US1112388A - Computing counter-scale and cash-register. - Google Patents

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P. J. SIBLEYE COMPUTING COUNTER SCALE AND CASH REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. v, 1905.

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FOSTER J. SIBLEY, OF FINDLAY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 THOS. C. DUNN, OF

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, COMPUTING GQUNTERFSCALE AND CASH-REGISTER.

To all whom it mag concern Be it known that I, FOSTER J. SIBLEY, citizen of the United States, residing at Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio,have invented certain. new and use.- ful Improvements'in Computing Counter- Scales and Cash-Registers, of which the following is a specification.-

My invention relates to computing scales,

of reference in the several views.

.The general object of my invention is to .employ a scale which is generally known as and it also relates to recordin devlces for recording the values determine by the scale,

' and it relates also in its nature to cash regispawl therefor.

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The object of the invention is to produce an improved computing scale in which the value of the article weighed will -be indi cated upon a singleotablet in plain figures. A further object or the invention is to provide means by which the amount thus indicated will be permanently recorded.

Afurther object o'fthe invention is to so combine the recording and indicating devices with certain keys that it may be used as a register to register cash, the construction being such that the device may be used as an ordinary scale, as a computmg scale, as a recording computing scale, as a cash register for determining the amount in value of the article'weighed and a comparison of the cash receipts'therewith, or as a cash register separate and apart from the scale.

With these general objects and other subsidiary objects that will appear from the specification, the invention consists in the construction and combinations hereinafter described and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View on the line 2--2 of Fig. 4 of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the recording or registering operation of the same on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation of the same. Fi 4 is a transverse elevation of the same ta en on a different plane on the line 4-4 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the indicating tablets. Figs. 6 to 13 inclusive are detail views of some of the various parts which will be referred to hereinafter. Fig. 14 is a view of the ratchet wheel and the retaining Figs. 15 and 16 are detail views of the spring actuated retaining pawl. Fig. 17 is'a detail viewof-the means for covering the weight indicationsand look there-- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept 29 191% Application filed September 7, 1905. Serial No. 277,318.

locksbetween the measuring wheel and the first indicating wheel. Fig. 19 is a detail view of several of the operating lzeys of the 'series. Fig. 20 is a detail view 111 perspec tive of an indicating tablet with the recordmaking type thereon. Fig. 21 is a view of a portion of the i' iechanism in modification.

Like parts are indicated by similar letters spring, as the case may be, the construction being such that the heavier the weight the greater the range of movement of the parts.

WVith this scale I provide a measuring de vice in the form of a wheel which is adapted to measure the extent of movement of the connection with this measuring device, I

employ a series of indicator frames, each frame representing a certain prlce per pound,

and each containing a SGI'IQS of indicators representing computations of the given price per pound to which it corresponds multiplied by the weights of the various articles. Means are provided for bringing any one of these series of indicators into proper relation with the measuring device, so that the proper indicator of this series will be brought into the position determined by the measuring device to indicate the value of the article weighed at the price per pound corresponding to the indicator, means being also provided for exposing this indicator after the same has been brought to the proper position. indicators, a series of printers are employed as a part of a recording or accounting device, so that the amount exposed by the in dicator is recorded'on the recording or nocounting device, and a permanent record made of the value of the arti le weighed.

In connection with these indicators. and preferably in the casing which contains the same, I employ acash drawer into which the cash received for the article weighed placed so that the device becomes a cash the automatic type, that is, one in which arjticles of different weights produce a greater ,or less movement of the parts which are counter-balanced by a weight, pendulum or In connection with those register by recording the cash received for the different articles at their true value, as indicated by the tablets. A series of keys are used, one for each series of indicators, and these keys represent the different prices per pound of the articles to be weighed, and these keys are used inexposing the indicators after they have been brought into proper position determined by the measuring device. These keys are also so arranged that they may represent amounts of cash, independent of the values of the articles weighed, so that the device may be used, to this extent, as a cash register pure and simple.

F or convenience in illustrating my invention, I have shown a simple form of scale of the pendulum type, which is mounted on a base or frame, a (1.. A standard, a on this base carries the main lever, Z), which is pivoted by the proper knife-edged bearings from the standard, a and is attached at its outer end, as shown at 6 to a strap, 7) which passes over a suitable cam, b on the upper end of the pendulum, c. The

scale latform is shown at d and it is con-- nected to the main beam, or lever, b, throu h :1 suitable beam connection, 1?, and lin d", the platform being provided with the usual vertical stem, J, and check-rod, (11*. The beam, 5, is also preferably provided, in the usual way, with a tare-beam, b, by means of which the tare may be determined by comiter-balancing. a receptacle upon the platform, by the poise Z2 on the tare-beam, or by weighing in pounds and ounces on the taie beam the articles placed on the platform which is tobe deducted as tare.

Adjacent to the main beam, 6, and preferably mounted upon the same base, an, is a cas'ng, at, which contains the computing mechanism, the indicators and recorders, the bottom of the casing being provided with a space for a cash drawer, c, as shown,

The pendulum, c, carries at it's upper'end means for transmitting motion to a measuring device, thismeans being in the device shown a gearsegment, f, which meshes with a pinion, on the end of the shaft, 1, which projects through the casing, 6. This shaft has, on its other end, a wheel g, which I have termed the measuring device ,or measuring wheel. It is preferably provided upon its periphery with a series of graduations and numerals representing pounds and ounces, the construction being such that any movement of the main beam will be transmitted through the gear segment and the pinion to the measuring wheel, 9. This measuring wheel, 0, lies just within the casing, 12, and its periphery is adapted to be exposed through'an opening, g, in the casing, through which the weight indicated on the measuring wheel may be one end of the main shaft i which extends entirely-through the casing, and which is preferably in line with the shaft, )3, but entirely separated therefrom. The other end ofthe shaft, 'i, may be supported in a suitable bearing, 71 at theend of the casing, e c. 'On this main shaft, 2', are a series of wheels or rotating-frames j, each one being secured to the shaft, i, and turning' therewith. These wheels or frames are provided near their outer periphery with projecting flanges, 7' and 7' ,'in which are 9 mounted indicatorsj (see Fig. 5 for detail). Each of these indicators is mounted on a short stem, and is normally. held in its unexposed position between the flanges, 7' 9' bya ste j. The indicatorsand their stems .are pla ed on radial lines extending from the outer periphery of the-wheeler.

frame toward the center of the shaftfi.

All these indicating frames or wheels are alike, the indicators or tablets,- however, in each wheel being different." Means are provided for rotating the shaft, i, and withit these difi'erent indicator wheels; or frames carrying the indicators. For this purpose, I have shown a hand-lever, k, which projects-through the outer casing-and is journaled at its inner end on a shaft 7: supportedvon an arm, 71 of the standard, It, which supports the end of the main shaft, 2'. This shaft, it, carries a pinion, 70 which meshes with the pinion, 2' on the shaft 2'.

A spring pawl, k is adapted to engage the teeth of the pinion, 71: and thus, as the hand lever, is, is 1noved,-to rotate the shaft 2'. The measuring wheel, 9, is provided on one side with .a projecting lug,

9 and the first indicating wheel or frame,

j. is preferably provided with an oppositely extending and over-lapping lug, i which is adapted as the indicating wheels are turned, to contact with this lug or stop, 9 Means are provided for locking the measuring device in any position to which it may be turned by the operation of the scale, and the indicator wheels, or frames, are brought to the same relative position by revolving the shaft, 2', until the lug-2' 'contacts with the lug, 9 on the measuring wheel. This brings all the indicators in their proper position to indicate the value represented by. the weight of the article measured on the measuring wheel, the different indicator wheels representing the different prices per pound. There is within the indicator wheel a device adapted to contact with any indicator stem of that wheel which may be brought opposite thereto, and by operating this device the proper indicator representing the value may be pressed outward and thus expose the exact value of the article weighed. For this purpose -I employ keys, Z, which are preferably arranged just above the drawer, e ,..near the bottom of the casing. Each of these keys is mounted on one end of a lever, Z the opposite end of which car ries a; rod, P, which extends upwardly and along the side of the indicator wheel, and is Itliere bent inwardly and upwardly as shown at 1 so as to project immediately under the indicator stem and o posite thereto. The indicator stem is pre erably provided with a cup-shaped hearing at the bottom of the projecting ends, and the rod Z is preferably slightly conical to fit into said cup-shaped bearing, so that a proper contact will be made between the two, to

' insure the indicator being raised when the key is depressed.

' In addition to the indicator, there is provided a printing device, one for each indicator and having the same figures thereon. These are preferably formed as shown at 7' in Figs. 4 and 5. At the. upper end of the indicator propen-and immediately above the indicating wheels at a distance therefrom equal to the movement of the indicators is a platen against which the printing devices are adapted to be brought as the indicators elevated by the proper -key.-' This platen is preferably in form of a wheel, m, partly around which extends a tape, m This tape may be moved in any well known manner, around the wheels,from a reel, m and onto a receiving wheel, m n. Means are provided for giving the'tape a given movement after each indication. Any suitable inkingdevic'es may be employed to ink the type, or an inking ribbon may be used in the usual way as shown at m in Fig. 2, or *5 the type may be of such a character as will make an impression without the use of ink.

,Itr'will be seen that as the indicators are forced upwardly not only will the amountof the indicator be exposed, but a permanent record will be made thereof on the record strip, m

As before mentioned, any well known or suitable means may be employed to advance the record strip m after each operation. However, the mechanism illustrated in the drawing for: this purpose consists of a pair of intermittently operating feed rolls, o 0

provided with intermeshing gears as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The feed roll, 0, is further provided with. a ratchet, o engaged by a pawl, 0 on a vertically moving" rod, 0,

l which in turn is connected to an operating lever, 0 pivoted at q .to the frame of. the machine. A projecting ro1ler,.o, on the 'leveno, engages an. inclined groove or slot,

0, in the side of the drawer, 6 Upon the opening and closing of the drawer, the lever o is positlvely moved to cause a reciprocating movement of the rod, 0', which transmlts movement to the feed rolls, 0 0 through the pawl, 0 and the ratchetwheel, 0 thus advancing the record strip, on, a predetermined distance preparatory to the next operation.

Means are provided for locking the measuring wheel in the proper position determined by the article on the scale platform before the indicators are moved to the 'posi-,

tion governed by said measuring wheel. For accomplishing this, I have shown a cam, i, on the main shaft, 1;, which is adapted, at the first movement of said shaft, to

operate a spring-actuated rod, n, which is attached at its lower end to a pivoted lever, n, which carries at its outer end a pawl n to'engage the notches, 9 on the periphery of the measuring wheel. The shaft j, also carries atits opposite end a ratchet wheel,

'21", and is preferably provided with numbers corresponding to those on the measuring Wheel, except that they are run in the reverse direction, and are-exposed to an opening in the back of the casing to permit the customer to read the weight of the article weighed after the indicators have been set.

For the wheel, 71, there is provided the same arrangement of cam, 1?, rod, a, lever, n and pawl, n as for the measuring Wheel,

*y, the only difference being that the part,

if, instead of being a pawl adapted to contact directly with the wheel 'is more of a pawl holding arm. A small spring pawl, of, (Figs. 15 and 16) is located in the top of this part n to engage the ratchet teeth of the wheel, 2', to permit said wheel to turn in one direction and hold it against revolution in the opposite irection. (See Fig. 14 for detail). Each 0. these holding pawls are adapted to be thrown out of contact with their respective wheels by theoperation of the drawer, means for accomplishing this being shown in detailin Figs. 11

to 13. The pawl arms n are made in two parts and hinged together as shown at n",

the lower part, a being adapted to contact with a cam formed in the edge of the cams n n on the drawer. Thesecams are so arranged that as the. drawer opens, the

hinged end, a, of the pawl will be deflected I until it has passed the cam projections, when it will be returned to its normal positionby the .weiglurg platformtf, orv

, jection arm, Z, adapted to contact with a the elevated indicator to return to normal manner. The cam projection for unlocking uring wheel will be held permanently locked, the ratchet wheel will be permitted zero.

accomplished by spring actuated catches,

returning the indicator wheel and main shaft to normal position, the ratchet wheel, 2, is provided with a coil spring, ii as shown in Fig. 14, which returns all the parts to In order to expose the indicator for a defi nlte period of time, means are provided for holding the keys, Z, depressed. This may be I secured on a shaft, Z extending across the machine and having a downwardly promovable stop, Z on the drawer. As any key is depressed its catch, 1, is adapted to catch on a pin or projection, Z in the key and hold the same depressed. The movable stop, Z, is pivoted to the drawer'in such a manner that as the drawer moves outwardly it will pass the projection, Z", but as the drawer is moved inwardly it will contact with said projection and thus oscih late 'the shaft and withdraw the catches from the keys, allowing the keys as well-as position. A rod, p, extending across'the machine under the keys, and supportedin suitable pivoted arms at opposite ends-one of which carries a locking pawl, 39 is ar-' ranged under the keys so that when any key is depressed the pawl will be elevated and thus unlock the drawer, a spring being employed to force the drawer outwardly when unlocked in the usual well known the wheels and the movable stop for unlocking the keys are so timed that the keys will be unlocked first and the indicator proper be returned to normal position before the wheels are unlocked, these functions being preferably performed as the drawer is closed. It is obvious, however, that any other timing device may be used if desired.

A brief description of the operation of the device is thus described and the order of its sequence is as follows :The article placed on the scale moves the measuring wheel a distance corresponding with its wei ht, the weight fleeing indicated by the graduations on the periphery of the wheel. The shaft, 6, is then turned by the lever, It, the first movement of the shaft through the cams, 2', throws the locking piwls into engagement with themeasuring wheel and the ratchet wheel respectively. The measto turn in one direction but locked against revolution in the other direction. The shaft is turned and with it all the indicating wheels, until the overlapping projections on the indicator wheel and measuring wheel respectively contact, thus forming a stop against further revolution of the indicating wheels: The lever, k, may require several returned to its normal position by the spring, 10*, the indicating wheels and the main shaft by which they are carried being locked in their moved position by thepawl, n engaging the ratchet wheel, 2', thus exposing the weight ofthe article to the customer through the back of the casing by means of the graduations on the periphery of the wheel, 2". The key representing the price per pound of the article is now depressed and will carry upwardly the indicator which has been brought into position immediately opposite the rod or carrier attached to the key, and this particular tablet will indicate the value of the article as determined by the particular price per pound represented by that key. As the key is depressed it will also bring the printing device in contact with the record strip and print the amount representing the value of the article upon this strip. The key will ,be' locked in this position and the amount exposed so long as the drawer remains open,

it-being understood that the drawer will alsobe opened by the depression of the key. For use:- as a cash register, the first, or

' what might hetermed the zero tablet, being the'bne-which jwould be opposite the tablet I carrierwh'enithe; wheels are in their normal i'position, instead oi being marked: .Zero.

may be marked the same value as the key, so that in case the key, is depressed without moving the indicator wheels an indicator corresponding to the key WillQbe raised,- and thus permit the device to be used as a 'sim-. ple cash register,"this part of the operation being-independent of the weighing.

-As is well known, by adding a weight to the pendulum as shown for instance in Letters-Patent No. 674,6d6 to Allen De Vilbiss, J12, May 21st, 1901, the capacity of the scale may be doubled; that is to say, the price per pound would be given a different value. This feature is old in pendulum scales and is usually employed with a weight which gives just double the values, that is to say, a price per pound which ordinarily wouldbe 5p would, with the weight attached to the pendulum, become 10c, and these have generally been used in connection with a double set of figures printed in different colors, one color being used with the weight and the other color without the weight. This method of increasing the capacity of the scale may be employed in my improved device. Each key may be provided with a double set of numbers printed in different colors,one set of figures being employed with the weight and the other without. My device, however, has the distinctive advantage in this case that the same tablets will be employed whether with or Without the weight and a single indication will inc ill)

, employed in connection with the pendulum.

always be given so that all danger of confusion, such as arises on chart scales or those scales which employ value figures as well as price figures in differentcolors, will be avoided. 'When the weight is used the measuring wheel will be moved only onehalf as far. In this case, the lower values will. be used with the weight and the higher values without the weight, that is, an article weighing 5 lbs. would move the measuring wheel one-half as far with the weight on as it would with the weight 0H. At 5125 a 1b., for instance, the 595 indicating wheel would be moved to expose the 25 tablet when the weight is employed and to expose the 50 tablet when the weight is not employed. 'If desired, the kpys may be employed with a diflerent set of figures than the price per pound figures to be used as a register. In this case, there will be three figures on each key, instead of two, as indicated in Fig. 19, these additional figures being used only for registering cash transactions independent of the Weighing, the normal or zero tablets in each of the indicating wheels being numbered corresponding to these other figures. These figures couldbe run in multiples of 5 or 10 to give a larger capacity for registering cash inde-' pendent of the scales. Thus with fifteen keys, the first key being numbered !5 and the others in multiples of 10 to 90 and then in multiples of $1.00 to $5.00 a machine capable of registering multiples of 5 up to $5.95 would be secured and this independent of the figures representing the price per pound value, of which there might be thirty, assuming the detachable weight to be I preferably employ "means for covering the Weight indications when it is desired. This may be done by providing a cover and a look so that the weight indications will not be exposed as shown in Fig. 17. In this case a clerk operating the device would necessarily be governed wholly by the tablet and would be required to collect the exact amount indicated by the tablet, and could not use the scale at all unless an indication and a permanent record was made. Where the graduations are exposed on themeasuring wheel, it would be possible, of course, t9 weigh an articlein pounds Without using the computing part as .the exact weight would be exposed from the measuring wheel.

It will be seen that a device of this kind not only, gives an accurate calculation and shows by a single indication the exactvalue of the article weighed, but it makes a per nianent record and it produces a machine by which simple weighing may be done or computing weighing may be done and a registration obtained of the articles weighed in value or of cash collected, both for arti cies weighed or independent of the weighing.

It may be desirable to have an additional key (see Fig. 19) adapted to print on the record strip a sign or character indicating weighing could be readily determined on the detail strip.

As shown in Figs. 2 and '18 the indications would not be permitted a complete revolution as the projections,g ,and,i ,c-ould not pass the post, h. The revolution permitted, however, would be suflicient for ordinary purposes as it could be complete with the exception of the thickness of the post. I'ha-ve shown, however, in Fig. 21 a modification which would permit a complete revolution of all of these parts. In this view I have shown the shaft, 2', extended so as to overhang slightly the bearing, 72 and on this extended portion I have mounted a wheel or disk, 2', and mount the projection,

7?, on this disk instead of on the indicating I too said key to expose any one of said indicators as determined by the movement of said frame, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a weighing device, of aseries of keys representing pricesper-pound, a series of indicator frames, .each

frame having a pluralityv of-norma-lly 'concealed indicators representing different values, means for moving said frames, means operated by the Weighing device for controlling the movement of said frames proportionate to the weighing movement of said weighing device, and separate means for exposing any one of-said indicators by a movement of its corresponding key, substantially as specified. '3. In ,combinationwith' a scale, a measuring wheel moved by said scale, an indicator framehaving a series of normally-unexposed-{value indicators, means for moving said frame, means on said measuring Wheel for determining the movement of said frame,

a price "key having means for exposing any one of said indicators on said frame, and printers to record the values indicated by said indicators, substantially as specified.

4. The combination with. a scale, "a Incas" ur'ing wheel moved by saidscale ,iafseiies of keys representing prices-per-pound, a series of indicating wheels each having a series of normally concealed indicators representing values, means for moving said wheels, means on said measuring Wheel for determining the movement of said wheels, and means connected with each of said keys adapted when a key is operated to expose an indicator representing a. value determined by the depressed key and the position of the indicating wheel corresponding thereto, substantially as specified.

5. The combination with a scale movable to different positions in proportion to the weight of the article weighed, accounting mechanism having a series of movable members for recording difierent values in proportion to the movement of said scale, means for moving said members, an intermediate measuring device moving with said scale to control the movement of said members, and means representing prices for operating said members after they have been moved to a given position.

6. In an indicating device for computing scales, the combination, with a scale, of a rotary circular frame having a series of normally-unexposed indicators extending around and within its periphery, each indicator representing a single value indication, means for rotating said circular frame to di-ilerent positions, mean-s operated by the movement of said scale for controlling the movement of said frame, and a single operating means adapted to permit a complete revolution of said circular frame and, when operated, to expose any indicator therein dependent upon the movement of said circular frame.

7. The combination, with a 'scale, of a measuring device adapted to move with said scale, means for locking said measuring de vice, value indicators adapted to be moved independent of said measuring device but controlled thereby, means for normally concealing said indicators and means for exposing a single value indicator at a given price to represent a value determined by the movement of the scale.

8. The combination of a scale, an intermediate measuring device moved by said scale proportionately to the Weight on said scale, an indicating device including a series of indicators, means for moving said indicating device and locking said measuring device, means connected with said intermediate measuring device for controlling the movement of said indicating device to select one of said series of indicators corresponding with the weight on the scale, and independent means for moving the said se lected indicator.

9. The combination, with a scale, of a measuring device graduated in 'weight graduations, a connectlon between said scale device, a key representing the price, and

means connected with said key for operating any one of said-indicators to indicating position dependent upon the movement of said measuring device.

10. The combination of a scale, a series of indicating devices, a series of indicators carried by each indicating device movable relatively thereto, an intermediate measuring device, a connection between said measuring device and said scale to cause said measuring device to move therewith, means for moving all of said indicating devices, means connected with said measuring device for determining the movement of said indicating devices, a series of keys, and means connected with each key for operating a single indicator to indicating position in one of the indicating devices determined by the position of said indicating device, means for locking said measuring device, and a printer connected with each indicator to print an amount equal to said indicator.

11. The combination, in a computing or price scale, of recording'and indicatin devices for recording and indicating values, means for placing said recording and indicating devices in indicating and recording position together with means controlled by the scale for determining this position, and keys having means for operating said recording and indicating devices to recording and indicating position independent of the operation or the scale.

12. In a computing scale, a series of nor- .mally unexposed indicators, means for normally concealing said indicators, means for selecting the position of said indicators controlled by the Weighing movement of said scale, and a price key and connections adapted when operated to expose the indicator representing the value determined by the Weight and price on the scale and key, respectively.

13. In a computing scale, a plurality of indicating devices each having a series of normally-concealed individual indicators representing values, means for moving said indicating devices, means for controlling the movement of same by the weighing movement of said scale, a series of price keys, one for each indicating device, and means upon the operation of any one of said keys for operating a single indicator of the indicat- 'ing device corresponding to said key and thus expose a single value at a given price. 14. In a computing scale, the combination v of a recording mechanism and an indicating meohanism'adapted t0 record'and indicate values means for setting same in recording and indicating position, means operated. by the scale for controlling the setting of said mechanisms, and a price key having means for operating said recording and indicating mechanisms to record and indicate the value of the article Weighed by said scale.

15,.The combination. of a computing- Weighing movement of said scale for determining the setting of saidlndicating and recording devices, and a series of price indicating devices adapted'to operate said indicating and recording devices to expose and record the value determined by the price and weight of the article weighed, substantially as specified.

- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 15 day of July A. D. 1905.

I FOSTER J. SIBLEY. Witnesse s:

MARION Gr. 'Fos'rre, Tnos. "G. DUNN.

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