in its so-swung position for the proper period during
the operation of the mechanism by the catch-lever, s, depending from its supporting
pivot, s', having the catch-shoulder, 3, to take under the lower edge of the duly
swung pawl operating lever, r¹. This catch lever, s, swings by gravity, or by the
spring, into its engaging position; and its engagement with the lever is
terminated just as the pawl-carrying plate, I, reaches its normal position, by the
abutment of the properly situated stud, j, against the catch lever to swing the
latter to the left, whereupon the lever, r, downswinging by its weight, also Ewings
the pawl, r, out of engagement with the ratcheted upper edge of the plate, I.
Figs. 1 and 7.
Now it will be plain that while the key, after being depressed, is returning to its
original position, and the graded cam-plate and pawl are driving the register wheel

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forward, the key cannot be given any intermediate movement of depression to
take a supplemental "hitch," to falsely register, as well understood, on the register
heel, because the key cannot be depressed without moving the plate, I, to the
ight, and the plate is by the pawl, r, never permitted to be moved to the right
between the times that the key is fully depressed and the plate, I, and key resume,
together, their original positions.
Now will be described the improved means for necessarily rendering the depression
of the key and the rightward movement of the plate, I, continuous, no inter-
mediate leftward movement being permitted as would result in false registration,-
and R represents the pawl, or dog, constituted by a block or plate which is slotted
obliquely, as at t, and, by the headed screw, t, is caused to have a sliding engage-
ment in an oblique direction on the framing and has its edge towards the ratcheted
register wheel; this dog has the tooth, 2, which at times may engage the ratcheted
wheel, K, to lock it against movement. The spring, t, is applied to draw the pawl,
or dog, into engagement by its tooth, t, with the ratcheted wheel. The lower
portion of this dog is of bifurcated formation, the member, 12, being extended to
contact with the right-hand part of the aforesaid pawl, r, while the other
member, 13, has its edge curved or inclined and moves in contact with the
fixed stud, 14, and the pawl is therefore swung by its impingement against said
stud. Figs. 1 and 7.
vice versa.
Briefly, the pawl or dog, R, is in engagement with the register wheel whenever
the pawl, r, is out of engagement with the ratcheted teeth of the plate, I, and
The swinging of the pawl, r, to its engagement forces, through the
limb, 12, of the dog, R, the latter out of engagement, while on the other hand when
the pawl, r, moves into its position of engagement it gives room to the dog, R, to
move under the impetus of its spring. As this dog, therefore, has its slight sliding
movement by its slot over the screw, or stud, t, it also has a slight swinging
movement for more directly and quickly bringing the tooth, t, into engagement
with the ratcheted register wheel by reason of the coaction of the stud, 14, within
the inclined limb, 13, of the said bifurcated dog.
Other designs of the parts might, perhaps, be made whereby the swinging
movement of the dog, R, in addition to its sliding movement, might not be necessary,
but in the mechanism, illustration of which is here given, the entire freedom of the
dog from the ratcheted register wheel at the one time, and its absolute and certain
engagement therewith at the other, is the better ensured on a slight throw
of the parts by imparting to the dog, R, both the sliding and the swinging
movements.
The ratchet wheel, K, is provided with a pin, k, or a series of pins, as seen in
Figures 1 and 7 one of which, at its every revolution, engages a ten-toothed ratchet
wheel, N, and causes the latter to make one-tenth of a rotation, causing, also, a
ten-toothed star-wheel, N', and the numbered dollar wheel, M, both secured on the
suine shaft with said ratchet-wheel, each to make one-tenth of a rotation. Figs. 1, 2
7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15.
Over-registration is prevented by the angular pawl lever, n, which is swung by
being struck by the pin, k, at nearly the same time that said pin engages the
ratchet-wheel, N, causing the tooth, n', which is laterally projected from the plane
of swinging movement of said pawl-lever, to enter a notch in said toothed or
star-wheel, N', (see Figures 1, 2, 7, 10, 12 and 13).
This device, therefore, while not interfering with the movement of the register
wheel to the extent of one tooth or step, as positively and properly impelled by
the successively passing pins, k, will prevent, on a too violent inpulse, the driving
forward of the wheel, M, more than one tooth or step by momentum to result in
an over-registration.
A spring device is applied relative to the said angular pawl lever, to cause said
lever to resume its normal position of disengagement from the toothed-wheel, N',
immediately the stud, k, has passed out of its engagement with the arm of said
pawl lever which is adjacent its path of movement. This spring may be applied

page_text: in. various ways, as seen at n³, Figure 13, it is indicated as a spiral.spring, set in a
socket of the framing behind, and in an outwardly forcing relation to the contact
stud which bears against: the upper edge of the pawl-lever,.n...
The hub,m,of the dollar registering wheel, M, is provided with a gap, m³, and
with a single tooth, m', which lies exactly in front of one of the teeth of the
pinion m and which once in every revolution of said; wheel, M,. engages the
ten-toothed pinion, ; (Figures 8 and 14) concentric with, and fast on, the inter-
mediate registering wheel or stop-wheel, O, and moves said wheel, O, one-tenth of
revolution, said gap, m³, being arranged with reference to said tooth, mt, in such
a manner as to permit the projecting parts,. o', of said wheel, O, to enter said
gap when said tooth,. m, engages said pinion o³. At other times the hub,, m²,
is in one...of the.. concavities, o, of the wheel, O, and..prevents the rotation of
the latter.
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Said ten-toothed pinion of; engages_a, similar pinion,, mi, fast on the hub of the
ten-dollar-registering wheel., M. The numbered registering wheel,, M¼, in.. all
other respects is. like the wheel, M, and. in a similar manner. operates. the
intermediate wheel, 01, which is precisely.. like the wheel, O, and. by similar. means,
once in every complete revolution of the. wheel, M', causes the hundred-dollar-
registering wheel. to. make one-tenth.of a revolution.
The wheels, O, O', are loose on their shaft, O', and turn independently of each
other. The wheels, O, O', with their shaft, .O', are carried in a frame, P, shaped
like three sides of a hollow square, which..turns on pivot-screws, p, p, in such a
manner that the common axis. of said wheels is always parallel with the common
axis of the wheels, M, M', M².
In said frame, P, below said wheels, O, O', and parallel with the shaft, O', is
arranged a sliding rod, Q,. provided with two radial parallel projections, q, q',
arranged at the same distance apart as said wheels,. O, O', and each adapted to
engage a notch, o, of one of said wheels,. but normally held out.of such engagement
by a spring, 9, compressed between the outside of the frame, P, and a fixed
collar, with which an end of said rod, Q, is provided. Figs:.8 to 11.
The other end of the rod,. Q, is surrounded by an arm, q³, of a three-armed
lever, Q', said arm, y³, being retained on said rod by a pin, g, projecting from said
rod into a slot, 9, in said arm in such a manner as to allow said arm to vary
slightly its angle with said rod. Another arm,.9, of said lever, Q', terminates in
a tongue, 97, which enters and is pivoted in a slot, p', in the head of the pivot-
screw, p, and the third arm, 98, serves as a handle by which the frame, P, may be
turned to swing the intermediate wheels, O, O', out of engagement with the
numbered .registering wheels, M, M', M². When the intermediate wheels, O, O¹,
are in engagement. with the numbered wheels, M, M', M³, they, are prevented
from disengagement by a pin, q, which projects laterally from, the lever, Q,
above a part, m, of the stationary frame, m', which supports said numbered wheels.
Figs. 8 and 9.
By moving the handle laterally (to the left in Figures 8 and 10) and downward,
the intermediate wheels, O, O¹, are prevented from turning on their shaft, 0%, by
the engagement of the projections q, q' with the notches o in the wheel O, until
restored to position, when said intermediate wheels will readily engage said numbered
wheels, which, in the meantime, have been turned to their 0-positions, and at the
same time the rod, Q, releases said wheels, O, O'. Figure 6 shows an obvious means
of connecting the locking-rods of adjacent banks of keys to enable said rods to. be
manipulated by one push-rod.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:
1. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the ratcheted register wheel,
and the reciprocatory plate common to, and movable in varying extents by, the
key-levers substantially as described, and having the series of ratchet teeth anl

page_text: carrying the driving pawl' for the register wheel, of a pawl-adapted to be
swung into engagement with the said teeth of the plate, and another pawl which
normally engages and locks the 'register" wheel, but which, as said pawl for the
plate moves to engage the plate,-is through connections primarily actuated by the
key, moved out of its locking engagement with the register wheel, substantially as
described.
2. The combination with the ratcheted register wheel and a driving pawl for the
register wheel, and a pawl movable to lock the register wheel while the driving
pawl is having its retracting movement whereby the driving pawl:may not.in
conjunction with the register wheel, then be moved in its working direction, and a
device actuated by and at the completion of the depression of any key, and operating
on the said register locking pawl for moving it out of its locking engagement-with
the said register wheel, substantially as described.
3. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the ratcheted register
wheel, of the cam-slotted plate operated by the keys having the pawl which engages
the register wheel, and provided with the ratchet-teeth, and the pivoted pawl
mounted adjacent the said ratchet teeth for engagement therewith, and a device
operated by any of the key-levers at the completion of their depression through
the medium of a rocker-plate which is provided in common to the key-levers, for
throwing said pawl into its engagement with the ratcheted plate and holding it in
such engagement until the plate has finished its working movement, substantially as
described.
4. The combination with the ratcheted register wheel and the plate having the
series of cam-slots to be operated by any of the keys, and having the pawl which
engages the register wheel and provided with the ratcheted teeth, of the pivoted
pawl to engage the ratchet teeth of the said plate, a lever which is pivotally mounte.l
for engagement with the pivoted pawl and adapted to be swung at the completion of
the working movement of any key to throw the pawl into the said engagement with
the ratcheted plate, a catch for supporting the lever in its position for holding the
pawl in such engagement, and a projection which is so located on said pivot as to
abut against the lever-catch as the plate resumes its normal position for releasing
the pawl-operating-lever, and a driving spring for the plate, substantially
described.
As
5. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the ratcheted register
wheel, and the reciprocatory plate movable in varying extents by the different keys
and having the series of ratcheted teeth, and carrying the register driving pawl, of
a pawl adapted to be swung from its normal position into engagement with the
ratchet teeth of said plate, and another pawl in contact with the plate-engaging-pawl
which normally engages and locks the register wheel, but which as said pawl for the
plate moves to engage the plate, is by said plate-engaging-pawl, forced out of its
register-wheel engaging position, a lever, , for swinging the plate-engaging pawl,
actuated at the completion of the retracting movement of the pawl-carrying plate,
and a catch-lever, s, for holding the lever in its swung position, a stud on the plate
for releasing the said catch-lever, s, on the completion of the return or working
movement of the plate, and a driving spring for the plate, substantially as
described.
6. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the ratcheted register
wheel, and the pawl-carrying plate, I, having the ratchet teeth and adapted to be
moved in varying extents by the keys substantially as described, and having the
spring for reversely driving it, of the pivoted pawl, r, and devices for throwing it
into engagement with the ratchet teeth of said plate on the completion of the move-
ment of the said plate to take by its pawl new teeth of the register wheel, and the
lever, s, and key-actuated rocker-plate, C, for swinging said lever for holding said
plate-engaging-pawl in such engagement during the driving or working movement
of the plate, and a stud on the plate for releasing the said pawl-retaining lever by
contact therewith on the completion of the working movement of the plate,
substantially as described.

page_text: 7. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the ratcheted register
wheel, and the plate with the register driving pawl, of the pawl, or dog, R,
having a movement for engagement with, and disengagement from, the ratchet
teeth of the register wheel, a spring for forcing it to engagement, a pivoted
element for engaging, when swung, the dog and forcing it out of engagement with
the register wheel, a lever for swinging the pivoted element which is operated
upon the full depression of any key, substantially as described, and a catch for
holding the parts in their stated positions, and a stud on the plate for releasing
the said parts on the completion of the working movement of the plate whereby the
register-engaging-pawl may resume its position of engagement, substantially as
described.
8. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the ratcheted register
wheel and the plate, I, with the pawl, i, and ratchet teeth, f, and the pivoted
pawl, r, and means for actuating it at the time and in the manner set forth, of the
pawl, R, having the inclined slot and the support and guide stud, t', and having the
tooth 2, and the limb, 12, to be engaged by the pawl, r, and the inclined limb, 13,
and the adjacent fixed stud, 14, and the spring applied to said pawl, R, ali substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
9. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the initial registering
wheel having one or more projections and the second registering wheel to which
the amounts, from the initial wheel are transferred, having the toothed wheel to
be engaged, and moved by said projections and an angular lever pivotally mounted
having an arm to be also engaged by the projection on the initial wheel and
having another member to be swung into an intercepting engagement with a tooth
of a toothed wheel on the second register wheel, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
10. In a cash register, the combination of a key, a locking-bar, normally engaging
said key and preventing the operation thereof, a lever, adapted to engage said
locking-bar and to hold said bar out of engagement with said key, and an arm
raised by the registering movement of said key and depressed when said key returns
to position and adapted in its downward movement to disengage said lever from said
locking bar, as and for the purpose specified.
11. In a cash register, the combination of a key, a locking-bar normally engaging
said key and preventing the operation thereof, a lever, adapted to engage said
locking-bar to hold said bar out of engagement with said key, and an arm raised by
the registering movement of said key and depressed when said key returns to position
and adapted in the beginning of its downward movement to disengage said lever
from said locking-bar and an auxiliary lever, adapted to engage said locking bar
when said first named lever is disengaged therefrom, and to prevent the engage-
ment of said bar with said key until the return movement of said key is nearly
completed, said auxiliary lever being adapted to be disengaged from said locking bar
in the latter part of the downward movement of said arm, as and for the purpose
specified.
12. In a cash register, the combination of a key, an arm, operated thereby, a lever
having a shoulder, a locking bar, normally engaging said key and preventing the
operation thereof but adapted to be held temporarily out of such engagement by
said shoulder, said lever having a nose adapted to yield and to be passed by said arm
in the upward movement of said arm, when pressed upon by said arm in its return
movement, to cause said lever to be turned, to release said locking-bar, as and for
the purpose specified.
13. In a cash register, the combination of numbered registering wheels, rotary
in a fixed frame, intermediate registering wheels supported in a swinging frame
and adapted, by the swinging of said frame, to be brought into or out of engage-
ment with said numbered wheels, and a rod, movable in a said swinging frame, to
engage said intermediate wheels and to prevent their rotation while said inter-
mediate wheels are out of engagement with said numbered wheels, as and for the
purpose specified.

page_text: 14. In a cash register, the combination of numbered registering wheels, rotary
in a fixed frame, intermediate registering wheels, supported in a swinging frame
and adapted, by the swinging of said frame, to be brought into, or out of
engagement with said numbered wheels and having notches, and a rod, movable
longitudinally in said swinging frame and having projections to enter said
notches and thereby to prevent the rotation of said intermediate wheels while.
the same are out of engagement with said numbered wheels, as and for the purpose
specified.
15. In a cash register, the combination of a key, an arm operated by the registering
movement thereof, a drawer locking bolt aud a drawer-unlocking lever operated by
the return movement of said arm, as and for the purpose specified.
16. In a cash register, the combination of a drawer-unlocking lever provided
with a vertical slot and a bolt loosely arranged in said slot and having lateral
projections or enlargements which rest on the top of said lever to allow an
independent vertical movement of said bolt in said slot, as and for the purpose
specified.
17. In a cash register, a key-lever having a hub provided with guards projecting
therefrom above and below said hub, as and for the purpose specified.
18. In a cash register, a key-lever having a hub provided with guards projecting
therefrom above and below said hub, in combination with a guard-plate and with a
rock-plate arranged above said key-lever and having a downhanging projection.
against which one of said guards bears, as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 2nd day of July 1894.
JEROME JOSIAH WEBSTER.
CHARLES HALL LITTLE.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicants.