US1335447A - Cash-account register - Google Patents

Description

T. MAO.

CASH ACCOUNT REGISTER. APPLlc/Tlou mso mm1, 1919.

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THOMSON MAO, OF SWISSVALE, PENNSYLVANI'A.

CASH-ACCDUNT REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 4)[al'. 30, 1920.

application med January 11. 1919. serial Na 270.706.

T01/ZZ Vulwm it may conce/u Be'it known that I, THOMSON' Aena citizen of the Republic of China, residing at Swissvale, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain' new and useful Improvements in Cash-Account Registers, of which the following is a specification. reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to impro'vedcash account registers. and has. relation more particularly to a device of this general character which is adapted to be attached to a. money holder. such as a bill holderL wallet, hand ba or similar article adapted to hold money or current use., and it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved cash account register whichmay=be employed with convenience and `facility to keep an account of daily expenses. and whereby the balance of money or the total expenditure relative to 'certain items non ir he readily determined without the necessity of an arithmetical operation.

lt is also an object of the invention to provide a novel-and improved device of this general character including a pocket adapted to receive a card or the like, and wherein a wall ol. said pocket is provided with openings or slots to permit notations to he made upon the card or the like within the. pocket, and wherein the wall provided with the openings or slot is provided with designations for various items so that a nota-tion relative to each of the various itemsmay ln made upon the portions oi the card or the like exposed through the openingsor slots of the wall of the pocket.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a cash account register having novel arid improved means whereby the balance of money on hand or the amount ot certain expenditures mayv be determined with facility and accuracy. and wherein said, means comprises a. plurality'of series,

of.alinedaopenings `certain otivhivlltelrs sieit "1 icem'tsf -ahidi the'lirenigiindafgegliigh represent? idolla-rs.A and .with aighiglrucqact rods` ori .indices Vfi nsertible through the opent ings. and wherein said-open'ingsnd-he odafr :iiidicesare provided with? enacting valuendicati'ons to, efi"ect the'desired calf culationssf ,Y l! fr A -Tlle` invention consists in thcmletails of construction and in the combination and arrangementofthe several parts of my improved cash'aceount register whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more' convenient and advantageous for use. as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of'my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that m ,invention may be the lietterjunderstood, will now proceed to describethe Ysame with reference to the accompanying drawings. wherein:

lFigure 1`is a view in elevation of a cash account register constructed in accordance with an embodiment oftn invention;

F ig. 2is a view in elevation of one of the rods or indices as herein embodied;

Fig. 3 is a View in side elevation of the rod or indexas illustrated in Fi 2;

Fig. 4 is aview ,in elevation o theside of ghe rod or index opposite to that shown in iig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on the line :w of Fig. 1;V

Fi 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectiona view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

As disclosed in the accompanyin drawings. M denotes a money holder which may be a walleyill holder or the like. and overlyingra w. l of said holder M is a sheet 1 preferably substantially opaque. such as celluloid. iyory, metal. card board. or the like. This sheet is stitched or otherwise secured. as at 2. along a longitudinal marginal portion and its end marginal portions to a wall of the holder M. and in the present i disposedslots L i on the intermediate spaces 5,

preferred that the space 4l5 between each pair of -slots 4 of each series be equal to the width of each of the slots, and for .'vvhich reason the ,slots 4 are all of the same width.

As is clearly in icited in Fig. 1, one longl'itudinal side of 1e pocket P is open and lon 'tudinal mar is royidedwith the supgpllemental slotnti. diie 'of these lslots is adapted to afford ineens whereby a period of time such-,as a particular'month of a year may `be written upon the card C when applied within the pocket P, while the second slot 6 is adapted to aiord means whereby the money athand at the beginning of the period may be "readily written upon., the card C'l The upper Vmar Y immediately a ove `each of the slots 4 has rinted or othe'rivise .arranged thereon the esignations T oflthe various items to be recorded or written upon the' card C, and

the various designations, 7 coacting with each of the slots' are Separated by the lines 8 at right angles to the slot -l and which lines serve as guides for the -proper entry on the inserted card C.

In practice it is preferred thatl the general designations 7 bearranged at the upper portion of thesheet 1 or iield Y, While the details of the various items are arranged and which spaces are provided with the specific desig nations 9 herein disclosed as certain letters of the alphabet. If preferred, however, these designations 9 may be, omitted.

In entering an expense# besides the amount, the particular itemH is to -be recorded by. referring to thedesignations- 9 so as to enable an exact distribution of the different items While closing@ the account. For exam ale, should $5 be spent for clothing op February. 1, this mnoimt is recorded on the card under date of Eebruary 1 and in the column designated Dry goods, the letter A being put alongside the li 1re. to show that the money was spent for c othin and not the other items under Dry goods. If the $5 had been spent for furniture, the letter C would be used.

In the forni of mv invention as .illustrated in F .1, each of the series of slots 4 is live in number, and after said spaces have been filled upon the initial insertion of the card C. said cartLC is moved laterally' a distance equal to the width of a slot`4 so that the unused portions of the card C previously covered, will be brought int sight, and whichpermits substantiallyv th 'whole sur- ,face of the card C to be'usedufln practice, it has been found that the ca d C is fric-` tionally held iny either of thgse 'two posie field Y of the heet 1 adjacent said free inal portion of the field tions, although whenin the second osition,

the same may be further maintaine against slip by pressure of the digits of the hand ,ho ding the holder M. 'When one face of the card Chas been substantially filled, the card may be reversed and the opposite face .emIPIoyedL n practice the, designations 7 are of par-A ticular importance as such designations .7 serve to litemize the d`iierent accounts so that the distribution of the same'may be easil attained. For example, the desi ation .Exchange is to be used to reco the -value ofbills each time they are taken out for exchange. This bein required-'et the timeV of taking out, avoi s the mistake of giving a wron money note of the denomination requir It also serves as larcheck of the bills on hand. For example, fthe designation Exchange is to be used to record the "alue of bills. This means that if a ten dollar note is taken out .for the paymenty of live dollars, the fact. that a ten dollar note is out is recorded`in this column. This ges a record shonipghow the paymentjhas n made, by cash or otherwise. Shuld the amount o payment be live dollars and ten .dollars is recorded in the .Exchangev -column, it is known at oncethat a bill of ten dollars was. used and a balance of five dollars was received. If this balance of five dollars is also a note, .the fact can also be recorded. The designation Petty cash, as a further -example, is used to record the' amount of small denominations which may be taken from the pocket for the use of small expenses, such as street car fares, ne\vspapers, or the like. However, by an inspeotion of Fig. l, it will be not-ed that provision is made to record these expenditures, together with other expenditures which the u ser may hm'e to make. In other Words, the designation Petty cash is to' indicate the amount of money which is to be placed out# Side of the money holder M, as for insta-nce a` pocket or otherl convonientrece' tacle.

It has also been fundl desirab e to provide the field Y with delineated spaces 10 for the insertion ofthe nani: and,addresS of the owner, to ether with," rther delineated spaces l1 u' lereb'y record may be made' of whom to report in case of accident.

lVhile a suitable implement, preferably a pencil, may be employed for writing the various items, a sheet of carbon, if desired, may be properly disposed over Ethe writing suifaceV of the card C andthe point. of the ,rod o index R, to behhereinafter more artioularly referred to,may be employe to effect the desired record.

Itis also to beunderstood that if desired the card C may have produced thereon the designations simlartto the designations- 7 and -n the same relative arrangement, but as this is believed to be obvious, a detailed description and illustration is thought to be with the space between each ofthe jadu #i unnecessary. tionsv 23 equal loy the space between t e-cen.-

As is illustrated in Fig. 1, ainarginal ters of an adjacentLpair-of openings lj'fV portion of the holder M has suitably atlixed a single series.. 'The uppermost dilation thereto a sleeve 12 with which is adapted tol 23 is spaced from' theupp 0ra jcent-endi70 be engaged ai writing implement XV, preferof the shank-.orbody 211e distanceequal te,1 ably a pencil, and which member W has the distance between adjacent-graduatigrts. secured 4to its; butt end a -iexible member 145 23. The opposite end.; ortio'n 'of the body also suitably secured to the holder M so that or shank 21 is provideliiiyith af int-24 ,of Said im lement W will be held against aeci-v a length substantia ly equal .tot e .distance 75; dental isplaceinent or loss. betweenadjacent duations2. it:

The'fieldr X of the sheet 1 is provided The opposite offrent-fai ,;o ,the body' nini witha pluralityof series of transversely shank 21 'is providedifwitl tithe.gtadluitiongi;n disposed openings' 15 with ,the openings of 25 spaced apart as' hs-,beenliust df, each seriesin alineinent. As is particularly relative to the graduat'ih ibut ,itin-1.,@ illustrated in Fig. 1 two series of openings graduationsi are ten..iilguunr ei-iriilnugkii 15 are arrangedat. opposite sides of a heavy vconsecutively from "-Q'tdfQ 'ii";i tli; .0i}ad'-Q transversely disposed line 16 with the openjacent the top endof,tlislianl'i'body21u.. ings 15 at the right of the line 16 identified and spaced from aidytop'iyed a distance.: as cents and the openings 15 at the left substantially equal to 4vthe" c ljstalie betire-en'pai,VA of the line 16 being identified as dollarsl a pair of adjacent gradiuitiousi',25.., 2'1`7l1e0 It is to be understood that if desired more graduations 23 run cnseeiitii'elvifroni.LLiif.. than two series of openings 15 maybe pro-l to 9, With4 the highest nifiilliiiaft vided at the left of the line 16, but onlyr two per endof the body or shank ,21; 1'Qa'd1ie series are disclosed in Fig. 1. because it is that end `provided ivitgli "tli freturniioi'giqnfao.

customary to pay amounts in excess of one or Vu'ing22. .In otherizwiilsd megiadii ;i hundred dollars by check. 23 and 25 are reverselyi entilied,..'..I also Asis particularly illustrated by Fig. 1, preferred that the identifying'nur asl() each series of openings 15' are nineteen in 'and 27 coacting," res' "cti \'e'l-3i, f "njitlitliep number, and corresponding openings ot' eacli graduatins 23 and 255,21bdiierentlyqole of the series are aliued longitudinally ot ored, as for instance th niueriils reglfz-g re.- tlie series are iutersccted by a heavy line 1T tei-red that the returiidproijvioiif directed longitudinally of the holder M` or be painted a pi'oiiiienjf olo ij,;pizfeiigg Tfr; more particularly the sheet 1. The opposite red. To use the calculii t iii g 16i;reisterigng5g00, end portions of the line 1T are provided feature, the amount of :fr difag nidfathlem with an identity 1S. herein disclosed as 0". beginnin of the entrljfis'fiii'v- The remaining coriipondiug :Openings 15 serting t ie rods or ind of the several series are intersected by the ings 15 ot' the series iii'igftlwe eguiiecg, lines 19 and the oi Isite cud portions of numbers. As indicate@ iniiglfi l .l`iff tilieso. the' lines 13 :irc provided with the valuadrawings. the amount 'ofiiQii-yo liiindn tions 2O arranged i-nsecutirely from -"1" to $32.65'. In employing fhiillii'ilatorfo reg-1r .9. with the'lower numeral above the line ister, it is iiiiport'ant,thitlt'h .Ll pr .dri .A 1i immediately adjacent said line and with above the line li'be u mimm the highest number of the valuations 20 be- Each time a certainfafnoiintpfvagefisllgi0, low thc line 1T immediatelyv adjacent said spent. the rod or iiides'vlisiildiflip"g Qn'; line 17. expose at the opening'nli'ithrii ilgli Each ot the openingsli is of a diameter' is directed the n'uirber' sfur'i` i; ,l io l i eiii i to permit the ready insertion therethrough applicable to that coluiiiniid lieni of a rod or index R, and iu practice there served through which is a rod or index R for cach series of opeuor tipv 2i is exposed. v inrs 15. is then taken out and 'ij i r i s` erted ach rod or index R, and as particularly said-opening. In other' wo'i-(ls."s hou 1 v illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, includes :i penditure he made "fizoni 'tli'e .A flat body or shank 21 provided at one end amount $32.65 on lia n i with a returned portion or ivinG-QZwhi'h r index {.coac'tiiif uiti `fbe oiiter'clu -0 tlifro or index is inserted. -TVh 35, to the left is moved down one hole.

tified o ning. The index or rod..R coacting wit i the inner or tens"-colum'n-at the right of-the line 16 is then lo 'tudinally 'moved until the graduation 1 1s exposed through the opening throu hIx which said rod or 'index is inserted, an when in such )osition the point or tip 24 .of'the rod or index will be exposed through the opening 15 of the series identified by. 5.

The yrod or index R coactirlg 4with the uni series of oaeni 15 at the dollar s".or left side o4 the me 16 is then longitudinallyadiusted until the number 2 osaid rod or index is exposed through the 15 of 4such series through which en so arranged the tip or 'point 24 of the rod or in dex will be exposedt-hroughethe opening in such ser-ies identified by (3. The rod or index will then be inserted through this o and the resultant reading of all/of t eliidis or indices will show` that there is a balancegof It is to be noted that should the amount expended be in the tens of dollars, the point or index coacting with the tens column of dollars would besimilarly adjusted.

In the event that the tip or rd 24 of any one of the rods or indices R should point to a hole 15. that is below the horizontal line 17, such rod or indeaeis inserted through a similarly identified opening in the same series abovethe line 17, and the rod or index R enacting with the series or eolurn n other words, should an expenditure be made of $4.27 from the amount $32.65 on hand as shown, the index or rod R coacting with the outer series of openings 15 to the right of the line 16 will belongitudinally adjusted until the numeral 7 of said'rod or index is exposed through the opening through which said rod-or index is inserted, and which adjustment will 'result in the point or ti 24 being exposed through the .o enin i entilied by 8 below the line 17. ro or index is then removed and inserted through the opening. identified as 8 above the line 17 and the rod or index R eoacting with the inner sei-ies Vor column of openings at' the' ri ht of the line 16 is inserted through t e opening 15 immediately below, or in other words through the opening ident ed as 5 above the line 17. This second r or index is -then longitudinally adjusted until the numeral 2 is exposed through the o enin in 'which the rod orfndex is inserte an which results in the tip or point 24 of said rod or index being exposed throu h'the opening 15 being identified as 3. e rod or index R 'is then inserted through this opening. The rod 4'or index R ooacting with the unit seriesor column oiopenin 15 at the left of thel line 16 is thenlongitudinallyadjusted until the nu- .dex being ex os meral 4" carried thereby is exposed through tue lopening through which. the rod or index is inserted, and which will 'result in the tip or y Qint 24 of sadrod or inthrough the-opening being ident s 8 below the line 17. This rod or index R is then inserted through tire'l opening identified as 8 above the line 17, and the' rod or index R'ooacting with the tens series or column of openings 15 is moved down one opening so that the balance of molle on hand will read $28.38.

In findin lie total expenditm'es-of differ# ent-items, a" of the rbds or' indices R are removed and worked upside down in the holes below the line 17.

As an example; should it be necessaryto add the figures $45.68.*and $6.79, remove all the rods or indices Rgfrom the openings and insert three mds or indices inthe openings below the lineY 17 .and identified Aby the Dollar i and Cent designations and as identified by the designation 20, i.' e., one rod in opening below line 17 identiliedby units of dollars and the figure 5, one rod in the tens of cents column and iden ified by the figure 6, and thev third rod in t e units of cents column and identified by the figure 8. The rods or indices are inserted in these openings upside down,A that isthe tips 24 polnt upwardly instead of downwardly. To

add the suniof $6.79, move lthe rod in the opening identified by figure until the figure 6 marked on the rod is alined with theline 1'9 identmed b v the figure The tip 24 ofthis rod will point to an opening above theline 17 identified by figure 1. Now insert the fourth rodv in the openings below the line 17 and identified by the tens of dollars column and the ligure .1, move the rod in the units of dollars column to the opening below line 17 and identified by the figure 1. This shows that '$5 plus $6 is'$11. TheA same procedure applies to the other figure..

The total expenditures within a given period of time may also be determined without the reversal of the rods orindices R. Vith the rods or indices in a position to indicate the balance of money on hand at present, the numerals 26 on said rods or indices exposed through the openings 15 below the line 17. which are identified by the valuations 20 as the balance of money on hand at the beginning oftheperiod will show the total amount. of expenditures between these two periods. In other words. if the money on hand one month ago was $58.79. th'e expenditures for the month will be found asv follows, the' present balance on hand beingr $32.65 as shown: In the series of openings 15 indicated as units of cents,v thenu 'f ",5 and 8, the numerals 2 and 6 L .ing-identi 'of the -coacting rods or indices R respec tively, will be exposed so that the total amountof expenditures will be indicated as $2614. In case a rod or index is not exposed through an opening 15 below the line 17 as identified by the balance on hand at the beginnin of the period, because said rod or index 1s drawn too far up, more the rod or index R to the left of the series under consideration one space up, 1' e. make the nu- .meral 9 on the rod or index R even with the" line 19 intersecting the opening 15 throu hxvhich the rod is inserted, andthen read .t "e`fi l ed -as the balance of money at the beginning of the period but above the line 17. This figure on the rod or index R will givetheamount of expenditures. In other words, if the amount of money at hand twenty days `ago was $41.09, the expenditures dur' these twenty days jill `be found as follows t e present balance on hand being $32.65 as shbwn: Along the series of f units l of cents find the opening below the "line 17 that is identified by the numeral 9. The numeral 4 `on the rod or index `SR will b e exposed throughsuch opening. In

the series of open-ings 15 for tens of cents find the opening identified by the numeral. 0. It 1s tobe noted this time that no-such opening is .provided below the line 17.` Therefore move the rodor index R to the left of that series of openings 15 or of the series of units of dollars, up one space to bring4 4theV numeral 9 on the rod or index R for exposure through the opening 1'5 intersected by the line 19 identified by the valuation 2. Through the opening of the column of tens of cents identified 'bv the numeral. 0 on the line 17, the numeral 4 on the rod or index R WillI be exposed. The expenditures of that period in cents will therefore be 44. In the series of openings 15 'of units of dollars with the rod or index one space up locate the,

opening 15 identified by the numeral fl. The rod or index is again out of sight. Similarly, move the rod or index R in the series of tens of dollars one space up to bring the numeral 9 on the rod or index R for exposure through the opening 15 intersectedby the line 19 identified by the va nation 3. `The numeral 8 on the rod or in ex KR will then be Aexposed through the opening 15 above the line 17 identified by thevaluation 1. In the column of tens l l of' cents "of- Athey expenditure;` L, Through the opening A15y ure on the rod through the open" ot dollars, with the coactinv rod or index one space up, it willbe foundthat-the tip 24 of the rod-is'scen through the Aopening below the line 17 and identified by the valua tion 1; that indicates' that no tens of dollars has been spent, as the-tip-24` gives 0'value. The total amount of expendiures during these twenty days is therefore vthe valuation 9 andthe last figure through the opening of the series of units of cents intersected by the heavy line 17. For instance, if the amount of money two months ago was $100, the total expenditures will be $67 .35, the first three lres reading from the openings immediate y below the line 17 and the last one on the line 17.

It will be understood that should it be desired to havel my improved calculating or registering device operate to determine the Aamount expended instead of the balance, it is only necessar)v to reverse the order of the numerals 20 with the operation the same as has been hereinbefore described.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a'cash account register constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly Well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated. and it will also be obvious that my invention is su eptible of some change and modificationy without departing .from the principles and spirit thereof, and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as `limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

A cash registering device comprising a member provlded with a plurality of series of openings arranged in columns, means ori said body for separating said columns into dollars and cents, the central openings of all of the columns being indicated as 0, and the openings of each of the series above the 0 opening being consecutively numbered from 1 to 9 with the smaller number adjacent the 0 opening, the openings of each series below the 0 `opening; 1.25

secutvely' from 1 to 9, said graduagrduations, the u per lxsl'idpinton ofthe tions belng equdistantly spaced 'mth advrod having an over yi wing. 1'0 y jacent graduntions. s aced .a distance sub- Intestimon whereo IhereultoI ax my stantilly 'equal tol .trie space betweenthe signature'in t e presnof two Witnpsses. centers of vadjaawent openings, the graduation THQMSON MAO.

9 being adjacent the top' of the rnd, and Wit'nsseszs aed from said ytop a distance s'ubstam Gr BnmoNoINI,

tmlly equal to the space between adjaont I. Hsurm PEI.

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