US1025990A - Cash-register. - Google Patents

Description

Patented May 14, 1912.

2 SHEBTSSHEET 1.

Snow woe W. H. MUZZY.

CASH REGISTER.

Patented May 14, 1912.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZZ, 1907.

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H El Q 5 v v I y v v W mwmto'c vitmaooaa UNITED s'rA'rEs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. MUZZY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO, (INCORPORATED IN'1906.)

CASH--REGISTER.

f0 all whom it may concern Be .it known that I, lVtLLtAn H. MUZZY. a. citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton. in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, 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 improvements in cash registers. and has more particular relation to improvements in printing attachments of the same. i

The principal object of the invention i toprovide means whereby the proprietor may secretly adjust the printing mechanism upon leaving his place of business, and

uponhis return thereto, so that all transactions registered in the interim can be sepa rated from other transactions. v

A further object of the invention is to provide means for designating the time of day on the recording strip in the register. ith these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and preferred forms of embodiment of which are herein after specifically described with reference to the drawings which accol'npany and fornrpart of this specification.

Of said drawings: Figure 1 IQPI'BSQDtS-a side elevation. of a machine illustrating the printing mechanism, of the type of machine shown in the patent to Thos. Carney No. (383,877. issuedOct. 1st, 1901. with my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents a detail end elevation of the punchjits operating means. and the feed devices tor the sales strip. with the electric circuits shown in diagram. Fig. 3 represents a detail top view of a portion of the sales strip after being printed and punched. t represents a transverse secti :11 view. partly broken away. through machine above mentioned, showing the con nections between the operating mechanimi and the type carriers; and Fig. 5 represents a detail front elevation of the type carriers and the cooperating mechanism.

in ditlerent types of cash registers at.

Specification of Letters Patent.

type of Patented May 1%, 1912.

Application filed May 22, 1901. Serial No. 375,143.

present in use. it is customary tb provide mechanism whereby the proprietor ma go to the machine and turn the detail strip forward so as to leave a blank portion upon the strip when leaving his place of business; and to again turn the strip forward upon his return, by going to the machine and turning a certain thumb knob. so that the intermediate sales will be located between two blank portions of the strip. The drawbacks. however, to this form of operationare, that the bar-tender. clerk or other operator of the machine is aware that the strip has been turned forward, and for this reason is put on his guard if he is inclined to be dishonest and will not tamper with the machine at that time. If the proprietor should leave the premises at an time without turning the strip forward. through neglect or oversight, the operator would know thatthis sat'eguard was not present and that he would be less liable to detection in the practice of certain dishonestmanipulations. The present invention, however, is. designed so that the proprietor may space the detail strip of the machine without the knowledge of the operator and without going near the machine at all.- He not only spaces the strip. but he designates on the strip the time that he leaves and the time that he returns;

so that should he leave the premises several times. he will know just -what hours he was absent by th' final record on the strip. which he may remove after the close of business.

The operating keys 1. which are arranged in banks, actuate different distances registering tranies l. of which there is one for each bank. of keys: and this variable movement is transmitted to type carriers b v means of segi'nents sl. pinions 5 and nested sleeves (3. The keys 1 also actuate a universal bar '7. the reriprocatorv movement of which is converted into a rotary movement of the shaft by a double taccd rack 9 and pinion it). The right hand trunnion ll of the universal bar 7 extends through the casing 12. and has rigidly secured thereto an arm '13 which carries a spring pressed pawl 14-. for engaging the teeth of a ratchet wheel '15. to adv-at the latter one step upon eat-h operation of the machine.

-csales strip 'suf y we 16 mounted uponthe'casing, and the strip '17 is led from said. roll over a table 18 to a storage roll 1.9 which is fastened to a stub sha e s eeured to thc ratchet Wheel 151 it will be seen from the above description, that upon each operation of the machine he strip 17 will be fed from the supply roll 16 over the'tahle 18 to the storage, roll 19. The table ltl issuitahly cut away so that an impression canfibe'rnade upon the sales strip from the type carriers 6, through. an intervening inking ribbon 20 by a platen 20*,

which in turn l-is'actuated bya suitable cam 21 secured to the rotary shaft 8. All of the above anechanism'is fullyshovn and de scribed in the aforementioned patent, refer ence" io'whiclrniay be had for a detail description of same.

It is often desired by proprietors of business establishments to ascertain the number and ainount of transactions during certain off the'day, such as before their arrival in the morningoriduring their absence at any time throughout the day. l have; ac complished :this result by the following means.fl Thesales strip 17 is \vidertl'lan the secured tothezcasingl and'the other end abutting against the upper end of the guide 24:- A lever 26, which is: approximately centrally pivoted upon the casing 12',rh'as attached to its forward end a spring pressed pawl 97 which engages androtates the ratchet wheel 15 when the said pawl-is reciprocated. To the rear end of the lever 26 isattached a vertical arm' 28 secured to a core29' of a solenoid 30 secured to the casing-12. This core is normally forcedupivardly'out ot' the solenoid 30, by

a coil spring S'llecated inthe bottom said solenoid .as-lshown in Fig.1. The plunger iii-rests uponsalateral extension 32 ot the lever 26, so'that when ,the core 29 is drawn downwardly against the tension of the spring 81 by energizing the solenoid 30, the plunger will beatorced upwardly to perforate the sales strip 13 and asfthesolenoid "is dei'iergized thespring 31 located in; the

bottonrofsaid solenoid illreturn the lever 26 and its cminected parts to normal position against a stop pin 32 mounted upon the register frame, aiul thereby rotate the ratchet Wheel 15, and conseruiently the storage roll. 19, by means of the pawl :27. Supported upon the same shaft as the type carriers is a dish 25" against which the pin 22 strikes-when perforating the strip is suitably" push button 33, as shown in Fig; 2, for energi'zing the solenoid 30; is arranged to be.

that a blank space Will be, left where the printing usually occurs Whensai d push button is operated; and by means of these blank o spaces the sales during any-certain 'eriod may be .ascertained,- as for :examp ez the proprietor upon leaving his place of business, say for instance at" three oclock, will operate the push button three times, which will energize the solenoid 30. androck'the lever 26 the same number of times." Each reciprocatory movementof the lever 26 will perforate and feed the strip, as herein-before described. During his= absence the sales that occur will be recorded in the usual man-- m ma .as will b e seen byrefe'rence to Fig. 3 they follow the blank space caused by the operation of the push button '30. Immediately upon his return the proprietoroperates the push button a number, of times to correspond to the hour brute day, in this instance four. This manipulation of the push button perforates and feeds the strip in a similar manner to that: already described. The

amounts shownon the strip between the perforations, are the amounts of the various. sales made during his absenceyor bet-ween the hours of three and four; l

It will be seen that the first operation of the punch will perforate the paper opposite the last amount rect-irded, while the firstamount recmrde'd after the lastperforation will be below the said perforation. This.

because of the factthat upon. the regular operation of the machine an impression is taken after the feed of the strip; while the solenoid perforates the strip and tl'xen-feeds it I have also provided means for automatically closing the circuit. once every hour throughoutthebusiness day, by an automatic circuit closing al -11133 which is con; nected in circuit to the wire 3? and is adaptedto pass over and contact once each hour with a contactstud 33". Any suitable clock movement 33 may be connected to the arm to give it a movement cm'responding to the hour hand of the clock. By this means the detail strip will be moved one space upon the even hour,- each hour during the entire day. I

Itis to be understood that. instead of perforating the strip. a suitable platen may be used in place of the pin, to take an imprescurred during the day.

vent any noise such as would indicate tothe operator of the machine that the strip had been. fed.

The clock and circuit closing button are located at any convenient position onthe premises entirely out of sight of the operator of the machine. here the proprietor lives on the premises, the button and clock are preferably located in his living rooms. If the proprietor has any occasion to wish to know when out of his sales room, just what particular amount is registered following the entry of a certain customer, he has simply to operatethe button after the customer goes in, and then again after the customer leaves, which will of course space the strip in such a manner as to indicate Whatwas registered while the customer was present. 7

Having thus describeduny invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettcrs Patent is:

1. In an accounting machine, the combination with means for spacing a record strip upon the operation of the machine, of mechanism for spacing" the strip automatically and periodically.

2. In an accounting,machine, the combination with means for feeding and imprinting-a record strip, and keys controlling said means, of a clock mechanism and devices controlled by said clock mechanism and hav ing connections for independently feeding said record strip and making an identification thereon. I

In an accounting machine, the combination with means for feeding and imprinting a record strip, and keys controlling said means, of a clock mechanism, and a circuit controlled by said clock and including means for indepeinlcntly and periodically feeding said record strip and nniking an identificaiion thereon.

I. In an accounting machine, the combination with means for fccding and imprinting a record strip, and keys controlling said means; of a clock mecl'ianisin. devices controlled by said clock mechanism for inrh pendently feeding said record strip and making an identification thcrcon, and an auxiliary manually actuated device also controlling said independent feeding ".nd identifying devices. i

5. In an accounting machine, the combi-' nation with means for eeding and lmprinting a record strip, and :keys controlling said means. of a clock mechanism. a circuit controlled by said clock mechanism and inchiding means for independently and periodically feeding said record strip and making an identification thereon, and a shunt to said circuit including a manually actuated auxiliary circuit closing devicei 6. In an accounting machine, the combi nation with means for carryingfa record strip, of mechanism for feeding the strip, and an additional mechanism for both feeding and perforating the strip.

In an accounting machine, the combi nation with an operating mechanism arranged to be manually controlled, of recordv material feeding means cooperating therewith, and, means for controlling the record material feeding means from a' distance unknown to the operator atthe machlne.

8. In an accounting machine, the combination with type carriers, of an operating mechanism for controlling the movement of the type carriersand feeding a record strip, and auxiliary means for-feeding and perforating the strip.

9. In an accounting machine, the combination with type carriers, manipulative devices for controlling the movement of the type carriers and feeding a record strip, and, auxiliary means for feeding and perforating the strip.

10. In an accounting machine, the com.- bination with type. carriers for printing on a record strip, of a lever, a punch for perforating the record strip, a solenoid, and means for energizing the solenoid to per-' forate the strip through means of the lever and the punch.

11. In an accounting machine, the comhination with type carriers for printing on a record strip, of a lever for feeding the record strip, a punch for perforating the strip, a solenoid, and means for energizing the solenoid'to feed and perforate the strip through means of the lever and thc punch.

12. In an accounting machine. the com bination With means for feeding a record strip automatically and periodically from a distance, of other means for feeding the strip at will tronra distance.

13. The cmnbination with a recording mechanism, means for feeding a record strip upon an operation of the recording nicchanism, additional int-ans for fccding the strip indcpclulcntlr of the operation of the recording incchai'iisui. and a motor for periodically actuating the lattcrnieans.

ii. In an accounting machine. the comhination with ineclninism for printing on a record material, and devices automatically

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