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C. SAUNDERS. TAPE FOR ADDING MACHINES.

APPLlCATiON FILED UECJO. 1917.

Patented May 31, 1921.

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Specification of Letters latent.

TENNESSEE, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE? ,Patented May 31', .1921.

' Application flied December 10, 1917. Serial No. 206,503.

To all whom it more cm wern.

Be it known that I, CLARENCE SAUNDERS, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Memphis, Shelby count and State of Tennessee, have invented and discovered certain new and useful lmprovements in Tape for Adding-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

, The object of my said invention is to vide a special tape for use with adding machines so constructed and marked that identification of ever portion of the tape that passes through the. adding machine will be certain, and the absence of any part of a complete tape can be readily detected by the auditin office. A further purpose is to insure abso ute accuracy in checking up the tape with the amount in the cash drawer at an time. By the use of such a tape, and tie system which it involves, a cash register can be dispensed with as a necessary part of a checking and settlement sta' tion in a. store, and the expense thereof saved without dispensing with safeguards thetdare reliable, accurate and difiicult to avoi illustrated a section of tape of the construction designed for the purpose, and in said drawings Figure 1 shows the tape as it is used, the illustration being a portion of said tape just after it comes out of the adding machine.

Fig. 2 illustrates the same portion of tape after it has passed through the cashiers hands, one part ready for passing to the customer with the ackage, and

strip of paper vision thereof. On oneside of the said per-' forated line, arranged a short distance apart, are a series of identification characters or marks. In the tape illustrated, I have shown a series of numerals running from 47 to 50 and it is understood of course,

that these numerals run to indefinite numfound desirable for theparticularservice;

In the accompanying drawings, I have.

mounted on a roll, after the usual bers and are arran in sequence. -In of each numeral have a letter may be used or not as preferred 'lfused of tapes. The letters may the numerals, or any other identificatio characters may be employed; as .may-ffbe.

it is for the purpose of identifyinga eerie be provided for. The combination of; 1e ters and numerals shown enables an aim indefinite variety of identification marks,

series, to be provided.

The method of usin thista "ma -g described as follows: pe y as shown, and each roll of tape having its own identification mark, each roll can be.

etape being menu factured with the identification. characters" on the lefthand sideof the perforated line, 3

made of record in the auditors ofiice, or in;

any ofiice having charge of the matter. W e

n a certain store, or checking clerk, or;

cashier, is given a roll of tape, it is charged up so that the auditor knows the person and the machine and lpllace to which the partic: ular roll goes. a e person at the store in serts the roll in the adding-machine and.

'said machine is then ready for use. The customer coming to the checking clerk with a number of purchases, the checkin clerk adds up the prices of the items on t e mechine in the usual way. The machine records the prices of the individual articles on the ortion of thef'tape on the side of the er orated line opposite that portion hearin the identification marks orcharacers; en the articles are all tabulated thetotal is written immediately beneath an this sub-total is preferably identified by a special character'such s own. The spacing mechanism is operated to move the tape a few spaces; approxi-" mately one inch, when the auditor clears e machine and operates it"to imprint upog ev clearance total which corres n V INK tape'the to the 'subtotal above. One of the standard adding machines, cates this clearance star, as shown in the drawings; A total is imprinted on the tape, the ortion= of the tape having the tabulation is torn off and handed to-the customer. The custotal on theta e by a tomer takes the tape portion to the cashier, A"

ays the amount who is near at hand, and indicated by'the total. T e cashier splits the tape down'the perforatedline 10 and at as the letter, S, as;

as now equipped, mdp.

i this a. point between the sub-total and the clear:

ance total tears it transversely handing the portion marked 11, in Fig. 2, to the customer and retaining the portion marked 12, s'vhich. isfiled for cas and auditing the accounts.

use in clieckingrup the he customer retains the portion marked 1l, and

\ taking his packages from the checking clerk,

leaves the settlement station. D

This system of checking has been devised particularly for use with self serving stores and as a art of such a system of merchandising, w ereby a cash register can be dis- Pensed with and the slips of tape 12 serve purchases, naturally would not be satisfied should he not receive the tape belonging to him. The cashier, on the other hand, would not know the amount of money to collect from'the customer unless the 'tape were handed in at the time of making; settlement for the purchases. The customers portion of the tape can be retained by him as a ready means of keeping account of his purchases and checking up his own expenditures.

- It is thus seen that the use of a cash register, and the tedious operation consequent upon its use, may be dispensed with and in a busy place, vvhere there are a number of customers standing in line to be waited upon, the time required to'punch the keys 0. the cash register and wait for the cash drawer to open is saved, which means a saving of much time durin a busy days work in such a store and enab es the store to wait upon a pro ortionately larger number of customers. Vhile a cash register provides no absolute check on the cash, this system does, as every slip is capable of identification, and any portion of the tape not turned in would be quickly missed by the auditor because of these identification marks.

Having thus described my said invent-ion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A 'tape for adding machines perforated longitudinally and having identification characters on one side and adapted to have tabulated records upon the other side and totaled with duplicate totals a distance apart, substantially as set forth.

2. A tape for adding machines formed with a longitudinal perforation, having a Progressive series of identification characters arranged at intervals throughout the length of the tape, and on the other side a blank for reciving the tabulated records and totals. substantially set forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Memphis, Tennessee, this 5th day of December, A. D. nineteen hundred and seventeen.

C. (l. WALKER.

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