IM- PROVEMENTS IN MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKING AND REGISTERING MONIES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Steer, of 110, Park Road, Peckham, in the County
of Surrey, Commercial Traveller, and Ernest Reeve, of 5, Queen's Road,
Peckham, in the County of Surrey, Upholsterer, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKING AND REGISTERING
MONIES."
Sealed the 5th April 1878, and dated the 8th November 1877.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Alfred Steer and Ernest Reeve
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th November 1877.
ALFRED STEER, of 110, Park Road, Peckham, in the County of Surrey, Commercial
Traveller, and ERNEST REEVE, of 5, Queen's Road, Peckham,, in the County of
Surrey, Upholsterer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKING
AND REGISTERING MONIES."
The improvements in this Invention consist,
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First. In three different ways of checking the monies taken by the person to
whom the till or box is intrusted.
Second. In the mechanism of the indicator, which indicates one for every two
motions which the catch makes backwards and forwards, and at the same time a
gong is struck at every motion of the catch. so as to call attention to the fact that
the till or box is either being opened or closed.
Third. In the mechanism of the register, which has a double action, causing the
ticket or check to come twice into view during its passage through the register
before it is deposited in a box, drawer, or any other receptacle which may be conve-
nient to fit under the counter, desk, or any other position in which the till or box
may be placed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING..
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the said till or box. A is the ticket or check

page_text: also for working the register rod N, and will be readily understood by referring to
Fig. 11.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.
E, E', are boxes for the tickets
or checks; F, F¹, are tills or trays; G is the space in which the indicator is fitted ;
H, hole for thumb plate a; J, J¹, space for finger under the ticket or check
boxes E, E; K, K', are flanges at the bottom of the boxes E, E¹, projecting inwards
and at right angles to sides sufficient to keep the ticket or checks from falling
through the boxes.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the same with similar letters as described in
Fig. 1 & 2.
Figure 4 is a plan of the same, with similar letters as described in Fig. 1.
Figure 5 is a plan of the same with lid removed. E, E', are boxes for the
tickets or checks; K, K¹, flanges of boxes E, E;- F, F1, F2, F³, F, are trays or tills;
L, plate cover for, indicator; M, M, M, are the indicator glasses; L', space for
catch N, register rod,-for description see Fig. 11; V, VI, springs for opening
the lid.
Figure 6 is a transverse section of the same. V', spring for opening lid; W, pin
for spring; X, plate in which the spring pin is secured; Y, spring plate.
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Figures 7 & 8 are part sections of the same, sliewing respectively a side and front
elevation of the indicator. a, thumb plate; b, connecting rod; c, tension spring;
d, d', d, is a forked lever having the catch d³ formed at the end of d²; e is a paul;
paul spring; g is a ratchet wheel having twenty teeth; h, 1, 2, are the indicating
drums; k, k, are the indicator drum wheels; L, l, indicator_drum pins; m, m³, m²,
indicator wheels; n, hammer. trigger; n¹, spring for hammer trigger, n², stop for
spring no, hammer spring; p, hammer; 7, gong; ", striking plate for hanmer
trigger; r, stud for striking plate; s, side frame or bracket; s¹, base plate; t, spindle
for indicating drums; t¹, spindle for indicator wheels; u, oscillating pin for hammer
trigger u, oscillating pin for forked lever; v, vl, brake springs for indicating drum
wheels; L, plate cover for indicator; w, frame for indicator glasses; x, catch plate.
Figure 9 is a section through the ticket passage U. T, back plate of passage;
U, passage; C2, register glass; D), cover of register.
Figure 10 is a front elevation of the register with cover removed. P, P1, P2, P³,
register points; Q, frame or bracket; R, connecting plate; O', hole for registering
lever O, the following Figs. A, B, and D¹, as described in Fig. 1.
Figure 11 is a section shewing the action of the register, the letters B, A, and D¹;
as described in Fig. 1. N, register rod; O, register lever; N', register rod springs;
P, P2, register points; Q, frame or bracket; R, connecting plate; S, frame for
register rod NT, back plate of passage; U, passage; C, C, register glasses;
D, cover of register.
Having thus fully described the details of our Invention we will now give a
description of its action, reference being made to the letters on the Drawing.
The boxes E, E', are filled with tickets or checks, and sufficiently weighted to
prevent them rising while the bottom one is being withdrawn through J, J. This
ticket or check, after having the amount received written upon it, is placed (readable
to the purchaser) in the ticket passage A. The thumb plate a is then pushed
inwards, and communicates motion, by means of rod b, to the forked lever d, d', d²,
which, vibrating on the pin u, releases the catch d³ when the springs V, V1, partially
raise the lid of the box or till, and the spring N¹ causes the register points P, P¹, to
rise and the points P2, P3, to fall, when any ticket or check which may be resting
on the latter will pass to the receptacle or box placed to receive it, at the same time
the paul e at the end of the lever & being kept in position by the spring on the
ratchet wheel. g, give the motion to the indicating drum h, to which it is attached,
and also to the hammer trigger n, causing it to strike the plate r, thus giving a.
vibration to the hammer p by means of the spring o, and sounding the gong 9.
The thumb plate a is then released, and the forked lever d, d', d², and catch d³
resumes its original position, the drum being maintained in its new position by the
break spring v. The break springs v, v, are similarly bearing on the drum

page_text: wheels k, k', whose action will be presently described. The lid of the box or till is
now fully opened by the attendant, and the ticket or check in the passage A passes
into the register passage U and rests on the points p, p, and is seen through the
glass C1; the money is then placed in the till or tray and the lid closed, the catch d³
being thrown back by the catch plate x. The indicator is acted upon in the same
manner as by the action of the thumb plate a, and the register rod N is forced
down by the plate D¹, thus causing the register points p, p, to fall and the
points p², p³, to rise, the ticket resting on the latter, where it remains exposed to
view through C until the box or till is again opened, when the ticket or check
finally passes to the receptacle fitted for its reception, as described above.
It will be noticed that the drum h is acted upon twice during the operation above
described, and the ratchet wheel g having twenty teeth it follows that every two
motions of the paul e gives one-tenth of a revolution to the drum h, to which the
ratchet wheel g is fitted; the pin fixed in the drum h once in every revolution
gives motion to the indicator wheel m which revolves loosely on the spindle t, at
the same time gearing into the drum wheel k fixed to the drum h¹, thus causing it
to make one-tenth of a revolution to one revolution of the drum h. The drum h²
is similarly acted upon by the pin fixed in the drum h', having the wheels m¹, m²,
(which are constructed in one piece) work loosely on the spindle t', and gear into
drum wheel k¹. Each of the wheels k, k¹, m, m², m², has ten teeth. In consequence
of the drum h indicating units the drum h¹ indicates the tens, and the drum h²
hundreds; and, if necessary, the train of wheels and drums may be continued to
indicate any desired number of tickets or checks.
Having thus fully described the said Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, we wish it understood that we claim the improvements herein specified,
as shewn and described, and for the purposes set forth, that is to say,—
In three different ways of checking and registering monies.
Also the mechanism in the indicator.
Also the mechanism in the register.
Also the construction of the till or box.
In witness whereof, we, the said Alfred Steer and Ernest Reeve, have hereunto
set our hand and seal, this Seventh day of November, in the year of our
Witness,
JOSEPH HANDS,
144, Culford Road,
Balls Pond Rd.
ALFRED STEER. (L.S.)
ERNEST REEVE. (L.S.)