IMPROVEMENTS IN TILLS FOR THE PREVENTION OF FRAUD BY PERSONS WHO RECEIVE MONEY IN SHOPS OR OTHER PLACES.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Browne Wolsey Webb at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th June 1882.
_BROWNE WOLSEY WEBB, of Harrington Square, in the County of Middlesex
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TILLS FOR THE PREVENTION OF FRAUD BY PERSONS WHO
RECEIVE MONEY IN SHOPS OR OTHER PLACES.
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This invention relates to tills for the prevention of fraud by persons who receive
money in shops or other places, and the said invention has for its main object to
construct a till or receptacle for money, in such a manner that the person who pays
the money may see at once if the proper amount has been placed in the till, the
last payment made remaining visible until another payment is made and has to be
deposited in the till. Another object of the said invention is to improve the con-
struction of the apparatus described in the Specification of former Letters Patent
granted to me and dated the 8th day of July A.D. 1881 N° 3009.
According to my present invention I construct a box or case of suitable form and
dimensions, in the lower part of which box I provide a drawer which may be
divided into compartments for the different coins to be deposited therein; gold,
silver and bronze, for example. Above this drawer the front of the box or case is
formed of glass through which the coins may be seen as they rest upon an inclined
plate after having been inserted in suitable apertures provided for the purpose at,
or near, the top of the box or case. The said plate is preferably formed of vulcanite
or other material which is a non-conductor of electricity, and it is pivoted in such
a manner that it may be moved by suitable means to allow the money to drop into
the drawer below. I also provide a bell which is arranged to be sounded whenever
the said plate is moved as above described, and a locking device for retaining the
plate in its closed position.
One novel feature of my present invention is the arrangement of the said plate
in combination with the locking device and bell and their operating mechanism in
such a manner that by pressing upon a push-knob by hand the bell will first be
sounded, the locking device will then be disengaged and the plate drawn back to
allow the money to fall into the drawer. For this purpose I preferably provide an
electric bell and a suitable battery in connection therewith, and a bent lever is
pivotted upon a pin or stud fixed in the box or case; this lever is operated by
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page_text: means of a push-knob from the outside of the box or case, and a retracting spring
within the same, and the said lever is arranged to make and break the circuit around
the coils of the electro-magnet for operating the hammer of the bell; one end of the
said lever has a chain or cord attached to it, the other end of the chain or cord
being attached to one arm of a bent lever of the locking device; this bent lever is
pivoted upon a pin carried in lugs fixed to the inclined plate; the other arm of the
said lever is adapted to engage with a stop fixed to the box or case and thus retain
the plate in its closed position; a third arm or projection on the said lever is pressed
upon by a spring attached to the plate in order to ensure the engagement of the lever
with the said stop. I may also provide the inclined plate with an extension beyond
the pivot, the said extension being acted upon by a suitable spring to counterbalance
the weight of the inclined plate.
In order to indicate the amount of change supplied to the shopman or other
receiver of money, I fix on the back of the box or case (which is preferably made
in the form of a hinged door) a dial similar to that described in the said former
specification, and I provide it with a hinged cover capable of being locked or
fastened on the inside of the box or case.
The whole, or any, of the above described improvements may be applied to
apparatus otherwise constructed; in accordance with the said former specification,
for example; the inclined plate may be operated by hand as above described instead
of by means of an electro-magnet, and the locking device herein described may be
substituted for that described in the said former specification, as will be readily
understood on reference thereto.