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ATTORNFY Patented June 7, 1938 UNITED STATES REGISTER William L. Paden and Oliver G. Saunders, Dayton, Ohio, assignors, by mesne assignments, to Central National Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland,

Ohio, as trustee Application November 7, 1934, Serial No. 751,868

8 Claims.

In the patent of William L. Paden, No. 1,993,452 issued March 5, 1935, is shown a consecutive numbering device which prints on a record strip each time the register is operated. The object of the present invention is to provide an on and oil? feature for the printing mechanism insofar as the consecutive number is concerned and more specifically relates to a means having its object to withdraw the type wheels of the consecutive numbering device into a position where an impression will not be taken from the consecutive numbering device when the machine is operated and we have also provided means whereby the consecutive number printing wheels maybe moved into printing position so that an impression will be taken therefrom each time the machine is operated. In other words, by providing a shifting mechanism for the consecutive number printing wheels we have provided mechanism whereby an impression may or may not be taken from these wheels. It is especially desirable to withdraw the consecutive printing wheels in case an autographic strip is used and it is desired to write with pencil or pen in the space which would otherwise be printed upon by the consecutive number printing wheels.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the same as applied on a cash register of the type shown in the said patent;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the record; and

Figure 3 is an end view of the mechanism shown in Figure 1.

Arms I are provided with printing type 2 which print the clerks indication, the amount of money registered, and the classification as shown on the left half of the record strip shown in Figure 2. This structure is shown in the said Patent Number 1,993,452. The record strip 3 is unwound from a supply roller 4 and passes over a writing table 5 to a take up roll 6. The said patent further shows a gear '1 which is rotated in a clockwise direction one complete revolution each time the cash register is operated. This" gear meshes with and drives a gear 8 mounted on a shaft 9 on which is also mounted a gear l0 which drives a train of gears I I, l2, l3, and M. The gear I4 is provided with a Geneva tooth IS. The relation of this train of gears is such that the gear l4 will be given one complete rotation each time the machine is operated and the Geneva tooth will engage a Geneva gear l6 provided with ten teeth so that the Geneva gear l6 will be rotated of a revolution each time the machine is actuated. The Geneva gear I6 is secured to the units wheel I! of a consecutive counter. Transfer mechanism It of the usual type is provided so as toconnect the units wheel with the wheels of higher order.

The gears ll, l2, I3 and I4 and the units wheel IT, as well as all of the wheels of the consecutive counter, are mounted on shafts journaled in side walls l9 and 20. The shaft 2| on which the gear H is mounted and the shaft 22 on which the V printing wheels are mounted extend outwardly through slots 23 and 24 respectively in the fixed side plates 25 and 26. The'slot 23 forms an arc of a circle concentric with the shaft '9.

A hand lever 21 is mounted on the shaft 9 and is operatively connected with a lever 28 likewise I:

pivoted on the shaft 9 and which at its end remote from the shaft 9 receives the shaft 2|.

As shown in Figure 1, the parts are so positioned that if the machine is operated the platen 29 will move the record strip 3 into engagement with a ribbon 30 which will be pressed against the type wheels both of the consecutive counter and the type 2 making an impression, such as the one shown near the top or bottom of Figure 2. If the operator, however, will move the hand lever 21 in a clockwise direction the lever 28 will be correspondingly moved which will move the shaft 2| to the right hand side of the slot 23 as viewed in Fig. 1 pulling the gear I I and all of the mechanism driven thereby with it, and thereby withdrawing the consecutive counter from beneath the ribbon so that if the machine were now operated the consecutive number would not be printed, which would leave space. on the record strip for the operator to write in any data he nose 32 engages either side of the shaft 2| so that when the parts are in position shown in Figure 1,.

the said lever holds the parts driven by the gear I l in the position such that the platen will engage the type on the consecutive counter, whereas if' the hand lever 2'! is rotated clockwise the said lever 3| will engage the other side of the shaft 2| I and prevent the printing wheels of the consecutive counter from being inadvertently moved or jostled into position to print.

It is, of course, obvious that the gear ll remain inmesh with the gear ID at all times regardless of whether the hand lever 21 is in its forward or rear position or while it is being shifted from one of these positions to the other, since the slot 23 is concentric with the shaft 9.

We realize that many changes may be made in our invention without departing from the spirit thereof and we, therefore, desire to claim the same broadly except as we may limit ourselves in the appended claims.

Having now described our invention, we claim:

1. In a register comprising a printing counter to print consecutive numbers on a record and an impression taking device cooperating with said counter; a movable support for said counter, means for actuating said support to move said counter to an inoperative position with relation to said impression taking device, and means operating upon each operation of said register to advance said counter one step when said counter is in either its operative position or its inoperative position.

2. In a register comprising a printing counter to print consecutive numbers on a record and an impression taking device cooperating with said counter; a movable support for said counter, means operable independently of the operation of said register for actuating said support to move said counter to an inoperative position with relation to said impression taking device and to restore said counter to its operative position at the will of the operator, and means operating upon each operation of said register to advance said counter one step when said counter is in either its operative position or its inoperative position.

3. In a register comprising a printing counter to print consecutive numbers on a record and an impression taking device cooperating with said counter; a movable support for said counter, a driving gear adapted to be actuated upon each operation of said register, a gear carried by said support and meshing with said driving gear, means for connecting the last mentioned gear with said counter to advance the latter step by step upon successive operations of said register, and means for actuating said support to move said counter to an inoperative position with relation to said impression taking device and for retaining the last mentioned gear in mesh with said driving gear in all positions of said support.

4. In a register comprising a printing counter to print consecutive numbers on a record and an impression taking device cooperating with said counter; a movable support for said counter, a driving gear adapted to be actuated upon each operation of said register, a gear carried by said support and meshing with said driving gear, means for connecting the last mentioned gear with said counter to advance the latter step by step upon successive operations of said register, an arm mounted for movement about the axis of said driving gear and connected with said sup port adjacent the axis of said last mentioned gear, and means for actuating said support to move said counter to an inoperative position with relation to said impression taking device.

5. In a register comprising a printing counter to print consecutive numbers on a record and an impression taking device cooperating with said counter; a movable support for said counter,

a driving gear adapted to be actuated upon each operation of said register, a gear carried by said support and meshing with said driving gear, means for connecting the last mentioned gear with said counter to advance the latter step by step upon successive operations of said register, an arm mounted for movement about the axis of said driving gear and connected with said support adjacent the axis of said last mentioned gear, and a lever connected with said arm for actuating said support to move said counter to an inoperative position with relation to said impression taking device.

6. In a register comprising two printing elements arranged normally in printing position, one of said elements being adapted to print selected data on a record strip and the other of said elements being adapted to print consecutive numbers on said record strip, and an impression taking device adapted to take impressions from both of said elements simultaneously; a movable support for said consecutive number printing element, and means operable independently of the operation of said register for actuating said support to move said consecutive number printing element to an inoperative position with relation to said impression taking device and to retain the same in said position while an impression is being taken from the other of said printing elements.

7. In a register comprising two printing elements, one of said elements being adapted to print selected data on a record strip and the other of said elements being adapted to print consecutive numbers on said record strip, and an impression taking device adapted to take impressions from both elements simultaneously; a movable support for said consecutive number printing element, means for actuating said support to move said consecutive number printing element to an inoperative position with relation to said impression taking device and to retain the same in said position while an impression is be ing taken from the other of said printing elements, and actuating means controlled by the operation of said register to increase the count on said consecutive number printing elements upon each operation of said register, said actuating means being operable while said consecutive number printing element is in either its operative position or its inoperative position.

8. In a register comprising two printing elements, one of said elements being adapted to print consecutive numbers on a record strip, and

an impression taking device adapted to take impressions from both of said elements simultaneously; a movable support for said consecutive number printing element, a member which is actuated upon each operation of said register, means carried by said support for permanently connecting said consecutive number printing element with said member, and means for actuating said support to move said consecutive number printing element to an inoperative position with relation to said impression taking device and to retain the same in said position While an impression is taken from the other of said printing elements.

WILLIAM L. PADEN. OLIVER G. SAUNDERS.

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