US185537A - Improvement in recorders - Google Patents

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UNITED STArrns PATENT OFFICE.

MATHEW HOWIE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RECORDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185.537, date& December 19, 1876; application filed September 27, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MATHEW HowIE, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Register for Cash Re ceipts of Bar-Keepers, Oashiers, and other Persons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specifr cation, in which- Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section ot' my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the box and a side elevation of the mechanisn. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of my invention; Fig. 4, detail perspective.

The object of ny invention is to provide a device or apparatus for registering the cash received by bar-keepers, cashiers, and other like parties presiding over money desks or offioes. i

A further object of my improvements is to provide means for determining the amount of liquor or other article disposed of, thereby keeping an account of stock, the registered cash receipts showing the stock on hand, as well as that sold, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, which indi- Cate my improvements applied to a liquon bar, A is a boX or case, to be placed in a conspicuous position, as the front of the counter, where it will be in full View of the patrons of the bar, and within easy reach of the bar keeper. B B are push-buttons, marked with figures, as 5, 10, 15, &0.,01' with the names ot' the different liquors, as wine, brandy, beer, 850., there being, of course, only one number or name on each of said buttons. The stems b b pass down through the lid a of the case A, and through suitable openings in a ledge or bracket, U, being provided with spiral springs c c, by which the buttons are automatically elevated after being depressed, as hereinafter more fully set 'orth.

D D are curved pawls, pivoted on the lower extremities of the stems b b, and provided with pointed pins or teeth d d, by which strips of paper E E are unwound from reels F, and

punched whenever payment for a drink or drinks is made. G is` a spring-dog secured at g to the bracket O, and having an opening, g for the passage of a stud, d which pro'- jects from the sides of each of the pawls D. The object of the dog Gr is to cause the pawl D to be raised on`its backward motion, so as to make the tooth d clear the paper E and avoid dragging back the latter.

When the button B is depressed on receipt of payment for a drink, the pawl D is brought down upon the paper E, the tooth d entering and passing through the latter. Coritinuing the downward movement of the button the pawl D advances, swinging on its pivot b and carrying forward the paper which it unwinds from the reel F. At the same time the stud d' passes through the opening` g raises the (log G, and comes out in front ot' the latter, which then drops or springs downwardly. On releasing the pressure on the button B the spring c throws up the stem b. The stud d' is thus coinpelled to ride over the face or front of the dog Gr, and by so doing elevates the pawl D, so that its tooth d will clear the paper E.

G' reprcsents a shaft, supported in hangers 9 g Secured to the lid a, and provided with forwardly-projectin g arms (1 g which are met by collars I# on the stens b whenever the buttons B are depressed, causing said shat't G' to rock. g* is a rearwardly-projecting arm on the shaft Gr', having a spring-pawl, H, shouldered at h, by which a hammer, I, is cansed to strike a bell, K, sounding an alarm whenever a paynent for drinks is made, and the button B duly depressed to register the same. L is a spring to cause the return of the rockshaft G' to its normal place, and the arms g (1 to their position just below the collars b after each depression of any one of the buttons B.

The operation is suhstantially as follows: Suppose a party obtains and pays for a drink of wine, the charge for which is, say, twentyfive cents. If the push-buttons be marked with the names of the various liquors sold at the bar, the bar-keeper will depress that one of the said buttons which is marked Wine, causing one hole to be punched in the strip E, which belongs to said button, and an alarm to be sounded on the bell K. If the buttons be marked with the numerals, that one of' them which hears a number corresponding to the price of the drink will be operated in like manner and with a similar efiect. By having the buttons marked with the name of the liquors the amount ot' money received for each kind can be ascertained on examination of the registry-strips. Thereby the quantity of each liquor sold can be determined,.and by deducting the same from the quantity first provided the amount of stock on hand can be readily computed. In this way a double check can be kept on the bar-keeper. For instance, suppose wine is twenty-five cents a drink and beer five cents. The bar-keeper, on receiving payment for a drink of wine, might be tempted to register as for a drink of beer, and, yielding to the temptation, to defraud the proprietor outof twen ty cents-a procedure which might possibly be connived or winked at by those who usually frequent drinking-saloons. But he would therehy render himself liahle to detection, for the proprietor, on measuring his wine, would see that. some of it had been disposed of without a corresponding registry of payment therefor. On the other hand, it' the registry be honestly kept, the exact amount of each liquor can be determined, as already stated, by examination and computation, without measuring.

If desired, a separate set of buttons-numbered 5, 10, 15, &e-may be allotted to each beverage dispensed at the bar, the names of each such beverage being marked on its set ot' buttons, or on a single sign e'ected in any suitable position close to said set, so as to show its relation to the same.

I have shown and described the improvements* as adapted to a bar; but their employment is not restricted thereto, being, with slight modifications within the spirit of my invention, equally well adapted to eating-saloons, confectioneries, drug-stores, ticket-offices, ferry-gates, and other places where employs are entrusted with receiving cash in separate small sums, and where an accurate regisu'y and control of said receipts are desirable.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with the case A, of the push-buttons B B, marked With names or numer-als, pivoted pawls I) D, teeth or puncles d d, and paper strips E, substantially as shown. and described.

2. l combiation with the pivoted pawl D and tooth d, the dog Gr, arranged substantially as described, to elevate said 'pawl and cause said tooth to clear the paper E on the return or upward motio of the stem b, substantially as described.

In testimoy that [claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of September, 1876.

MATHEW HOWIE.

Witnesses:

M. DANL. CoNNoLLY, GHAs. F. VAN HORN.

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