Cash Registering Till.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1899-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1899
Cash Registering Till.
I, ANTON FREDERIKSEN, of 108, Vesterbrogade, Copenhagen, Denmark, Mer-
chant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement: —
This invention consists in an apparatus which not only checks the amounts
put in the till and registers them on a roller exposed to the customer's view,
but also indicates the amounts in such a way that the total amount can be
easily calculated and compared with the total cash in hand. Moreover, the
number of transactions, and the number of times that the cash drawer has been
pulled out and pushed back can also be checked.
The invention is shewn in the accompanying drawings, in which,
Fig. 1 shews two different sections of the apparatus.
Fig. 2 a vertical section of the same.
Figs. 3 and 4 are detailed parts.
1 is the outer casing, 2, the framework fitted to it and on which the parts
of the apparatus are mounted. On the side opposed to that on which transac-
tions are carried on, there is fitted a row of perpendicular glass tubes 3, the
upper parts of which terminate in a common receiver 4, containing metallic
balls or tallies.
Each one of the tubes 3 is covered at its upper end by a movable plate 7 pro-
vided with an aperture 6 corresponding to those of the tubes, which plate,
together with a similar one 8, are actuated by the perpendicular rods 11, the
motion being transmitted by the L-shaped iron 10, pivotted at 9.
By depressing one of the keys 12, the plate 7, is moved over the corresponding
tube 3 so as to bring the aperture 6 exactly over the mouth of the tube, and
a tally will then drop in. At the same time the plate 8 slides into the receiver
and keeps back the other tallies.
When the key 12 is released, the plates 7 and 8 are returned to their normal
position by the spring 15.
Each one of the keys 12 and each one of the tubes 3 designate a certain sum,
so that for instance the tallies represent 10 francs in one tube and 1 franc in
another, 10 centimes in another, and so forth. Every tube bears a scale of
figures, from which the number of tallies it contains can be seen; and therefore
by casting up these figures it is possible to ascertain what the cash total should
be.
The tubes 3 are kept closed at their lower extremities by a slide 16, which
has apertures 17 corresponding with those of the tubes, which apertures can
be closed by means of clappers 18. By moving this slide sufficiently far in the
line of the row of tubes, so as to carry the apertures 17 under the tubes 3, the
tallies can be dropped into the little tray 19 after the clappers are opened.
The registering mechanism consists of a winding off roller 20 and a winding
on roller 21 for the paper 21a, which feed the hexagonal roller 22. Each one
of the rods 11 is connected by a pin 23 with an arm of lever 24 swinging on

page_text: a pivot 25 and provided at the opposite end with a type-figure 20 which cor-
responds with the amount indicated on the corresponding key.
When the rod 11 moves downwards by the depression of the key 12, the corre-
sponding number is printed on the paper by a ribbon.
After having depressed the keys 12 corresponding to the amount indicated,
the key 12a is depressed, which key does not correspond with any tube 3, but
the rod 13a of which, is prolonged towards the back and forms an angle 136,
locking the cash drawer 27. By depressing said key this drawer is freed and
may be pulled out. At the same time, an arm of lever 29 held by a metallic
casting 28 fixed on the left side of the drawer is released, and with it also an
arm 30 held by said arm of lever, which arm 30 is pivotted on 31 and is con-
nected with a vertical rod 32. At the upper end of the last named rod there is
a spring 34 running along a guide 33 and bearing a short cross iron at the
top 35. At the end of the roller 21, and on its axis is fitted a pin wheel 36,
the pins of which engage with the rod 35, which at the same time runs along
both sides of a casting 37 fixed to the framework. When the arm 30 is released
by the depression of the key 12a, the spring 38 moves the rod 32 together with
the spring 34 and the rod 35 downward; the last of these takes along with it
the pin wheel 36, which is connected with the roller 22 by an endless band 39.
The printed portion of the paper is thereby placed perpendicularly to the last
named roller and may be seen by the customer through the pane of glass 40.
The rod 35 will then have reached the lower end of the casting 37, and be
guided by the spring to the central part of said casting.
When the drawer is again pushed in, and the parts just described have been
returned to their former positions by the casting 28, the rod 35 will slide up
along the left side of the casting 37, pass its highest point and be in a position
to catch the next pin of the wheel 36.
The roller 21 is loosely mounted on its axle and is caused to rotate by the
pin wheel 36, the latter being pressed against the axis by a spring 43. As
roller 21 increases in size by winding up the paper the method of mounting pin
wheel roller 36 or 21 provides for sufficient slip between 36 and 21, as the latter
will turn only as far as allowed by the paper, the length of which is regulated
by the platen 26 acting on the box roller 22.
When the drawer 27 is pulled out, and the long branch of the arm 30
descends, it meets pin 116 connected with the rod 11a (Fig. 1). This rod
which is connected in the same way as the other rods 11 with the tube 3a, thereby
causes a tally 5 to drop in, thus showing that the cash tray has been pulled out.
A similar rod 13c at the other end of the apparatus is operated upon when
the cash tray is pushed in, for, the back part of this rod being tilted up by a
T-shaped iron 42, held by a spring 41 (Fig. 4), the opposite end of said rod
pulls the rod 11e down thereby causing a tally 5 to drop into the corresponding
tube 35.
The number of transactions is checked by consecutive numbers placed in the
margin of the paper used for registering, these numbers standing always exactly
opposite the figures printed by the apparatus.
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. A cash registering apparatus characterised by having on the side of a
casing 1, opposed to that on which transactions are carried on, and fixed in a
framework 2, a row of glass tubes 3 with scales, the upper ends of which fit into
a common receiver 4 containing metallic balls or tallies 5, the lower ends of
which tubes are closed by means of a slide 16 provided with apertures corre-
sponding to those of the tubes, and into which tubes the depression of keys 12,
causes one of the tallies 5 of the receiver 4 to drop down, this being effected by
moving a sliding plate 7 provided with apertures 6, actuated by a rod 11 con-

page_text: nected with a corresponding key and a movable angle iron 10, over the tubes 80
as to carry the apertures exactly over the said tubes; at the same time, a plate 8
connected with the plate 7 slides into the receiver and keeps back the remain-
ing tallies.
2. In the apparatus mentioned in Claim 1, the device, that the rods 11, which
are operated upon by keys 12, actuate arms of levers 24, which are provided
with type 26, the numbers of which correspond with those on the keys, whereby
the amount put in, and indicated in the tubes 3 by the tallies 5 is printed on
a paper strip which is carried round the rollers 20, 21, and 22, and by the
motion of these can be seen by the customer through a pane of glass let into
the casing.
3. In the apparatus mentioned in Claim 1, the device, that the motion of
the paper winding rollers 20, 21 and 22, is produced by the arm 30 of a movable
rod 32 carrying on a spring controlled prolongation 34 a cross bar 35, which
catches a pin wheel 36 fixed upon the axis of the roller 21, whilst motion is
transmitted to the said arm 30 by a spring 38, the pulling out of the cash
till 27 causing said arm 30 to be released by arm 29, the latter being operated
upon by the casting 28.
4. In the apparatus mentioned in Claim 1 the device, that the cash drawer is
locked by a rod 13a connected with the key 12a, and can be opened only when
said key is depressed.
5. In the apparatus mentioned in Claim 1 the device, that the winding on roller
21 is loosely mounted on its axis and is caused to rotate by the pin wheel 36,
this being pressed against said roller by a spring 43.
6. In the apparatus mentioned in Claim 1 the device, that the rod 30 by its
motion operates upon a rod la corresponding with the tube 3a, so that in the
same way as with the other tubes 3, a tally 5 drops in said tube.
7. In the apparatus mentioned in Claim 1 the device, that the cash till 27,
when pushed in, operates by means of the T-shaped iron 42 held by a spring 41,
upon a rod 13 corresponding with the tube 36, so that in the same way as with
the other tubes 3, a tally drops into the said tube.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
Patent Agent, 33, Cannon Street, London, E.C.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
Patent Agent, 33, Cannon Street, London, E.C.