Improvements in Cash Registers and Indicators or Check Tills.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 5th June, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cash Registers and Indicators or Check Tills.
I, HENRY SPENCER HALLWOOD, of Columbus, Franklin County, in the State
of Ohio, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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, and accompanying
drawings, that is to say :-
My invention relates to improvements in cash registers and indicators; and the
object of my invention is to provide a machine in which various amounts of business
transactions may be indicated and registered.
A further object of my invention is to provide a device in which the various
amounts indicated and registered at different times will be added together so as to
show at any time the total amount registered.
A further object of my invention is to provide in a machine of this character
mechanical devices by which various amounts in different departments may be
registered separately.
A further object of my invention is to provide means by which the various
amounts registered in separate departments may be combined together so that the
total amount of all the departments and of all the various transactions recorded
on the machine will be shown at any time.
A further object of my invention is to simplify various constructions in the
operative mechanism of cash registers and indicators.
A further object of my invention is to provide means by which any amount may
be registered in any department by the use of a single keyboard.
I attain these objects in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in
which―
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a
transverse sectional elevation of the same looking toward the keyboard. Fig. 3
is a similar sectional elevation looking in the opposite direction.
Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the operating devices, the casing being shown in
section and some of the parts broken away.
Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective of a portion of the key-board and some of
the operating devices connected with the registering keys.
Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of the transferring mechanism by which amounts
of one denomination are transferred to a higher denomination.
Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the cash receptacle and some of the parts
operating in connection therewith.
Like parts are represented by similar letters of reference in the several
views.
In carrying out my invention I employ a keyboard in which the keys are
arranged in sets or series, the respective keys in each set or series being numbered
from one up to correspond to the number less one of units of one denomination
necessary to produce a unit of the next higher denomination; the keys of the different
sets or series being employed for registering different denominations, such as pounds,
shillings and pence. In the machine which I have illustrated I have shown four sach
sets of keys, adapted, respectfully, to register pence, shillings, pounds and tens of
pounds; the capacity of such a machine being such that it can be arranged so that a
single amount of any denomination from one farthing to nine pounds, nineteen shillings
and eleven pence three farthings can be registered at oue registration. By the

page_text: addition of other sets of keys provision may be made for registering a greater
amount at a single operation. An indicating wheel for each set of keys is provided,
said wheels being numbered corresponding to the keys and being adapted to be
revolved as the key is operated, so as to bring the number (corresponding to the
key) opposite an opening in the upper part of the casing which encloses the
mechanism. This part of the device is more fully described as follows: The
various sets of keys, marked a 1, a 2, a 3, a 4, are arranged at the front of
the machine and near one side thereof, preferably on the left as shown in Fig. 1.
The various keys each consist of a short rod b, having on the end a knob or
button b', on which the number of the key is placed. The rods extend through
suitable bearings 62 (Figure 5) in the frame 63, which is supported stationarily in
the casing a a, preferably from rods 1 and 2, which extend entirely across the
main frame or casing a a. The frame 3 is formed on its outer periphery on the
arc of a circle, the casing being correspondingly curved at this point and adapted
to fit snugly against the frame. The rear portion of the frame is formed on a
different are of a circle and eccentric to the front portion and is provided with a
web or flange 64, having a series of slotted openings 65, one opening for each
key. Each of the keys is provided with a laterally projecting piu or stud b6, which
extends into the opening 65, thus forming a guide for the key which permits the
key to move longitudinally within certain limits determined by the length of the
slct, which also prevents any rotary motion thereof. The key stems or rods are
made of varying lengths, the shortest key being at the bottom and the longest
key at the top of the series. In their normal positions the inner ends of the keys
stand substantially opposite the inner edge of the web or flange b 4, and are held
in position by a spring 67, preferably placed around the rod b, as shown.
Located within the casing and opposite the respective keys of each series is a
swinging frame c, hinged or pivoted on a central rod 3, which also preferably
extends entirely through the casing or frame. This swinging frame c is formed on
the arc of a circle eccentric to the shaft 3 on which it turns and is provided on its
curved surface with a series of teeth or steps c 1, adapted as the frame is moved
to contact with the respective key stems when the same are depressed, as will
hereinafter more fully appear. Each of the frames c is further provided with a
projecting arm c 2, having at its outer end a bar c 3, which extends across all the
registering devices in the machine; the frames c opposite the keys representing
different denominations having their arms c 2 arranged at different angles, as
indicated in Fig. 2, so that each of said frames e and the arms c2 may move in the
are of a circle within certain predetermined limits without interfering with the
movement of the other arm or its attached bar c3. It should be stated that
the respective bars c3 each are provided at the opposite end with an arm or
lever c4, which extends inwardly and is journaled on the shaft 3, as shown in
Fig. 4.
Lying adjacent to the frame, and also hinged to the shaft 3 is a segment d, the
outer periphery of which is formed on the are of a circle also eccentric to the
shaft 3, but concentric to the frame 63. The outer periphery of this segment is
provided with a series of hook-shaped teeth d 1, having beveled ends d 2, which
normally stand opposite the slots 65 in the frame 6 3, and in line with the projecting
pins 66 on the stems b. The segment d is further provided with a projecting stud
or pin d 3, which engages in a slotted opening d4 in one arm of a bell crank
lever d5, pivoted on the rod 2; the other arm of said bell crank lever being
formed into a hook d 6, adapted to engage over a stud or pin c5 on the frame c
(see Fig. 5).
When a key is depressed in any series, the pin 66 upon it contacting with the
beveled end d 2 of the hook d 1, causes the segment d to turn or rise on its pivotal
center 3 and thus rocks the bell crank d 5 so as to raise the hook d6 from the
pin c5, thus releasing the frame c. At the same time the key is brought in line
with the segment c so that as it turns on its pivotal center, one of the steps c 1 of
the frame c contacts with the pin and thus limits the movement of said frame.

page_text: As the key is pressed downwardly to the limit of its stroke the segment d returns
back in the opposite direction to that which it has moved, and, inasmuch as the
hook d 6 has been disengaged from the stud or pin c5, the segment is permitted a
greater movement in the backward direction than was given it in the forward
direction, so that the respective hooks d1 come across the respective slots 65 and
thus prevent any key from being operated. The key which is depressed is
engaged and held in the depressed position by the inner side of the hook while
the keys not depressed are held against any inward movement or depression by the
outside of the respective hooks which stand opposite the saine.
It should be stated that each of the swinging frames e is further provided with
an outwardly extending arm c 6, connected at its outer end to a rack c 7, which
engages with a pinon c8, on the indicator wheel c 9. As the frame c moves about
the shaft 3, a corresponding movement is imparted to the indicator wheels c.
It should also be stated that the. different steps or teeth c1 in the frame c are so
arranged that the movement of the frame necessary to contact with the first key
represents one unit, each successive key being adapted to permit of a movement
one unit greater than the preceding key. The movement of the frame c is adapted
to produce a corresponding revolution of the indicator wheel c 9, so that the
numbers on said wheel are brought opposite the opening 10 in the casing to
correspond with the key which is depressed.
For the registering mechanism I employ a set of registering wheels for each
department which is to be kept separate, and in each set of wheels I provide one
wheel for each denomination which is represented on the keyboard. In addition
to these I provide a set of wheels independent of each department, but adapted to
register the combined amounts registered on all the departments. In the present
machine I have illustrated registering devices for three departments, A. 1, A 2
and A 3, the registering wheels for the total amount being shown at A4. The
registering wheels are shown at e, el, e2, and e3. Each of these wheels,.
representing pounds shillings and pence, is numbered in series to correspond with
the cash keys, respectively, while those representing tens of pounds are numbered
from zero to nine. All the registering wheels in all the departments and for all
denominations are journaled on the central shaft 3 (see Figs. 3 and 4).
Journaled on the shaft 3 at the side of each registering wheel is a pawl-carrying
arm f, having at its outer extremity a pivoted pawl f1, adapted to engage in the
teeth of the wheel to which it belongs. This arin is further provided with a
projecting finger f2 which is normally engaged by a pivoted latch f3, journaled.
on the shaft or rod 4. The fingers 2 of the respective arms f, belonging to each.
department, when in their normal position stand in line with and are all engaged
by the same latch f3 (see Figs. 3 and 4). The arms f, however, for each of the
wheels in each department stand at different angles corresponding to the arms c 2
on the frame c, the construction being such that the end of each arm f, rests in
contact with the bar c3 connected to each of the arms c2. As each of the bars c 3,
therefore, is released and turns about the shaft 3, the arms f which contact with
said bars are also released so far as the support of said bars is concerned. . These
arms f, however, are still retained in their positions by the latch f3 corresponding
to the department to which said arms belong.
Arranged opposite to each of the latches f3 is a key f4, which extends through
the casing in reach of the operator and is adapted when depressed to contact with
the latch 3 so as to disengage the arm or finger f2. When so depressed the
pawl levers belonging to each registering wheel in that department are released
and each one of said arms which remains unsupported by a bar c3 is moved by a
spring f5 and carries its registering wheel a number of notches corresponding to
the units which the bar c 3 has been permitted to move by the movement of the
frame c prior to its contact with the key which has been depressed. It will be
understood that those registering wheels which belong to the departments other
than the one operated will be retained in their position by the pivoted latch 3 of
that department. The arms f2 belonging to the total adding wheels, shown

page_text: at A 4, are not encumbered by any latch of this character, so that the pawl levers
for those wheels drop when the bars c 3 drop, so that if the part c3 corresponding
to any series of keys is released, the pawl lever of the registering wheels corre-
sponding to said series in the total department moves with it so that a registration
in the total department takes place, every time the keys are depressed while a
registration in the other departments takes place only when the department key is
pressed.
Arranged at any convenient point in the length of the shaft 3 and pivoted on
said shaft is an intermediate supporting device 9, (Figure 3), having projecting
fingers 1, which normally stand immediately under the respective bars c3 and
temporarily support the same when they are released by the action of depressing
a key as before described. The distance which each of the bars moves prior to
contacting with the respective fingers is sufficient to produce the movement of the
locking device d heretofore described. This auxiliary support is normally held in
the proper position to accomplish this result by an extended arm or finger g 2,
which is operated by the opening and closing of the cash receptacle . In the
present machine this is illustrated as resting directly in contact with a friction
roller 1, journaled in a suitable bearing h 2 connected with the cash receptacle,
which is in the form of a
drawer.
The cash drawer is no locked by two independent locking devices, one
of which is operated by the operation of any key in any series and the other by
the operation of a key which releases a department registering device. The
locking device connected to the keys is shown in Fig. 2 and consist of a lever h3
normally resting in contact with a projection h 4 on the drawer and journaled on
the rod or shaft 4; the opposite extremity of said lever having a laterally
projecting bar h 17, which rests in contact with the bell crank levers d 5, so that
the return movement of either of said bell crank levers, which takes place
immediately after the segment c has been released, also operates the lever 3 and
releases the drawer at this point; the lever 3 being retained in this position so
long as the key remains depressed. A similar locking lever, h5 (Figure 3),
adapted to engage a projection 6, is pivoted on the shaft 4 at a different point
and adapted to be operated whenever one of the latches f3 is depressed by a
department key. The locking lever 45 is connected to a U-shaped piece h',
which extends for some distance parallel with the shaft 4, the respective ends of
this piece being pivoted to said shaft. This U-shaped piece 7 is connected to
the lever 5 and extends under all the latches 3 in all the departments, and also
contacts with a part of what I term the zero device, and which will be referred to
more specifically hereinafter. The result of the construction above described is
that the drawer is partially unlocked by the depressing of any key in any series;
the depressing of a department key completes the operation of unlocking the
drawer and the same is opened by means of a spring h8. As the drawer is opened
the arm g2 drops and with it the bars c3 aud the respective pawl levers f, or so
many thereof as have been released by the operation of a key in the series to
which said bar corresponds. A registration, therefore, takes place on the
registering wheels corresponding to the series in which the key is depressed, the
registration being effected both in the department which has been operated and on
the total adding device.
When the drawer is closed the parts are all returned to their normal positions.
This is principally accomplisbed through the agency of the intermediate supporting
device g, and to accomplish this it is necessary that the device be moved to a
position slightly in advance of that which it occupies normally. To effect this,
provide on the extended finger 92 a pivoted cam portion 93, adapted, as the
drawer moves outwardly, to be raised out of the way, but adapted, as the drawer
moves inwardly, to contact with the roller 1, and thus move said finger beyond its
normal position permitting it to drop back to the normal position after the roller
has passed the pivoted cam. The result of this operation is that all of the bars c3
which have been released are carried back to their normal positions. The

page_text: segments c attached to said bars are also moved correspondingly until the pin c 5
of each is engaged with the outer bevelled point of the hook d 6, thus moving the
bell cranks d 5, which in turn move the frame pieces d and release the lever h3.
The result is that the keys are all unlocked and the locking lever h 3 permitted to
again contact with the projection h 4. The locking lever 5 returns to its normal
position as soon as the department key which operated the same is released, so
that it falls into the locking position as soon as the drawer is closed and the parts
are again in their normal positions.
Means are provided by which the indicating wheels remain in the position
assumed in the last registration until a succeeding opening of the drawer. This
is accomplished by providing a pivoted retaining bar c 11 (Figure 2), which extends
across and engages with the respective teeth of the racks c7. This retaining
bar c 11 is pivoted at each end in swinging arms c 12, which are journaled on the
frame shaft 5 (see also Fig. 5). As the racks c 7, or either of them, are moved
upwardly to indicate any amount, the swinging har c 11 is turned to a position
substantially parallel with the racks and thus releases those racks which have been
previously engaged, allowing them to return to their normal positions. This
movement of the racks c 7 independent of the segments c is permitted by providing
the racks e 7 with a pin c 13 (Figure 5), which forms the connection between the
racks e 7 and the arms c6, when the parts are moving together as before described.
The segment and arm, however, are permitted to drop, while the rack continues
in this position by engagement with the retaining bar c 11. To insure the proper
disengagement of the swinging bar cll with the racks when they have reached
their proper position, I provide a swinging lever c 14, pivoted on the shaft 3 and
adapted at one end to contact with a pin c 15 on one of the swinging arms c 12
which supports the pivoted bar c11. A laterally projecting pin 94 on the
finger g 2, is adapted, as said finger drops upon the opening of the drawer, to
contact with the opposite end of the swinging lever c 14, which causes said lever
to move into contact with the pin c 15 and thus carries the swinging arm c 12 and
the pivoted bar cll away from the racks so as to allow said bar to assume a
position substantially at right angles to said racks and thus to disengage the teeth
thereof.
To provide for opening the drawer for making change or for similar purposes.
when no registration is to take place, I provide a key adapted to operate both of
the drawer locking levers and connect the same and at the same time to act
through the zero devices to return all the indicating wheels to zero. The key for
producing this result is shown in Fig. 2 at k, the stem thereof resting in contact
with a triangular shaped piece k 1, which is hinged or pivoted on the shaft 4.
This piece k is provided with projections k 2, k 3, and k4, adapted to engage,
respectively, with the U-shaped piece h7, the lateral bar 17, of the locking
lever h3, and the pivoted lever c 14. By pressing on the key k, therefore, each of
the said parts are operated. The operation of the locking levers h 3 and h 5 opens.
the drawer. The movement of the hinged lever c 14 carries the upper end of said
lever in contact with the pin c 15, which moves the hinged arm c 12 sufficient to
entirely disengage the swinging bar c11 from the teeth of the respective racks,
thus permitting said racks to all return to their normal positions and bring all the
indicating wheels to zero.
Means are provided by which, when units are registered on one wheel sufficient
to make a unit of the next higher denomination, the wheel representing the next
higher denomination is moved forward one notch. In accomplishing this I provide
a separate auxiliary device adapted to be operated by the closing of the cash
receptacle and after all the registering devices have finished their ordinary
operation of registering. Each of the registering wheels in each series, except the
registering wheel representing the highest denomination, has a series of teeth or
projections e 4. These teeth or projections are arranged around the periphery of
each wheel at one side of the registering teeth and separated from each other by a
distance corresponding to a number of registering teeth equal to the units in that*

page_text: denomination required to make a unit of the next higher denomination. Adjacent
to each of the registering wheels, except the registering wheel of the lowest
denomination, is a hinged lever 1, (Figures 6 and 7), pivoted on a central supporting
shaft 3. Each of these levers carries at its outer end a pivoted pawl , adapted
to engage with the registering teeth of the wheel to which it belongs. The pawl
is formed in the nature of a bell crank, one arm thereof being adapted to engage
the registering teeth, the opposite arm being engaged by a pivoted latch 1,
supported on the arm 1, said arm being provided with a backwardly-projecting
portion for this purpose. The pivoted latch 2 projects beyond the extension 1³, and
is provided with a laterally-extending pin or projection, which lies adjacent to and
under a projecting finger 13, formed on a pivoted pawl 1, which lies adjacent to and in
line with the respective teeth e4 on the registering wheel of the next lower denomina-
tion. All these pawls are pivoted on a shaft 6 which extends through the frame of
the machine. Each of the levers 7 is connected by a link to an arin l, arranged on
one of a series of shafts or rods m, m 1, m 2, m 3; these shafts m, m 1, m 2, m 3 corre-
sponding respectively to the wheels representing pence, shillings, pounds and tens
of pounds. Each of said shafts is further provided with a projecting finger n,
which is arranged in line with a spring arm n 1, connected or pivotted to the
auxiliary supporting device g (Figure 7). This arm n is provided at its outer
extremity with a lateral projection n 2, beveled on one side, the finger n being
correspondingly beveled in the opposite direction, as shown in Fig. 7; the
construction being such that as the supporting device g is moved by the opening
of the drawer, these projecting devices pass each other by the swinging of the
arm n 1. When the arm is moved in the opposite direction, however, by the closing
of the drawer, the arm contacts successively with the respective fingers n on the
shafts m, m 1, m 2, m 3 and thus rocks said shafts and produces a slight vibrating
movement of each of the levers / connected to said shafts. Now, as a registering
wheel is carried forward sufficiently to bring a tooth e 4 in contact with a pivoted
pawl lever 1, the extension 1 on said pawl is brought in contact with the pin so
as to raise the latch 12, thus releasing the pawl 12, which engages with the registering
teeth of the wheel to which it belongs, so that whenever the pawl is in engagement
with the registering wheel as the cash receptacle is closed, that wheel is moved
forward one notch, when it contacts with a screwthreaded stud in the shaft 5,
which raises the pawl until it is re-engaged by the latch (see Figs. 3 and 6).
Inasmuch as the pawl can be released only when the registering wheel of the
lower denomination has moved a sufficient number of units, the adding or transferring
from one denomination can only take place when the proper registration has been
made on the preceding registering wheel.
Means are provided by which the cash receptacle h, when released, must be
opened to a certain predetermined point before it can be closed and must be
entirely closed before it can be again opened. This is accomplished by providing
below the cash drawer a series of teeth h9 (Figure 3), adapted to be engaged by a
pivoted pawl 10 hinged to the drawer. A space at either end of the teeth permits
the pawl to reverse so as to engage the teeth in the opposite direction as it passes
beyond the series of teeth in either direction.
It will be seen from the above description that a machine is provided in which
a registration in any department desired may be secured from the operation of a
single series of keys. The construction is such that no registration can take place
unless one of the departments is operated, at the same time the total amount
of all the registrations in all the departments is registered on the total adding
device.
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:
1. In a cash register, a series of department registering devices each consisting
of registering wheels of different denominations, actuating levers, one for each

page_text: wheel, pivoted concentric with said wheels, actuating bars extending across the
entire series of wheels so as to contact with said levers, a keyboard having
denominational keys adapted to control the movement of said bars, locking means
for bolding the actuating levers of each department, and special keys for operating
said locking means, substantially as specified.
2. In a cash register, a series of register wheels journaled in line with each other,
said wheels being arranged in sets, an actuating device for each wheel of each set
and means for normally locking said actuating devices, actuating bars extending
across the entire series of wheels and pivoted concentric therewith, cash keys for
releasing and determining the movement of said bars, a connection from said bars
to the actuating devices of the respective wheels, and special keys for unlocking
the said actuating devices, substantially as specified.
3. In a cash register, cash keys and registering devices, said registering devices
being grouped into departments, each department comprising wheels of different
denominations, actuating devices comprising hinged or pivoted bars concentric with
said wheels and common to all the groups for operating the registering wheels, one
bar for each denomination, a total adding register independent of the department
registers but actuated by the common actuating devices, and means for releasing
the department registering devices to cause one or more of them to operate in unison
with the total adding register, substantially as specified.
4. A cash register, cash keys arranged in series, each key of each series being
adapted to release and determine the movement of a pivoted actuating bar,
registering wheels of different denominations arranged concentric with said
actuating bar having pawl levers to contact with and be moved by said bar, an
intermediate supporting device for said actuating bar, and a movable cash receptacle,
said supporting device being connected to and adapted to be operated by the
opening and closing of said receptacle, substantially as specified.
5. In a cash register, a series of keys arranged on the arc of a circle as described,
a swinging segment pivoted eccentrically on a shaft adjacent to said keys, said keys
being of different lengths and adapted to be moved in line with said segment,
means for limiting the movement of said keys, and a series of steps ou said segment
to contact with the respective keys, substantially as specified.
6. In a cash register, a series of keys arranged on the arc of a circle as described,
said keys having stems of varying lengths adapted to be moved so as to stand in
line with a swinging segment having a series of teeth or steps thereon, means
connected with said segment for determining the movement of registering devices,
and an engaging plate for holding the respective keys in their respective positions
when one key is depressed, substantially as specified.
7. In a cash register, a series of keys and a series of registering devices, each of
said registering devices being adapted to register the amount indicated by said
keys, means for normally holding the registering devices in an inoperative position,
a normally closed cash receptacle and a locking device for said cash receptacle
adapted to be operated by the operation of a key, means for releasing the
actuating devices of said registering mechanism and at the same time operating an
additional locking device to said drawer whereby the drawer is held in a locked
position until one of the registering devices is brought into position for operation,
substantially as specified.
8. A series of cash keys, and indicating devices connected thereto, an actuating
device for each set of keys adapted to be released and controlled when one key for
said series is depressed, a series of registering devices arranged in groups and each
adapted to be operated by the commou actuating device, locking meaus for
retaining said registering devices in a normally inactive position, a total adding
register normally connected to said actuating device and independent of said
normally-inactive registers, and special keys for releasing said normally-inactive
registering devices to cause one or more of them to operate in unison with the
total adding device by the operation of said actuating devices or any one of them,
substantially as specified.

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9. Cash keys arranged in series, each series corresponding to
-denomination, each key of each series representing a unit of said denomination,
an actuating device for each denomination adapted to be released when any key
of its series is depressed, registering devices arranged in groups, each group
comprising registering wheels representing denominations corresponding to the
-denominations of the actuating devices, locking means for retaining said registering
devices in a normally inactive position, and a releasing device for each set of
registering devices, a total adding registering device comprising registering wheels
similar to the normally inactive registering devices, and normally connected to said
actuating devices, and means, substantially as described, for releasing any group of
registering devices to cause it to operate in unison with said total adding device,
substantially as specified.
10. A series of cash keys having straight stems of different lengths, a swinging
segment pivoted eccentrically on a shalt adjacent to said keys, and an actuating
part connected to said segment, registering wheels journaled in line with the center
of said swinging segment, said registering wheels being arranged in groups or sets,
and connecting devices between said actuating bar and one of said registering
wheels, locking means for holding said registering devices in a normally inactive
to cause said
position, and special keys for operating said locking means
registering wheels to be operated by the actuating bar when a cash key is
depressed, substantially as specified.
11. A curved key board, cash keys arranged in sets on said board, each set
representing a different denomination and each key representing a unit of that
denomination, a swinging segment eccentrically pivoted on a shaft adjacent to
said keys, said keys each having a stem of different length communicating
with said segment, a series of registering wheels journaled in line with the
center of said segment, and an actuating bar on said segment extending across
the faces of said wheels and moving concentrically therewith, and connections
between said actuating bar and the registering wheels corresponding thereto
whereby said wheels are moved by said actuating bar when one or more keys
are depressed, substantially as specified.
12. In a cash register, a series of keys having stems of different lengths, and an
eccentrically-arranged segment having steps to contact with said key stems, an
actuating bar connected to said segment, and registering wheels arranged in
different sets connected to said bar, and an indicating wheel connected to said
segment adapted to indicate the position of said actuating bar, substantially as
specified.
13. A series of cash keys and a series of registering wheels, an actuating bar
extending across said wheels and controlled by said keys to determine the movement
of said registering wheels, an intermediate support for said actuating device operated
by the opening and closing of a cash receptacle, transferring mechanism to carry
amounts from one registering wheel to those of a higher denomination, and
means, as described, connected with said support to operate said transferring
mechanism when said support is returned to its normal position, substantially as
specified.
14. In a cash register, a series of cash keys and a series of registering wheels,
actuating bars extending across said wheels and controlled by said cash keys
connected to said wheels, said registering wheels representing units of different
denominations, and transferring mechanism for conveying amounts from one wheel
to the wheel of the next higher denomination, a supporting device actuated by
the opening and closing of a cash receptacle and adapted to normally support
said actuating devices, and means connected with said support to operate
said transferring mechanism as the cash receptacle is closed, substantially as
specified.
15. In a cash register, a normally closed cash receptacle having two independent
locking devices therefor, a series of keys each adapted to operate one of said
locking devices and at the same time set in operation an indicator to indicate the

page_text: amount registered by said key, a department key for releasing the registering
devices of a certain group or set adapted to operate the locking device, and a
connecting mechanism adapted to be moved by an independent operating key to
simultaneously move both of said locking devices, and means as described for
releasing said indicator to permit the same to return to zero when said locking
devices are simultaneously operated, substantially as specified.
16. In a cash register, a normally closed cash receptacle having two independent
locking devices each adapted to be operated by a separate mechanism essential to
the operation of the registering devices, and a separate independent drawer opening
device adapted to simultaneously operate both of said locking devices without
affecting the registering devices, substantially as specified.
17. In a registering device, a series of keys and a series of actuating devices, an
auxiliary support for said actuating devices normally detained by a movable cash
receptacle, said support being held normally slightly removed from said actuating
devices to permit an independent movement thereof when released by said keys,
said support being adapted to return said actuating devices to their normal positions
when the cash receptacle is closed, and means as described for permitting a limited
backward movement of said support after the actuating devices have been returned
to their normal positions, substantially as specified.
18. In a cash register, the combination with a series of registering keys and an
intermediate actuating device, a series of indicating wheels each having a rack and
pinion, the respective racks being adapted to be operated by the actuating devices,
a pivoted bar journaled in spring-actuated hinged arms adapted to engage in the
teeth of all of said racks, said bar being adapted to be moved into a plane parallel
with said racks and thus release all of said racks when one of said racks is moved
in a forward direction, and means as described for reversing the position of said
bar, causing it to return the rack so elevated when the same reaches the limit of its
forward movement, substantially as specified.
19. A series of keys and a series of actuating devices connecting said keys, and
a series of indicating wheels for each set of keys, a rack and pinion connected to
each of said indicating wheels adapted to be operated by one of said actuating
devices, a pivoted bar journaled in spring-actuated arms and adapted to engage the
teeth of all of said racks, said bar being moved into a plane parallel with the racks
so as to disengage the teeth thereof whenever one rack is moved in a forward
direction, means for reversing said bar to cause it to engage said racks when the
cash receptacle is opened, and means as described for releasing all of said racks by
the depression of an independent operating key, substantially as specified.
20. In a cash register, a keyboard formed on the arc of a circle having a series
of keys with stems of different lengths, and lateral projections on each of said key
stems, a frame having bearings for said key stems, and a pivoted frame adjacent
thereto, said frame being formed eccentric to the keyboard and provided on its
periphery with hooks having beveled ends, as described, said hooks being adapted
to stand opposite the lateral projections so as to engage the same as the keys
are depressed, and an eccentrically arranged, contacting device adjacent to said
keys adapted when released to engage the depressed keys, substantially as
specified.
21. In a cash register, the combination with a series of cash keys having stems
of different lengths and arranged on the arc of a circle, an eccentrically arranged
web or flange adjacent to said key stems, and a series of slotted openings on said
flange, one for each key, laterally-extending projections on said key stems projecting
through said slotted openings, and an eccentrically-arranged pivoted frame adjacent
to said flange, having on its periphery hook-shaped projections with beveled ends
to engage said key projections, substantially as specified.
22. In a cash register, a normally locked cash receptacle, and a normally
inactive registering mechanism, a series of keys adapted when depressed to
determine the movement of said registering mechanism, a pivoted frame having
hook-shaped projections adapted to engage laterally-extending projections ou said
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page_text: key stems when said keys are depressed, a normally locked intermediate actuating
device adapted when released to contact with said key stems, a connection from
said movable frame to the locking devices of said cash receptacle and said
intermediate actuating device, respectively, whereby a movement of said frame to
lock the keys unlocks the cash receptacle and the intermediate actuating devices,
substantially as specified.
23. In a cash register, a series of cash keys, a normally locked cash receptacle,
and a normally inactive registering mechanism, an intermediate actuating device.
adapted when released to contact with said keys and determine the movement of
said registering mechanism, a movable frame having beveled projections to engage
with said keys, and means connected with said movable frame for simultaneously
unlocking said intermediate actuating device and said cash receptacle, substantially
as specified.
24. The combination with a series of indicating wheels, and a rack and pinion for
each of said wheels, a pivoted bar common to all of said racks and adapted to
engage with the teeth of the same, said bar being journaled at each end in swinging
arms to permit it to lie parallel with or at an angle to said racks, a movable cash
receptacle and means connected therewith for moving said swinging arms when the
cash receptacle is opened to cause the pivoted bar to engage with each of said racks,
substantially as specified.
25. The combination with the indicating wheels and their operating racks, of a
pivoted bar extending across said racks and common to all of the same, said bar
being journaled in swinging arms as described, a normally inactive registering
mechanism, and a connection from said registering mechanism to each of said racks,
and means, substantially as described, for operating the swinging arms to cause said
pivoted bar to engage with each of said racks when the registering mechanism is
set in operation, substantially as specified.
26. The combination with a series of keys having stems of different lengths, as
described, and a swinging segment having a series of teeth or steps adapted to
contact with said keys, register operating mechanism connected to said segment, a
locking plate arranged adjacent to said keys adapted to engage with the projections
thereon, a bell-crank lever connected to said locking plate, a normally locked cash
receptacle, and means, substantially as described, for unlocking said cash receptacle
and said segment by the operation of said bell-crank lever, substantially as
specified.
27. In a cash register, a normally inactive registering mechanism comprising a
series of wheels and concentric pivoted actuating bars extending across said wheels,
cash keys for determining the movement of said bars when released, and an
intermediate support for said bars actuated by the opening and closing of a cash
receptacle, transferring mechanism adapted to be set by but actuated independent
of said registering mechanism, means connected with said bars for actuating the
registering devices when the intermediate support is moved in one direction, and
means connected with said support for operating the transferring mechanism when
the intermediate support is inoved in one direction, and means connected with said
intermediate support for operating the transferring mechanism when said support
is moved in the opposite direction, substantially as specified.
28. In a registering mechanism comprising two wheels representing units of
different denominatious, one of said wheels having a series of projections arranged
at intervals corresponding to the unit of the next higher denomination, a lever
pivoted concentric to said wheels and carrying a pawl, and a latch for said pawl,
an arm connected to said latch and adapted to engage the projections on the wheel
of lower denomination, said pawl being normally held by said latch out of
engagement with but in line with the teeth of the wheel of the higher denomination,
means for producing a limited movement of said pivoted lever after each movement
of said registering wheels, said pawl being adapted to engage the teeth of the
wheel of the higher denomination if released by said latch but not otherwise
substantially as specified.

page_text: 29. In a cash register, a normally closed cash receptacle, normally locked
registering devices and special keys for unlocking the same, cash keys for
controlling the movement of said registering devices when unlocked, independent
locking devices for the cash receptacle connected to said cash keys and said special
keys, respectively, whereby the operation of a special key and a cash key is made
essential to the opening of the cash receptacle in connection with a registration, and
an independent drawer key adapted to simultaneously operate both of said locking.
devices without affecting the registering devices, substantially as specified.
30. A cash register having a series of normally inactive registering devices,.
and cash keys for determining the movement of the same, special keys for releasing
said registering devices, a normally closed cash receptacle having independent
locking devices, one of said devices being connected to said cash keys and the other
to said special keys whereby the opening of the cash receptacle is prevented by the
single operation of either a cash key or a special key, substantially as specified.
Dated this 27th day of October 1896.
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.