US1323495A - Pocket sales-register - Google Patents

Description

A. S. SAMUELS.

POCKET SALES REGISTER.

APPLICATION HLED AUG-8.1917.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

wit INVENTOH A TTORAIEYS V ALBERT s. SAMUELS, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

POCKET SALES-REGISTER.

1 h ail whom it may concern: y

Be it known that LALBERT 'S. Seamus, a citizen of the Umted States, and a resldent of thecity and county of San Francisco and iiitate of California, have invented? a .neW. and useful Pocket Sales-Ftegister, of' ivhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sales registers and one of the objects of my invention isto provide a sales register adapted to becarriediin the pocketof'the salesman. T r Another object of my inventioniis toprovide a sales register which will prevent :dishonest handling of money received from enstomers. l 1 Another object of my invention is to provide a sales register comprising asealed casing of inexpensive material, containing a supply of-blank sales checks, and such that when the last of the blanks is used, the 'seal or the casing must be mutilated in order to extract the strip on which the various sales have been recorded; I Another object of my invention is to .provide a sales register comprisinga non refillable casing containing a" quantity of blank sales checks, and so constructed. as to retain therein a record of the filled-in checks, which cannot be recovered Without mutilating the casing. i

The invention possesses other featuresof at vantage, some of which, with theforegoing, will be set forth in the following de' scription of the preferred form of myinvention which is illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. It is to be understood that I do not limit inyselfto the showing made by the said drawings and description, as I may adopt variationsof the preferred form within the scope of my invention as set forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical sectiontaken lengthwise of the register. l

Figs. 2 and 3 are views in'vertical section of fragments of the upper and lower members respectively of theregistercasing. The views are arranged close together to more clearly indicate the means for fixing the relative positions ofthe upper and lower members of thefcasing when assembled.

Fig. dis a plan view of a fragment of the Specification of Letters Patent.

ApplicationfilcdAugust 8, 1917. Serial No. 185,154.

Patented Dec. 2, rain.

" lower part of the casing, showing the con struction of the corner.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the platen. The transfer sheet is shown attached thereto. v

Fig. 6 is a side view of the magazine roll.

Fig. 7 is a side view of one of the feed rollers.

Fig. 8. is a plete register. l

Fig. 9 is a side view ofa fragment of: a register, showing a modified form of sealing means. V V

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary view explanatory of Fig. 9.

The sales register of my invention coniprises a casing preferably formed of two mated members, which when secured together form a casing which cannot be opened without mutilation. A supply of blank saleschecks in triplicate is assembled in the casing; Means are provided for permitting the recordation of sales data upon the uppermost blank and by transfer means forming a duplicate and triplicate copy thereof. Means are also provided for permitting the extraction from the casing of the original and duplicate copies and for the retention therein ofthe triplicate copy; Preferably a seal 'is also applied across the line of union of the two parts of the casing so that opening it to tamper with or recover the triplicate copy will involve'a mutilation of the casing or of the seal or of both.

The register casing comprises two parts or members 2 and 3 adapted to be secured perspective view of the cointogether to form a casing of such size and proportion as to be easily slipped'into an ordinary coat pocket. The closure or upper part 2 of the casing is provided with an aperture 4, and alined therewith is alplaten 6 upon which the blank checks 7 in triplicate from the magazine roll 8 rest while the user of the register is writing the record of his sales.

' The platen 6, best shown in Fig. 5, is provided with sides 9 and an end 12 to form a box-like member in which one end and face of the box have been omitted. The sides 9 and the end 12 forma support for the platen surface 6. The end 12 also forms apartition across the casing, as shown in Fig. 1, thus forming a chamber (1 in which the triplicate copies 7 of the sales checks accumulate. The end 12 also acts as a stiffening member for the casing. The sides 9 of the platen structure also stiffen the side construction of the casing and form a backing or base upon which the sides are glued when the casing and closure are assembled. This reinforces the sides of the casing, keeps the joint tight, and helps to hold the two portions firmly together. The wall 12 joins the platen surface 6 in a smooth curve so that the strips 7 will run smoothly over the corner and for the same reason the platen at the opposite end is curved downwardly into a lip 13.

The width of the platen structure is such that it fits snugly into the casing transversely. It's longitudinal position is fixed by corner blocks 14 and 16 at one end of the casing and corner blocks 17 and 18 at the other end. The corner blocks also perform three other important functions.

They form bearings for the magazine roll 8 and the feed rollers 19 and 21; provide means for "alining the two parts of thecasing; and provide means for uniting the two parts of the casing on the inside beyond reach of interference.

As shown in Figs- 2 and'S, the block 14: is provided with a projection 22 andthe block 16 is correspondingly recessed. Similarly formed blocks are arranged in each of the four corners of the casing and the interlocking of the blocks fixesthe relative positions of the members of the casing. It will also be clear that if glue or cement is applied upon the contacting surfaces of the mated blocks, that a union is effected between the parts which is out of reach of any non-mutilating opening force. Each of the blocks 14. is also provided with a recess 2% adapted to receive the journal 26 of the spindle 27 upon which the magazine roll 8 is held. When the magazine roll is dropped into place, the journals 26 engaging in the recesses 24:, and the upper part 2 of the casing is placed in position on the lower part 3, the blocks 16 close the recesses 24 and the magazine roll is securely but rotatably held in position.

At the opposite end of the casing a similar arrangement secures the rollers 19 and 21. These rollers as well asthe spindle 27 of the magazine roll, are preferably entirely of wood turned to proper size and having suitable journals formed on tl e ends. The mounting of roller 21 is the same as that of the magazine roll. It is rotatable but otherwise is fixed in its bearings. The roller 19, however, is held in a deep recess 29, and except as prevented by the roller 21 which overlaps it a small amount, is capable of limitedvertical movement. The reason for this follows. The strips 7 of sales checks in triplicate pass downwardly and around feed roller 21. the strips separate, the two upper ones? and 7 passing out of the casing-through a slot 31 and the triplicate copy 7 passing I around roller 21 and-downwardly adjacent the curved end of the lower half of the casing, -under roller '19 and back into chamber C. When the register is assembled the ends of the upper two strips are left projecting from the slot 31'and the end of the trlpli- 'cate strip turned downwardly against the curved end wall. The first blank check is then in position on the platen. 'To extract the first check, the user grasps the protruding ends and pulls the strips out until the tear line between the checks is reached, when the first set is torn off, leaving short ends of the second set, so that the operation may be repeated with each sale. Pulling the upper'two strips 7 and 7 out causes the third and inner strips 7 3 to be gripped against the feed roller 21. turns, the lower strip is fed downwardly and rearwardly into the chamber C. The tension on the strips tends to lift idler roller 19, which therefore presses the pack or ribbonof three strips firmly against the feed roller 19. The tension placed upon the strips when pulling them out, istherefore made to insure the proper alinement of the strips and the feeding of the triplicate backwardly into the chamber C.

A spring lip 32 is formed at the edge of the aperture in the upper part 2 of thee-as ing, adjacent the receiving'end of the platen. This spring lip presses tightly against the strips on the platen and helps to keep them flat and smooth. Although the casing may be made of any inexpensive material, it is preferably constructed of paper or comparable material and there is sufficient resilience in this material to permit the suitably formed lip 32 to perform the function stated.

Preferably the intermediate strip of sales checks is quite thin, so that but one doublefaced transfer sheet 33 need be used! This sheet is preferably stretched overthe top of the platen 6 as shown in Fig. 5 and its ends secured by paste to the sides 9. In assembling the register, the platen upon which the'transfer sheet 33 has been mounted is set in positionin the lower part of the casing. The magazine roll 8 and the feed roll 21 are then setin place and thestrip 7 inserted under the transfer sheet, the strip 7 lying against the upper surface thereof. The three strips together are then drawn out across the roller'21 and the roller 19 pushed down intp position, carrying the three strips downwardly and positioning them around the rollers as shown in Fig. 1. Next the end of the lower strips 7 is tucked down between the roller 21 and the curved end of As the roller 7 the'casing, and the closure 2 of the casing 7 to protect it from glue or cement which may exude fromithe surfaces 23.

After assembling thetwo parts of the cas ing, preferably a sealing strip 36, Fig. 8, is attached over the joint. An adhesive unaffected by ordinary agents is preferably used and the sealing strip is preferably of a character impossible to duplicate easily or repair it mutilated, such as thin paper havmg planted on 1ts face side an intricate de- Sign.

Then the exhausted register casing is turned in to the ofiice for the purpose of,

checking the triplicate sales checks against the duplicates turned in at the time oi each sale, it requires but. a brief inspection to determinewhether or not the casing has been tampered with in an effort to reach the triplicate strip. Obviously any effort to falsify the record of sales by withholding or altering the duplicates would be unavailing unless the triplicate could also be altered to correspond.

An alternative methodot sealing the easing is shown in Figs. 9 and 10. The adjacent edges of both part-casings at suitable points are provided with tabs which are interlocked when the parts are assembled. Preferably four tabs 38 are disposed on the edge of part-casing 2, and four tabs 89 correspondingly disposed on the edge of partcasing 3. Two of each of the tabs 38 and 39 lie onthe outside and two on the inside of the abutting edge as shown in Fig. 9. A wax water indicated by the dotted line 41, Fig. 9, is then melted over the interlocked tabs and impressed with a suitable seal. One or more of such seals may be placed on each long side of the casing as desired. It is contemplated that the seal will be applied by the maker of the register and that extract the triplicate strip, merely by breakmg the seal and to reload the register from time to time as needed, renewing the seal each time as a fresh magazine roll is inserted. In this case the surfaces 23 are not adhesively united, nor are the sides 9 attached to the casing, the interlocking tabs and wax wafer holding the halves of the casing together. It is clear from the above that the sealing strip 36 may be of such a character that it serves not only to seal the joint between the parts of the casing, but also to hold the parts together, other means being omitted.

Preferably each register is given an identifying number as indicated at 48-, which identifies the register with the salesman using it. The sales checks also bear a number corresponding to that of the register in which they are assembled. Preferably the checks are numbered consecutively so that any missing one will be instantly detected.

I claim:

1. A sales register casing comprising a plurality of members, interlocking corner blocks arranged in said members for holding the members in alinement, and means on the insideof said casing spaced from the joint between said casing members for attaching the interlocked blocks together.

2. A sales register casing comprising a plurality of members, interlocking blocks arranged in said members for holding the members in alinenient, and an adhesivi-a in tel-posed between contiguous surfaces of said blocks and spaced from the contacting edges of said alined members. A

3. In a sales register, a casing, a closure for said casing, and means on the inside of said casing and closure for effecting a permanent union therebetween.

i. A sales register comprising a multipart casing, means Withi'n'the casingand out of reach oil a non-mutilating iorce'for permanently uniting said parts, a supply of sales checks arranged in the casing, means for permitting a recordation of data upon ing said checks across said platen, and a sealarranged across the joint between said casing parts.

7 A sales register comprising a two-part casing, corner blocks arranged in one of said parts, a magazine roll of sales checks and a feed roll for said checks having journals disposed in. recesses in said blocks, corner blocks arranged in the other part of said casing to close said recesses and form bearings for said journals, means for permitting a recordation of data upon said sales checks, and means for uniting said casing parts to resist a non-mutilating opening force.

8. In a sales register, a casing, a platen arranged in the casing, a magazine roll of sales checks at one end of the platen, and feed rollers at the other end ofthe platen adapted to receive therebetween the sales checks passing over said platen, one of said feed rollers being mounted to move transversely against the other toranse the sales checks to adhere thereto when the sales checks are placed under tension.

9. In a sales register, a two-part casing having an aperture therein, a platen arranged below the aperture, a magazine roll of sales checks at one end of said platen, feed. rollers at the other end of the platen adapted to receive therebetween the sales checks passing over said platen, one of said feed rollers being movable toward the other to press said sales cheeks between said rollers when the sales checks are placed under ten sion, said casing being provided adjacent the feed rollers with an'egress aperture for said checks, and means foruniting said casing parts to resist a non-mutilating open ing force. a

10. In a sales register. a twopart easing, corner blocks arranged in one of said parts, a magazine roll of sales checks and a feed roller for said checks having journals disposed in recesses in said blocks. corner blocks arranged in the other part of said casing to close recesses and form bearings for said journals, and a second feed roller having journals disposed in grooves in said blocks, said sales :cheeks passing between said feed rollers, and said second roller being transversely inovalolein said groove bearings into operative engagement with said first--mentioned roller when said' sales checks are placedin tension; 7

11. In a'sales register, a two-part Casing, V

blocks arranged in one of said parts, asupply 0t sales checks in said casing, a, feed roller tor said checks having ournals disposed in recesses insaid blocks, corner blocks 7 arranged in the other part of said casing to close said recesses and form bearings forsaid journals and a second feed roller having ournals disposed in grooves in said-V blocks whereby saidroller is transversely movable tJHtO ope 'ative engagement, with said filSh-IUQHUODGCI teed roller, said cheeks being passed under said second roller, between the rollers and over the top of the C. S. EVANS.

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