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R. T. PISOIGELLI.

I CASH REGISTER.

APPLIUATION IILEDIOOT. s, 1911.

14 SHEETSSHEET 2.

Reissued 00121, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED 00'1. 6, 1911.

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R. T. PISGIOELLI.

CASH REGISTER. APPLIOATION FILED 0016, 1911.

Reissued 00f). 21,1913 1 3,632

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CASH REGISTER.

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GASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED 00126,.1911.

Reissued Oct/2L 1913.

3. T. PISCIUELLI.

CASH REGETER. APPLIOATION TILED OUT. 6, 1911.

Reissued Oct. 21, 1913.

' terent clerks de artments of a store or an other objects as will appear from the de- -7th printing a duplicate Of the amounts re- ROBERTO TAEGGI PISCICELLI, OF PARIS,

FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER (30., OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO, (ORGANIZED IN 1906.)

CASH-REGISTER.

Driginal No. 872,845, dated December 3,

To all whom, it may concern: Be it known that. I, Ronnmio TAEGGI Piso1- coma, a subject of Italy, and resident of Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Cash-Registers, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to machines of the type employing a plurality of totalizcrs for summing up separately the receipts of ditother purpose wherein it is desired to keep a segregated analysis of diii'erentclasses of transactions, and a principal object is to provide aplurality of summing devices in the form of totalizers, the elements of which are so arranged that the movement of the "frame, in which said totalizers are supported, to bring any totalizer into position to be actuated is greatly reduced. To accomplish this principal object as herein stated the elements of the summing devices or'totalizers are mounted in any suitable manner with the various denominational elements of the different totalizers grouped togetl1er,'hy which construction it is necessary only to move the frame the distance between adjacent totalizer elements in order to bring another totalizcr into position to be actuated.

This invention in addition to the principal object above stated includes several scription under the dillercnt subheadings into which the detail. description which follows, is divided.

The machine is capable of performing the 'lollowing operations: 1st summing up separately the money received in the various departments. 2nd summing up all these totals in a grand total. 3rd showing the number of receipts or tickets issued in each departmcnl. 4th giving the total number of tic-kcts issued. 5th showing bymeans of indicators both to the public and to the cashier each amount at the moment it is received. (3th issuing tickets on each of which is printed the name of the department, the amount received, the date and a number.

ccired in all the sale departments and arranging these amounts in columns.

The machine illustrated in the drawings is designed for tour departn'ients called,

Specification of Reissued Letters Patent.

Reissued Oct. 21 1913.

1907, Serial No. 184,743. Application for reissue filed. October 6, 1911. Serial No. 658,246.

hereinafter A, B, C, D; and is fitted with four sets of keys for registering sales up to 99.99 each in units of decimal money. It is evident however that the machine may be readily modified for pounds, shillings and pence or other money if desired.

In the annexed drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of the cashiers side of the machine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line A B C Fig. a. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section. 5 shows the mechanism for locking the keys which are all shown in their raised position. Fig. (3 shows part of Fig. 5 to a, larger scale. Fig. '4' shows the mechanism for locking the keys when one oi? them is pressed down. Fig. 8 shows part of Fig. 7 to a larger scale. Fig. 9 shows to a larger scale part ot the mechanism of the summing apparatus. Figs. 10, ll, 12, 13 and ll show details of this summing apparatus. Fig. 15 shows the method olf operating the total summing apparatus from the partial summing apparatus. Fi 10 shows the lever for setting the machine to record for the different departments. and the gearing connected therewith. Figs. 17 and 18 are two views of the mecha nism for covering the indicators during their nmvcment. Figs. 1.) and 20 are two views of the partial nun'ierators, ot the general. numerator and of the device for actuating them. Figs. 21, and 23 show details of these numerators. Figs. 2st to 27 show the various positionsof the cams controlling the movement of the several summing apparatus. Fig. 528 is a side elevation of the printing apparatus. Figs. 29 to 3% show details of the cylinder which prints the date and number upon the tickets. Figs. and ac show the device by means of which this cylinder is put out of action. Figs. 37 and 38 show the mechanism for cutting oil the tickets and printing on them the name of the department and the amount of each sale. lrigs. and 40 show the mechanism for opening the drawer.

The machine viewed from the cashiers side (see Fig. 1) shows on its upper part, a verti :al plate 1 an incline 2, a cylindrical part 3, and a drawer 4 at the bottom. In the vertical plate 1 there are four openings 5, through which the figures of the indicators appear, to show the amount of each sale. In the incline 2 there are openings ranged in two horizontal lines. Through the lower openings 6 appear the figures of each partial summing apparatus and through the upper ones 7 those of the general summing apparatus. In the incline 2 there is also another opening 8 where ap pears the name of the department total is shown.

-Four sets of keys 9, 10, 11, 12 project from the cylindrical part 3. Each set consists of nine keys arranged at equal dis tances in a vertical line and marked with figures 10 to 90 or 1 to 9 on their heads.

' Set 9 represents tens of francs, set 10 units of francs, set 11 tens of centimes, and set 12 units of centimes.

A lever 13 on the left hand of the keys pivoted concentrically with the drum 3,.determines the department against which the amount received shall be registered according to the position in which it is stopped at the letter AB C or D respectively. On the right hand are five openings through which the indications of five numerators appear, the upper one l t shows the total number of sales and the others 15, 16, 17, 18 show the numbers of sales in each department.

From the right of the machine projects a handle 19, for operating the machine after the value to be registered has been determined by the keys and the department by the lever 13. v

.The other'side of the machine seen by the public, has four openings only in its upper part similar to 5, through. which the sum paid by any purchaser is shown.'

Directions for working the machine. I order that the machine may issue, a ticket and perform the above mentioned operations it will be sufficient, 1st to turn the lever .13 and stop it at the name of the proper department. 2nd to determine the amount to be registered by pressing the keys composing this amount. 3rd to give two revolutio-ns'to the handle 19. These operations having been effected a ticket printed with a number, the date, the name of the department and the amount received will be issued.

At the same time the indicator will show both to the cashier and the purchaser the same amount, the grand total summing 'apparatus, and the partial summing apparatus, corresponding to the department in question will add this amount to their previous totals, the total numerator and the partial numerator corresponding to the department will advance one unit, and a duplicate of the ticket issued will be printed upon a paper web inside the machine. It may be remarked that by moving the lever 13none of the summing apparatus and none of the numerators. will be. altered. When however this lever is displaced and stopped at a cer- ,tELiIl department, .the preceding total of the money received by it will appear at the whose openings 6. The indications of the various partial summing apparatus can therefore be read by displacing the lever 13 and stopping it successively at the various departments.

Description of the nternal Mechanism of the Machine.

ed by a helical spring 27 which on pressing,

the key is compressed and tends to push the key back to its former position. Kithin the) machine and 111 correspondence wlth each set of keys, there is a sector 28 pivoted on the shaft 29 and fitted with a rim 30 con centric with the cylindrical part 3 of the machine. each of which the end of a key may enter. Each sector 28 is pulled upward by a s ring 32' and in its normal position the he of the sector are above *those' of the drum so that the beveled ends of the keys bear on the edges of the holes 31 as shown at Figs. 3 and It is evident that on pressing upon the head of the key it will. by its bevel end force down the rim 30 so that the notch 23 may reach the position shown in Fig, 8. The rim 30 urged by the spring 32 will then rise a distance equal to the depth of the notch 23 lock the key and prevent its return.

Preventing the lowering of any key of aset when another hey of the some set has already been Z0ohc(Z.From what has been stated above it ensues that when a certain key is locked the sector 28 will remain low- To correct a mistake on. looking a 7063 by The rim 30 has in it holes 31 in restoring all the parts to the normal position-it a key is wrongly lowered the mistake may be corrected before the machine is operated. For this purpose thereis a horizontal spindle 33 on which arms 34 are keyed engaging holes in the rims 30. Fast with'the spindle 33 is a lever arm 36 projecting from the front of the machine' When this arm 36 is pressed down the arms -34.- will depress the rim 30 and free the teeth 25; Therefore any keys that have been lowered will. be raised by their springs to their normal positions.

Prcoentihg the lowering of (my hey during the mooement of the fmachhc.For this purpose on the mainshaft 37 there is keyed for each sector 28 a segmental cam SS'with a tooth 39. hen the machine is operated the cam 38 will turn in the direction of the arrow. If none of the keys of the set corresponding to this cam is lowered the cylindrical edge of the cam will come against a rib L0 projecting from the sector 28 and press it down during the movement of the machine; it will in other words cause the same effect as if a key were looked, that is it will. prevent another key of the same set being lowered. If a key of the set were already lowered the cam would have no effect on the sector, because its cylindrical edge will merely touch the rib 40 without forcing it down.

Preventing the loweriv'zg 0f the Z0001" arm' 36 during the movement of the machine. While three of the sectors 28 are actuated by cams 38 as above stated, the fourth sector has a grooved cam 41 l ig. 7) engaging a pin 42*11pon it. It is evident that while the shaft 87 and cam 4C1 turn, and the pin 42 is in the circular part of the groove, the sector 28' cannot be displaced and therefore it is impossible to move the lever 36 for releasing the keys. One arrangement of this kind will be sufficient forthe four sets. ofkeys, inasmuch as all the arms 34 are fixed on the same shaft 33 and therefore whenever one of them is held fast the shaft and lever 36 are also held. Y

Freeing the keg/s automatically after each revolution of the machine.After each revolution of the. machine the tooth 39 of the cam 38 Will come in contact with the rib ill and depress the sector 28 exactly the height of the teeth 25 whereby these will be released and theke'ys will return to their normal position In the case of the sector 28 controlled by the groove cam ll the groove is so shaped that the pin 42 is moved away from the center of the cam and thus the sector is lowered as req'iiired to free the key which has been locked.

The summing apparatus (see Fig. 3).- The handle 19 and shaft 37 revolve in the direction of the arrow, and a cam 13 keyed on the shaft will leave a piece 4 L free to .turn (under the influence of a spring 15) on the shaft 29 until its 'end 46 is stopped by the key lowered in the correspomling set. It is evident that the are described by the end 46, and therefore by any .point of the piece 4:4,- is proportional to the value of the toy which has been depressed. Should no- .key be lowered the end 46 will strike against the top of the key guide corresponding to nil. rThe piece 44 has out upon it ten consecutive arcs struck from the axis of the shaft 29 at which they subtend aqua l angles with radii of varying lengths, the longest corresponding to m'l and the shortest to 9, that is to the lowest key of the set. There is one piece 44 for each set and the arcs determine the operation of the various surnming apparatus.

The partial summing apparatus 01 (Zcpartmemf i'ozfalzzcrs (see Figs. 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1st, 16); These totalizers are carried by a carriage 48 movable transversely by means of the lever 13 so as to bril'ig the totalizer, which belongs to the department for which a transaction is to be recorded, into position to be actuated.

In order to reduce the travel. of the carriage the elements of the various totalizers are arranged in denominational groups upon a transverse shaft 62, which is mounted in the carriage 48; that is, the four elements for the units of centimes are mounted upon the shaft 62 adjacent to each other, and next to these elements are mounted the elements for the tens of centimes, after which are grouped successively the elements of the various totalizers in ascending denominas ti'onal order until the desired registering capacity has been reached. By this arrange ment of the elements of he various totalizers it is obvious that when a totalizer is -1noved out of position in which it is actuated and the adjacent toializcr brought into I position to be actuated, the carriage will be moved only-the short distance between the elements of the totalizer that is moved out of position to be actuated and the totalizer that is moved into position to be actuated, whereas if all of the elements of each totalizer were grouped together upon the shaft, it would be necessary to shift the carriage a distance corresponding to the width of all the elements of the totalizer that is normally in position to be actuated.

The totalizer elements or wheels 59, which are directly actuated under the control of the different sets of keys, are provided with pinions 56, with which mesh rack portions of actuators or sectors 49 that are pivoted upon a transverse shaft G l mounted in the -arriagc as. The actuators or sectors 4-9 are provided with downwardly and rearwardly extending arms 50 and 51 respectively, the former coiiperating with cams 63 secured to the shaft 37 and the latter being connected to rods by pin and slot connections 52.

After the detcrmii'iing devices or pieces 4-4- have been positioned the cams 63 will pass out of engagement with the arms 50 and springs 55 surrounding rods 53 will force the rods, corresponding to the elements 39 of the totalizer that is in operative position, downwardly distances determined by the steps of the adjusted pieces 4-4, and thereby rotate the actuators or sectors 40 cotiperating therewith corresponding distances. previously stated the sectors 4C9 mesh with pinions and attached to the pinions are arms 57, Fig. 14-, Which carry pawls that engage with ratchet Wheels 58. 13, secured to the totalizer drums or elements 59. This pawl and ratchet between the actuators i9 and the totalizer element 59 is Well known forms a one Way connection between said actuators and elements, which one Way connection is eifective When the actuators are rotated in a clockwise direction, Fig. 3. Near the end of the operation. of the machine the earns 63, Will, by engaging the arms of the displaced actuators, return dlelat'ter and the rods to normal position. The rods 53 are guided in their upward and downward movement by a cross piece fi l of themeriage frame d8. In shifting the frame 48 to bring the difierent totalizers into operative position the arms 50 of the actuators 46) pass into ano out of cooperative relation with the cams G3, and in order to preK ent rocking movement of the actuators when said arn'ls 50 are out of cooperative relation with the cams G3 brackets (39, Figs. 2 and 3, with laterally extending guide flanges 70 are pro vided, which fill the spaces between the earns 63 and extend to the sides of the end cams. These brackets are secured to the guides for the carriage and extend rearwardly and downwardly therefrom, Fig. 8.

The actuators or sectors 49 are shown and descrihed as being movable with the frame 48 carving the elements 59 of the various department tctalizers but it is to he linden stood that this invention is not to be limited to the forni of actuators shown, the gist of the invention. as far the registering mecl anisln is concerned, being in the grouping of the denominational elements of the various totalizcrs, by which arrangement oil. the elements the movement of the totalizers is reduce( and a considerable nnn'iher of totalizers may be employed in a limited amount of space.

l'lhcn on any drum 59 the sum of the yalue added and that previously registered exceeds ten, it is necessary that the drum of the next higher class of units he turned auto matically. For this purpose'eoch drum hasv fixed to it two wheels, namely a star wheel 00 and on ordinary toothed wheel 61, except in the case oflhe eentil'nc units drum to which only an ordinary toothed wheel is fixed. Each'n'heel (ill gears with a similar Wheel 65, fixed. to a sleeve (36, having its other end a tooth 67 (Fig. 10). The sleeves are l ose on spindles (38. When the centinie units drum 59 has accomplished a revolution. the tooth 7 will displace the star wheel (50 fixed to the lens ccntxime drum one tooth, and as the u'hcL-l (30 has ten teeth it will be displaced l/lUth of a revolution, that is the tens eentime drum will be displaced by a 'ixer it is added also to the grand ma unity. Similarly, each revolution of y other drum turns the 'fU'd'l h orrnn on its lei: through one graduation. Further, in order "to secure the regular Working of the above mentioned arrangement for the transfer of the units of the next higher class from one drum to the. successive one, it necessary that the displacement of a drum by the correspondin sector, does not begin 0.. fl. drum of the units of immediately lower order, has been fully displaced and come to rest. For this purpose the cams are keyed on the shaft 3'? in the position. shown loy Figs. 24, 25, 2G, 27, and owing" to this an rangen ent the curved arms 50 lowered at difi'erent and successive times. In that the indications of the sonnning apparatus may reach. thousands of trance, two other drums having on their edges the figures 0 up to '9 may he added on the sazne shaiit 62. The first of these two add drums (the lnindreds (ll-inn) is it ad with a star Wheel. 60 and a toothed Wheel (El but the second drum is only fitted witlra 5 ar wheel 60. ese d inns are lurncd in a similar manner to that ahove crihed.

ToiaZ summing apparatus 0-?" {/WJZI'Z a c a 8 267 Figs. 3 and l5}.-These elem n 01 this totalizer are similar to the ue; artinent totalizcrs and are mounted upon a shaft 76 which. is supoorted hythe f ne- Work of the inachin instead of being supported hy the carriage 4L8 like the shaft 62 carrying the elements 59 the ce lar-lin al; totalizers. i Sectors 7i mounted loosely 1 ion a shaft 72 actuate the elements of the and totalizer in a manner similar the ac ators 49 for the department totalizcrs. i sectors 71 are equally spaced with ti ternlining devices 14 and are provided projections 74%, which n-ojections are by springs 73 into contact with heads of the rods 58. 'hese heads are so formed that in their position of tinuous track so ihat when the ca carrying the dc 'iartnient iOtElliZGl i the track .ll slide under the p supporting them Wit-ho cal teration of the total summing .r grand totaliaer. ll itl. tl 's Whenever a sunris added to one of t tial summing devices department tote.

on al The transfer devices between the elem: the grand totalizcr are identical. to the tran fer devices between the elements of any 7' the department totalizers and are inouiitcd upon a spindle '7"? suitably supported by ihe frame Work of the machine.

rest they form coir sum min i the shafts and 76 there is a qroevo 7 to revolve int-he proper direction around the 96 keyed on the shalt E57.

)1 are cut in such a manner that whenever the lever 1 3-154 in cmflCI'l; position one of shafts whcrcon they are loose. The ends of these shafts (32 and T0 are square. shaped and may be turned by means of a handle from the side of the machine on which is the handle 19, it, vwith th summing apparatus at rest, these shafts be turned in the direction in which the disks 50 ordi narily revolve, the pawls will successively be engaged by the groove 78 and be com polled to turn so thedisks 59 will turn. Thus with one. revolution of the. shafts 02 and 70 all the pawls will cause the disks 59 to take up such a position that all the figures of one value will be in a straight line,

1/ 7m lever for (totem/lining filo department of sale (see Figs. 1, 2 and l0).-Disy)iloccmom of the (:ci;'"riogc..lhe lever 13 pivoted onthe shaft 20 fitted with a bevel toothed sector 80 gearing with another toothed secs tor 81. fast with a lever 82 pivoted on a fixed axle The upper end of this lever is slotted to receive a pin' 84 on a lever S5 pivoted at 86 and having its upper end also slotted to receive a pin 871m the carriage 18 01 the partial summing apparatus. lower part of the lever 82 is bent and carries a pin 88 engaging a fork connected with a carriage 89 hearing the paper roll for the duplicate described below. The arrange ment of the levers 82 and -is such, that on stoppingthe lever 13 at one of the notches corresponding to the departments 11, B, C, D, the partial sun'miing apparatus of this departmentwill be in a position to be actuated byits sectors e9 under the control of the determiningdevices or pieces {11. A label 90, see Fig. 3, having the letters A, b, C, D and fixed on the side frame of the carriage 48, will show for each position of lever 13 the corresponding indication of the determined department, ano this; indication will appear through the opening 8. The lever 13 is provided with a spring plunger 13", Figs. 1, 1 and 16, which is adapted to enter notches 13 on the cylindrical part 3 adjacent'to the slot through which said lever 13 plays and thereby preventaccidental displacement of said lever.

From the above it follows that the machine should not be operatedwhen the lever 13 has not been stopped at one ofthe dcpartment notches. In order to prevent the operation of the machine except when the lever 13 is in proper position, this lever is provided with tour teeth 01. Another lever 02 pivoted on afixcd pin 03 has on. it a tooth 9- engaging the teeth 01, and a second tooth DScngaging the teeth of ratchet wheel them will raiscrthc tooth 0i and disei'igage the tooth from the teeth of the wheel 06,

but if the lever 13 is stopped at any inter- The I The four teeth mediate position the spring 97 urging the lever 92 against the wheel 96, will compel the tooth 95, to engage in the teeth of said ratchet wheel 06, and thereby prevent the shaft 37 from turning. In order to prevent n'loveinents of the lever 13 during the revolution of handle 10, the lever has on its lower part four notches 08, and a bell crank lever 09 pivoted at 100 has on one arm a tooth 101 adapted to engage the notches 98, while its other arm ends in a hook 102 which is normally held in a notch 101 formed in the surface of a disk 103 secured to shaft 37 by a spring 105. Upon the rotation of the shaft 37 the hook end 102 of the bell. crank 99 will be camnied out of the notch 104 onto the surface of the disk 103, in which position the tooth 101 of the bell crank will engage with one of the notches 98 of the lever 13 and thereby prevent movement of said lever, in which position it is shown in Fig. 10, this figure showing the machine in a partly operated condition. A spring 105 keeps the hook 102 in contact with the edge of the wheel 103 so that when the shaft 37 and cam 103 are turning the wheel 102 will be against the edge of the wheel. and the tooth 101 will engage one of the notches 98 and therefore the lever 13 cannot move, and it will be let free only when the hook 102 enters the slot 102% compelling the other arm of the bell crank lever to withdraw the tooth 101 from the notch 98.

T be indicators (see Figs. 2, 3, 17 ),'The indicators consist of eight hollow dru'in's mounted loose on a fixed shaft 106 Four ofthese drums 10, 108, 109, 110 are de{ signed to show to the public the amount re-,

ceived, and the other four 111, 112, 113, 11 1 to show the same amount to the cashier.

Each drum has'on its edge a rini titted with teeth 115,. To the drums 107, 108, 111, 112 are fixed pinions 116 and in each drum is a spiral. spring 116 having one end fixed to its peri 'ihcry and the other end to the shaft 106, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Four racks 117' pivoted at 118011 the pieces 44 engage tliepinions 116, being kept up to, their work by blade springs 119. Each rack 117 is in contact With a horizontal rod 120 sliding in fixed guides 121and fitted with springs 12:2 while their other ends come in contact with projections 123 on the cams 03. hen the shaft 37'begins to turn and before the pieces 4:4: move, the rods 120 will he pushed back by the projections 123, wherebythe racks 117 will disengage pinions 116, and the drums 101,108, 112, 11 by reason of their springs, will come nack to their Zero position against a fixed stop,

and in this position they will show 0 through the openings 5. The projections 123 remain in contact with th'rods 120a'fter the contactbetween the PlfiCOt, l tandthe earns 413 ceases. The pieces 44 when released by the cams, turn under the action of the springs e15 and the racks 117 will move down. When the 117 have completed their displacement and. come to rest in their \lowest position, the contact of the projections 123 with the rods 120ends, and the springs 119 will put the racks into gear with the pinions 116 and, as the pieces 14 return to their normal position, the racks will rise and rotate the drums to show the amount registered, which will remain visi- Yole until the next operation. In order to move the other drums 109, 110, 113, 1141 there are four pairs of pinions gearing the drum 107 with 110, 108with 109, 112 with 113, and 111 with 114. These pairs of pinions are mounted. on turning sleeves loose around two countershafts 124.- and 125.

Conan-ding" indicators (Figs. 17 and 18).-A lug 126 on one of the determining pieces 44- is in contact with the horizontally bent end 127 of a vertical rod 128 fitted with a spring 129 and sliding in fixed guides. The ,upper end of the rod128 is forked and connected.- with a lever 130 against which a spring 131 presses an arnr 132 fast with an arm 133 pivoted on shaft 106 and carrying two shields 134E connected at their other ends by another arm 135 similar to 133. Normally the lug 126 is up and the openings 5 remain uncovered, but when the machine is being operated the lug 126 falls and'the shields 13 1 will cover the indicators during their movement.

Numcmto rs (see liigs. 1, 19 to 23).-The five numerators are placedin the cylindri 'al part The upper one is the general numerator and the other four are respectively assigned, to the departments A, B, C, D. Each element of a numerator consists of :1 disk 136 showing the figures 0 to 9, and connected with a ratchet wheel 137 having ten teeth and a notch 138. The general numerator may indicate the thousands and consists of four elements. The partial numerators indicate the hundreds and each consists of three elements. The elements of each numerator are loose on a shaft on which a lever 139 is mounted. This lever 139 is fitted witha set of pawls 140 of decreasing length, one for each ratchet wheel 1:37. When the lever 139 moves, the longest pawl gearing with the ratchet wheel annexed to the units disk will displace it one tooth. When this units disk has been displaced by ten teeth, its pawl will fall into the notch 138 and thereby all the pawls will he lowered and thus the second pawl will put into action and will turn the tons wheel 137 one tooth. Owing to this displacement of the tens wheel the pawls 1-1-0 will be restored to their normal position. V lhen the tens wheel is displaced hy ten teeth, the two longest pawls will enter these notches and so the hundreds wheel will be turned and so on.- The four levers 139 of the partial nrnnerators are in ditferentverl'ical planes, and the lover of the total numerator ends with a horizontal arm 1 11 having such a length to cover the four. The shaft 37 on the right hand of the ma- 01"; is square, and a cam 142- engaged by a tor it 143 fixed to the carriage 18 is threaded on it. It is evident that when the carriage moves, the earn 142 will take various positions on the shaft 87, and when the shaft 37 revolves the tooth 1 14; of the cam will encounter only one ofthe levers 139 of the partial numerators, but it will always encounter the arm 1 11 of the general numerator. Spring detcnt 145 working in the teeth of the wheel 137, prevents backward-movement, and each lever 139 is restored to its normal position by means of a spiral spring. To restore the numerators to zero, the same contrivance as for the summing apparatus is adopted, that is to say, each shaft has a groove and each disk 136 is fitted with a pawl. in order toenahle the five numerators to he put to zero simultaneously, each shaft has a toothed wheel 14:6 on its end, gearing with other wheels 1 17 mounted between them.

(living to this gearing, it will be sufiicient to move one numerator and the five will return to zero. For this purpose the end of the central numerator shaft is. square shaped, and may be actuated from the side of the machine.

The printing apparatus (see Figs. 2, 15 and 28).-Each of the pieces 44 is fitted with a sleeve 14S surrounding the shaft 29,

and on the end of each sleeve is an arm149 carrying two sectors 150, 151 bearing the figures 0' up to .9 in relief. The lever 13 is mounted. on a sleeve having an arm with a sector 152 provided with the letters A, B, (J, D in such a way that. when the lever 13 is moved and theends 4:6 of the pieces 14 have reached the locked keys, the letter denoting the department and the amount determined by the keys will be arranged in a straight line M N on the upper sector, and the same amount will be ranged along the line I Q, on the lower sector (Fig. 28). The paper from a roll 153 passes between cylinders 154, which print on it the consecutive number and the date, and moves down an incline 156, and while a platen 157 presses it against the upper sector 150 to printtlle amount and the letter denoting the department, a knife 158 cuts oil the ticket and lets it fall on the plate 20.

il[(f(lhtl7lfi 5i7b for printing the (nascent- I've mambo)" and Hm date, (See Figs. 28 to The upper cylinder 155 presses the paper against the printing cylinder 154, whichhas on it two ribs 159 the developed lengthof which is that of a ticket. As the ribs 159 touch the upper cylinder 155, they will draw

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