Improvements in Cash Registers and Indicators.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left; 7th July, 1891-Accepted, 15th Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cash Registers and Indicators.
A communication to me from abroad by the THE LAMSON CONSOLIDATED STORE
SERVICE COMPANY, of 89, State Street, Boston, Massachusetts, in the United
States of America.
1, PHILIP MIDDLETON JUSTICE, of 55 and 56 Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention relates to that class of cash registering machines that are adapted
to indicate the amount of the purchase, register said amount upon a set of registering
or adding dials, and to print, if it should be desired, the same amount upon a check
or slip suitably fed to the machine for that purpose.
The object of the present invention is, among other things, the simplification of
the mechanism to ensure a greater accuracy in its operation, and to provide means
whereby a bill or check independent of the machine may be fed or carried into the
machine to have the amount indicated and registered by the machine also printed
or embossed upon said bill or check, delivering the latter again to the attendant.
To this end the improvement consists in the novel features hereinafter fully set
forth.
A practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in a machine adapted for
use where English money is current, and in the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1, is a front elevation thereof.
Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof, the enclosing case being entirely removed.
Fig. 3, is a sectional elevation partly in side elevation, looking from the right of
Fig. 1, the section being taken just inside of the side frame on the line 3, 3, Fig. 1.
Fig. 4, is an enlarged detailed elevation of a portion of the bill carrier looking
from the rear of the machine.
Fig. 5, is a sectional elevation of the same taken on the irregular line 5, 5, of
Fig. 4.
Fig. 6, is an enlarged detailed elevation of a portion of bill carrier looking from
the rear of the machine.
Fig. 7, is a sectional elevation of the same looking from the outside of the
machine, the enclosing case and machine frame being removed to show the connecting
gearing.
Fig. 8, is an enlarged sectional elevation illustrating a portion of the devices
shown in Fig. 3, and particularly the means by which the amounts are added upon
the counting dials.
Fig. 9, is a rear elevation of a portion of the devices shown in Fig. 8, illustrating
particularly a temporary holding pawl or anchor for a counting dial, and the means
by which it is operated.
Fig. 10, is a perspective view of one of the intermediate pinions 26.
Fig. 11, is a vertical section taken on the line 11, 11, of Fig. 8.
Fig. 12, is a similar elevation looking from the opposite side of the machine to
that shown in Fig. 3, showing particularly a modified form of the bill carrier.
Fig. 13, a rear sectional elevation of the devices shown in Fig. 12.
Fig. 14, is a view similar to Fig. 12, showing a further modified form for the use
of a paper check or ticket strip in lieu of the bill carrier, and the means for locking
and releasing the draw and for locking certain parts against movement while the
drawer is open.
Fig. 15. is a sectional detail of the paper check or ticket strip cutter.

page_text: Fig. 16, is a sectional detail of the feed rolls for the paper check or ticket strip
and the means for rotating them.
Fig. 17, is a similar view of a slightly modified form of the feed rolls.
Fig. 18, is an elevation of the enclosing,case for the paper strip reel.
This class of machines embraces three sets of mechanisms, namely, an indicating
mechanism A, a counting or registering mechanism B, and a printing mechanism C,
with which mechanisms there is combined. a. setting mechanism D, by which the
amount indicated by the indicating mechanism, the amount to be added to the
registering mechanism, and the amount to be printed by the printing mechanism is
determined. With these mechanisms there is also combined a consecutive numbering
device . And there is also provided an actuating crank F by means of which,
after the setting operation has been completed, the adding of the amount and the
printing of the same amount, and the consecutive numbering is effected.
The various parts of the machine are mounted in and between a pair of side
frames 100, having at their lower ends suitable feet 101, by which the machine may
be firmly attached to the base G. Around the exterior of the frames the machine
may be provided with an enclosing case 102 for protecting the various parts of the
machine and preventing them from being tampered with.
The indicating mechanism A is located at the upper forward part of the machine
and consists of a number of independently moveable dials a, that are mounted to turn
freely upon a horizontal shaft 20. These dials have peripheries wide enough to bear
indicating mumerals, as shown in Fig. 1; and in the present machine, the extreme
right hand dial is numbered from 0, 1 to 3, representing farthings. The next
adjacent dial is numbered 0, 1 to 11 inclusive, representing pence. The two next
adjacent dials representing shillings, the right hand one of which bears indicating
numerals 0, 1 to 9, and the other one 0 and 1, to indicate as high as 19 shillings.
The other and remaining dial at the extreme left hand side of the machine is
numbered 0, 1 to 9, representing pounds. Of course there may be one or more
additional dials so that tens and hundreds of pounds and so on may be indicated if
desired. The pounds and shillings dials, and the shillings and pence dials, and the
pence and farthings dials will be separated a short distance apart so as to provide a
space a', between them to better aid the reading of the indicator; and this space
may contain dots or period marks to indicate the divisions between the different
species of indications. The enclosing case 102, immediately opposite the indicating
dials, will be cut away so as to provide a sight opening or openings a², large enough
to simply disclose a single row of numerals. Each of the indicating dials a, carries
a pinion 21 that is engaged by an operating segment 22 hung upon the shaft 23, by
the movements of which segments the dials are rotated to bring the desired indicating
numeral immediately in line with the sight openings a².
The counting or registering mechanism B consists of a series of dials, bearing
the proper numerals located at the upper part of the machine and immediately below
a series of sight openings, through which a line of numerals upon the counting
dials may be read and the count of or total amount registered by the machine thereby
determined.
This mechanism consists of an operating toothed wheel 25 that is engaged by an
intermediate pinion 26 that in turn engages with another pinion 27 upon a horizontal
cross shaft that also carries the counting dials. There will be as many counting
dials, as there are numerical denominations for the machine to indicate, register
and print. Thus, there will be a separate dial for the farthings, pence, shillings and
pounds, and the pounds dial will be supplemented by other dials upon which will be
carried the tens, hundreds and thousands of pounds, as shown in Fig. 11. The
farthings dial will be numbered 0, 1, 2 and 3 and repeat, preferably twice. The
pence 0,
to 11 inclusive. The units dial of the pair of shillings dials will be
numbered 0, 1 to 9 inclusive, and the tens of shillings dial 0 and 1 and repeat four
times. The units of the pounds dial will be numbered 0,1 to 9, and the tens,
hundreds and thousands of pounds dials will be correspondingly numbered. There
will likewise be provided as many operating toothed wheels 25 as there are numerical
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page_text: denominations to be added or registered in the machine, with intermediate pinions 26
in gear with the dial pinions 27. It is to be understood that each registering or
dial pinion 27 admits and receives an independent movement, and that each one
third of a complete rotation of the farthings dial pinion will produce one step move-
ment of the pence dial pinion, and each complete revolution of the pence dial pinion
will produce one step movement of the units of the shillings dial pinion, and so on.
This end is effected by mounting the intermediate pinions 26 to turn loosely and
independently upon a common shaft 29; their proper registry each with its appro-
priate dial pinion, being ensured by providing each of the intermediate pinions with
collars or extended hubs c, (see Fig. 11) the entire series of intermediate pinions
being held together by a spring 30 encircling the shaft 29, at one end, so as to exert
a constant lateral pressure upon the pinions and holding them closely in contact
with each other longitudinally upon the shaft. Each intermediate pinion, thus
rotating freely upon its shaft and left free to have longitudinal play on said shaft
under the control of the spring 30, has one or more teeth 2 (see Figs. 10 and 11),
made wider than the others so as to project laterally from the face of the pinion
far enough to engage the teeth of the adjoining dial pinion 27, of higher denomina-
tion. Thus, as the dial pinions are constructed in the present case, the intermediate
pinion for the farthings dial pinion will have three wide teeth so that upon each one
third of a revolution of the intermediate pinion "one" will be transferred to the
pence dial pinion; the intermediate pinion for the pence dial pinion will have one
wide tooth so that upon cach revolution it will transfer "one to the units of the
shillings dial pinion; the intermediate pinion for the units shillings dial-pinion will
also have one wide tooth to transfer "one" upon cach complete revolution to the
tens of the shillings dial-pinion; the intermediate piion for the tens of shillings dial-
pinion will have five wide teeth so that upon each one fifth of a revolution of said
intermediate pinion "one" will be transferred to the pounds dial-pinion, and each
of the intermediate wheels for the pounds dial-pinion will have one wide tooth so
that upon each complete revolution "one" will be transferred to the tens, hundreds
and thousands of pounds dial-pinions.
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The form of these widened teeth will be varied to properly gear with and move
the next adjacent pinion which may have a different pitch. Thus, the units of the
shillings dial-pinion is of a coarser pitch than that of the pence dial-pinion, having
only ten teeth, the widened teeth of the intermediate pinion for the pence dial-pinion
will be increased in size or to be more accurate the driving face of the tooth is
approximately straight as shewn in Figure 10, so as to accelerate the movement of
the units of the shillings dial-pinion. The widened teeth of the remaining inter-
mediate pinions will be of the same size as the teeth proper of those pinons, as the
pitch of the remaining dial-pinions are the same. In the case of the intermediate
pinion for the units of the shillings dial-pinion, its widened tooth will be separated
from the pinion proper and be located near the end of its collar or shoulder c, as
shewn in Fig. 11, so as to enable the dial of the tens of shillings dial-pinion to lie
adjacent to the dial of the units of shillings dial-pinion; and in order to accommodate
the passage of the tooth, for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth the dial pinion of
the tens of shillings is cut away at d, Fig. 11. To prevent a dead-lock of the next
highest dial-pinion during its engagement by the widened tooth 2 of the intermediate
pinion of the next lower dial-pinion, if the pinion carrying said tooth comes to rest
at the moment of such movement, the ends of the teeth of the pence, the units and
tens of shillings, and the units of the pounds dial-pinion are bevelled, as shewn in
Fig. 11, so that if the dial-pinion be turned independently of the widened tooth, as
by its constantly engaging intermediate pinion, the bevelled ends of the teeth of the
dial-pinions will operate successively as wedges against the opposite end of the
widened tooth to force it and the intermediate pinion which carries it longitudinally
on its shaft towards the spring 30. This yielding movement is permitted by said spring
while the relative position of the intermediate pinion carrying the widened tooth
with reference to the dial pinion which it governs as well as of the widened tooth it
has with reference to the dial pinion being turned, remains meantime unchanged.

page_text: In order to prevent any over movement of the next higher dial pinion as it is
being moved in unison with the next lowest dial pinion in carrying onto said
higher dial pinion, there is provided an anchor as 12, see Figs. 3, 8 and 9, adapted
to move into engagement with the teeth of the dial pinion immediately after the
carrying movement so that should there be any tendency of an over movement it
will be prevented. The anchor is in the form of a pawl, one for each of the dial
pinions with the exception of the lowest, which pawls are mounted to rock freely
upon a cross shaft held in the framework. The upper end of each pawl extends
over but normally out of engagement with the teeth of the dial pinion; and its
opposite end is in the path of a long tooth on an actuating pinion 41, one for each
pawl, that is mounted upon a cross shaft 43 and which meshes and moves with an
intermediate pinion 26. The position of the long tooth of the actuating pinion 41
and the number of its teeth is such that as two adjacent dial pinions are moved
together during the carrying movement from one to the higher, the long tooth will
rock the anchor 42 so that its upper end is moved into engagement with the tooth
of the higher dial pinion substantially simultaneous with the completion of its
step movement so that should the lower or other dial pinion be moved further the
higher pinion will have been absolutely stopped at the end of its step movement and
there will be no tendency of it continuing or making an over movement.
Each intermediate pinion 26 is, as before stated, in gear with a registering
wheel 25, which is actuated by a pawl 31 governed as to the extent of its engage-
ment with the wheel by a guard 32. Each of the actuating pawls 31 is mounted
upon the outer end of a pawl carrier 33 that in turn is loosely hung upon a
shaft 34 supporting the registering wheels 25. The pawl carriers with the
actuating pawls are adapted to make a complete vibratory stroke back and forth,
timed to follow one another in succession so that one or more of the pawl carriers
is or are always in position to lock the train of dial-pinions. For example, when
the machine is at rest the pawl carriers for the registering wheels of the farthings
and pence dial pinions are back at their normal or starting position, leaving these
two registering wheels unlocked while the pawl carriers actuating the registering
wheels of the units and tens of shillings dial pinions are in an intermediate position,
while the pawl carrier actuating the registering wheel of the pounds dial pinion
is in its foremost or second position so that the actuating pawl thereof is yet in
engagement with the teeth of the registering wheel, and dog 24, formed at the end of
that pawl carrier, is in engagement with a tooth of the intermediate pinion 26 which
has just been operated by the movement of that actuating pawl and pawl carrier;
and thus that dial pinion is locked against movement. The vibratory movement of
cach of the pawl carriers of the series is imparted from a series of cams e, mounted
upon a crank shaft 35 of the actuating crank F, located at the upper left hand side
of the machine through a series of reciprocating yokes 36 each straddling the crank
shaft and having a pair of rolls 37 bearing upon opposite sides of a cam, the
lower end of each of which yokes is connected to one end of a lever 38, the
opposite end of which carries a toothed segment 39 in gear with a similar
segment 40 formed upon the inner end of each of the pawl carriers, see Figs. 3
and 8.
The guards 32, one for each of the actuating pawls are each carried by or formed
integral with a toothed carrying segment 44 that is mounted upon the same
shaft 34 that carries the registering wheels. The surface of each of the guards is
of such extent that in one position of them the actuating pawl with which it coacts
will be kept out of engagement with the registering wheel during its complete
vibratory movement so that the extent to which the guard is moved by the operation
of the setting devices, to be hereinafter described, and the position to which it has
been moved with respect to the extent of vibration of the actuating pawl will be
the point during the pawl's vibration at which the latter will engage with the
registering wheel so as to move it during the remainder of its vibratory movement
in one direction. In order to be thus governed by the guards 32, each of the
actuating pawls 31 has a sufficiently wide face, as shewn in Fig. 11, to lie over

page_text: and bear against the surface of the guard and also over the teeth of its registering
wheel.
The printing mechanism C consists of a series of type wheels or segments 45,
there being as many type wheels as there are denominations to which the machine
is capacitated to indicate and register, that are adapted to revolve upon an arbor 46
mounted at the lower ends of the arms of a U shaped frame 47 that is in turn held
at the end of carrying arms 48 extending from a cross shaft 49 of the machine.
A portion of the side arms of the frame 47 is slotted so that said frame may pass
and be guided by a cross shaft 50 and reciprocate vertically with respect thereto.
Each of the type wheels is provided with an operating pinion or segment 51 through
which the type wheels are moved to bring the desired type in line with a printing
platen 52 by the setting mechanism to be hereinafter described. The impress of
the types upon the paper bill or strip fed into the machine above the platen is
effected in the present structure by moving the type wheels toward the platen for
this purpose. The shaft 50 carries a pair of cams 19 which, upon the revolution of
the shaft, are adapted to bear against a pair of rolls 18 secured in position to the
inner face of the arms of the Ushaped frame 47, see Figs. and 3. The effect of
the cam upon the rolls is to move the frame with the type wheels bodily downwards,
thus rocking the carrying arms 48 upon their supporting shaft 49, and as each of
the operating pinions of the type wheels are in gear with the setting wheels of the
setting mechanism, to be hereinafter described, said type wheels will be thereby
given a slight rotary movement as the type wheel that is to be impressed approaches
the platen. The cams 19 as well as forcing the frame and the type wheels down-
ward also serve to bring the frame and type wheels back to their normal position
by contact with a curved bearing surface 17 provided upon the inner side of the
horizontal portion of the frame. Motion is communicated to the shaft 50 by means
of a gear wheel 53 fast to said shaft from a similar wheel 54 secured to the crank
shaft 35 through an intermediate 55. While the impress of the types upon the
paper may be had by interposing a strip of carbon paper between the type
wheels and the paper, there is provided an inking pad 56 in position to be vibrated
into contact with the type surface of the type wheels to ink them. This pad is
shewn removably secured to the enlarged end of a lever 57 hung at its upper
end upon a pair of centres 58; the said upper end being borne upon by a
spring 59, the tendency of which is to hold the ink pad in contact with the type
wheels.
The time of contact of the ink pad is however regulated by a cam 60 secured
to the cross shaft 50 that acts upon a roll 61 extending from the side of the ink
pad lever 57. The time of the cam, with respect to the movement of the crank
shaft 51 and the downward reciprocation of the frame and type wheels, is such that
immediately upon the commencement of the rotation of said crank shaft, the cain 60
will permit the ink pad, under the force of the spring 59, to move momentarily in
contact therewith to permit the downward movement of the frame and type wheels
so that the type wheels are prevented from dragging over the surface of the ink
pad. While the platen 52 may be a fixed one, it is in the preferred construction
adjustably carried at the end of a lever 62, the opposite end of which is provided
with a roll in the path of a cam 63 secured to a cross shaft 64, see Figs. 2, 3 and 12,
which cam at the proper time rocks the lever 62 so as to raise the platen upward
toward the downwardly moving type wheels. Suitable motion is imparted to the
shaft 64 by a tooth wheel 65 secured to said shaft, from a train of intermediates 66
and 67, the latter of which is geared with and receives motion from the toothed
wheel 53 upon the shaft 50.
The setting mechanism D consists of a series of levers 70, one for each of the
denominations of values of which the machine is capacitated to indicate, register
and print. These levers are mounted loosely upon the cross shaft 49 and extend
forward and pass through slotted openings 71 in the front of the enclosing case
where they are provided with operating handles 72. The inner ends of the levers,

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beyond their pivots, are each formed into an actuating toothed wheel or segment 73
each of which segments are in gear simultaneously with one of the carrying
segments 44 of the registering mechanism, and with one of the operating pinions 51
of the printing mechanism. Each of the levers is also connected to the lower end
of a connecting rod 24", the opposite end of which is connected to one of the
operating segments 22 of the indicating mechanism so that upon the vibration of
any one of the levers or of all of them, said vibration will be simultaneously
communicated to the indicating mechanism, to the registering mechanism and to
the printing mechanism so that they will each be moved in unison with each other
to cause the indicating mechanism to indicate a certain amount, to move the
printing mechanism in position so that it will print a like amount and so that it
will adjust the registering mechanism to register a like amount. Thus, if it be
desired to indicate, register and print the sum of 19 shillings, 11 pence, and
3 farthings, the lever of the setting mechanism controlling the farthings deno-
mination will be moved in this case to the limit of its upper position and thus have
moved the indicating mechanism so that the farthings dial will show "3" through
the opening in the enclosing case, and simultaneously therewith moving the actuating
wheel 73 so that the farthings type wheel will have been moved so that "3" will
be in position to print, and the guard 32 controlling the engagement of the actuating
pawl with the registering wheel of the farthings denomination will have been
moved so as to permit that pawl to engage with that wheel at that point of its
stroke sufficient to add "3 to the farthings dial. The lever controlling the pence
denomination will be moved to the limit also of its upper movement so as to bring
the pence dial of the indicating mechanism in position to show "11" through the
opening in the enclosing case, and simultaneously therewith the actuating wheel 73
of that lever will have moved the pence type wheel so as to bring "11" in position
to print, and also have moved the guard controlling the actuating pawl and
registering wheel of the pence denomination so that in the vibratory movement of
said pawl, "11" will be added to the pence dial. Likewise the two levers
controlling the units and tens of shillings will have been moved to the limit of
their upward movement and thus will have correspondingly moved the dials of
the indicating mechanism to shew "19" through the opening in the enclosing
case, and through the actuating wheels of those levers will have brought the shillings
type wheels in position to print "19" and will have also moved the guards
controlling the pawls of the shillings part of the registering mechanism so that
upon the vibratory movement of said pawl "19" will be added to the shillings
dials. When this is done, the actuating crank F will be turned a complete
revolution starting from the position shewn in Figs. 1 and 3, so that the crank
shaft 35 is rotated, imparting movement to the type wheels of the platen to cause
an impression and to actuate each one of the pawls of the registering mechanism
so that 3 farthings, 11 pence and 19 shillings are added to the amounts already
registered by the adding dials, when the crank F will have reached its initial
position and remained. The levers of the setting mechanism may then be returned
to their normal positions or be otherwise moved into position to indicate, register
and print other amounts, whereupon the operations will be similarly repeated.
In some instances it is desirable in this class of machines to employ a cash
receptacle or drawer controlled as to its accessibility to the attendant by the
operation of the machine. Thus, it is desirable that in the act of registering the
amount or amounts to which the machine has been set to indicate, register and
print, that the cash drawer or receptacle shall be then moved or rendered accessible
to receive the amount of the purchase and to make change if necessary.
And it
is also desirable in the use of a cash drawer that the machine be incapable of
indicating, registering and printing another amount until the receptacle is first
rendered inaccessible or closed. A machine provided with means for locking the
parts of the machine against movement to indicate and register another amount
during the rotation of the actuating crank F and while the cash drawer is open

page_text: is shewn partially in Fig. 3 and also in Fig. 14, in connection with a cash drawer
bodily movable in and out of a compartment formed by the base G. The latter
figure also illustrates a means for rendering said receptacle accessible in the act of
registering and printing the amount to which the machine has been set to register
and print. The cash drawer 74, Fig. 14, is adapted to slide in and out of the
compartment formed by the base G upon anti-friction rolls 75 set into the base of
said compartment, and at its rear end is borne upon by a flat spring 76 the tendency
of which is, as shown in dotted lines, to move the drawer partially or wholly into
its open position. The tendency of this spring is counteracted by the toe of a
lever 77 that is pivotted in bearings within the enclosing case of the machine and
projects through an opening in the base G to bear against the rear wall of the
cash drawer. The normal tendency, (through a spring 3.) of the lever 77 is to
project into the compartment of the base so as to hold the cash drawer closed
against the force of the spring 76. The opposite end of the lever 77 is bent
upward and is provided with a face in the path of a rotating finger 78, movable
with the cross shaft 64, so that upon each rotation of that shaft the finger will
have vibrated the lever 77 so as to cause it to release its hold upon the drawer;
a complete rotation of which shaft 64 taking place upon each complete rotation of
the crank shaft 35 through the connections previously described. In order to
lock the setting mechanism against movement during the rotation of the crank
shaft 35, each of the spring detents 16 temporarily holding the levers 70 in their
adjusted positions is provided with a depending finger 14 that are adapted to be
met and held firmly in position against movement out of a serration 15 of the levers
by a bar 80 extending across the machine and projecting from a cross bar 81.
The bar 80 is rocked as shewn in dotted lines, Fig. 14, through suitable connections
with the crank shaft 35. Thus, said crank shaft is provided with a cam 82 that is
concentric with the shaft except at one point which is deep enough to receive in the
initial position of the parts, a roll 83 projecting from the end of a bar 79 slotted
to straddle the crank shaft, the opposite end of which is connected through an
arm 84 with said locking bar 50. As soon as the crank shaft 35 commences to
rotate, the cam 82 lifts the roll from its depression and moves the bar 79 so
that the locking bar 80 is rocked against the fingers 14, and locks them against
vibration during the rotation of the crank shaft. As soon as the crank shaft has
completed its rotation the roll of the bar 79 will again seat itself in the depression
of the cam 82 so as to relieve the locking bar from pressure against the fingers 14
so that the mechanism is then unlocked and may be moved to any position
desired.
In order to hold the mechanism locked, so long as the cash drawer is open, there
is provided an auxiliary locking lever 85, see Figs. 3 and 14, that is hung upon a
stud 86 with one end extending through an opening in the base G to rest upon the
top surface of one of the sides of the drawer. The surface is cut away to provide
a depression 87, sufficiently deep so that when the drawer is open the lower end of
the lever will be permitted to rock down, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 14,
and when the drawer is closed the lever will be held up in the position shown in
full lines. The locking bar 80 is provided with a second arm 88, the end of which
has a pin that may be caught, in one position of the lever 85, by the hooked end of
that lever. When the locking bar has been placed in position by the movement of
the crank shaft so as to bear against the fingers 14, of the detent 16, the arm 88
will have been rocked so as to carry its pin in position to be engaged by the
hooked end of the auxiliary lever 85 should the drawer be then open. Upon the
opening of the drawer the end of the auxiliary lever will rock down into the
depression 87 so that its hooked end has caught around the pin of the cam 88 and
thus will hold said arm and its locking bar against movement until that lever has
been rocked to the position shown in full lines upon the closing of the cash
drawer.
In the use of this class of machines it is desirable that the salesman may be able

page_text: to present his bill-check or slip of the purchase to the machine so that the printing
mechanism before described may automatically print the amount which the sales-
man has previously set the machine to print, register and indicate for that purpose,
so that the person in whose hand the bill-check or slip finally gets will know that
the amount impressed upon the check or slip has been registered by the machine.
To this end the present machine is provided with a bill carrier H. adapted to receive
the bill-check or slip from the hands of the attendant, present the said slip in proper
position to be printed upon by the printing mechanism and again delivered to the
attendant.
The bill carrier shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4 to 7, consists essentially of a pair of
endless belts 103, 104, located at the rear of the machine and extending across
it. The upper endless belt is stretched around a pair of rolls 105, 106, the
return length of which passes under a pair of stretching or deflecting rolls 107, 108.
The lower belt is similarly stretched around a pair of rolls 113, 115, and near the
centre of its length it passes over a deflecting roll 114 which acts to hold the lower
belt against the operative surface of the upper belt. And the lower belt also
passes over a stretching roller 119 that is mounted on one end of a bell crank 120,
the opposite end being connected with a spring 112 holding said stretching roller to
duty. At the entrance end of the carrier the machine is provided with a feed
table 136 having a side guage and an upper plate 137 to enable the attendant to
properly locate the bill-check or slip in position to be taken by the carrier.
The forward roll, see Fig. 4, of the upper belt is mounted on an arm 131 pivoted
to a bracket extending from the side frame 100 which arm is provided with a spring
pressed bolt 130 that tends to rock the roll forward and thus holding the belt taut.
The rear roll of the upper belt is mounted at the end of a short shaft 130 held in
fixed bearings 131 in the framework and carries adjacent to the roll a toothed
wheel 118 and at its end another toothed wheel 132. The forward roll of the
lower belt is mounted upon the end of an arm 121 horizontally arranged that is
pivotted at 123 in the framework of the machine and is connected so as to be raised
and lowered with one end of a lever 122 that extends.forward within the machine
in position to be acted upon by a cam secured to the shaft 64. The rear roll of
the lower belt is similarly hung on the end of a short shaft 134 mounted in bearings
at the outer end of a frame 129 carried by a horizontal arm pivoted at 110 at its
opposite end to positively raise the roll and arm, and move the belt into nipping
contact with the upper belt 163, by the contact of one end of a lever 126 pivoted
at 124 to the side frame 100 and extending forward within the machine in position
to be acted upon by a cam 128 also secured to the shaft 64.
The opposite end of the short arm supporting this roll carries a toothed
wheel 133 in constant engagement with the similar wheel 132 on the end of the
shaft of the upper roll so that the said rolls turn in unison and the motion of one is
communicated to the other. Motion is imparted to this belt from the shaft 50
through a pair of bevelled wheels 134, 135, one secured to said shaft, and the other
to a short cross shaft mounted in the side frame. The shaft of the latter bevelled
wheel carries a mutilated gear wheel 116 having two mutilations i, diametrically
opposed to each other. With this gear wheel there engages an intermediate
wheel 117 that is in engagement with the gear wheel 118 upon the shaft of the
upper roll. In the operation of the bill carrier it is deemed desirable that the
carrying belts shall first grasp the bill-check or slip and carry it forward in
position to be printed upon by the printing mechanism; that is to say between the
platen and the series of type wheels 45, when the belts will rest during the impress
of the types and as soon as the pressure of the platen and type wheels is
removed, the bill-carrier will then again start in motion to carry the printed bill-
check or slip out of the machine. To accomplish this during the rotation of the
crank shaft 35 through the connections described, the mutilated toothed wheel
carries, rigidly connected to it, a plate 132 having two projections m, located sub-
stantially in line with the spaces of the mutilated wheel. The intermediate

page_text: wheel 117 is also provided with a plate 133 in line with the plate of the mutilated
wheel, which plate is provided with a series of curved seats in which may lie one or
the other of the projections m; said two plates with the projections and recesses
forming the well known mutilated gear and lock movement. The operation of
these parts is such that upon the commencement of the rotation of the crank shaft
and of the mutilated wheel 116, one of the spaces i will be passing the teeth of the
intermediate wheel 117, and the projection m of its plate will be moving from
engagement with one of the recesses of the plate 133 so that at the time the teeth
of the mutilated gear engages with the teeth of the intermediate wheel said pro-
jection m will pass from the recess and will thereupon allow the intermediate to be
revolved by said mutilated wheel thus positively rotating through the connections
described the belt-rolls and the belts 103, 104. The rolls and intermediate wheel
continue to revolve until the other space i arrives over the teeth of the inter-
intermediate wheel 117 which it does simultaneously with the arrival of the other
projection m of the plate 132 which engaging recess in the other plate 133 holds
the said intermediate wheel and the belt-rolls against movement during the passing
of said space in the mutilated gear and until the teeth of that gear again engage
with the teeth of the intermediate wheel, when the latter and the belt-rolls will be
again positively rotated to their initial position, the crank shaft in the meantime
having made a complete rotation.
In order to facilitate the placing of the bill-check or slip in position to be taken
by the carrying belts, the normal position of the forward roll of the lower belt is
dropped as in Fig. 4 so as to leave a space between the two belts for the entrance
of the bill-check or slip, and the cam 125 on the shaft 64 is so placed that
immediately upon the commencement of the rotation of the crank shaft said cam
will act upon the lever 122 and positively raise the roll and the forward end of the
lower belt into nipping contact with the upper belt. The rear roll of the lower
belt is also similarly raised, but to a much less extent, to bring that portion of the
lower belt in nipping contact with the upper one by the action of the cam 128 upon
the lever 126, both cams commencing to act upon the commencement of the rotation
of the crank shaft and continuing to act during substantially its complete revolution,
when they return to their normal positions.
In the form of bill carrier H shewn in Figs. 12 and 13, there is provided a pair
of impaling pins 4 carried by the bifurcation of a horizontal reciprocating
head 136 that is mounted to reciprocate back and forth within the limits necessary
to present the bill-check or slip to the printing mechanism and return it to the
attendant. This head 136" is mounted to slide upon a horizontal bar 137" fixed in
the framework. The impaling pins 4 are carried by a finger 5 projecting from a
rock shaft 6 mounted in the head, and opposed to the impaling pins the head
carries plates 7 flared at their ends for the entrance of the edge of a bill-check or
slip and adapted to overlie the impaling pins to ensure the impalement of the slip.
To the outer end of the rock shaft 6 of the impaling pins finger, there is secured a
depending rock arm 138 that passes between a pair of stops 8, projecting from the
head 136, and at its lower end is engaged by the forked end of a vibratory arm 139.
This arm 139 extends horizontally from the hub of a bevelled gear 140 mounted
upon a vertical stud in the machine frame and in gear with a similar bevelled
wheel 141 secured to a short crank shaft 142. Motion is imparted to this crank
shaft and through the bevelled gears to the arm 139 from a cam 143 secured to the
shaft 64 and acting upon rolls 144 carried by a yoke 145 slotted to pass the
shaft 64, with one end connected with the crank of the crank shaft 142. Motion
imparted by the cam 143 to the crank shaft 142 is such as to impart a horizontal
vibratory movement to the arm 139 so that it will carry the head 136 in one
complete rotation of the shaft 64 once back and forth horizontally to its normal
position as shewn in Fig. 13. The cam 143, however, is so shaped that after it has
imparted a reciprocation to the head 136" in one direction it will allow said head to
rest for a sufficient time to permit the impress of the types upon the bill-check or
slip that rests upon the platen, and upon the completion of the impress and the
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page_text: release of the pressure of the types upon the bill-check and platen, the cam will
again act through the arm 139 to return the head to its initial position. The
connection between the rock arm 138 and the impaling pins finger is such that in
one position of the parts the arms will be pressed against the left hand pin 8 so that
the finger and impaling pins are down with the pins out of engaging position with
the bill-check or slip so as to permit the insertion of the slip above the pins and
between them and the plates 7. Upon the commencement of the movement of the
arm 139 it will rock that arm, the finger and the pins into the position shewn
in Fig. 13, thus causing the pins to have impaled the edge of the check or slip
and will carry the latter along with them positively. In the return movement of
the arm 139 its effect upon the rock arm 138 is to rock it in the opposite direction
so as to release the impalement of the pins 4; but the bill-check or slip abutting
the forward edge of the head 138 beneath the plates 7 will be carried backward
with it positively in position to be. taken by the attendant.
When it is desired that the machine shall automatically issue the check or
ticket, the bill-carrier just described will be omitted and a continuous strip of paper
will be led from a roll into the machine between a pair of feed rolls acting to auto-
matically present at each operation of the machine a sufficient length of the strip
to the action of the printing mechanism to receive the impression thereof, having
fed the printed portion forward in position to be severed by a knife so that
a check or ticket will pass from the machine. Such a structure is shown in Figs. 14
and 15.
The paper strip 1 is contained by a reel mounted loosely upon a stud 147 carried
by an enclosing case 148 that is mounted upon the upper portion and on the
exterior of the machine. The enclosing case consists of a frame having two
vertical side plates and a circular rim secured between the two and having an
opening for the passage of the strip. One of the side plates of the enclosing case
forms a covering plate 149 that is hinged at its lower edge to the base of the
enclosing case so that it may be dropped down to permit access to the interior of
the case for the insertion or withdrawal of the reel on or from the central stud.
The end of this stud is grooved to receive a locking plate 150 pivotted to and
carried by the covering plate so that when the latter is in its closed position the
plate may be moved down into engagement with the groove of the stud and thus
lock the cover closed, the cover in turn holding the reel in place on the stud. The
paper strip passes from the reel through said opening in the enclosing case and side
frame of the machine to and between a pair of feed rolls 151 with their nipping
surfaces in line with the plane of impression of the type wheels and platen of the
printing mechanism. These feed rolls are journalled in suitable bearings provided
in a small frame 152 supported by the framework of the machine. The shaft of
the rolls at one end are geared together so as to move in unison, and as shown in
Fig. 14 said rolls are driven by means of a pawl and ratchet from a cam secured
to the crank shaft 35 through a yoke 153 having at its upper end rolls bearing
upon the cam and a lever 154 that is connected at one end through a link to a
vertical bar 155 having at its lower end a toothed rack that is in engagement with
the pinion 156 mounted loosely on the end of the lower feed roll shaft. This pinion
carries the feeding pawl 157, and the ratchet 158 is secured to the feed roll shaft
so that upon cach reciprocation of the bar 155 the feed rolls will have moved to
feed the proper length of paper strip along.
In order to prevent an over-feeding movement of the feed rolls, there is provided
a stop that comes into action immediately upon the end of the feeding movement
of the rolls to prevent a further movement. Thus, in Fig. 16, there is provided
a stop pawl 159 pivotted to the side of the frame 152 and adapted to partially
overlic and engage with the teeth of the ratchet 158 and partially overlie the
edge 160 of the pawl carrier, which, in this construction, is of cam shape so that it
will raise and keep the pawl out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchet during
the forward feeding movement of the pawl; but substantially at or a little before
the completion of the forward movement of the pawl will allow the stop pawl 159

page_text: to fall into engagement with the teeth of the ratchet and thus hold it and the rolls
against further movement. In lieu of this form, there is shown in Fig. 17 a stop
pawl 159 adapted to engage with a projection 161 on the end of the lower
feed roll. As the bar 155 moves downward to carry the feeding roll 157 back to its
normal position, a pin 162 carried by the bar will bear against the stop pawl 159
and rock it against the pressure of its spring away from the projection 161 sufficient
to have permitted the feeding pawl during the return motion of the bar 155 to have
As soon
commenced to move the projection 161 before the stop pawl can return.
as the projection passes the end of the pawl, the latter will return to its normal
position against the stop 163 ready to again stop the forward motion of the feed
rolls at the time the projection 161 strikes said pawl.
The time of the feeding movement of the feed rolls is such that immediately
after the impression of the type wheels has taken place, said feed rolls move the
strip forward so that the printed end is projected past the severing device, best
seen in Fig. 15. This severing device consists of a fixed cutter 164 and a pivot' ed
cutting blade 165 moved by an eccentric, strap and connecting rod from the
shaft 35; the time of movement being such that as soon as the printed end of the
strip has been projected between the cutters, the cutting blade 165 will be moved
down to sever its printed end into a ticket or check so that it is delivered from the
machine. The connecting rod 166 is a jointed one and its upper portion is con-
nected by a link 167 to a crank 168, movable from the outside of the machine, so
that in the position shown the connecting rod will act rigidly to positively move the
cutting blade downward; but when the crank is moved in the direction of the arrow,
said connecting rod will be in effect foreshortened so that while the eccentric will
still act to move the cutting blade, it will not be sufficient to sever the strip; in
which case the strip will issue from the machine in a continuous length and may be
severed at any time by returning the crank 168 to the position shewn.
In some instances it is desirable to be able to consecutively number each of the
checks or bills that are printed upon and issued by the machine. In the present
instance there is provided a consecutive numbering device E in position to print
consecutive numbers on succeeding bills or checks. In Figs. 1 and 2, this consecu
tive numbering device is mounted outside of the machine frame proper but supported
from the side frames immediately over a continuation of the table 136 which, in this
case, forms a platen over which the bill is moved and upon which it rests while the
consecutive numbering device is operating to imprint its number upon the bill.
This device is operated at each revolution of the crank shaft 35 by means of a
cam 91 fast to said shaft and a bell crank lever 90, one end in position to bear upon
the cam and the other end engaging the vertical spindle of the numbering head.
No detailed description of the construction and operation of the consecutive
numbering device is deemed necessary, as such device per se may be of any of the
well known constructions adapted to print consecutive numbers each time the head
is moved in the act of printing.
In Figs. 12 and 13, the consecutive numbering device E is shewn as mounted
within the frame of the machine operated through a cam 91 fast to the shaft 50
through a simple lever 90. In this position the numbering device is located over
the continuation of the table and is adapted to print the number upon the bill head
simultaneously with the impression of the types of the printing mechanism C.
Still further, the machine illustrated may be provided with a governor 200
which, as shewn in Fig. 12, in fact consists of an ordinary dash pot connected with
some movable part of the machine whereby the speed of movement imparted to the
operating parts by the crank F is controlled and limited to the speed that will
ensure the accurate working of each of the parts.
Dated the 7th day of October 1890.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE.

page_text: Improvements in Cash Registers and Indicators.
(A communication from abroad by THE LAMSON CONSOLIDATED STORE SERVICE
COMPANY, of 89, State Street, Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States
of America.)
I, PHILIP MIDDLETON JUSTICE of 55 and 56, Chancery Lane in the County
of Middlesex Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents, 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 relates to that class of cash registering machines that are adapted
to indicate the amount of the purchase, register said amount upon a set of registering
or adding dials, and to print, if it should be desired, the same amount upon a check
or slip suitably fed to the machine for that purpose.
The object of the present invention is, among other things, the simplification of
the mechanism to ensure a greater accuracy in its operation, and to provide means
whereby a bill or check independent of the machine may be fed or carried into the
machine to have the amount indicated and registered by the machine also printed
or embossed upon said bill or check, delivering the latter again to the attendant.
To this end the improvement consists in the novel features hereinafter fully set
forth.
A practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in a machine adapted for
use where English money is curent, as shown in the drawings accompanying the
Provisional Specification in which;
Figure 1. is a front elevation thereof.
Figure 2. is a rear elevation thereof, the enclosing case being entirely removed.
Figure 3. is a sectional elevation partly in side elevation, looking from the
right of Figure 1, the section being taken just inside of the side frame on the
line 3, 3, Figure 1.
Figure 4. is an enlarged detailed elevation of a portion of the bill carrier looking
from the rear of the machine.
Figure 5. is a sectional elevation of the same taken on the irregular line 5, 5,
of Figure 4.
Figure 6. is an enlarged detailed elevation of a portion of the bill carrier looking
from the rear of the machine.
Figure 7. is a sectional clevation of the same looking from the outside of
the machine, the enclosing case and machine frame being removed to show the
connecting gearing.
Figure 8. is an enlarged sectional elevation illustrating a portion of the devices
shown in Figure 3, and particularly the means by which the amounts are added
upon the counting dials.
Figure 9. is a rear elevation of a portion of the devices shown in Figure 8, illus
trating particularly a temporary holding pawl or anchor for a counting dial and the
means by which it is operated.
Figure 10, is a perspective view of one of the intermediate pinions 26.
Figure 11. is a vertical section taken on the line 11, 11, of Figure 8.
Figure 12. is a similar elevation looking from the opposite side of the machine
to that shown in Figure 3, showing particularly a modified form of the bill
carrier.
Figure 13. is a rear sectional elevation of the devices shown in Figure 12.
Figure 14. is a view similar to Figure 12, showing a further modified form for
the use of a paper check or ticket strip in lieu of the bill carrier, and the means for
locking and releasing the drawer and for locking certain parts against movement
while the drawer is open.

page_text: Figure 15. is a sectional detail of the paper check or ticket strip cutter.
Figure 16. is a sectional detail of the feed rolls for the paper check or ticket
strip and the means for rotating them.
Figure 17. is a similar view of a slightly modified form of the feed rolls.
Figure 18. is an elevation of the enclosing case for the paper strip reel.
This class of machines embraces three sets of mechanisms, namely an indicating
mechanism A, a counting or registering mechanism B, and a printing meclianism C.
with which mechanisms there is combined a setting mechanism D. by which the
amount indicated by the indicating mechanism, the amount to be added to the
registering mechanism, and the amount to be printed by the printing mechanism is
determined. With these mechanisms there is also combined a consecutive
numbering device E. And there is also provided an actuating crank F. by means
of which, after the setting operation has been completed, the adding of the
amount and the printing of the same amount, and the consecutive numbering is
effected.
The various parts of the machine are mounted in and between a pair of side
frames 100, having at their lower ends suitable feet 101, by which the machine
may be firmly attached to the base G. Around the exterior of the frames the
machine may be provided with an enclosing case 102 for protecting the various
parts of the machine and preventing them from being tampered with.
The indicating mechanism A. is located at the upper forward part of the machine
and consists of a number of independently movable dials a, that are mounted to
turn freely upon a horizontal shaft 20. These dials have peripheries wide enough
to bear indicating numerals, as shown in Figure 1; and in the present machine, the
extreme right hand dial is numbered from 0, 1. to 3, representing farthings. The
next adjacent dial is numbered 0, 1. to 11. inclusive, representing pence.
The two
next adjacent dials representing shillings, the right hand one of which bears
indicating numerals, 0, 1. to 9, and the other one 0 and 1. to indicate as high as
19 shillings. The other and remaining dial at the extreme left hand side of the
machine is numbered 0, 1. to 9, representing pounds. Of course there may be one
or more additional dials so that tens and hundreds of pounds and so on may be
indicated if desired. The pounds and shillings dials, and the shillings and pence
dials, and the pence and farthings dials will be separated a short distance apart so
as to provide a space a', between them to better aid the reading of the indicator;
and this space may contain dots or period marks to indicate the divisions between
the different species of indications. The enclosing case 102, immediately opposite
the indicating dials, will be cut away so as to provide a sight opening or openings a²,
large enough to simply disclose a single row of numerals. Each of the indicating
dials a, carries a pinion 21. that is engaged by an operating segment 22. hung upon
the shaft 23. by the movements of which segments the dials are rotated to bring
the desired indicating numeral immediately in line with the sight openings a².
The counting or registering mechanism B. consists of a series of dials, bearing
the proper numerals located at the upper part of the machine and immediately
below a series of sight openings, through which a line of numerals upon the
counting dials may be read and the count of or total amount registered by the
machine thereby determined. This mechanism consists of an operating toothed
wheel 25. that is engaged by an intermediate pinion 26. that in turn engages with
another pinion 27. upon a horizontal cross shaft that also carries the counting dials.
There will be as many counting dials, as there are numerical denominations for the
machine to indicate, register and print. Thus, there will be a separate dial for
the farthings, pence, shillings and pounds, and the pounds dial will be supplemented
by other dials upon which will be carried the tens, hundreds and thousands of pounds,
as shown in Figure 11. The farthings dial will be numbered 0, 1, 2. and 3. and
repeat preferably twice. The pence, 0, 1. to 11. inclusive. The units dial of the
pair of shillings dials will be numbered 0, 1. to 9. inclusive, and the tens of shillings
dial 0. and I. and repeat four times. The units of the pounds dial will be
numbered 0, 1 to 9, and the tens, hundreds and thousands of pounds dials will be

page_text: correspondingly numbered. There will likewise be provided as many operating
toothed wheels 25. as there are numerical denominations to be added or registered
in the machine, with intermediate pinions 26 in gear with the dial pinions 27. It
is to be understood that each registering or dial pinion 27 admits and receives an
independent movement, and that each one third of a complete rotation of the
farthings dial pinion will produce one step movement of the pence dial pinion; and
each complete revolution of the pence dial pinion will produce one step movement
of the units of the shillings dial pinion, and so on. This end is effected by mounting
the intermediate pinions 26. to turn loosely and independently upon a common
shaft 29 their proper registry cach with its appropriate dial pinion, being
ensured by providing each of the intermediate pinions with collars or extended
hubs c, (see Figure 11,) the entire series of intermediate pinions being held together
by a spring 30, encircling the shaft 29, at one end, so as to exert a constant lateral
pressure upon the pinions and holding them closely in contact with each other
longitudinally upon the shaft. Each intermediate pinion, thus rotating freely upon
its shaft and left free to have longitudinal play on said shaft under the control of
the spring 30, has one or more teeth 2 (see Figures 10 and 11), made wider than the
others so as to project laterally from the face of the pinion far enough to engage
the teeth of the adjoining dial pinion 27, of higher denomination. Thus, as the
dial pinions are constructed in the present case, the intermediate pinion for the
farthings dial pinion will have three wide teeth so that upon each one third of a
revolution of the intermediate pinion "one "will be transferred to the pence dial
pinion the intermediate pinion for the pence dial pinion will have one wide tooth
so that upon each revolution it will transfer " one to the units of the shillings dial
pinion the intermediate pinion for the units shillings dial-pinion will also have one
wide tooth to transfer one upon each complete revolution to the tens of the
shillings dial-pinion; the intermediate pinion for the tens of shillings dial-pinion
will have five wide teeth so that upon each one fifth of a revolution of said inter-
mediate pinion "one" will be transferred to the pounds dial-pinion, and cach of the
intermediate wheels for the pounds dial-pinion will have one wide tooth so that
upon cach complete revolution "one" will be transferred to the tens, hundreds and
thousands of pounds dial pinions.
"
The form of these widened teeth will be varied to properly gear with and move
the next adjacent pinion which may have a different pitch. Thus the units of the
shillings dial-pinion is of a coarser pitch than that of the pence dial-pinion,
having only ten teeth, the widened teeth of the intermediate pinion for the pence-
dial pinion will be increased in size or to be more accurate the driving face of the
tooth is approximately straight as shown in Figure 10, so as to accelerate the
movement of the units of the shillings dial-pinion. The widened teeth of
the remaining intermediate pinions will be of the same size as the teeth proper of
those pinions, as the pitch of the remaining dial-pinions are the same.
In the case
of the intermediate pinion for the units of the shillings dial-pinion, its widened
tooth will be separated from the pinion proper and be located near the end of its
collar or shoulder e, as shown in Figure 11, so as to enable the dial of the tens of
shillings dial-pinion to lie adjacent to the dial of the units of shillings dial-pinion;
and in order to accommodate the passage of the tooth, for a purpose to be herein-
after set forth the dial pinion of the tens of shillings is cut away at d, Figure 11.
To prevent a dead-lock of the next highest dial-pinion during its engagement by
the widened tooth 2 of the intermediate pinion of the next lower dial-pinion, if
the pinion carrying said tooth comes to rest at the moment of such movement, the
ends of the teeth of the pence, the units and tens of shillings, and the units of
the pounds dial-pinion are bevelled as shown in Figure 11, so that if the dial-
pinion be turned independently of the widened tooth, as by its constantly engaging
intermediate pinion, the bevelled ends of the teeth of the dial-pinions will operate
successively as wedges against the opposite end of the widened tooth to force it
and the intermediate pinions which carries it longitudinally on its shaft toward the
spring 30. This yielding movement is permitted by said spring while the relative

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position of the intermediate pinion carrying the wiene
the dial-pinion which it governs as well as of the widened tooth it has with
reference to the dial-pinion being turned, remains meantime unchanged.
In order to prevent any over-movement of the next higher dial pinion as it is
being moved in unison with the next lowest dial pinion in carrying 1. on to said
higher dial-pinion, there is provided an anchor as 42, see Figures 3, 8, and 9,
adapted to move into engagement with the teeth of the dial pinion immediately
after the carrying movement so that should there be any tendency of an over-
movement it will be prevented. The anchor is in the form of a pawl, one for
each of the dial pinions with the exception of the lowest, which pawls are mounted
to rock freely upon a cross shaft held in the framework. The upper end of each
pawl extends over but normally out of engagement with the teeth of the dial pinion:
and its opposite end is in the path of a long tooth on an actuating pinion 41, one
for each pawl, that is mounted upon a cross shaft 43 and which meshes and moves
with an intermediate pinion 26. The position of the long tooth of the actuating
pinion 41. and the number of its teeth is such that as two adjacent dial-pinions are
moved together during the carrying movement from one to the higher, the long
tooth will rock the anchor 42. so that its upper end is moved into engagement with
the tooth of the higher dial pinion substantially simultaneous with the completion
of its step movement so that should the lower or other dial pinion be moved further
the higher pinion will have been absolutely stopped at the end of its movement and
there will be no tendency of it continuing or making an over movement.
Each intermediate pinion 26 is, as before stated, in gear with a registering
wheel 25, which is actuated by a pawl 31. governed as to the extent of its engage-
ment with the wheel by a guard 32. Each of the actuating pawls 31. is mounted
upon the outer end of a pawl carrier 33 that in turn is loosely hung upon a
shaft 34. supporting the registering wheels 25. The pawl carriers with the
actuating pawls are adapted to make a complete vibratory stroke back and forth,
timed to follow one another in succession so that one or more of the pawl carriers is
or are always in position to lock the train of dial-pinions. For example, when the
machine is at rest the pawl carriers for the registering wheels of the farthings and
pence dial pinions are back at their normal or starting position, leaving these two
registering wheels unlocked; while the pawl carriers actuating the registering
wheels of the units and tens of shillings dial pinions are in an intermediate position
while the pawl carrier actuating the registering wheel of the pounds dial pinion is
in its foremost or second position so that the actuating pawl thereof is yet in
engagement with the teeth of the registering wheel, and dog 24, formed at the end
of that pawl carrier is in engagement with a tooth of the intermediate pinion 26. which
has just been operated by the movement of that actuating pawl and pawl carrier;
and thus that dial pinion is locked against movement. The vibratory movement of
cach of the pawl carriers of the series is imparted from a series of cams e, mounted
upon a crank shaft 35 of the actuating crank F, located at the upper left hand
side of the machine through a series of reciprocating yokes 36. each straddling the
crank shaft and having a pair of rolls 37 bearing upon opposite sides of a cam, the
lower end of each of which yokes is connected to one end of a lever 38,
the opposite end of which carries a toothed segment 39. in gear with a similar
segment 40 formed upon the inner end of each of the pawl carriers, see Figures 3
and 8.
The guards 32, one for each of the actuating pawls are each carried by or
formed integral with a toothed carrying-segment 44. that is mounted upon the same
shaft 34 that carries the registering wheels. The surface of each of the guards is
of such extent that in one position of them the actuating pawl with which it co-acts
will be kept out of engagement with the registering wheel during its complete
vibratory movement so that the extent to which the guard is moved by the
operation of the setting devices, to be hereinafter described, and the position to
which it has been moved with respect to the extent of vibration of the actuating
pawl will be the point during the pawl's vibration at which the latter will engage

page_text: with the registering wheel so as to move it during the remainder of its vibratory
movement in one direction. In order to be thus governed by the guards 32, each
of the actuating pawls 31. has a sufficiently wide face, as shown in Figure 11, to
lie over and bear against the surface of the guard and also over the teeth of its
registering wheel.
The printing mechanism C. consists of a series of type wheels or segments 45,
there being as many type wheels as there are denominations to which the machine
is capacitated to indicate and register, that are adapted to revolve upon an
arbor 46, mounted at the lower ends of the arms of a U-shaped frame 47. that is
in turn held at the end of carrying arms 48. extending from a cross shaft 49. of
the machine. A portion of the side arms of the frame 47 is slotted so that said
frame may pass and be guided by a cross shaft 50. and reciprocate vertically with
respect thereto.
Each of the type wheels is provided with an operating pinion or
segment 51. through which the type wheels are moved to bring the desired type in
line with a printing platen 52 by the setting mechanism to be hereinafter
described. The impress of the types upon the paper bill or strip fed into the
machine above the platen is effected in the present structure by moving the type
wheels toward the platen for this purpose. The shaft 50 carries a pair of cams 19
which, upon the revolution of the shaft, are adapted to bear against a pair of
rolls 18 secured in position to the inner face of the arms of the U-shaped frame 47,
see Figures 2 and 3. The effect of the cam upon the rolls is to move the frame
with the type wheels bodily downwards, thus rocking the carrying arms 48 upon
their supporting shaft 49, and as each of the operating pinions of the type wheels
are in gear with the setting wheels of the setting mechanism, to be hereinafter
described said type wheels will be thereby given a slight rotary movement as the
type wheel that is to be impressed approaches the platen. The cams 19. as well as
forcing the frame and the type wheels downward also serve to bring the frame and
type wheels back to their normal position by contact with a curved bearing
surface 17 provided upon the, inner side of the horizontal portion of the frame.
Motion is communicated to the shaft 50 by means of a gear wheel 53. fast to said
shaft from a similar wheel 54 secured to the crank shaft 35 through an inter-
mediate 55. While the impress of the types upon the paper may be had by
interposing a strip of carbon paper between the type wheels and the paper there is
provided an inking pad 56 in position to be vibrated into contact with the type
surface of the type wheels to ink them. This pad is shown removably secured to
the enlarged end of a lever 57 hung at its upper end upon a pair of centres 58;
the said upper end being borne upon by a spring 59, the tendency of which is to
hold the ink pad in contact with the type wheels.
The time of contact of the ink pad is however regulated by a cam 60 secured to
the cross shaft 50 that acts upon à roll 61. extending from the side of the ink pad
lever 57. The time of the cam, with respect to the movement of the crank
shaft 51 and the downward reciprocation of the frame and type wheels, is such that
immediately upon the commencement of the rotation of said crank shaft, the
cam 60, will permit the ink pad, under the force of the spring 59, to move
momentarily in contact therewith to permit the downward movement of the frame
and type wheels so that the type wheels are prevented from dragging over the
surface of the ink pad. While the platen 52 may be a fixed one, it is in the
preferred construction adjustably carried at the end of a lever 62, the opposite end
of which is provided with a roll in the path of a cam 63 secured to a cross
shaft 64, see Figures 2, 3, and 12, which cam at the proper time rocks the lever 62
so as to raise the platen upward toward the downwardly moving type wheels.
Suitable motion is imparted to the shaft 64. by a tooth wheel 65 secured to said
shaft, from a train of intermediates 66, and 67, the latter of which is geared with
and receives motion from the toothed wheel 53 upon the shaft 50.
The setting mechanism D. consists of a series of levers 70. one for each of the
denominations of values of which the machine is capacitated to indicate, register
and print. These levers are mounted loosely upon the cross shaft 49. and extend

page_text: forward and pass through slotted openings 71 in the front of the enclosing case
where they are provided with setting handles 72. The inner ends of the levers,
beyond their pivots, are each formed into an actuating toothed wheel or
segment 73 each of which segments are in gear simultaneously with one of the
carrying segments 44. of the registering mechanism, and with one of the operating
pinions 51. of the printing mechanism. Each of the levers carries a serrated
segment 15. with which engages a detent 16. normally kept thereon by a light
spring or springs which are not shown. Each of the levers is also connected to
the lower end of a connecting rod 24", the opposite end of which is connected to
one of the operating segments 22. of the indicating mechanism so that upon the
vibration of any one of the levers or of all of them, said vibration will be
sinultaneously communicated to the indicating mechanism, to the registering
mechanism and to the printing mechanism so that they will each be moved in
unison with each other to cause the indicating mechanism to indicate a certain
amount, to move the printing mechanism in position so that it will print a like
amount and so that it will adjust the registering mechanism to register a
like amount. Thus, if it be desired to indicate, register and print the sum of
19 shillings, 11 pence and 3 farthings, the lever of the setting mechanism
controlling the farthings denomination will be moved in this case to the limit of its
upper position and thus have moved the indicating mechanism so that the farthings
dial will show "3." through the opening in the enclosing case, and simultaneously
therewith moving the actuating wheel 73. so that the farthings type wheel will
have been moved so that "3 will be in position to print, and the guard 32
controlling the engagement of the actuating pawl with the registering wheel of the
farthings denomination will have been moved so as to permit that pawl to engage
with that wheel at that point of its stroke sufficient to add "3." to the farthings
dial. The lever controlling the pence denomination will be moved to the limit also
of its upper movement so as to bring the pence dial of the indicating mechanism
in position to show "11," through the opening in the enclosing case, and
simultaneously therewith the actuating wheel 73 of that lever will have moved the
pence type wheel so as to bring "11" in position to print, and also have moved
the guard controlling the actuating pawl and registering wheel of the pence
denomination so that in the vibratory movement of said pawl "11" will be added
to the pence dial. Likewise the two levers controlling the units and tens of
shillings will have been moved to the limit of their upward movement and thus
will have correspondingly moved the dials of the indicating mechanism to show "19"
through the opening in the enclosing case, and through the actuating wheels
of those levers will have brought the shillings type wheels in position to print "19"
and will have also moved the guards controlling the pawls of the shillings part of
the registering mechanism so that upon the vibratory movement of said pawl "19'
will be added to the shillings dials. When this is done, the actuating crank F,
will be turned a complete revolution starting from the position shown in Figures 1
and 3. so that the crank shaft 35 is rotated, imparting movement to the type
wheels of the platen to cause an impression and to actuate each one of the pawls of
the registering mechanism so that 3 farthings, 11 pence and 19 shillings are added
to the amounts already registered by the adding dials, when the crank F. will have
reached its initial position and remained. The levers of the setting mechanism
may then be returned to their normal positions or be otherwise moved into position
to indicate, register and print other amounts, whereupon the operations will be
similarly repeated.
In some instances it is desirable in this class of machines to employ a cash
receptacle or drawer controlled as to its accessibility to the attendant by the
operation of the machine. Thus, it is desirable that in the act of registering the
amount or amounts to which the machine has been set to indicate, register and
print, that the cash drawer or receptacle shall be then moved or rendered
accessible to receive the amount of the purchase and to make change if necessary.
And it is also desirable in the use of a cash drawer that the machine be incapable

page_text: of indicating, registering and printing, anotlier amount, until the receptacle is first
rendered inaccessible or closed. A machine provided with means for locking the
parts of the machine against movement to indicate and register another amount
during the rotation of the acinating crank F. and while the cash drawer is open
is shown partially in Figure 3 and also in Figure 14, in connection with a cash
drawer bodily movable in and out of a compartment formed by the base G. The
latter figure also illustrates a means for rendering said receptacle accessible in
the act of registering and. printing the amount to which the machine has been
set to register and print: The cash drawer 74. Figure 14, is adapted to slide
in and out, of the compartment formed by the base G. upon antifriction rolls 75
set into the base of said compartment, and at its rear end is borne upon by a
flat spring. 76. the tendency of which is, as shown in dotted lines, to move the
drawer partially or wholly into its open position. The tendency of this spring
is counter-acted by the toe of a lever 77 that is pivoted in bearings within the
enclosing, case of the machine and projects through an opening in the base C, to
bear against the rear wall of the cash drawer. The normal tendency, (through
a spring 3,) of the lever 77 is to project into the compartment of the base so
as to hold the cash drawer closed against the force of the spring 76. The
opposite end of the lever 77 is bent upward and is provided with a face in the
path of a rotating finger 78, movable with the cross shaft 64, so that upon each
rotation of that shaft the finger will have vibrated the lever 77. so as to cause
it to release its hold upon the drawer; a complete rotation of which shaft 64
taking place upon each complete. rotation of the crank shaft 35 through the
connections previously described. In order to lock the setting mechanism against
movement during the rotation of the crank shaft 35, each of the detents 16.
temporarily holding the levers 70 in their adjusted positions is provided with a
depending finger 14 that are adapted to be met and held firmly in position against
movement out of a serration 15 of the levers by a bar 80 extending across the
machine and projecting from a cross bar 81. The bar 80 is rocked as shown
in dotted line. Figure 14. through suitable connections with the crank shaft 35.
Thus, said crank shaft is provided with a dwell cam 82. that is concentric with
the shaft except at one point which is deep enough to receive in the initial
position of the parts; a roll 83 projecting from the end of a bar 79 slotted to
straddle the crank shaft, the opposite end of which is connected through an
arm 84 with said locking bar 80. As soon as the crank shaft 35 commences to
rotate, the cam 82 lifts the roll from its depression and moves the bar 79, so
that the locking bar. 80' is rocked against the fingers 14, and locks them against
vibration during the rotation of the crank shaft. As soon as the crank shaft
has, completed its rotation tic roll of the bar 79 will again seat itself in the
depression of the cam 82 so as to relieve the locking bar from pressure against
the fingers 14 so that the mechanism is then unlocked and may be moved to any
position desired.
In order to, hold the mechanism locked; so long as the cash drawer is open
there is provided' an, auxiliary locking lever 85, see Figures 3 and 14, that is
hung, upon a stud, 86 with one end' extending through an opening in the base C
to, rest, upon the top surface of one of the sides of the drawer. The surface is
cut; away to provide a depression 87 sufficiently deep so that when the drawer
is open the lower end of the lever will be permitted to rock down; as indicated
by the dotted lines in Figure 14; and when the drawer is closed the. lever will
be held up in the position shown in full lines. Tlic locking bar 80: is provided
with a second arm 88,. the end of which has a pin that may be caught, in one
position of the lever. 85 by the hooked' end of that lever: When the: locking
bar, has been placed in, position by the movement of the crank shaft so. as to
bear against the fingers 14; of the detent 16, the arm 88 will have been rocked
so as to carry, its pin in position to be engaged by the hooked end of the
auxiliary lever 85 should the drawer be then open. Upon the opening of the
drawer the end of the auxiliary lever will rock down into the depression 87 so

page_text: that its hooked end has caught around the pin of the arm 88. and thus will hold
said arm and its locking bar against movement until that lever has been rocked
to the position shown in full lines upon the closing of the cash drawer.
In the use of this class of machines it is desirable that the salesman may be
able to present his bill-check or slip of the purchase to the machine so that the
printing mechanism before described may automatically print the amount which
the salesman has previously set the machine to print, register and indicate for
that purpose, so that the person in whose hands the hill-check or slip finally
gets will know that the amount impressed upon the check or slip has been
registered by the machine. To this end the present machine is provided with a
bill-carrier Hadapted to receive the bill-check or slip from the hands of the
attendant, present the said slip in proper position to be printed upon by the
printing mechanism and again delivered to the attendant. The bill carrier shown
in Figures 1, 2, 4 to 7, consists essentially of a pair of endless belts 103, 104,
located at the rear of the machine and extending across it. The upper endless
belt is stretched around a pair of rolls 105, 106, the return length of which
passes under a pair of stretching or deflecting rolls 107, 108. The lower belt
is similarly stretched around a pair of rolls 113, 115, and near the centre of
its length it passes over a deflecting roll 114 which acts to hold the lower
belt against the operative surface of the upper belt. And the lower belt also
passes over a stretching roller 119 that is mounted on one end of a bell crank 120,
the opposite end being connected with a spring 112 holding said stretching
roller to duty. At the entrance end of the carrier the machine is provided with
a feed table 136 having a side guage and an upper plate 137 to enable the
attendant to properly locate the bill-check or slip in position to be taken by
the carrier. The forward roll, see Figure 4, of the upper belt is mounted on an
arm 131, pivoted to a bracket extending from the side frame 100 which arm is
provided with a spring pressed bolt 130 that tends to rock the roll forward
and thus holding the belt taut, The rear roll of the upper belt is mounted at
the end of a short shaft 130 held in fixed bearings 131 in the framework and
carries adjacent to the roll a toothed wheel 118 and at its end another toothed
wheel 132. The forward roll of the lower belt is mounted upon the end of an
arm 121 horizontally arranged that is pivoted at 123 in the framework of the
machine and is connected so as to be raised and lowered with one end of a
lever 122 that extends forward within the machine in position to be acted upon
by a cam secured to the shaft 64. The rear roll of the lower belt is similarly
hung on the end of a short shaft 134 mounted in bearings at the outer end of
a frame 129 carried by a horizontal arm pivoted at 110.at its opposite end to
positively raise the roll and arm, and move the belt into nipping 'contact with
the upper belt 103, by the contact of one end of a lever 126 pivoted at 124 to
the side frame 100 and extending forward within the machine in position to be
acted upon by a cam 128 also secured to the shaft 64.
The opposite end of the short arm supporting this roll carries a toothed
wheel 133 in constant engagement with the similar wheel 132 on the end of the
shaft of the upper roll so that the said rolls turn in unison and the motion of
one is communicated to the other. Motion is imparted to this belt from the
shaft 50 through, a pair of bevelled wheels 134, 135, one secured to said 'shaft.
and the other to a short cross shaft mounted in the side frame. The shaft
of the latter bevelled wheel carries a mutilated gear wheel 116 having two
mutilations, diametrically opposed to each other. With this gear wheel there
engages an intermediate wheel 117 that is in engagement with the gear
wheel 118 upon the shaft of the upper roll. In the operation of the bill
carrier it is deemed desirable that the carrying belts shall first grasp 'the bill-
check or slip and carry it forward in position to be printed upon by the printing
mechanism that is to say between the platen and the series of type wheels 45,
when the belts will rest during the impress of the types, and as soon as the
pressure of the platen and type wheels is removed, the bill-carrier will then again
:

page_text: start in motion to carry the printed bill-check or slip out of the machine. To
accomplish this during the rotation of the crank shaft 35 through the connections
described, the mutilated toothed wheel carries, rigidly connected to it, a plate 132
having two projections m located substantially in line with the spaces of the
mutilated wheel. The intermediate wheel 117 is also provided with a plate 133
in line with the plate of the mutilated wheel, which plate is provided with a series
of curved seats in which may lie one or the other of the projections m, said two
plates with the projections and recesses forming the well known mutilated gear and
lock movement. The operation of these parts is such that upon the commencement
of the rotation of the crank shaft and of the mutilated wheel 116, one of the spaces i
will be passing the teeth of the intermediate wheel 117, and the projection m of its
plate will be moving from engagement with one of the recesses of the plate 133 so
that at the time the teeth of the mutilated gear engages with the teeth of the
intermediate wheel said projection m will pass from the recess and will thereupon
allow the intermediate wheel to be revolved by said mutilated wheel thus positively
rotating through the connections described the belt-rolls and the belts 103, 104.
The rolls and intermediate wheel continue to revolve until the other space i arrives
over the teeth of the intermediate wheel 117 which it does simultaneously with the
arrival of the other projection m of the plate 132 which engaging with the recess
in the other plate 133 holds the said intermediate wheel and the belt-rolls against
movement during the passing of said space in the mutilated gear and until the teeth
of that gear again engage with the teeth of the intermediate wheel, when the latter
and the belt-rolls will be again positively rotated to their initial position, the crank
shaft in the mean-time having made a complete rotation.
In order to facilitate the placing of the bill-check or slip in position to be taken
by the carrying belts, the normal position of the forward roll of the lower belt is
dropped as in Figure 4 so as to leave a space between the two belts for the entrance
of the bill-check or slip, and the cam 125 on the shaft 64 is so placed that
immediately upon the commencement of the rotation of the crank shaft said cam
will act upon the lever 122 and positively raise the roll and the forward end of the
lower belt into nipping contact with the upper belt. The rear roll of the lower
belt is also similarly raised, but to a much less extent, to bring that portion of the
lower belt in nipping contact with the upper one by the action of the cam 128 upon
the lever 126, both cams commencing to act upon the commencement of the rotation
of the crank shaft and continuing to act during substantially its complete revolution,
when they return to their normal positions.
In the form of bill carrier H shown in Figures 12 and 13 there is provided a pair
of impaling pins 4 carried by the bifurcation of a horizontal reciprocating head 136ª
that is mounted to reciprocate back and forth within the limits necessary to present
the bill-check or slip to the printing mechanism and return it to the attendant.
This head 136 is mounted to slide upon a horizontal bar 137" fixed in the frame-
work. The impaling pins 4 are carried by a finger 5 projecting from a rock shaft 6
mounted in the head and opposed to the impaling pins the head carries plates 7
flared at their ends for the entrance of the edge of a bill-check or slip and adapted
to overlie the impaling pins to ensure the impalement of the slip. To the outer end
of the rock shaft 6 of the impaling pins finger, there is secured a depending rock
arm 138 that passes between a pair of stops 8 projecting from the head 136, and at
its lower end is engaged by the forked end of a vibratory arm 139. This arm 139
extends horizontally from the hub of a bevelled gear 140 mounted upon a vertical
stud in the machine frame and in gear with a similar bevelled wheel 141 secured to
a short crank 142. Motion is imparted to this crank shaft and through the bevelled
gears to the arm 139 from a cam 143 secured to the shaft 64 and acting upon
rolls 144 carried by a yoke 145 slotted to pass the shaft 64, with one end connected
with the crank of the crank shaft 142. Motion imparted by the cam 143 to the
crank shaft 142 is such as to impart a horizontal vibratory movement to the arm 139
so that it will carry the head 136" in one complete rotation of the shaft 64 once
back and forth horizontally to its normal position as shown in Figure 13. The

page_text: cam 143, however, is so shaped that after it has imparted a reciprocation to the
head 136 in one direction it will allow said head to rest for a sufficient time to
permit the impress of the types upon the bill-check or slip that rests upon the platen,
and upon the completion of the impress and the release of the pressure of the types
upon the bill-check and platen, the cam will again act through the arm 139 to
return the head to its initial position. The connection between the rock arm 138
and the impaling pins finger is such that in one position of the parts the arm will
be pressed against the left hand stop 8 so that the finger and impaling pins are
down with the pins out of engaging position with the bill-check or slip so as to
permit the insertion of the slip above the pins and between them and the plates 7.
Upon the commencement of the movement of the arm 139 it will rock that arm,
the finger and the pins into the position shown in Figure 13 thus causing the pins
to have impaled the edge of the check or slip and will carry the latter along with
them positively. In the return movement of the arm 139 its effect upon the rock
arm 138 is to rock it in the opposite direction so as to release the impalement of
the pins 4; but the bill-check or slip abutting the forward edge of the head 138
beneath the plates 7, will be carried backward with it positively in position to be
taken by the attendant.
When it is desired that the machine shall automatically issue the check or ticket,
the bill carrier just described will be omitted and a continuous strip of paper will
be led from a roll into the machine between a pair of feed rolls acting to auto-
matically present at each operation of the machine a sufficient length of the strip to
the action of the printing mechanism to receive the impression thereof, having fed
the printed portion forward in position to be severed by a knife so that a check or
ticket will pass from the machine. Such a structure is shown in Figures 14 to 18.
The paper strip I is contained by a reel mounted loosely upon a stud 147 carried
by an enclosing case 148 that is mounted upon the upper portion and on the
exterior of the machine. The enclosing case consists of a frame having two vertical
side plates and a circular rin secured between the two and having an opening for
the passage of the strip. One of the side plates of the enclosing case forms a
covering plate 149 that is hinged at its lower edge to the base of the enclosing
case so that it may be dropped down to permit access to the interior of the case for
the insertion or withdrawal of the reel on or from the central stud. The end of
this stud is grooved to receive a locking plate 150 pivoted to and carried by the
covering plate so that when the latter is in its closed position the plate may be
moved down into engagement with the groove of the stud and thus lock the cover
closed, the cover in turn holding the reel in place on the stud. The paper strip
passes from the reel through said opening in the enclosing case and side frame ot
the machine to and between a pair of feed rolls 151 with their nipping surfaces in
line with the plane of impression of the type wheels and platen of the printing
mechanism. These feed rolls are journalled in suitable bearings provided in a
small frame 152 supported by the framework of the machine. The shaft of the
rolls at one end are geared together so as to move in unison, and as shown
in Figure 14 said rolls are driven by means of a pawl and ratchet from a cam
secured to the crank shaft 35 through a yoke 153 having at its upper end rolls
bearing upon the cam and a lever 154 that is connected at one end through a link
to a vertical bar 155 having at its lower end a toothed rack that is in engagement
with the pinion 156 mounted loosely on the end of the lower feed roll shaft. This
pinion carries the feeding pawl 157, and the ratchet 158 is secured to the feed roll
shaft so that upon each reciprocation of the bar 155 the feed rolls will have moved
to feed the proper length of paper strip along.
In order to prevent an over-feeding movement of the feed rolls, there is provided
a stop that comes into action immediately upon the end of the feeding movement
of the rolls to prevent a further movement. Thus in Figure 16 there is provided
a stop-pawl 159 pivoted to the side of the frame 152 and adapted to partially
overlie and engage with the teeth of the ratchet 158 and partially overlie the
edge 160 of the pawl carrier, which, in this construction, is of cam shape so that it

page_text: will raise and keep the pawl out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchet
during the forward feeding movement of the pawl; but substantially at or a
little before the completion of the forward movement of the pawl will allow the
stop pawl 159 to fall into engagement with the teeth of the ratchet and thus
hold it and the rolls against further movement. In lieu of this form, there is
shown in Figure 17 a stop pawl 159 adapted to engage with a projection 161
on the end of the lower feed roll. As the bar 155 moves downward to carry
the 'feeding pawl 157 back to its normal position, a pin 162 carried by the bar
will bear against the stop pawl 159 and rock it against the pressure of its spring
away from the projection 161 sufficient to have permitted the feeding pawl during
the return motion of the bar 155 to have commenced to move the projection 161
before the stop pawl can return. As soon as the projection passes the end of
the pawl, the latter will return to its normal position against the stop 163 ready
to again stop the forward motion of the feed rolls at the time the projection 161
strikes said pawl.
The time of the feeding movement of the feed rolls is such that immediately
after the impression of the type wheels has taken place, said feed rolls move the
strip forward so that the printed end is projected past the severing device, best
seen in Figure 15. This severing device consists of a fixed cutter 164 and a
pivoted cutting blade 165 moved by an eccentric, strap and connecting rod from the
shaft 35, the time of movement being such that as soon as the printed end of the
strip has been projected between the cutters, the cutting blade 165 will be moved
down to sever its printed end into a ticket or check so that it is delivered from
the machine. The connecting rod 166 is a jointed one and its upper portion is
connected by a link 167 to a crank 168, movable from the outside of the machine,
so that in the position shown the connecting rod will act rigidly to positively
move the cutting blade downward; but when the crank is moved in the direction
of the arrow, said connecting rod will be in effect foreshortened so that while the
eccentric will still act to move the cutting blade, it will not be sufficient to sever
the strip in which case the strip will issue from the machine in a continuous
length and may be severed at any time by returning the crank 168 to the position
shown.
In some instances it is desirable to be able to consecutively number each of the
checks or bills that are printed upon and issued by the machine. In the present
instance there is provided a consecutive numbering device E. in position to print
consecutive numbers on succeeding bills or checks. In Figures 1 and 2 this
consecutive numbering device is mounted outside of the machine frame proper
but supported from the side frames immediately over a continuation of the
table 136 which, in this case, forms a platen over which the bill is moved and
upon which it rests while the consecutive numbering device is operating to imprint
its number upon the bill. This device is operated at each revolution of the crank
shaft 35 by means of a cam 91 fast to said shaft and a bell crank lever 90, one end
in position to bear upon the cam and the other end engaging the vertical spindle of
the numbering head. No detailed description of the construction and operation of
the consecutive numbering device is deemed necessary, as such device per se may
be of any of the well known constructions adapted to print consecutive numbers
each time the head is moved in the act of printing.
In Figures 12 and 13 the consecutive numbering device E. is shown as mounted
within the frame of the machine operated through a cam 91 fast to the shaft 50
through a simple lever 90. In this position the numbering device is located over
the continuation of the table and is adapted to print the number upon the bill-head
simultaneously with the impression of the types of the printing mechanism C.
Still further, the machine illustrated may be provided with a governor 200
which, as shown in Figure 12, in fact consists of an ordinary dash pot connected
with some movable part of the machine whereby the speed of movement imparted
to the operating parts by the crank F. is controlled and limited to the speed that
will ensure the accurate working of each of the parts.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In a cash registering and indicating machine the bill carrying device con-
sisting of a pair of endless belts and suitable carrying rolls, pivoted arms or frames
for supporting the rolls of the lower belt, means for lifting the lower belt into
nipping contact with the upper, means for keeping the belts tight and means for
intermittently operating same substantially as described.
2. In a cash registering and indicating machine a bill carrying device consisting
of impaling pins carried by a rock shaft 138 a plate 7 carried by a head 136" means
for imparting a to and fro movement to said head and a dwell or rest to same, and
for imparting motion to the rock shaft substantially as described.
3. In a cash registering and indicating machine in which a cash drawer is
employed a pivoted locking lever 85 adapted to be operated by the movement of
the drawer a pivoted locking bar adapted to be caught in one position of the
locking lever and detents 16 adapted to be held by said bar in the teeth of
segments carried by the setting handle substantially as described.
4. In a cash registering and indicating machine the means for preventing the
over-movement of the higher dial pinions of the counting or registering mechanism
consisting of anchors 42 mounted to rock freely on a cross shaft said anchors being
operated by pinions 41 substantially as described.
5. In a cash registering and indicating machine and in the counting or registering
mechanism thereof the intermediate pinion for the pence dial pinion having a
widened tooth the driving face of which is approximately straight as illustrated
in Figure 10 substantially as and for the purpose described.
6. In a cash registering and indicating machine the combination with the feed
rolls 151 of a stop pawl 159 the feed ratchet 158 and cam shaped pawl carrier 160
adapted to operate the pawl and prevent over-feeding substantially as described.
7. In a cash registering and indicating machine the modified form of stop
mechanism shown in Figure 17 consisting of a pawl 159 a stop 161 on the lower
feed roll and a pin on the feed bar 155 adapted to rock the stop pawl to allow
the rolls to feed substantially as described.
8. In a cash registering and indicating machine the enclosing case for the paper
strip consisting of a frame having a fixed and hinged side plate a circular rim
and an opening for the passage of the strip, a central stud for the paper reel and a
locking plate 150 adapted to engage with the stud and hold the hinged side and
reel in place substantially as described.
Dated this 7th day of July 1891.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE.