Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1887
Complete Left, 4th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 4th May, 1888
I, HENRY THOMAS DAVIS, of Mostyn House, Elliott Road, in the County of
Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved automatic recording till, and it is designed
by a simple device to show the customer that his payment is duly recorded, and to
afford a check upon the clerk receiving the coin, as well as a continuous record of
the amounts received.
On the top of the money box, and in communication therewith, is fixed an
upright tube of sufficient diameter to admit of the passage of coin. A metal case
or box, double fronted, revolves upon this tube, the revolution being always main-
tained in one direction by means of a pawl and ratchet wheel. On each face is an
opening covered by a plate of glass, and behind this and affixed to the inside of the
case is a frame with a back and a drop shelf. Above this frame is a slot in the
casing for dropping in the money on to the shelf. This shelf is pivotted, and extends
beyond the back of the frame resting upon the top of the tube which maintains it
it in a horizontal position. A portion of this tube, however, is cut away, so that when
the casing is rotated, and upon reaching the cut away portion, the drop shelf drops
and the coin slides down the same into the tube, and so to the money box. Upon a
suitable platform is a roll of paper passing over a face to a drum. This drum is pro-
vided with a ratchet wheel controlled by a tooth upon the tube. Upon rotation
being imparted to the casing, a portion of the paper, corresponding to an aperture in
the casing, is drawn on to the drum. The action of my device is that when a coin
is dropped through the slot upon the drop shelf, the amount is written upon the paper,
the machine is then revolved and the customer sees his coin and the amount properly
entered. Upon the next payment being made, the machine is revolved, the drop plate
drops the coin into the tube, the paper containing the figure is drawn away forming a
continuous record upon the drum of the amount received, and leaves a black space
for the next payment. The apparatus that I have described is of course in duplicate

page_text: upon each face of the machine. When it is desired to divide the money into gold,
silver and bronze, the frame under the glass is divided into three compartments each
having a dropping shelf and each shelf differing in length, so as to deposit each sum
of money into that division of the tube which corresponds to its compartment, so
that the money is deposited in different money boxes or receptacles.
Instead of using blank paper and writing on the figures when one exact amount of
money is received, tickets with such amount recorded on them and being consecu-
tively numbered can be used, the tickets passing out through feed rollers and
projecting plates.
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Automatic Recording Till.
I, HENRY THOMAS DAVIS, late of Mostyn House, Elliott Road, in the County of
Surrey, but now of 53 Melbourne Grove, East Dulwich, in the County of Surrey,
Engineer, 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 an improved automatic recording till, and it is designed
by a simple device to show the customer that his payment is duly recorded, and to
afford a check upon the clerk receiving the coin, as well as a continuous record of
the amounts received.
In order that my invention may be the better understood, I now proceed to
describe the same in relation to the drawings hereunto annexed, reference being had
to the letters and figures marked thereon. Like letters refer to like parts throughout
the drawings.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my apparatus with the lower part of the case
removed to show internal mechanism.
Figure 2 is a transverse elevation of my apparatus with external part of case
removed to show internal mechanism.
Figure 3 is a sectional plan of part of my apparatus showing mechanism for
actuating the paper roll.

page_text: Figure 4 is a sectional plan of part of my apparatus showing the money shelves
and shoot.
On the top of the money box or till and in communication therewith is fixed an
upright tube A of sufficient diameter to admit of the passage of coin, and provided
with a funnel top. A metal case or box B, double fronted and attached to an
external tube C, surrounding the inner fixed tube A, revolves upon this latter tube A,
the revolution being always determined in one direction only by means of a pawl d
upon the plate D which revolves with the box engaging in a ratchet wheel E upon
the central fixed tube.
On each face of the case or box is an opening F, covered by a plate of glass,
and behind this and affixed to the inside of the case is a frame f and a drop shelf
or shelves G. The top of the box or case is provided with a slot or slots imme-
diately over the space between the glass front F and the back frame or frames f.
The money is dropped by the clerk through these apertures, and for the time being
remains visible and stationary behind the glass screen. The shelf or shelves G are
pivotted, and extend beyond the back of the frame f and rest upon the top of the fixed
money shoot or funnel H, which communicates through the central tube A with the
till. The edge of this shoot or funnel H is of such height as normally to maintain
the shelves G in a horizontal position to it; one portion of the edge of the money
shoot is cut away, so that when the casing and the shelves are rotated about the said
shoot, the shelves drop when reaching the cutaway portion h, and the coin is thus
allowed to slide down into the money tube A and so to the till or money box. The
said recess in the edge of the money shoot is so situated that it does not come into
operation for one half turn of the apparatus (which thus allows the customer to see
the coins duly placed in their receptacle behind the glass screen) the discharge into
the till not taking place until the complete revolution is nearly completed.
Upon the platform D is a roll of paper J passing over a writing table K to a
drum L. This drum is mounted loosely on a shaft which is provided with a bevel
wheel gearing into another bevel wheel k provided with a ratchet wheel l. Upon
the fixed tube A are one or more projecting teeth a, which engage into the said
ratchet wheel 1, as the platform D and case B revolve about the said fixed tube A.
The ratchet wheel is thereby caused to revolve through a desired amount of
rotation, causing the drum L by the clutch M to revolve and draw upon it the
paper from the roll J. The writing table K is placed opposite an aperture in the
case so as to enable the clerk who receives the money to inscribe the value upon
tho paper lying on the said table.
The action of my device is as follows:-
When a coin or coins are dropped through the slot or slots upon the shelves G,
behind the glass screen F, the amount is written by the clerk upon the paper on
the writing table K. The machine is then revolved through a half turn and
the coin behind the glass screen and the written statement of amount are thus
presented to the customer who may thus see it properly entered. A duplicate
apparatus is then presented on the other face of the case to the clerk who repeats
the operation and, upon the next half turn, the money taken on the previous
occasion is allowed to drop into the till and the new sum taken is presented to the
customer. At the same time, the sheet of paper is drawn away from the
writing table within the apparatus on to the drum L by the aforesaid action of
the teeth a upon the ratchet wheel 1, leaving a blank space for the entry of the next
payment.
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The whole mechanism is therefore in duplicate on each side of the case.
When it is desired to divide the money in gold, silver, and bronze, the frame under
the glass is divided into three compartments as shown in figure 4, each having
distinctive drop shelf G. Each shelf may be made to differ in length so as to
deposit the various coins into a particular division of the tube corresponding to its
compartments respectively, so that the various coins are deposited in distinctive
tills or receptacles.

page_text: 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 :-
1st. An automatic recording till which by revolution by hand first presents the
coin and noted value to the customer and by the completion of the revolution
discharges the coin automatically into a till and withdraws the noted value of the
coin into the interior of the locked apparatus and thus out of reach of the clerk,
substantially as described.
2nd. In such an automatic recording till the combination of a hand revolved
slotted case receiving the coins with a fixed money shoot forming the axis thereof,
substantially as described.
3rd. In such an automatic recording till, the combination of hinged drop shelves
receiving the coins with a fixed money tube fitted with an edge supporting the said
drop shelves and provided with a recess which at a desired point of the revolution
permits the drop tables to fall and discharge the money into the till.
4th. In such a recording till the paper drum provided with gearing and ratchet
wheel in combination with and operated by projecting teeth upon the fixed central
tube to
cause the withdrawal of the paper into the interior of the apparatus,
substantially as described.
5th. In such an automatic till the division of the money shoot and till into various
compartments to separate the gold, silver, and bronze coins with respective dropping
tables to determine the fall of the various coins into their respective compartments,
substantially as described.