Improvements in or relating to Cash Tills.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 9th May, 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cash Tills.
I, JAMES WALLS, of 27 Victoria Street, Dundee, in the County of Forfar, N.B.
Patternmaker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
This invention relates to cash tills, the objects being :-First. To provide a
method or a means of recording the value of the moneys received in exchange for
goods, from one buyer at one particular time. Second. To enable the seller to keep
a record of the total amount of money received during a stated period, say for cach
day. Third. To enable the buyer to see and if necessary check such entries, by
attracting his attention before said entries have disappeared from view.
The accompanying sheets of explanatory drawings illustrate the method of
carrying out my invention.
Figures 1. and 2. (Sheet No. 1.) represent an elevation and a plan respectively
of the cash drawer and recording apparatus, and Figure 3. a front view of the door
which carries the recording strip, while Figure 4. (Sheet No. 2.) represents an end
elevation of my apparatus.
In these drawings the same reference numerals are used to mark the same or
like parts wherever they are repeated.
In carrying out my invention, I employ a vertical shaft 5. which carries the
recording portion of my apparatus. Said shaft is supported in a journal 6. fixed to
the counter or desk 7. and immediately above the cash drawer 8. At the lower
extremity of the shaft is a segment of a wheel 9. which engages with a rack 10.
fixed to the side of the drawer and operated in such a manner that if it be opened
the shaft 5. and its appurtenances will partially rotate.
Fastened to the shaft 5. and somewhat above the journal 6. on the counter 7. is a
bracket 11. which carries a roll of blank paper 12. said paper after it leaves the
roll passing round a number of tension bars 13. on the door 18. hinged to the case
or cover 14. which is also supported by and fixed to the upright shaft by means of
the brackets 15. After it passes the tension bars the paper strip goes out through
an opening 16. and in through another 17. in the door 18.; so that the shopman
may be enabled to write upon it, after which it is finally wound intermittently and
automatically upon the receiving roller 19. The receiving roller 19. is made to
rotate to a small extent each time the drawer 8. is opened by means of a ratchet
wheel 20. on it, said ratchet wheel being actuated by a pawl 21. which is made to
move by an inclined plane or camb 22. fixed to the counter, the motion being such
that the pawl is at its highest position when the paper which is exposed to view is
facing the shopman and at its lowest when the exposed paper is towards the buyer.
A pawl 23. loaded at the one end keeps the receiving roller 19. from being made to
turn in the other direction. The top of the cover 24. forms the door by which
access can be obtained to the interior, and when the apparatus is in use said door is
securely locked at 25. A bell 26. is fitted up within the drawer, so that each time
said drawer is opened it is made to ring.
The apparatus is used in the following manner :-In its normal condition, that is
to say with the cash drawer closed, the recording portion of the apparatus will face
the shopman and a blank portion of the strip of paper will be exposed. When
goods are sold to a buyer he is supposed to pay ready cash and on paying over
same it will be the duty of the shopman in the first place to mark on the exposed
blank paper the amount the buyer has to pay-say 3/6-then to open the drawer 8.
and place the money in it, giving change if necessary. As he opens the drawer the
recording portion of the apparatus is turned round towards the buyer by means of
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page_text: the segment 9. and rack 10. the bell-26. ringing at the same time. The buyer can
then see if the amount of money payed by him to the shopman has been correctly
written on the slip. As the recording apparatus is turned round the pawl 21. is
lowered by means of the camb.22. until it engages.with another tooth of the ratchet
wheel 20. When the drawer 8. is shut. the recording apparatus is turned back to
its former position and the pawl 21. is raised, thus turning round the ratchet
wheel 20. and withdrawing the portion of the paper on which the amount of money
received by the shopman has been written into the interior of the case 14., the
pawl 23 keeping the roller from being turned back.
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 cash tills, the construction and arrangement of parts for partially rotating
in eitlier direction the shaft 5. and its appurtenances, substantially as described.
(2) In cash tills, tlie construction and arrangement of parts for partially and
intermittently rotating in the one direction the roller 19.
(3) In cash tills, the general construction, combination and arrangement of parts,
substantially as and for the purposes herein, set forth, together with any mere
modification or modifications thereof..
Dated this 3rd day of April 1891
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
Applicant's Agents.