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J. P. LYNCH.

REGISTER.

APPLIOATION FILED 001?. 31, 1911.

Patented Ju1y16, 1912.

- INVENTDR I Losaaae.

JOHN F. LYNCH, 0F NIAGARA FALLS, 'NEW YORK.

REGISTER.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. LYNCH, xf

citizen of the United States, residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Registers, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to a register or counting machine which is more particularly designed for use by bankers for counting batches, bundles or piles of paper moneyybills, notes or other papers or documents, although the same may also be used for other purposes.

ln the banking business it is often necessary to count money or other document-s in batches or bunches for convenience in handling the same and the present machine is designed topermit of keeping traekof the number' of such batches or bundles without necessitating the employment of` a pencil for this purpose or doing this work mentally.

yIt is the object of this invent-ion to provide a simple, eliicient'and compact machine for this purpose which may be placed.

on the desk of a banker or other user where the, saine is conveniently accessible when required and which can be readily returned to zero or the place where the counting begins after a series of batches of papers have been counted preparatory to counting another series.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a register embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the lsame taken in line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa vertical transverse section taken in line 3 3, Fig. 2, and looking rearwardly. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section in line 4-4, looking forwardly.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts'throughout the several views.

The body or frame of theregister preferably comprises a horizont-al base 1 which is adapted to rest upon a desk or other support, and an upright standard 2 rising from the rear end of the base. The latter is preferably made hollow by providing its underside with a longitudinal chamber or groove 3 and the standard is also made hollow by providing the same with an upright chamber 4 which communicates at its lower end with the rear end of the base chamber. The standard preferably comprises an upof the shaft in frontof the dial.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 16, 1912.

'j Application filed October 31, 1911.` Serial No. 657,773.l l I right front wall 5, a side rim 6 projecting .rearwardly from the margin of the front wall, and anv upright rear wall 7 which is detachably connected with the rear edge of the rim by screws 8 or other suitable means.

9 represents an upright partition which. 1s arranged transversely within the coinpartrnenttof the standard and detachably connected at its lower end with the adjace-nt part of the base by means of screws 10, as shown in Fig. 4, or by any other suitable means. v11 represents a horizontal longitudinal dial shaft or arbor extending through an opening in the upper part of the partition and journaled at its front end within a bearing 12 formed centrally on the frontwall of the standard'while its rear end is journaled in a bearing 18 formed centrally on the rear wall of the same.

4ln the space between the front wall'and the partition is arranged a circular dial or ...disk 14 which is mounted on the shaft so as to turn therewith, the connection between these parts for this purpose being preferably effected by making the adjacent part of the shaft square, as vshown at 15 in Fig. 2, and engaging the same with a correspondingly shaped opening at the center of the dial. 4The Alatter is held out of contact with the front side of the partition by means of a washer 16 mounted on the square part of the shaft and interposed between the rear side of the dial and the front side of the partition and engaging withv a forwardly facing shoulder on the adjacent part of the shaft, as shown in Fig. 2. The dial'is confinedon the square part of the shaft andheld out of contact with the rear side of the front wall by means of a pin 17 passing through the square part- On its front side the dial is provided with an annular row of numbers which are preferably arranged equidistant and are visible successively through a sight opening 18 formed in the upper part of the front wall.

intermittent forj with the shaft and dial and mounted on the shaft immediately in rear of the partition. represents an upright actuating pawl arranged in the hollow standard and provided at its upper end with a tooth 21 which engages with the teeth of the operating ratchet wheel. 22 represents a horizontal actuating rock lever which is arranged lengthwise within the hollow base and pivotally mounted thereon for vert-ical osl 24 arranged on the lower forked end of the actuating pawl and passing loosely through an opening at the rear end of the rock lever.

At its front end the actuating rock lever is connected with a plunger whereby the same is depressed for elevating its rear end and causing the actuating pawl to turn the operating ratchet wheel and the parts connected therewith forwardly. This plunger preferably comprises an upright shifting rod 25 guided in a vertical way 26 in the top of the base and pivotally connected at its lower end with the front arm of the actuating rock lever, and an operating push button or finger piece 27 secured to the upper end of the shifting rod above the top of the base. This plunger is yieldingly held in its elevated position and the actuating pawl is held in its lower position by mea-ns of a coil spring 28 surrounding the upper part of the shifting rod within a pocket 29 on the underside of the push button and bearing at its lower end against the upper end of the guideway 26 while its upper end bears against the top of the pocket in the push button. Upon depressing the operating push button the actuating pawl is' raised and turns the operating ratchet wheel the extent of one tooth which corresponds to the distance of one number on the face of the dial and upon releasing the push button the spring 28 moves these parts to their normal posit-ion preparatory to tunning the dial the next step.

For the ypurpose of preventing the dial and the parts connected therewith from moving backwardly accidentally a detent device is provided which preferably comprises a detent pawl 230 pivoted at its upper end on the rear side of the partition so as to swing transversely of the machine and provided with a tooth 30 which engages with the teeth of the operating ratchet wheel sub- Yt-antially diametrically opposite the tooth if the actuating pawl. The detent and acturosaeee ating pawls are yieldingly held in engagement. with the teeth of the operating ratchet wheel preferably by means of a spring 3l which is common to both of these pawls and which connects the lower end of the detent pawl with the central part of the actuating pawl, as best shown in Fig. 3.

Upon releasing the actuating and detent pawls from the operating ratchet wheel, the dial and the parts connected therewith may be turned backwardly for beginning a new count. This backward rot-ation of the dia-l is preferably effected automatically the instant the actuating and detent pawls are disengaged from the operating ratchet wheel by employing a' tension device which is wound up or strained during the act of turning the dial forwardly and the resilience of which operates to turn the dialbackwardly when the latter is free from the actuating and detent pawls. The preferred means for this purpose comprises a volute return spring 32 arranged in the lrear part of the chamber of the standard and connected at its outer end by means of a pin 83 to the rear side of the partition while its inner end is connected with a collar 34 which is secured to the rear part of the shaft, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. As the dial is turned forwardly the return spring 32 is wound up and strained and when the dial is freed from the actuating and detent pawls the resilience of this spring turns the dial backwardly.

Various means may be provided for releasing the actuating and detent pawls from the operating ratchetwheel, those shown in the dra-wings being suitable and constructed as follows: 35 represents a releasing lever preferably of elbow form and pivoted by means of a pin 36 on the rear side of the partition so as to be capable of swinging transversely and having its upper arm projecting inwardly underneath the cent-ral part of the top of the standard rim while its lower arm is connected with the upper end of the actuating pawl by means of a link 37. This releasing lever is arranged on that side of the feed ratchet wheel opposite to the detent pawl. At its upper end the detent pawl is provided with a releasing tail 38 which is arranged at an angle thereto and projects inwardly underneath the central part of the top of the standard rim adjacent to the upper arm of the releasing lever. This tail and the adjacent arm of the releasing lever are adapted to be depressed simultaneously by means of a releasing plunger which preferably comprises an upright shifting rod 39 guided in a vertical way 40 in the top of the standard, a presser head or plate 40 arranged -on the lower end of the shifting rod and engaging with the upper side of the tail on the detent pawl and the. upper arm of the releasing lever,

and a releasing push :button 41 secured to depressing the releasing plunger the actuating and detent pawls are simultaneously disengaged from kthe operating ratchet wheel, thereby permitting the return spring to turn the dial backwardly. The releasing plunger is yieldingly held in its elevated pawl effects the first part of its upwardv bearing at its inoperative,position by means of a spring 42 surrounding the shifting rod 39- and end of the guide 40 while Aits upper end bears against the underside of the releasing push button.

In the absence of any provision to prevent it the dial would be liable to turn more than one step at a time when the feed push button is depressed with a quick movement and thereby presentthe numbers on the dial improperly at the sight opening and destroy the correctness of the count. such excessive movement of the dial a stop device is provided which resembles sqmewhat the escapement of a clock and which is constructed as follows: 43` represents an escapement or stop ratchet a disk arranged upon the shaft between the operating ratchet wheel and the hub of the return spring and provided with an annular row of stop teeth- 44 each of which has an abrupt front side and an inclined rear side. On the central part of the actuating pawl isarranged a rearwardly projecting stop pin 45 which is adapted to engage with the teeth of the stop disk. The teeth of the latter correspond to the numbers .on the dial and are spaced in harmony therewith. -ln the lower position of t-he actuating pawl its stop pin 45 is arranged below the path of the teeth of the stop disk and this stop pin is still below the path of these teeth while the actuating movement and turns the operating ratchet wheel and the dial and stop ratchet disk connected therewith part of a step. During the last portion of the upward or operative stroke of the actuating pawl its stop pin is moved .into the path of the next following tooth of the stop disk and is engaged by the abrupt side of the same so that the forward movement of the dial and the parts connected therewith is arrested when the actu ating pawl reaches the upper end of its movement. During *the subsequent downward movement of the actuating pawl its stop pin clears the path of the tooth by wer end against the upper.

To prevent counting operationk of the machine is insured. v 4

The forward movement of the dial and the parts associated therewith is arrested when the last number on the dial has been presented to the sight opening'and its backward movement is also arrested when the same presents zero o-r naught to t-he sight opening. The preferred means for accomplishing this purpose which are shown in the drawings consist of a stop arm 46,pro jecting laterally from the stop disk and adapted to engage on one of its sides with a stationary stop 47 forarresting the forward movement of the disk and on its opposite side with a stationary stop 48 for arresting the backward movement of the dial, said stops being constructed in the form of pins which are arranged on the rear side of the partition, as shown in Fig. 4.

By employing the partition within the body of the machine it permits of more con-4 veniently assembling the parts of the machine inasmuch as the dial and adjacent parts can all be mounted on this partition and then held in place within the body by securing the partition thereto,'thereby facilitating the manufacture of the machine and reducing the cost thereof as well as rendering it more convenientl in case therparts require repairing, inspecting or adjustment.

Any suitable means may be provided for causing the operating ratchet wheel, the stop ratchet disk and the hub of the return spring to turn with the dial shaft, the means for this purpose shown Iin the drawings consisting of a set screw 49 which secures the spring hub to the dial shaft and a longitudinal pin 50 which connects said hub, the

Istop disk and the ratchet wheel, as shown in Fig. 2. V

When a banker desires to count a lot of money, say in piles or quantities of t one hundred dollars in each pile, he pushes down the operating button every time he counts out one hundred dollars until he has counted lthe entire lot of money. After thus counting the money, the operator simply depresses the releasing button, whereby the machine isrestored to zero, ready for the next count.

As shownv in the drawings, the dial is provided with ten numbers and the mechanism turning the same isiconstructed accordingly. If desired, however, the size of the dial may be varied and the amount of numbers may be varied to suit the articular business for which the machineis to be used.

'I claim as my invention:

1. A register comprising abody having a hollow base and a hollow standard rising from thebase and having a sight opening in its front wall, a partition arranged within the standard, a horizontal shaft jour- .naled in bearings on said standard and eX- tending through said partition, a dial mounted on said shaft between said partition and the front wall of, the standard and having numerals visible through said sight opening, means for operating said dial and shaft comprising a ratchet wheel mounted on the shaft, an actuating pawl engaging with the ratchet wheel, `and an operating plunger mounted on the hase and operatively connected with the actuating pawl, a detent pawl pivoted on the partition and engaging with the ratchet wheel and provided with a tail, a releasing lever pivoted on the partition, a link connecting the lower arm of the releasing lever with said actuating pawl, and a releasing plunger movably mounted on the standard and adapted to engage with the tail of the detent pawl and the upper arm of the releasing lever for disengaging said pawls from said ratchet wheel.

tending through said partition, a dial on the shaft, an actuating pawl engaging f with the ratchet wheel, and an operating plunger mounted on the hase and operatively connected with the actuating pawl, a detent pawl pivoted on the partition and engaging with the ratchet wheel and pro- `vided with a tail, a releasing lever pivoted on the partition, a link Connecting the lower arm of the releasing lever with said actuating pawl, a releasing plunger movably mounted on the standard and adapted to engage with the tail of the detent pawl and the upper arm of the releasing lever for disengaging said paWls from said ratchet wheel and a spring connected with said shaft so as to he strained when the shaft and dial are turned forward by the actuatingpawl.

`Witness my hand this 28th day of Goto her, 1911. i

JOHN l?. LYNCH. `Witnessesz THEO. L Port, ANNAEIGIs.

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