Improvements in and relating to Coin Displayers for Use with Cash Registers or Check Tills.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 13th May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 13th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 13th May, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Coin Displayers for Use with Cash
Registers or Check Tills.
We, THE NATIONAL CASII REGISTER COMPANY LIMITED, of 337, Strand, London,
W.C., Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communi-
cation to me from abroad by Joseph Percy Cleal, of Dayton, State of Ohio, United
States of America, to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in coin displayers and has more par-
ticular relation to the same as applied to cash register machines.
This
This coin displayer is attached to the side of the cash register machine and
comprises a suitable casing having a circular portion with glass sides and a
display wheel journalled in said circular portion. This wheel consists of a hub
and a plurality of radiating spokes; the latter forming compartments or sections
into which the coins are dropped. The said hub portion is provided with a ratchet-
wheel which is engaged by a spring-pressed pawl mounted upon the casing, thus
preventing all backward movement of the said display wheel. The forward step-
by-step movement of the wheel is accomplished by a pivoted spring-pressed pawl
mounted on a slide which is in turn supported by a bar which is passed through
an elongated slot formed therein. The slide is normally held in a retracted posi-
tion by a coil spring, which is mounted in a socket in the bar and engages the end
of the slot in the slide. An auxiliary pawl is also pivoted on the casing and
engages the ratchet-wheel to normally prevent forward rotation of the same.
normal engagement of the pawl with the ratchet-wheel is caused by a projection
on the slide which engages the inner end of said pawl. As the slide moves forward
the pawl is released and thus permits the ratchet-wheel to be moved forward but
as soon as the said slide return to its normal position the ratchet again becomes
locked. The slide is moved forward once during every operation of the machine
by a cam ring mounted upon the power shaft of the machine and engaging the end
of said slide. The upper portion of the casing is provided with a chute having a
flaring mouth through which a coin may be introduced and guided into one of
the compartments. In order to guard against the coin being extracted from the
compartment after having been once introduced, the said chute is provided with a
closing lip which is pivoted therein and is adapted to be operated by a crank-arm
mounted upon one of its extended journal ends. This crank arm is pivotally
connected to a link rod which is in turn pivotally connected to a bell-crank-lever
so pivoted as to project into the path of the drawer. When the drawer is closed
the bell-crank is forced in and the lip moved to close the chute but as soon as
the drawer is opened the bell-crank is released and the lip moved to permit the
insertion of a coin. In a modified form of devices for operating the lip for closing
the coin-chute above mentioned, the construction of the lip is preferably flat whilst
its extended journal end is either pivoted or provided with a pinion that is engaged

page_text: by a rack mounted on an operating rod. This rod is normally forced downward
by a coil spring so that its lower end projects into the path of an incline bracket
mounted on the drawer.
It will be seen from the above that when the drawer is closed the bracket forces
the rod upward against the tension of the spring and thus closes the lip. When
the drawer is opened the rod descends under the action of its spring and drops the
lip to leave the coin-chute free. Another form of lip operating device comprises
a pivoted lever mounted near the back of the machine and connected at its upper
end to a horizontal slide which is adapted to close the mouth of the coin-chute.
A spring is connected to the lever so as to normally hold the slide out of the chute.
The lower end of the lever projects into the path of a cam mounted on the back
of the drawer so that when the drawer is closed said cam will force said lower end
of the lever to one side and thus move the slide to close the chute.
1000
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to the Applicants.
Improvements in and relating to Coin Displayers for Use with Cash
Registers or Check Tills.
We, THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY LIMITED, of 337, Strand, London,
W.C., Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communi-
cation to us from abroad by Joseph Percy Cleal, of Dayton, State of Ohio, United
States of America, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in coin displayers and has relation to
the same as applied to machines having rotary operating shafts and opening and
closing cash drawers.
The primary object of the invention is to provide a coin displayer which will
be actuated by the usual operation of the cash register and display the coins during
a number of successive operations.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents a central vertical section
through the devices embodying this invention. Fig. 2 represents an enlarged
detail perspective view of the operating cam. Fig. 3 represents a side elevation,
partly in section. Figs. 4 and 5 are side elevations partly in section showing a
modification and Fig. 6 is a horizontal section and Fig. 7 a rear elevation of this
modification.
This coin displayer is attached to the side of the cash register with which it is to
be used and comprises a suitable casing A having a circular portion with glass
sides and a display wheel B journalled in said circular portion. This wheel con-
sists of a hub journalled in suitable side brackets of the frame and a plurality of
radiating spokes: the latter forming compartments or sections into which the
coins are dropped. The said hub portion is provided with a ratchet wheel H which
is engaged by a spring pressed pawl K mounted in the casing A thus preventing
all backward movement of the said display wheel. The forward step by step move-
ment of the wheel is accomplished by a pivoted spring pressed pawl G mounted on
a slide F which is in turn supported by a bar U which passes through an elongated
slot formed therein. The slide is normally held in a retracted position by a coil
spring which is mounted in a socket in the bar U and engages the end of the
slot in the slide. An auxiliary pawl L is also pivoted on the casing A and engages
the ratchet wheel H to normally prevent forward rotation of the same. This

page_text: normal engagement of the pawl with the ratchet wheel is caused by a projection F
on the slide which engages the inner end L' of said pawl. As the slide F moves
forward the pawl L is released and thus permits the ratchet wheel to be moved
forward but just as soon as the said slide returns to its normal position the ratchet
again becomes locked. The slide is moved forward once during every operation
of the cash register by a cam ring E mounted upon the rotary shaft of said
register and engaging the end of said slide. The upper portion of the casing A
is provided with a chute Chaving a flaring mouth through which a coin may be
introduced and guided into one of the compartments. In order to guard against
the coin being extracted from the compartment after having been once introduced
the said chute C is provided with a closing lip M which is pivoted therein on
shaft N and is adapted to be operated by a crank arm N mounted upon one of
its extended journal ends. This crank arm is pivotally connected to a link rod O
which is in turn pivotally connected to a bell crank lever l' so pivoted as to pro-
ject into the path of the cash drawer of the register not shown. When the drawer
is closed the bell crank is forced in as shown in the drawings and the lip M moved
to close the chute but just as soon as the drawer is opened the bell crank is
released and the lip moved to permit the insertion of a coin.
When the coin lying between the arms and supported by the circular portion
reaches the end of said circular portion it passes down the chute or casing A into
the cash drawer which is below the lower open end of said chute.
The following descriptions relate to two modified forms of devices for operating
the lip for closing the coin chute above mentioned.
In the first of these forms the construction of the lip Q is preferably flat as
shown in Figs. 4 and 6 while its extended journal end Q is either fluted or pro-
vided with a pinion that is engaged by a rack R mounted on an operating rod S.
This rod is normally forced downward by a coil spring S¹ so that its lower end
projects into the path of an incline bracket T mounted on the drawer.
It will be seen from the above that when the drawer is closed the bracket T
forces the rod S upward against the tension of the spring $1 and thus closes the
lip Q. When the drawer is opened the rod S descends under the action of its
spring and drops the lip to leave the coin chute free.
The second form of lip operating device is diagrammatically shown in a per-
spective view in Figure 8 and comprises a pivoted lever ge mounted near the back
of the machine and connected at its upper end to a horizontal slide which is
adapted to close the mouth of the coin chute a. A spring is connected to the
lever so as to normally hold the slide out of the chute. The lower end of the lever
projects into the path of a cam h mounted on the back of the drawer i so that
when the drawer is closed said cam will force said lower end of the lever to one
side and thus move the slide to close the chute a in a manner that will be
readily understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
1. A coin displayer for attachment to cash register machines, in which a rotary
compartment wheel is intermittently revolved in a casing by mechanism set in
action by the register or key action of the machine, means being provided for
locking the compartment wheel and displacing said locking mechanism by the said
register or key mechanism only at the time that the compartment wheel is to be
revolved by the said register or key mechanism.
2. The combination with the mechanism described in Claim 1 of a lip closing
device for the entrance to the coin displayer operated by the cash drawer for the
purpose set forth.
3. The mechanism for operating the compartment wheel comprising the ratchet
wheel H, slide V, dog G and locking pawl L operating substantially as set forth.

page_text: 4. The various mechanisms for operating the lip closing devices as herein
described.
Dated this 13th day of February 1899.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicants, 18, Buckingham Street, Strand.