Improvements in Recording Mechanism for Cash Registers.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, "1th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 12th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Recording Mechanism for Cash Registers.
I, ALBERT HINDSON MILLER, of 10 Coleman Street, in the City of London,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This my invention relates to improvements in recording mechanism for registers,
and my invention consists in the combination with cash registers of printing
mechanism adapted to record on a strip of paper the amount of money received for
sales which has been placed in the till to which such register is attached, such
record being made at any moment at the will of the proprietor. My invention is
particularly applicable to that class of registers in which one or more drums are
rotated by the depression of key levers, the said drum or drums having upon their
peripheries figures or numerals indicating the number of times that the said key
lever is depressed or the amount of money represented by such number.
In carrying my invention into practice 1 substitute in place of the before
mentioned figures, type which is adapted to impress upon a strip of paper the
amount recorded at any moment at the will of the proprietor or other responsible
person. The ink may be supplied to the type by means of an inked ribbon pad
or roller.
If the inked ribbon be used it will be preferably wound upon rollers carried by
or upon the side frames of the machine. The strip of paper on which the record
is made is also preferably wound upon a similar roller and passes over a plate upon
the opposite side of the inked ribbon to the type wheels. The said plate is
movable towards the type and may be pressed against the same by hand or other
means and by the contact the figures or type will cause the impression to be taken
upon the paper strip.
Instead of the inked ribbon I may use an absorbent pad or roller which is passed
over the face of the type before the impression is taken. The paper used may
also be cut into strips either before or after the impression.
It will be apparent that by the use of my invention a printed record of the sums
of money indicated on the drums may be made at any moment at the will of the
proprietor so that the total amount represented by the several figures may be
checked and added up at any subsequent period.
Dated this 11th day of July 1893.
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Recording Mechanism for Cash Registers.
I ALBERT HINDSON MILLER of 10 Coleman Street in the City of London,
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
and by the following statement :-
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This invention relates to Improvements in Recording Mechanism for Cash
Registers, and my invention consists in the combination with cash registers of
printing mechanism adapted to record on a strip of paper the amount of money
received for sales which has been placed in the till to which such register is
attached, such record being made at any moment at the will of the proprietor.

page_text: My invention is particularly applicable to that class of cash registers in which one
or more drums are rotated by the depression of key levers, the said drum or
drums having upon their peripheries figures or numerals indicating the number of
times that the said key lever has been depressed or the amount of money represented
by such number.
In carrying my invention into practice I substitute in place of the before
mentioned figures, type which is adapted to impress upon a strip of paper the
amount recorded at any moment at the will of the proprietor or other responsible
person. The ink may be supplied to the type by means of an inked ribbon, pad,
or roller.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood reference is made to
the accompanying drawing in which similar letters indicate corresponding parts
.throughout the several figures and in which
Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of my invention when an inking roller
is used,
Fig. 2 represents a front elevation thereof,
Figs. 3 & 4 represent a plan view and side elevation respectively of a detail of
my invention.
To each of the side frames A one of which is at each side of the machine
supporting the ends of a shaft B upon which a series of drums D are mounted in
the usual manner, I fix a pair of standards C. Said standards C support a pair of
angle iron frames E E' which run the whole width of the machine and serve as
stays to the side frames A.
To each end of the angle iron frame E I fix a bracket F
by means of which a cross shaft G is supported. Said cross shaft G runs across
the whole width of the machine and has mounted upon it a sleeve or the like H
which is adapted to be slid along its supporting shaft. Said sleeve H is provided
with a spindleJ supporting an inking roller K and a bearing roller L. The
arrangement of the parts being such that on sliding the sleeve H along its shaft G,
the inking roller K will be brought in contact with the uppermost part of each of
the drums D, the bearing roller L, rolling at the same time on the upper face
of the angle iron frame E and serving to support the outer end of the spindle J.
The drums D are provided on their peripheries with a series of type figures as
stated above and the arrangement of said drums and their relative actuating
mechanism is such that the number of opérations that any of the drums has received
will be indicated by a relative type figure being brought into a position immediately
under the inking roller.
The inking roller normally rests in the position indicated in dot and dash lines
Fig. 1 but when a record of the number of operations of each of the drums D is
required to be made, said roller is swung into the position shown in full lines, and
is then rolled along the whole series of drums D as indicated in dot and dash
lines X Y Fig. 2. By these means the whole series of type figures appearing at the
uppermost part of each of the drums is inked and on a strip of paper being placed
along said drums and pressed thereon by the fingers, an impression of each of the
type figures will be made on said strip of paper. Instead of the number of times
that each drum has been operated being indicated by the type figures, said type
figures may indicate the amount of money which such number of operations
represent, so that on an impression having been made as above described, the
whole series of amounts may be added up and will then indicate the total amount
of money received.
In order that only the uppermost type figures shall come in contact with the
paper strip, I provide a guard (shown in Figs. 3 and 4) which is adapted to be
placed in position between the two angle iron frames E E', being supported at
each end by a bar N. Said guard is constructed in such a manner that only
the uppermost type figures on each drum remain exposed while the impression is
being made.
Instead of an inking roller as above described I may use an inking ribbon which
is preferably wound upon suitable rollers carried by or upon the side frames of the

page_text: machine, so that when the paper strip is placed on the top of said inking ribbon
and pressed by means of a plate onto or towards the type, the interposed inking
ribbon will cause the necessary impressions to be made on the paper.
A suitable roller upon which any desired quantity of the paper strip is wound,
may be fixed to a suitable part of the machine or its casing and the portion used
may be cut off either before or after the impression has been made.
It will be apparent that by the use of my invention, a printed record of the
sums of money indicated on the drums may be made at any moment at the will of
the proprietor so that the total amount represented by the several figures may be
checked and added up at any subsequent period.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a cash register having a series of drunis D or their equivalents operated by
key levers, the combination therewith of type figures secured to the periphery of
each such drum substantially and for the purpose described.
2. In a cash register, having a series of drums D or their equivalents operated
by key levers, the combination therewith of type figures secured to the periphery of
each such drum and an inking roller or inking ribbon for enabling an impression
of the total on each such drum to be made on a strip of paper, substantially as
described and illustrated.
Dated the 11th day of April 1894
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.