US1186575A - Cash-register. - Google Patents

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CASH REGISTER. I APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, I9I2.

Patented June 13, 1916.

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CASH-REGISTER.

Application filed June 8, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVoLnnMAR Rnmnono HEINITZ, a citizen of the Kingdom of Saxony, residing at Chemnitz, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gash-Registers, oi which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to accounting machines and the principal object thereof is to provide an improved form of mechanism for listing items and the totals thereof.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved mechanism having a variable movement whereby an impression lnay be taken from independent sets of type drriers, such as item and total type carriers one of which sets has its printing position in advance of the other set of type carriers.

Another object of this invention is to provide mcansf'for with-drawing one of the plurality of sets of type carriers from printing position and holding said set of type carriers out of printing position whereby an impression may be taken from the re maining sets of type carriers, the latter sets of type carriers being of smaller diameter than the withdrawn set of type car riers.

Another object of this invention is to provide a plurality of independent sets of manipulative devices with interlocking mechanism between said devices whereby when the manipulative devices of one set is operated, the manipulative devices of the other sets are rendered inoperative, with additional means operative at will for rendering inoperative either set ofsaid manipulative devices.

A further object of this invention is to provide an item and total listing machine with a consecutive numbering device, which is rendered operative as an accompaniment to the listing of totals.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination oi? parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims, and. a pre-- ferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form .part pf this specification.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 135, 1916.

Serial No. 702,419.

Of said drawings, Figurel a transverse sectional view through a machine of well known type to which this invention has been taken adjacent to one of the banks of numher or special keys. Fig. 7 is a plan view oi the mechanism cooperating with the number keys and showing two banks of said keys in section. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the total manipulative device and mechanism controlled thereby for restoring the total type carriers to normal or zero position. Fig. 9 is a detail view of the mechanism for operating the consecutive numbering device.

Described in general terms the improved machine comprises a plurality of banks of amount keys which control item and total printing type carriers, and a plurality of banks of number keys which control type carriers for listing numbers or other special characters as an accompaniment to the lis ing of totals. When a key of either set is operated, the keys of the remaining set are rendered inoperative. provided for temporarily rendering either set of keys inoperative. T he item and total type carriers are of diilerent diameter and means is provided for imparting a variable throw to an impression mechanism so'as to list upon a record strip the items or totals as may be desired. In the listing of totals, the item type carriers, which are of larger diameter than the total type carriers, are positioned so as not to interfere with the taking of the totals. Mechanism is provided for restoring the total type carriers to normal position as an incident to the listing of the :total and also for operating a. consecutive numbering device. Both the item and total sets of type carriers are provided with duplicate characters so as to record the items and totals thereof upon an inserted slip, as wellas uponl a permanent record St p.-

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after. which the transfer tooth returns to itsnormal inoperative position. Projecting from each one of the disks err is a stud 33 which will restore the displaced pawls 32 to their normal position upon the succeeding 28. Cooperating with each of the puvvls is a spring pressed pawl 55% which tends to hold each pawl i its normal or adjusted position. The pawls 32 are pivota-lly mounted upon the transverse rod 3.5, While the pawls 84 are mounted upon a rod 35. l lo transfer mechanism. hes been shown for elements 31 of the grand accumulator, but it is to be understood said elements may be provided with any of the Well known forms of transfer mechanism.

, The number 38, Fig. 6, have, coeperating therewith. actuating segments 3, "which are driven by members in the same manner as the segments 3 which cooperate with amount banks of keys. These segments it cooperating with the number keys drive indicators appeuri' t the front and back oi the machine in identically the same manner as the amount segments. As is intended that these. number keys should simply record and indicate, no disks 2 lere provided for actuating the sub and grand accumulators.

In the particular embodiment of the invention herein shown, the number keys con". trol the type carriers for printing suitable identifying characters as an accompaniment to the listing of totals and in order to prevent the operation of any of the amount keys, suitable interlocking mechanism is provided between the amount and number keys, which will. now be described.

Cooperating With each bank of amount keys 1,- as shown in Fig. t, is a cam plate 3? which .is arranged to be moved downwardly upon the depression of any of the amount keys from one to nine by the pin 38 ot' the depressed key engaging with the incline 39 of the plate 87; At rearward end. the

plate is suitably attached to a cross rod supported at the extreme lower end of arms t0, which in turn fastened at the upper "to move down under the kev oins oi the number ke s 36 so as to prevent the depression of the latter keys. The locking pie tes 4-2, cooperating with the number keys 36 heve inclines 414-.

runnin in an opposite direction from tie inclines 39 of the plates 3?. Fromv this it Will be seen that when one of the number keys 36, is first depressed the plate co operating therewith will be moved rear- 1y and through cross rod 39 carry the 37, coopei mg with the amount banks of keys so to bring the upper lockoi the plates 37 and respectively have radial walls so as to permit the actuation of a key another bank of the to which the depressed key belongs.

Fest to the rock shaft -11 is an upwardly extending arm 4:55 which carries at its upper end a plate 416 having inscribed thereupon the words amount and number, Fig. 7 which Words are brought beneath the opening t7 formed in the cabinet 48 of the matchine so as to indicate the set to which thb operated key belong. The plate 46 is provided with notches es'into which the end of a lock bolt 50 is arranged to be projected when it is desired. to lock for any length of time any section of the key board. The plate so is hcl d its normal positiom as shown in '4", by a coil spring 51, Fig. 6, the ends or" which connected to the cross rod 39 and to a pin 52 projecting from one of the frames the machine.

Cooperating with each bank of number keys 36, is a second plate having inclines 5% with. which the key pins li'l are arranged to cooperate. Upon the depression of one of the number keys, the plate 5r, cooperating therewith will be moved downwardly and an extension 55 of said platewill engage with an arm 56 secured to shaft 57 and rock said shaft in a clockwise direction. As shown ig. 7", there is one of the arms 56 for each of re plates The shaft 57 has secured thereto, directly beneath the amount banks of keys, a plate 58 having a hook portion 59, which hook portion, when a number key is depressed, is'in position to engage with the flip pawls 1'! of the segments 3, cooperating with the amount banks of keys when said segments moved to their almorinal or beyond zero positions by the cross rod 8 as previously described. The object of lately ing these segments 3 coi'ipereting With the amount banks of keys in their abnormal position is to permit the taking of a total as er more :t'ully described.

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messes upon movement 01 the lever 91, the slide 83 will 'e given a greater movement than. when the pin 89 is in position shown in Fig. 2. This movement is suiiicient to bring the platens 88 end 87 into contact with the total type carriers 69 and the number type carriers 80. it may be well to state here that the total manipulative device 99 con trdl the latching plate 58, as shown in Figs 1, mid in the same manner as previously de :ribed in. connection with the number heys and that said total manipulative device mu y be operated with said number keys independently thereof. It will be recalled that by positioning of the latching plate 58, to engage with the dip pewls 17 the segments 3, cotiperating with the amount banks of keys, the said segments will be latched in their abnormal position, and these segments being connected to the item au'iei's will consequently rotate said fers beyond Zero position to bring away portions adjacent the platens t to interfere Willil tllb taking of one by the platens 8i) and 87 from the tot 1. type carriers 69 and the number typeczu'riers 8 After the total is listed the total manipulativedc ice released, the latch plate 58 is restoredto its normal position by a spring 105, which permits the segments 3 cooperating with the amount banks of keys to return to their normal or zero positions where they are arrested by the zero ireys. it is to be understood that a suite is inking ribbon, not shown, may be in rposedbetween the platens and type mirrors so that the impressions on the record strip and the easily be read. the total is recorded, the accumulating oinions and total type carriers 69 connected thereto, restored to hi normal or zero position by the following described mechanism,

Eruitebly connected to each of the pinions 2'? of the suh-accumulator is c heart-shaped com 10%, 1

shaft 108* This reel: shaft at its left hand end, Fig. 8, has secured thereto an upwardly extending arm 10%, the upper end which is provided with an elongated slot 110 nto which ex- 111, irojecting from o slide 112, guided upon one off the side machine by pin 113 and the out 1 through elongated respecei elyi While items isted s, roll. 1 projecting from of the slot 110 formed in 1110 slot 21), it will be obvious thatinserted slip may more member carrying platen and 3, with which engage slide 112 will move the arm 109 in a clockwise direction, carrying the roller 116, projecting from said arm into a cam groove 121 formed in the disk 95. The shape of the groove 121, is such that near the very end of rotation of the shaft 96,'carryi ng said disk 95, the arm 96 will loo-rocked further in a clockwise direction, which will cause the pawls 107, projecting from the shaft 108, to engage with the heart-shaped cams 106 and restore said cams with the pinions 27 oi: the sub-accumulator and thetotal type carriers 69 to normal or zero position. This restoration of the pinions 27.01? the subaccumulator occurs after the transfer teeth, carried by the disks 21, pass beyond seid pinions so that in case the pawls 32 are actuated in the restoration of the pinions 27, no harm will be done, as said pawls 32 are restored at the beginning of the succeeding operation of the machine;

A consecutive numbering device, comprising the three type wheels 122 of the samediameter as the total type wheels 69 and the number type wheels are suitably mounted upon the shaft 82. A multi-prong pawl 123, Figs. 3 and 9, carried at, the upper end'by a lever 124, engages with the type wheels,

so as to feed said wheels when the lever 1241 is rocked a proper distance. This lever,.st its lower end, has an elongated slot 125, in which projects a pin 126, extending from the lower rearward end of a centrally pivoted lever 127. The upper end of this lever 127 is provided with an elongated slot 128 into which extends a pin 12%), projecting from the 86/ lnthe listing of items, the platen 86 is not moved a Sufficient distance to carry the pawl 123 in engagement with the next the latter will be easily distinguished from the listed items, but it is to be understood tooth of the units; type wheel 122 of the consecutive numbering device, but upon the printing of totals the platen 86 is given a' movement, which is, suf

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