Improvements in Money Boxes or Tills.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 4th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Money Boxes or Tills.
I, GEORGE WOOLLEY, of 5, Penrose Street, Walworth Road, in the County
of London, Coachbuilder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to money boxes or tills of the kind comprising two chambers
separated by a pivotted partition adapted to be moved to discharge the money
introduced into the upper chamber into the lower chamber, or into a drawer
therein.
The object of my invention is to provide means for preventing money from being
fraudulently removed from this drawer by the collectors, omnibus drivers or others
having control of the same.
According to my invention the pivotted partition is mounted upon the drawer and
is adapted to form a lid thereto. This partition is arranged in connection with a
lock, catch or stop in such a manner that the drawer can be introduced into its
chamber and locked therein with the partition free to move and that the act of
withdrawing or unlocking the said drawer will cause the partition to be locked.
In practice I advantageously arrange a stop inside the drawer, which stop is acted
upon by the ordinary key (when the drawer is unlocked) to raise the said stop and
thereby allow a spring-catch to engage with it.
Dated the 31st day of July 1891.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Money Boxes or Tills.
I, GEORGE WOOLLEY, of 5, Penrose Street, Walworth Road, in the County of
London, Coachbuilder, 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 money boxes or tills of the kind comprising two chambers
separated by a pivotted partition adapted to be moved to discharge the money,
introduced into the upper chamber, into a drawer in the lower chamber.
The object of my invention is to provide means for preventing money from being
fraudulently removed from this drawer by the collectors, omnibus drivers or others
having control of the same.
According to my invention the pivotted partition is mounted upon the drawer
and is adapted to form a lid thereto. This partition is arranged in connection with
a lock, catch or stop in such a manner that the drawer can be introduced into its
chamber and locked therein with the partition free to move and that the act of
withdrawing or unlocking the said drawer will cause the partition to be locked.
In practice I advantageously arrange a stop inside the drawer, which stop is acted
upon by the ordinary key (when the drawer is unlocked) to raise the said stop and
thereby allow a spring-catch to engage with it.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same as applied
to a till especially adapted for use upon omnibuses.
In the accompanying drawings,-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of such a till; and,
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page_text: Figure 3 is a section on the lines xx, Figures 1 and 2:
Figure 4 is a section on the line y y, Figure 3, drawn to an enlarged scale:
Figure 5 is an internal view of the lock shewn in Figure 4; and,
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Figure 6 is a view of a detail thereof:
Figure 7 is a section on the line 2 z, Figure 5.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
a indicates the casing of my till, the upper part or chamber of which has glass
panels or windows b, b introduced into its sides and which is provided with the slot c
and the hopper d for permitting the introduction of the coins into the till, whilst the
lower chamber is adapted to receive the drawer e. findicates the pivotted partition
which is mounted in the top of the drawer so as to form a lid thereto and to serve
as the bottom of the upper chamber, and g indicates a rod which is passed through
one side of the drawer and connected to an arm upon the partition f, the said
rod g projecting sufficiently far through the drawer to enable it to be grasped and
pulled in order to effect the tilting of the partition as hereinafter described.
is the lock by means of which the drawer is fixed in the lower chamber of the
till, the key of the said lock being generally carried by the driver or conductor of
the vehicle upon which my improved till is fixed. This lock, as shewn in Figures 4
and 5 of the drawings, is provided with two bolts, which are shot simultaneously,
the bolt being directly operated by the key which also acts upon tumblers ; to
release the bolt, and the bolt i¹ by a lever k pivotted at k¹ in the casing of the lock
and connected at one end to the bolt i and at the other to the bolt i¹.
is the stop which serves to prevent the pivotted partition from being operated
when the drawer is removed from the casing by bearing against the under edge of
the said partition, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 3. This stop 7 is
attached to or formed integral with a bar m sliding through the casing of the
lock and having formed near one end thereof a notch m'. n is a catch sliding on
guide-pins n', n' and acted upon by a spring o which normally tends to press the
said catch towards the bar m in such a manner that, when the notch m¹ in the said
bar is opposite to a projection p upon the catch n, the said projection will enter the
notch m and prevent the stop 1 from being lowered to permit of moving the
pivotted partition f. The movement of the bar m to bring the stop / beneath
the pivotted partition and the notch m¹ opposite to the projection p is effected by
the action of unlocking the drawer by means of an arm or cam g formed integral
with or attached to the lever k through the medium of which the bolt ¹ is operated.
This arm or cam 9 is bevelled upon one edge as at g₁ and upon the bar m is a
spring-plate r. The arm g, during the locking of the drawer within the casing,
noves from the position shewn in full lines in Figure 5 to that indicated by the
dotted lines in the said figure, the bevelled edge g¹ during this movement enabling
the cam g to act upon the spring-plate to move it to one side so as to pass beneath
it when, however, the drawer is unlocked, the end of the arm or cam 7 rises and
strikes against the end of the spring-plater and causes the lifting of the bar m to
bring the stop beneath the edge of the pivotted partition f and the notch m¹
opposite the projection p of the spring-catch n.
s is a door in one side of the drawer e, which door is normally closed by means of
a lock s¹ but which, when opened, permits the money contained in the drawer to be
removed. The key of the lock s is preferably under the control of a cashier or
some other responsible official.
The method of using the money-drawer is as follows, that is to say, the drawer
is given out from the office to a driver or conductor with the stop in the position
shewn in full lines in Figure 3 so that the pivotted partition is free to operate. The
driver or conductor places it in the lower chamber of the till and locks it therein
by means of the lock ', the arm or cam 9 during this locking movement passing
beneath the blader as hereinbefore described. The money introduced into the till
and falling on to the pivotted partition can now be caused to fall into the drawer
by pulling the rod g.
When the driver or conductor has finished his work for the day (or at any other

page_text: time which may be desired) he unlocks the drawer, the result of which is that the
bar m is raised by the impingement of the arm or cam 7 against the underside of
the plate whereby the stop is brought beneath the edge of the pivotted
partition f, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 3, and the notch m¹ is
brought opposite to the projection p so that the projection enters therein and
prevents the stop 1 from being again lowered. The drawer is now taken to the
proper official who opens the doors to remove the money and whilst the said door
is open pulls back the spring-catch n by means of a handle or knob t thereon,
Figures 3 and 4, and at the same time pulls down the bar m so that the stop / is
moved away from the edge of the pivotted partition fleaving the latter free to
operate. The doors having been locked the drawer is again in a condition to be
handed to the driver or other person.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a money box or till, a drawer having a lid pivotted to permit of money
being introduced into the drawer, the said lid having arranged in conjunction with
it a stop which, when the drawer is unlocked to remove it from the till, is caused
to press against the pivotted lid in such a manner as to prevent the same from being
moved, substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. In a money box or till provided with a drawer having a pivotted lid as
described, the use of a lock having a stop arranged in conjunction therewith and
operated thereby, substantially in the manner hereinbefore described.
3. The manufacture and use of a money box or till having a drawer therein
arranged to operate substantially in the manner hereinbefore described and illus-
trated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 20th
A 1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.