Improvements in Register Cash Tills.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1899
244 A
4000
Anasated
12th July 1000
Date of Application, 13th July, 1899
12th
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1000 Accepted, July
1000
[Communicated from abroad by THE SECURITY REGISTER COMPANY, of 1461,
Monadnock Building, Chicago, in the State of Illinois, United States of
North America.]
Improvements in Register Cash Tills.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 322, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, 6, Lord Street,
Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street, Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster,
and Lower Temple Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention relates in general to cash registers, and in particular to a
variety thereof having a plurality of separate or independent cash drawers, which
are allotted to different clerks or different departments of the business, or the
like.
The purpose of the invention is to afford absolute security and protection against
loss of money, both in regard to the proprietor and the different clerks or
departments; and to allow the separate accounts of the various clerks or depart-
ments to be reliably and automatically kept.
To such and other ends, the machine is provided with a number of clerk's or
department keys, corresponding to the number of separate drawers. These keys
are all separable or detachable from the machine, and are different or dissimilar
in nature or construction.
The machine is provided with mechanism by which the operation of any one
of these detachable and dissimilar keys partially unlocks the corresponding
drawer; that is to say, the drawer allotted to the user of that key. The operation
of one of these special keys also sets in printing position a type, preferably
carried on a type wheel, adapted to indicate or designate the user of the drawer.
The machine is also provided with a suitable number of value keys, indicating
different amounts, which can be depressed to indicate and register the amount
of any sale or other transaction
It is also provided with a number of separate or independent "cash" registers,
corresponding to the number of clerk's or department drawers and keys. Each
one of these registers is allotted to one of the clerk's or departments. These
registers are to register the cash sales respectively made by the individual clerks
or departments.
The machine is also provided with another register, which is to register credit
transactions of all the clerks, and is called the "credit" register.
There is mechanism by which the value keys can be operatively connected
either with the "credit register, or with the cash register of the clerk or
department making the sale. This mechanism can be of any desired kind or
variety. As a preferred arrangement, the credit register is normally connected
with the value keys, and the mechanism referred to is such that the insertion

page_text: of any one of the clerks or department keys will disconnect the credit register
from the value keys, and connect the latter with the proper cash register.
There are also suitable visual indicators, and suitable connections whereby
the proper indicators are set upon the actuation of any combination of value keys.
There are also suitable types for printing the amounts of the transactions,
and connections whereby the actuation of any value key will set the corre-
sponding type in printing position.
There is also a supplemental operative device, such as a haud lever or plunger
or the like, and a printing platen operated by the actuation of this device to
Frint the record upon a couple of strips of paper. The actuation of this device
also completely unlocks the drawer previously partially unlocked by the clerk's
key, so that such drawer can automatically open.
There are connections between the operative device whereby the record strips
are advanced after the printing platen is operated, and whereby one of them is
fed out of the machine for the purchaser, and the other is coiled upon a storage
reel in the machine for a permanent record for the proprietor.
The value keys and the operative device are normally locked, so as to abso-
lutely prevent tampering with the machine by unauthorized persons. They are
automatically unlocked by the clerk's or department keys.
In operating the machine, the clerk making the sale takes his separable key,
which he carries with him, and inserts it into the machine. In so doing he
partially unlocks his drawer, and sets his identifying device for record. By
such operation he also disconnects the credit register from the value keys, and
connects his cash register therewith. If the sale is a cash one, he leaves his
special key in the machine, and operates the proper value keys, thereby register-
ing the amount of the sale on his own cash register, setting the proper indicators,
and moving the proper types into printing position.
Finally he actuates the operative device, and thereby completely unlocks his
drawer, prints the record and feeds the record strips.
If the sale is not a cash but a credit transaction he withdraws his special key
immediately after inserting it, and before operating the value keys, thereby
disconnecting his cash register, and allowing the credit register to be auto-
matically connected with the value keys. He then operates the value keys, and
the supplemental operative device, as before.
The machine is also provided with types adapted to designate the date of the
sale and its character, such as balance, exchange, and the like. These types are
set by suitable devices, such as wheels or rods, operable from the outside of the
machine. They print upon the record strips when the record is printed by
the operation of the supplemental operative device.
From the foregoing it will be seen that no one except authorized persons can
open the cash drawer, and that while each clerk or department can open his or
its own drawer, he or it cannot open any of the other drawers. This affords
absolute security against loss of cash in any way.
It will also be seen that the amount of cash which ought to be in any drawer
will be accurately, registered upon the register of the user of that drawer; and
also that the total of all credit sales will be accurately registered upon the credit
register. In this way, the separate cash accounts of all the clerks or depart-
ments, and the credit business of the entire establishment, are reliably and
infallibly kept and checked.
It will be further seen that two records of the transaction, including all of
its details, such as its amount, nature, date etc., are printed; and that one of
the strips is ejected to be given to the purchaser, and the other is coiled within
the machine for a permanent record for the proprietor.
The record strip which is coiled within the machine for a permanent record,
is drawn under a copying ribbon ribbon, and the latter is arranged below an
aperture in the case; while the record strip which is fed out of the case passes
over this aperture. By such arrangement the name of the purchaser, or other
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page_text: matter, if desired, can be written upon the ejected strip, and it will be transferred
to the permanent record strip. As a result, the purchaser will be furnished with
what is practically a receipt, and the proprietor will have a permanent record of
the name of each purchaser, as well as of all the details of the transaction. This
gives satisfaction to the purchaser, and at the same time it informs the proprietor
of the exact state of his business, and insures both him and the clerks against
loss.
The machine is also provided with another separable or detachable key, called
the "cashiers" key, by which all of the drawers can be unlocked at once.
This
allows the cashier to gain access to the different drawers to see if the amounts of
cash therein correspond with the amounts indicated by the various cash registers
and also to allow him to remove the cash.
Dated the 13th day of July 1800
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C., Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improves in Register Cash 11118.
1, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 322, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, 6, Lord Street,
Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street, Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster,
and Lower Temple Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Civil
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 in general to cash registers, and in particular to a variety
thereof having a plurality of separate cash drawers, which are allotted to different
clerks or departments.
Prominent objects of the invention are to afford absolute security and protec-
tion against loss of money, both in regard to the proprietor and the different
clerks or departments; to permit each clerk or department to keep a separate
cash account, and all of them to keep a general credit account; to arrange for
the automatic recording of all details of each transaction; and to accomplisb
the foregoing results in a simple, practical and effective manner.
In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cash register embodying my invention;
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, with a portion of the casing removed;
Fig. 3 is a front elevation, but with the casing entirely removed, and the
drawers shown in section;
Fig. 4 is a plan view of the machine, with the entire casing removed;
Figs. 5 and 6 are vertical sections taken on lines 5-5 and 6-6 respectively
in Fig. 3;
Fig. 7 is a portion of Fig. 5 on a large scale;
Fig. 8 is an enlarged section taken on line 8-8 in Fig. 3;
Fig. 9 is a vertical section taken on line 9-9 in Fig. 4 on an enlarged scale;
Fig. 10 is a vertical section taken on line 10-10 in Fig. 9;
Fig. 11 is a plan view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 10:
Figs. 12 and 13 are respectively side and front elevations of certain details of
this mechanism;
Fig. 14 is a side elevation of one of a plurality of special keys; and
Fig. 15 is a view showing all of these keys in cross section.

page_text: The machine shown in the drawing is provided with four separate drawers, a, b,
c and d, which are to be used by different clerks or departments of the business.
The clerks or departments are called A, B, C and D, and the drawers are lettered
accordingly. The drawers fit into a case e.
ور
The machine is provided with four special keys f, g, h and i, and a set of value
keys j,j. The special keys f, g, h and i are allotted respectively to the users
of the drawers a, b, c and d, and hence may be called "clerk's" or department
keys. They are desirably made separable or detachable from the machine, and
dissimilar from one another, as by grooving their sides dissimilarly, as shown in
Fig. 15.
The
The value keys j, j, are adapted to designate United States money, that is to
say, dollars and cents; although they could, of course, be made to designate any
other style. They are arranged in four rows, with nine keys in each row.
first row, beginning at the left, represents tens of dollars: the second, units of
dollars; the third, tens of cents, or dimes; and the fourth, units of cents. The
uppermost keys represent nine or ninety, as the case may be, and the other keys
represent eight or eighty, and so on.
The machine is provided with a general register k, and a plurality of special
registers l, m, n, o, which latter are allotted respectively to the clerks or depart-
ments A, B, C and D). I propose to use the general register for all the credit
sales, and the special registers for the cash sales of the different clerks or depart-
ments.
Each register consists of four vertically arranged sets of registering wheels,
one set for each row of keys. The uppermost sets of wheels are for tens of
dollars, the next lower ones for units of dollars, the next to the lowest for tens of
cents and the lowermost for units of cents.
Each row of keys j, j, is connected to one of four swinging segments p, p.
These segments p, p, are loosely mounted upon a shaft q, and are connected with
their respective rows of value keys by links r, r, arranged at an inclination to
he key shanks, and pivotally connected with the inner ends thereof. The lower-
most links are the shortest, and the others are successively longer. The shanks
of the value keys work in holes formed in a standard s. Springs t, t tend to hold
the keys normally outward. The outer ends of the links r, r are forked.
The swinging segments p, p are respectively connected with rock shafts u, U,
as by gears w, w and a, a on the segments and shafts respectively.
The rock-shafts u, u are provided with cranks y, y, which are pivotally con-
nected with reciprocating links z, z. The latter are pivotally connected to
levers 1, 1 pivoted on shafts 2, 2; and the levers 1, 1, are in turn pivotally
connected with reciprocating arms 3, 3. The arms 3, 3 are arranged to swing
vertically, and are provided at their outer ends with hooks 4, 4, which are adapted
to engage with, and be disengaged from pins 5, 5, on toothed segments 6, 6,
gearing with pinions 8, 8 on the sets of wheels composing the respective registers.
When a key in one of the rows of value keys is depressed, and the segment p
co-operating with that row is turned an amount dependent of the position of
such key, the shaft u connected therewith will be turned, and the toothed seg-
ment 6 will rotate the pinion 8, the amount necessary to register the number
represented by the key depressed.
The left hand segment p (Fig. 4) is connected with the uppermost shaft u
(Fig. 8), and this shaft co-operates with the uppermost sets of register wheels
in the register the next segment to the right is connected with the next lower
shaft u, and the latter co-operates with the next lower sets of register wheels;
and so on.
The pinions S, 8 drive their respective register wheels through the medium
of pawls 9, 9 and ratchet wheels 10, 10, whereby the return of the toothed seg-
ments 6, 6 to normal position does not turn the register wheels back also.
Each set of arms 3, 3 is shown fitted into one of four vertical bars 14, 14,
which are subject to springs 15, 15, acting upon their lower ends. The arms 3, 3

page_text: of the special registers, having their hooks above the pins 5, 5 are normally
disengaged therefrom; while those of the general register, having their hooks
below the pins 5, 5, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 8 are normally engaged
therewith. A rock shaft 16 is arranged below and forward of the bars 14, 14,
and is provided with rocker arms 17, 17, which extend rearwardly along side
of the lower ends of the bars 14, 14. The rocker arm 17, along side of the bar 14
of the general register, is pivotally connected with said bar. The arms of the
special registers extend below pins 18, 18 on the bars 14, 14 for those registers.
The bars 14, 14 are provided with pins 20, 20 against which inclinations 22
on the clerk's or department keys will strike, so as to lower the respective bars
when such keys are inserted (Fig. 8).
The registration of any transaction will therefore normally be made upon the
general register k; but if any one of the clerk's keys f, g, h or i be inserted, the
corresponding bar 14 will be depressed, thereby connecting the corresponding
special register and disconnecting the general register.
The amount registered is also automatically indicated through four open-
ings 25, 25, in the upper part of the machine. These openings are respectively
for tens and units of dollars, and tens and units of cents, considered from left
to right.
Four endless belts 26, 26, bearing numerals from 0 to 9, inclusive, are arranged
within the machine and mounted upon loose pulleys 27, 27 and 28, 28.
The lower pulleys 28, 28 are turned by racks 29, 29, whose lower ends are
pivoted to arms 30, 30 on the shafts u, u.
The left hand pulley 28 co-operates with the uppermost shaft ; the next
pulley to the right co-operates with the next lower shaft ; and so on.
By such arrangement, when one of the value keys of the first row or bank
thereof is depressed, and the co-operating segments and shafts & thereby turned,
the arm 30 on said shaft will elevate the rack 29 and thereby turn the lower
pulley 28 to an extent to move the numeral corresponding to the numeral on
the key depressed, into position behind the corresponding opening 25.
Arrangement is also made for the indication of the nature of the transaction,
such as change," "balance," etc. This is made through an aperture 32 in the
upper right hand side of the machine by a roller 33, bearing such words. This
roller 33 is operated by a thumb wheel 34 on a shaft 35, projecting from the
machine, by means of a sprocket chain 36 (Fig. 6).
I also desirably arrange for the automatic printing of the amount of each
transaction, its nature, the date when it was made, its number, and the name or
mark of the clerk or department making it. To such end, type wheels 37, 37, 37,
37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 42, 42 and 43 are mounted upon the spindle 35 (Fig. 11),
and a reciprocating printing platen 64 (Figs. 9 and 10), is arranged below them.
The type wheels 37, 37, 37, 37, bear numerals from 0 to 9 inclusive. The two
right hand ones are for units and tens of cents, and the two left hand ones for
units and ten of dollars. The wheel 38 has abbreviations indicating different
kinds of transactions, such as "change," "charged," etc. The wheel 39 has
numerals from 0 to 9 inclusive, and the wheel 40, the numerals 1, 2 and 3:
the two together being to indicate the day of the month. The wheel 41 bears
abbreviations of the names of the months, "Jan.," 'Feb.," "Mar.," etc. The
wheels 42, 42, 42, bear numerals from 0 to 9 inclusive, and are to be used together
to indicate the respective numbers of the successive transactions registered by
the machine. The wheel 43 bears the letters A, B, C and D to indicate the clerk
or department registering each transaction.
When any of the keys in one or more of the four rows or banks of value keys
are depressed, the proper one or ones of the type wheels 37, 37, 37, 37, are turned
so as to bring into printing position the numerals corresponding to those on
the keys depressed.
This is done by rocker arms 44, 44, on shafts u, u, racks 45, 45, pivotally
connected with the ends of the arms 44, 44, and pinions, 46, 46, meshing with

page_text: the racks 45, 45. The two outermost or end pinions 46, 46, are mounted upon
spindles 47, 47, and the two intermediate or inner pinions 46, 46, are on
sleeves 48, 48, which enclose the spindles 47, 47 (Fig. 4). Both the spindles 47, 47.
and sleeves 48, 48, carry pinions 49, 49, which mesh with the pinions 50, 50, on
the type wheels 37, 37, 37, 87.
"
The wheel 38 is keyed to the shaft 35 (Fig. 10) so that when said shaft is turned
to bring the desired word such as change," or the like, upon the roller 33 into
position for exposure through the opening 32, it will also turn the corresponding
abbreviation on the wheel 38 into printing position. It is provided with a
thumb wheel 34.
spindle 54, carrying a
The wheel 40 is turned
spindle 54 and has an
The wheel 39 is turned by a thumb wheel 53 on a
pinion 55 which meshes with a gear 56 on the wheel 39.
by a thumb wheel 58, on a sleeve 59 which encloses the
arm 60 at its inner end, connected by a link 61 with the wheel 40.
The wheel 41 is turned but once a month, which can be done by hand by
opening the case of the machine.
The clerk's type wheel 43 is normally in position to print the letter A, for the
clerk or department A. The wheel is turned so as to bring any of the other
letters, B, C or D into printing position upon the insertion of the corresponding
one of the clerk's keys, g, h, or i. This is done by a rock shaft 65 (Fig. 7),
having three rocker arms 66, 66, 66, which are arranged in proximity to the
openings in the case for the keys g, h and i, and have their ends bent laterally
so as to be struck by the inclines 22, 22 on said keys. The arms 66, 66, are
inclined at different angles, as shown in Fig. 7, so that the shaft 65 will be turned
different amounts when the respective arms are struck by the different keys.
The rock shaft 65 is also provided with a long arm 67, and the latter is pivotally
connected with a link 68, which is in turn pivotally connected with the clerk's
type wheel 43.
The wheels 42, 42, 42 are turned so as to designate the successive operation of
the machine by a rod 70 (Fig. 9), secured to the printing platen 64 and pivotally
connected with a weighted pivoted lever 71 having a pawl 72 which engages
the teeth of a pinion 73 on the left hand wheel 42. When the platen is elevated
to print, the pawl 72 slips over the teeth of the pinion, without turning the
wheel 73 but when the platen descends, the pivoted lever 71 drops and thereby
turns said pinion one space. The wheels 42, 42, 42 are connected like cyclometer
wheels, so that when the first one turns completely around, it turns the second
one one space; and when the second turns completely around it turns the right
hand one one space.
The printing platen is operated by a hand lever 75, which is mounted upon
the end of a shaft 76, which is subject to a spring 90, tending to turn it to
normal position.
The shaft 76 carries the crank 77, to which is pivotally connected a catch 78.
having a hook at its upper end. This catch 78 engages a short arm 79, secured
to a shaft 80, which also carries a couple of long arms 81, 81 (Fig. 4). The latter
are connected with the printing platen 64 by means of a couple of links 82, 82.
The catch 78 is provided with a lug 85 which strikes against a screw 86 when
the crank 77 is depressed. A coil spring 87 on the shaft 80 tends to turn the
latter in a direction to swing the arms 81, 81, upwardly.
To operate the printing mechanism, the lever 75 is swung downwardly, thereby
swinging the crank 77 and lowering the arm 79, arms 81, 81, links 82, 82 and
the platen 64. When the crank 77 is swung downward to an extent to cause
the lug 85 to strike against the pin 86, the catch 78 is swung rearwardly, where-
upon the arm 79 is tripped or released, and the spring 87 permitted to swing
the arms 81, S1 upward, and thereby cause the platen to print. When the
hand lever 75 is released and restored to its normal position by the spring 90,
the crank 77 and catch 78 rise so that the latter again engages with the arm 79,
ready for the next operation.

page_text: The record is printed from the various type wheels upon a couple of strips of
paper, 91 and 92, through the medium of a copying ribbon 93, which is doubled
over a roll 94 (Fig. 10) and coiled upon the reels 95, 95, and enclosed in a
case 96.
The paper strip 91 is carried by a reel 98, and is fed out of the opening 99
in the case of the machine, to be torn off and given to the purchaser with the
record printed upon it (Fig. 9). The paper strip 92 is carried by a reel 100.
and is coiled upon a reel 101, where it is retained in the machine for the
proprietor.
The strip 92 is drawn out of the opening 99, and then again into the machine
through another opening 102. A shelf or table 103 is arranged between the
openings 99 and 102, and a copying ribbon 104 extended over the shelf 103 to
transcribe the writing to the lower strip.
The strips 91 and 92 are advanced after printing the record by two feed
wheels 106 and 107, the former of which runs idly, and the latter of which is
positively driven so as to turn the former. The wheel 107 is turned by a
link 108, pivotally connected with the crank arm 77 on the shaft 76, and a toothed
segment 109 having a laterally extending arm 110, which is pivotally connected
with the link 108. The segment 109 meshes with a pinion 111, which is loose
on the spindle of the feed wheel 107, and is arranged to drive said feed wheel
in a forward direction by a pawl 112 on the feed wheel, and a ratchet 113 fixed
to the pinion 111.
When the hand lever 75 is turned and the shaft 76 rocked, the link 108 is
drawn downwardly, thereby causing the segment 109 to turn the pinion 111
loosely on its spindle. When the hand lever 75 is released, and the shaft 76
restored to its original position, the segment 109 will swing backwardly and
cause the pinion 111 to turn the feed wheel 107 through the medium of the
pawl and ratchet mechanism.
The storage reel 101 is also automatically turned after the printing of the
record by a link 115, pivotally connected to an arm 116, extended through the
segment 109, and also pivotally connected with a segment 117, which gears
with a pinion 118 on the reel. The pinion 118 is loose upon the reel spindle,
and is arranged to drive the reel forwardly by a pawl 119 and ratchet 120.
A spring 121 is attached to the arm 122, on the end of the segment 117, and tends
to swing said segment upwardly.
When the hand lever 75 is depressed and the shaft 76 rocked, the link 115 is
drawn to the left, thereby swinging the segment 117 downwardly and turning
the pinion 118 loosely on the reel spindle. When the hand lever is released,
the segment 117 is swung upwardly by the spring 121, and the wheel turned
through the medium of the pawl and ratchet mechanisms.
In order to permit the rotation of the reel 101 to gradually decrease in
amount as the quantity of the paper upon it increases, the link 115 is provided
with a slot 124 in which the pin connecting the link with the segment 117 can
work. By such arrangement the link 115 will always draw the segment 117
downwardly, but the segment will be returned by the spring 121 only such an
extent as is necessary to coil the proper amount of the record strip upon it.
The clerk's drawers a, b, c and d, are partially unlocked upon the insertion
of the corresponding one of the clerk's keys f, g, h and i, and are completely
unlocked upon the printing of the record by the operation of the hand lever 75.
This is conveniently done by having two locks upon each drawer, and having one
of them unlocked by the respective clerk's key, and the other unlocked by
hand lever.
The locks unlocked by the respective clerk's or department keys, consist of
vertically reciprocating pins or rods 130, 130, adapted to engage catches 131, 131
on the rear ends of the drawers.. The rods 130, 130 are operated by bell
cranks 132, 132 and links 133, 133 pivotally connected to pivoted levers 134, 134,
loose on the shaft 135.

page_text: The locks operated by the hand lever 75, consists of pins 137, 137 (Figs. 5
and 7), carried by a locking bar 138, and adapted to engage catches 139, 139 on
the respective drawers. The upper end of the locking bar 138 is pivotally
connected to a pivoted lever 140, whose forward end is depressed by the lug 141
on a collar 142, on the shaft 76. When the hand lever 75 is turned, the pivoted
lever 140 is swung so as to elevate the locking bar 138, and thereby cause the
latter to release the drawer which had been previously partially unlocked by
the introduction of the corresponding clerk's key. The others will be held closed
at this time by their departinent or clerk's key locks.
The drawers are opened by drawer opening mechanisms, comprising reels 145
and cords 146, having one of their ends coiled about the recls, and the other
ends attached to the rear drawer bottoms of the drawers and having their inter-
mediate portions coiled about a pulley 147. The reels 145, 145 are subject to
springs 148, 148, tending to coil the cords 146, 146 upon the reels.
As an arrangement for holding the machine in operated position, pawls 150, 150,
adapted to engage the teeth of the pinions on the type wheels 37, 37, are mounted
upon a rock shaft 151.
The latter has a crank arm 152 (Figs. 4 and 7), which is
pivotally connected with a link 153, which latter is in turn pivotally connected
with a rocker arm 154, fixed on the shaft 135, carrying the pivoted levers 134,
whereby when any one of the levers 134, 134 is swung rearwardly the shaft 135
will be rocked. By such arrangement the spring controlled pawls 150, 150 will
automatically hold the corresponding type wheels 37, 37, and therefore the
registering and indicating mechanism in any position to which they may be
turned. But when any clerk's key is inserted and the corresponding pivoted
lever 134 is actuated, the shaft 135 will be rocked and will cause the shaft 151
to raise the pawls 150, and thereby allow the type wheels and the registering
and indicating mechanisms to return to normal or zero positions.
The operation of the machine is as follows: The clerk or department desiring
to register and record a transaction, inserts the proper key, f, g, hori, into the
machine. By so doing, the registering and indicating mechanisms and the type
wheels are allowed to return to their zero positions; the proper type on the
clerk's type wheel is set in printing position; and the corresponding cash or
special register is connected with the registering mechanism, and the general
and credit register disconnected therefrom.
If the transaction is to be a cash transaction the clerk's key is allowed to
remain in the machine, thereby allowing the cash register to remain connected
for registration. But the transaction is a credit one, the key is withdrawn,
thereby allowing this cash register to be disconnected and the credit register to
again be connected for registration. The proper value keys to designate the
amount of the transaction are then depressed. By so doing the corresponding
amount is registered upon the register which is connected with such keys and is
indicated by the indicators; and the type wheels are set so as to put figures
designating the corresponding amount in printing position. The band lever 75
is then drawn forward and the two record strips thereby printed and one of them
fed out of the machine and the other coiled within it; and the drawer of the
clerk or department operating the machine is completely unlocked.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The combination with the key or other value mechanism; of a general
register and a plurality of special registers; and means for connecting any one
of said registers with said mechanism, and for disconnecting the general register
therefrom when any of the special registers is connected therewith.
2. The combination with the value designating mechanism, of a general
register normally connected with said mechanism; a plurality of special registers;

page_text: and means for connecting any one of the special registers with said mechanism,
and simultaneously disconnecting the general register therefrom.
3. The combination with the value mechanism, of a couple of registers; means
normally connecting one of said registers with said mechanism; means whereby
the other register can be connected with the same; and a detachable key and
mechanism whereby said key can upon insertion, disconnect the general register
and connect the special register, and will upon withdrawal, allow the restoration
of the original conditions.
4. The combination with a plurality of rows of value keys, of a general register
and a plurality of special registers, each consisting of a number of sets of wheels
corresponding to the number of rows or banks of value keys; means normally
connecting the general register with the value keys; a plurality of separable or
detachable keys; and means whereby any such key will upon insertion connect
its corresponding register and disconnect the general register.
5. The combination with one or more rows of value keys, of a corresponding
number of rotatable segments, one for each row of keys; and links having
different lengths and pivotally connected with the keys of each row and the
segments therefor, said links having their ends provided with guideways for
the pivot connections with the keys.
6. The combination with one or more rows of value keys, of a corresponding
number of rotatable segments links having different lengths pivotally connected
with the value keys and the segments; a number of shafts gear connected with
said segments; a plurality of registers, each composed of a number of sets of
wheels corresponding to the number of rows of keys; and connections for
connecting the sets of wheels composing any one of said registers with said
shafts.
7. The combination with the register wheels, of toothed segments gearing with
pinions thereon, and swinging arms adapted to detachably engage said segments.
8. The combination with a plurality of rows of value keys; of a corresponding
number of swinging segments; links having successively greater lengths con-
necting the keys in each row with the segment therefor, said links being arranged
at an inclination to the keyshanks, so that the depression of the various keys
in each row will swing the segment therefor successively greater amounts; a
number of shafts corresponding to the number of rows or banks of keys, said
shafts being gear connected with the swinging segments; crank arms on said
rotary shafts; a general register and a plurality of special registers, each con-
sisting of a number of sets of wheels corresponding to the number of rows or
banks of value keys; toothed segments gearing with pinions on each set of
wheels, said segments being provided with pins; sets of swinging arms, one
for each register, said arm having hooks adapted to engage the pins on the
toothed segments; the arms of the general register being arranged below the
pins, and the arms for the special registers being arranged above the pins;
pivoted levers and links connecting the swinging arms with the crank armis on
said rotary shafts; vertically reciprocating bars, one of each register engaging
all of the swinging arms or said register; springs tending to hold said recipro-
cating bars normally in elevated position: horizontally arranged shafts having
arms, one of which is pivotally connected to the reciprocating bar of the genera
register, and the others of which are below pins on the said bars of the general
registers and special keys, each of which is adapted to engage a pin on the bar
of the corresponding special register, and to lower said bar and thereby cause
the simultaneous depression of the bar of the general register.
9. The combination with the value keys, the links pivotally connected there-
with, and the rotatable segments pivotally connected to the links, of shafts gear
connected with the segments and provided with lateral arms racks pivotally
connected to the ends of the arms; pulleys having pinions meshing with said
racks; and indicator hands mounted upon said pulleys.
10. The combination of a plurality of independent drawers, a corresponding

page_text: number of special registers and means for operating any one of the registers and
unlocking the corresponding drawer.
11. The combination of a plurality of drawers, of a corresponding number
of special registers; identifying devices for the users of the drawers and means
for unlocking any one of the drawers and for connecting the corresponding
register for registration, and setting the corresponding device for record.
12. The combination with a plurality of drawers respectively provided with
locking devices; a corresponding number of special registers; a type wheel
having types for designating the users of the special drawers; special keys and
mechanism whereby the operation of any one of the special keys will simul-
taneously unlock the locking device on the corresponding drawer, connect the
corresponding register for registration, and turn the type wheel so as to bring
the corresponding type into position.
13. The combination with a plurality of special registers, of devices for indi-
cating the users of such registers, and means for connecting any one of said
registers for registration and simultaneously setting the corresponding device
for record.
14. The combination with the general register and a plurality of special
registers of a number of drawers corresponding to the number of special regis-
ters; means normally connecting the general register for registration, and means
for connecting any one of the special registers for registration and disconnecting
the general register, and also for unlocking the drawer corresponding to the
connected register.
15. The combination of a plurality of drawers, each provided with a locking
device; a corresponding number of special registers; a general register; means
normally connecting the general register for registration; special keys, and
means by which the operation of any one of the special keys will unlock the lock
on the corresponding drawer, and will connect the corresponding register for
registration, and disconnect the general register.
16. The combination with a plurality of drawers, each provided with a locking
device, of a general register and a number of special registers corresponding
to the number of drawers; types for indicating the users of the drawers; means
Dormally connecting the general register for registration; special keys and
mechanism whereby the operation of any one of the special keys will unlock
the lock on the corresponding drawer, will set the corresponding type in printing
position, will connect the corresponding special register for registration and will
disconnect the general register.
17. The combination with a plurality of drawers, of locking bars, one for each
drawer; bell cranks to which bars are pivotally connected; links pivotally
connected to the other arms of said bell cranks; pivoted levers connected with
said links and special keys adapted to swing said pivoted levers.
18. The combination with the type wheel bearing the types to designate the
users of the machine; of a link pivotally connected therewith; a rock shaft
having an arm pivotally connected with said link, and also having arms extend-
ing laterally at different inclinations, and keys having inclines adapted to strike
said differently inclined arms, and thereby rock said shaft different amounts.
19. The combination with a plurality of rows of value keys; of a corresponding
number of rotatable segments; links connecting the value keys in each row
with the corresponding segments; rotary shafts gear connected with the seg-
ments and provided with swinging arms; racks pivotally connected to the ends
of said arms; and a plurality of type wheels, one for each row of value keys,
gear connected with pinions which mesh with said rack.
20. The combination with type wheels, of a rock shaft having spring controlled
arms adapted to engage teeth on said type wheels; a. link pivotally connected
with a rocker arm on said shaft; a second rock shaft having a long arm pivotally
connected with said link, and having a plurality of short arms; and special keys

page_text: having inclined surfaces adapted to strike said short arms and thereby rock the
last mentioned rock shaft.
21. The combination of a plurality of drawers; a corresponding number of
registers; and mechanism for arranging any one of said registers for registration,
and for opening the corresponding drawer.
22. The combination of a plurality of drawers; of a corresponding number of
registers and special keys; locking devices for said drawers. and mechanism
whereby the operation of any one of the special keys will simultaneously connect
the corresponding register for registration and unlock the locking device on
the corresponding drawer.
23. The combination of a plurality of drawers, a general register, and a number
of special registers corresponding to the number of drawers; means normally
connecting the general register for registration; and means for disconnecting
said register and connecting any one of the special registers, and also for opening
the drawer corresponding to the connected special register.
24. The combination with a plurality of drawers; a corresponding number of
registers and means for arranging any one of said registers for registration,
and also for opening the corresponding drawer and printing the amount of the
registration and the identity of the user of the drawer.
25. The combination with a plurality of drawers; of a corresponding number
of special registers; a general register; means normally connecting the general
register for registration; and means for connecting any one of the special registers
for registration and disconnecting the general register, and also for opening the
corresponding drawer and printing the amount of the registration.
26. The combination with a printing platen, of a rock shaft having arms link
connected with the platen; a spring tending to turn said shaft so as to swing the
arms thereon upward; a hand operated shaft having a crank arm, and a catch
pivotally connected to the end of the crank arm and constructed to engage a dog
on said rock shaft, and also constructed with a lug adapted to strike when the
hand operated shaft is turned so as to swing the catch and thereby trip or release
the dog.
27. The combination with the printing platen, of a rock shaft having arms
link connected with the platen; means tending to turn said rock shaft so as to
swing the arms upward; a second rock shaft provided with a catch adapted to
engage the first mentioned shaft and swing it downwardly when turned; and
means for tripping said catch so as to release the first mentioned shaft when
the second mentioned one is sufficiently turned.
28. The combination with a storage reel having a pinion loose on its spindle;
pawl and ratchet mechanism for driving the real when the pinion is turned in
one direction; a toothed segment gearing with said pinion; a spring tending to
swing said segment in a direction to cause the pinion to turn the reel; a link
having a slot in which the pin on said segment can work, and mechanism for
reciprocating the link.
29. The combination of a feed roller and a storage reel, each having a pinion
mounted loosely upon its spindle, and provided with pawl and rachet mechanism
for turning it in one direction only; toothed segments meshing with said pinions;
spring means tending to swing both of said segments in a direction to cause the
pinions to turn the roller and reel respectively; a link pivotally connected with
an extension on the segment meshing with the feed roller segment, and having
a slot on which the pinion on the reel segment works; a link pivotally connected
with an arm extended laterally on the roller segment; and a rock shaft having
a crank arm pivotally connected with the other end of said link.
30. The combination with a reciprocating locking bar, of a pivoted lever
pivotally connected therewith, and a rock shaft having a collar which is con-
structed with a dog adapted to engage one end of said pivoted lever.
31. The combination with a drawer, of a reel; a cord coiled upon the reel
and having one of its ends attached to the drawer; a pulley about which the

page_text: cord is led; and a spring tending to turn the reel so as to coil the cord
upon it.
32. The combination with the printing platen; of a rod connected thereto;
type wheels connected with one another; and a pivoted lever connected with the
rod on the platen, and provided with a spring controlled pawl, which is adapted
to engage and turn the toothed wheel on the first type wheel.
33. A cash register comprising a plurality of drawers; and a corresponding
number of registers and means for opening any one of the drawers and operating
the corresponding register.
34. A cash register comprising mechanism for registering values; a plurality
of drawers, each provided with a locking device; a corresponding number of
registers; special keys and mechanism whereby the operation of any one of the
special keys will unlock the locking device of the corresponding drawer and
connect the corresponding register with the value mechanismi.
35. A cash register comprising a plurality of drawers; a corresponding number
of registers; means for locking the drawers; and mechanism for partially and
completely unlocking the drawers in different operations.
36. A cash register comprising a plurality of drawers; a corresponding number
of registers; means for operating any one of the registers and opening any one
of the drawers; and means for printing the amount of the registration, irrespec-
tive of the register upon which such registration is made.
37. A cash register comprising mechanism for registering values; a plurality
of drawers; a corresponding number of independent registers; means for printing
the amount of the registration; means for connecting any one of the registers
with the registering mechanism, and for partially unlocking the corresponding
drawer; and means for simultaneously operating the printing mechanism and
completely unlocking said drawer.
38. A cash register comprising mechanism for registering values; a plurality
of independent drawers; corresponding special keys and special registers; a
general register; means normally connecting the general register with the regis-
tering mechanism; type wheels to designate the amount of the registration and
also the user of the machine; means whereby the operation of any of the special
keys will disconnect the general register from the registering mechanism and
connect the corresponding special register therewith, and will also partially unlock
the corresponding drawer and set the proper type in printing position; means
whereby the operation of the registering mechanism will set the proper type
wheel in printing position, irrespective of the register connected for registration;
printing mechanism, and means for simultaneously operating the printing
mechanism and completely unlocking the drawer previously partially unlocked.
39. In a cash register a plurality of detachable and dissimilar keys.
40. In a cash register detachable keys comprising push rods having dissimilar
cross sections.
41. The combination with a plurality of individual cash drawers, of a corre-
sponding number of independent locking devices therefor and a common locking
device adapted to simultaneously lock or unlock all of said drawers.
42. The combination with a plurality of cash drawers, of mechanisms for
simultaneously setting for record the identifying device of the user of one of
said drawers, and for partially unlocking said drawer; mechanisms for indicating,
registering and setting for record the amount of the transaction; and mechanisms
for simultaneously forming the record and completely unlocking said drawer.
43. The combination of a reel, means for turning the same positively in one
direction; and an elastic connection for turning it in the opposite direction.
44. A cash register comprising a plurality of individual cash drawers; inde-
pendent locking devices therefor; a corresponding number of individual keys
or actuators which are detachable and dissimilar; types adapted to designate
the user of each key or actuater; mechanism for actuating the corresponding
type and independent locking device on the actuation of each key; mechanism

page_text: for indicating and registering the amount of each transaction; types adapted to
print such amounts; means for setting such types upon the indication of such
amounts; a common locking device for all the drawers; and mechanism for
simultaneously actuating said common locking device and for printing one or
more records from such types.
45. In a cash register, a plurality of drawers, and a plurality of corresponding
registers, one for each drawer.
Dotad 741. A 1000
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham.