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CASH AND SALES REGISTER. No. 449,164. Patented Mar. 81,1891.

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No. 449,164. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH P. )lAlVlOX, JR, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

CASH AND SALES REGISTER SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 449,164, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed April 28, 1890. faerial No. 349,750. (No model) To ctZZ who/w it nmg concern;

Be it known that I, JOSEPH P. lllANTON, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Casl1-Registers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,-a11d exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the ac companying drawings, and to letters of referenee marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in cash-registers ot a portable type; and it consists, essentially, of a machine combining among its features a positive automatic feed device forthe web of paper on which the sales, &c., are entered, and having the dial or slotted plate arranged to vibrate axially by the operation of opening and closing the moneydrawer.

It also consists in certain other novel features, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the appended four sheets of drawings, illustratingmy improved cash-register, Fign re 1, Sheet 1, represents in reduced scale a plan or top view, the cash-drawer being closed. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view, the drawer being open and the slotted plate revolved toward the front, so as to enable the customer to note the amount of his purchase. Fig. 4; is a plan view enlarged, the

cover being removed, showing the relative arrangement of the parts when the drawer is closed. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is a similar view, but showing the relation of the parts when He drawer is open. Fig. is a partial vertical sectional view taken on line to :n of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail drawing of the hell or gong. Fig. 8, Sheet 3, is a vertical sectional view taken 011 line m m of Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a similar sectional view taken on line 0 o of Fig. 4-. Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on line 291), Fig. 4. Fig. 11 is a plan view showing the drawer, being closed and causing the feed rolls to be actuated. Fig. 1:? is a separate view of a portion of the feeding device, Fig. 13, Sheet 4, is an enlarged sectional view taken through the center of the rewiuder-roll and showing the friction arrangement. Fig. ltis a plan view of the slotted plate enlarged; and Fig. 15 represents a piece of the ruled check or sales paper adapted to be used on my improved cash-register.

Again referring to the drawings, A designates my improved cash or sales register as a whole. Usually the frame or case portion 0 is made of suitable wood and provided with a hinged top or cover I". The form of the case as drawn is rectangular, although other forms may be adopted. An opening-hole r is formed in the center of the cover. The interior of the case is divided horizontally by a metallic plate or partition Z), secured to side cleats b. Below this plate a drawer (Z, of ordinary construction, is fitted to slide freely to and fro, although prevented from being entirely with drawn. The drawer is divided into compartments, as usual, to receive paper money, coin, the. To the rear end is secured a pin a, which extends slightly above the edge of the drawer and engages a slot 14 formed in the free or outer end of a thin lever or arm a, which in turn is pivoted at i to the left side of the base I). (See Fig. 4-, rte.) From this it will be seen that the lever-is caused to vibrate by and in unison with the drawer, as in opening and closing. The pin F extends up through the base and has a segment-gear m secured thereto. The opposite portion of the hub of the gear is provided with a lateral extension or short arm m, carrying at its free end a pin 711- on which is loosely mounted a dog 1' arranged and adapted to trip a hammer 2' of the stationary bell or alarm .2 during the drawers movement.

Directly in line with the center of the hole 7: of the cover a pin 1! is fitted to turn in the base Z). This pin or pivot is secured to the under side of a metallic frame a, carrying a feed mechanism, do, about to be described. To the upper side of the frame a is secured a gear-wheel m, which meshes into the segment-gear m, before described. Near one edge of the wheel on is secured a pin, on which is fitted a loose collarh A stiff spiral spring f connects with this collar and the said dog or collar By suitably proportioning the gears m and m it is evident that a movement, say, of ninety degrees (corresponding to the full outward movement of the cash-drawer) IOC A will impart to the gear m a movement of one hundred and eighty degrees, or one-half of a revolution, as in Figs. 4 and 5. At the same time (see Fig. 4) the spring f is under considerable tension, its action then being to keep the drawer closed. Now by applyingsufflcient force the drawer is drawn out; but as soon as the ends of the spring pass the fixed centers 25 t the spring in contracting operates to automatically assist in forcing the drawer outwardly nearly to its limit, as shown in Fig. 5. In closing the drawer the salesman must obviously exert a pressure against its exceeding that of the spring or until the spring itself again passes the centers, when it immediately and automatically acts through the gears, slotted lever to, andpin a to fully close the drawer.

The paper-carrying and actuating mechanism is mounted in the frame a, the base portion being secured to the pivot-pin t and as the gear 'm is also-centrally secured to the base it follows that the frame and its mechanism must revolve or vibrate back and forth, corresponding to the drawers movement. Two parallel sides extend upwardly from the front portion of the frame, which are bent rearwardly and terminate in bearings which carry the rewinder-roll 3 (See Fig. 9.) The sides are connected by front and rear ties 10 19, so arranged that their'upper faces are substantially flush with the top of the cover t. The upper side of the forward tie p is provided with a suitable surface, over which the sales-paperintermittingly passes. A finished metal slotted plate (1 is detachably secured to theties and a look I is attached to the under side of the plate, the rear tie 19 being adapted to receive the bolt Z of the look, as indicated in Fig. 10, &c., the bolt being operated by a key 70. (Shown by dotted lines.) The plate d is provided with an elongated transverse opening 0, which coincides with the pad or upper surface of the tie 19. At the forward side of the frame or the end of the case a, through which the cash-drawer passes, is mounted a transverse loose center or arbor a, adapted to carry the roll g, on which the web of supply-paper p is wound. I would state that the paper is omitted in the several enlarged figures, except Fig. 0, so as to render the mechanism clearer.

The feeding device is constructed and adapted for operation substantially as follows: To the top portion of the frame a the upper teed-roll ris mounted to revolve. The bottom feed-roll r is mounted in two loose side arms 8, supported by the arbor of the re winder-roll y. These arms are yielding by means of springs f which thereby permit the feed-rolls to automatically accommodate themselves to various thicknesses of paper 11 At the same time the springs serve to check any tendency of the rolls from accidental rotation.v The upper roll is provided at one end with a gear-wheel g,'which actuates a similar gear on the lower roll and also drives a gear frictionally mounted on the take-up shaft or rewinder-roll, the several wheels of the gear-train being substantially alike. (See Figs. 8, 11, the.) The opposite or right end of the top roll-shaft is provided with a ratchetwheel 0", secured thereto, a pawl-carrying angle-lever or bell-crank c beingloosely mounted on the shaft. To the other arm of said lever c is jointed a push-rod a mounted in a bearing 1), attached to the adjacent vertical side of the framed. The forward end of the push-rod is beveled off so as to engage a stationary cam-shaped arm 0, secured to the front side of the base-plate b. This cam is so arranged that the free end of the rod a will engage it just before the cash-drawer is closed, so that the final movement of the drawer will not only carry the mechanism as a whole from the position represented in Fig. 11 to the normal position Fig. 4, but at the same time force the rod rearwardly, thereby causing the pawl 9, Fig.12, to vibrate the feed-roll a certain angulardistance through the medium of the ratchet-wheel r Obviously while thus turning the rolls will draw or feed the paper a corresponding distance,

unwinding it from the supply-roll y and rcwinding a like amount upon the roll y. As soon as the rod passes the point a of the cam, a spring f acts to return the loose arm 0 and pawl to the normal position, ready to again actuate the feed-rolls uponclosing the cashdrawer. A stop a attached to the push-rod,

serves to limit the springs action when the.

rod is disengaged from the cam. The'curved portion e of the cam is substantially concentric with the-center gear m. Therefore rotary movement is not imparted to the rolls while the rod is in contact withsuch' curved portion. vided with a screw-threaded collar or nut arranged to frictionally engage the driving gear g, loosely mounted upon the rolls arbor. By this or other equivalent means the increasing diameter of the roll is provid edfor, corresponding to the amount of paper being wound thereon, thus insuring thatthe paper is snugly wound. In Fig. 13 this device is more clearly represented. The roll y is secured to the arbor or shaft, the latter having, say, a fixed collar or flange g against which the looselymounted gear g bears. A spring 70 is interposed between the gear and said threaded collar or nut 70 By this means the tension or frictional pressure upon the gear may be nicely adjusted. From the foregoing it will be seen that the feed is positive and regular or uniform, because in opening the drawer d only a short distancesay one and one-half or two inches-the end of the push-rod a will slide along the cam-surface e by the action of the spring f until arrested by the stop a thereby carrying the pawl p 'aroundthe wheel r until it engages the .next tooth, so that if the drawer be then immediately closed this latter movement will actuate the feed-rolls and rewinder-roll the same angular distance The rewinder-roll y may be proas though the drawer had been fully opened, as in Figs. 8, 5, and 8, and closed. At the same time the short movement of the drawer causes the alarm-bell to be sounded.

The web of check or sales paper i as drawn is ruled transversely into six equal divisions, each having a dollars column and a cents column. Thepaperthus ruled may have any convenient length, limited only by the capacity of the supply and rewinder rolls y 3 I prefer, however, to have the strip of paper perforated, as at 1)" Fig. 15, at regular intervals of a few feet, in order that it may be readily severed, thereby facilitating the process of adding the amounts of the several sales. The object of a cash-register of this type is that the sales-paper shall be fed ahead a distance equal. to the width of the opening 0 of the rotating plate every time the cash-drawer is opened to receive or pay out money, the amount of such money being first entered in the appropriate column by the salesman.

In Fig. 14 the plate is engraved so as to indicate at theleft the dailyor current expenses, and at the right the amounts received on credit accounts, while intermediate of these the individual sales of four salesmen are provided for-that is to say, an amount of blank ruled paper is exposed at all times through the display-opening 0. After the proper entry has been made by the salesman in the appropriate column the drawer is opened by him and the money deposited therein or paid out, as the case may be. As the drawer com mences to open the alarm rings, and the plate, together with the mechanism beneath it, turns in the arrow direction, Fig. 14, until its position is reversed, or as shown in Fig. 3, so that the purchaser, in the case of a sale having been made, can see and read for himself the entry made by the clerk upon the paper, the figures then facing the purchaser, so that they may be read readily. As the drawer is closed after the money is charged, the slotted plate revolves back to its normal position, the entry figures being visible until the drawer is nearly closed, as before described. The salesman is required to open and close the drawer for each sale or entry. By observing this rule it is obvious that only one entry can appear in each lateral division. (See Fig. 15.)

The slotted plate may be provided with pins 0, which serve, in connection with the lock, to keep itin place. In order to renew the paper, it is only necessary to unlock the bolt Z, when the plate can be readily removed. The paper is then taken from the rewinder-roli 3 and a filled roll 1/ introduced at the front upon the arbor (L5, the free end of the paper being next carried up over the pad 1) and between the feed-rolls, and finally attached to the rewinder-roll. Pieces of rubber r sccured to the base 17, serve as buffers to receive and deaden the shock of the frame a when the drawer is opened and closed.

by the employment of the spring f the cash-drawer is automatically carried to its limit both outward and inward after the spring has passed the centers of the gears m m, as in opening and closing the drawer, thereby also insuring that the posit-ion of the plate is fully reversed. The plate itself may be made very ornamental, if desired, thus producing an attractive mechauically-operating advertising device.

It is evident that the arrangement of the aperture (or apertures) O,as well as the manner'of ruling the check-paper, may be modified or varied in conformity with the class of service for which the cash-register may be used.

I claim as my invention-- 1. A cash register or indicator of the class hereinbefore described, having a moneydrawer adapted to be opened and closed and having a pivotallyanounted frame carrying feeding and take-up mechanism for the salespaper, and a slotted plate, said frame, mechanism, and plate being rotated or vibrated by the act of opening and closing the moneydrawer.

.2. In a cash-register, the combination, with an apertured or slotted plate, paper-feeding mechanism, and a mounted frame adapted to rotarymovement carrying said plate and feeding mechanism, of a hell or alarm, a movable money-drawer, and mechanism connecting the drawer with the said frame, whereby the act of opening and closing the drawer sounds the alarm, operates the feeding device, and rotates the slotted plate, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

3. The combination, with a pair of pivotally-mounted intergearing gears having unequal radii, and a spring attached to both gears at points beyond their centers, of a frame portion secured to and vibrating in unison with the smaller gear, supply and rewinder rolls and positively-driven feed-rolls mounted in said f 'ame, a slotted plate detachably secured to and surmounting the frame, and a moneydrawer connected with and adapted to actuate the larger gear, whereby the act of opening and closing the drawer actuates the several rolls a certain angular distance and revolves said frame and slotted plate one-half of a revolution from its normal position and back again, substantially as set forth.

4-. The eombination,witl1 a pivotally-mounted frame, an apertured disk or slotted plate seen red thereto, a supply-roll, a yielding takeup or rewinder-roll, geared feed-rolls intergearing with and actuating the rewinder-roll and all mounted in said frame, of a stationary cam and spring push-rod actuating a ratchetwheel secured to one of the feed-rolls, and a money-drawer connected with an actuating device or mechanism, whereby the said frame is vibrated back and forth one-half a revolution by the act of opening and closing the drawer,substantiallyas hereinbefore set forth.

5. A cash-register having a slotted top plate,

a Web of check or sales paper mounted on supply and I rewinder rolls, mechanism for feeding the web of paper, a money-drawer, a spring-restrained lever, and gearing connected with and actuated by the drawer, whereby the act of opening and closing the moneydrawer causes the slotted plate and its supporting-frame, &c., to revolve back and forth, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. A cash-register having a slotted plate, a pivotally-mounted frame,and mechanism connected therewith and with the slotted plate, adapted to receive a web of paper and intermittinglypass it across the plates aperture, and a money-drawer arranged and adapted to vibrate said frame and plate back and forth by the act of openingand closing the drawer, substantially as described.

and adapted to assist in operating the drawer to its limit, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH P. MANION, JR.

I Witnesses:

CHARLES HAN-NIGAN, GE'o. H. REMINGTON.

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