IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES FOR CHECKING CASH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, ANDREW JAMES JOHNSTON of 274 Park Road Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster, Provision Dealer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES FOR CHECKING CASH RECEIPTS
AND PAYMENTS " to be as follows:-
The invention relates to apparatus or appliances in which amounts of money
received or paid or both are recorded on a band of paper moved intermittently.
The object is to provide simple durable suitable and compact apparatus or appliances
which shall act efficiently, allow of the amounts received and paid being easily
ascertained by principals or authorized persons at any time, and which cannot be
tampered with.
The above objects are obtained under my invention by so disposing the mechanism
for carrying and giving motion to the band of paper that the said band is caused
to travel in a new path, that is to say. The said band is led from the roll over a
table roller or pad thence over an extra or stretching roller to and between gripping
rollers and finally through a slit to the outside of the box or case containing the
operating mechanism. By this means a long strip of the band showing amounts
received and paid is constantly exposed to view and the free end of the band as
drawn from the box or case cannot be returned thereto.
In carrying my invention into practice I make use of a box or case provided at
the top with a lid and lock and having at the bottom or other suitable part an
aperture through which a lever or piece for operating the contained mechanism
projects. The lid is made with an aperture in front of or behind a strip of glass.
secured firmly therein. The internal mechanism consists essentially of a roller
carrying a band of paper, a table roller or pad beneath the aperture in the lid a
roller at the end of the strip of glass and two gripping rollers between and beneath
the second and third rollers above mentioned. All the rollers with the exception
of one of the gripping rollers are free to revolve in or on bearings forming part
of or attached to the box or case. One of the gripping rollers is fitted with a
ratchet wheel and pawl to prevent it from being turned back. A lever and paw!
or push piece mounted in or on suitable bearings in the box or case is so disposed
that one end projects through the aperture in the bottom or other suitable part
and the other end acts on the teeth of the ratchet wheel attached to one of the

page_text: gripping rollers. The band of paper is led from the first roller over the table roller
or pad beneath the aperture in the lid, over the roller at the end of the glass
between the gripping rollers and finally through the joint between the lid and the
back of the box or case.
To allow of causing the band to travel rapidly when required one of the gripping
rollers is arranged to be fitted with a handle.
The action of the apparatus or appliances is as follows:-The box or case is fixed
on a counter or in other suitable position and so connected to till or money
receptacles that the opening of the said till or receptacle moves the lever or push
piece above mentioned and causes the hand of paper to travel a short distance.
The person taking money from or adding money to the till then writes the amount
Each time the till is opened
through the aperture in the lid on the band of paper.
the band moves a strip forward and a fresh surface is exposed beneath the aperture.
A length of band from the table roller or pad to the stretching roller containing
the record of a series of receipts or payments is constantly exposed to view beneath
the glass of the lid. From time to time the free end of the band is drawn through
the slit and removed.
A bell may be added to the mechanism so arranged as to ring each time the till
is opened.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I ANDREW JAMES JOHNSTON of 274 Park Road Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster Provision Dealer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES FOR CHECKING CASH RECEIPTS AND
PAYMENTS" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The invention relates to apparatus or appliances in which amounts of money
received or paid or both are recorded on a band of paper moved intermittently―
Tho object to provide simple durable suitable and compact apparatus or appliances
which shall act efficiently, allow of the amounts received and paid being easily
ascertained by principals or authorized persons at any time, and which cannot be
tampered with.
The above objects are obtained under my invention by so disposing the mechanism
for carrying and giving motion to the band of paper that the said band is caused to
travel in a new path, that is to say. The said band is led from the roll over a
table roller or pad thence over an extra or stretching roller to and between gripping
rollers and finally through a slit to the outside of the box or case containing the
operating mechanism. By this means a long strip of the band showing amounts
received and paid is constantly exposed to view and the free end of the band as
drawn from the box or case cannot be returned thereto.
In carrying my invention into practice I make use of a box or case provided at
the top with a lid and lock and having at the bottom or other suitable part an
aperture through which a lever or piece for operating the contained mechanism
projects. The lid is made with an aperture in front of or behind a strip of glass
secured firmly thereon. The internal mechanism consists essentially of a roller
carrying a band of paper, a table roller or pad beneath the aperture in the lid,
a roller at the end of the strip of glass and two gripping rollers between and
beneath the second and third rollers above mentioned. All the rollers with the
exception of one of the gripping rollers are free to revolve in or on bearings
forming part of or attached to the box or case. One of the gripping rollers is fitted
with a ratchet wheel and pawl to prevent it from being turned back. A lever and
pawl or push piece mounted in or on suitable bearings in the box or case is so
disposed that one end projects through the aperture in the bottom or other suitable
part and the other end acts on the teeth of the ratchet wheel attached to one of
the gripping rollers-The band of paper is led from the first roller over the table
roller or pad beneath the aperture in the lid, over the roller at the end of the glass
between the gripping rollers and finally through the joint between the lid and the
back of the box or case.
To allow of causing the band to travel rapidly when required one of the gripping
rollers is arranged to be fitted with a handle.
The sectional view hereunto annexed shows the path in which a band of paper
travels under my invention and the arrangement or disposition and method of
actuating the carrying rollers,

page_text: a box or case with lid b, c aperture at bottom through which the push piece d
projects, e aperture in lid in front of the glass which is firmly secured in the said
lid, g carrying roller, e¹ table pad beneath the aperture e h stretching roller at end
of the strip of glass. ij gripping rollers: the roller i is carried in bearings k
which are free to slide in guides and are pressed forward by springs m so as to
force the roller i in contact with the roller j. The roller j is made with a ratchet
wheel and is fitted with a pawl o which prevents it from being turned back,
p is a lever pivotted to the axis of the roller j connected to the push piece d and
fitted with a pawl q which takes into the ratchet teeth n. The push pieco dis
carried between guides r and is fitted at its actuating end with an antifriction
roller 8.
The apparatus is fixed on a counter or in any convenient manner above
a money till t. The said till t is provided with an inclined plane u on which the
roller & rests so that when the till is opened the push piece is raised so as to actuate
the lever p and move the ratchet wheel n one or more tooth, The band of paper v
is led from the carrying roller over the table pad e¹ beneath the aperture e around
the stretching roller and between the gripping rollers i through the joint w
between the lid and the back of the box or case. Instead of passing through such
joint a special aperture may be made for the band of paper and the position of the
mechanism may be reversed so that the said aperture is at the front instead of at
the back of the box or case.
The action of the apparatus or appliances is as follows:-The box or case is fixed
on a counter or in other suitable position and so connected to till or money
receptacles that the opening of the said till or receptacle moves the lever or push
piece above mentioned and caused the band of paper to travel a short distance.
The person taking money from or adding money to the till then writes the amount
through the aperture in the lid on the band of paper. Each time the till is opened
the band moves a strip forward and a fresh surface is exposed beneath the aperture.
A length of band from the table roller or pad to the stretching roller containing
the record of a series of receipts or payments is constantly exposed to view
beneath the glass of the lid. From time to time the free end of the band is drawn
through the slit and removed.
A bell may be added to the mechanism so arranged as to ring each time the till
is opened.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declaro that what
I claim is
In apparatus or appliances for checking cash receipts and payments in which a
band of paper is used so disposing the mechanism for carrying and giving motion
to the said band of paper that the said band is caused to travel in a new path
substantially as set forth.
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