Improvements in or relating to Check-tille.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 27th Apr., 1895
UUMI MIM OF BUITIGATION.
Improvements in or relating to Check-tille.
I, HARRY MARTIN GEIGER, Manufacturer, of Grand Rapids, State of
Michigan, 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 :-
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in manual
recorders and cash drawers, and it more especially refers to certain improvements
upon the manual recorder or cash drawer patented to me May 11, 1894, No. 9380,
although a portion of the invention may be used in connection with other forms of
manual recorders and cash drawers, and the objects of my invention are ;-
First, To furnish in connection with the permanent register of the cash received
or paid, a statement to the purchaser of the amount of money he has received,
which statement is detached from the roll and is written or printed at the same
time that the entry is made, which is retained by the owner of the machine.
Second, To furnish an improved method of operating the push-bar which
throws open the drawer.
Third, To combine suitable and appropriate mechanism for making a plurality
of impressions at the same time.
Fourth, The various combinations of machinery arranged and operated for the
purposes more fully described hereafter.
These objects I accomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, in which ;-
Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved manual recorder and cash drawer with
the upper portion of the cover removed in order to show more fully the
arrangement of the parts within the case.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the machine on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
Figure 3 is a detailed section on an enlarged scale of that part of the machine
which refers particularly to the removal of the statement for the purchaser with
adjunctive parts.
Figure 4 is a sectional view of the large friction roller which is operated to
carry the free end of the paper containing the entries or statements which
are removed for the purchaser, said Fig. 4 showing the parts on an enlarged
scale.
Figure 5 is an end view of the roller shown in Fig. 4.
Figure 6 is a side elevation, with a portion of the case removed, of a portion of
the front part of the machine showing the construction of the swinging support of
the friction roll R and its connections, the dotted lines showing the position of the
friction roll R when turned back in order to obtain access to the paper; and,
Figure 7 is a plan view of the case showing the keys and open face which allows
for the printing or writing upon the paper; it also shows the openings from which
the copies are removed.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
A represents the case or outer shell, which may be constructed of any suitable
material and in any suitable form, for receiving the internal mechanism which
operates the paper rolls and cash drawer. A' is a lid to cover the upper part of
the case.
A is a plate or fender over the strips of paper. A is the plate to
which the friction rolls R are attached.

page_text: B represents the cash drawer, preferably placed beneath the working mechanism
of the rolls, and provided with a locking device for retaining the same in position,
and means for throwing the drawer outwardly or opening the same when the lock
is removed. The locking device consists of a locking dog C, supported on a
swinging and locking frame K hereinafter described, said locking dog C engaging
with an opening in the locking plate D into which opening the dog C drops,.
retaining the drawer closed and locked until the oscillation of the rocking dog
frame K raises the locking dog C from its locking position in the locking plate D.
At the rear of the drawer, or in some suitable position, is placed a spring E, which
spring is compressed when the drawer is shoved within the case, and which spring,
by its tension, throws out the drawer B as soon as the dog C is lifted from locking
position.
F is a cam surface or incline attached to the drawer B adapted to come in
contact with the latch G¹ when the drawer is thrown open, thereby lifting the
latch G¹ and the connecting bar G, thereby operating the pawl G", which pawl is
held in operative position by means of the connecting and operating rod H.
J is a shaft supporting the roller J, and J" is a ratchet with which the pawl G
engages, the whole being constructed so that the outward movement of the drawer
striking the latch G¹ lifts the connecting rod G, operates the pawl G" and revolves
the ratchet wheel J" and with it the roller J; the latch G being attached by a
pivot to the lower end of the connecting bar G and swinging or bearing against a pin
so as to be held in the position shown in Fig. 2 when the drawer is opened; but
when the drawer is shoved into the case the latch G turns upon its pivot until
it falls over in front of the incline F, dropping into the position shown in said
Fig. 2.
I is a push-rod operated by the key-rod P. The push-rod I is provided with a
slot through which the shaft J' passes loosely; the object of this construction
being merely to allow the longitudinal movement of the push-rod. Any other
suitable form might be used. I is a spiral spring adapted to raise the push-rod I
to its normal position when released from pressure caused by the downward
movement of the key-rod P.
It will be understood that in the form of manual recorder and cash drawer
illustrated in the drawings, the push-rod is wedge-shaped, and that the spools are
each provided with suitable mechanism whereby the depression of the push-red
'attaches the spool to its particular cone, so that the same will revolve with its
shaft. In other words, in the form of machine shown in Fig. 1, the spools are
supported loosely on their shaft, and only attached to revolve therewith whenever
the key corresponding to the particular spool is pressed down; but as I make no
claim in this application to such device I have not deemed it necessary to show in
detail the mechanism whereby each spool is attached by means of its corresponding.
push-rod.
The rocking dog frame K is provided with a pivot or fulcrum on which it turns,
and is operated through the push-bar I. L, L, are the upper lugs on the push-bar I
which correspond to the lugs 3 in Fig. 4 of the drawings of Patent 9380 of 1894
and which engage under the jaw-shaped projections N on the shaft M (corresponding
to lugs 7 on shaft X iu said Fig. 4); this construction being substantially the same
and for the same purpose as explained in my Patent hereintofore referred to.
L' are the lower lugs, one for each push-rod I, which lower lug is in the shape
of an angular foot, and the same engages with a slot in the key rod P. The key
rod P turns upon a pivot 2 at its lower end, and is provided with a widened
projection at its upper end, the upper end moving in a slot 6 in the cover A¹. It
will be observed that the depression of the key rod P lowers the push-rod I,
turning the shaft M; that is, the push-rod I instead of being operated directly by
the finger, as in my original Patent, is operated by means of the key rod P. O is
a rod or shaft for holding or giving direction to the paper after the same has
passed from the roll T on its way to the roll J. The rod or shaft O is provided
with a latch O', held in position by a thumb nut O". The object of this

page_text: construction is to allow the user to loosen the thumb nut 0" and turn the faven
so as to release the shaft O. The key-rod P is provided with a rack bar P', which
engages with a cog-wheel Q, which cog-wheel Qis attached to the friction roller R,
by means of a sort of ratchet or pawl connection so that when the key-rod P is
lepressed the cog-wheel Q is revolved and with it the friction roller R, thereby
carrying the paper T through the opening at the front of the case as shown in
Fig. 2. The key-rod P is raised to its normal position when pressure is released
by means of a spring P".
The plate A is provided with lugs which support the journals of the rollers R,
and also the small roller R¹, the paper T passing between the rollers R and R.
In order to obtain access to the paper at any time, the plate A which is
supported on pivoted arms 5, one at either side of the machine, may be turned or
thrown back into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6.
S is a spring which retains the tension between the friction rollers R and R₁ so
as to clasp the strip of paper T and move the same as the friction rollers are
revolved.
T represents the paper which furnishes the cash statement to the purchaser, the
same passing over suitable rollers as shown in Fig. 2, over a suitable plate, and
beneath the opening in the case. T represents the paper which passes with the
strip T until they are separated, after having received the entry thereon in pencil,
ink or otherwise. This strip then passes under the shaft O and around its
roll J; there being as many strips of paper as there are series of rolls in the
machine.
U represents the shaft or the roll on which T is wound, and U¹ the shaft for the
roll on which the paper T' is wound. The table over which the paper passes is
shown by V. Between the upper and lower paper, at the opening, is a printing
ribbon, carbon or any suitable material for giving an impression. This ribbon is
shown in Figs. 1 and 3.
In order to prevent creasing of the paper, thin plates may be used so as to
remove the paper a very short distance from the printing ribbon; the paper,
however, being near enough together so that an entry made upon the upper strips
will be communicated to the lower. X is a spring arm applied to each spool in
order to keep the same from jarring out of place. The spring arm engages with.
notches or depressions in the spool as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, by X'. Y is the
shaft for the spools R, and Z is the friction ratchet shown in Figs. 3 and 4,
placed between the cog-wheel Q and -the roller R; the object of the friction
atchet is to allow the cog-wheel to turn when the rod P is raised without revolving
the friction roller R.
3 is a rod for securing the plate A in position. 4 are the lugs which support
the securing rod 3. 4 are open lugs on A¹. 5 is a bar or pivoted rod, one at
either side, carrying the plate A. 6 is a slot for key-rod P. 7 is a plate adapted
to cover the openings in which the key-rods move.
The operation of my invention is as follows;-
By depressing the key-rod P, which connects with the push-rod I at L', it
depresses the push-rod I, moving its corresponding spool into connection with its
shaft, and also depresses the front end of the rocking dog frame K, lifts the locking
dug C out of its connection with the cam locking plate D, thereby releasing the
drawer B, allowing the spring E to act upon the drawer, forcing the cam F against
the latch G¹, thereby raising the bar G, communicating the motion through the
pawl G to the ratchet wheel J" which operates the shaft J and the spool J which
has been made rigid with the shaft by the downward movement of the push-rod.
This advances the paper T and T' over the upper surface of the table V and the
writing or printing which has been placed upon the paper is thus advanced; that
on the paper T¹ to be permanently retained, and that on the paper T to be torn off
for the purchaser. The same motion of the key-rod P operates the cogs P¹ on the
cog-wheel Q which communicates a reverse motion to the friction wheel R, which

page_text: in connection with the friction roll R¹, carries the paper T through the slots in
the case A, when the same may be torn off.
It will be understood that the entry is made through the opening in A" upon the
upper sirip T, and that the same will be copied by means of the carbon strip or
ribbon W upon the paper strip T¹. In the description given, I have referred to a
machine provided with a series of rolls supported on a shaft and constructed in
accordance with my Patent heretofore referred to; but it will be evident that the
arrangement of the paper and carbon strip or printing ribbon may be used in
connection with a single set of paper rolls, in which case the mechanism for
attaching and detaching each independent roll to its shaft need not be used, and this
part of my invention is therefore applicable to forms of manual recorders and cash
drawers differing from the one described and shown in my Patent.
In the drawings I have shown but two strips of paper, one above the other, for
each key, but it will be understood that if it is desirable to make more than two
copies or impressions the number of strips of paper may be increased, so that
instead of making two impressions at ouce, more than two can be made. But for
ordinary practical purposes I deem the use of two strips of paper with a printing
ribbon between them preferable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
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1. In combination with a cash drawer and a suitable case supporting the same,
two strips of paper or other suitable material for receiving written or printed
entries, a printing ribbon or strip placed between the strips of paper at the point
where the entry is made, key mechanism for opening the drawer and simultaneously
operating the two strips of paper, and suitable mechanism for moving the two strips
of paper receiving the impressions, and a strip containing the copy, substantially as
described.
2. In combination with a cash drawer, key mechanism for moving the drawer,
and the two independent strips of paper adapted to receive impressions thereon, a
printing strip placed between the paper strips at the point where the entry is made,
suitable rolls for carrying the paper strips and mechanism for moving the free end
of one of the strips of paper containing the entry without the case, substantially as
described.
3. In combination with a cash drawer, and case, two independent paper strips
for receiving the entry, a roll for supporting each strip of paper, a printing ribbon
or sheet between the paper strips at the point where the entry is made, friction
rolls for moving the free end of one of the strips to a point outside of the supporting
case, and a suitable roll for winding the other strip within the case, substantially
as described.
4. In combination with a cash drawer and case, key mechanism for unlocking the
drawer, a spring for pushing the drawer outwardly when unlocked, two paper strips
adapted to receive entries thereon, a printing ribbon between the two paper strips
at the point where the entry is made, friction rolls for directing the free end of the
paper strip that contains the entry or statement for the purchaser, substantially as
described.
5. The combination with a cash drawer and case, of two paper strips adapted to
receive printed or written entries thereon, a printing strip between the paper strips
at the point where the entry is made, friction rolls adapted to direct one end of one
of the strips without the case, a bar or strip supporting the friction rolls, and
pivoted arms supporting said bar and friction rolls in position for use, and also
holding the same so as to be swung out of position in order to obtain access to the
paper, substantially as described.
6. In combination with a cash drawer, a locking device for retaining the drawer
closed, a spring for opening the drawer automatically, a push-rod adapted to unlock
the locking device, a key bar or rod adapted to operate the push-rod, and a spring

page_text: adapted automatically to bring said key-rod into normal position, substantially as
described.
7. In combination with a cash drawer and case, for supporting the same, two
strips of paper adapted to receive entries thereon, a printing strip between said
paper strips at the point where the entry is made, friction rolls adapted to
direct the one end of one of the strips of paper without the case, a key-rod
provided with mechanism for operating the friction rolls, a push-rod operated by
the key-rod, a locking device operated from the push-rod and a spring adapted to
bring the key-rod and push-rod to normal position when pressure is released
from the key-rod, substantially as described.
8. In combination with a cash drawer and case for supporting the same, two
strips of paper supported on rolls, a printing strip between the paper strips at
the point where the entry is made, friction rolls for operating and directing the
free end of one of said strips to a point without the case, and a pivoted support.
for said friction rolls, substantially as described.
9. In combination with a cash drawer and case supporting same, locking
mechanism for retaining the cash drawer closed a spring for automatically opening
said drawer, friction rolls for directing one end of one of the upper strips without the
case, a roll within the case adapted to wind up the other paper strip after the same
has received an entry, mechanism for operating said roll consisting of a push-rod
and a key-rod, and a shaft for giving direction to the paper strip wound within the
case, substantially as described.
Dated this 16th day of November 1894.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.