An Improved System for Checking and Recording Money Receipts.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left. 15th Dec.. 1892-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved System for Checking and Recording Money Receipts.
I, WILLIAM VALENTINE COLEMAN, of 9 Henry Street, Dublin, Ireland,
Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to a new or improved system whereby money
receipts may be readily and accurately checked and recorded, and the amount of cash
received during any given period, faithfully indicated.
In carrying out my invention I construct in the first instance a suitable box or
receptacle divided into three compartments, and provided with a projecting frame in
which are arranged three divisions for the purpose presently described.
These divisions are made to communicate with the compartments in the box or
receptacle by means of a sliding rod which is opened by the hand, and restored to
its normal position by spiral springs.
A collection of suitable cards are then prepared, each bearing a number for the
purpose of indicating pounds, shillings, or pence, as the case may be, according to
the division of the frame into which they are dropped as hereinafter described.
The action of my improved system is as follows:-
Assuming that it is desirable to indicate the receipt of say-278. 6d., the
attendant takes firstly a card bearing the number "one "which is dropped into the
division of the frame representing pounds, a second card bearing the number
seven," is then dropped into the division representing shillings, and a third card
bearing the number "six," into the division representing pence. The frame thus
indicates at a glance the money receipt which remains, until it is desired to record
the next receipt, when the sliding rod above described is drawn, and the cards
allowed to drop into the compartments in the box or receptacle below.
From this box or receptacle the cards are removed and counted up, when they
will faithfully and accurately indicate the money receipts to be accounted for by the
attendant.
Dated this 14th day of March 100
J. K. FAHIE & SON,
9, Westland Row, Dublin, Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved System for Checking and Recording Money Receipts.
I, WILLIAM VALENTINE COLEMAN of 9 Henry Street, Dublin, Ireland,
Stationer 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 has reference to a new or improved method or system whereby
money received may be readily recorded so that the total amount received during
any given period may be easily and accurately checked.
In carrying out this purpose 1 provide a suitable case or receptacle made of wood
or other suitable material & provided with two separate compartments or drawers
hereinafter called the "ticket box" & the till respectively marked M & N on the
drawings herewith. In front of these is an upright board or plate A. B. C. D.
the inside of which are provided two three or more grooves or channels O for the
Price 8d.1
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page_text: reception of the tickets indicating pounds shillings and pence as required and as
hereinafter described. These grooves are crossed at the back by a piece of glass
or other suitable transparent material, they are left open at the top for the recep-
tion of the tickets and communicate with the ticket box M below. An opening E
is made in the front plate opposite each, of the grooves thro' which the ticket
can readily be seen, this opening is also covered in glass thus it will be seen that a
ticket dropped in at the top passes down between two sheets of glass and being
printed or otherwise marked on each side such amount can readily be seen both from
the back and from the front of the machine.
For the purpose of registering the various amounts a collection of suitable cards
or plates hereinafter called the "tickets are provided each on both sides marked
with its value or denomination as 1d. 2d. 3d. 1/- 2/- 3/- &c. &c. In order then for
instance to register a receipt of say one shilling and three pence two tickets
bearing the amounts one shilling and three pence respectively are taken and dropped
into the machine through the adjacent grooves hereinbefore described these tickets
fall down in an upright position between the two glasses until they rest on a ledge
or shelf F hereinafter called the slide by which they are stopped here they can be
read from outside through the apertures E in the front before mentioned and also
from the inside, in each case through glass.
The slide F is hinged or pivoted at G so as to open readily on receiving a slight
pull when the tickets fall off into the ticket box below and on the slide being
released it falls back by its own weight to its former position and is ready to
support the next ticket dropped on it.
The second drawer N mentioned called the till is intended for the cash received
and preferably draws to the back of the machine and an attachment K is made
between this drawer and the slide so that on opening the till the slide is also opened
and the tickets formerly standing on the slide must fall.
The method by which the attachment is made between the till and the slide is
preferably on the following principle-
To the side of the slide F is attached a piece of any pliable metal hereinafter called
the spring H which rests when the till is closed against the inside of a projecting
rod K (terminating in barbed hook L) coming from the till N.
When the till is opened the hook L being attached to same is drawn with it and
pulls forward the spring H and the slide F to which the spring is attached releasing
the tickets. When the hook has pulled clear of the spring the slide falls back and
is closed as before described. When the till is again closed the point of the barb L
first strikes the spring H which it pushes on one side until the barb has passed
when it regains its former position and is ready to act again as before when required.
Should it be considered desirable to display at same time the records of one or
more previous sales in addition to the one last recorded this can be done by providing
the required number of slides with attachments complete, fixed one under the other.
These will work as before described and on opening the till the bottom set
of tickets will fall into the ticket drawer, each of the other sets will drop to
the next lower slide, and the top space will be left empty to receive the record of
the next sale, exactly as before explained. The drawings show a machine with two
slides.
For the purpose of holding the stock of tickets a tray is provided, divided into
any required of compartments the bottom of each of which is sloped so that the
card nearest the hand stands a little higher than the one next it & so on with the
remainder in like manner. This arrangement is to facilitate their removal one at a
time.
By marking these tickets with small consecutive numbers these will indicate at
the close of the day or other period how many have been used of each denomination
or furthermore if desirable an amount might be printed on each in small figures
indicating the value of the cards of that denomination used up any point thus the
17th ticket of those marked Id. would be printed in small figures 1s. 4d. showing
that as the value of the tickets used viz. 16 at 1d. 1s. 4d.
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page_text: Having now particularly described & 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
The novelty of the method employed so arranged that when an amount is
recorded as described same cannot be altered but must fall in course into the ticket
drawer to be finally accounted 1or & the connection of the till with the slides
providing that the till cannot be opened without releasing the former record, leaving
an empty space if the next transaction is not recorded as described.
Dated this '1th day of December 1892.
WILLIAM VALENTINE COLEMAN.
Usual signature, W V. Coleman.