IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPERTAINING TO MACHINES FOR CHECKING AND FOR RECORDING. THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY OR OTHER QUANTITIES RECEIVED, PAID, OR TO BE RECORDED."
Year: 1879

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LETTERS PATENT to William Phillips Thompson, of the Firm of Wm. P.
Thompson and Co., of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
and 323, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agents and
Engineers, for the Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPERTAINING TO
MACHINES FOR CHECKING AND FOR RECORDING. THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY OR
OTHER QUANTITIES RECEIVED, PAID, OR TO BE RECORDED." A communication
from abroad by Thomas Warburton Kellett, temporarily residing at Valetta,
Malta.
Scaled the 12th August 1879, and dated the 14th February 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Phillips Thompson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th February 1879.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, of the Firm of Wm. P. Thompson and Co., of
6, Lord Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, and 323, High Holborn, in
the County of Middlesex, Patent Agents and Engineers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND
APPERTAINING TO MACHINES FOR CHECKING AND FOR RECORDING THE AMOUNTS
OF MONEY OR OTHER QUANTITIES RECEIVED, PAID, OR TO BE RECORDED." (A com-
munication from abroad by Thomas Warburton Kellet, temporarily residing at
Valetta, Malta.
This Invention is designed, 1st, to give extra security to employers in the col-
lection of accounts. By its use a receipt printed with the amount, date, and name
of the firm is obtained at the same time that a duplicate impression is made on a
running tape, which remains in the machine for future examination. In the
operation of setting the machine to any given amount of cash, that amount is added
to the amount previously on the index of the register wheels. The mechanism of
the machine consists of two sets of wheels, which we will call the stamping and
the register wheels, driven by an intermediate pinion. This pinion has a lateral
motion on the winding shaft, and is acted upon by an adjustable slide so as to gear
into any wheel at the option of the user. The periphery of the stamping wheels
from which the impression is taken consists of 12 teeth and 12 corresponding
interstices. In the recording register the pence wheel has 12 teeth, and is fitted on
an eccentric centre. The other wheels of recording register have 10 teeth each and
a ratchet wheel on the side, and revolve on fixed boss centres. The motion is

page_text: conveyed from the pence wheel to the first wheel of the shillings by a ratchet and
click or pawl motion, which rides upon the edges of a cain shield or washer placed
between the wheels, and in which there is a suitable indentation to allow the click
or pawl to come into action when required to move the first shilling wheel one
tooth. The first shilling wheel acts on the second shilling wheel when necessary.
There are 10 teeth on the second shilling wheel, and also on the ratchet of the same,
and there are five indentations on the cam shield between the second shilling
_wheel and the.first-pound_wheel_for_the_click.or pawl to fall in; consequently this
-pound wheel is.moved five times_for_each_revolution of the previous wheel. All
-other-wheels-are-moved-only-one-tooth-for-each-revolution-of-the-wheel--below--
them.
The clicks or pawls are so arranged-that each ratchet will pass under the click or
pawl of the wheel below them in the series without acting on it, the said wheel
being held in place by a follower on the bracket attached to the adjustable slide.
This enables the "register" to be broken at any point, so that the wheel will add
any single number or any wheel separately, and give a correct total on the
register.
The figures on the register wheels may be cut on the face of the teeth or in the
interstices, as required.
On the printing wheels the printing figures are cut in reverse on the face of the
teeth in relief, and are engraved or otherwise delineated in the interstices, so that
they can be read easily. The figures on the interstices show through a protected
slit in the case. The stamping wheels are on a moveable shaft, which has what
may be termed "fingers" or drivers," which when the shaft returns return the
whole of the wheels to zero, this return being caused by a spring acting on the
shaft. The wheels are prevented going beyond zero by stops.
"
A ribbon passes immediately over the stamping wheels, and moves a given distance
for each impression. Lengthwise over this passes a carbonized ribbon, and over
this is inserted the paper upon which the receipt is given. The pad acts directly
over the latter, so that the impressions on the receipt and the duplicate ribbon are
identical. This register can of course be adapted to any currency or system of
addition, and can be elaborated so as to print with ink if desired. This machine is
constructed to be carried in the pocket, but may be made of large size.
The mode of using is as follows:-
1st. Bring the slide (to which the before mentioned sliding bracket is attached)
over to the extreme right hand, and wind up by means of a projecting stud or
moveable key in a given-direction (the person holding the key has alone access to
the register), the wheels at this time being held in position by a stop. On moving
the slide opposite the pence wheel, and turning the key in the reverse direction,
any desired figure from 0 to 11 can be exhibited at the slit. This figure will be
the one that on striking the machine, as hereafter described, will be stamped on
the receipt given and on the tape register. The same number will also be added
_on_the_register_wheel. _The_other_wheels.are,set.and actuated in a similar manner..
2. The impression on the receipt cannot be obtained until the slide is placed
on the opposite end to the winding action. The action of stamping returns the
figures shown in the slit to zero, so that a second impression cannot be got (except
cyphers) without resetting the machine.
3. To stamp the impression, insert the receipt form in the slit and press the end
of the machine.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Phillips Thompson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th August 1879.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, of the Firm of Wm. P. Thompson and Co., of
6, Lord Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, and 323, High Holborn, in
the County of Middlesex, Patent Agents and Engineers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND
APPERTAINING TO MACHINES FOR CHECKING AND FOR RECORDING THE AMOUNTS
OF MONEY OR OTHER QUANTITIES RECEIVED, PAID, OR TO BE RECORDED." A com-
munication from abroad by Thomas Warburton Kellet, temporarily residing at
Valetta, Malta.
Fig. 1 represents an external view of the machine and case, showing the registers
with slide between and handle B¹ folded in; Fig. 2 shows a reverse view of case
and handle B open, and tape slit on top; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of same showing
(folding) handle B² open and a small hole B³ for receiving same.
These views are
all drawn one half the scale of the remaining Drawings. Fig. 4 represents a back
elevation with door removed; Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show respectively front side and
back elevations out of case; Fig. 8 represents a section of Fig. 6 through line A, B,
with bottom removed; Fig. 9 shows section through line C, D, Fig. 6; Fig. 10 is
section on line E, F, Fig. 4; Fig. 11, side view of drawer which contains rollers on
which tape is wound after printing; Fig. 12, sectional plan of same; Figs. 13, 14, 15,
views of case and fittings. The Figures on Sheet 6 are details of internal mechanism,
and those on Sheet 7 plane projection of peripheries of stamping and registering
wheels.
This Invention is designed to give extra security to employers in the collection
of accounts. By its use a receipt printed with the amount, date, and name of the
firm is obtained at the same time that a duplicate impression is made on a running
tape which remains in the machine for future examination.
In the operation of setting the machine to any given amount of cash, that
amount is added to the amount previously on the index of the register wheels.
The mechanism of the machine consists of two sets of wheels, the stamping
wheels marked with the letter D and a numeral, and the register wheels marked
E, E, et cetera, both driven by an intermediate pinion B³. This pinion has a lateral
motion on the winding shaft B and is acted upon by an adjustable slide H so as to
gear into any wheel at the option of the user. The periphery of the stamping
wheels from which the impression is taken consists of twelve teeth and twelve
corresponding interstices shown in detail on Sheet 7. In the recording register the
pence wheel E' has twelve teeth and is fitted on an excentric contre. The other
wheels of recording register have ten teeth each and a ratchet wheel es on the side,
and revolve on fixed boss centres M. In Figs. 8 and 9 the wheels D¹ et cetera are
shown blocked out; they are in practice cut out for lightness, as shown in the case
of the E wheels.
The motion is conveyed from the pence wheel E to the first wheel of the
shillings E by a ratchet and click or pawl motion which ride upon the edges of a
cam, shield, or washer placed between the wheels, and in which there is a suitable
indentation to allow the click or pawl to come into action when required to move
the first shilling wheel E2 one tooth. The first shilling wheel acts on the second
shilling wheel E³ when necessary. There are ten teeth on the second shilling wheel
and also on the ratchet of the same, and there are five indentations on the cam
shield between the second shilling wheel and the first pound wheel E* for the click
or pawl to fall in, consequently this pound wheel is moved five times for each
revolution of the previous wheel; all other wheels are moved only one tooth for
each revolution of the wheel below them.
The clicks or pawls are so arranged that each ratchet will pass under the click or
pawl.of the wheel below them in the series without acting upon it, the said wheel

page_text: being held in place by a follower O₂ on the bracket attached to the adjustable
slide H. This enables the "register" to be broken or altered at any point so that
the wheel will add any single number on any wheel separately, and give a correct
total on the register as it holds the wheel below from being turned!
The figures on the register wheels may be cut on the face of the teeth or in the
insterstices as required.
On the printing wheels the printing figures are cut in reverse, on the face of the
teeth in relief, and are engraved or otherwise delineated in the interstices, so that
they may be easily-read. The figures in the interstices show through a protected_
slit-in-the case. The-stamping-wheels-are-on-a-rotating-and-preferably, hexagonal-
shaft D which has on separate bosses or collars M what may be termed fingers
or drivers. These, when the shaft returns, return the whole of the wheels to
zero, this return being caused by a spring acting on the shaft. The wheels are
prevented going beyond zero by stops on C³.
A ribbon of semi-transparent paper or other suitable material passes immediately
over the stamping wheels and moves a given distance for each impression. Over
this in any convenient direction passes a carbonised ribbon, and over this again,
through slit L in the casing, is inserted the paper upon which the receipt is given.
The pad Y acts directly over the latter so that the impressions on the receipt and
the duplicate ribbon are identical. This register can of course be adopted to any
currency or system of addition by altering the arrangement of wheels and cams,
and can be elaborated so as to print with ink if desired. The machine as here
delineated is constructed to be carried in the pocket, but may be made of large size,
in which case the machinism would be suitably modified.
The mode of using is as follows:-
Bring the slide H (to which the before mentioned sliding bracket O is connected)
over to the extreme right hand and wind up by means of a projecting stud or
movable key B¹ in a given direction (the person holding the key has alone access
to the register), the wheels at this time being held in position by a stop piece V. On
moving the slide opposite the pence wheels D₁, E¹, and turning the key in the reverse
direction, any desired figure from 0 to 11 can be exhibited at the slit. This
figure will be the one that on striking the machine as hereafter described will be
stamped on the receipt given and on the tape register; the same number will also
be added on the register wheel.
The other wheels are set and actuated in a similar manner.
The impression on the receipt cannot be obtained until the slide is placed on the
opposite end to the winding action. The action of stamping returns the figures
shown in the slit to zero, so that a second impression cannot be got (except cyphers)
without resetting the machine.
To stamp the impressions, insert the receipt form in the slit and press the end of
the machine.
DESCRIPTION OF PARTS.
B³, main
A is the outside case; A', cross bar with projection A on it to prevent frame C
moving unless slide H with attachments is to the extreme left side of case; A³, door;
A, lock; A5, A6, A7, and AB, slides which carry the drawer containing pad, et cetera,
B, driving shaft; B', hinged handle attached to boss B³, in a slot of which is inserted
the sliding piece Be forming the end of B; B, hole for handle B¹ to fold into;
pinion gearing into any wheel on shafts D and E; B, winding pinion, winding
shaft D and fingers thereon through idle wheel N and pinion D³; B³, boss already
mentioned; B, sliding piece on end of B; B', six sided can against which presses
spring B8; B, spring to stop shaft B six times in each revolution by pressing
against B; B, sleeve, internally six sided, carrying the flange B" (actuated by
slide H and the pinions B3 and B'; C, frame carrying the main mechanism; C¹, part
of frame carrying B³: C², brackets carrying roller Q1; C³, cross piece with stops
upon it only allowing the pinion B³ to turn when in correct gear with any one

page_text: pair of corresponding wheels on D and E; C₁ is a slotted piece connecting frame-
work C; through it passes the piece O¹, there is also a pawl or toggle R which
prevents the wheel B³ being reversed; O also carries the springs S; D is the shaft
carrying stamping wheels; D', pence stamping wheel; D², unit shillings wheel;
D³, ten shillings wheel; D4, D5, and D, pounds stamping wheels, the numbers on the
peripheries of these wheels and the corresponding wheels E¹ to E' are shown in
flat projection on Sheet 7, there are stops on the sides of these wheels as shown
specially in Fig. 5 on D²; against the printing figures 2, 3, and 4, these stops
strike the stops on C³ and fetter the wheels from being over wound; D', spring
which returns shaft D to zero after stamping; Ds, pinion driven by idle wheel N ;
it has 13 teeth; D, flanged cam in which the pawl Do falls; D¹º, pawl
holding cam D in place when wound up; D", spring of pawl D10; D¹², winding
spring barrel; D₁s, projecting piece on inside of case which strikes off pawl D10,
and holds D from returning until stamping has been accomplished; d, spiral
springs in wheels D' to De to prevent wheels revolving by any jirking of machine;
d', catch against which the fingers of M act on return of shaft D; E, shaft carrying
register wheels E¹ to E, register wheels corresponding to D¹ to D6, stamping
wheels; E is a thousand pound wheel; c' is an excentric cam carrying wheel E¹,
e2, es, es, e, and e', bosses with flange cams, said cams allowing pawls V to act upon
the ratchet wheels es; e, similar cam but with five indentations; e8, ratchets pinned
on to side of wheels E to E7; F, indentation in frame; G, slide in same attached
to H; H, slide inside frame carrying H'; H³, projections on H holding into
sleeve B on shaft B; H2, loose slide between F and H, covering any space that is
exposed in working slide G so as to prevent tampering; I and I', two holes in case
glazed with glass or mica; K and L, collars on shaft D; M to Me, bosses on same,
each with projecting fingers; N, idle wheel with a flange covering one side except
on three teeth, the object being after commencing winding to prevent the wheel B¹
being withdrawn by means of the slide G till winding is completed; O, a peculiar
shaped piece carried on sleeve B°; O¹, projection on same, projecting through slot
in C against locking bar A¹, and thus preventing an impression being taken
till the slide G is placed at the extreme left of the case; O2, follower holding
pence wheel in position when the pinion B³ is moving the shilling wheel D², it
also corrects the position should the pinion B³ not have left them quite in line;
03, projection riding in slot of locking pawl V; P, P¹, type and type holder for
name of firm and movable date; P2, holding screw for same; Q, Q, two ribbons,
the upper one carbon, the lower of plain tissue passed together over rollers;
Qand Q2, from rollers; Q and Q to rollers Q and Q Q7, ratchet wheel
attached to end of roller Q, and is actuated by ratchet and spring Q; Q, spring
giving friction between edges of rollers Q5 and Q; R, toggle pawl to prevent
the pinion B from being reversed; R¹, spring actuating same; S, springs which
prevent the register wheels on shaft E from moving except when required; T, pin
on wheels E¹ to E inclusive; U, pawl and spring turning on T to transmit action
from wheel being actuated by pinion B to the next in the series above it; U¹,
stop actuating spring U; V, vibrating locking piece holding wheels on shaft D
while shaft D and fingers M are being wound; V₁, spring for same; W, springs
which return frame C carrying mechanism after the receipt has been stamped ;
W and W2, brackets on side of case used as abutments for springs W; X, toothed
piece in framing between the teeth of which the pinion B³ passes when actuating
register and stamping wheels, and is prevented turning when not in position; Y,
drawer carrying rollers Q and Q, and pad Y2; Y¹, between Y2 and Y³ into
which the receipt is put to be stamped; Y², pad; Y³, brackets carrying roller Q2;
the door closes over this and prevents the drawer Y from being withdrawn.
Having now described my Invention and given Drawings of the same with all
my latest improvements, I wish it to be understood that I lay no claim to adding
machines in general nor for making said adding machines so that they will register,
nor for the application of stationery or movable type, nor yet do I claim
the individual single parts except when combined with others for the purpose set

page_text: forth or as enumerated hereafter, nor do I claim separately a series of stamping or
of registering wheels arranged on a shaft, nor yet the two tapes wound together
over rollers for recording purposes, nor yet the hinged handle; but that what I
believe to be new and desire to protect under the herein before in part recited
Letters Patent is,—
1st. The manufacture of machines as described so that they will stamp a receipt
with any required sum, add-that sum to the amount on the registering wheels, and
-also-stamp-the-said-sum-on-a-recording-tape.
2nd.-The-arrangement-of-sliding-pinion or its mechanical equivalent gearing into
both-stamping and registering wheels at the same moment, substantially as and for
the purposes described.
-3rd. The arrangement of machine, substantially as herein described, so that any
unit can be added to a registering wheel direct without disturbing the wheels
below it.
4th. In a cash registering machine the mode herein described of setting the same
for a fresh sum by causing the entire set of stamping wheels to return automatically
to zero after the impression has been taken, and no fresh impression can be stamped
until a new sum be set.
5th. The arrangement of the piece V, of the six sided cam B7, and spring of the
shaft D, with fittings thereon including bosses M, of the sleeve B° and fittings
thereon, of the cross piece with stops C3, of wheel E¹ on excentric centre piece of
wheel E³, with alternal Os and 1s, of the cam between wheels E3 and E, of pawl
U with two slopes at end, one to drive the ratchets, the other to enable it to lift
on the raised cam easily, of the follower O' acting against C to prevent impression
being struck until slide HL is correctly placed, of the piece O generally, of the
toggle R, of the slides H, H', H2, and G, and of the tooth piece X respectively,
each substantially as and for the purposes described.
6th. The several combinations of pieces in the machine, each substantially as
and for the purposes herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Phillips Thompson, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, this Twelfth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
WP. THOMPSON. (L.S.)