Improvements in Machines for Checking Receipts.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Oct., 1889-Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Checking Receipts.
We, ISAAC PFORZHEIMER. Manufacturer, of 348 East 124th Street, and CHARLES
ZALLUD, Machinist, of 90 Rivington Street, both in the City, County and State of
New York, United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our improvements relate to that class of machines wherein the value of a ticket or
check such as is employed, for instance, in restaurants, may be accurately registered,
as well as the sum total of value of all the tickets or checks deposited in the
machine.
In carrying out our invention we employ a longitudinally movable carriage, having
a movable jaw, and adapted to receive tickets of different widths and different
thicknesses. In the path of said movable carriage is a device adapted to be moved
by the carriage, and a registering train is operated from said movable dovice. There
is also employed a second movable device, which is arranged in the path of the
ticket when the latter is inserted in the carriage, and which is moved by the ticket
independently of the carriage. Acting in conjunction with this portion of the second
movable device, is a second registering train.
In carrying out our improvement we further employ a carriage having jaws adapted
to receive tickets of different thicknesses, a movable devico oxtending into the path of
the ticket when the latter is inserted between the jaws, and adapted to be moved
outwardly by said ticket, and mechanism between the movable device, and a registering
train by which the latter is operated.
We further employ a carriage provided with a movable jaw and a yielding abut-
ment for said movable jaw. In connection with this, we may also employ a releasing
device for releasing the ticket from the carriage.
Our improvement further embodies the use, in the carriage, of a rigid jaw in
connection with the movable jaw, both said jaws being provided with grooves into
which the ticket is inserted while a spring operates to force the ticket to one side in
said grooves.
In further carrying out our improvement, we employ a lock for securing the
carriage in a normal position, and a trip operated upon the insertion of a ticket to
release said lock. We prefer that said trip shall be upon the fixed jaw, and that a
signal be operated by said trip, while at the same time a stop be employed for
limiting the range of movement of the trip.
The movable jaw of the carriage is moved by the insertion of a ticket, and a
device having a portion extending into the path of the carriage when the latter is
moving in one direction will be struck by the carriage and moved to operate a
registering train. We prefer that such device shall consist of a segment provided
with gear teeth, and that on the yielding abutment previously referred to there shall
be a graduated stop for limiting the rocking movement of said segment. On the
movable carriage also we arrange a pin or projection which will contact with a
portion of said segment, to return the latter to its normal position when the carriage
is being returned.
The improvement further consists in the combination of a carriage adapted to
receive a ticket, of a movable device arranged in the path of said ticket, and adapted
to be moved by the latter when the same is inserted in the carriage, a rock shaft, an
arm on said rock shaft, with which said movable device will contact, a second arm
on the rock shaft, provided with a bifurcated portion, a shaft, a sleeve on said shaft
embraced by said bifurcated portion, a cam on the sleeve, a lever and a time register
train, whereby, when the rock shaft is rocked by the movable device, said cam will be
shifted into a position to operate said lever.

page_text: escrive in decan a machine embodying our improvement, and then point
out the novel features in claims.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a plan or top view of a ticket machine embodying our improvements
the upper part of a case in which the same is contained being removed.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof, taken on about the irregular line 2-2.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on about the line 3-3, Fig. 1.
Fig. is a vertical section taken at right angles to the plane of Figs. 2 and 3, on
about the line 4-4 Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is an end view, on an enlarged scale, looking in the direction of the arrow,
Fig. 1, and illustrating certain indicator mechanism.
Fig. 6 is a view illustrating kinds of tickets which may be employed in the
machine.
Certain parts are omitted from some of the figures, in order to render the drawings
more clear.
Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.
Our present invention is designed for use with tickets of different widths and of
different thicknesses, according to the denomination of the ticket, and as illustrated
more clearly in Fig. 6; such tickets are oblong; they may, however, be of other
shape. In this example, also, the tickets S, indicating "tens," as, for instance,
ien, twenty, thirty, etc., are thinner than the tickets S', indicating fives, and the odd
multiples of five, as, for instance, five, fifteen, twenty-five, etc.-The gradation in
the width of the tickets for both series, is, however, the same; the widths gradually
increasing from the lowest denomination, or five, up to any desired denomination,
say, for instance, one dollar.
The tickets are passed into the machine by being inserted between gripper jaws a a¹,
which extend in this case upwardly for a distance above the top of the machine.
The jaw a is movable from side to side of the machine, or toward and from the
jaw a¹. The jaw a¹ is stationary. These jaws are united together, in this example,
by lazy-tongs a², having the usual slide connection with said jaws.-The jaw a is
provided with a collar or sleeve a³, which collar or sleeve surrounds a vertical guide
rod a mounted in a frame a³ within the box or case in which the machine is contained.
The jaws a a', together with their connection, constitute a carriage A, which carriage
is vertically movable.-A' designates a slider bar, which slider bar bears at one end
a roller a This roller bears with a yielding pressure against the jaw a of the
carriage. Such pressure is produced by means of a coil spring a', secured near one
end to said slider bar, and near the other end to a suitable support within the case.
The tendency of the spring a' is to force the jaw a toward the jaw a¹. The slider
bar A therefore constitutes a yielding abutment for the jaw a.
We will first describe the means for registering tickets in the "tens” series, or,
in other words, the comparatively thin tickets.
B designates a movable device, here shown as a segment, mounted upon a stud b,
extending inwardly from the case of the machine. This segment is provided upon
its periphery, and near its upper portion, with a number of gear teeth. A ticket, we
will say, for twenty cents, having been inserted between the jaws a, a¹ is forced down-
wardly by hand, until it is firmly grasped between said jaws. The jaw a has thereby
been moved a distance away from the jaw a¹. The arrangement of the segment B
is such that à portion 6' thereof, presenting a downwardly inclined surface, is directly
beneath the roller b2 upon the jaw a of the carriage. The carriage, the ticket having
been properly inserted, is moved downwardly. This is accomplished by means of a
crank B upon the outside of the box or case, which crank is mounted upon a shaft B³.
Upon the shaft B2, within the case, is a gear wheel B³, meshing with a gear wheel B*
mounted upon a shaft B, journalled in the frame as. Upon the shaft B is a crank B°,
to which is pivotally connected a link B', which latter is connected at its other end
with a portion as of the carriage A, which said portion a³ acts as a guide to prevent
lateral movement of the carriage A, and slides upon a guide-way upon a portion of
the frame -When the crank Bi is rotated for half a turn, it will, through the

page_text: mechanism just described, cause the downward movement of the carriage A to its
fullest extent, and its continued rotation will restore the carriage A to its normal
position. During the downward movement of the carriage, the roller 62 comes in
contact with the inclined surface upon the portion of the segment B, and
rocks the latter a distance depending upon the width of the ticket between the
jaws a a', and consequently the distance which the jaw a has been moved over
said inclined surface, as, for instance, a ticket for ten cents, being of a certain
width, will cause the roller to make contact with the inclined surface of the
portion bat a point near the lower extremity of the latter. A twenty-cent ticket,
being of greater width, will cause the roller to make contact at a point a little
higher up, and so on, throughout the series, the segment being rocked an
increased distance for each increased width, and consequently in accordance with
the increased denomination of the ticket.
C designates a spring, mounted upon an upright C₁ secured upon the frame a³.
The spring C extends into the path of the downwardly extending ticket, and
operates to force it sidewise, thus .holding it firmly in certain slots in the jaws,
shown more clearly in Figs. 2 and 4, and into which the ticket has been forced.
The upright C constitutes a releasing device. When the carriage A is moved.
downwardly, the ticket will be brought into contact with the upper end of the
releasing device C, and will be held thereby against further downward movement.
The continued downward movement of the jaws will cause them to pass below the
ticket, when the ticket will be released, and will fall into a receptacle C³ therefor,
within the case, and shown more clearly in Figs. 1 and 4.
In Fig. 3 we have shown the carriage A in its normal position, and in Fig. 2
we have shown the same, extended, as it will be, when a ticket is arranged
therein. When the carriage has been moved downwardly to its fullest extent,
and has rocked the segment B, the latter is restored to its normal position by the
upward movement of the carriage. Upon the carriage is a pin or projection 6,
which pin or projection extends beneath an arm & extending from the segment B.
When the carriage moves upwardly, the pin or projection 64, coming in contact
with the arm 6, raises the latter, and thus rocks the segment again into its normal
position. We have shown the segment as provided, upon its periphery, with a
notch 6, into which extends an anti-friction roller 6, upon a spring-actuated
arm 68. When the segment is in a normal position, the anti-friction roller bis
forced into the notch 66, and thus retains the segment against accidental displace-
ment.
The slider bar A' is provided with a longitudinal slot aº, through which extends
the pin or stud b. The other end portion of the slider bar is bifurcated, and
extends loosely above a shaft D. By this means the slider bar is supported and
guided in its longitudinal movements. Upon the face of the slider bar, adjacent
to the segment B, is secured a serrated metallic piece 6º. The serrations in this
metallic piece extend upwardly at an angle, the lowest being the nearest to the
segment B, and the uppermost being, of course, the farthest therefrom. As the
slider bar A is moved rearwardly by the jaw a upon the insertion of a ticket,
one of the serrations in the piece is brought directly into the arc of rotation
of the segment B, so that when the segment is rocked, a projection or tooth s on
the segment, will strike into such serrations, and the further rocking of the segment
in that direction will be stopped. The arrangement of the metal piece 6º upon the
slider bar A', and the position of the serrations thereon, are such that the proper
serration for stopping the rocking of the segment will always be brought into
position corresponding with the width of the ticket inserted, and consequently to
the degree of movement imparted to the segment through the introduction of such
ticket. The metal piece 6º, therefore, operates as a graduated stop for the segment,
the adjustment of which is dependent upon the width of the ticket.
We will now proceed to describe the means which we employ for registering the
value of the ticket in the "tens" series inserted in the machine. Loosely mounted
upon the shaft D is a geared sector D', meshing with the teeth of the segment B.

page_text: Also loosely mounted upon the shaft D is a ratchet wheel D². The sector D¹ is
provided with an upwardly extending portion d, upon which is mounted a spring-
actuated pawl d' engaging with the teeth of the ratchet wheel D². A collar d²
separates the sector D₁ from the ratchet wheel D². The ratchet wheel D2 is rigidly
connected to a hub d³, secured to a gear wheel d. The ratchet wheel D³ and
the gear wheel d, in this example of our improvement, have each thirty teeth.
The gear wheel gears with a gear wheel d having ten teeth, and loosely
mounted upon a shaft D³.-Rigidly secured to the gear wheel d³, is a
" tens
registering wheel D₁. The "tens" registering wheel has secured to it a hub do
provided with one long tooth d. It is apparent that the gear wheel d*, at each
complete rotation, will cause three complete rotations of the gear wheel d³. Each
rotation of the latter gear wheel causes the tooth upon the hub d to engage
with a tooth upon a gear wheel D₁, also provided with thirty teeth, which latter
wheel gears with a gear wheel D, also mounted loosely upon the shaft D³.
Secured to the gear wheel De is a "hundreds" registering wheel D'. The tooth d'
on the hub de causes the rotation of the wheel D a distance equivalent to the
distance between two of the teeth on said gear wheel D, as the latter gears with
the gear wheel D, which consequently causes the rotation of the latter a corre-
sponding distance, and displays an additional figure upon the register wheel D'.
The gear wheel De has but ten teeth, consequently at each rotation of the wheel D³,
three complete rotations of the wheel De will be effected. Further description of
the balance of the multiple gear by which the "thousands" register wheel, and so
on, are operated, is unnecessary, because they are in all respects like that just
described, it being understood that each of the gear wheels D', etc., having thirty
teeth, are loosely mounted upon the shaft D.
We will now describe the means whereby the "five" series is registered. It will
be borne in mind that the tickets of the "five" series are thicker than those of the
❝tens" series. We will refer more particularly to Figs. 1, 3, and 4.
G designates a movable device here shown as a rocking, arm, and also shown
as pivoted near its upper end upon a support g extending above the top of the
machine. This arm may swing freely, and is maintained in a vertical position by
gravity. It is provided upon one side with a projection g', which normally ex-
tends through a slot g² formed in the side of the jaw a¹ of the carriage, and into a
grove g down which the ticket, when inserted, must pass.-Its degree of extension in
said groove is such, that when a ticket of the tens series is inserted, sufficient space
is left between it and the opposite face of the groove g for said ticket to pass down
freely, and the latter, being gripped by the spring C, will, of course, be forced
over out of contact with the projection g'. When, on the contrary, a ticket of the
"five" series is introduced, its thickness is sufficient to force the projection g'
rearwardly out of the groove g, thus causing the arm G to rock upon its pivot.
We have shown the arm G as provided with a shoulder 5 constituting a stop
for preventing the projection gl from extending too far into the groove g. The
lower portion of the arm G comprises a head or projection g³. When the arm G
has been swung backwardly, the projection or head g³ will come in contact with a
roller g mounted upon the lower extremity of an arm g', which latter is rigidily
secured to one end of a rock shaft 98, journalled in suitable bearings g" upon the
frame a. When the head or projection g³ on the arm G makes contact with the
roller go, the arm g' is swung backwardly against the resistance of a coiled spring g¹º,
surrounding a pin or stud gl, and bearing, at one end, against the arm g', and at
the other against the case of the machine.-The arm g being thus swung, causes
the rocking of the rock shaft 98.-When the other end of the said rock shaft is secured,
a downwardly extending arm 912 (the lower portion of which is bifurcated) embraces
a sleeve ga sliding upon the shaft B2, but being non-rotary thereon.-Secured to
the sleeve g¹³, near one end, is a collar g, and secured near its other end is a
cam g, formed with a snail tooth g¹. As the rock shaft gå is rocked through the
movement of the arm G, the cam is, through the intermediate mechanism just
described, shifted into such position that the tooth g¹ thereon will come in contact

page_text: with a roller g" mounted upon one arm of a lever H, when the shaft B2 is rotated by
the crank B. The continued rotation of the shaft causes the cam to operate the
lever H, and rock it upon its fulcrum ha sufficient distance to cause a spring
pawl to rotate a gear wheel H₁ a distance equivalent to the distance between
two of the teeth on said gear wheel.-The gear wheel H¹ is loosely mounted upon the
shaft D, and is provided with thirty teeth. It gears into a gear wheel H loosely
mounted upon the shaft D³, which latter wheel is provided with ten teeth. Rigidly
secured to the gear wheel H' is a "five" register wheel H³, and rigidly secured to the
"five" register wheel H³, is a gear wheel H, which latter wheel has five teeth only.
The gear wheel H gears into the gear wheel d, and as the gear wheel H2 has ten
teeth, and the gear wheel H' has but five teeth, it follows that a rotation of the
gear wheel H2, equivalent to the distance between three teeth, must be effected
before a tooth upon the gear wheel H will engage the tooth upon the gear
wheel d to rotate the latter. Therefore, for each two "fives" that are registered,
a single ten will be registered upon the "tens register wheel D'.
""
It is to be borne in mind that the width of the tickets of the "five" series is the
same as that of the "tens" series; therefore, the "tens" will all be registered by the
mechanism operated through the width of the ticket in manner previously described,
where the "fives" are registered separately, and added to the tens upon the register
wheel.
It will be observed that the cam g16 only exerts an influence upon the lever H
during a half rotation of the shaft B³, or during the downward movement of the
carriage A. During this movement, of course, the ticket is moved past the
projection on the arm G, and the latter again falls, by gravity, into its normal
position, while the spring.go operates to rock the arm ', the rock shaft 98, and its
co-acting parts, into their normal positions, and to shift the cam g¹³ into a position
where the tooth g" will not come in contact with the roller g, upon the rotation of the
shaft B. We have shown a stop consisting of a pin I for preventing a too extended
movement of the arm g' in the direction in which it is moved by the spring ". We
have likewise shown a spring operating upon the lever H, to restore it to a normal
position after it has been moved by the cam g". Spring-actuated stop pawls are
employed, to prevent the rotation of the various gear wheels employed in the indicator
mechanism in an improper direction.
It is desirable to lock the carriage A against downward movemeut until a ticket has
been properly inserted therein, and it is also advantageous that a signal should be
given when the ticket has been thus properly inserted. We have shown, in Fig. 2,
means for accomplishing this result, of which J designates the lock shown as consisting
of a bell-crank-lever, one arm of which constitutes the bolt of the lock. The lever J
is fulcrummed upon a pin or stud j³, and a spring, acting upon a long arm j
of the lever, operates to rock the lever into such position that the bolt will
normally extend into a socket je formed in the adjacent side of the jaw a of
the carriage.
When in such position, the carriage cannot be moved down-
wardly. A stop prevents the rocking of the lever too far in one direction. A
trip extends into the socket in front of the bolt j³. This trip is mounted upon a
spring, shown as a flat spring, extending upwardly, and secured near its lower end
to the jaw a of the carriage A. The upper portion of this spring is so bent
that it extends into the path of a ticket inserted between the jaws a a'. The ticket,
when inserted, forces the trip inwardly against the resistance of the spring. The
inner end of the trip then operates to force the bolt 2 out of the recess 18, and
The carriage may then be
consequently to rock the lever J upon its fulcrum.
moved downwardly, as the trip will operate to hold the bolt beyond the carriage
until after the socket has passed below the bolt. Upon the long arm ³ of the
lever J is a spring-actuated detent 10. This detent, when the lever J is rocked by
the trip, comes in contact with one arm of a spring-actuated bell-crank-lever jπ,
5 mounted upon a projection extending from the case. Upon the other arm of the
bell-crank-lever is a bell clapper When the arm j" is rocked sufficiently far,
the detent 10 will pass by it, and the bell clapper will then strike a bell 1, and

page_text: cause an audible signal. When the lever J returns to a normal position, the
detent will swing past the bell-crank-lever j", and after passing the same will be
returned to a position to again operate the signal.
Although we have shown and described an audible signal, it is quite obvious that a
visible signal may be employed. Upon the trip j³ is a stop ", which contacts
with the portion of the jaw a' to prevent a too extended inward movement of the
trip.
The width of a ticket denoting the value of five cents is such, that when the
carriage A is moved downwardly, it will not contact with the segment B; therefore
no operation of the "tens" register train will take place.
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 ticket-registering machine, the combination with a longitudinally
movable carriage having a movable jaw, and adapted to receive tickets of different
widths, and different thicknesses, of a movable device in the path of said carriage
and adapted to be moved by said carriage, a register train operated from said movable
device, a second movable device arranged in the path of a ticket when the latter is
inserted in the carriage, and moved by the ticket independently of the carriage, a
second register train, and mechanism substantially such as described between the
second named movable device and the second named register train, operated by
said second named movable device, substantially as specified.
2. In a ticket registering machine, the combination of a register train, a carriage
having jaws adapted to receive tickets of different thicknesses, a movable device
extending into the path of a ticket when the latter is inserted between the jaws, and
adapted to be moved outwardly by said ticket, and mechanism substantially such as
described between the movable device and the register train operated by the said
movable device, substantially as specified.
3. In a ticket-registering machine, the combination with a box or case, of a
carriage into which a ticket to be registered is passed, said carriage being provided
with a movable jaw, a yielding abutment for said movable jaw, and mechanism sub-
stantially such as described for imparting longitudinal movement to said carriage,
substantially as specified.
4. In a ticket-registering machine, the combination of a carriage adapted to
receive a ticket, a movable jaw comprised in said carriage, a yielding abutment for
said jaw, mechanism substantially such as described for imparting longitudinal
movement to the carriage, and a releasing device for releasing the ticket from the
carriage, substantially as specified.
5. In a ticket-registering machine, the combination of a carriage adapted to receive
a ticket, a movable jaw comprised in said carriage, a rigid jaw also comprised in said
carriage, said jaws being provided with grooves into which the ticket is inserted, a
yielding abutment for the movable jaw, mechanism substantially such as described for
causing the longitudinal movement of the carriage, a releasing device for a ticket, and
a spring operating to force a ticket to one side in said grooves, substantially as
specified.
6. In a ticket-registering machine, the combination of a carriage, a movable jaw
comprised in said carriage adapted to be moved by a ticket upon its insertion between
the jaws, a lock for securing the carriage in its normal position, a trip operated by
the ticket upon its insertion to release the lock, and mechanism substantially such as
described for imparting longitudinal movement to the carriage, substantially as
specified.
7. In a ticket-registering machine, the combination of a carriage provided with a
fixed jaw and a movable jaw, a trip on the fixed jaw moved in one direction by a
ticket upon its insertion between the jaws, a signal operated from said trip, and
a stop for limiting the movement of said trip, substantially as specified.
8. In a ticket-registering machine, the combination of a carriage comprising a

page_text: movable jaw moved by the insertion of a ticket into the carriage, mechanism sub-
stantially such as described for imparting longitudinal movement to said carriage, a
movable device having a portion extending into the path of said carriage when moved
in one direction, and with which said carriage will come in contact upon being
moved, and a register train operated from said movable device, substantially as
specified.
9. In a ticket-registering machine, the combination of a carriage comprising a
movable jaw, a yielding abutment for said jaw, mechanism substantially such as
described for imparting longitudinal movement to the carriage, a segment provided
with gear teeth and having a portion extending into the path of said carriage, and with
which the latter will come in contact when moved in ono direction, in order to rock
the segment, and a graduated stop ou said yielding abutment for limiting the rocking
movement of the segment, substantially as specified.
10. In a ticket-registering machine, the combination of a carriage, having a
movable jaw, of mechanism substantially such as described for imparting longitudinal
movement to said carriage, a segment provided with gear teeth, and having a portion
extending into the path of said carriage, and with which the carriage will come in
contact when moved in one direction, an arm on said segment, and a pin or
projection on said carriage contacting with said arm, and operating to return the
segment to its normal position, when the carriage is moved in the other direction,
substantially as specified.
11. In a ticket-registering machine, the combination of a carriage having a
movable jaw and a fixed jaw, said jaws being provided with longitudinal grooves into
which a ticket is passed, a movable device extending into the path of the ticket, and
moved by the ticket upon its insertion in the groove, a register train and mechanism,
substantiaily such as described between said movable device, and the register train
operated by the said movable device, substantially as specified.
12. In a ticket-registering machine, the combination of a carriage adapted to
receive a ticket, of a movable device arranged in the path of said ticket, and
adapted to be moved by the latter when the same is inserted in the carriage a
rock shaft, an arm on said rock shaft with which said novable device will come in
contact, a second arm on the rock shaft, provided wiih a bifurcated portion, a shaft, a
sleeve on said shaft embraced by said bifurcated portion, a cam on the sleeve, a
lever, and a time register train substantially as described, whereby, when the rock
shaft is rocked by the movable device, said cam will be shifted into a position to
operate said lever.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1884
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.