US133033A - Improvement in till-locks - Google Patents

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C. B. 8L W. H. JACKSON.

Improvement in' Till-Locks.

No. 133,033. Patented Nov.12,,1872.

AMPHOTOLITHUGHAPHIC C0 N )T/GSBORNES P500586) 5 NETED 'IA'IES PATENT FFI GHANOEY B. JACKSON AND WILLARD H. JACKSON, OF ROOKTON, PA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TILL-LOCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,033, dated November 12, 1872.

the annexed drawing making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a longitudinal section of our invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.

This invention has relation to money-drawer locks; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the bolt, the automatic devices, for securing it when the drawer is pushed in, and the combination of devices for releasing and withdrawing it when desired, the object being to produce a simple and efficient look capable of being manipulated only by those previously instructed in its operation.

In the drawing, A represents a section of a counter, desk, or table, and B the drawer or till, sliding underneath the same in the usual way. 0 designates a vertical bolthavin g two notches, d (I, on its inner side near the top, and secured to the front board of the till inside the same by means of a loop-plate, E. E is a spring tending to force said bolt upward. F is a spring fastened to the drawer and entering the upper notch d. In such position the spring holds the bolt down. When the drawer is closed a stud, e, on the under side of the counter, pushes back the spring F and allows the bolt to be raised by the force of the spring E and to enter a recess, e, in the counter. In this way the drawer is made selflocking. G designates a knob having a pivotal stem, 9, with a cross-bar or T on its end, as shown at h. The ends of said cross-bar are beveled in opposite directions. I represents a signal-spring, which sounds when the end of the bar It strikes it inpa-ssing. J designates a coneavo-convex handle by which to withdraw the till. Underneath said handle is a pin, K, entering the drawer and holding on its end a crossbar, L. A spring, M, acting on one end of said bar, forces it under an offset, z, at the lower end of the bolt, when the latter is raised, and prevents the bolt from being pushed down.

To open the drawer, the knob is turned until one end of the bar h passes the spring I. The pin K is then pressed inwith the nail of the middle finger releasing the bar L from underneath the bolt. and the end of the bar h forced against the second shoulder or ofl'set d of the bolt, causing the bolt to descend and allowing the drawer to be pulled out.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a till-lock, the combination of the sprin gbolt 0 having the notches d d and ofi'set z, the knob G, stein g, cross-bar h, pin K, cross-piece L, and springs, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

OHANOEY B. JACKSON. WILLARD H. JACKSON.

Witnesses 0. N. HUMPHREY, JOHN DOUGHERTY, Jr.

The knob is now turned.

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