Improvements in Cash or like Registers.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 9th July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cash or like Registers.
We, THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY LIMITED, of 356, Strand,
London, W.C., Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
a communication to us from abroad by The National Cash Register Company,
of Dayton, Ohio, United States of America, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
1
The invention relates to that class of machines which employ a plurality of
registers or sets of registering wheels for the purpose of making and preserving
separate registrations of different classes of sales, or of sales from different depart-
ments of a store, or of sales by different clerks in the store,
whereby at the end of a day's business the proprietor may ascertain
the amount of transactions of each class, or the amount of sales from
each of the several departments of the store, or the amount of sales made by the
respective clerks in the store. The invention has for its object the production of
a simple and efficient machine in which such separate registrations may be made
and preserved, and in which the amount of each sale or transaction may be printed
upon a paper strip together with a sign or character indicating the character of
the transaction, or the department of the store in which it was made, or the clerk
by whom it was made, as the case may be. The general construction and mode of
operation of the machine are as follows: There is employed a single driving or
operating mechanism and a single lot of keys co-operating therewith to determine
the movements which the driving mechanism shall impart to any register which
may be connected with it. A plurality of registers are mounted in a frame which
may be moved to different positions to bring one register or another into position
to be actuated by the driving mechanism. There are also employed a series of
special keys which co-operate with the driving mechanism and the movable frame
carrying the registers in such manner that when any one of said keys is operated
or set and the driving mechanism given its usual movement the movable frame
will be moved until the register corresponding to such special key has been
brought into position to be actuated by the driving mechanism, whereupon the
latter will actuate such register and effect the registration upon it of the values of
such of the regular keys of the machine as have been operated or set prior to the
movement of the driving mechanism.
There are also employed a series of type wheels which are set by the same
movement of the driving mechanism which actuates the register, and a special
type wheel which is set by the movement of the driving mechanism which actuates
the movable frame to bring one register or another into position for the driving
mechanism to actuate it, so that at any given operation this special type wheel is
first set to bring to the printing point a character corresponding to the register
which is to be actuated by the driving mechanism, then as such register is actuated
the other type wheels are moved to bring to the printing point such of their type

page_text: numbers as represent the amount of the transaction, and then the printing is
effected upon a paper strip by a platen operated by the driving mechanism. The
result of this construction and mode of operation is that at each operation of
the machine it is only necessary to operate or set the necessary regular or cash
keys representing the amount of the transaction, and then set the special key
representing the character of the transaction or the salesman who made it, and
then give the driving mechanism its usual movement, whereupon the amount
of the transaction will be registered in the proper register, and will be also printed
upon the paper strip, together with a character or sign indicating the class of
the transaction or the salesman who made it.
The novelty of the invention consists in the new constructions, arrangements,
combinations and modes of operation embodied in a machine of the general nature
above described, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described and
particularly pointed out in the claims.
Referring now to the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated one form
of machine embodying the invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine
with the casing removed; Figure 1^ a detail of the resetting cam for the shifter
plate Figure 2 a top plan view of Figure 1; Figure 2 a detail of the stem
of one of the special keys and its co-operating lever; Figure 3 an elevation of the
right hand end of the machine; Figure 4 an enlarged vertical section ap-
proximately on the line 4-4 of Figure I looking to the right; Figure 5 a vertical
section on approximately the same line looking to the left; Figure 6 a vertical
section immediately at the right of the left hand end plate of the framework,
approximately on the line 6-6 of Figure 1; Figure 7 a vertical section ap-
proximately on the line 7-7 of Figure 1; Figure 7 a detail of the cams for
actuating the transfer pawls; Figure 8 an enlarged detail front elevation of the
rotary register frame and its supports and some of its co-operating devices;
Figure 8 a perspective detail of one of the pawl carriers and pawls of the transfer
devices between the registering wheels; Figure 8" a sectional detail on the
line 8-8b of Figure 8^; Figure 8° a sectional detail on the line 8° -8° of
9-9
Figure 8; Figures 9 and 10 a vertical section approximately on the lines
and 10-10 of Figure 8; Figure 11 a horizontal sectional detail of the printing
attachment approximately on the line 11-11 of Figure 12; Figure 11 an
enlarged sectional detail of one of the printing rolls: Figure 12 a vertical section
through the printing attachment approximately on the line 12-12 of Figure 11;
Figures 13 and 14 views of the opposite sides of one of the printed checks;
Figure 15 a detail rear elevation of the printing attachment; Figure 16 a section
detail from Figure 15, on the line 16-16 of Figure 17; Figure 17 an enlarged
sectional detail from Figure 16, on the line 17-17 of the latter figure; and
Figure 18 a sectional detail on the line 18-18 of Figure 17.
The same letters of reference are employed to represent corresponding parts in
all the views.
Power is applied to the driving mechanism of the machine by an operating
handle A, Figures 1, 2, and 3, which is fast upon the extreme right hand end of a
horizontal shaft B extending across the machine at its forward side and journaled
at its opposite ends in the end or side frames CD of the framework. This shaft B
has fast upon it immediately at the left of the frame plate C a large mutilated
gear E, Figure 4, which co-operates with a second gear F mounted upon the inner
face of the frame plate C. Owing to the mutilation of the gear E it turns the
gear F during only a part of its revolution, permitting the gear F to remain at
rest at each operation until the operating handle and gear E have made about a
third of a revolution. During the time the mutilated portion of the gear E is
passing the gear F the latter is locked from movement by a lever E³ interposed
between a toothed disk F fast upon the gear F and a cam G³ fast upon the gear E,
Figure 4. The gear F meshes with a gear G, Figures 2 and 4, which is fast
upon a rotary shaft II which extends through and projects to the right beyond
the frame plate C, Figure 1, and extends in the opposite direction, to the left,

page_text: nearly across the machine and is supported at its extreme left hand end in the
plate I of the framework, Figures 2, 6, and 7. The gear G is sufficiently smaller
than the gears E and F to cause the partial revolution given the gear F by the
mutilated gear E at each revolution of the operating handle and shaft B to turn
the gear G and shaft H one complete revolution. The shaft H has fast upon it
beside the gear G a cam J, Figures 2 and 4, which co-operates with a roller carried
by the front end of an arm k formed integral with and projecting forward from
a movable frame L which is hung at its opposite forward corners to the side
frames CD while its rear edge is adapted to move upward and downward in the arc
of a circle under the action of the cam J upon the front end of the arm K.
The gear G meshes with a pinion M which in turn meshes with a pinion N, both
mounted upon the inner face of the end plate C, while the pinion N meshes with
a gear O fast upon a rotary shaft P which extends entirely across the machine,
being journalled at its left hand end in the end plate 1) and at its right hand end
extending through and projecting beyond the end plate C. The gears 0 and G
are of the same size and the pinions M and N of the same size, so that the
gear and shaft P are given a complete revolution at each revolution of the
operating handle. The shaft P has fast upon it a cam Q which co-operates with
the rear end of an arm R, Figures 2 and 4, which is loosely hung at its forward
end upon the shaft H and at its rear end rests upon an anti-friction roller mounted
upon the upper side of the frame L. The shape of the cam Q upon the shaft P
is such that it will constantly bear upon the upper end of the arm R during the
upward and downward movements of the frame L, with the result that said frame
is not only given a positive upward movement by the action of the cam J, at each
operation of the machine, but a positive downward movement by the action of
the cam Q.
Fulcrumed upon a horizontal rod S extending across the lower middle portion
of the machine and supported at its opposite ends in the frame plates CD are the
key levers T whose rear ends rest upon the cross piece U of the framework in
the lower ends of vertical slots in the guide plate V, and which are provided with the
slotted lugs or hooks W which co-operate with the spring-pressed plates X carried
by the rear edge of the frame L, in the manner described in the Specification of
Patent No. 14003 of 8th June 1897. The shapes of the cams J and Q which operate
the frame L are such that at the end of each operation of the machine the
frame L is supported in the position shown in the drawings, slightly above the
rear edges of the key levers T, being raised to this position just at the end of each
operation of the machine after it has reached its lowest limit of movement. The
key levers T are "set," or connected to the frame L, by slightly depressing their
front ends, which will cause the hooks W of their rear ends to catch over the
spring-pressed plates X, so that upon slightly depressing the front end of any
lever T and then giving the operating handle a complete revolution the rear end of
such lever will be carried upward with the frame L to its limit of movement, and
be then lowered to normal position and become disconnected from the frame,
while the latter will then rise slightly to the position shown in the drawings. As
shown and described in the Specification of Patent No. 14003 of 8th June 1897
the front ends of the key levers T are depressed, to thus connect their rear ends
with the driving mechanism, by the setting keys X' consisting of straight rods or
stems passed through holes in the inclined front plate Y of the framework, and
provided with recesses in their sides (dotted lines Figure 4, 5, 6, and 7) engaged by
transverse plates Z secured to the underside of the frame plate Y, which plates Z
serve to limit the movements of the keys X. The upper ends of the key stems
have secured to them numbered finger buttons representing the values of the
respective keys. In the machine illustrated in the drawings there are 54 key
levers T, and consequently 54 setting keys X1, the latter being arranged in six
groups of nine keys each, as shown in Figure 2, the keys of the right hand group
representing units of cents, those of the next tens of cents, the next units of
dollars, the next tens of dollars, the next hundreds of dollars, and the last

page_text: thousands of dollars, so that the machine has a capacity for any transaction from
one cent to $9,999.99.
Resting upon the rear ends of the key levers T are the usual vertical indicator
rods A carrying at their upper ends the numbered indicators B', which latter
are likewise arranged in six groups of nine each, the indicators of each group
being located one behind another, as seen in Figure 2.
Pivoted to the sides of the key levers T near their rear ends are graduated lifter
plates which co-operate at their upper ends with the rods D¹ of the rocking
registering frames which carry the segments F¹, in the manner described in
the Specification of Patent No. 14003 of Sth June 1897. There are six of these
rocking registering frames, one for the nine lifters C₁ of each group of keys,
and the nine lifters of each group are so graduated that each lifter will move its
registering frame a distance proportionate to the value of the key and key-lever
corresponding to such lifter."
Each registering frame E¹ is provided with a pivoted locking frame mounted
on its rod D¹, such locking frame consisting of two upwardly and rearwardly
extending side arms A rigidly connected by a cross-rod Bº. The upper ends
of the arms A normally engage a shoulder formed on the front side of the trans-
verse bar C of the framework and extending longitudinally thereof from side to
side of the machine. When any lifter plate C¹ rises a shoulder 19 upon its forward
edge near its upper end will contact with the rod 19 of the locking frame A"
belonging to such set of lifters and press the rocking frame forward and disengage
it from the bar (and thereby release the registering frame.
Located at a short distance from either side of the middle of the machine are two
frame plates I and I, Figures 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8, which are supported at their
lower forward ends upon a transverse rod G¹ secured at its opposite ends in the
frame plates CD), while at their upper rear ends the plates I I¹ are secured to and
supported by the cross-bar H¹ of the framework. Supported at its opposite ends
in the plates II is a rod J¹, upon which are mounted a series of pinions K',
Figures 2 and 7, which are geared by a series of intermediate pinions L', here-
after more fully described, to the segments F, so that the pinions K¹ partake of
all the movements of said segments.
Extending from the frame plate D to the frame plate I is a rod or shaft M¹
(within the sleeve X", Figure 2) which is journaled at its opposite ends in said
plates and at its right hand end projects a short distance to the right of
the plate I, Figures 7, 8, and 10. In line with this rod or shaft M¹, at the right
of the space between the frame plates I and I', is a short rod or shaft N¹,
Figures 5, 8, and 9, firmly secured in the plate I' and projecting a short distance
to the left therefrom, into the open space between the plates I and I. Pivotally
supported upon the projecting ends of these two rods MN are two similar
vertically disposed levers 01 P¹, Figures 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10, whose lower ends
(rigidly connected by a cross-bar H2) are forked and straddle the shaft H heretofore
described, while their upper ends have journaled in them a transverse shaft Q¹
which projects at its opposite ends some distance beyond said levers, Figure 8.
Secured upon this shaft Q between the upper ends of the levers 01 P₁ is the
register-supporting frame composed of two end plates or disks S¹ and cross-bars
and rods connecting them. Journaled at their opposite ends in the end plates S¹
of this rotary frame are four shafts T, Figure 7, upon which are severally mounted
four separate registers or trains of registering wheels A B C D". Each register
in the present instance contains seven registering wheels, the six right hand end
ones of which have pinions upon their hubs, which pinions are adapted to co-
operate with the pinions K' geared to the segments F¹, in the manner hereafter
described. As seen in Figure 7 the rotary register frame normally rests in such
position that the register A" is immediately adjacent the pinions K', so that if
the frame be thrown slightly rearward without turning it upon its axis the
pinions of the register A will be brought into mesh with the pinions K¹; while
if the rotary frame be turned until the register B or C or D₁ is brought to the

page_text: position normally occupied by the register A", and the frame is then thrown
rearward, the pinions of such other register will be thrown into mesh with the
pinions K. Now, the shaft H heretofore described, has fast upon it two similar
cams, U, Figures 7, 8, 9, and 10, which co-operate respectively with rollers U
upon the lower forked ends of the levers OP in such manner as to slightly rock
such levers at each operation of the machine and throw their upper ends rearward
and carry the pinions of the register which is standing opposite the pinions K'
into mesh with the latter pinions.
Where the several registers are employed to register different classes of
transactions, as illustrated in the drawings, the register A" which normally
stands in position to be thrown into gear with the driving mechanism, will usually
be employed for registering the most common class of transactions, as, for instance,
cash sales. It being unnecessary to turn the rotary frame to bring this register
into position it will remain at rest at any operation of the machine to register a
cash sale until it is thrown rearward into gear with the pinions K³, but when any
other class of transactions is to be registered some one of the other regsters has to
be brought to the position normally occupied by the register A", before the frame
is thrown rearward to gear the register to the driving mechanism, and the means
for moving the rotary frame to position for the several registers to be thus operated
may be next described. Fast upon the left hand end of the shaft Q which carries
the rotary register frame, Figures 1, 6, and 8, is a pinion V1 which meshes with a
gear W fast upon the right hand end of a sleeve X", Figures 2 and 6, which
surrounds the rod or shaft M extending between the frame plates D and I and
heretofore described. This sleeve has fast upon it near its left hand end a
pinion Y which meshes with a curved rack formed upon the rear end of a
lever E, Figure 6, which lever is fulcrumed upon a stud F" projecting from the
inner face of the frame plate I). The front end of said lever is curved upwardly
over the rotary shaft B to whose extreme right hand end the operating handle A
is secured, as heretofore described. The extreme forward end of the lever is bent
downwardly and suitably shaped to co-operate with a series of cams G" H" I",
Figures 1 and 6, secured to or formed integral with a sleeve or hub J which is
splined upon the shaft B, so as to turn therewith, but is free to be slid longitudin-
ally thereof. It will be seen that if the cams are slid to the left until the cam G"
is brought beneath the front end of the lever E", and the shaft B is then revolved,
the front end of said lever will be forced upward a given distance by the cam G",
and the rack upon its rear end be caused to turn the sleeve X", and as the
rotary shaft Q' which carries the register frame is geared to this sleeve, in the
manner above explained, the rotary frame will be turned a corresponding distance.
Now, the sizes of the several cams are such that the cam G" will move the lever Eu
just far enough to cause the rotary frame to carry the register B into the position
normally occupied by the register A", while the cam H will move it far enough
to cause the register C" to be carried to such position, and the cam I will cause
the register D to be carried to such position. By providing means therefore for
shifting one or the other of the cams into position to actuate the lever E" the
rotary register frame will be turned by the operation of the driving mechanism
to bring the corresponding register into position to be connected with and actuated
by such mechanism. The means provided for so shifting the cams is as follows:
The sleeve or hub J has formed upon its right hand end a circumferentially
grooved disk K", Figure 1, in which fits a projection upon the left hand end of a
sliding shifter plate "L" which is secured to the lower forward edge of the frame
plate by screws passing through longitudinal slots in the plate L", and is
pulled to the right by a coiled spring M. Projecting through additional slots in
the shifter plate L" are the lower forward ends of three levers N¹ 0" and Pl
which are pivoted in diagonal recesses in the plate Y (dotted lines in Figure 2)
between the fifth and sixth, and fourth and fifth, and second and third, banks of
keys, and which co-operate at their upper rear ends with the lower ends of the
three special keys Q"R" and S", respectively, which keys, as shown in Figure 2,

page_text: represent "Paid Out,"
," "Rec'd on Acc't," and "Charge" transactions. As shown
in Figure 2 the right hand side of the stems of the special keys Q R and S
are cut away and provided with beveled shoulders, so that when either of said
keys is depressed it will force the upper rear end of its co-operating lever Nu ou
or P to the right and throw the lower forward end of such lever to the left,
carrying the shifter plate L" in the latter direction. The pivotal arrangement of
the levers is such that the depression of the "Charge" key S will move the
shifter plate L to the left just far enough to bring the cam G" into line with
the lever E, while the depression of the key R will give the shifter plate L" a
greater movement and carry the cam H" into line with the lever E, while the
depression of the key Q will impart a still greater movement to the shifter
plate L and carry the cam I" into line with the lever E
"
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It results from this construction and arrangement of parts that whenever the
Charge" key S" is depressed and the operating handle given a revolution the
rotary frame carrying the registers will be turned until the register B is brought
into the position normally occupied by the register A", Figure 7, and its pinions
then be engaged with the pinions K' and the amount represented by the cash keys
which have been set be then added upon such register; while the depression
of the special key R" prior to turning the operating handle will cause the amount
of the transaction to be added upon the register C"; and the depression of the
key Q prior to turning the handle will in like manner cause the amount of the
transaction to be added upon the register I)".
As seen in Figure 2 there is a fourth special key T" marked "No Sale" at the
right of the other three special keys above described. The lower end of each of
these four special keys co-operate with a lever T similar to the levers T of the
cash keys, excepting that it carries no lifter arm C₁ and has no co-operation with
the registering mechanism. The depression of each special key, however, serves
to couple its lever. T to the bar L, so that such lever will be carried with the bar
and returned by it to normal position, and when so returned said lever will lift its
special key to normal position, and in the case of the special keys O" R" and Su
will thereby serve to release the shifter plate L" and permit its spring M" to
pull it to the right to its normal position. The levers T of the special keys may
carry indicator rods and indicators bearing signs corresponding to those on the
special keys, as usual.
For the purpose of positively returning the cams and shifter plate L" to the
right at the end of each operation, and not relying upon the spring M" for that
purpose, the disk K has secured to its left hand side a beveled plate U¹¹,
Figures 1 and 1^, which at the end of revolution of the shaft B and parts carried
by it rides over a stud V projecting from the under side of the plate Y and
forces the cams and shifter plate to the right to normal position.
As seen in Figure 6 the tails of the cams G H I" terminate in abrupt
shoulders, and when the shoulder of the cam which has operated the lever Eu
clears the end of said lever, as the shaft B and cams complete their revolution, the
rotary register frame will be free to return to normal position and is returned to
such position by a coiled spring W, Figure 6, which is connected at its forward
end to the gear, W which meshes with the pinion V₁ fast upon the shaft Q' which
carries the rotary register frame, said spring being connected at its rear end to the
cross-bar of the frame work. Studs Y projecting outwardly from the side
plates S¹ of the rotary register frame, Figure 8, rest against the forward sides of
the levers O P¹ when said rotary frame is in normal position, and the contact
of these studs with said levers serves to arrest the frame and limit its movement
under the action of the resetting spring W
For the purpose of positively arresting the rotary frame when it is turned
rearward by the action of the cams G" H" I", and preventing it being thrown.too
far, there are provided the following stop devices: Mounted upon the rod G¹
between the frame plates I and I, Figures 2 and 7, is a rocking frame composed
of two side arms A3, Figure 2, hung upon and projecting rearwardly from the

page_text: rod G¹, a curved cross-bar B³ rigidly connecting said two side arms, Figure 7,
and an arm (3 formed integral with the cross-bar B³ near its middle and projecting
downwardly and forwardly from the same. A suitable spring, not shown,
yieldingly holds the frame in normal position with the rear ends of its arms A³
resting upon the cross-bar H which connects the levers 01 P, Figure 7. The
lower forward end of the arm C of this stop frame co-operates with a cam 7" upon
the rotary shaft B which carries the operating handle. The rear ends of the
arms A³ co-operate with projections 13 upon the side plates S1 of the rotary register
frame, said projections in the present instance consisting of collars secured upon
the projecting ends of the shafts T" upon which the registering wheels are mounted,
there being, therefore, one projection, upon each end of the rotary frame, in
line with the axis of each train of registering wheels. When the operating handle
is turned forward from normal position the cam 7" will, at the proper time, con-
tact with the front end of the arm C and depress it, and throw the rear ends of the
stop arms A3 upward into the path of the projections D3 upon the rotary register-
ing frame, to arrest the latter. Now, the cams G" H" I which rotate said frame
are of such shape that they all act upon the lever E", to rotate the frame, during
substantially the same portion of their revolution, so that when the cam G" acts
upon said lever the rotary frame will be turned comparatively slowly, while when
the cam H acts upon the lever it will be turned faster, and when the cam, I" acts
upon the lever it will be turned still faster, so that no matter which cam is in action the
rotary register frame will be turned to bring the proper register into registering
position by the time the operating handle has completed a given portion of its
revolution. This rotation of the registering frame by the action of the cam is
completed, no matter which cam is in action, just before the cam 7" contacts with
the depresses the arm C of the stop frame above described, so that the stop arms A³
are thrown upward at the proper time to contact with the proper projections D³
upon the rotary frame. If the cam G is the one set for action the cam Z¹¹ will
throw the stop arms A³ upward in time to contact with the projections D³ corre-
sponding to the register A", Figure 7, and thereby arrest the frame with the
register B in registering position, to wit, the position normally occupied by the
register A". If the cam H is set for action the projections D³ corresponding to
the register B will be the ones which will contact with the stop arms A³, thereby
arresting the frame with the register C" in registering position; while if the
cam I" be the one set for action the projections 13 corresponding to the register Cl
will be the ones engaged by the stop arms A3, and the frame be arrested with the
register D in registering position.
It will be understood that in the manner and by the means above described
when either one of the special keys is set and the operating handle given a
revolution the register frame will be positively arrested by the stop arms A³ in
position for the register corresponding to such special key to be thrown into gear
with the driving mechanism, and that all possibility of the registering frame being
thrown too far by any rapid revolution of the operating handle is removed.
For the purpose of locking the register frame in each of its adjusted positions
against backward movement the rotary shaft Q' which carries the register frame
has secured upon its right hand end a disk G³, Figure 5, which has fast upon its
left hand side, Figure 9, a smaller disk H³, provided with four equidistant
shoulders with which co-operates the upper forward end of a pawl 13 which is
fulcrumed upon the rod N₁ and co-operates at its lower rear end with a cam J³
fast the rotary shaft H. A coiled spring K³ connected to said pawl presses
its upper forward end against the periphery of the disk H³.
upon
In the normal
position of the parts the pawl 13 is engaged with one of said shoulders, as in
Figure 9. When the rotary register frame is given a quarter revolution by the
action of the cam G" the pawl 13 will engage the next shoulder on the disk H³,
and hold the frame from backward movement until disengaged from said
shoulder. When the register frame is given a half revolution by the action of

page_text: the cam H the pawl will engage the second shoulder and hold the frame in that
position, and when the frame is given a three-quarter revolution by the action of
the cam J³ the pawl will engage the third shoulder on the disk H³ and hold the
frame in that position. Just at the end of each operation of the machine the
cam J3 will ride under and lift the lower rear end of the pawl 13 and disengage
its upper forward end from the shoulder on the disk H³, to permit the latter and
the rotary register frame to be returned to normal position by the action of the
resetting spring. For the purpose of holding the pawl 13 out of engagement
with the disk H³ during such return movement of the disk and register frame,
and preventing it engaging any of the shoulders on said disk until the latter and
the frame reach normal position, the pawl is provided near its upper end with
a transverse bore and housing in which fits a pin L³, Figure 8°, pressed toward
the right by a coiled spring M³ confined in said housing. When the pawl 13 is
engaged with a shoulder on the disk H³, as in Figure 9, the pin L3 stands within
the peripheral line of the disk G³, but when the upper end of the pawl is thrown
forward and disengaged from the disk H³ the pin L³ will be carried beyond the
peripheral line of the disk G³. The left side of the disk G³ is cut away at the
point which normally stands opposite the pin L³, so that the spring M³ can press
the pin to the right into the plane of the body of the disk, Figure 8. When,
however, the disk is turned from normal position by rotation of the registering
frame such cut away space will be carried away from the pin and the latter will
be forced to the left into its housing by the body of the disk, and during the
further revolution of the latter will bear against the left hand side of the disk
near its periphery, the spring M³ pressing it against the disk. Now, with the
pin so pressing against the disk, when the upper end of the pawl I³ is thrown
forward by the action of the cam J3 at the end of an operation of the machine, and
the pin L³ thereby carried beyond the peripheral line of the disk G³, the spring M³
will force the pin L³ to the right into the plane of the disk and beyond its
periphery, so that when the cam J³ clears the lower end of the pawl 13 and the
resetting spring, for the latter presses it toward normal position the projecting
end of the pin L³ will contact with the periphery of the disk G³ and prevent return
movement of the pawl and re-engagement of it with the disk H³. This engage-
ment of the pin with the periphery of the disk G³ will serve to hold the pawl 13
out of action until the register frame and disk reach normal position, whereupon
the cut-away portion of the disk G3 will be again brought opposite the pin L³, so
that the latter will escape from the periphery of the disk and the upper end of the
pawl I be again thrown rearward by its spring K³ into engagement with the
disk H³.
The side plates S¹ S¹ of the rotary register frame, in addition to being connected
by the shafts T which carry the registering wheels, and by the cross-bars R¹,
Figure 7, are also connected by a series of rods N and a second series of rods O³,
there being four of such rods in each series. Upon the rods N³ are mounted a
series of spring-pressed holding pawls P³ which engage ratchets Q³ fast upon
the hubs of the respective registering wheels, to prevent backward movement of
the latter. Mounted upon the rods 03, are a series of pawl-carrying levers R³, of
the shape best shown in Figure 8. Pivoted in each of these levers at one end
of it is a spring-pressed transfer pawl S3 engaging the ratchet Q3 of the registering
wheel immediately at the left of the lever. Within a bore or housing in the
opposite end of the lever is confined a transverse pin T3 which is normally pressed
toward the right by a spring U3, Figure S", which tends to project the right hand
end of the pin from the bore or housing in the lever R³. Fitting in a longitudinal
slot in each lever R³ is a latch V3 which is fulcrumed upon the same rod 0³ as
the lever itself, and the outer end of whose longer arm normally engages a
shoulder on the sliding pin T3, Figure 8, and prevents the spring U³ projecting
said pin from its housing. The opposite end of the latch lever V3 projects into
the path of a tooth upon the periphery of a disk W³ fast upon the hub of the
registering wheel on the right, Figures 7 and 8. It will be understood that there

page_text: is one of the pawl-carrying levers R³ and transfer pawls S3 intermediate each two
wheels in each series and that while the transfer pawl $3 of any given lever engages
the ratchet Q3 upon one registering wheel in the series the short arm of the latch
lever V3 carried by such lever R³ will stand in the path of the projection or tooth
upon the disk Q3 of the next lower wheel in the series, immediately at the right of
the first mentioned wheel. At each complete revolution of such lower wheel the
projection upon the disk Q³ will contact with the short arm of the latch lever V³
and rock it upon its fulcrum 03, and disengage the extremity of its long arm from
the shoulder on the pin T3 confined in the lever R3, Figures 8 and 8³, and thereby
permit the spring U³ to project said pin to the right out of its housing.
Now, there is secured upon the rotary shaft H immediately at the right of the
frame plate I, Figure 5, a pinion X³ which meshes with a similar pinion Y3 fast
upon the end of a shaft 73 which extends between the frame I and I¹ and is
journaled at its opposite ends therein. Fast upon this shaft 73, which is given a
complete revolution at each operation of the machine, is a series of cams A4.
Figures 7 and 10. These cams are arranged spirally around the shaft 73, and
at such distances from each other, longitudinally of the shaft, and in such positions,
that when the shaft is revolved they will severally pass between the outer ends
of the respective pawl-carrying levers R³ which at the time stand immediately
above the shaft Z3³, in the position of the ones belonging to the register A" in
Figures 7 and 10. When the pins 13 confined in the housings in the outer ends
of the levers R³ are in their normal positions, within said housings, the cams A*
will pass freely between the outer ends of said levers, and the latter remain
unmoved by them. When, however, the pin T3 in any lever is released, by dis-
engagement of its latch lever V3 from it in the manner above described, its
spring U3 will project it outward into the path of travel of the corresponding
cam A, so that when the cams are then revolved such cam A will contact with the
pin and rock the lever R³ upon its fulcrum 03, and force the transfer pawl S³
carried by its inner end upward and rearward in Figure 7, and thereby turn the
ratchet of the next higher registering wheel in the series forward one notch, and
add a unit upon such higher wheel. The extreme outer ends of the cams A are
beveled off upon their left hand sides, as shown in Figures 7 and 10, so that just
as they clear the pins T3, after having rocked the levers R³ and actuated the pawls S
to effect the transfers, their beveled sides will act upon the ends of the pins T3
and press the latter to the left again, into their bushings, whereupon they will be
re-engaged by the latch levers V3 and held in normal position until again released
in the manner described. There are six of the cams A upon the shaft Z³, one to
co-operate with each of the six pawl-carrying levers R³, and owing to their spiral
arrangement around the shaft they will act successively from right to left upon
any levers T3 which have been set for transfer, so that the transfers will be effected
successively from the lower to the higher wheels and none of them lost.
It will be understood from the foregoing that, in the manner and by the means
explained, at each complete revolution of any registering wheel in either of the
four sets the tooth upon its disk W³ will contact with the latch lever V3 of the pawl-
carrying lever R³ intermediate such wheel and the next higher wheel in the
series, and release the pin T carried by such lever R³ and permit its spring U³ to
project laterally from the lever, and that when the shaft is then revolved one of
the cams A upon such shaft will contact with such projecting pin T3 and rock the
lever R³ and cause its pawl S³ to advance the next higher registering wheel one
number, and that after the cam has so rocked the lever R³ it will act upon the
pin T³ and force it back into its housing where it will be re-engaged by its latch
lever V and held by the former in normal position. It will be understood that
these transfer devices for the several sets of registering wheels are duplicates of
each other, and that when the registering frame is turned to bring any one of the
registers into registering position the transfer devices for such register will be
brought with it into the same position relatively to the cams A* upon the shaft 73
as that occupied by the transfer devices of the register A" in Figures 7 and 10

page_text: of the drawings. It will also be understood that the action of the cam U₁ upon
the shaft H rocks the levers 01 P¹ in one direction and carries the rotary register-
ing frame rearward and engages the pinions of the register with the driving
pinions K, and holds the parts in this position while the registering movements
of the segments F¹ are imparted to the registering wheels, and then rocks the
levers back to normal position and carries the rotary register frame forward and
disengages the pinions of the register from the driving pinions K¹ before the
cams A upon the shaft 3 contact with any of the released pins T3 of the pawl-
carrying levers, but that said cams act upon such pins while the rotary frame
is held in the position to which it has been moved by the cam upon the shaft B, with
the desired register in registering position, and that at the end of the operation,
after the cams A have all passed forward beyond the transverse line of the pins T³,
the rotary frame is released and returned to normal position, by its resetting
spring, in the manner heretofore described. Owing to the mutilation of the
gear E upon the shaft B, Figure 4, by which the gear F and parts driven by it
are allowed to remain at rest until the operating handle and shaft B have been
given about one-third of a revolution, it follows that the cams G" H" I" upon the
shaft B will actuate the lever E", Figure 6, and rotate the register frame to bring
the desired register into registering position, before the cam U₁, Figure 7, is
turned from normal position to rock the levers OP and throw the register frame
rearward to engage the pinions of the set register with the driving mechanism.
Interposed between each of the shafts T¹ and the registering wheels mounted
thereon are the usual or any suitable devices for causing the shaft to pick up
the registering wheels and carrying them with it when the shaft is turned in one
direction, and the following devices are provided for turning the respective shafts
to reset the registering wheels to zero: Secured to the frameplate I, Figures 5, 8,
and 9, is an upwardly and forwardly curved arm B whose forward end is formed
into a laterally extended cylindrical bearing C, Figures 1, 2, and 8, in which is
fixed a bushing D, Figures 8 and 9. Extending through this bushing and pro-
jecting some distance to the right thereof is a rod E, Figures 1, 2, and 8, which rod
has fast upon its right hand end a milled thumb-piece F4 by which it may be
turned. Fast upon the rod at the left of this thumb-piece is a clutch collar G
which co-operates with a sleeve H* mounted to turn upon the bushing D', which
projects to the right of the bearing C4, Figure 8. Surrounding the rod E and
confined between the collar G and the right hand end of the bushing D is a
coiled spring I whose left hand end fits within the right hand end of the sleeve H
and bears against the end of the bushing D. The shaft is so located that
when the rotary register frame is in either of its four registering positions the
shaft T of the register which is uppermost at such time will stand in line with the
shaft E, and each of the shafts T is provided in its right hand end with a nick
adapted to receive the left hand end of the rod E when the latter is forced to
the left against the resistance of its spring I, the left hand end of the rod E+ being
suitably adapted to engage the nicks in the ends of the shafts T. As seen in
Figures 8 and 9 the rod E is provided near its left hand end with a projecting
lug J which fits in a short recess or slot cut in the bushing D, the engagement of
which lug with the right hand end of such slot limits the movement of the rod E4
to the right under the stress of the spring I. When the rod E is forced to the
left and engaged with the shaft T of the uppermost register, and is then turned
in the direction of the arrow Figure 2, the lug J will be carried away from the
recess in the bushing 1 and its engagement with the left hand end of such
bushing will serve to lock the shaft Ein left hand position and prevent move-
ment of it to the right until it has been given a complete revolution and the lug
again brought opposite the recess. When, therefore, the rod E is slid to the left
and turned by means of the thumb piece F* until the lug J* again comes opposite
the recess in the bushing D, and the spring I then throws the rod to the right
again, the shaft T of the uppermost register will be given a complete revolution
and the wheels of such register be thereby returned to zero or initial position.

page_text: Spring-pressed pawls D³, Figure 10, engage notches in the collars 1³ upon the left
hand ends of the shafts T" when the latter are in normal position, and yieldingly
hold them from movement.
For the purpose of preventing the resetting of the wheels of any register while
any of the pins T3 of the transfer devices of such register are projected from their
housings, the following devices are provided: Journaled at its right hand end in
the arm B of the frameplate I, Figures 5, 9, and 10, is a rock-shaft K whose
left hand end is journaled in an arm L carried by the frameplate I, Figure 7,
at its right hand end this rock-shaft has fast upon it an arm M*, Figure 5,
whose outer end is slotted to receive a stud upon the rear end of a lever N4 whose
forward end rests upon the periphery of a cain O formed upon the left hand and
of the sleeve H heretofore described, Figures 1, 2, 5, and 8. A coiled spring P*
surrounding the rock-shaft K near its left hand end, Figure 2, and secured at
one end to the arm L of the frameplate and at its opposite end to a collar Q* fast
upon the shaft K, yieldingly holds said shaft in normal position and presses the
forward end of the lever against the periphery of the cam 04, Figure 5. Fast
upon the rock-shaft K are a series of arms R, Figures 2, 7, and 10.
When the
rod E of the resetting devices is forced to the left its clutch collar G* will engage
the clutch end of the sleeve H which carries the cam 04, and when the rod 4
is then turned to reset the registering wheels the cam 04 will be turned with it.
As the cam turns, in the direction of the arrow in Figure 5, it will ride under the
forward end of the lever N+ and gradually raise it and depress its rear end, which
will, serve to rock the shaft K in the direction of the arrow in Figures 5 and 10,
and throw forward the lower end of the arms R carried by said shaft. When
these arms R are thus thrown forward they pass between the outer ends of the
pawl-carrying levers R3 belonging to the uppermost register, provided all of the
pins T3, of the levers R³ of such register are in normal position within their
housings; but if any one of such pins is projecting from its housing it will be
struck by one of the arms R4, and movement of the arms and rock-shaft, and
consequently of the resetting devices, be arrested, and further movement of them
prevented until such pin is forced into its housing again.
Inasmuch as the resetting devices for the registers are located in fixed position,
and can co-operate only with the uppermost register of the four, it follows that
when it is desired to reset all of the registers they must be successively brought to
uppermost position and held there while the resetting operation takes place. For
this purpose there are provided the following devices: Secured at its opposite
ends to the left hand frame plate I, Figures 6 and S, is a curved frame plate $*
which has secured to it in its upper middle portion a laterally extended bearing T,
Figures 1 and 8, in which fits a short shaft U4 having fast upon it a pinion V4,
Figure 6, which meshes with the pinion Vi fast upon the rotary shaft Q which
carries the register frame. Loosely mounted upon the shaft U at the left of the
pinion is a bell crank W, the upper end of whose vertical arm is provided
with a finger piece X by which said arm many be pulled forward, and the rear
end of whose lower arm carries a spring-pressed pawl Y4 adapted to co-operate
with the pinion V. A coiled spring connected at one end to the vertical arm
of the bell crank W and at its opposite end to a pin A³ projecting from the frame
plate Syieldingly holds the bell crank in normal position, with its horizontal
arm resting against said pin. A second pin B5 projecting from the plate S in
front of the bell crank limits the forward movement of the vertical arm thereof.
The lower end of the pawl Y is shaped to engage the pin A5 and be slightly
forced forward by the latter when the bell-crank is held in normal position by
the spring 7, with the result that in such position the upper end of the pawl Y
is disengaged from the pinion V+, as in Figure 6. When, however, the bell-
crank W is pulled forward the pawl Y will be thrown into engagement with
the pinion as soon as the lower end of the pawl is moved away from the
pin A5, with the result that the pinion V will be carried forward with the bell

page_text: crank until the latter is arrested by contact with the stop pin B5. Now, the limit
of movement of the bell crank W4 and the adjustment of the parts are such that
when the bell crank is pulled forward from normal position until arrested by the
stop pin 135 the rotary register frame will be turned just one-quarter of a revolu-
tion. With said frame in the normal position shown in Figures 7 and 10, therefore,
one forward movement of the bell-crank W will turn said frame just far enough
to bring the register B to the registering position normally occupied by the
register A, and thereby bring the register C into the uppermost position
normally occupied by the register B, so that the register Ci will then be in
position to be reset by the resetting devices. When the register frame has been
given a quarter revolution in this manner it will be caught and held in such
position by the engagement of the pawl 13, Figure 9, with the disk H³, as hereto-
fore explained, while the bell crank W may be released and be returned to
normal position by its spring 7, its pawl Y slipping idly backward over the
teeth of the pinion V until disengaged thereform by contact of its lower end with
the pin A as the bell crank reaches normal position. A second forward move-
ment of the bell crank will turn the rotary register frame another quarter revolu-
tion and bring the register ])" into uppermost position, ready to be reset by the
resetting devices, while a third forward movement of the bell crank will give
the frame another quarter revolution and bring the register A" to uppermost
position. In order, therefore, to reset all of the registers it is only necessary,
starting with the registers in the normal position shown in Figures 7
and 10, to press the thumb piece F to the left and give it a
revolution, to reset the register 13"; then pull the bell crank W for-
ward to its limit of movement and release it, and then press the thumb piece 1* to
the left again and give it another revolution, to reset the register C"; then pull
the bell crank W4 forward a second time and release it, and then press the thumb
piece to the left again and give it another revolution, to reset the register D";
and then pull the bell crank forward a third time and release it, and press the
thumb picce to the left and turn it again to reset the register All; after which
by giving the operating handle a revolution the pawl I³ will be disengaged from
the disk H3 by the action of the cam J³ upon the shaft H, Figure 9, and the
resetting spring W", Figure 6, be permitted to return the rotary register frame
to normal position, in the manner heretofore explained.
Fast upon the shaft U at the right of the frame plate S is an indicator
wheel C, Figures 1, 2, and 6, provided upon its periphery with four signs represent-
ing the several kinds of transactions which are to be registered upon the four
registers. These signs are so arranged upon the indicator wheel C that the one
which is uppermost upon said wheel at any given time till correspond to the
register which is uppermost and in line with such sign at such time. Thus, in
Figure 2 the word "Charge" is uppermost on the wheel C, while the register Bu
which is uppermost in said view is the one upon which the charge or credit trans-
actions are registered. When the register frame is turned rearward until the
register C is brought to uppermost position the indicator wheel C5 will be
simultaneously turned forward to bring the sign "Rec'd on Acc't" to uppermost
position, indicating that "Rec'd on Acc't" transactions are registered upon the
register C
Likewise when the register I is brought to uppermost position the
words "Paid Out" upon the indicator C will be brought to uppermost position on
said wheel, while when the register A is brought to such position the word
"Cash" upon said wheel will be exposed in line with it. The provision of this
indicator wheel (5 enables the proprietor, when taking the readings from the
registers and resetting them, to observe at a glance the character of the transactions
registered upon each register.
For the purpose of insuring the complete return of the segments F¹ to normal
position at the end of each operation there is provided a rock-shaft D³,
Figures 2, 5, 6 and 7, journaled at its opposite ends in the frame plates I and Ii
and projecting at each end slightly beyond said plates. As seen in Figure 7 this

page_text: rock shaft has fast upon it a series of arms E³ which co-operate with studs F³ upon
the sides of the respective segments F', with the result that when the rock-shaft
and arms Es are positively returned to normal position they will force the seg-
ments F¹ rearward against the cross-bar H¹ of the framework and hold them there
so long as the rock-shaft and arms are maintained in normal position. As seen in
Figure 6 the rock shaft has fast upon its left hand end an arm G5 provided near
its lower end with a slot in which fits a stud upon the upper end of a lever H whose
lower end co-operates with a cam I fast upon the rotary shaft P heretofore
described. As seen in Figure 5 the rock-shaft D5 has fast upon its right hand
end a collar J to which is secured and around which is wound a spring K³ whose
free end is engaged with the cross-bar H', which spring tends to turn the rock-
shaft in the direction of the arrow in Figure 5 and throw its arms E forward and
upward away from and out of the path of the studs F upon the segments F¹,
Figure 7. When the cam 15, Figure 6, is carried away from the end of the
lever H5, at the beginning of rotation of the shaft P, the spring K³ is free to act in
the manner described, and when the shaft P approaches the end of its rotation the
cam I will contact with the end of the lever H5 and force the parts back into
normal position, causing the arms E to bear against the studs F5 upon the
segments F and force the latter against the bar H of the framework.
The respective arms E5 have secured to their upper sides a series of spring
dogs L whose power forward ends, in the normal positions of the parts, bear upon
the pinions K.
Having now described the registering mechanism of the machine, and the
means by which the different classes of transactions are registered upon the several
registers, I will next describe the printing mechanism, and the means by
which the amount of each transaction is printed upon a paper strip, and also
upon a paper ticket or check as desired, together with a sign or character
indicating the class of each transaction. As seen in Figures 2 and 6 the pinion Y¹
which is fast upon the left hand end of the sleeve X" meshes with a pinion M5
mounted upon a stub shaft projecting from the side plate D of the framework,
which pinion M meshes with a pinion N5 fast upon a shaft 05 which extends
transversely across the entire machine and projects through and beyond the right
hand frame plate C. Fast upon the extreme right hand end of this shaft 05, at the
right of the side plate C of the framework, is a type wheel P5, Figure 11, which
bears two diametrically opposite series of type characters, each representing the
respective classes of transactions which are to be registered upon the several
registers. Inasmuch as the shaft 05 is geared directly to the rotary register frame,
through the medium of the pinions №5 M5 Y¹, the sleeve X", gear W1, and
pinion V, connecting it to the rotary shaft Q1 which carries said register frame,
Figure 6, it follows that the type wheel P³ will be moved in unison with the
register frame when the latter is turned to bring any one or another of its registers to
registering position, and the adjustment of the parts is such that when said frame
is turned to bring any given one of its registers into registering position the
type wheel P will be turned to bring to the printing points, in vertical line above
and below its axis, the two type characters representing the class of transaction
to which such register is appropriated, with the result that when the printing
is effected, in the manner hereafter described, with the type wheel in such position,
a sign or character corresponding to the class of transaction being registered will
be printed upon the paper strip and ticket at the opposite sides of the type wheel.
Loosely mounted upon the shaft (5 are six concentric sleeves Q which extend
from points intermediate the two frame plates I and I' to the right through and
beyond the right hand side plate C of the framework. The pinions L₁ which
mesh with the respective segments F1, Figure 7, are fast upon the left hand ends
of the respective sleeves Q, the pinion L which meshes with the extreme left
hand segment being fast upon the left hand end of the innermost sleeve Q³, the
one meshing with the second segment from the left being fast upon the second
sleeve, and so on to the one meshing with the right hand segment, which is

page_text: fast upon the outermost sleeve Q³. Fast upon the right hand ends of the sleeves Q5
are a series of type wheels R5, immediately at the left of the type wheel P5 hereto-
fore described, the right hand type wheel R5 being fast upon the innermost sleeve,
the next upon the second sleeve, and so on to the left hand type wheel, which is
fast upon the outermost sleeve. The movements of the segments F¹ are therefore
transmitted through the pinions L' and sleeves Q³ to the type wheels R5. Each
type wheel (except the right hand one) bears two diametrically opposite series of
type numbers, each series representing a cipher and the nine digits, and the
adjustment of the parts is such that when the segments are actuated in the
manner heretofore described to register any given amount the proper type
wheels R5 will be turned to bring to the two printing points their type numbers
representing such amount.
Inasmuch as the rotary register frame is turned to bring the proper register
into registering position during the first portion of the revolution of the operating
handle, before the devices for actuating such register are operated, it follows that
the type wheel 15 will be brought to proper printing position at the beginning of
each operation of the machine, and will be held there while the other type wheels
are set simultaneously with the operation of the registering devices. The shape
of the cam which operates the frame L to lift the rear ends of the levers T and
the lifters C, Figure 4, to actuate the register wheels, is such that the lifters C¹
will be quickly raised for that purpose at the beginning of the revolution of the
shaft H and cam J, so that the segments F¹ will be given their forward registering
movement by the time said shaft and cam have completed a small part of their
revolution, after which the cam will operate to hold the lifters in lifted position
during a considerable portion of its revolution, and while the lifters and the
register frame and segments actuated by them are thus held in stationary position
by the action of the cam J, with the type wheels likewise held in position to print
amounts corresponding to the movements of the segments, the printing is effected,
after which the parts are returned to normal position.
The printing devices, besides the type wheels above described, are carried in a
frame secured to the right hand side plate C of the framework, and consisting of
an outer side plate $5 and various bars and rods connecting it with the frame
plate C, Figures 1, 2, and 3. As seen in Figure 11 the extreme right hand end
of the shaft 05 which carries the type wheel P5 is journaled in a fixed plate T
projecting rearward from a cross-bar or block Us rigidly secured between the
plate $5 and frame plate C, Figures 11 and 12. Journaled at its left hand end in
this plate T and abutting against the right hand end of the shaft 05 is a rotary
shaft V, Figure 3, which has mounted upon it at the left of the plate T5 a series of
consecutive numbering wheels W³, which are advanced one number at each opera-
tion of the machine by suitable pawls X5, Figure 1, actuated by
a cam Y5 fast
upon the rotary shaft H heretofore described. There being nothing new in these
devices for actuating the consecutive numbering wheels they will not be described
in detail. Immediately at the right of the wheels W5, as seen in Figure 11, there
is a fixed disk or plate %, which bears the type character "No"
at the upper
and lower printing lines. At the right of this fixed disk Z are the dating
wheels A6 which are fast upon the ends of three concentric sleeves 136 mounted
upon the shaft V5 and extending through and projecting to the right of the frame
plate S. These sleeves Be have fast upon their right hand ends milled thumb
pieces C by which they may be turned to change the date. The shaft V³ projects
to the right beyond the sleeves 16 and thumb-piece C and has fast upon its end
a thumb-piece D6, by which it may be turned to reset the consecutive numbering
wheels W, the usual or any suitable devices for that purpose being interposed
between such wheels and the shaft V5.
The machine illustrated in the drawings is equipped for printing upon both a
paper record strip and upon a paper check strip, as indicated by the provision
of the double series of type numbers and characters above described. The paper
check strip is carried in a roll E6 mounted upon a spindle F projecting from the

page_text: framework, and from said roll is led downward between a pair of rollers Go Ho,
Figure 12, thence forward between a second pair of rollers 16 J6, thence on forward
across the upper sides of the type wheels, and thence out through a guide chute K6
beneath a reciprocating knife Le carried by a vertically sliding plate Me mounted
upon the frameplate C and operated by a cam No fast upon the shaft H, said cam
operating to depress the plate M6 and cutter L at the end of each operation of
the machine, to shear off the projecting end of the paper check strip advanced
by the feed rollers, and the spring Othen serving to reset the plate M and
cutter Lº.
The feed rollers above mentioned are driven, and other parts of the printing
mechanism actuated, by the rotary shaft P heretofore described, which extends to the
right through the right hand frame plate Cand across the space between the latter and
the frame plate $5 and projects through and beyond the latter plate. As seen in
Figure 12 this shaft P has fast upon it adjacent the frame plate C a mutilated
gear P, which during a portion of the revolution of the shaft P at each operation
of the machine meshes with a pinion 1 fast upon the inner or left hand end of an
inking roller Q, Figure 11. A pinion 18 turning with the roller Q at its opposite
or outer end meshes with a pinion P9, fast upon the outer end of the roller Jo
heretofore referred to, while the pinion P upon the latter roller meshes with a
pinion upon the outer end of the roller 16. A pinion P10 upon the opposite inner
end of the roller I meshes with a gear R6, which latter meshes with a pinion upon
the inner end of the roller H heretofore referred to. An inking roller S6 geared
to the roller H co-operates with it to ink the electrotype secured upon the latter
roller, while the inking roller Q6 serves the same purpose for the roller Jo, the
roller G being the impression roller co-operating with the roller J. The
rollers G H serve to print the desired advertisement or other matter upon one
side of the check strip, while the rollers 16 Jo serve to print the desired matter
upon the opposite side of said strip, with the result that a paper check or ticket is
delivered from the machine which will bear upon one side the matter printed upon
it by the type wheels and also by the rollers Is J, and upon its opposite side the
matter printed upon it by the rollers G6 H. In the present instance the machine
from which the drawings were prepared issues a check such as that shown in
Figures 13 and 14, Figure 13 being a face view of the check and Figure 14 a
back view.
The record strip 07 is carried in a supply roll upon a spindle 08 projecting from
the frame plate C, and is led thence upward over a guide rod Z, thence forward beneath
the type wheels and over a guide rod 0, thence downward around a storage
reel mounted upon a spindle Q8 projecting from the plate C and provided with
a ratchet Q with which co-operates a pawl R carried by the reciprocating plate M
to turn the reel at each operation of the machine and advance the record strip.
A spring-pressed holding pawl RS co-operates with the ratchet Q to prevent
backward movement of the reel Q7.
The platens TU which co-operate with the type wheels at the upper and lower
printing points, respectively, are carried by the forward ends of arms VG We
secured to or formed integral with sleeves XY, Figures 12 and 15, mounted upon
rods Z projecting from the frame plate C. Fast upon the extreme left hand end
of the sleeve Yo which carries the arm W of the lower platen is a three-armed
lever A7, to whose vertical lower arm is connected a coiled spring 137, whose action
tends to throw the arm W upward and cause its platen U to strike the type
wheels. The sleeve which carries the arm V6 of the upper platen likewise has
secured to its left hand end a lever C to whose upper end is connected a coiled
spring D, and whose lower end is connected by devices hereafter described to the
upper end of the upper vertical arm of the lever A above referred to. The
horizontal forwardly projecting arm E7 of the lever A7 is turned upward at its
forward extremity and bears against the periphery of a cam F7 fast upon the rotary
shaft P. This cam is provided with two operating projections separated by an
intermediate notch, with the result that at each revolution of the cam the arm E

page_text: will be depressed and then released and thrown upward by the action of the spring B',
and then depressed a second time and released and thrown upward again. At
each of such releases of the arm C the action of the spring B7 will throw the platen
arm W and platen U6 upward, while the connection of the vertical arm of the
lever A with the lower end of the lever C will produce corresponding movements
of the upper platen arm V6 and platen T, so that at each operation of the machine
and revolution of the shaft P and cam 17 the platens will be thrown toward the
type wheels twice in succession and then retracted therefrom.
A
The type wheels are inked by a pair of inking strips G7, Figures 3, 11, and 12,
carried by the forward ends of a pair of arms H7, Figure 3, which arms are pivoted
at their rear ends to vertically projecting arms 17 upon the front end of a plate J7
mounted to slide back and forth in a horizontal guide-way in the frame plate S³,
Figures 3, 11, and 15. A coiled spring K connects the arms H7, while a second
coiled spring L' connected at its right hand end to the frame plate S and at its
left hand end to the sliding plate J serves to retract the latter plate and the inking
arms and strips and yieldingly retain them in normal right hand position.
cam M fast upon the rotary shaft P just outside the frame plate $5, Figures 3
and 15, co-operates with a projection upon the sliding plate J7 to force the latter to the
left at each operation, of the machine, to carry the inking strips G7 into position
opposite the printing lines. As the inking strips G7 are so moved toward the left
they ride over and are spread apart against the action of the spring K7 by a pair
of curved spring arms N, Figures 3 and 11, secured at their rear ends to the inner
side of the frame plate S, and at their forward ends bent outwardly to fit in
notches in the upper and lower edges of the plate 85. The inking pads G are
thrown forward to position immediately above and below the type wheels,
at each operation of the machine, just before the first of the two
projections upon the cam E7, Figure 12, clears the end of the arm E7, and are in
such position when said arm is released by the cam, so that as the platens are
thrown toward the type wheels the first time they contact with the inking strips
and press them against the wheels to ink the latter, after which the platens are
retracted and the inking strips withdrawn, and then the platens are thrown against
the type wheels the second time to effect the printing. In their normal rearward
position the inking strips G7 bear against the upper and lower ends of a saturated
ink pad within an ink fount 071, Figure 12, by which the strips are inked, and
from which the strips carry the ink to the type wheels in the manner described.
The inking strips and platens and means for actuating them, and their co-
operation with each other and with the type wheels, are substantially the same as
in my prior pending Application, No. 14003 of 1897, and need not be described
more at length here.
It sometimes happens that in the use of a machine of this character, it is desired
to temporarily discontinue the issuing of the printed checks or tickets, which
has heretofore been accomplished by simply withdrawing the check strip rearward
from the feed rollers which advance it, but in such case the feeding and printing
rollers continued their rotation at each operation of the machine, while the upper
platen was still permitted, owing to its connection with the lower platen, to
hammer against the type wheels at the upper printing point at each operation of
the machine. For the purpose of stopping action of the feeding and printing
rollers, and throwing the upper platen entirely out of operation, when it is desired
to discontinue the issuing of checks, I have provided the following novel
devices:
The pinion Ps at the right hand outer end of the roller Q, Figure 11, is not
fast upon said roller or its spindle, but forms part of a clutch member loose upon
Said
the spindle of said roller and adapted to be slid longitudinally thereof.
clutch member consists of the pinion P8 and a disk A8, fast upon the hub or sleeve
of the pinion and provided with a projection or tooth 138 adapted to co-operate with
a clutch member C8 fast upon the end of the roller Q6, the member 08 consisting in
the present instance of a pinion between whose teeth the projection 138 upon the

page_text: disk As is adapted to fit. Fitting around the hub of the pinion P8, between it and
the disc C8, is the forked forward end of a shifter lever D8 which is pivoted near
its rear end upon a support E8, Figures 11 and 16, projecting from the frame
plate S. To the rear end of the shifter lever DS is connected the left hand inner
end of a sliding rod or pin F8 mounted in a guide-way in the frame plate S and
provided upon its outer end with a thumb piece G³. When the pin Is is pressed
inward the forward end of the lever D8 will be thrown outward and the pro-
jection B8 upon the disk A8 be disengaged from the clutch member C8 upon the
end of the roller Q, so that the pinion P8 will be entirely disconnected from said
roller. Now it will be remembered that the feed rollers are driven by the mutilated
gear P6, Figure 12, which meshes with the pinion P7 upon the left hand inner end
of the roller Q, Figure 11, the motion imparted to the pinion P7 being transmitted
through the roller Q and pinions Ps and P to the roller Jo, and from the roller J6
to the other rollers which are geared to it. It follows, therefore, that when the
pinion P8 is disconnected from the roller Q by shifting the lever D8 the driving
connection between the roller Q and the rollers driven by it will be broken, so
that the roller Q will be the only one turned by the gear Pe so long as the lever D8
remains in shifted position. In this manner and by these means, therefore, the
feed rollers may be thrown out of operation at will by simply pressing in the
thumb-piece or button G8 upon the end of the pin F8 connected to the rear end of
the lever 18, and so long as the parts are allowed to remain in this position
the check strip will not be advanced at any operation of the machine.
When
it is desired to throw the feed rollers into operation again it is
only necessary to pull the thumb-piece G8 outward, and thereby throw the clutch
member of the pinion P8 into engagement with the clutch member C8 upon the
end of the roller Qº.
When
As seen in Figures 15 and 16 the rear end of the lever DS has projecting upward
from it a pin HS which fits in a hole in a plate or bar 18 mounted to slide trans-
versely upon the under side of the fixed cross-plate J8 and secured. thereto by
screws K8 passing through slots in the plate 18 and entering the plate J8.
the thumb piece G8 is pressed inward, therefore, to disconnect the pinion P8
from the roller Q, the sliding plate I8 will be slid inward, to the right in Figures 15
and 16. At its inner end the plate 18 is provided with a forwardly extending
arm Ls, Figure 17, the inner side of whose extreme forward end is beveled as
shown in Figure 18 to co-operate with a sliding plate M8 mounted upon the outer
side of the lever C7, Figure 12, which is fast upon the inner end of the sleeve X
which carries the upper platen arm V6, as heretofore described. The upper end
of the sliding plate M8 is beveled to co-operate with the end of the arm Ĺ8 of the
plate 18, with the result that when the plate 18 is slid inward, toward the right in
Figures 15 and 16, the beveled forward end of its arm L8 will force the plate M8
downward upon the lever C7. Pivoted to the lower end of the lever C7, beneath the
plate M8, is a hooked latch N8 connected by a coiled spring 08 to a pin S8 upon the
lever C7, by which spring the latch N8 is pulled upward against the lower end of
the plate Ms. The hooked rear end of the latch N8 co-operates with a pin Ts
upon the side of the upper end of the lever A7, Figure 12, and serves, when the
plate 8 and latch N8 are in their normal upper positions, as in Figures 12 and 17,
to connect the lever A7 with the lever C7, with the result that the movements
imparted to the lever A and lower platen U6 by the cam F7 are transmitted to the
lever C and upper platen T, as heretofore described. When, however, the
plate Ms on the lever C is forced downward by pressing in the button G³, as
heretofore described, the latch N8 will be rocked on its pivot and its hook be
disengaged from the pin T8 on the lever A, and maintained out of. engagement
therewith so long as the parts remain in the position to which they have been
moved by the pressing in of the button G8, with the result that the lever C7 and
upper platen will be entirely disconnected from the lever A and lower platen, and
will remain at rest during the operation of the machine until the button G³ is
pulled outward and the latch N8 allowed to reconnect the levers A7 and C7.
C

page_text: From the foregoing description it will be understood that whenever it is desired
to discontinue the issuing of printed checks the pressing in of the thumb-piece or
button G8 will serve to throw both the feed rollers and the upper platen out of
operation, so that at the succeeding operations of the machine the check strip will
not be advanced and the platen will not be thrown against the type wheels; and
that upon pulling the button outward again the feed rollers and platen will again
be put in operative condition.
It has heretofore been explained that the rollers H6 and Je are not only feed
rollers, but are printing rollers, as well, each being provided with an electrotype
bearing the desired matter. For the purpose of enabling the electrotypes upon
the roller J to be readily changed, for the purpose of printing different matter
upon one side of the checks, the following construction is employed, reference being
had to Figures 11 and 11: The roller J and the pinion P, which is secured to its
outer end, are loosely mounted upon a spindle J9 which is journaled at its left
hand end in the frame plate C and at its right hand end in a cylindrical block K,
Figure 11, which fits in a cylindrical opening in the frame plate S, and has
projecting rearward from it and fitting against the outer face of the plate $5 an
arm L through whose rear end is passed a rod M which is screwed into the frame
plate S, a thumb-piece N upon the outer end of the rod fitting against the outer
face of the arm L and serving to hold the latter and the block K³ in position
in and upon the plate S5. The spindle J9 of the roller J has fast upon
its left hand end a disk 09 whose hub R is provided with al. projec-
tion S adapted to fit in a notch in the end of the roller J6, to thereby connect
said roller with the spindle J9 so that the roller and spindle will turn together.
When it is desired to remove the roller J6 and substitute therefor
another having a different electrotype, it is only necessary to turn the thumb
piece N and unscrew the rod M and remove it, whereupon the block K
in which the right hand end of the spindle J of the roller Jo has its bearing may
be readily removed from position, leaving the roller J and its pinion P
free to be slid outward off the spindle J³. To facilitate such removal of
the roller J6 from its spindle the pinion P is provided with
threaded hole T, Figure 114, adapted to receive the threaded end of a
rod inserted through the opening normally occupied by the block K, by which rod
the pinion and roller may be drawn outward off the spindle J. A convenient rod
for thus removing the roller J6 is the rod M9 which serves to hold the block K'
and arm L in position upon the frame plate S5, to which end said rod may be
made longer than is necessary for its main function, as seen in Figure 11, and the
extremity of its reduced left hand portion be threaded to engage the hole T in the
pinion P. When the rod M is unscrewed by turning its thumb piece Nº, and
removed, and the block K' then taken out of place, the end of the rod M may be
inserted through the opening in the plate S and be screwed into the threaded
hole in the pinion P9, and the latter and the roller Jo be drawn off the spindle J³,
and a new roller be slid onto the spindle and the parts then replaced as before.
For the purpose of obviating the necessity of each roller Je having its own
pinion P the latter may be made detachable from the roller, as shown in
Figure 11, the pinion in this instance being provided on its left hand side with a
projecting hub which fits in a recess in the end of the roller J6 and is engaged by a
set-screw U⁹ passed through the end of the roller. When the roller is removed
from position in the manner and by the means above described the set screw U
may be loosened and the pinion P⁹ be disconnected from the roller and applied to
the new roller which is to be placed upon the spindle.
a
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. In a registering machine, the combination, with the driving mechanism, of
a rotary register frame carrying a plurality of registers adapted to have various

page_text: amounts added upon them by the driving mechanism at different operations of
the machine, and means for turning said frame to different positions to bring the
several registers into co-operative relation with the driving mechanism.
2. In a registering machine, the combination, with the driving mechanism, of
a rotary register frame carrying a plurality of registers, and means actuated
by the driving mechanism for turning said frame to different positions to bring the
several registers into co-operative relation with the driving mechanism.
3. In a registering machine, the combination, with the driving mechanism,
of a rotary register frame carrying a plurality of registers, means for turning said
frame to different positions to bring the several registers into co-operative relation
with the driving mechanism, and a series of keys corresponding to the several
registers and co-operating with the means for turning the register frame, the
operation of one or another of which keys determines which register shall be
brought into co-operative relation with the driving mechanism.
4. In a registering machine, the combination, with the driving mechanism, of
a rotary register frame carrying a plurality of registers, means actuated by the
driving mechanism for turning said frame to different positions to bring the
several registers into co-operative relation with the driving mechanism, and a series
of special keys corresponding to the several registers and also co-operating with
the driving mechanism to determine the degree of movement which the latter
shall impart to the rotary register frame and consequently the register which shall
be brought to position to co-operate with the driving mechanism.
5. In a registering machine, the combination, with the driving mechanism, of
a rotary register frame carrying a plurality of registers, and a plurality of cams
corresponding to the several registers and actuated by the driving mechanism
and co-operating with the rotary register frame to move the latter different degrees
to bring the different registers into position to co-operate with the driving
mechanism.
6. In a registering machine, the combination, with the driving mechanism, of
a rotary register frame carrying a plurality of registers, a plurality of cams corre-
sponding to the several registers and actuated by the driving mechanism, and
means for shifting said cams to bring one or another of them into co-operative
relation with the rotary register frame to cause them to turn said frame different
degrees and bring the several registers into position to co-operate with the driving
mechanism.
the
7. In a registering machine, the combination, with the driving mechanism, of
a rotary register frame carrying a plurality of registers, a plurality of cams corre-
sponding to the several registers and actuated by the driving mechanism
and co-operating with the rotary register frame to turn the latter different
degrees to bring the different registers into co-operative relation with
driving mechanism, and a series of keys corresponding to the several
registers and co-operating with the cams to determine which cam shall co-operate
with the register frame and consequently which register shall be brought to
position to co-operate with the driving mechanism.
8. In a registering machine, the combination, with the driving mechanism, of
a rotary register frame carrying a plurality of registers, a plurality of rotary
cams corresponding to the several registers and actuated by the driving mechanism,
a lever geared at one end to the rotary frame and co-operating at its other with the
rotary cams, and means for shifting the cams to bring one or another of them into
co-operative relation with said lever and consequently determine the extent of
movement which shall be imparted to the rotary frame and the particular register
which shall be brought into position to co-operate with the driving mechanism.
9. In a registering machine, the combination, with the driving mechanism, of
a rotary register frame carrying a plurality of registers, a plurality of cams
mounted upon a rotary shaft so as to turn therewith and slide longitudinally
thereof, a lever geared at one end to the rotary frame and adapted to co-operate at
its opposite end with the rotary cams, a shifter co-operating with the cams to move

page_text: them into position for one or another of them to co-operate with the lever, and a
plurality of keys corresponding to the several registers and co-operating with the
shifter to determine which cam shall co-operate with the lever and which particular
register shall be brought to position to co-operate with the driving mechanism.
10. In a registering machine, the combination of a series of keys for actuating
the registering mechanism, a driving mechanism operated independently of said
keys, means for connecting the keys at will with such driving mechanism, to cause
the latter to actuate the keys, a movable register frame carrying a plurality of
registers adapted to be independently actuated by the keys, and means for moving
said frame to different positions to bring the several registers into co-operative
relation with the keys.
11. In a registering machine, the combination of a series of key levers for
actuating the registering mechanism, a movable bar or frame common thereto,
means for attaching the respective levers to said bar, means operated independently
of the key levers to give said Bar a definite movement at each operation of the
machine to cause it to actuate the key levers attached to it, a movable register
frame carrying a plurality of registers adapted to be independently actuated by
the key levers, and means for moving said frame to different positions to bring one
or another of the registers into position to be actuated by said levers.
12. In a registering machine, the combination of a series of key levers for
actuating the registering mechanism, a movable bar or frame common thereto,
means for attaching the levers to said bar upon slightly depressing their front
ends, a rotary handle and connections for giving said bar a definite reciprocating
movement at each operation of the machine, to actuate the key levers attached
to it, a movable register frame carrying a plurality of registers adapted to be
independently actuated by the key levers, and means for moving said frame to
different positions to bring the several registers into position to be actuated by
said levers.
13. In a registering machine, the combination of a series of keys for actuating
the registering mechanism, a driving mechanism operated independently of said
keys, means for connecting the keys at will with such driving mechanism, to cause
the latter to actuate the keys, a series of reciprocating segments actuated by said
keys, a movable register frame carrying a plurality of registers adapted to be
independently actuated by the segments, and means for moving said frame to
different positions to bring the several registers into co-operative relation with the
segments.
14. In a registering machine, the combination of a series of key levers for actuating
the registering mechanism, a movable bar or frame common thereto, means for
attaching the respective levers to said bar, means operated independently of the
key levers to give said bar a definite movement at each operation of the machine,
to cause it to actuate the levers attached to it, a series of reciprocating segments
actuated by the key levers, a movable register frame carrying a plurality of
registers adapted to be independently actuated by the key levers, and means for
moving said frame to different positions to bring the several registers into co-
operative relation with the segments.
15. In a registering machine, the combination of a series of key levers for
actuating the registering mechanism, a movable bar or frame common thereto,
means for attaching the key levers to said bar upon slightly depressing their front
ends, a rotary bandle and connections for giving said bar a definite reciprocating
movement at each operation of the machine, to actuate the key levers attached to
it, a series of reciprocating segments actuated by the key levers, a movable
register frame carrying a plurality of registers adapted to be independently
actuated by the segments, and means for moving said frame to different positions
to bring the several registers into co-operative relation with the segments.
16. In a registering machine, the combination, with the reciprocating segments,
of the rotary register frame mounted in a movable support and carrying a plurality

page_text: of registers, and means for turning said frame upon its axis to bring one or another
of its registers to registering position and for moving said frame toward and from
the segments to gear such register with and ungear it from the segments.
17. In a registering machine, the combination, with the reciprocating segments,
of the rotary register frame mounted upon a movable support and carrying a
plurality of registers adapted to be independently actuated by the segments, a
plurality of cams corresponding to the several registers and co-operating with said
frame to turn the latter to bring one or another of its registers to registering
position, and a cam co-operating with the movable support of said frame to move
the latter toward and from the segments, to gear its registers with and ungear
them from the segments.
18. In a registering machine, the combination, with the reciprocating segments,
of the rotary register frame mounted in a rocking frame and carrying a plurality
of registers adapted to be independently actuated by the segments, and means
for turning the register frame upon its axis, to bring one or another of its registers
to registering position, and for rocking its supporting frame to gear such register
with and ungear it from the segments.
19. In a registering machine, the combination, with the reciprocating segments,
of the rotary register frame mounted in a rocking supporting frame and carrying a
plurality of registers adapted to be independently actuated by the segments, a
plurality of rotary cams co-operating with the rotary register frame to turn the
latter upon its axis and bring one or another of its registers to registering position,
and a rotary cam co-operating with the rocking supporting frame to throw such
register into and out of gear with the segments.
20. In a registering machine, the combination, with the reciprocating segments,
of the rotary register frame mounted in a rocking supporting frame and carrying
a plurality of registers adapted to be independently actuated by the segments, a
plurality of rotary cams corresponding to the several registers, a lever geared at
one end to the rotary frame and adapted to co-operate at its opposite end with the
rotary cams, means for shifting said cams to bring one or another of them into
position to co-operate with said lever, and another rotary cam co-operating with
the rocking supporting frame to throw the set register into and out of gear with
the segments.
21. In a registering machine, the combination, with the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, of the rotary shaft B, the cams G H I mounted
to turn with and slide upon said shaft, the lever El geared at one end to the rotary
frame and co-operating at its other with the rotary cams, the shifter plate L" for
shifting the cams, the plurality of special keys, and the levers intermediate the
same and the shifter plate L
22. In a registering machine, the combination, with the reciprocating seg-
ments F, of the rotary register frame carrying a plurality of registers and
journaled in the side arms or levers O P of a rocking frame, means for turning
the rotary frame to bring one or another of its registers to registering position,
and a rotary cam co-operating with the rocking frame to throw such register into
gear with the segments F¹.
23. In a registering machine, the combination, with the reciprocating seg-
ments F, of the rotary register frame mounted in a rocking supporting frame and
carrying a plurality of registers, the rotary cams G" H" I", the lever E" geared
at one end to the rotary frame and co-operating at its opposite end with said cams,
means for shifting said cams to bring one or another of them into position to
co-operate with the lever, and the rotary cam U¹ co-operating with the rocking
frame.
24. In a registering machine, the combination of the key levers T, the rocking
frames El carrying the segments F", the graduated lifters C1 intermediate the
levers and frames E', a movable register frame carrying a plurality of registers
adapted to be independently actuated by the segments F¹, and means for moving

page_text: said frame to different positions to bring its different registers into position to be
actuated by said segments.
25. In a registering machine, the combination of the key levers T, the rocking
frames El carrying the segments F1, the graduated lifters intermediate the levers I
and frames E, a rotary register frame mounted in a movable support and carrying
a plurality of registers adapted to be independently actuated by the segments F¹,
and means for turning said frame to bring one or another of its registers to
registering position and for moving its support to throw such register into and out
of gear with the segments.
26. In a registering machine, the combination, of the key levers T, the rocking
frames E¹ carrying the segments F, the graduated lifters C intermediate the
levers T and frames E', the movable bar or frame L, means for attaching the
levers T to said bar at will and for giving said bar a definite reciprocating move-
ment at each operation of the machine, a movable register frame carrying a
plurality of registers adapted to be independently actuated by the segments F',
and means for moving said frame to different positions to bring one or another of
its registers into position to be actuated by said segments.
27. In a registering machine, the combination of the key levers T, the rocking
frames El carrying the segments F, the graduated_lifters C intermediate the
levers T and frames E', the movable bar or frame L, means for attaching the
levers T to said bar at will, a rotary handle and connections for giving said bar
a definite reciprocating movement at each operation of the machine, a rotary
register frame mounted in a movable support and carrying a plurality of registers
adapted to be independently actuated by the segments F, and means for turning
said frame to bring one or another of its registers to registering position and for
moving its support to throw such register into and out of gear with the segments.
28. In a registering machine, the combination, with a rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers each consisting of a plurality of registering
wheels mounted upon a shaft, and means for turning it to different positions, to
bring one or another of its registers into registering position, of an automatic stop
co-operating with said frame to arrest it at the end of its forward or setting
movement.
29. In a registering machine, the combination, with a rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers each consisting of a plurality of wheels mounted
upon a shaft, and means for turning it to different positions, to bring one or another
of its registers to registering position, of an automatic stop co-operating with
said frame to arrest it at the end of its forward or setting movement, and means
for positively holding the frame in set position while the register is being
actuated.
30. In a registering machine, the combination, with a rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, and means actuated by the driving mechanism
for turning it to different positions to bring one or another of its registers to
registering position, of an automatic stop actuated by the driving mechanism to
arrest the frame at the end of its forward or setting movement, and means con-
trolled by the driving mechanism for holding said frame in set position while its
register is being actuated and-releasing it when the registration is completed.
31. In a registering machine, the combination, with the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, and means for turning it to different positions
to bring one or another of its registers to registering position, of a movable stop,
and a cam operated by the driving mechanism to throw said stop into the path of
the rotary frame and arrest it at the end of its forward or setting movement.
32. In a registering machine, the combination, with the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, and means for turning it to different positions
to bring one or another of its registers to registering position, of a shouldered disk
or ratchet turning with said frame, a holding pawl co-operating with said disk
to hold the frame in set position while its register is being actuated, and a rotary

page_text: cam actuated by the driving mechanism to disengage said pawl from the disk and
release the rotary frame after the registration is completed.
33. In a registering machine, the combination, with the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, and means actuated by the driving mechanism for
turning it to different positions to bring one or another of its registers to register-
ing position, of a movable stop, a rotary cam co-operating therewith to throw the
stop into the path of the frame to arrest the latter at the end of its forward or
setting movement, a shouldered disk or ratchet turning with the frame, a holding
pawl co-operating with said disk to hold the frame in set position while the register
is being actuated, a rotary cam co-operating with said pawl to disengage it from
the disk after the registration is completed, and a resetting spring for returning
the rotary register frame to normal position.
34. In a registering machine, the combination, with the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, and means for turning it to different positions,
to bring one or another of its registers into registering position, of the rocking stop
frame A3 provided with the arm C³, and the rotary cam Z co-operating with
said arm to throw the frame A³ into the path of the rotary frame to arrest the
latter at the end of its forward or setting movement.
35. In a registering machine, the combination, with the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, the rotary cams G" H" I", and means inter-
mediate said cams and frame for causing the different cams to turn
the frame to different positions, to bring one or another of its
registers into registering position, of the rocking stop frame
vided with the arm C³, and the rotary cam Z co-operating with
said arm to throw the stop frame A³ into the path of the rotary register frame, to
arrest the latter at the end of its forward or setting movement imparted by one of
the cams G" H" I".
A³ pro-
36. In a registering machine, the combination, with the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, of the shouldered disk or ratchet H3 turning with
said frame, the pawl lever I co-operating with the disk H³ to hold the rotary frame
in its different registering positions, and the rotary cam J³ co-operating with the
lever I to release the rotary frame.
37. In a registering machine, the combination, with the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, and means for turning it to different positions to
bring its different registers into registering position, of the rocking stop frame A³
provided with the arm C3, the rotary cam 71 co-operating with the arm C³ to throw
the frame A³ into the path of the rotary frame, to arrest the latter at the end of its
forward or setting movement, the shouldered disk or ratchet H³ turning with the
rotary frame, the pawl lever I³ co-operating with the disk H³ to hold the rotary frame
in its different registering positions, and the rotary cam J³ co-operating with the
lever 13 to disengage it from the disk H³.
38. The combination of a rotary disk, as G³, provided with a recess or cut-away
space, and an arm or lever, as I³, carrying a spring-pressed pin, as L3, adapted to
co-operate with the disk G³ and its recess in the manner described.
39. The combination of a rotary member, as the disk H³, a rotary disk G?
turning with the member H3 beside the same and provided with a recess or cut-
away space, a movable member, as the lever 13, adapted to engage the disk H3 and
provided with a spring-pressed pin adapted to co-operate with the disk G³ and its
recess, and means for disengaging the end of the lever I³ from the disk H³ and
permitting the pin L³ to be moved across the periphery of the disk G³, substantially
as described.
40. In a registering machine, the combination, with the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, of the shouldered disk or ratchet H³ and the
disk G turning with the frame, the disk G³ being provided with the recess or
cut-away space, the pawl lever I co-operating with the disk H³ to hold the rotary
frame in its different registering positions and provided with the spring-pressed

page_text: pin L3 co-operating with the disk G³, and the rotary cam J³ co-operating with
the lever 13 to disengage the latter from the disk H³.
41. In a registering machine, the combination, with a rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, each provided with transfer devices intermediate
its several wheels, and means for turning the rotary frame to bring one or another
of its registers to registering position, of a plurality of rotary cams located in
fixed position relatively to the movement of said rotary frame and adapted to co-
operate with the transfer devices of the register which is brought to registering
position by the turning of the frame.
42. In a transfer mechanism, the combination, with a primary and a secondary
registering wheel, the primary or lower wheel being provided with a projection
and the secondary or higher wheel being provided with a ratchet, of an intermediate
lever R³ provided with the spring-pressed pin 13 and with the latch V³ co-operating
with said pin and with the projection of the lower wheel, means co-operating with
the pin T when the latter is projected from the lever R³, to rock said lever, and
a transfer pawl actuated by the lever and co-operating with the ratchet of the
higher wheel.
43. In a transfer mechanism, the combination, with a primary and a secondary
register wheel, the primary or lower wheel being provided with a pro-
jection, and the secondary or higher wheel being provided with a ratchet, of an
intermediate lever R³ carrying at one end the pawl S³ co-operating with the
ratchet of the higher wheel, and carrying at its opposite end the spring-pressed
pin T3 and the latch V³ co-operating with said pin and with the projection of the
lower register wheel, and means, as a rotary cam, co-operating with the pin T
when the latter is projected from the lever R³, to rock the latter and cause the
pawl S3 to turn the higher register wheel.
44. In a transfer mechanism, the combination, with a primary and a secondary
register wheel, the former provided with a tooth or projection and the latter with
a ratchet, of a lever R3 intermediate said wheels, a spring-pressed sliding pin. T³
fitted in a transverse housing in one end of said lever, a latch V3 co-operating
with said pin to normally hold it within its housing and also co-operating with the
tooth or projection of the primary registering wheel to release the pin and permit
the spring to project it from its housing when said wheel completes a revolution,
a rotary cam A+ adapted to strike the pin T3 when projected from its housing,
to rock the lever R³, and provided with a beveled or cam surface adapted to force
the pin back into its housing after the cam, has rocked the lever, and a transfer
pawl actuated by the lever and co-operating with the ratchet of the secondary
wheel.
45. In a registering machine, the combination, with the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, transfer devices between the wheels of each
register, each set for action by the revolution of the next lower wheel in the series,
means for turning the rotary frame to bring one or another of its registers to
registering position, the rotary shaft 73, and the cams A turning therewith and
adapted to co-operating with the transfer devices set for action in the register
brought to registering position, whereby when the rotary frame is turned to bring
one or another of its registers to registering position the wheels of such registers
are actuated by the driving mechanism and the transfer devices by the rotary
cams while the register remains in such position.
46. In a registering machine, the combination, with the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, transfer devices intermediate the wheels of each
register, embodying the pawl levers R³ having the spring-pressed pins T3 operated
in the manner described, and means for turning the rotary frame to bring one or
another of its registers to registering position, of the rotary shaft Z3 mounted in
a fixed position, and the cams A* carried by said shaft and co-operating with the
pins T3 to rock the levers R³ and to restore the pins T³ to normal position, as set
47. In a registering machine, the combination, with the fixed or main frame
forth.

page_text: of the machine, of a movable frame carrying a plurality of registers, and resetting
devices mounted upon the fixed frame and adapted to co-operate with the several
registers when the latter are brought into position for that purpose by the move-
ment of their frame.
48. In a registering machine, the combination, with the fixed or main frame
of the machine, of a rotary register frame carrying a plurality of registers, and
resetting devices mounted upon the fixed frame and adapted to co-operate with the
several registers when the latter are brought to position for that purpose by turn-
ing the rotary frame.
49. In a registering machine, the combination, with the fixed or main frame
of the machine, of a rotary register frame carrying a plurality of registers, resett-
ing devices mounted upon the fixed frame, a handle for turning the rotary frame so
connected therewith that successive strokes of the handle will bring the several
registers successively into position to be reset by the resetting devices, and means
for holding the register frame in position for the resetting devices to co-operate
with its registers.
50. In a registering machine, the combination, with a rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers each mounted upon a rotary shaft and having
interposed between it and the shaft suitable means for causing the shaft to pick
up the registering wheels and carry them with it when turned in one direction,
of the longitudinally movable rotary resetting shaft. E mounted in fixed position
relatively to rotation of the register frame and adapted to co-operate with the
shafts of the respective registers when the latter are successively brought into
line with the shaft E, to reset the respective registers to initial position.
51. In a registering machine, the combination, with a rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers each mounted upon a rotary shaft and having
interposed between it and the shaft suitable means for causing the shaft to pick
up the registering wheels and carry them with it when turned in one direction,
of the longitudinally movable rotary resetting shaft E adapted to co-operate
with the shafts of the respective registers to reset the latter, a spring pressing
the shaft E fongitudinally in one direction and yieldingly holding it in normal
position, and means for maintaining the shaft in operative engagement with the
shaft of the register which is being reset after the resetting shaft has been engaged
with such registering shaft and turned from normal position.
52. In a registering machine, the combination, with a rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers each mounted upon a rotary shaft and having
interposed between it and the shaft suitable means for causing the shaft to pick
up the registering wheels and carry them with it when turned in one direction,
of the longitudinally movable rotary resetting shaft E' mounted in a bearing D
and provided with a lug J co-operating in the manner described with the bear-
ing 1, and with a spring I tending to hold the shaft E in normal position, the
shaft Eco-operating with the shafts of the respective registers in the manner
described to reset the registers.
53. In a registering machine, the combination, with the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, each mounted upon a rotary shaft and having
interposed between it and the shaft suitable means whereby the shaft is caused
to pick up the register wheels and carry them with it when turned in one direction,
and each register being provided with transfer devices embodying the levers R³
having the spring-pressed pins T3, of the longitudinally movable rotary resetting
shaft 3 co-operating in the manner described with the register shafts, to reset
the registers, the rotary cam 0, the clutch between said cam and the resetting
shaft E by which when the shaft E is engaged with a register shaft and turned
it will carry the cam 04 with it, the rock-shaft K carrying the arms R* adapted
to co-operate with the pins T3 of the transfer devices, and means intermediate the
cam O and rock-shaft K for causing the rotation of the cam to rock the shaft,
for the purpose described.
54. In a registering machine, the combination of the rotary register frame

page_text: carrying a plurality of registers, the hand lever W, the toothed wheel V* turning
with the rotary register frame, the pawl Y carried by the lever W' and co-operat-
ing with said wheel, means for holding the register frame in the different positions
to which it is turned by operations of the lever W*, and resetting devices for the
respective registers mounted in fixed position and adapted to co-operate with the
registers when the rotary frame is turned by the operations of the lever W to
bring its registers into resetting position.
55. In a registering machine, the combination of the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, the hand lever W, the toothed wheel V+ turning
with the rotary register frame, the pawl Y* carried by the lever W* and co-operat-
ing with the wheel V and with the disengaging stop A5, and resetting devices
mounted in fixed position and co-operating with the respective registers when the
latter are brought to resetting position by operations of the lever W.
56. In a registering machine, the combination of the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers and mounted in a movable support, the wheel V
mounted to turn upon a fixed support and geared to the rotary register frame, the
hand lever W fulcrumed upon the axis of the wheel V and carrying the pawl Y
co-operating with the wheel V4, and resetting devices for the registers mounted
in fixed position and adapted to co-operate with the respective registers when the
latter are brought to resetting position by operation of the lever W
57. In a registering machine, the combination of the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers and mounted upon the shaft Q₁ journaled in the
rocking frame, the pinion V₁ fast upon the shaft Q₁ and meshing with the gear W₁
mounted to turn upon or with a fixed, shaft or sleeve, and means co-operating
with the gear W₁ to turn with the latter and the rotary register frame, and permit
said frame to move with the rocking frame.
58. In a registering machine, the combination of the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers and mounted upon the rotary shaft Q¹ journaled
in the rocking frame, the rotary member X" mounted to turn in fixed position,
the pinion V turning with the shaft Q¹ and meshing with the gear W turning
with the member X, the lever El geared at one end to the member X", the
rotary cams G H I co-operating with the opposite end of the lever, means for
shifting the positions of said cams to cause one or another of them to co-operate
with the lever, and a rotary cam U₁ co-operating with the rocking support of
the rotary register frame.
59. In a registering machine, the combination, with a rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, of an indicator geared to said rotary frame and
operating to indicate the positions of the several registers carried by the latter.
60. In a registering machine, the combination, with the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, of the rotary indicator wheel geared to said
frame and bearing a series of signs corresponding to the respective registers and
adapted to be moved into position opposite the respective registers as the latter
are brought to resetting position.
61. In a registering and printing machine, the combination of a rotary register
frame carrying a plurality of registers, a type carrier bearing a series of type
characters corresponding to the several registers, means for turning the register
frame to bring one or another of its registers to registering position and for
moving the type carrier to bring to printing position its character corresponding
to the register brought to registering position, and a platen co-operating with the
type-carrier to print such character upon a paper strip or ticket.
62. In a registering and printing machine, the combination of a rotary register
frame carrying a plurality of registers, a type carrier geared to said frame and
bearing a series of type characters corresponding to the several registers, means
for turning the register frame to bring one or another of its registers to register-
ing position and to thereby move the type carrier to bring to printing position the
type character corresponding to the register brought to registering position, and
a platen co-operating with the type-carrier.

page_text: 63. In a registering and printing machine, the combination, with the driving
mechanism, of a rotary register frame carrying a plurality of registers, means for
turning said frame to bring one or another of its registers into position to be
actuated by the driving mechanism, a series of type-carriers actuated by the driv-
ing mechanism to present at the printing line type numbers representing the
amount being registered, a special type-carrier bearing type characters correspond-
ing to the several registers and operated by the means for turning the rotary
frame, so that when said frame is turned to bring one or another of its registers
to registering position said type carrier will be moved to bring to the printing
line its character corresponding to such register, and a platen co-operating with
the type carriers.
64. In a registering and printing machine, the combination, with the recipro-
cating segments and the cash type wheels or carriers geared thereto, of a rotary
register frame carrying a plurality of registers, means for turning said frame to
bring one or another of its registers into position to be actuated by the segments,
a special type wheel or carrier bearing a series of type characters corresponding
to the several registers and operated by the means for turning the rotary register
frame, so as to bring to the printing line its character corresponding to the
register which is brought to registering position, and a platen co-operating with
the type carriers.
65. In a registering and printing machine, the combination, with the recipro-
cating segments and the cash type wheels or carriers geared thereto, of a rotary
register frame carrying a plurality of registers, means for turning said frame to
bring one or another of its registers to position to be actuated by the segments,
a special type-carrier geared to said rotary frame so as to be turned by the move-
ment of the latter to bring to the printing line its type character corresponding to
the register which is brought to registering position, and a platen co-operating
with the type-carriers.
66. In a registering and printing machine, the combination, with the recipro-
cating segments and the cash type wheels or carriers geared thereto, of a rotary
register frame carrying a plurality of registers, a series of rotary cams, a lever
geared at one end to the rotary frame and co-operating at its opposite end with
said cams, means for shifting said cams to cause one or another of them to actuate
the lever, a special type carrier geared to said lever and bearing type characters
corresponding to the several registers, and a platen co-operating with the type
carriers.
67. In a registering and printing machine, the combination, with the. recipro-
cating segments and the cash type wheels or carriers geared thereto, of a rotary
register frame carrying a plurality of registers, a series of rotary cams, a lever
geared at one end to the rotary frame and co-operating at its opposite end with
said cams, a plurality of special keys corresponding to the several registers,
means intermediate said keys and the rotary cams for shifting the latter by the
operations of said keys, to cause one or another of the cams to actuate the lever,
a special type carrier geared to said lever, and a platen co-operating with the
type-carriers.
68. The combination of the reciprocating segments F¹, the rotary register
frame carrying a plurality of registers, the shaft 05 geared to said frame, the
type wheel P5 carried by the shaft 05, the concentric sleeves Q5 surrounding the
shaft 05 and geared to the segments F¹, the type wheels R5 fast upon the respec-
tive sleeves, and a platen co-operating with the type wheels P5 and R5.
69. The combination of the reciprocating segments F¹, the rotary register frame
carrying a plurality of registers, the lever E" geared to said frame, the rotary
cams G H I" co-operating with the lever E", the rotary shaft 05 geared to
said lever and carrying the type wheel P5, the concentric sleeves Q5 surrounding
the shaft 05 and geared at one end to the segments F¹ and carrying at their
other the type wheels R5, and a platen co-operating with the type wheels.
70. The combination of the reciprocating segments F¹, the rotary register

page_text: frame carrying a plurality of registers, the lever El geared at one end to said
frame, the rotary cams G H I co-operating with the other end of said lever,
the shifter plate L" for shifting the cams, the special keys and levers inter-
mediate the same and shifter plates L", the rotary shaft 05 geared to the lever E"
and carrying the type wheel P³, the concentric sleeves Q surrounding the shaft 05
and geared at one end to the segments F and carrying at the other the type
wheels R, and a platen co-operating with the type wheels.
71. The combination of the lever E", a rotary member geared to one end of
said lever, the rotary cams G H I co-operating with the other end of said
lever, and means for shifting said cams to bring one or another of them into
position to actuate the lever."
72. The combination of the lever E", the type wheel P³ geared to one end of
said lever, the rotary cams G H I co-operating with the other end of said
lever, means for shifting said cams to bring one or another of them into position
to actuate the lever, and a platen co-operating with the type wheel.
73. The combination of the lever E, the rotary cams G H I" co-operating
therewith, the shifter plate L" for shifting the cams, and the special keys and
the levers intermediate the same and the plate L".
74. The combination of the gear wheel F, the mutilated gear E co-operating
therewith, the toothed wheel Fo turning with the gear F, the cam G³ turning with
the gear E, and the locking lever E9 intermediate the wheel F and cam G³ for
locking the gear F when not in mesh with the gear E.
75. In a cash register and check printer, the combination, with the type
wheels, the platen, and the feeding mechanism for advancing the check strip,
of means for throwing the platen and feeding mechanism out of operation at
will when it is desired to discontinue the printing of checks.
76. In a cash register and check printer, the combination, with the type
wheels, and the platen and its actuating devices, of means for connecting the
platen with and disconnecting it from its actuating devices at will, for the pur-
pose described.
77. In a cash register and check printer, the combination, with the type
wheels, the feed rollers for advancing the check strip, and the driving mechanism
geared to said rollers, of means for throwing said rollers and the driving mechan-
ism out of gear with each other at will when it is desired to discontinue the
issuing of checks.
78. In a cash register and check printer, the combination, with the type
wheels, the feed rollers for advancing the check strip, and the driving mechan-
ism for said rollers, of a clutch intermediate one of said rollers and the driving
mechanism, and means for operating said clutch to throw such roller into and out
of gear with the driving mechanism, for the purpose described.
79. The combination, with the type wheels, the platen and its actuating
devices, the feed rollers for advancing the check strip, and the driving mechan-
ism geared to said rollers, of means for disconnecting the platen from its actua-
ting devices and throwing the feed rollers out of gear with the driving mechanism
by the operation of a single handle or device.
80. The combination of the type wheels, the two platens co-operating with
opposite sides thereof, the levers C7 and A' moving with the respective platens,
the cam F7 for actuating the lever A7, and the latch for connecting and discon-
necting the levers C and A7 at will.
81. The combination of the type wheels, the two platens co-operating with
opposite sides thereof, the levers C7 and A7 moving with the respective platens,
the cam F7 for actuating the lever A7, the latch for connecting and disconnecting
the levers C and A7 at will, and the thumb piece G8 and connections for con-
trolling said latch.
82. The combination of the type wheels, the platens, the levers A7 C7, the
rotary cam co-operating with one of said levers, the latch N³ carried by one

page_text: lever and co-operating with the pin Te on the other, the sliding plates L8 M³,
and means for moving the plate L³.
83. The combination of the type wheels, the feed rollers 16 Jo geared to the
driving mechanism, the clutch intermediate one of said rollers and the driving
mechanism, the platens, the levers A7 C', the rotary cam co-operating with one
of said levers, the latch for connecting and disconnecting said levers, a shifter
for the clutch and a trip or disengaging plate for the latch, and means for simul-
taneously operating the shifter and trip to throw the feed rollers and one platen
out of operation.
84. The combination of the frame plate S5, the removable block K fitting in
an opening therein, the spindle J mounted at one end in the block K, and the
roller Jo mounted upon the spindle J and adapted to be removed through the
opening in which fits the block K³.
85. The combination of the frame plate $5, the removable block K³ fitting in
an opening therein and held in place by the screw rod M and thumb piece N",
the spindle J mounted at one end in the block K, and the removable roller Jo
mounted upon the spindle Jo and provided with the threaded hole T adapted to
receive the threaded end of the rod M, for the purpose described.
86. The combination of the frame plate $5, the removable block K' fitting in
an opening therein, the spindle J' mounted at one end in said block, and the
removable roller Je mounted upon said spindle and provided with the detachable
driving pinion P⁹.
87. The combination, with the type wheels and platen, of the combined feed-
ing and printing rollers 16 J6 for advancing the check strip and printing upon
that side of it next the type wheels, and the combined printing and feed rol-
lers G H for printing upon the opposite side of said strip, whereby checks may
be issued bearing upon one side the matter printed by the rollers Iº Jo, together
with the amount of the transaction printed by the trip wheels, and upon their
opposite sides the matter printed by the rollers G6 Hº, substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of August 1897
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicants, 18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.