US1158537A - Cash-register. - Google Patents

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W. H. lVIUZZY. CASH REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED ocr. I. Iso?.

RENEWED FEB.

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W. H.. MUZZY.

CASH REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED' ocT. 1. 1901. IIENEWED IEB. I3, 1915.

Patented Nov.. 2, 1915.

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wILLIAiI n. ivIUzzY, or DAYTON, OHIO, AssIeNon Torna' NATIONALA CASH nneisrnit COMPANY, or DAYTON, OHIO,'A CORPORATION or OHIO, (INCORPORATED IN ieee.)

CAsII-ItiiieI saisieu Specication of Letters Ilatent.

l Patented New. a, Iain.

Application led October 7, 19.07, Serial'Nc. 396,331. Renewed. February 13, 1915. Serial No. 8,072.

To all whom'z't may concern Be it known that l, WILLIAM H. MUZZY, a citizen ofv the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Cash-Registers, of which l declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

rlhis invention relates to improvements in cash registers and has more particular relation to improvements in registers for ejecting check or value tokens.

The object of the invention is to provide a registering mechanism inA combination with check ejecting devices; the whole to be controlled by the insertion of coins, whereby suitable value tokens will bel automatically ejected and the value of tokens registered by the Operation of the machine.

With this 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 a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter specifically described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification. j

Of said drawings: Figure 1 represents a central transverse section. t rough the machine. Fig. 2 represents a detailzperspective view of one of the coin trays. `Fig. 3 represents a reargelevation of the machine with the back of the casing removed. Fig. -i represents a detail perspective of one of.y the contact plates; and Fig. 5 represents a detail transverse section through` the regisf',

contact By the time arrn27 has passed out of engagement with its pin 29, the arm tering mechanism. v

' Described in general terms the machine comprises a plurality of counter balanced levers, each being'adapted to be operated by a coin of certain denominational value.

4Each coin deposited rocks its leverl far enough to form a circuit through an electric motor which will 4continue the movement of the lever to actuate thecoindisplayer and registering mechanism and eject a check or .h'ecks ofthe value of the coin inserted.

Operating mechanism/."'lhe casing 1 in' the present instance is provided with three coin chutes 2 adapted toy receive five, ten and `twenty-five cent pieces respectively. Upon depositing a coin of any of the above named such shaft 5a, wire 1 denominations in its respective'chute 2, it will slide through and rest upon a coin tra;7 5 secured to the end of a lever 6 and thus rock said lever. andhupward arms of the levers 6 are numbered 7, 8, and 9 respectively. lit is to be understood that there is one of these counter balanced levers. which are pivoted upon a transverse shaft 5a, for each chute 2, and that each lever is provided with a suitable counter-balance 8a. After a coin has been inserted a lever will be rocked to the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 with the rear arm 8 in contact with one side ofthe metallic plates 12. secured to and projecting forward from an insulated plate 13 attached to the casing yof the machine. As soon as the arm 8 touches the plate 12 a circuit is made from a battery 14 through v wire 15 to the binding post 16, `plate 12, arm 8,

to the binding post 18 through the motor 19, and thence from a binding post 20 through wire 21 back to the battery 14. The'shaft 22 of the motor is equipped with a Worm 23 whichrevolves a worm gear 24 secured to one end of a transverse shaft 25. Adjacent to the downwardly extending arm 7 of each counter balanced lever is a two arm lever 26 whose arms 27 and 28 are diametrically opposite each other.

' The levers 26 are secured to the shaft 25, so

8 will have passed above the plate 12 thereby .breaking the circuit but the momentum of the motor will besuificient to rotate the -shaft 25 through the worm 23 and theworm gear'24 until the said shaft is stopped by the right hand arm 28, Fig. 3, engaging with a friction spring 30 attached to the side 'of The downward, rearward' the casing 1. As the shaft 25 is given only a half revolution `upon` each operation of the machine it will be seen that the arms 27 and 28of vthe levers 26 will alternately contact with the pins 29 projecting from the arms? 7 of the" counter balanced levers when the latter have been brought into the path of said arms by the weight of inserted coins. The displaced lever is returned to normal position by a spring 35 controlled by a suit will ride down the opposite side which is #rod and arms 3 said link.

insulated thereby preventing the motor 19 from being energized as the frame is returned. The arm 8 returns to its normal position-when it passes free of the lower end of the plate 12.

Regz'stering' mchansm.-While the registering mechanism shown in the drawings is oldY and well known in the art, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to this particular type of mechanism, as any of the other well known types may be employed.

Referring to Figs. 1 'and 3 it will'be seen that adjacent to each counter balanced lever and mounted upon the same shaft is an upward extending arm 31 provided at its up per end vwith an elongated slot 32 into which enters a pin. 33 projecting from a slide 34, each arm and slide-being held in a retracted position by a spring 35,. Extending upward rom each slide 34 are two projections 36 between which is mounted the rear end of link 37, the forward end resting upon a transverse rod 38. Projecting laterally from-each vertical arm 31 is a pin 39 which is arranged to be engaged bythe upright arm 9 of the counter balanced lever as the latter is rocked by the previously described motor mechanism so that the arm 31 will also be rocked carrying with1it its slidel34 and link 37. The initial movement of the lever by a coin does not operate the arm 31 but only brings the arm 9 and pin 39 together. Each link 37 is provided with a shoulder 40 and a recess 41, the formerengaging a rod 38 as the link is carried forward by its slide thereby raising the forward end of the link so that a rod 42 mounted in the lower ends of vertical arms 43 will enter the recess and carry' said the rest of the movement'of While the, links 37, when operated, are given a definite movement, the recesses v41 being `different distances from the j rod 42 will give .they latter a differential movement The arms 43 are loosely mounted upona transverse shaft 44 and are held in contact with pins 45 projecting from the casing 1 by springs 46. The left hand arm 43, (see Fig. 3,) is provided with a racksegment 47 having teeth 48 at its upper edge that mesh with a pinion 49 loosely. mounted upon a shaft 50. Secured to this pinion is an arm 51 which carries at its outer end a' pawl 52 which is Aspring pressed into engagement with a ratchet wheel 53 attached to one end of a short sleeve 54, to the other end of which is` secured a Acents registering wheel 55 with numerals from 0 to 95 in multiples of five. The pawl 52 drives the ratchet wheel in one direction, but rides idly o ver the same in the opposite direction. As the cents registering wheel moves from 95 to 0, a pin 56 projecting from a spring pressed pawl 57 secured to the cents wheel will enter a cut out portion 58 of a stationary disk 59 thereby allowing said pawl to engage with a tooth of a ratchet wheel 60 secured to the units of dollars wheel to advance it one space, after which the pawl 57 will be cammed out of engagement with the ratchet Wheel, all of which is well known in the art and needs no further description here. Attached to one side of each of the registering wheels`is"`a`"star wheel 55 with which a spring pressed pawl 56a engages to prevent 'any accidental displacement or over rotation of same. The top of the casing 1 is hinged as at 61 and is provided with a glass covered opening 62 through which the amounts onrthe adding wheels may be seen. This top is provided with a hinged lid 63 which is normally locked in position to cover the opening 62 so that only an authorized person may read the amounts on the adding wheels. The counter may be turned to zero in any well known manner.

Uzec/c ejectz'ng dem'cesr-A plurality of tubes or receptacles 64 corresponding to the` number of coin. chutes 2 'are mounted in the upward forward part of the casing, and each contains a number of checks 65 which are arranged to be ejected into a receptacle 66 secured to the front of the casing by the following described mechanism: Each slide 34 of the registering mechanism is provided with a narrow forward projection 67 which is supported by a guide 68 suitably secured v to the casing. The projection 67 ofthe ve .cent slide normally rests in a recess formed display the amount deposited, unscru ulouspersons could manipulate the machine by inserting slugs or depositing a coin in a chute of higher denominatiom'and in order to overcome thismethod of manipulation the following vdescribed mechanism has been devised: Pivoted to the under side of each coin tray 5 is an arm 70 which is held in 4contact with the tray by a leaf spring 7l.

Upon depositing a coin in one of the chutes 2 the counter balanced lever corresponding n maaar thereto will berocked into the dotted line bevel lug 72 attached to the upper end of an arm 73 extending upward from a plate 74:, which is .pivotally mounted upon a.

. transverse shaft 75, and thus rock the arm -I"ig. 3,) surrounding thev shaftl 75.

73 forward and the. plate i 74 downward against the tension of coil springs 7 6, (see 'Ihis rocking of theplate will deposit the displayed coin into a ylocked receptacle 77 mounted in the lower part of the casing. As

l, the coin tray carried by the arm 6 continues its downward movement the arm will pass the lug 72 and the fplate 7 4: will then spring back into the position shown in Fig. 1, after which thev coin on the tray will slide o-nto the late 74 beneath the glass covered opening l78 in the casing. yPartitions 7 9 extend from the casing to the plate 74 and thereby form compartments for the dierent coins.

As the lever is returned toward yits normal.

position through means` of the spring 35 drawing the arm 31 back to normal position, the arm 70 will wi e by the lug 72 without moving the plate 4. 'Ihe arm 6 of said frame contacts with a rod 80 and limits the return movement of the frame.

In a great many establishments during the different seasons of the year eXtra help is employed to take care of certain lines of business, such as soda fountains in drug stores, and as these'positions are only temporary, thel proprietor finds it difficult to1 hire honest, capable andefficient employees.

With a type of machine as herein described this difficulty is removed to a great extent, if not wholly, as the employee does not handle the money and has only to attend to the delivering of the goods. By holding the clerk responsible for any shortage that may occur between the amount shown on the adding wheels and the amount in the cash receptacle, he will be constantly on the alert to detect any attempt at manipulation of the machine.

While the form of device here shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not desired to confine theinvention to the one form of embodiment here disclosed, lfor it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims whichA follow.v

While I have shown in the present drawings an electric motorgfor automatically operating the machine, it will be readily understood that any suitable `form of motor, such for instancepas a spring motor, may be employed without departing from the spirit of this invention. It will also be understood that instead of a registering mechanism, I might with' equal facility employ another form of accounting device, such for instance as a printingmechanism. It will further be understood that the registering mechanism might be altogether independent of the check ejecting device, in which event the registenwill of course indicate the exact amount of coin which has been placed in the machine for any purpose, either as a. cash receptacle or a cash register.

Byjprovidingfsuitable partitions in the drawer 77, the coins of different denominations may be kept separate and the proprietor thus enabled to determine whether anyl coins have been improperly inserted in the wrong slots in the machine.

What is claimed is l. In a machine ofthe class described, the combination with a lever constructed to be actuated bya coin, of a check `delivering device including an arm positioned to be operated by said lever, a driving motor, connections from said motor constructed to drive said lever after its coin actuated movement, and means whereby the motor is started by said coin controlled lever movement.

2. In a machine of the vclass described, the

combination with a registering device, of a plurality of check delivering mechanisms, having connections to operate said registering device to diHerent extents, a plurality of levers constructed to be actuated by deposited coins, a motor and a driving element actuated thereby and constructed to actuate said coin actuated levers, and connections from each coin actuated lever to the corresponding check delivering mechanism.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a registering device, of a plurality of check delivering mechanisms having connections to actuate said registerl ing device to dierent extents vand each including alever, a plurality of levers con- `structed to be actuated by deposited coins and positioned-to operate said check delivering levers, a motor, and a connection therefrom positioned to engage any of thecoin actuated levers after their coin actuated movement and to operate them and the check delivering mechanisms.

4f. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a registering device and an operating frame therefor, of a plurality of check delivering mechanisms each including a lever, arms connected to said check delivering mechanism, and positioned to engage said operating frame, a plurality of levers constructed to be moved by deposited coins and positioned to engage said check delivering levers,v a motor, and a'connection ytherefrom `positioned to engage and operate said coin moved levers after their coin actuated movement.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a registering mechanism andan actuating frame therefor, of check delivering mechanisms each including a lever and having connections to move said actuating frame to different extents, a plurality of levers constructed to be actuated by deposited coins, and a`motor having connections to drive said check delivering lev.ers, With means whereby said motor is started by` any of said coin actuated levers.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a check receptacle, ,a motor, a sourceof electricalenergy, a counter-balanced lever moved by the Weight of a coin to close a circuit through the-motor, and means connected to the motor to continue the movement of the lever to eject a check from said receptacle.

'-7. In a machine of the class described, the combination With a registering device, and a plurality.A of check lor token delivering ,mechanisms of devices operated by deposited coins, a motor, and connections whereby said coin operated devices impart movement from said motor to `said reglstering dev1ce-l and to said dehvering mechanisms.

',ing device to different extents, of a main operating device,l and elements, constructed to be actuated by deposited coins and when so actuated to connect said main operating device selectivelyl to said vdelivering mechanisms.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a plurality of check or token delivering mechanisms and a single registeringdevice common thereto and operated thereby to different extents, of devices having their operation controlled by deposited coins and serving to determine the movement of said delivering mechanisms.

-12. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a plurality of check or token delivering mechanisms, and a single registering device common thereto and operated thereby to different extents, of a main operating device, and elements constructed to be actuated by deposited coins and when so actuated to connect said main operating device selectively to said delivering mechanisms.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM H. ,MUZZY Witnesses:

R. W. FAIRCHILD,

O. CLARK.

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