Improvements in Cash Registers or Check Tills.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1999-Accepted, 25th Nov., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Cash Registers or Check Tills.
We, THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, LIMITED, of 337, Strand; W.C.,
in the County of London, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention (a communication to us from abroad by THOMAS CARNEY, of Dayton,
State of Ohio, United States of America), and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement: -
This invention relates to improvements in cash registers and has more par-
ticular relation to improvements in registers of the multiple counter type.
One of the several objects of the invention is to provide an improved machine
in which the amounts of the different kinds of transactions may be registered
upon independent or department counters.
In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1
represents a front elevation of the machine embodying our invention; tlio
operating handle being broken away.
Figure 2 represents an end elevation of the said machine,
Figure 3 represents a view similar to Figure 1 with the cabinet and the
banks of keys, supporting frames, detents, etc. removed.
Figure 4 represents a top plan view of the improved machine with the cabinet
removed.
Figure 5 represents a rear elevation of the same with the check printer, operat-
ing handle and other parts omitted for clearness.
Figure 6 represents a vertical transverse section through the machine on the
line of Figure 3.
Figure represents a similar view; looking in the opposite direction, and taken
on the line yy of said Figure 3.
Figure 7 represents a detail section taken on the angular line o-o of
Figure 7.
Figure 8 represents an enlarged detail
partly broken away, of the counters and
Figure 9 represents a detail broken top
adjusting devices.
front elevation partly in section and
cooperating devices.
plan view of the counter selecting or.
Figure 10 represents an enlarged detail vertical section. through the,
machine taken just to one side of the banks of keys; the cash drawer and n
number of the upper parts being omitted for clearness."
Figure 11 represents a vertical transverse section through the printing
mechanism.
Figure 12 represents an enlarged detail top plan view of the devices for causing
a check to issue or not as desired.
Figure 13 represents a detail section through these devices on the line -z of
Figure 12.
Figure 14 represents a vertical transverse section through one of the counters.
detached from the machine.
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page_text: Figure 15 represents an end elevation, partly broken away, of said counter.
Figure 16 represents a detail perspective view, partly broken away of one of
the banks of amount keys, its detent, etc.
Figure 17 represents a detail perspective view of one the driving members, its
driven member and the connecting clutch.
Figure 18 represents a detail perspective view of one of the driven members
and its clutch.
Figure 10 represents a detail perspective view of one of the driving members.
Figure 20 represents a detail side elevation of the detent of the left hand or
special key bank. (See Figure 1.)
Figure 21 represents a detail side elevation of said left hand bank of keys
containing the keys for the special department counters.
Figure 22 represents a detail perspective view of one of the rotatable drums
for operating the transfer levers.
Figure 23 represents a vertical transverse section through a modified form of
counter.
Figure 24 represents an end elevation of the same.
Figure 25 represents a top plan view of said modified form of counter.
Figure 26 represents a detail perspective view of one of the counter shifting
arms and its operating cam.
Figure 27 represents a detail vertical section through the nested sleeves and
cooperating devices for shifting the counters.
Figure 28 represents a detail side elevation of the devices for locking the
machine when the release key is operated.
Figure 29 represents a detail side elevation of the locking lever and the gear
with which it cooperates; the cam groove in said lover being shown in dotted
lines.
Figure 30 represents a detail perspective view of the operating rack segments.
and the nested sleeves coacting with and driven thereby for adjusting the print-
ing wheels according to the operated key.
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Figure 31 represents a detail side elevation of the bell and striker.
Figure 32 represents a detail vertical section through one of the wheels or
disks for turning a counter to zero, and
Figure 3 represents a detail side elevation of the full stroke device.
In the aforesaid drawings 1 represents the various fixed parts of the frame
of the machine, 2 the amount or value keys, 3 the special department counter
keys, 4 the clerk's or initial keys, 5 the indicators and 6 the operating crank
handle.
In general terms the construction comprises groups or banks of stop keys,
duplicate register or counter operating devices arranged to be controlled thereby
and a plurality of independent counters which are arranged to be moved into
engagement with their respective sets of duplicate register operating devices
at will.
All of the banks of amount or value keys except the last which contains the
special and the $1000. keys are similar in construction and operation and we
will therefore describe one only, as, auch description will suffice for all. The keys
of each of these aforesaid banks are arranged in descending succession from one
at the top of the bank to nine at the bottom, whether it be the units, tens, or
hundreds bank. Each key comprises a numbered head or finger button and a
shank 7 having a laterally projecting pin 8; said shanks being slidably mounted
in a segmental grooved frame 9 which is fast to the main frame 1, so that the
pins 8 project laterally from said groove and through angular slots 10 formed in
sliding detent plate 11 (see Figures 10 and 16). Said detent plate is guided
in its movements by suitable guide flanges formed on the segmental frame and is
held in position on the frame by a guard and guide plate 12 secured to said
franic and formed with radial slots 13 which receive and guide the ends of the
pins 8. Coil springs 14 surround the shanks of the keys and bear with their
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page_text: opposite ends against the pins 8 and the inner wall of the groove in the segmental
frame so as to normally hold the keys in their outer positions.
It will be observed from the above that when a key is depressed its pin 8
travels down the incline portion of its respective slot 10 and thus slides-the
detent 11 longitudinally. The detent upon being thus moved is caught in its
lower position so that the operated key cannot return and the remaining
unoperated keys, the pins of which then extend through the short arms of the
angular slot 10, cannot be operated. To effect this locking or latching of the
detent it is provided near its lower end with a laterally projecting stud 15 which
extends into a slot 16 formed in a detent lever 17 so as to rock the latter when
said detent is moved. This lever is provided with a notch 18 (see Figures 8
and 10) which is adapted to receive the hook end 19" of a latch 19 suitably
pivoted on the main frame. This latch is normally forced laterally against the
detent lever 17 by a coil spring 20 which is interposed between an arm 21 of said
latch (see Figure 8) and a portion of the main frame. The hook end of tho
latch, however is never in engagement with the notch 18 of the lock lever 17
except when one of the keys in the bank is depressed. In that case, however,
the front end of the lock lever being swung downward the latch engages the
notch 18 and holds the operated key depressed, locks all the other keys in that
bank or row and unlocks the driven member cooperating with that particular
bank of keys, as shall be presently described.
Near the end of each operation of the machine the latches 19 are all tripped.
or forced backward against their springs to release the detent levers 17 by pins 22
mounted upon a transversely sliding bar 23 which in turn is movably mounted
in the main frame. (See Figure 10). When the detent levers are thus released
they are returned to normal position by coil springs 24 which are interposed
between projections 25 of said levers and the main frame. The upward move-
ment of the detent lever 17 causes all the detents to again assume their normal
positions and thus to release all the keys. The aforesaid transverse sliding move-
ment of the bar 23 is effected by a bell crank lock-lever 20 which is mounted
rigidly upon a transverse shaft 27 and is formed at one end with a stud 28 (see
Figures 7, 7 and 29). This stud projects into a diagonal slot 29 formed in the
end of the bar 23 as shown in Figure 7" so that when the lever 26 is operated said
bar will be moved by the stud engaging the walls of said slot. In order to
cause this oscillation of the lever 26 near the end of each operation of the machine
I, have formed the upper end of the long arm with a head. 20 having a cam
groove 26, as more clearly shown in Figure 29. A gear wheel 20 mounted
upon a rotation shaft 26 is provided with a stud and anti-friction roller 26°
which is adapted to coact with the lever 26, groove 26 and a hook 26 formed
on the end of said lever. The lever normally occupies the position shown in
Figure 29 with the hook 26' engaging the roller 26 and locking the gear 26º.
In the operation of this machine the gear 26 makes a single completo revo-
lution whenever an amount is registered, from which it will readily be seen that
so long as the hook 26 of the lock lever 26 engages the stud 26 the machine
will be absolutely locked. And in the preferred arrangement of my machine as
shown in the drawings, the pressing of the cash or value keys or of the special
koys in the left hand bank does not release these locking devices. They can only
be released by pressing one of the initial keys 4. This, as will be readily under-
stood, is for the purpose of compelling the operator to press his initial key before
he can register any transaction.
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To this end the bar 23 near its right hand end and just under that one of the
detent levers 17 which cooperates with the initial bank of keys, is provided with.
an upward extension 34 (see Figure 8) which has upon its left hand side and
directly in the path of travel of the said detent lever 17 an incline 84; from
which it follows that whenever one of the initial keys is pressed, its detent lever
being forced downward strikes the incline 34 and slides the bar 22 to the right.
This operation, through the diagonal slot 29 and the stud 28 playing therein,
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page_text: swings down the front end of the lock lever 26 and consequently rocks the long
arm of said lock lever against the stress of its spring 30 so that the hook 26 is
swung away from the stud 26 of the gear 26°; consequently the entire machine
may then be operated.
The sliding bar 23 is only provided with one incline 34" and consequently the
operation of the keys in any bank other than the initial bank does not operate
to move said bar. The depressing of an initial key, however, does not move the
said bar 23 to the right sufficiently that the pins 22 carried thereby should strike
or release the catches 19, although the movement is sufficient to release the
mechanism of the machine, as already related.
It will readily be seen from the description just given that when the driving
handle is operated and the gear 26 thereby turned, that as the stud 26, traveling"
in the direction of the arrow (see Figure 29) has almost completed its revolution
it will strike the incline 26% and thereby move the lock lever 26 against the
further stress of its spring 30, and later said stud will enter the cam groove 266
and by moving therethrough will return the lock lever to normal position.
This movement of the lock lever 26 of course causes the stud 28 thereby to fall
and then rise through the incline slot in the bar 23, whereby the latter is shifted
laterally, which causes the pins 22 to strike and retract the latches 19, where-
upon the springs of the detents return the latter to normal positions thereby
permitting the keys to spring up to their normal positions. The stud-26 finally
becomes again locked against the hook 26.
The aforesaid detent levers 17 are journaled upon a transverse shaft 35 and
each is formed with a segmental toothed arm 36 and a locking arm 37 (see
Figures 6 and 10. This latter arm normally acts as a stop for the shoulder 38
of a cam 39 which latter is fast to a sleeve 40% of a driven member 40. This.
member is journaled upon a transverse shaft 41 and is provided with a segmental
goar 42 and a slotted arm or extension 43 in which latter is pivoted a register-
ing lever 44 (see details in Figure 18). The upper end of this lever is adapted
to contact with and be stopped by the inner end of any key that may be pressed,
as shown in broken lines in Figure 10, and thus disengage its lower look end 45
from the shoulder 46 formed on a driving member 7 which is journaled upon
the extending end of said sleeve 40° (see Figures 17 and 19). The registering
lover is pivoted between its ends at 44 in the extension 43 of the driven member
and near its hook end 45 is provided with a laterally extending pin 49, and a
coil spring 48 shown in broken line in Figure 10, tends at all times to throw the
upper end of the registering lever forward. Normally, however, said pin rests
in a notch or slot 50 formed in the detent lever 17, though when any key in the
cooperating bank or row is pressed the rear end of the said detent lever is raised
as already described and the registering lever is thereby released and the hook
end immediately is forced by the spring 48 under the shoulder 46 of the driving
member. If the crank handle or other driving means be then started the
driving member will immediately begin to travel in the direction of the arrow
(see Figure 10) and the driven member being locked to said driving member by
the engagement of the registering or clutch lever with the latter, both the
driving member and the driven member carrying the registering lever will be
swung forward until the swinging end of the registering lever 44 strikes the
inner end of the operated key, whereupon the hook 45 will be rocked out from
under the shoulder 46 of the latter, as will be readily understood. The driven
member will thereupon come to a stop, but the driving member will continue its
full excursion.
The driven member 40 it should be noted is hollowed out and the driving
member turns therein upon the sleeve 40% and thus the shoulder 46 of the
latter is brought into alignment with and in position to be engaged by the
hook 45 of the registering lever. A segmental gear 47 is formed on the driving
member and engages with the corresponding gear 55 of the oscillating arm 54,
which is rigidly secured at its upper end to the rock shaft.56. It results-from

page_text: this construction that each time the crank or other driving means of the register
is operated the driving member 47 is given a constant excursion, first down and
then back to normal position. When the lever 44 is arrested as above described
its pin 49 becomes locked against rebound between two of the teeth of the
arm 36 and is held so locked by the hook end of said lever bearing against the
periphery of the driving member..
The return movement of the driven member is effected by a pin 52 fast thereto
and cooperating with a shoulder 53 formed on the driving member and adapted
to contact with and move said pin upon the return stroke of said latter member.
When the driven member is thus stopped by an operated key the driving member
moves on to the extreme limit of its excursion and then begins its return move-
ment toward normal position, the hook 45 meanwhile riding upon the smooth
periphery of the driving member. During the return movement of the driving
member the shoulder 46 thereof will return to the point at which it was dis-
connected from the driving member and as it passes this point the hook end of
the registering lever will spring under the said shoulder 46 and simultaneously
the shoulder 53 will contact with the pin 52 of the driven member and thereby
the driving member will carry the driven member with it to normal position.
As before stated, at every operation of the machine the gear 26 (shown in
Figuro 29) is given a complete revolution which at a certain time rocks the lock
lever 26 which simultaneously slides the bar 23, which in turn retracts the
latches 19, thereby releasing the detent lever 17. This latter operation is aimed
to occur just after the driven member is returned to normal position, so that
upon its release its rear end is thrown downward and the incline walls of the
slot 50 thereof contact with the pin 49 carried by the registering lever and causes
it to enter said slot 50, thereby rocking the hook end of the lever out of engage-
ment with the shoulder 46, or in other words, disengaging the driving and driven
members. When the detent lever 17 is thus released and the pin 49 engaged
by the slot 50 thereof, the rear end 37 of said lever again falls in front of the
cam 39 and thereby locks that part of the registering mechanism which cooperates
with its particular bank or row of keys until one of said keys is again operated.
All of the arms 54 of the respective banks are mounted fast upon a transverse
rock shaft 56 whereby upon the movement of said shaft the arms will be simul-
taneously operated to actuate their respective driving members. In lieu of tho
above structure I contemplate attaching all of the driving members rigidly to.
the shaft 41 so that only one of the same need be operated by connection with the
shaft 56. In this case the said driving members would of course be mounted
directly upon the shaft 41 instead of being journaled upon the sleeves 40%.
The shaft 56 receives its rocking motion during each operation of the machine
by means of an arm 57 (see Figure 7) fast thereto and carrying an anti-friction
roller 58 which plays in a cani groove 59 formed in a disk 60 mounted rigidly
on shaft 26. The form of the cam groove 59 is such that the arm 57 is first
elevated and then depressed to give the shaft 56 the desired rocking movement.
Having thus described the devices for securing the variable movements of tho
driving and driven members according to the value of the keys operated I will.
now describe the devices for communicating such movements to the indicators,
the several counters, and the printer.
are.
The rotary amount indicators 5 as will be seen by reference to Figure
journaled on a shaft 102 side by side in two sets, one for the front indication and
the other for the back indication while special' indicator 61 and clerk's initial
indicator 62 for indicating respectively special kinds of transactions and the
initial of the clerk recording it are arranged at the opposite ends of said amount
indicators. As the said amount indicators are all operated in substantially tho
same manner by duplicate mechanisms set in motion by their respective driven.
members I will describe one of said connections only, as this description will also
cover the remaining duplicate mechanisms.
The indicators respectively receive their movement from the several driven

page_text: members through intermediate gearing which in the normal position of the
machine is in operative engagement, but as soon as the driven member begins
to move, this connecting mechanism is disengaged so that all of the indicators
immediately return to zero position and the driven member moves independent
thereof until the registering lever strikes an operated key, whereupon the driven
member is brought to a standstill and so remains until it is picked up by the
driving member on its-return movement. While, during the operation of the
machine the driven member is thus at rest, the said connecting mechanism from
the indicator is thrown into mesh or operative connection with the driven member
so that as the latter returns to normal position the indicator is thereby moved to
indicating position. To this end an indicator actuating lever 64 is pivoted
between its ends in a rocking arm 65. At its forward end said actuating lever
bears a segment rack 63, which as stated, is normally in engagement with the
driven member, as may be seen by reference to Figure 6. At its rear end said
actuating lever is pivoted to the indicator link bar 72 and the latter at its
upper end is pivoted to, the indicator rack bar 73 which is provided with a
rack 74 near its upper end which meshes with a pinion 75 secured rigidly to the
indicator 5.
Each bank of keys, as shown in Figure C, has cooperating with it a driving
member, a driven member with a registering or clutch lever, an indicator and
the connecting mechanism heretofore described. All of the indicator actuating
leyers 64 are pivoted upon the arms 65 which are all rigidly secured near their
lower ends upon the rock shaft 66, so that whenever the machine is operated,
as the shaft GG is rocked, the actuating levers 64 are thrown first out of and then
back into engagement with the segment rack which is carried by the driven
member.
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The rock shaft 66 which is rocked or oscillated once during each operation of
the machine by an arm 67 (see Figure 7) fast thereto near one cud.
This arm is
provided with an anti-friction roller 68 which projects into a cam groove 69
formed in a disk 70 fast to a rotation shaft 71. By this means the indicator
actuating lever is helil to mesh with tho gear 42 only during the downward.
movement of the latter and is retracted to disengage therefrom upon the reverso
movement of said gear. The rear end of the lever 64 is pivotally connected to a
link bar 72 which in turn is pivoted to a vertical slide 73 suitably mounted in the
main frame (see Figure 6). This slide is formed at its upper end with a rack 74
which meshes with a pinion 75 fast to one of the indicators 5 whereby the move-
ment of said slide in either direction will rotate said indicator correspondingly
to bring the proper characters which are marked on the periphery of the same.
into view through the sight openinga 1 in the front of the cabinet.
indicator slide is further formed with a lower gear 76 which is adapted to be
engaged by a segmental gear 77, to draw the sail slide down to its normal;
position and return the indicator to zero. Said gear 77 is fast to a rotation
shaft 78 which gives it one complete revolution upon each operation of the.
machine, and thus always draws the slide down should the same be in any of
its different elevated positions. If the slide has not been previously raised and
is in its lower position the teeth of the gear 77 will pass freely through a
notch 79 formed in the edge of the slide above the teeth 76 and thus will not
actuate said slide. A recess 72 is formed in the link bar 72 on its rear side
and near its lower end and is adapted to receive a spring pressed latching!
stud 72 which is suitably mounted in the main frame so as to normally project
into the path of the lower curved end of said link. When the slide 73 descends
and is stopped by striking a flange 72° formed on the frame, said stud 72 snaps
into the recess 72 and thus prevents any rebound of the slide. Subsequent to.
the descent of the slide the link 72 is moved forward to disengage from the stud
by the longitudinal movement of the lever 64 to which it is attached. A cam 80
(see Figure 6) is mounted fast on said shaft 78 and cooperates with the lower
hook end of a lever 81 which is fast upon a rock shaft 82. This shaft carries, a
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page_text: Beries of arms 83 having V-shaped aligning noses 84 adapted to engage aligning
star wheels 85 mounted on the respective indicators. By means of these aligning
devices the indicators are always brought to rest and locked with the exposed
indicating numerals in exact alignment with the sight apertures 1 of the
cabinet through which they are visible. As the amount indicators are arranged
in duplicate sets and as only one of said sets is operated directly by the slides 73
the remaining set must be suitably coupled thereto so as to move correspondingly.
As both the front and back one hundred dollar indications lie side by side they
are formed on the same indicator 5; said indicator being made of double width
to accommodate the double row of characters.
There are two parallel series of figures extending about the periphery of this
particular indicator 5, which series consists of twenty figures, as follows':
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 8, 9, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. By reference to
Figure 1, it will be seen that when the case is on the machine, only those of the
indicators 5 which are on the right of the said indicator 5 are visible through
the front of the case of the machine. A rear view of the machine with the case
on is not shown, but it will be readily understood that the back of the case is
provided with an opening through which the left half of the indicator 5ª and
those of the indicators 5, which are to the left of said indicator 5, are visible.
The clerks initial indicator 62 is provided with two parallel rows of letters
extending about its periphery, each of which consists of the letters designating
the keys shown in the right hand row, as shown in Figure 1. The opening in the front
of the machine is so arranged that only one letter of one of these series is visible
at a time, and the rear of the case of the machine is so arranged that only one
letter of the other series is visible at a time; and the disposition of the letters on
the periphery of the indicator is such that when a certain designating letter, say
for example "J," of one series, is visible from the front of the machine, the
letter "J," of the other series, will simultaneously be visible through the open-
ing in the rear of the case of the machine.
The duplicate tens of dollars indicators are provided with gear wheels 5 and
are coupled so as to move together by a sleeve 86 (see Figure 3) provided at
opposite ends with pinions 87 that mesh with said gear wheels 5. This sleeve
is loosely mounted upon a rotary shaft 88 which is suitably journaled in the
frame and is provided at its opposite ends with pinions 99. These pinions mosli
with gears 5 mounted on the units of cents indicators so as to cause the same to
move together. The units of dollars indicators are coupled by a sleeve 100 (seo
Figure 5) in the same manner as the tens of dollars indicators while the ten
of cents indicators are coupled by a shaft 101 in a similar manner to the units
of cents indicators.
The indicator 61 of the special operations and department counters represented
by the left-hand bank of keys is operated in connection with said keys in sub-
stantially the same manner as the amount banks with the exception that duplicate
words or characters are formed upon the opposite sides of said indicator so as to
indicate the character of the transaction at both the front and the back of the
machine by a single indicator. This indicator is operated from its key bank in a
similar manner to all tho other indicators.
In order to hide the indicators while they are being moved from one position
to another and to prevent a premature exposure thereof, I journal two levers 105
upon the indicator shaft 102 and at opposite ends of the series of indicators
(see Figures 3 and 7). Secured to the opposite ends of these levers are two
flashes or shutters 106, and in the normal position of the machine these shutters
are moved so as to expose the numbers on the indicators. The movements of
said flashes is accomplished by a pivoted lever 107 which is slotted at its upper
end to receive a pin 108 mounted upon a projection of one of the arms 105. A
coil spring 109 connects the lever 107 to the frame and tends to cause the flash
106 to normally hide the indications. Said lever is however provided at its lower
end with a nose 110 which cooperates with a cam 111 mounted upon a rotation

page_text: shaft 112 of the machine. When the machine is in normal position the nose 110
rests against this cam and the lever is tipped against the tension of its spring,
with the flash in the positions shown in Figure 7. When an operation of the
machine is commenced the cam 111 immediately disengages from the nose 110
and thus permits the spring 109 to move the flash to position to hido all the
indicators. Said flash remains in this position until the machine has made a
complete operation when the cam 111 again forces the nose 110 outward and
thus operates lever 107 to uncover the indicators.
As before stated whenever the machine is operated the driving members make
a fixed and constant excursion while the movements of the driven members are
greator or less according to the values of the keys operated.
These gears 42 of
the driven members are of sufficient width to mesh with the gears 03 and also
with segmental gears 113 (see Figure 10). Each of these latter gears is formed
upon the downward end of an arm 114 and each of said arms is fast to a sleeve 115,
journaled upon a transverse shaft 116. Each of the sleeves 115 is provided with
a short arm 117 having a segmental gear 118 formed thereon. This gear 118
in each case meshes with a segmental gear 119 formed on a sleeve 120 which
latter is journaled on a shaft 121 and is provided with a primary counter driving
gear 122. As there are five banks of amount keys there are of course five of the
primary gears 122 beside the similar gears, hereinafter described for the special
bank (see Figure 30).
As my machine, as shown in the drawings, comprises five rows or banks of
value or amount keys, there must, of course, be five primary counter driving
geare. All these actuate the adding wheels of that counter which is the third
from the left hand end of the machine, as shown in Figures 3 and 4. As there
are four counters in my machine, there are provided four sets of counter driving
gears, of which only one set comprises the primary driving gears 122, heretoforo
referred to, and three sets of secondary driving gears 123. I call the
gears 122
"primary driving gears," and the gears 123 "secondary driving gears," because
the former receive motion from the crank 6 and transmit it to the latter, which
are connected with the driving mechanism of the register only through the
primary driving gears.
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It will be understood that all of the counters are normally swung toward the
front so that they do not normally engage their respective counter driving gears,
except when swung backward during the operation of the machine, as will be
presently described.
For convenience, I shall hereafter refer to that one of the counter driving
gears which turns the cents adding wheel, as the cents counter driving gear, and
that one which turns the dimes adding wheel as the dimes counter driving.
gear, etc.
As before described, means are provided for coupling all the cents counter
driving gears so that they will alway's move together; likewise, the dimes counter.
driving gear and the dollars counter driving gear etc., are respectively so coupled
together and this is done in the following manner; the four cents counter
driving gears are rigidly staked or otherwise fastened to the shaft 121, whereby.
when one movement is transmitted from the crank 6, or other driving mechanism,
to the primary cents counter driving gear, all the other counter driving gears
are. moved simultaneously to the same extent. All the other counter driving
gears are journaled upon the shaft 121.
Extending transversely across the machine and just above the various sets of
counter driving gears, are four rotary shafts 124 each of which bears four pinions.
That one of these rotary shafts.124 which is nearest to the front of the machine,
as shown in Figure 6, has its pinions 125 engaging respectively with the dimes
counter driving gears. The pinions on the next or second rotary shaft 124
engage respectively with the dollars counter driving gears, the pinions in the
third rotary shaft 124 engage respectively with the tens of dollars counter driving
gears and the pinions in the fourth rotary shaft 124 engage respectively with the

page_text: hundreds of dollars counter driving gears (see Figures 3 and 6). It will be
seen from the above description that, if, say the nine cent key were pressed and
the crank 6, turned all of the cents counter driving gears 122 and 123 will be
actuated to a degree sufficient to register nine cents upon the counter which has
been adjusted to be thrown into mesh with its respective set of counter driving
gears.
Tlie counters are similar in construction and operation and I will therefore
describe one only as this description will suffice for all. Each of said counters
is mounted upon a rocking frame 126 (see Figure 10) which frame is journaled
upon a transverse shaft 127. The front of said frame is supported in position
by an anti-friction roller 128. (see Figures 8 and 10) mounted on a downwardly
extending arm 129 of the same and normally resting in a groove 130 formed in a
cam disk 131 which is fast upon the revolution shaft 26 (see Figure 26). The
outer wall of the groove 130 only extends about a portion of the disk, thus leaving
a free space through which the roller 128 may pass when the frame 126, is rocked
rearwardly as hereinafter described. One end of said outer wall of the groove
is beveled as at 133 (see Figure 26) so as to strike the roller 128 when the same
has previously been elevated by the rocking of the frame and thus return the
frame and cause said roller to again pass into the groove. It will be observed
that the groove holds the roller 128 during the greater portion of the revolution
of the cam disk and thus locks the counter frame from being accidentally or
otherwise rocked rearward during this period. The rocking or throwing of the
frame rearward into mesh, with its counter driving gear is accomplished by the
cam portion 134 of the disk 131. It will be observed by reference to the draw-
ings that this cam portion is of slightly less length than the omitted portion of
the wall of the groove 130 and terminates substantially in alignment with the
beveled end 133 of the wall. The frame 126 is also provided with a pivoted
pendent shifting arm 135 (see Figures 8, 10 and 26) having a beveled nose 1:36
at its lower end. By reference to Figure 8 it will be seen that this nose normally
lies to one side out of the path of the cam portion 134 of its respective cam disk
and also out of alignment with the wall of the groove 130 so that the counter
frame will not be thrown rearward upon the rotation of the cam disk while the
arm 135 is in this position. This description applies to all of the counters except
the second from the right hand end as shown in Figures 3 and 8 which as will be
seen from said Figure 8 is normally in operative position with its shifting
For the
arm 135 in alignment with the throwing cam portion 134 of its cam.
machine as illustrated in the drawings, this is the cash counter, that is, the
counter is intended to record cash sales. This arm 136 of the cash counter is
held normally in the above described position by a coil spring 137 mounted on
the counter frame and engaging the side of said arm which is arrested in the
proper position by a pin 138 mounted on the same and projecting through coin-
cident notches 139 formed respectively in three sliding, shifting bars 140 (seo
Figures 8 and 9), which are movably mounted upon the main frame by means of
screws 141 which project through elongated slots 142 formed in said bars. Coil
springs 143 connect the respective bars to the main frame so as to normally draw
said bars to the right into the positions shown in Figures 8 and 9. Should onc
of said bars be moved to the left, the arm 135 of the cash counter will also bo
moved to the left and out of aligument with its cam 134, by the wall of one of
the notches 139 engaging and moving its pin 138, which will thus prevent tho
throwing into engagement of said counter upon the operation of the machine.
Each of the remaining three shifting arms 135 is provided with a pin or stud 144;
said studs being connected respectively to the shifting bars 140 so as to receive
motion from the same.
The cash counter, as lias been already stated, is normally in position to be
engaged by the actuating mechanism when the machine is operated as has been
heretofore related. There are three other counters which are denominated
special counters, and which are normally not in position to be engaged' by the

page_text: counter driving gears. But when a special key controlling one of the special
counters is pressed, the cash counter must be thrown out of operative position
and the particular special counter into such operative position. To accomplish
this the three shifting bars 140 are respectively arranged, when slid to the left,
to throw the cash counter out of operative position and to throw its particular
Epecial counter into such operative position. The front one of the shifting
bars co-operates with the counter at the left hand end of the machine, as shown
in Figure 8. The middle shifting bar co-operates with the next adjacent or
second special counter. The third counter is the cash counter and whenever any
cne of the shifting bars is operated, it throws said cash counter out of operative
position. The fourth counter, that is, the one at the right hand end, as shown in
Figure 8, is shifted into and out of operative position by the third or rear-most
one of the shifting bars.
It will be seen from the above that upon the movement of any one of said
bars 140 the respective arm 135 which is operated by said bar will be moved
into operative position in relation to its cam 134 while the arm of the cash
counter will be moved out of such operative position as above described. When
one of the shifting arms 135 is in operative position as above described the
rotation of the shaft 20 will cause the cam 134 which co-operates with said arm
to contact with the inclined end 136 of said arm and thus force the same upward
and rock tie frame 126 on its journal shaft 127 to bring the pinions of the
counter wheels hereinafter described, into mesh with the counter driving
gears 122 or 123.. As the disk 131 continues its rotation the end of the shifting
arm 135 travels along the periphery of the cam portion 134 until it reaches the
end of the same when it is free to return to its normal position. This return
of the arm is effected as before described by the inclined end 133 of the wall of
the groove in said disk striking the roller 128 and drawing the same down. The
Ehifting of the bars 140 to cause the proper counter to be set for operation is
effected by a series of rock arms 146 mounted respectively upon the inner ends of
a rock shaft 147 and nested rock sleeves 148 and 149 applied over the same; the
ends of said arms projecting respectively into flaring notches 150 formed in the
under sides of the bars (sco Figures 4, 8, and 27). The said shaft 147 and
sleeves 148 and 149 are provided respectively upon their forward ends with crank
arms 151 which are adapted to be engaged and operated by laterally projecting
pins 152 mounted on the shanks of the respective special keys 3. By means of
these devices the operation of one of said special keys will shift its respective
bar 140 and thus put the counter representing said key in condition to be moved
forward to receive the registration when the machine is operated, and will put
the cash counter out of such position as already explained.
In order to prevent the operation of any one of the special keys 3 after the
movement of the machine has commenced I mount a grooved locking wheel 153
fast upon the shaft 26d (see Figure 8) in such position as to receive a pin 154
projecting from the lower end of a pivoted angular lever 155 mounted on the
main frame. The lower end of the lever is normally thrown toward the left
ngainst the left hand wall of the notch in the locking wheel 153, by a coil spring
156 which connects the locking lever to the frame so as to bring a pin 157 mounted
on said lever into contact with the ends of the bars 140. One flange of the lock-
ing wheel 153 is formed with a notch 158 which normally lies in alignment
with the pin 154. If one of the bars 140 is moved longitudinally to the left it
strikes the pin 157 and tlius rocks the lever 155 which action causes the pin 154
to pass out through the notch 158 so that when the movement of the wheel 153
is commenced the pin cannot again return to its normal position until said wheel.
has made a complete revolution. If one of the bars 140 has not been moved before.
the operation of the machine the pin 154 will remain in the groove of the
wheel 153 and after the movement of the machine has commenced it cannot be
forced laterally by the operation of one of the bars by a special key until the
operation of the machine is complete. It will be observed by reference to

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Figure 4 that the last bank of keys contains the special keys 3 representing
charge" paid out," "received on account," and also a no sale" key, a one
thousand dollar" key and a "release" key. As this special bank of keys does
not register but simply indicates and prints it is necessary that the segment 122
of the same (see Figure 4) which is operated similarly to the segments 122 be
located out of alignment with any of the counters and to accomplish this result
the sleeve 115 which belongs to this particular bank is lengthened so as to bring
the segment 122 to the right of the first counter. The release key 160 of said
special bank is adapted to release any other key of the machine excepting the
check key hereinafter described, before the operation of the crank handle has
commenced. This key is mounted similarly the remaining keys of the bank
with the exception that its guiding pin 161 projects through a square aperture 162
formed in the detent of this bank (see Figure 20), so that said key will not
co-operate with said detent but will immediately return to normal position upon
being relieved of the pressure of the finger. The end of the shank of said key
is beveled as shown in Figures Gand 21 and co-operates with a pin 163, mounted
on a bell crank locking lever 164 journaled on shaft 41, to throw the rear arm
of said lever forward. This rear arm is formed with a locking nose 165 which,
when the lever is rocked forward engages with a locking shoulder 166 formed on
a disk 167 fast to the rotation shaft 26 (see Figure 28) and thus locks the machine
as long as the release key remains depressed. Said lever 164 is formed on its
under side with an incline shoulder 168 which, when said lever is depressed,
engages and rocks an arm 169 fast to the shaft 27 which carries the locking and
tripping lever 26. The movement of the lever 26 as before described releases all
the operated defents and thus allows all the keys to return to normal position.
This release key is intended for correcting mistakes such as oporating the wrong
keys through carelessness or accident.
The frame supporting the bank of special keys above mentioned is provided
with guiding flanges 170 (see Figure 21), under which are mounted slidable stop
plates 171 having their upper corners beveled as shown. The plates co-operato
with pins 172 mounted on the four upper keys of the bank so that when one of
said keys is operated its respective pin will engage the bevel corners of the plats
or plates beneath it and force them to one side. This action brings all the other
adjoining edges of the plates together so that none of the other key pins .can
descend between or to one side of them until the first mentioned pin has returned
to normal position.
The one thousand dollar key which is mounted in the above mentioned special
bank does not register or indicate but is simply intended for use by the proprietor
in striking totals on the detail strip. The special transaction keys as well as the
no sale key are arranged to operate a printing segment to print designating
characters upon the detail strip as hereinafter described.
As has before been stated the cash counter is thrown into operative position
upon the operation of the machine if none of the special keys are operated to
move one of the slides 140. If one of said slides is moved to register a special
transaction such as "paid out," charge," etc. the slide is held in the position to
which it is moved by the special key so that when said key is released the slide
returns to normal position and the cash counter is again brought into operative
condition.
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As said
The aforegoing description relates to the devices for operating the counters
according to the amounts of the keys operated and the character of the transaction
registered and I will now pass on to a description of the counters per se.
counters are all alike the description of one will suffice for all. As has before
been explained the counter which is to receive the registration is first rocked
forward into engagement with its counter driving gears while said driving gears
are yet in normal position. They are held thus in engagement while said gears
make their movements in one direction. In the present instance the engagement
is during the initial or downward movement of said gears. Just before the return

page_text: movement of said gears is begun the counter is restored to normal disengaged
position. The counter wheels 174 are journaled upon a shaft 175 which is
mounted in the upper portion of the counter frame 126, (see Figure 14). This
shaft 175 is provided at one end with a ratchet wheel 176 and an operating
wheel 177 (see Figure 32). The ratchet wheel is fast to the shaft while the
wheel 177 is loose thereon but is provided with a spring pressed plunger paw! 178
which engages the ratchet wheel. The wheel 177 is rotated by any suitable
instrument inserted in an aperture 179 formed therein, and by this means the
shaft 175 may be rotated to turn the counter wheels to zero by rocking the
wheel 177 back and forth. Said shaft is formed with a longitudinal groove 179
(see Figure 14) in which spring pressed pawls 180 pivoted on the counter wheels
are adapted to catch when the shaft is turned rearward, to turn all the wheels to
2010. Each of the countor wheels is also provided with a ratchet wheel 181 and
a transfer lug 182 while the first five counter wheels beginning at the right hand
ond are provided in addition each with a pinion 183; said pinions being adapted
to be engaged by the counter driving gears as heretofore described. Impressed
upon the peripheries of said counter wheels are numerals consisting of the digits
from zero to nine.
When one of the counter wheels has made a complete revolution, which equals
one unit of the wheel of next higher denomination, its transfer lug 182 contacts
with one of a series of pivoted latch arms. 184 and moves the same against the
tension of its spring 185 which normally forces it downward thus disengaging a
nose 186 formed thereon from a pin 187 which is mounted upon one of a series of
lovers 188. The levers 188 which are of bell crank formation are journaled
upon a shaft 192 mounted in the counter frame and their coil springs 193 which
are interposed between them and portions of the counter frame tend normally to
rock them forward. The pins 187 co-operating with their latch arms 184 prevent
this. Thus when one of the latches 184 is tripped as before described by its
transfer lug 182, the lever 188 is thrown forward by its spring so that the incline
eilge 194 of the nose of the latch will rest upon the pin 187. A spring pressed
transfer pawl 195 is pivoted to the upper end of each transfer lever 188 so as to
cooperate with its respective ratchet wheel 181 to move the same forward one
notch when the lever 188 is restored to normal position. Movement is imparted
to the respective transfer levers to effect the transfer by incline lugs, 196 mounted
upon a sleeve 197 fast to the rotation shaft 264 (see Figures 8 and 22). These
lugs are so arranged upon their respective sleeves as to engage noses 198 formed
on the respective transfer levers 188 and thus force them rearward after they
have been tripped forward and downward as above described. The lugs are also
arranged in successive order of rotation so that the levers are operated succes-
sively and thus will not interfere with a transfer made necessary by a transfer
preceding it during the same operation. The counter wheels are held against
accidental displacement, misalignment, and backward movement by a series of
retaining pawls 202 which are pivoted upon the shaft 192 and are forced into
engagement with the ratchets 181 by coil springs 203 interposed between said
pawls and the counter frame. A yoke 201 is suitably pivoted upon the counter
frame and is formed at one end with a notch or recess 206 and an arm 207; the
latter being engaged and forced upward by a coil spring 208 suitably mounted
upon the counter frame (see Figure 15). A lever 209 is pivotally mounted upon
the counter frame so that one of its ends projects into the notch 206, while the
opposite forked end is formed with two spaced noses 210 and 211 which cooperate
with a cam 212 fast to the shaft 175. When in normal position as shown in
Figure 15 the nose 210 rests in a notch 213 formed on the cam 212. When it is
desired to turn the counter to zero the wheel 177 is rocked as before described
which action rotates the shaft 175 so that it will pick up and turn the
respective counter wheels to zero. The same movement also rotates the
cam 212 80 as to actuate the lever 209 near the end of the opera-
tion. The movement of the lever 209 causes the yoke 201 to be swung back-

page_text: ward whereby any of the transfer levers 188 which have been released by the
rotation of the counter wheels in turning to zero will be returned to normal
position so as to destroy the transfer which would otherwise subsequently occur.
Near the end of the operation of turning to zero the nose 210 is forced upward
by the cam 212 to such an extent as to bring the nose 211 in the path of a
shoulder 214 formed on said cam and thus form a positive stop when the zero
point is reached. When turning to zero the momentum of the wheel 177 carries
the notch 213 slightly by the nose 210 and thus causes the nose 211 to engage the
shoulder 214. After the operation is complete and pressure upon the shaft 175
is relaxed the nose 210 settles back fairly into the notch 213 and thus disengages
the nose 211 from the shoulder 214.
In the modified form of counter shown in Figures 23, 24 and 25 the counter
wheels, yoke 201 and coacting devices are substantially the same, as heretofore
described with the exception that the arm 207 of the yoke is omitted and the
spring 208 mounted so as to bear directly against the lever 209. The shaft 175
though for turning the counter wheels to zero receives motion from a bevel
pinion 216 mounted on one end thereof and meshing with a similar pinion 217
suitably journaled on the counter frame. This latter pinion is formed with a
groove 218 for the reception of a suitable key for rotating it. In this modified
form of counter when one of the counter wheels has made a complete revolution
its lug 182 contacts with one of a series of latch arms 219 and moves the same
against the tension of its spring 220 to disengage a nose 221 formed thereon
from a spring pressed stop pawl 222. This stop pawl is pivotally mounted upon
its respective transfer lever 188 and is forced normally forward by a coil
spring 223 interposed between it and a stud 224 mounted on said lever. The
pivotal movement of the stop is limited by a nose 225 formed on said stop and
adapted to abut against the stud 224. Should one of the latches 219 be very
rapidly operated by the rapid rotation of the counter wheel, there would be
danger of the lever 188 moving too slowly to cause the stop pawl 222 to dis-
engage from the latch but as the stop also moves independently rearwardly upon
the operation of the latch this danger is avoided as a small moving part like the
stop will move quite as fast as the latch. The transfer pawls 226 of this modified.
form are pivoted to the respective transfer levers 188 and each of the same
extends forwardly as shown in Figures 23 and 24 and is formed with a down-
wardly inclined nose 227. When one of the levers 188 is operated to effect a
transfer the nose 227 contacts with the yoke 201 as the pawl moves forward and
up at its operating end and thus holds the said forward end of the pawl in engage-
ment with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 181 and prevents any overthrow of the
wheel by the pawl riding over the teeth should the wheel be thrown violently
forward.
The cash drawer 229 is mounted in the main frame of the machine and is
provided with any suitable spring opening means whereby when released it is
forced into open position. The drawer is held closed against this spring tension
by a bell crank latch 230 (see Figure 6), which is so pivoted upon the main
frame that a nose 231 formed on its lower end engages a latch plate 232 mounted
on the drawer. The lever is normally held in this latching position by a coil
spring 233 mounted in a socket formed in a portion of the frame and bearing
against said lever. A cam 234 (Fig. 6) mounted upon the shaft 78 cooperates
with the upper end of the lever 230 for operating the same against the tension
of its spring to release the drawer. The said shaft 78 further carries a cam 235
(see Figures 10 and 31), which cooperates with a nose 236 formed on a pivoted
lever 237; said nose being held to contact with said cam by a coil spring 238
which connects said lever to the frame. The lever 237 carries a striker 239 so
that when it is operated by the cam against the tension of its spring and then
suddenly released, said striker will sound a bell 240 mounted on the main 'frame.
As the greater part of the work of the machine occurs near the last half of the
stroke of the operating handle, I equalize this uneven distribution of the requisite

page_text: operating power by providing the rock shaft 56 with a pendent rigid arm 241
(see Figure 6) which is connected to a coil spring 242 fast to the main frame.
During the first movement of the shaft 56 in a forward direction this spring is
put under tension by the arm 241 moving forward so that upon the return move-
ment in an opposite direction the tension of the spring will assist. The rotation
shaft 26 carries an arresting ratchet wheel 243 which is engaged by a spring
pressed pawl 244 mounted on the frame whereby all backward. rotation of the
operating handle is prevented (see Figures 8 and 33).
All of the rotation shafts before mentioned are suitably geared together and
to the shaft 245 of the operating crank (see Figure 7), and as this gearing com-
prises intermeshing gear wheels of the usual construction no detail description
of the same is deemed necessary. The operating handle 6 is provided with any
suitable form of movable stop 6 (see Figure 1) which normally contacts with a
stationary stud Gd mounted on the frame to arrest the handle at the proper point.
It will be seen by reference to Figure 4 that the operating segment 123 of
the clerk's initial bank which is operated substantially in the same manner as the
other banks is located to the left of the fourth or special counter out of the
path of any of the gears of said counter in a similar manner to the segment 122".
Each of the segmental gears 122, 122, and 123 which represent respectively the
seven banks of keys meshes with one of a series of pinions 247, which pinions
are mounted respectively upon a transverse shaft 248 and a series of nested
sleeves 249 applied over said shaft as shown in Figures 6, 10, and 30. The outer
ends of the sleeves 249 and the shaft 248 are provided with printing wheels so
that upon the movement of the aforesaid segments said wheels will be moved to a
corresponding degree to bring the correct printing types into printing position.
These printing wheels cooperate with any suitable printing mechanism but
we prefer to use the construction illustrated which is substantially the same as
that described in the specification accompanying our application for Letters
Patent No. 18562 of 1897, and we will therefore refer to the same for a detail
description of the mechanism which forms no part of the present invention.
One exception to the above statement is the meclianism for adjusting the check
feeding roller so that a check will be issued or not as desired. This mechanism
comprises primarily a check key 251 suitably mounted and guided in the main
frame and provided with a laterally projecting pin 252 (see Figure 4) which
pin rests úpon a crank pin 253 mounted on a crank arm 254. This arm is fast
to a rearwardly extending rock shaft 255 see Figures 7 and 12. The said rock
shaft is further provided at its rear end with a crank 256 carrying a crank pin 257
which latter projects into a vertical groove 258 formed in an arm 259 fast to a:
shaft 260 for which see Figures. 5, and 12. Said shaft 260 is capable of longi-
tudinal movement but is normally held in the position shown in Figure 12 by a
coil spring 261 mounted thereon between the frame and a stop arm 262 fast to
said shaft. It will be observed from the above that when the shaft 255 is rocked
by the operation of the check key the shaft 260 is slid longitudinally against the
tension of its spring 261. The end of the shaft 260 is formed with an annular
groove 263 into which projects a pin 264 fast to a sleeve 265 which is loosely
mounted upon the end of said shaft. This sleeve is connected to said shaft by a
coil spring 266 secured to said' sleeve and to a collar 267 fast to the shaft. Said.
sleeve is provided with an arm 268 having a yoke 268 formed on its end. The
arms of this yoke extend into an annular groove 269 formed in a clutch
member 270. This clutch member is adapted to operate in substantially the same
manner as described in said patent to throw the check strip feeding roller and
check platen into and out of operative condition. The sleeve 265 is further pro-
vided with an independently movable stem 271 having a thumb knob 272 formed
on its outer end whereby said sleeve may be rotated independently of its operation.
through the shaft 260. The stem 271 projects into the sleeve and is connected
to it in the same manner as the shaft 260. When the sleeve is moved longi-
tudinally either by the shaft 260 or its knob 272 the clutch 270 is brought into

page_text: operative position and one arm of the yoke 268 which has been resting upon a
collar 273 descends under the impetus of the spring 260 and becomes locked against
return by the end of said collar (see Figure 13). This collar is fast upon a
rotation shaft 274 which latter also carries a cam lug 275 adapted to engage the
locking arm of the yoke and lift the same to permit the yoke to move laterally
and return to normal position under the impulse of the spring 261.
It will be observed from the above description that if the check key is depressed
a check is issued but the devices are returned to normal position after the print-
ing of the check and no check will be issued during the succeeding operation
unless the check key be again depressed. As it is sometimes desired to issue
checks continuously without operating the check key each time, the stem 271 is
provided with a segmental flange 276 extending partly about the same and
adapted to be turned under a headed bolt 277 mounted on the frame, to hold the
stem and sleeve 265 in their inner positions. When the shaft 200 is in normal
position the aforesaid stop arm 262 is in alignment with the lower portion of
the check platen lever 278 and thus locks the same but when said shaft is moved
longitudinally the arm is moved out of alignment with the said lever and thus
leaves the same free to operate.
It will be observed from the aforegoing description that the machine is made
in duplicate sections which are similar in construction and operation and the
size or capacity of said machine may therefore be increased or diminished as
desired by simply adding or omitting the requisite number of sections.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys of a driving
member arranged to make a definite and constant excursion at each operation
of the machine, a driven member arranged to be coupled with said driving
member by the operation of any one of said keys, counter operating devices
arranged to be actuated from the driven member, a counter alternately connected
with and disconnected from said operating devices, and means, when the machine
is operated, for moving the driven member until it is uncoupled from the driving
member by the operated key.
2. In a cash register, the combination of a crank or other actuated means, u
driving member which is given a constant excursion at each operation of the
machine, a driven member normally uncoupled from the driving member, a
series of keys, means controlled by said keys whereby when any key is pressed
the driving and driven members will be coupled for movement together, means
whereby to uncouple the driving and driven members at different points accord-
ing to the operated key, and means for again coupling the driving and driven
members during the same operation of the machine and whereby the driven
member is returned to normal position.
3. In a cash register, the combination of a series of keys and a counter, of a
crank or other actuating means, a driving member which is given a constant
excursion by said actuating means whenever the machine is operated, a driven
member arranged to be uncoupled from the driving member at various points
in the excursion of the latter, according to the operated key and during the initial
movement of the driving member, and means for coupling the driving and driven
members during the return movement of the former for restoring the latter to
normal position.
4. In a cash register, the combination of a counter, a series of keys and a
crank or other actuating means, a driving member which is given a constant
excursion at each operation of the machine, a driven member actuated by the
driving member, a clutch member carried by the driven member, means con-
trolled by the keys and arranged by cooperating with said clutch member to
uncouple the driving and driven members at various points in the initial move-
ment of the driving member and according to the key operated, and means for

page_text: coupling the driving and driven members during the return movement of the
former.
5. In a cash register, the combination with a counter, a series of keys and the
crank or other actuating means, of a driving member, a driven member normally
disconnected with the driving member, means for coupling the driving and
driven members, means carried by the driven member for uncoupling said
members at different points in the initial movement of the driving member
according to the value of the operated key, means for coupling said members
during the return movement of the driving member for returning the driven
member to normal position, and means for uncoupling said members when the
driven member is in normal position.
6. In a cash register, the combination with the counter, a series of keys, an
indicator and a crank or other actuating means, of a driving member arranged to
be given a constant and definite excursion by the actuating means at each opera-
tion of the machine, a driven member, a series of keys arranged to uncouple said
members operating means for the indicator and means for connecting said
indicator operating means with and disconnecting it from the driven member.
7. In a cash register, the combination with the counter, a series of keys, the
indicator and an actuating means, of a driving member, a driven member
arranged to be coupled with and uncoupled from the driving member, indicator
operating mechanism, means for returning the indicator to zero position; and
means for thereafter connecting the indicator operating means with the driven
member for moving the indicator into position to display the value of the operated
key.
8. In a cash register, the combination with the counter, the indicator, a series
of keys and an actuating means, of a driving member, a driven member arranged.
to be moved by the driving member, indicator operating means arranged to be
engaged with the driven member after the indicator has been returned to zero
position, counter actuating means in constant engagement with the driving
member, and means for alternately establishing and disconnecting an operativo
relation between the counter and the said counter operating means.
9. In a cash register, the combination with the indicator, a series of keys and
an actuating means, of a driven member arranged to have a variable movement
according to the value of the operated keys means for returning the indicator
to zero position during the initial movement of the actuating means, and inde-
pendent means arranged to be thereafter engaged with the said member for
moving the indicator to position to display the value of the operated key.
10. In a cash register, the combination with an indicator and a series of keys,
of a movable member such as the driven member, which is arranged to make a
variable excursion according to the operated key, a crank or other actuating
means, connecting devices, intermediate the actuating means and the indicator
for restoring the latter to zero position during the initial movement of said
movable member, and indicator actuating devices in permanent engagement
with the indicator and arranged to be actuated by the said movable member
during the return movement of the latter for adjusting the indicator into position
to display the value of the operated key.
11. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of a crank or
other actuating menus, an indicator and a movable part such as the driven
member, which is arranged to be given a variable excursion according to the
value of the operated key, indicator actuating devices in constant engagement
therewith and arranged to be alternately brought into and disconnected from
operative connection with the said moving part, counter driving gear or devices
in constant operative connection with the said moving part, and a counter which is
arranged to be alternately brought into and disconnected from operative engage-
ment with said counter operating devices.
12. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, an indicator, a
counter, and an actuating meaus, of a driving member arranged to make a

page_text: constant excursion, a driven member arranged to be coupled with the driving
member and to make a variable excursion according to the operated key, operat-
ing devices for the indicator which are alternately brought into and disconnected
from operative connection with the driven member, and counter actuating devices
in constant engagement with the driven member and arranged to be alternately
brought into and disconnected from operative connection with the counter.
13. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys of a driving
member, a driven member, means for coupling said members, a series of duplicate
counter driving gears arranged to receive a variable movement from the driven
member according to the value of the operated key, and a plurality of counters
arranged to be thrown, at will, into connection with the respective counter
driving gear.
14. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys and an indicator,
of a driving member, a driven member, a clutch for coupling together the driving
and driven members, means for uncoupling said members at different points
according to the value of the operated key, means for coupling said members
during the same operation of the machine for returning the driven member to
normal position, and a counter actuated from one of said members.
15. In a cash register, the combination with an indicator, a counter, and a
series of keys, of a driving member, a driven member, a normally inoperative
clutch arranged to couple said members, means controlled by the keys for operat-
ing said clutch, and a counter arranged to be actuated by one of said members..
16. In a cash register, the combination with an indicator, a counter and a series
of keys, of a driving member, a driven member, means for uncoupling said
members at different points according to the operated key, and means for return-
ing the driven member to normal position during the same operation of the
machine.
17. In a cash register, the combination with a counter and a series of keys,
of a driving member, a driven member normally uncoupled therefrom, means for
coupling said members by the operation of a key, means for uncoupling said
members during the movement of the actuating means and according to
the value of the operated key, and means for subsequently returning the driving
and driven members to normal position during the same operation of the
machine.
18. In a cash register, the combination with the actuating means, an indicator,
and a movable part such as the driven member, of indicator actuating devices
comprising means for turning said indicator to zero position and a latch arranged
to engage and momentarily lock said means just as the said indicator is brought
to said zero position, for the purpose described.
19. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of a driving
member, a driven member adapted to be coupled to the first mentioned member
and to be uncoupled therefrom by an operated key, operating devices connected
to said driven member and a counter arranged to be moved toward and away from
said operating devices so as to receive motion from them while they are moving
in one direction only.
20. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys; of a driving
member, a driven member adapted to be coupled to the first mentioned member
and to be uncoupled and stopped by an operated key, and independent means
operated by the keys for locking the driven member in the position in which it
is stopped by the operated key.
21. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of a driving
member, a driven member adapted to be coupled to the first mentioned member
and to be uncoupled therefrom by an operated key, a detent for the keys and
means connected to the detent and adapted to lock the driven member in any
position in, which it is stopped..
22. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices, of a counter
comprising a series of counter wheels, a series of transfer pawls, and a relatively

page_text: stationary member arranged to be engaged by the said pawls when the same are
moved to transfer to prevent them from disengaging from the counter wheels
and thus allowing overthrow.
23. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices, of a counter
comprising a series of counter wheels, a shaft for returning said wheels to zero,
a cam mounted upon said shaft and having a notch and a shoulder and a spring
pressed lever having two rigid arms arranged to coact with said notch and
shoulder to arrest the shaft at the zero point but immediately release it when
the pressure upon it is removed.
24. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices, of an indicator,
a rack bar for operating said indicator, means for connecting the rack bar and
operating devices to move said rack bar in one direction and independent operat-
ing means for moving the rack bar in an opposite direction to return it to normal
position.
25. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of a positively
movable driving member, a driven member adapted to be coupled to the first
mentioned member and to be uncoupled by an operated key, a detent for the
keys and a toothed device connected to the detent and arranged to lock the driven
member in any position in which it is uncoupled.
26. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of a positively
movable driving member, a driven member, a coupling device between the two
members, and means, under the control of the keys for locking both the coupling
device and the driven member.
27. In a cash register, the combination with an operating gear, of a pivoted
lever having a gear and arranged to be rocked into and out of mesh with the
first mentioned gear, an indicator, and means connecting the indicator and
lever.
28. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices, of a plurality
of independent counters, devices for shifting said counters into connection with
the operating devices, independent slidable bars for adjusting said shifting
devices, and a series of special keys one for each bar for operating the same.
29. In a cash register, the combination with counter operating devices, of a
cash counter, a series of independent special counters shifting devices for said
counters, a series of independent slidable bara all arranged to actuate the shift-
ing device of the cash counter and connected respectively to the shifting devices
of the special counters.
30. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices, of a plurality
of independent counters, independent shifting bars for said counters, independent
shifting arms for said bars, a series of special keys and devices connecting said
keys and shifting arms."
31. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices, of a plurality of
independent counters, cams for throwing said counters into operative position,
arms mounted on the counters and arranged to be operated by said cams, inde-
pendent shifting bars for the respective arms and a series of keys for operating
said bars.
32. In a cash register, tlie combination with operating devices, of a plurality of
independent counters, independent shifting bars for said counters, keys for
operating said bars, and devices for locking all of said bars from movement after
the operation of the machine has commenced.
33. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices, of a plurality
of independent counters, independent shifting bars for said counters, a counter
normally in operative condition and means connected to said bars for adjusting
said last mentioned counter to an inoperative condition when any one of said bars
is moved.
34. In a cash register, the combination with a driving member, of a driven
member, a registering or clutch lever mounted on said driven member and
arranged to engage the driving member, a series of keys adapted to conel with

page_text: said lever, a detent for the keys, and means connected to the detent and adapted
to lock both the clutch lever and the driven member.
35. In a cash register, the combination with an operating gear, an indicator,
a rocking link or bar for operating said indicator, and a latch adapted to engage
said link to prevent rebound and so be disengaged therefrom when said link is
rocked.
36. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys arranged in banks,
of detents for the respective banks, latches for the detents, a release device for the
keys arranged to operate said latches independently of the operation of the
machine, and a locking-device for locking the machine while the release device
is being operated.
37. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices; of a counter
comprising a series of counter wheels, transfer pawls, means for operating said
pawls and a relatively stationary bar arranged to be engaged by said pawls to
prevent overthrow.
38. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices, of a counter
comprising a series of counter wheels, a series of pivoted levers, transfer pawls
mounted on said levers, and relatively fixed bar arranged to be engaged by said
pawls when moved by the levers, to prevent overthrow.
39. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices, of a counter
comprising a series of counter wheels, a series of transfer levers, spring pressed
stop pawls mounted on said levers, transfer pawls also mounted on said levers, a
series of latches engaging said stop, devices for actuating the operating levers
and means for tripping the latches."
40. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices, of a counter
comprising a series of counter, wheels, a series of transfer levers, transfer pawls
mounted on said levers and an independently movable member adapted to engage
the transfer pawls and prevent overthrow and also to reset said pawls when
tripped by the operation of turning to zero.
41. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of a detent for
the same, a pivoted lever connected to said detent, a latch for said lever, actuating
devices for operating the register, a lock for said devices which is released by said
lever, a release key, for said latch, independently of the operation of the machine.
42. In a cash register, the combination with the actuating means, of a counter
comprising a series of counter wheels, a series of pivoted transfer levers, a series
of stop pawls mounted on said levers, a series of transfer pawls also mounted on
said levers, and a series of latches engaging the stop pawls and adapted to bo
tripped by the counter wheels.
43. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys arranged in banks,
of a detent for each bank, a series of latches for holding tlie detents, a bar
arranged to trip said latches, means for moving said bar upon the operation of
the machine, and means for moving said bar independently of the operation of
the machine.
44. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys arranged in banks,
of a detent for each bank, a series of latches for holding the detents, a bar having
projections arranged to trip said latches and means for reciprocating said bar
ouce during each operation of the machine.
45. In a cash register, the combination with. an operating gear, an indicator,
indicator actuating gear arranged to be thrown into mesh with the operating
gear when the latter is moving in one direction, to set the indicator, and out of
such mesh when it is moving in an opposite direction, and an independent gear
for returning the indicator to zero.
46. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of a driving
member, a driven member, a device for coupling the two members, and a means
operated by the keys for temporarily retaining the movable member in the
position in which the uncoupling of the two members occurs.

page_text: 47. In a cash register, the combination with counter actuating devices, of a
cash counter, a series of special counters, pivoted shifting arms mounted on said
counters, pins carried by said arms, and independent slidable bars cooperating
respectively with the pins of the special counters, and all cooperating with the
pin of the cash counter.
48. In a cash register, the combination with actuating devices, of a series of
independent counters, pivoted shifting arms mounted on said counters, and pro-
vided with operating projections, independent shifting bars engaging the
respective pins, an additional counter, and a shifting arm mounted thereon and
arranged to be operated by any one of the said bars.
49. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices, of a plurality
of counters, a series of cams having locking grooves, projections mounted on the
counters and arranged to enter said grooves to lock the counters in position,
movable arms mounted on said counters and arranged to engage said cams and a
series of independent shifting bars for moving said arms.
50. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, an operating
gear such as the driven member adapted to be given different movements accord-
ing to the key operated, a gear arranged to be moved into and out of mesh with
Eaid operating gear, a rack bar connected to said latter gear and an indicator
arranged to be operated by said rack bar.
51. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of a driving
member having a shoulder formed thereon, a driven member, a lever pivoted on
said latter member so as to engage said shoulder and to be disengaged therefrom
by striking an operated key a pin on said lever, and a lever connected to the keys
and having a recess adapted to receive and hold the said pin.
52. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of a driving
member, a driven member, a clutch lever pivoted on the latter and adapted
to engage the driving member and to be disengaged therefrom by an operated
key, a gear on the driving member, a series of duplicate counter driving gear
operated by said gear first mentioned, and a plurality of counters arranged to
be thrown at will into connection with the respective counter driving gears.
53. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys arranged in banks,
a detent for each bank, a pivoted lever connected to each detent, independent
operating devices for each bank arranged to be locked by said levers respectively,
independent latches for said levers, and meaus for operating said latches upon the
movement of the machine.
54. In a cash register, the combination with an operating gear, such as the
driven member, of an indicator, a rack bar for said indicator, a pivoted lever con-
necting said gear and rack-bar to move the the latter in one direction only and an
independent gear engaging said rack bar to move the same in the opposite
direction.
55. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of a driving
member, a gear such as the driven member adapted to be coupled to said member
and to be uncoupled therefrom by an operated key, a counter actuating gear
arranged for engagement with said first mentioned gear, and a counter movable
toward and away from said counter actuating gear so as to receive motion from it
while it is moving in one direction only.
66. In a cash register, the combination with the actuating means, of an
indicator, a slidable rack bar for operating said indicator, an operating link
pivoted to said bar, means connecting said link to the actuating means so as to
both reciprocate and rock it at each operation of the machine, and a latch arranged
to cooperate with the link for preventing rebound of the rack bar.
57. In a cash register, the combination with crank or other actuating means,
of an indicator carrying a pinion, a slidable rack bar meshing with said pinion,
means connecting said rack-bar with the actuating means, devices for moving
it in one direction and independent means engaging rack teeth of said bar to
move the latter in the opposite direction.

page_text: 58. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of a driving
member, a driven member arranged to be coupled to said driving member, means
for normally locking the driven member said means being adapted to be actuated
by the keys to unlock the driven member.
59. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of a driving
member, a driven member adapted to be coupled to the first mentioned member
upon the operation of a key and subsequently to be uncoupled by said key, operat-
ing devices connected to said driven member and a counter arranged to be moved
toward and away from said operating devices so as to receive motion from them
while they are moving in one direction only.
60. In a cash register, the combination with a driving member having a
shoulder, of a driven member, a clutch lever mounted on the latter member and
engaging the first mentioned member, a series of keys for operating said lever,
operating devices connected to the driven member, a counter cooperating with the
said devices, and a projection on the driving member adapted to engage the
shoulder on the driven member to return the latter to normal position..
61. In a cash register, the combination with a driving member, of a driven
member, a spring pressed clutch lever mounted on said latter member, a series
of keys arranged to cooperate with said lever, a pin on said lever, and a locking
lever actuated by the keys and arranged to engage said pin to lock said lever in
its different positions.
62. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys arranged in banks,
of a detent for each series, latches for holding the detents in their depressed
positions, a slidable bar formed with a slot and arranged to operate said latches,
a detent lever one end of which projects into said slot, and means for operating
said lever upon the operation of the machine.
63. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys arranged in banks,
of a detent for each series, a lever connected to each detent, a latch engaging each
lever, a slidable bar arranged to operate said latches, and formed with. a slot, a
pivoted lever one end of which engages said slot, and a cam or pin such as 26°
which is arranged to be moved into the path of said lever for actuating the
latter to release the keys.
64. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys, of detents for the
same, latches for said detents, a slidable bar arranged to release said latches, a
locking device for the machine arranged to be operated by said bar, a release key
for moving said bar, and means for locking the machine when the release key is
operated.
65. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys, of detents for the
samo, latches for said detents, devices for operating said latches, locking means
for the machine connected to said latch operating devices, a release device for
actuating the latch operating devices, and independent locking means for the
machine arranged to be operated by the release device.
66. In a cash register the combination with an operating mechanism, of print-
ing devices arranged to print a check, a check key for adjusting the printing
devices to operative position for one operation of the machine only and then
allowing them to automatically return to normal inoperative position, and means
independent of the check koy for adjusting the printing devices so that they will
operate continuously.
67. In a cash register the combination with an operating mechanism, of
printing devices arranged to print a check and comprising normally inoperative
feeding devices, a key for throwing the latter into operative position for one
operation of the machine only, and independent means for setting said feeding
dovices to cause continuous operation of said printing devices.
68. In a cash register the combination with an actuating mechanism, of print-
ing devices arranged to print a check, a clutch for throwing the printing devices
into and out of operative position, a key for moving said clutch but allowing it
to return to normal position after each operation of the printer and meaus inde-

page_text: pendent of said key for operating said clutch and holding it to its work for a
succession of printing operations.
69. In a cash register the combination with an actuating mechanism, of print-
ing devices arranged to print a check, a clutch for throwing the printing devices
into and out of operative position and arranged to return to normal inoperative
position after each operation of the printer, a key for throwing said clutch, and
a finger piece also for throwing said clutch and adapted to be latched in the
position to which it is turned to hold the clutch to continuous operation.
70. In a cash register the combination with an operating gear such as the
driven member, of a rock arm, a lever supported on said arın and having a gear
arranged to be alternately brought into connection with and disconnected from
the operating gear as the arm is rocked, means connected to the movable parts
of the machine for rocking the arm, a rack-bar connected to the pivoted lever and
an indicator arranged to be operated by said bar.
71. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys, of a detent for the
same, a lever connected to said detent and having a toothed arm and a locking
arm, a driving member, a driven member having a locking shoulder arranged to
coact with said locking aim and a pivoted clutch mounted on said driven member
and arranged to coact with and lock against the toothed arm.
72. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys of locking detents
therefor, latches for said detents, a lever for unlocking the machine arranged to
operate said latches, a release key, and a lever operating by said key and arranged
to operate the first mentioned lever and simultaneously lock the machine.
73. In a cash register the combination with a counter operating mechanism,
of a counter comprising a series of counter wheels, a turn to zero shaft, a ratchet
mounted on said shaft, a disk loose on said shaft and carrying a pawl which
engages said ratchet and means for oscillating said disk to rotate the shaft.
74. In a cash register the combination with counter operating devices, of a
series of pivoted counter carrying frames, movable shifting arms mounted on
said-frames and a series of cams cacli comprising a disk having a locking groove
extending about a portion of the same and a cam projection extending about the
remaining portion.
75. In a cash register the combination with a registering mechanism, of a print-
ing device connected thereto, check feeding means, a clutch connecting said
means to the movable parts of the machine, a thumb nut for operating said
clutch, a rock shaft also adapted to operate said clutch, a crank arm mounted on
said shaft and a key for operating said crank arm.
76. In a cash register the combination with counter operating devices, of a
counter comprising a series of counter wheels, a turn-to-zero shaft for supporting
the same, transfer levers, transfer pawls on said levers, latches for holding the
levers in inoperative positions arranged to be tripped by the counter wheels, a
pivoted member for holding the levers in inoperative position, and means for con-
necting the pivoted member to the turn-to-zero shaft.
7. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys, of latching
devices for the same, a pivoted lever for tripping said devices formed with a cam
groove and a locking book and a pin mounted on a movable part of the machine
and arranged to operate in said cam groove.
78. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys, of latching devices
for the same, a pivoted lever for tripping said devices and formed with a cam
groove, and a pin mounted on a movable part of the machine and arranged to
operate in said cam groove.
79. In a casli register the combination with a series of keys, of detents for the
same, latches for the detents, a bar for operating said latches, a bell crank lever
arranged to operate said bar and having an operating cam groove formed therein
for preventing overthrow and an operating disk having a pin arranged to
operate in the said cam groove.
80. In a cash register the combination with a driving member comprising: a

page_text: partial gear having a locking shoulder and an operating shoulder, of a driven
member having a pin arranged to be engaged by the operating shoulder, and a
eluteb arranged to engage the locking shoulder and keys for tripping said clutch
lever.
81. In a cash register the combination with counter operating devices of a rack
bar connected thereto, an indicator arranged to be operated by said bar and a latch
for engaging said bar near one extremity of its movement to prevent rebound.
82. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys, of a driving
member, a driven member, a coupling lever mounted on one of said members
and adapted to engage the other, a locking pin mounted on, said lever, a detent
for the keys and a lever connected to the detent, and having an arm formed with
teeth with which the said pin locks.
i
83. In a cash register the combination with counter operating devices, of a
counter comprising a series of counter wheels, a series of pivoted transfer levers,
transfer pawls mounted on said levers, turn to zero devices and a pivoted yoke
operated by the turn to zero devices to reset the pivoted levers and also to act as a
stop for the transfer pawls to prevent overthrow.
84. In a cash register the combination with counter operating devices, of a
counter comprising a series of number wheels, transfer pawls, means for operat-
ing said pawls, and a pivoted yoke arranged to remain relatively stationary when
said pawls are operated so as to be engaged by the pawls to cause the latter to
become locked temporarily to the counter wheels.
85. In a cash register the combination with the actuating means of a series of
independent counter supporting frames, shifting arms having locking projections
and mounted on said frames, cams having locking grooves with portions of their
walls reduced so that the locking projections may pass into and out of said
grooves to lock or free the frames according to the positions of the cams,
86. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices, of a series of
independent counter supporting frames, pivoted arms mounted on said frames,
groove cams arranged to engage and shift said arms, and pins mounted on said
frames and arranged to be engaged by the cams and forced into the grooves of
the same.
87. In a cash register, the combination with operating devices, of a series of
independent counters, independent shifting devices for said counters, a locking
lever for said shifting devices and a grooved wheel cooperating with said lever
for holding it against movement after the operation of the machine has been
commenced.
88. In a cash register the combination with operating devices, of a series of
independent counters, independent shifting devices for said counters, a locking.
lever for said shifting devices, and a locking wheel cooperating with said lever for
holding it against movement after the operation of the machine has been com-
menced.
89. In a cash register the combination with operating devices, of a series of
independent counters, independent shifting devices for said counters, a locking
lever for said shifting devices, and means for holding the lever against move-
ment after the operation of the machine has been commenced:
90. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys, of a positively
movable driving member, a driven member adapted to be coupled to the driving
member and to be uncoupled by an operated key, a movable member common to
the keys, and a toothed device connected to said member and adapted to lock the
driven member in any position in which it is uncoupled.
91. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys, of locking detents
for the keys, counter actuating devices, such as the driven member, levers operated
by said detents and arranged to unlock the said devices, latches for said levers
and means for tripping the latches.
92. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of locking detents
for the same, lovers operated by said detents, latches for said lovers, a bar for

page_text: operating said latches and means connecting said bar to the movable parts of the
machine whereby it is operated near the end of the operation of the machine.
933. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of locking, detents.
therefor, levers operated by said detents, latches for said levers, a bar for operat-
ing said latches and a release key for operating said bar.
94. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys, of the actuating
means cooperating therewith, and a release key for the first mentioned keys.
arranged to lock the machine while being operated.
95. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys, of the actuating
means, cooperating therewith, detents for holding the keys in their depressed
positions, a key for releasing said detents and devices for locking the machine
against operation while the release key is being operated.
96. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of the actuating
means cooperating therewith, a series of independently movable frames carrying
counters, shifting arms pivoted on said frames, a series of shifting bars connected
to the respective arms, independent rock shafts for operating said bars, and keys.
for operating said shafts.
97. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys, of the actuating
means, a series of independently movable frames carrying counter shifting arms
pivoted on said frames, shifting devices cooperating with said arms, a series of
bars for adjusting said arms, means connecting the arms and bars whereby the
movement of any one of the bars will throw one of the arms out of operative
position and another into operative position, and means for operating said bars..
98. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys, of the acluating
means, a series of independently movable frames each carrying a counter, a
movable shifting arm on each frame, cams adapted to engage said arms and also
arranged to lock the counter frames, a series of shifting bars one for each of said
arms, and a series of keys arranged to operate said bars.
99. In a cash register the combination with a series of keys, of counter operat-
ing devices cooperating therewith, a series of independently movable frames each
carrying a counter, a movable shifting aim on each frame, shifting devices.
arranged to engage said arms, a series of movable bars one for each of sail arins,
and keys connected to the respective bars for operating them..
100. In a cash register, the combination with a series of keys, of counter operat-
ing means cooperating therewith, a counter mounted on a movable frame, a sliift-
ing arm mounted on said frame, a rigid locking arm also. mounted on said frame,
a cam formed with a locking groove and adapted to engage and operate the
shifting arm, and a projection on the locking arm adapted to enter the locking
groove.
JT.... 1900.

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