Improvements in or connected with Tills.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 25th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 29th Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Tills.
1, JOHN WARBY of 51 Sutton Buildings, Little Sutton Street, Goswell Road in
the County of Middlesex, Brass Finisher do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The invention has for its object improvements in or connected with tills
whereby on a coin being placed in the till or receiver a bell is rung at any
suitable position or positions and a registering or counting apparatus is caused to
register the number of coins passed into the till or receiver.
In carrying my invention into effect. I employ a till or receiver into which
each coin as it is received is placed and the opening to receive the coin is
according to one arrangement made of such a size that only one coin can be
passed into the til at a time. I fit such till or coin receiver with suitable
electric contacts which are so arranged as to support the coin until the latter is
released and the coin whilst it is in position between such contacts closes the
circuit.
The contacts are connected by wires with one or more electric bells and with
one or more counters or registers whereby each coin placed in the till or receiver
would cause the bell to be rung and the counter or recorder to act.
The till or coin receiver is connected by a suitable channel or pipe with a
receptacle placed in any convenient position.
The bell will continue to ring until the coin between the contacts is released ;
to effect this one of the contacts may have connected with it a knob by which it
may be moved so as to release the coin; and in order that only one coin may
pass the contacts at a time and that the last coin indicated and counted may be
kept in view until another takes its place, 1 employ suitable stops which may be
automatically worked on releasing a coin from between the contacts or may
be operated by hand so that one of such stops shall permit the passage of a
single coin to between the contacts but will hold others back until the said coin
has passed the contacts and the other stop will act to liberate the previous coin
which has passed the contacts and to stop the last coin until another passes to the
contacts.
If desired a single till or coin receiver may be employed to receive all denomi-
nations of coin in which case the number of such coins will be recorded and each
coin as it is received will cause a bell to ring but when employing a separate
till or coin receiver for each denomination of coin the amount of money received
can readily be ascertained. It will be readily understood that the till or coin
receiver may be connected with either or both the signalling and counting
apparatus.
D
1000

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Tills.
I, JOHN WARBY of 51 Sutton Buildings, Little Sutton Street, Goswell Road, in
the County of Middlesex, Brass Finisher, 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:-
The invention has for its object improvements in or connected with tills
whereby on a coin or coins being placed in the till or receiver a bell is rung at
any suitable position or positions and a registering or counting apparatus is
caused to register the number and amount of coins passed into the till or
receiver.
In carrying my invention into effect 1 employ a till or receiver into which each
coin as it is received is placed and the opening to receive the coin is according
to one arrangement made of such a size that only one coin can be passed into
the till at a time.
I fit such till or coin receiver with suitable electric contacts which are so
arranged as to support the coin until the latter is released and the coin whilst it
is in position between such contacts closes the circuit. The contacts are connected
by wires with one or more electric bells and with one or more counters or
registors whereby each coin or number of coins placed in the till or receiver
would cause the bell to be rung and the counter or recorder to act.
The til or coin receiver is connected by a suitable channel or pipe with a
receptacle placed in any convenient position.
The hell will continue to ring until the coin or amount between the contacts is
released; to effect this one of the contacts may have connected with it a knob by
which it may be moved so as to release the coin or coins, and in order that only
one coin or amount may pass the contacts at a time and that the last coin or coins
indicated and counted may be kept in view until another takes its place I employ
suitable stops which may be automatically worked on releasing a coin or amount from
between the contacts or may be operated by hand so that one of such stops shall
permit the passage of a single coin or amount to between the contacts but will hold
others back until the said coin or amount has passed the contacts and the other stop
will act to liberate the previous coin or amount which has passed the contacts and to
stop the last coin or amount until another passes to the contacts.
If desired a single till or coin receiver may be employed to receive all denomi-
nations of coin in which case the number of such coins will be recorded and each
coin as it is received will cause a bell to ring but when employing a separate till or
coin receiver for each denomination of coin the amount of money received can readily
be ascertained.
It will be readily understood that the till or coin receiver may be connected with
either or both the signalling and counting apparatus.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to
describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figure 2 is a plan of a compound till or money
receiver arranged as indicated with a separate receiver for various denominations
of coins and for different amounts but other arrangements than that indicated may
be employed.
Figure 3 is a front elevation partly in section. Figure 4 is a plan. Figure 5 is a
vertical cross section and Figure 6 is another front elevation partly in section of one
of the coin receivers separately. Figures 3 and 6 showing the internal parts of the
same in two different positions.
Figure 7 is a face view and Figure 8 is a back view of one of the cou ters adapted

page_text: to be used with each of the receivers to count up and indicate the amounts passed
into the receiver and Figure 9 is a front elevation with part of the front removed of
an indicator whereby on a coin or a given amount being passed into one or other of
the receivers the value thereof will be indicated on a disc made to appear behind one
of the openings in the front thereof and a bell will be rung.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2 a. a represent a series of money receivers some of
which are arranged to receive a single coin at a time whilst others are arranged to
receive two or more coins of a like denomination as indicated at the upper part of
each receiver.
b is a drawer placed below the different coin receivers and formed with separate
receptacles or spaces therein to correspond with and receive the coins as they drop
from the different receivers.
This drawer b will be provided with a good lock by which it can be secured against
illicit access thereto.
Each coin receiver is constructed in a similar manner to that represented at
Figures 3 to 6 and which I will now describe. 1 is the frame of the receiver, the
top 2 of which is formed with a slit or opening of size adapted to receive the particular
coin or amount for which any given receiver is intended to be used, 3 is a glass front
through which the coin or amount passed into the receiver can be seen until it passes
into the drawer or receptacle 6 below. 4. 5 are two half guides formed in the shape
of a narrow hopper divided vertically or of two juxtaposed tapered slotted guides
arranged underneath the slit or opening in the top 2, the guide 4 is mounted on a
joint or axis 6 and is formed with a downwardly extending arm or stop 7 which is
acted upon by a spring 8 to retain the guide 4 in its normal position. The
guides 4 and 5 are in fact two electrical contacts and are placed in a circuit of
which the terminals 9 to which they are metalically connected and wires 10 form a
part. 11 is a lever connected to the guide 4 and passing to the exterior of the
receiver where it is provided with a knob 12 by which it can be depressed and thereby
caused to turn the guide 4 on its axis or joint 6 to release a coin or coins held or
supported between the two guides or contacts 4. 5. 13 is a stop mounted on an axis
of motion 14 and formed with an eye 15 at its upper end through which the lever 11
loosely passes thereby causing the stop 13 to be automatically operated on the
depression and rise of the lever 11. 16 is a fixed stop acting in combination with
the arm or stop 7 to retain a coin or coins in sight within the receiver until the coin
last placed therein has been released from the contacts 4 and 5. 17, 17ª, 17", 17°
represent various positions assumed by the coin or coins as they pass through the
receiver.
The action of the coin receiver is as follows: The parts of the receiver are norinally
in the position shown at Figure 3 with the last coin placed therein supported by the
stops 7 and 16 but without a coin between the contacts 4. 5, then on a coin or coins
being passed through the slit or opening in the top 2 it will pass through the guides
or contacts 4. 5 to the lower parts thereof where it or they will be supported as
shown by 17, Figure 3, and close the electric circuit by establishing metallic con-
nection between the guides or contacts 4. 5. When the electric circuit is thus closed
electro magnets placed within the circuit are caused to operate the bell, indicator and
counter as hereinafter described.
The person placing the coin or coins in the receiver will after having done so, press
down the knob 12 which by turning the contact 4 on its axis 6, will release the coin
or coins 17 from the contacts 4 and 5 and thus break the electric circuit; simul-
taneously with such action the stop 13 will be turned to the position shown at
Figure 6 and in that position will temporarily support the said coin or coins 17ª
between it and the upper part of the arm 7 whilst the coin or coins 17 previously
placed in the receiver and held by the stops or supports 7 and 16 as shown at
Figure 3, is or are by the moving away of the stop or support 7 from the fixed
support 16, liberated from such stops or supports as shown by 17° Figure 6, and
allowed to fall into the drawer or receptacle below, then on liberating the knob 12,
the spring 8 will press the arm 7 towards the fixed stop 16, and in doing so will

page_text: restore the lever 11 and stop 13 to the positions shown at Figure 3, thereby allowing
the coin or coins to fall from the stop 13 and causing it or them to be retained by the
arm 7 and fixed stop 16 until another coin or coins is or are placed in the receiver
when the operations above described will be repeated.
The counter represented at Figures 7 and 8 is arranged to act in combination with
the 1d. till or receiver represented at Figures 3 to 6 and for such purpose is placed in
the same electric circuit therewith; on a coin or coins being placed in the receiver
and thereby closing the electric circuit as before described, the electro magnet c is
rendered active and thereby caused to attract the armature d which is mounted on an
axis d' and forms part of or is attached to a lever the upper end of which carries the
pivotted pawl or driver d² which acts to drive the ratchet wheel e the distance of one
tooth each time the electric circuit is closed and broken; a spring pawl facts to
prevent any return motion of the ratchet wheel e and an arm d³ attached to the
paw! 2 acts to prevent the wheel e from being moved more than one tooth at a time.
The axis of the ratchet wheel e carries and gives motion to the hand or pointer g and
by suitable gearing such as that employed in timepieces also gives motion to the hand
or pointer which as represented in the drawing is supposed to make one revolution
for every 12 revolutions of the hand or pointer g; but they may be caused to rotate
in other relation to each other; the face of the counter has two rings of figures which
by the aid of the two hands or pointers indicate the gross amount of money passed
into the receiver.
the receiver, the
backwards over
lever d will be
ratchet wheel e
On the circuit being closed by a coin or coins being placed in
electro magnet c will attract the lever d thereby carrying the pawl
the teeth of the wheel e then on the circuit being broken the
drawn forward by the spring d and by the pawl d will move the
forward one tooth and will consequently give motion to the hands or pointers g
and h.
The indicator which is represented at Figure 9; is similar in construction to an
ordinary hotel annunciator it has as many openings i in the face thereof as there are
receivers connected with it, each opening i has in connection therewith a disc j
carried by an armature lever j' mounted on a centre of motion and retained in its
normal position away from its opening i by a spring j³ or by a counterbalance weight
attached thereto; an electro magnet & placed in the same electric circuit as that of a
corresponding money receiver, is on the closing of the circuit caused to attract the
armature lever and thereby bring its disc opposite the corresponding opening i. The
discs are marked with the amounts which their corresponding receivers are intended
to receive at a time whereby the amounts paid into the receivers from time to time
can be readily seen.
A bell is caused to ring simultaneously with the movement of any of the discs
towards the openings in the manner well understood in connection with hotel
annunciators. If desired however a separate bell may be employed in connection with
each till.
Several of the tills or receivers are represented as arranged to receive two or more
coins of a given denomination at a time such for instance as 2d. 3d. 4d.
In these cases the coins are placed in the respective tills or receivers simultaneously
the openings in the tops 2 and the guides 4 and 5 and other necessary parts being of
width proportionate to the number of coins to be passed at a time into the tills or
receivers so that the latter shall make only one indication for each amount in coins
placed therein.
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 1
claim is :--
1. An electrical money till or receiver or a series of the same arranged to
receive a given coin or two or more of a given coin simultaneously and fitted
with electrical contacts, guides, stops and operating lever so arranged and operated
as to keep in view the previous coin or coins inserted until the last coin or amount

page_text: inserted has been released from the contacts substantially as herein shown and
described and for the purpose stated.
2. An electrical money till or receiver or a series of the same of the character
referred to in claim 1 in combination with signalling and counting apparatus sub-
stantially as herein shown and described.
Dth: aril
1000
JOHN WARBY.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.