Improvements in and relating to Cash Indicating and Registering Apparatus.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 5th Apr., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Cash Indicating and Registering
Apparatus.
We, FREDERICK Lincoln Fuller and GEORGE HOWARD GRISWOLD, Mechanics,
residing at Waterbury, in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, one of
the United States of America, 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 :-
Our invention relates to certain now and useful improvements in cash indicators and
registers, such as are used in keeping account of cash received from sales and which
are preferably operated in connection with a money drawer which forms a part of the
machine.
The objects of our invention are―
First, to provide a machine which shall temporarily indicate the amount of each
sale, so that the customer may see the same as it appears upon the face of the machine,
and which shall besides the temporary indication thus made, transfer the amount of
said sale by a process of addition to a permanent register which may be inaccessible
to the salesman and which will at all times show the sum total of sales to any person
having access to the interior of the case, without any calculation upon the part of the
observer.
Second, to provide a machine in which any of the several parts of the permanent
registering mechanism may be freely operated forward, but in which none of said parts
are capable of any retrograde movement.
Third, to provide a stop by means of which the mechanism for indicating and
registering may be automatically locked when the operating handle or segment has
been depressed to the proper distance, and also to furnish a duplex system of locking
teeth.
Fourth, to arrange for the locking and unlocking of the money drawer in proper
time with certain other functions of the machine, and―
Fifth, to effect a certain interdependence and mutuality of action between the
locking mechanism of the indicating and registering devices, and the money
drawer and with these ends in view our invention consists in the construction
and combination of elements hereinafter fully set forth and then recited in the
claims.
In order that those skilled in the art to which our invention appertains may more
fully understand the construction and operation thereof, we will describe the same in
detail, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this
specification, and in which-
Figure 1, is a perspective of the complete machine;
Figure 2, a front elevation, partly in section;
Figure 3, a plan view with the case removed as to its top portion ;
Figure 4, a vertical section taken upon the line, y-y, of Figure 3;
Figure 5, a detail perspective of one train of registering wheels;.
Figure 6, a detail section through the transfer shaft and the gears carried
thereon.;
Figure 7, a detail section through the shaft carrying the locking detents, a portion
of the segments and their locking teeth appearing in elevation ;
Figure 8, a vertical longitudinal section taken just inside the case at Figure 2. In
this view all parts are shown as at rest.
Figure 9, is a similar view showing one of the segments depressed, and the drawer
slightly open;
Figure 10, a similar view showing the position of the parts just prior to the
completion of the closing movement of the drawer;

page_text: Figures 11 and 12, show a machine similar to that exhibited in the preceding
figures, except that it employs a modified mechanisin for controlling the locking
detents. In the former figure parts are shown as at rest. In the latter figure a
segment has been depressed.
The case in which the parts are enclosed consists of a base, A, back, B, sides, C,
a cover, D, preferably hinged at its rear end for ready access to the interior, and
which may be provided with a lock, an apron, E, having vertical slots through which
the segments project, and a table, F, having openings through which said segments
and their handles may be turned freely downward.
1, is a shaft extending between the sides, C, of the case and upon sleeves, 2, arranged
upon said shaft, are mounted segments, 3, each having teeth, 4, upon a portion of its
periphery in such manner as to form a sectoral rack.
A portion of each segment numbered, 5, projects out through a slot in the apron,
and secured in this projecting portion of each segment is a series of equidistantly
placed operating handles, 6, to the number of nine when the machine is to be used for
computation upon the decimal system, but which may be varied in number to adapt
the machine for calculations in accord with any other plan of notation.
Opposite to these handles, see Figure 1, is a scale consisting of the numerals from
1. to 9 inclusive, said scale serving as a guide for the operator in manipulating the
segments. 7, are coiled springs each having one end thereof secured to a sleeve, 2,
and the other end secured to any fixed base, as for instance, a transverse rod, 8, near
the rear of the case. The function of these springs is to return the segments to their
normal position, as seen in Figure 5, after they have been turned down and released.
This normal position is determined by a stop, 9, preferably containing a block, 10", of
rubber or other resilient material to lessen the jar of the spring impelled segment.
11, is a shaft extending across between the sides of the case, above, and in
substantially the same vertical plane as the shaft, 1, see Figure 5.
This shaft carries for each of the segments hereinbefore referred to, a gear, 12,
whose teeth are engaged by the racked edge of the segment, and which are secured
thereon and adapted to move therewith in both directions a wheel, 13, having upon
its periphery characters from, 0, to 9, inclusive.
The intermeshing gear and segments have an equal number of teeth, so that a
quarter turn of the segments effects a complete revolution of the gear. Journalled
upon the shaft, 11, alongside the numbered wheel, 13, and independent thereof, is a
second numbered wheel, 14, which has formed therewith or secured thereto a ten-
toothed ratchet-wheel, 15. This ratchet-wheel is engaged by a spring-actuated
pawl, 16, upon the side of the wheel, 13, so that it will be carried forward, as to the
numerals thereon, with said wheel, 13, but so that when the larger numbered wheel
is returned to its normal position the pawl will slide backward over the ratchet
without in any wise operating the latter. Upon its other side the numbered
wheel, 14, carries a gear, 17, meshing with a gear, 18", equal in size and number
of teeth, which latter is mounted upon a sleeve, 18, journalled on a transverse
shaft, 19, in the rear of the shaft, 11, and in substantially the same horizontal plane
therewith.
As seen at the detail sectional figure 6, the sleeve carries upon its other end a
one-toothed pinion, 19, which is adapted to engage at each revolution with the
gear, 17, in the train of the next higher series, see Figure 3; that is, the one-toothed
pinion driven by the units train operates the gear on the permanent record wheel of
the tens train. That one toothed pinion upon the tens train operates the gear of the
hundreds train; and so on, the hundreds the thousands, the tens of thousands and
the hundreds of thousands, if the machine be made of so great a compass by the
employment therein of a sufficient number of trains. Beyond the gear, 17, and
adapted to turn therewith is a sinuous faced detent wheel, 20, which is engaged by a
frictional spring, 21, secured to any convenient base, as for instance, the transverse
rod, 22.
This detent serves to prevent any displacement of the permanent record
train except when the latter properly operated through movement of one of the
segments.

page_text: Thus it will be seen that the segments operate the large indicating wheels both
forward and backward, the temporary wheels operate to turn the smaller totalizing
register wheels forward, but never backward, and these wheels through the gear and
one toothed pinion on the transfer shaft, 19, move the totalizing register wheel of
the next higher train one space for each complete revolution of the lower record
wheel and its gear.
As this
The one toothed pinion which is operated by the thousands train engages a
gear, 23, which latter carries a permanent record wheel, 24, having on its periphery a
character for each tooth. This wheel registers tens of thousands up to 30.
machine is adapted for the computation in money upon the decimal system, the
capacity of the four lower trains is $99.99. The addition of the large wheel, 24,
above described, increases this capacity up to $3000.00. Of course a greater number
of trains may be employed, but as single sales rarely run over $100.00 in amount,
the computation of the totals with the aid of the large wheel is sufficient for all
practical purposes.
Each of the operating segments hereinbefore referred to is cut away in the arc of
a circle just within the front of the case, and is provided with two sets of inclined
locking teeth, 59, 60, the former adapted when engaged by properly shaped detents
to lock the segment as against downward movement, and the latter adapted to lock
said segment as against upward movement. The purpose of this arrangement will
presently appear.
A shaft, 61, having end bearings in the case extends longitudinally
of the latter, and upon arms, 12, projecting from said shaft between the segments
are pivoted detents, 63, 64. The detents referred to as, 63, have an operative face at
either end, and each is adapted engage with two segments. Said detents are
pivoted eccentrically so that one end may be in engagement, and the other out of
engagement, and any suitable spring, which we have deemed it unnecessary to show,
may be employed to retain them in their normal position, as seen at Figure 3.
detents, 64, have one operative face only, since they are located at the ends of the
machine and therefore engage one segment only instead of two segments, see
Figures 3 and 7.
The
Near the end of the shaft, 61, is a lever arm, 65, arranged to lock said shaft upon
its axis, and the lower end of this lever arm is provided with a pin or roller, 66, which
engages the top edge of a strip at the side of the money drawer, 32, which latter
slides in the bottom of the case and is of any ordinary construction or arrangement.
Two lever arms, one at each side may be used if required. The strip just referred to
is cut away as seen at, 67, and GS, is a pivoted and over-balanced block which, as will
hereafter more fully appear, operates after the manner of a switch upon the lever arm
just described.
69, are levers fulcrumed upon the shaft, 61, near its end, and connected as to their
front ends by means of a flat plate or strip of metal, 70, which forms a key
extending across the whole front of the machine. At their rear ends the levers, 69,
are connected by means of vertical connections, 71, to a pair of rock-arms, 72, on a
shaft, 73, that extends across the machine. 74, is a sharp edged metal stop secured
on the ends of the rock arms immediately beneath the peripheries of the transfer
gears, so that upon suitable upward movement of said rock arms the edge of said
strip will be driven into engagement with said gears and thereby lock them
firmly to prevent their turning. 75, are brackets secured to the inclined portion
of the case in front of the segments. In these brackets a shaft, 76, is jonnalled,
said shaft carrying upon arms, SO, a shaft S1, bearing a series of rubber
rollers, 77, one of which engages the periphery of each segment. 78, is an arm
projecting outward from about the middle of shaft, 76, and, 79, is a gravity latch
which is engaged by the outer end of said arm and whose lower end takes into a
recess in the front wall of the drawer. It will be seen that each segment has a slight
offset near its lower end. The purpose of this offset is to allow the latch to remain
engaged with the drawer so long as all segments are in their zero position, but, as
soon as any segment is depressed, the roller shaft is pushed downward and outward

page_text: by the increased diameter of the segment the shaft, 76, is rocked slightly in
its bearing and the latch arm is raised sufficiently to lift the latch clear of the
drawer.
In the modified construction which is shown in Figures 11 and 12, there is shown
a means for accelerating the action of the lever arm by means of which the locking
detents are controlled. Upon the said lever arm is pivoted a stop pawl, 88, against
which when the drawer is closed and the segments are in their zero position, the end
of a stop arm, 82, abuts, said stop arm being pivoted on a short shaft or hub, 83, on
the inside of the case above the drawer. A link, 8+, connects the stop arm to one.of
the levers, 69. A spring, 85, bas its ends connected respectively to the lever arm and
to a fixed point inside the case.
In the operation of the devices which lock the segments and which are connected
to the drawer, when a segment is depressed the inner end of one of the detents
engaging slightly with the upwardly inclined ratchet teeth, slides over said teeth, and
upon the arrest of the segment will detain it as against being returned by its spring.
The stoppage of the downward movement of the segment is effected by means of the
depression of the key, 70, which extends across the machine, and is common to all
the segments alike. For instance, the units segment is desired to be depressed to
register 7. The fingers are placed upon the 7 handle and the segment is turned
downward. When the fingers come in contact with the key, the latter is depressed,
and thereby the sharp edged metal stop is driven into engagement with the teeth of
the transfer gears behind the register trains whereby further movement of any of
the parts is prevented, while the stop is so engaged. The depression of the segment
lifts the drawer latch by means of the rubber rollers heretofore described, and
leaves the drawer free to be opened. As the drawer is pulled outward the roller on
the end of the lever arm rides up on top on the pivoted switch block from the
position shown at Figure 8, to the position shown at Figure 9, and as the top of the
block is higher than the normal point of rest of the roller, as seen at Figure 8,
the lever is raised and the shaft, 61, rocked on its bearings to a sufficient degree
to drive all the detents into full engagement with both sets of teeth on the
segments.
Each segment is thereby engaged by the detents from each side, and as each
segment has upwardly inclined locking teeth and downwardly inclined locking teeth,
it is securely held both as against further downward movement and as to reverse 'or
upward movement. By means of further outward movement of the drawer the
block passes out from under the roller, the latter being thereafter supported upon
the strip, and then the block drops back to the position shown at Figures 8 and 9.
During the time the drawer remains open the mechanism is locked and the
amount of the last sale shown upon the indicator wheels through the openings in
the case.
During the closing movement of the drawer, when the roller of the lever arms
comes to the rear end of the block, it passes beneath the latter, and the further closing
movement of the drawer by rocking the shaft, 61, withdraws all the detents out of
engagement with the segments, whereupon the latter are returned to their normal or
zero position by the springs which are attached thereto.
In the modified construction which is shown at Figures 11 and 12, the strip at
the side of the drawer is cut away in front to a somewhat greater degree than is
shown at Figures 8, 9 and 10, and the normal position of the lever arm is with its
end beneath the switch block, see Figure 11, instead of upon said block at the rear
of the latter. The spring at this time is slightly strained. Upon the depression of
a segment, and the downward movement of the stop key, the stop arm is carried
past and out of engagement with the stop pawl, thereby releasing the lever arm and
permitting the spring to pull said arm quickly backward to the position shown at
Figure 6, whereby the partial engagement of the detents with the locking teeth is
effected, and the lever arm held in such position that the outward movement of the
drawer will cause said arm to ride upon and over the block, onto the higher plane of
the strip, whereby the detents are driven into both sets of locking teeth to the full

page_text: depth, and there retained until the closing movement of the drawer, when the lever arm
passes under the switch block to the position shown at Figure 11, and is there retained
by the re-engagement of the stop pawl and stop lever.
In the operation of the machine when organized as heretofore described, the
operator places his fingers upon the appropriate handle of the proper segment or
segments and depresses said segment or segments as far as the transverse key will
permit the hand to go. This causes figures corresponding to the amount represented
by the handles, to appear at the openings in the case which are in proper relation to
the temporary registering wheels." It also causes said amount to be added to the
totalizing register which, as heretofore described, is operated by the temporary
indicating wheels The segments depressed are temporarily retained as against return
by the detents, which latter as soon as the drawer is opened, are driven into the
locking teeth upon all the segments so that no movement can be imparted to said
segments until after the drawer has been closed. The closing movement of the
draw withdraws all the detents from engagement with the segments, whereupon the
latter return to zero impelled by their springs and the temporary indication likewise
disappears from the openings in the case.
In the registration of numbers less than 10. or of multiples of 10 up to 100, or
multiples of 100 up to 1000, upon the machine, as shown and described, the use of
one segment only is required. As an instance, for nine cents, the units segment
should be depressed by the 9 handle. For ninety cents a similar depression should
be made of the tens seginent. For $9.00 and $90.00, a like depression should be
made respectively of the hundreds or the thousands segment. In each of these cases
the additional characters required to make up the amount indicated, are furnished by
the zero signs upon the temporary indicating wheels at the right of the segment
In
which has been depressed, said zero signs being normally in view, see Figure 1.
the registration of 'uneven amounts the depression of more than one segment is
necessary; say for $3.47, the unit segment is depressed from 7, the tens from 4, the
hundreds from 3.
While the temporary indicating wheels are always at zero except at such times as
they have been operated by the segments, after which they return to zero by a
reverse movement, the totalizing register mechanism has added to it at each operation
of the segments or any of them the amount which has been caused by the operation
of said segments to appear upon the temporary indicating wheels.
The total sum
indicated by a reading from left to right of the several totalizing wheels gives at any
time to a person having access to the interior of the case the sum of all sales thereto-
fore made. This reading may be taken at any stated interval, such as a day, or a
When it is
week, and the amount of cash in the drawer compared therewith.
desired to commence a new account upon the register, the totalizing register may
be readily turned to zero by the successive operation of the segments beginning
with the units segment, by means of the handle whose number added to the number
then appearing on the totalizing wheel of that segment, will make ten.
In this our invention we do not wish to be confined to the exact details of con-
struction which we have herein shown and described, since many minor changes.
entirely within the province of mechanical skill may be made therein without
departing from the spirit of our invention, which is founded upon the use of the
segments, the temporary indicating wheels operated in both directions thereby, and.
the totalizing register operated upward only, through and by means of the temporary
indicating wheels.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven.
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is―
1. In a cash register or the like, the combination with a plurality of peripherally.
toothed actuating segments each having thereon a series, of handles whereby it may.

page_text: be moved about its centre, of a series of indicating wheels, engaged and turned in
both directions by said segments, and a totalizing register train operate upward
only, as to the numbers thereon by the indicating wheels, substantially as
described.
2. In a cash register or like machine, the combination with a plurality of pivoted
and partially rotatable segments having peripheral actuating teeth, of operating
handles secured upon and adapted to move with said segments, a series of indicating
wheels each engaged and operated in both directions by one of the segments, and a
totalizing register train whose members are operated upward only, numerically, by
the indicating wheels, substantially as set forth.
3. The combination in a cash register or the like, with the pivoted and peripherally
toothed segments, each having upon one edge thereof a series of operating handles
affixed thereto and carried thereby, of the indicating wheels operated both forward and
backward by said segments, the totalizing register train operated upward, numerically,
from the indicating wheels, and means as described, for the transfer of the revolutions
of each wheel of the totalizing register to that numerically next above it, substantially
as set forth.
4. In a cash register or the like, the combination with the toothed and pivoted
segments, of the sectorally arranged and equidistantly spiced handles secured thereon,
and whereby the segments may be operated, the indicating wheels driven in both
directions by the toothed edges of the segments, the totalizing register wheels operated
from the indicating wheels, and a series of springs, one engaging each segment, and
adapted to return said segments and the indicating wheels to their zero position after
the total bas been registered, substantially as described.
5. In a cash register or similar machine, the combination with the pivoted
segments, each provided with peripheral driving teeth, of a series of locking teeth
independent of the driving teeth and arranged sectorally upon the segments, and a
series of detents adapted to engage said locking teeth and thereby hold the segments
at any predetermined position, as against the action of the returning springs,
substantially as set forth.
6. In a cash register or similar machine, the combination with the toothed and
pivoted operating segments and indicating mechanisms, of a series of locking detents,
each of said detents adapted to engage with two of said segments, substantially
as set forth.
7. In a cash register or similar machine, the combination with the indicating and
registering mechanisms, of a series of operating segments, engaging and adapted to
actuate the indicating mechanism, said segments being pivotally supported inside the
case, and having sectoral portions provided with handles projecting outward through
said case, substantially as described.
8. In a cash register, the combination with the indicating and registering
mechanism, of the segments having peripherally arranged operating teeth engaging
and adapted to actuate the indicating mechanism, having also sectorally arranged
and equidistantly placed operating handles accessible from without the case, and
furthermore provided with sectorally arranged locking teeth adapted to be engaged
and held by suitable retaining detents, substantially as specified.
9. The combination in a machine of the character described with the operating
segments, and the temporary indicating wheels actuated thereby in both directions, of
the totalizing wheels operated in one direction only by the indicating wheels, and a
gear and transfer pinion arranged upon a separate shaft, and actuated by the
totalizing wheels, said pinion adapted at each revolution of its totalizing wheel to
transfer said revolution to the next higher totalizing wheel in the form of one step
upon the latter, substantially as set forth.
10. In a cash register, the combination with the indicating and registering
mechanism, of the operating segments having the peripherally arranged teeth
engaging and adapted to drive the indicating wheels in both directions, the handles

page_text: secured upon and movable with the segments, and locking teeth independent of the
peripheral driving teeth, and suitable locking detents for engaging said teeth, substan-
tially as set forth.
11. In a cash register or similar machine, the combination with the pivoted and
peripherally toothed operating segments, and the handles stationary upon but movable
with said segments, of the indicating wheels operated in both directions by said
segments, the totalizing devices operated upward only by said indicating wheels, and
the series of gears and one toothed pinion arranged upon a separate shaft, the gears
driven by the register wheels, and each pinion adapted at each revolution of its
register wheel, to transfer said revolution to the next higher register wheel as one
step in the rotation of the latter, substantially as set forth.
12. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the toothed and
pivoted operating segments, of the indicating wheels driven thereby in both directions,
the totalizing register wheels axially aligned with and driven by said indicating
wheels in one direction, a series of gears arranged behind, and operated one by each
register wheel, and one toothed pinion carried by said gears, and each engaging and
adapted to turn the register wheel of the next higher train one step for each complete
revolution of the pinions, substantially as specified.
13. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the indicating
and recording mechanism, of the segments having the peripheral driving teeth, having
also the equidistantly arranged operating handles fast thereon and moving therewith,
having also the locking teeth independent of the driving teeth and arranged one for
each of the handles, and locking detents, adapted to engage said teeth, substantially as
set forth.
14. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the indicating
and recording mechanism, of the peripherally toothed segments engaging and adapted
to drive said mechanism, handles secured upon said segments and accessible from
without the case, a series of locking teeth equal in number to the handles and con-
centric with the arc in which said handles are disposed, and locking detents under
control of the money drawer and which are normally within the line of the locking
teeth, substantially as specified.
15. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the toothed
operating segments and the mechanism operated thereby, of a shaft thereon, all of
said segments are journalled, coiled springs, each having one end attached to one of
the segments and the other to a fixed point, the sectoral rows of locking teeth one
upon each of the segments and the pivoted detents engaging said locking teeth, sub-
stantially as set forth.
16. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the peripherally
toothed operating segments, of the indicating wheels driven thereby in both directions,
the register wheels axially aligned with said indicating wheels, the pawls carried
by the indicating wheels and adapted upon the forward movement of the latter to turn
the register wheels, and a transfer mechanism substantially as described whereby at
each full revolution of each register wheel the register wheel of the next higher
series is advanced one step, substantially as specified.
17. The combination in a machine of the character described, with the operating
segments having peripheral driving teeth, of the indicating wheels engaged and
driven by said segments in both directions, the register wheels axially aligned with
said, indicating wheels, a ratchet and gear arranged against and carried by each
register wheel, a pawl upon each indicating wheel engaging said ratchet, an
independently journalled. gear meshing with the gear carried by the register wheel
and a one toothed pinion carried by each of such independently journalled gears, and
engaging once at each revolution with the gear on the next higher register wheel,
substantially as set forth.
18. In a cash register and indicator, the combination with the indicating and
registering devices, of the segments, a double set of locking teeth upon each

page_text: segment and detents adapted to engage both sets of said teeth, substantially as set
.forth.
19. In a cash indicator and register, the combination with the segments and
the mechanism operated thereby, of a double set of locking teeth secured upon each
segment, the teeth of said sets being inclined in opposite directions, and detents
adapted to take into said teeth and thereby hold the segments as against movement
in either direction, substantially as set forth.
20. The combination with the segments and the mechanism operated thereby, of
the sets of teeth inclined in opposite directions and secured to said segments, the
detents inclined relative to the face line of the locking teeth, means for carrying
said detents inward into partial engagement with said teeth and additional means
for driving them into full engagement as to both ends, substantially as set forth.
21. The combination in a machine of the character described, with the segments,
and the mechanism operated thereby, of the double sets of locking teeth inclined in
opposite directions secured upon said segments, the transverse shaft parallel with
the locking teeth, the spring actuated detents carried and controlled by the shaft,
and means operated from the money drawer whereby the axial position of the
detent shaft is controlled, substantially as specified.
22. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the segments
provided with operating handles and the mechanism operated thereby, of a key
adjacent to said segments and in the path of the hand operating them or either of
them, and locking mechanism controlled by said key and adapted upon the
depression thereof to lock the mechanism of the machine, substantially as specified.
23. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the segments
and the mechanism operated thereby, of the transversely extended key adjacent and
common to all the segments, levers projecting inwardly from said key, and a locking
element adjacent to one or more gears of the machine and adapted to be thrown into
or out of engagement therewith according as the key is in its depressed or normal
position, substantially as specified.
24. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the segments
and the mechanism operated thereby, of the transversely extended key adapted to be
engaged and depressed by the fingers of the operator, the levers extending backward
from said key, the stop strip adjacent to the transfer gears, and a suitable con-
nection between the levers and the strip for the operation of the latter by the former,
substantially as described.
25. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the segments
and the mechanism operated thereby, of locking teeth upon said segments, the
detents arranged adjacent to the locking teeth, a lever arm connected to and
adapted to control the position of the detents, and a switch carried by the drawer
and engaging the lever arm, whereby the lever arm is operated, substantially as set
forth.
26. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the segments,
the detents and the lever arm, of a pivoted switch secured to the drawer and
adapted to govern the position of the arm and detents during the opening and
closing of the drawer, substantially as specified.
27. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the indicating
and recording mechanism, and the segments for operating the same, of the detents,
the lever arm whereby the position of said detents is controlled, the strip upon the
drawer upon which the lower end of the lever arm bears, and the eccentrically
pivoted switch block secured upon the drawer and adapted to vary the position of the
lever arm, substantially as specified.
28. In a machine of the character described, the combination with the segments,
each provided with an offset in its periphery, of a rock shaft having connected
thereto rollers engaging the peripheries of the several segments, and a latch taking
into the drawer and adapted to be withdrawn by the downward movement of either
of the segments, substantially as specified.

page_text: 29. The combination with the segments, each provided with an offset in its
periphery, of a series of rollers operating together and engaging said segments, a
rock shaft whose position is determined by the relation of the rollers to the segments
or either of them, and a lock operated by the rock shaft, substantially as and for the
purpose specified.
This 4th day of Waitany IXU
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.