IMPROVED MONEY TILL
Year: 1878

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Paul Edward Cashin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th December 1878.
PAUL EDWARD CASHIN, of High Street, Stratford, in the County of Essex.
IMPROVED MONEY TILL."
"AN
My Invention relates to the construction of an improved money till, and has for
its object to afford a threefold check (videlicet, by sight, sound, and register) upon
persons whose duty it is to receive money in places of business, especially those of
publicans, and thus tend to prevent fraud.
My improved money till is constructed of a frame work of wood or other suitable
material, in the interior of which are placed slides, down which the money passes,
such slides terminating at a glass disc in front, and the money then falls into a
closed receptacle or drawer placed at the lower part of the stand or frame work in
a glass case. On the top are arranged bells having distinctive tones, also registers
or counters, and a brass or other suitable plate having graduated slots or slits,
through which the money passes into the slides, and shelves for the silver, and
bowls for copper change. At the top part of the slide immediately under the slot
is placed a lever, which is actuated by the money pressed in. Attached to the lever
is a rod, which works by means of suitable joints the hinged flap or door which
terminates the slides and forms the back of the disc; also a rod and suitable
gearing which works the indicator or counter, which may be of any ordinary known
construction. At the lower part of the slide above the hinged flap is inserted a
lever connected by means of a rod and joints with the hammer stem of the bell.
The piece of money being pressed past the first lever falls on the second lever and
strikes the bell. After passing the second lever the coin falls so as to be exhibited
behind the hereinbefore described disc of glass. Directly the top lever is pressed

page_text: by an incoming coin, the coin exhibited behind the glass falls into the till, and
unless the incoming coin is allowed to fall on the second lever no signal is given by
the bell, and no coin would be exhibited behind the disc. Assuming a coin to be
pressed in and then withdrawn it would be registered by the indicator and found
deficient in the takings when the money in the locked receptacle was counted. It
will thus be seen that the indicator, the bell, and the disc are separate checks on
the same coin. Four or more plates or disks of glass are provided to exhibit the
various denominations of coin passed into the apparatus or till, the principle of the
improved till being to shew the coin last received, and which cannot be displaced,
except by pressing another coin in, and this will produce a signal on the bell,
shewing the value of the coin, and likewise register the same on the indicator.
Assuming the apparatus to be in use and a coin of the proper value exhibited in
each disc, videlicet, a half crown, a florin, a shilling, and a sixpence, and a given
amount of silver change, which is always in view, and must be accounted for, be
deposited on the shelves, and copper change placed in the bowls, it being understood
that it is not considered necessary to indicate a smaller sum than sixpence, the
money exhibited in the disk would then be the taking for which no change had
been required. Now, supposing a half crown to be tendered for nine pence to be
taken, the half crown is then placed on the shelf where the silver change is deposited,
two separate shillings and a sixpence are taken therefrom, one shilling and sixpence
in silver and threepence in coppers out of the bowl is given in change. The shilling
is then deposited in the disc marked for shillings by being pressed into the slide,
giving the audible signal; the shilling previously there is caused by that action to
fall into the till, the indicator then registers two shillings, the action being the same
in respect of each disk.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Paul Edward Cashin in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 11th
⚫ June 1879.
PAUL EDWARD CASHIN, of High Street, Stratford, in the County of Essex.
"AN IMPROVED MONEY TILL."
My Invention relates to the construction of an improved money till, and has for
its object to afford a threefold check (videlicet, by sight, sound, and register) upon
persons whose duty it is to receive money in places of business, especially those of
publicans, and thus tend to prevent fraud.
My improved money till is constructed of a frame work of wood or other suitable
material, in the interior of which are placed slides or shoots, down which the money
passes, such slides terminating at a glass disc in front of and a hinged flap at back,
the money subsequently falling into a closed receptacle or drawer placed at the
lower part of the stand or framework. In a glass case on the top are arranged bells
having distinctive tones, also registers or counters, and a brass or other suitable
plate having graduated slots or slits, through which the money passes into the
slides, and shelves for the silver change. Through the top part of the slide imme-
diately under the slot is placed a lever working on a fulcrum. To the back of the
lever is jointed a rod, which works the hinged flap or door which terminates the
slides, and-forms-the-back-of.the.disc. To the said lever is also attached a rod and
suitable gearing, which works the indicator or counter, which may-be-of-any-
suitable construction. The said lever is also connected by means of a rod and joints
with the hammer stem of the bell.
Spring tubes are also provided for copper change, such change being moved by.
slides into hoppers or receptacles which open and release the change only when the
coin from which change is to be given is allowed to pass down the slide by pressing
the required knob on the herein before described lever.
But to make my Invention better understood I will proceed to describe the same
by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which Figures 1 and 2 are front and
back elevations of my improved money till, part of the casing being removed to
shew the interior construction; Figure 3, plan of the apparatus; Figure 4, siinilar
view with the top plate removed; Figures 5 and 6, sections on lines A, B, and C, D,
respectively of Figures 1 and 3; Figures 7 to 10, detached views of some of the
parts. Similar letters in all the Figures represent similar parts.
a, a, is the framework or casing of the apparatus, and on the front part of the casing
is fixed a metal metal plate b having a number of slots c, d, e, and f, of a size to
allow of the passage of coins of the value of sixpence, a shilling, a florin, and a half
crown respectively; also a slot g for threepenny and fourpenny pieces. Underneath
each of these slots is a shoot or slide marked respectively h, h1, h2, h3, and h*, such
shoots or slides being closed at the lower end by a hinged flap or door i, i, 2, 2³,
and i; at the back and in front of each of the flaps is a glass disc j for the purpose
of exhibiting the coins deposited in the shoots, as hereinafter described. Through
the upper part and near the side of each shoot passes the front end of a lever k,
working on a pivot at k¹. Underneath the front. end of the lever and in the
opposite side of the shoot is a slot or opening 2 for regulating the descent of the
silver coins in their passage down the shoot, preventing one coin from passing into
view behind the glass disc juntil the coin previously exhibited there has fallen
therefrom. Each of these levers k is connected by a rod l, as shewn in Figures 2,
5, and 6, to its corresponding hinged flap at the bottom of the shoots, the said
levers being operated, as hereinafter described, by the rods m passing through the
plate b. The upper ends of the said rods are provided with knobs m¹, by which
the rods are depressed. At the back of each lever k is jointed a rod n, the other
end of the said rod n being jointed to a link n³, to which is pivotted a click or
catch n² operating a ratchet wheel o, forming part of a suitably constructed counter

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having indicating hands p. To each of the said levers k is also jointed a rod q,
slotted at its upper end, the said slot passing over a pin on the arm q¹ connected to
the lower end of the stem r of the hammer in front of each bell r³, one bell being
⚫ provided for each counter.
In front of the apparatus is a number of spring tubes or boxes 8 for containing
pence, and two similar tubes 81 (one on each side) for containing half pence.
Between the top of each tube and the underside of the plate b is a sliding plate_t,
such plates being operated by knobs t¹ passing through slots 2 in the plate b. In
front of the upper part of each of the spring tubes 8 is a hopper u having a vertical
sliding door u in front, and also a shoot 2. Underneath each of the sliding doors
bears one end of a pivotted lever v, the other arms of the said levers passing under
the front ends of the levers k; v³, counterweight of the levers v; x', guides of the
sliding doors u; x², stops for the purpose hereinafter described; w, w, w, w, are
small bells with hammers w¹ for the purpose hereinafter described. A is a drawer
for receiving the money from the shoots h, h¹, h2, and h³, and B is a small drawer
for receiving the money from the shoot h; C, C, are bowls at the sides of the
apparatus, having slits at the bottom opening into the shoots D, and into such
bowls copper coins received are placed, and pass into the back part of the drawer A;
E, E, E, E, are shelves, on which a given amount of silver is placed; F, F, bowls, in
which farthings are placed.
The operation of my improved money till is as follows:-
A given amount of silver change is placed on the shelves E, which change is
always in use, and the value of which must remain the same in a manner similar
to that now usually practised. The wires x of the spring tubes are pulled down,
thereby drawing down the disc y, and, compressing the spring z, and the said tubes
are filled with pence (as shewn in Figure 5) through the slots t², the pressure of
the spring constantly keeping the top coin immediately under the slot t², and the
tubes 8 are similarly supplied with half-pence. A quantity of farthings are placed
in the bowls F, F.
Now supposing a half crown to be tendered by a customer, from which nine
pence is to be taken, the half crown is placed on one of the shelves E, and two
separate shillings and a sixpence are taken therefrom. One of the shillings is placed
in the slot d, and rests upon the lever k, and the knob t' on the right hand side
thereof is moved forward and backward three times, each forward motion causing
the sliding plate t to push forward one penny from the corresponding spring tube
into the hopper u. The knob m' behind the slot d is now depressed, thereby
depressing the front of the lever k, and allowing the shilling to fall into the position
shewn in Figure 7. At the same time the lever operates the lever v, thereby
raising the vertical sliding door u, as shewn in Figures 8 and 9, and allowing the
three penee to fall from the hopper u into the shoot u2 in front, as shewn in
Figures 8 and 9, the stop 2 preventing any pence from being moved into the shoot
while in its raised position. The depression of the front of the lever k, as herein-
before described and shewn in Figure 6, raises the rods n and q jointed to the back
thereof, the latter operating the hammer of the bell 72, and the former, n, raising
the click n², thereby moving the wheel o forward one tooth, and registering one
shilling on the corresponding dial of the counter. The knob m¹ being released the
parts retake their normal position. The lever k in rising passes on one side of the
shilling and moves it slightly into the slot or opening k, and the shilling then falls
down the shoot and will be exhibited behind the corresponding glass disc j, and the
hammer will strike the bell r², and thus give a distinctive audible signal (tlic
bells being of different tone for this purpose). The copper change is removed from
the shoot u, and handed with the one shilling and sixpence herein before referred to
to the customer.
It will be noticed by reference to Figure 6 that the depression of the lever k also
opened the hinged flap or door it, so that it will be understood that when another
shilling is placed in the slot d, and the lever depressed, the first named shilling
behind the disc j will fall through the opening in the bottom of the shoot into

page_text: the drawer A, as shewn in Figure 6, its place being taken by the second shilling on
the release of the lever k in the manner hereinbefore described.
It will thus be seen that each coin being passed into the till is registered on the
dial denoting the value of such coins; a distinctive audible signal is also given, and
the coin itself is exhibited to view behind the glass disc, so that if the lever k be
depressed and no coin be placed in the slot the coin previously behind the disc will
fall into the drawer A, so that there would then be no coin to take its place, and it
would thus be evident that a corresponding one had not been placed in the slot,
besides which the amount indicated on the dial would not tally with the amount
contained in the corresponding division in the drawer A. The operation is the
same for the coins of other value than shillings.
I would here remark that in moving copper coins into the hoppers u cach coin in
its passage strikes against the hammer stem w' of the bell w, causing the hammer
to strike the bell w, and thus give an audible signal for each coin passed.
For half pence change the tubes s' are made use of, and the copper coins received
from customers are placed in the bowls C, and pass into the back division of the
drawer A, as herein before described.
From the foregoing it will be evident that the amount of silver coin in the
drawer A should always correspond with the amount registered on the dials, so that
if for example a shilling be placed in the slot, say, for half crowns, the fraud could
at first be detected by the shilling appearing behind the disc for half crowns, and,
secondly, by the amount in the drawer A not corresponding with the amount
registered-on-the-dials.
In a simpler form of the apparatus I dispense with the spring tubes and hoppers
connected therewith, and in some cases also with the counters. In this latter case
the lever k is simply connected with the hinged flap at the bottom of the shoot, and
a second lever is employed connected with the bells. On the lever k being released
the coin falls on the second lever, which, being depressed, causes the bell to ring.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the best means with
which I am acquainted for carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood.
that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein laid down and shewn in
the Drawing, as these may be varied without departing from the peculiar character
of the Invention, but what I do claim is,-
Firstly. The construction and employment of the improved money till, arranged
and operating substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described
and represented in the accompanying Drawing.
Secondly. I claim a money till affording a three fold check, as hereinbefore
described, upon persons whose duty it is to take money in places of business.
Thirdly. The combination of parts for automatically and simultaneously operating
(on the depression of the lever ) the hinged flaps at the bottom of the shoots, the
hands of the counters, the hammers of the bells corresponding therewith, and the
doors of the hoppers, as hereinbefore described, and represented in the Drawing.
Fourthly. The construction and employment of the spring tubes for copper change
in combination with the sliding plates t, and hoppers u, and belis w, as hereinbefore
described, and represented in the accompanying Drawing.
Fifthly. The modified construction of apparatus herein before described, in which
the spring tubes and accessories and the counters may be dispensed with.
In witness whereof, I, the said Paul Edward Cashin, have hereto set my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.