US1272978A - Cash-register. - Google Patents

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G. & M. MACBETH.

CASH REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2, l9l6.

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MACBETI-I AND MALCOLM MACBETH, 0F LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

CASH-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

Original application filed January 8, 1915, Serial No. 1,263. Divided and this application filed October 2, 1916. Serial No. 123,425.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be 1t known that we, GEORGE MAcenrir and MALCOLM MAoBnTH, SLlbJQOiJS of the King of England, residing at 4: Streatham avenue, Sefton Park, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in or Connected with Cash-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to apparatus used in connection with the selling of goods and the indicating and recording of cash received for same generally called cash registers, wherein the amounts of transactions are recorded on a recording ribbon or strip in connection with date or date and time records, and a ticket is printed and delivered to the purchaser.

The invention described in this application is divided from my co-pending application filed Jan. 8, 1915, Serial No. 1263, and is illustrated in the annexed drawings, in connection with which it will be described, while the features which are claimed as novel are those set out in the claiming clauses concluding the specification, the invention under the respective clauses being the several features or parts included inthem, in combination, and not individually or separately.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross section showing a register according to th s 1nvcntion; Fig. 2 is a front view and Fig. 3 is a plan in section.

Figs. 4 and 5 are elevation and plan show ing the time and date recording mechan sm in detail; and Figs. 6 and 7 are elevation and plan of the ticket printing and delivering mechanism in detail.

Referring to the drawings, 1 are the actuating keys of the machine; 2 is a hand operated handle or lever cooperating with the keys 1. The handle 2 is fixed on the spindle 3 supported by the members 4 of the main frame, and by the inner members 5.

The date and amount recording or print ing rollers and the printing rollers of the ticket printing and delivering mechanism are mounted on a shaft 9, supported in the frames of the machine.

The keys 1 operate in connection with a gate device 20, which has vertical movement on the rods through the bosses 24 thereon.

' The record tape printingmechanism is fixed to the outsidethe right hand, side in the case shoWnof one of the frames 4 of the machine. This tape is designated 64 and is operated from the shaft 3, on which is fixed a plate lever device 65 having a pawl 66 on it, which engages and operates the ratchet wheel 67, revolving on a shaft 68, having fixed upon it a drum 69 on which the record strip 64 is wound, so that as the shaft 3 is moved to and fro, the paper 64: is wound on the drum 69, and off the store drum 70, passing on its way over the vertically moving presser block 71, which presses it against the pence and shillings type wheels which are designated 72 and 73 respectively.

The presser bar 71 is operated by a lever 74: on the inside of the frame 4; and is mounted loosely on the shaft 3, and it is adapted to be raised at the end of the outward pull of the lever 2 by a tappet 7 5 on the plate lever 65 coming in contact with the part 76 on the lever 74, which presses it up and so elevates the block 71, and presses the ribbon 64 on to the type wheels.

F The pence and shillings type wheels 72 and (3 are provided on both sides of the machine; and as seen in Figs. 4: to 7, are mounted respectively on the spindles 9 and sleeves 77.

The pence rack 43 will engagewith the wheel 48 on the spindle 9, and so revolve the shaft 9; while the sleeve shafts 77 are re volved from the wheel 4-9 fixed on it (see Fig. 3) engaging with the shillings rack 4-3, hereinafter described; and this wheel meshes with and drives another wheel 78, fixed on a short lay shaft 79, having on its opposite end another toothed wheel 80, which meshes with a wheel 81 on the other sleeve 77; so that these sleeves 77 are continued both to the paper strip recording mechanism, and also the ticket printing delivering mechanism at the other, the left hand side of the machine, and are both operated.

The zero position of the type wheels 72 and 73 is always such that they will be inked by the inking rollers 81 during the preliminary rotation by the movement of the racks 43, before they are moved to a definite position by the gate; so that in each action, when the type rollers are revolved, they will. always be freshly inked in moving over the block 1 5 and this preliminary movement is effected by the spring'47 which pulls up the rack 43, when the trigger 42 is removed from it; this movement being allowed by the slotted parts 46 of the racksall of which parts are hereinafter described.

With regard to the ticket printing and delivering mechanism (see in Figs. 6 and 7), and the tickets to be delivered to customers, this mechanism is fixed to the frame 4 at the opposite side of the machine to the tape printing mechanism. The tickets are arranged to'be marked and receive the amount paid on each transaction, the date of such transaction, and also if desired other data, and they are adapted to bc cut off from a their active position; and the date wheels 84 arealso and similarly inked by roller 81.

The presser block 85jhas two raised parts directly under the rollers 72, 73, and 84 which presses different parts of the strip 83 on to these type wheels, and prints them,

and the actuation. of the block 85 is effected by a lever 86 loose on the shaft 3, and actuated by an adjustable tappet 87 on an arm 88, fixed on the shaft 3; thefreeend of the lever 86 striking the part 89 of the block 85, and when so struck presses it up. The return action of the block is effected by a spring 82, V

The date wheels 84 which will be set each day, say through the milled screw heads 91.

through any suitable known means, will be reciprocated over their ink roller 81, so that an inked part comes over theblock 85, by a bar'92 on the lever 86, the upper end of which engages with the upwardly spring pressed arm 93 on the spindleof the wheels 84, and so turns them; free movement be tween the upper end of the bar 92 and the arm 93,beingallowed, so that the rollers shallnot be moved when the block 85 is being lifted by the lever 86..

7 During the first-operation of movement of the shaft 3 and arm 88, arack 94 will be moved up, and this rack engages with a toothed wheel95 on the spindle '96, and

' revolves this wheel past the pawlr97 on the roller 98, over which the ribbon 83 passes, which is pressed down on to the roller 98 by a roller 99, carried on the arm 100, supported von a pivot 101, and pressed down by a spring 102. Thus in this free wheel action the roller 98 is not revolved, during which time the print is being effected from i the rollers 72, 73, and 84. In the return stroke of the rack 94, on the return action on the record.

to effect this time registering as registering actions; but instead of of the lever 2, the part of the wheel 95 engages with the pawl 97, and revolves this roller 98, at which time the presser 85 will i be away from the type wheels, and so the front portion of the ticket will be fed for ward over the edges of a lower guillotine" knife-103, on to the table 104, and it will feed the required length of ribbon on to this table, and when'thisis done, and the rollers 98 and 99 have been stopped, the upper guillotine knife 105, which will have been held up, is released, and it cuts off the-paper piece, so that the printed portion constitutes a ticket, and can be taken away, being a receipt for the money. 1

The cutting off blade 105 is held up by the upper end of a bell crank detent 108, pivoted on. the lower end of the fixed guillotine blade 103; this detent being removed from this holding up position at the-required .time, by the part 107, on the rack plate 94 comingon to the other part of theldetent, and knocking it away from 105. The blade is pulled down by a spring 109. r

" The plate 105 is pressed up by a cam 110 on shaft 3, which actson a lever 184 connected with the plate of the blade 105.

With regard tothe money printing or impression recording apparatus, this may also be adapted to be used for recording the time by users of the instrument, say when coming to or leaving the place of business,

. or other act, in which the instrument is used,

so their arrival or departure as to time, or other importantmemoranda, may be entered operated in other or in addition to the hand lever 2, for operating the mechanism, it may be operated by a rotary The handle 2 will be used and crank. or handle 119, as shown in Fig. 4.

The machine shown is adapted for record- 7 ing both pence and shillings and has a facsimile arrangement and duplication of parts on each side of the machine. 7

With regard to the operation of the parts above described, and their general control any of the keys 1, when moved in by hand,

act unon a swin in lockin and releasin J. b h P7 3 means, consisting of plates 26 fixed on ver-' tlcal plates 27, which carry at their upper ends, a plate 28, which controls the gate 20 so far as vertical movement is concerned; and constitutes the vertical locking means. 'Namel v, whentho key is operated, it acts 7 upon one of the bars 26hr 28, as the ease may be. and presses'this locking device or means hack, and so moves the upper plate 28 back and out of the way; that is, out of the plane of 'theupper bar which it normallv stands above.

The plates 26, 28 and the bars Q'Zconstitute a species of swinging frame," which is supported from a fixed part of the machine of the gate, V

by suspension links 29, so that it is capable of being moved horizontally, and when it is so moved by a key, so that the bar 28 is moved away back out of the plane of a gate bar 22. it allows it to move up, which is edected by a spring 80 as hereinafter described and according to which key is moved in, so will be the degree of movement vertically of the gate permitted and this is governed by the diagonal inclined bars 22 of the gate.

Thus according to. which key is moved into the path of the diagonal gate bars 22, so will be the upward an'rount of movement of the gate 20, and type wheel racks 13, the distance from the axes of the keys of the different rows and the active edges of the different diagonal bars 22 vertically, being the smallest at one end of the top row, and finishing with the largest at the opposite end of the lowermost row.

The gate, when operated, and after each actuation, is moved down to its normal or zero position (shown in the drawings) by a handle lever 2, and is held there by the plate 28 of the swinging frame 26, 27 by its lower edge standing above the upper edge of the upper diagonal gate bar 22.

The gate device, no matter what key 1 is actuated, acts upon a part of the swinging frame (26, 27, 2S) and frees the gate and the type operating racks 43, so that they can rise vertically.

The swinging frame 26, 27, 28, is sup ported by the links 29, through horizontal backwardly projecting bars 32, fixed to the back of the frame, which their lower ends are hinged to.

Connected. with the locking and releasing frame device 27, 28 there is an arm or bar 33, the inner end of which is bifurcated or in the form of a fork, which is supported by the hinge rod 3% connecting the links 29 .on the bars moved after the keys 1 have been actuated,

and when the machine is in the normal condition, the handle is engaged and held by a catch or detent 39, loosely mounted on the shaft 1], its end engaging with the catch 49 on the handle. But when a key is pressed in and the releasing and locking frame 26,

27, 28 and parts above described, are actuated, the catch 39 is actuated and frees the hand operated lever 2.

In the construction shown. this freeing action is efiected by an arm atl fixed on the shaft 11, which acts on the arm of the catch different in the rows of keys, starting at 89 (through a bell crank trigger i2 hereinafter described) and operates it: the shaft 11 being as stated, actuated, that is, rotated when the key is moved in.

The hand lever 2 is now free to be moved.

Simultaneously, with the movement of the catch 39, by the arm 4-1, the trigger 42 will be moved. This trigger acts as a detent to, and works in connection with the two rack bars 43, one on each side of the machine, which operate in connection with the gates 20, so that when the trigger 1-L2 is actuated as just described it moves out of the path of and frees the racks i3, and so the gates 20which are connected with the racks 43, by bars 44 and slotted ends 4-5 on them, through which pins 46, passing through the slotsare freed, can then be moved up by the spring 30 when the handle 2 is actuated, but not before.

he type wheels operating rack bars 4-3 which operate in connection with and are controlled by the trigger pawls 4-2, and w h the gates are capable of relatively vertical movement to a certain extent with the gate this beinqprovided by the slots and pins 46 above described. That is, the bars are free to slide more or less vertically in relation to the gate, this independent or free motion being provided for purposes hereinafter described.

The racks 43 are normally pulled upward by springs 47.

These racks L3 are moved by the gate 20 and operate pinions 48 and t9 on the spindle 9, which operate the paper tape and ticket printing or marking means, consisting of the type wheels 72, '73 containing type representing moncy, as above described.

The limited movement of the rack parts 43 is primarily intended to cause a preliminary inking of the type wheels as above re ferred to, prior to such type being impr ssed upon the recording type and ticket; namely, when these rack bars are released by the triggers 42, the slots in the parts &5 allow of them being moved up over the pins to by the springs d7 to the end of the slots, and so they actuate the toothed wheel 48 and 49 and shaft 9, on which the type wheels are fixed.

l Vith reference to the means for a :tuating the gate and type wheel operating racks t as above described. this is effected through the spring 30, but th s spring can only act upon the gate when it is freed, it being normally unable to act by parts, hereinafter described, between it and the gate, which hold it down in its lowermost position.

This holding means consists of a weight 50 fixed. on to the transverse shaft 8, on the back of the machine, and having a forwardly projecting part 57, connected by the link at its front end, with the projection part 53 of or connected with the hand lever 2. The weight 50 of course will exert greater force than the spring 30, instead of a weight however being used a spring stronger than the spring 30 could be used.

The spring 30 is connected to a lever 54 loosely mounted on the shaft 8 and extending toward the front of the machine, where it is connected by a link 55 with the bottom part 56 of the gate 20 and the weight 50 rests and acts on the lever 54 through an adjustable pin 58 on the end of which the dotted shaded part (see Fig. 1) of the weight 50 rests. Thus when the weight 50 is resting on this pin 58, it keeps the lever 54 down, and thespring 30 in tension, and also holds the gate 20 down, but when the lever 2 is pulled forward, the weight 50 will be lifted off the pin 58, and so the lever 54 and gate 20 will be freed, and the spring 30 can lift them up; and this will take place when one of the keys 1, is'pressed in, and the gate freed by the swinging frame 26,27, 28.

The movement of the weight 50 by the hand lever 2 will be much greater than the upward movement of the gate 20, and the lever 54, but this extra movement does not affect the gates action. V

The function and effect of the weight 50 is to govern or regulate the upward movement of the gate 20.

With regard to the mode of operating the hand lever 2, it is the duty of the user to move it to its full stroke or extent. Thus in all cases, when the gate reaches the end of its up-stroke whether a portion of the total proper stroke or the whole of it, the weight 50moves away from the spring pressed arm 54, whose motion upward is limited through the limited movement of the gate.

In the latter portion of the outward stroke of the hand lever 2, a part on it, namely the boss of the double bell crank levers 59 arranged on each side of and pivoted'on the part 53, strikes the lower end of the projecting bar 33 of the swingframe 26, 27 28 and lifts it, and so lifts theproject-ion 35 above the end of the arm '36 so that the spring 37 acting on the arm 38, can turn the shaft 11, and so cause the arm 41 tofmove down, the

catch 39 thereby being free to move down also into the engaging position. 7

In this movement of the arm 41, it moves away from the trigger or detent 42, the lower end of which will be pressed against the face of the rack bars 43, so that when a rack the catch 39 can drop down into the engaging position.

By this outward movement of the hand lever 2 as stated, the gate 20 will have been freed so as to be able to rise; and when this latter action takes place, the type rollers 72 73 for printing the paper ribbon and ticket through the racks 43, will be actuated, and set to the position corresponding with the sum of money taken and registered.

The next operation is the return action of the hand lever 2. In the first position of this return stroke, the lower outer end of the double hinged trigger 59 (which is normally pulled up by a spring 61) acts upon the type wheels actuating rack parts 43, namely, this trigger acts upon a block 62 on each of the bottoms of the rack bars 43, and moves these rack bars down, and in this operation the weight 50 will also have been lowered by the lever 2, and will have come in contact with the pin 58 on the arm 54, and so moved it down; and as this arm or lever 54 moves down, the gate 20 is pulled down by it. So the rack bars 43, and the gate 20, move down together, but their movement is effected by independent means. 7

The lowermost position of the lever54 is governed by a stop 63 on the bottom of the machine, with which it comes in contact.

Near the end of the stroke of the lever 2 the trigger 59 will move off the blocks 62 and out of their paths, whereupon the rack bars 43 can be moved by the springs 47 so that the top of the racks will come on to the end of the trigger 42.

What is claimed is 1. In a cash register, the combination of a gate adapted to be moved rectilinearly; type wheels for printing the record or strip, and

rack bars for operating said type wheels, the

said rack bars being governed in the first portion of the stroke by the gate, and having limited movement independent of the gate.

2. In a cash register, the combination of rack bars; printing type wheels operated thereby; a hand operating part; a movable tappet device on said hand operated part for actuating said type wheels to effect their return stroke; a rectilinearly movable gate controlled by the action of the hand operated part, and operating in conection with the racks, so that the return stroke of the rack bars is rendered greater than the return stroke of the gate, a holding and releasing pawl, and a spring by which the said bars are released from the tappet.

3. In a cash register a gate having rectilinear movement; type wheels; an inking roller operating in connection therewith; a gate releasing mechanism and mechanism for operating the type wheels, said mecha nism being released by the gate releasing mechanism, and having movement independent of the gate. 7

4. A cash register comprising sets of keys; a bodily rectilinearly movable gate controlled by the keys; spring actuated rack bars which are released by the gate; a ticket marking and delivering mechanism having type Wheels which are moved from the zero position to the position of action; an inking roller which inks the type Wheels in their movement from the zero position to the position of action; so that in all cases the types will be inked before they act on the ticket to be printed on; substantially as herein set forth.

5. In a cash register, a rectilinearly movable gate, type Wheels for printing the rec- 0rd, and means governed in part by the movement of the gate for operating the type Wheels.

6. In a cash register, a rectilinearly movable gate, type Wheels for printing the rec- 0rd, and means governed in part by the ini tial portion of the movement of the gate for operating the type Wheels.

In a cash register, a rec'tilinearly movable gate type wheels for printing the record, and means governed in part by the movement of the gate for operating the type Wheels, the said means having limited movement independently of the gate.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE MACBETH. MALCOLM MAOBETI-I. Witnesses:

SOMERVILLE GoonALL,

PERCY HUBBARD.

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