US3103372A - Attachment for autographic register - Google Patents

Description

Sept 10, 1963 J. E. EUTH 3,103,312

ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER 1- Filed Dec. 21, 1961 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Sept. 10, 1963 J. E. EUTH 3,103,372

ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Dec. 21, 1961 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 3,103,372y ATTACHMENT FORAUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER `lohn E. Euth, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Uarco,

' Incorporated, a corporation of Illinois Filed Dec. 21, 1961, Ser. No. 161,0 11 Claims. (Cl. 282-15) This invention relates to an attachment for an antographic register and more particularly to lan attachment ydesigned to detect and prevent tampering with .the normal advancement of registerl forms. i

Many retail transactions are recorded today on the conventional autographic register. Frequently attempts are made to destroy the store owners car-bon copy of a transaction of sale. In this manner a customer may have a receipt for payment of goods 'on hand where he has either not paid for the goods, or, paid for .the Igoods and the employee has kept the money received in payment. -With' the store owners receipt of the transaction missing at the end of 4a days activities, there'is no immediate indication that money received for anv alleged sale may also be missing. In this way many store owners have been cheated of income from. their sales.

One of the most common methods of so cheating an employer is to attempt to retrieve anV advanced recorded form ordinarily automatically stored in :a locked compartment in an autographic register. After the transaction has been written down Ion the business fomn on the register platen and the form has been advanced, the clerk may tear oli ,the original copy, hand it to the` customer, and then attempt to pull-back` the employers carbon copy which has been'advanced into the `receiving compartment ofl the register. Once lthe employers carbon copy lhas been't'hus retrieved it is torn off and destroyed. Thus,

the' store owner never receives a copy of an alleged re- `corded sale. n

`Still anotherA object of this invention is to provide an attachment for an autographic register which will prevent further advancing of recorded business -forrns once a reverse movement has been imparted to advanced. forms.

A further object of this invention is to provide an attachment for an autographic register which will lacerate Ian 'advanced business form responsive to an attempt to apply a reverse movement to the advanced business form.

A still lfurther object of this inventionk is to provide an attachment for an autographic register which'will render a 4register basically inoperative 'once' reverse movement has 4been attempted to be imparted to an advanced business form. v

A yet still further .object of this invention is to provide an attachment for an` autographic register which, npon the application of reverse movement to an advanced .business form, will lacerate the advanced business form, prevent further advancing of business forms and will render ythe register inoperative vluntilthe `attachment can be refleased by' access-only througha .lockedclosure Further objects, featuresl and advantages of the invention `wil-l be readily apparent from the following specifications taken with reference to the drawings, in which:

FIGURE l is a top plan view of an autographic register which embodies this invention;

FIGURE 2 is a side elevational view of a partial section of the autographic register of FIGURE vl;

` lA@United btates Patent 3,1 0,3 93 Patented Sept. 10, 1 963 ice s 2 AFIGURE 3 is a fragmentary section view taken along the line 43--3 of FIGURE l; i.

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary section view similar to FIGURE 3; FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary view taken along the line .5 5 of FIGURE 3; and

FIGURE 6 is a section view taken along the line 6 6 of FIGURE 4. r

j, Referring now .to the drawings, in FIGURE l there is shown a conventional autographic register '10 which embodies the subject matter of this invention. Stationery, for recording business transactions, is indicated generally at 11, and is covered by a top cover 12. A hingedly secured front cover is indicated at 13, and is provided with a lock 14. A handle 1S is providedy for turning the main drive shaft 16 which advances recorded business forms.y As shown in FIGURE 2, the register 10 is divided into a storage compartment 17 and a fron-t compartment 118, where carbon copies .11a and 11b of advanced forms -11 are received. The front compartment 18 is accessible 1 only through the front cover 13 which is secured by the lock -14L Referring now to FIGURE 3, the register includes business form stationery upon the application of turning movement to the shaft 16. When the register forms khave been indexed, or advanced, the original sheet 11 passes out of the register and one or more carbon copies such as 11a .and 11b pass in-to the storage compartment 18'. .The carbon copies 11a and 11b are guided by a fixed upper Iguide plate 21 and a hinged front guide plate 22. A` curved front extension 23 of the platen 24 defines the lower limits of travel of the carbon copies 11a and 11b. Secured to the front extension 23 of the platen 24 is anti-tampering or anti-retraction or vtampering detection device 25 which is the subject matter or this invention. The attachment includes a carrier or mounting means or base27. Pivotally secured to the mounting means 27 is la tiltngmeans or gravity weighted carrier 28 which is responsive to reverse movement imparted to the stationery. Attached to the'carrier 28 is a paper tearing means or needle 29 which cooperates with the gravity weighted carried 28 and t-he guide plate 21 in response to reverse movement imparted to the carbon 'formsv 111e and 11b to lacerate the advanced carbon forms and prevent further reverse movement thereof. Also secured to the mounting means 27 is a spring-loaded plunger 31. In its normal positionthe plunger 31 acts to keep the gravity weighted carrier in an over balanced position, as shown in FIG- URE 3. v

The carrier 28 is also provided with an aperture 30. .When the attachment has responded to a reverse movement, as shown in FIGURE 4, the frictional engagement and subsequent laceration of the advanced carbon `forms of the needle 29 cooperates with the gravity weight of 'the carrier, causing it to ride over the spring-loaded plunger. 31. In so doing, the plunger urges its way into the aperture 39, thereby locking the carrier in the position shown in FIGURE 4. The plunger 31 is carried in a housing 32 and provided with a knob 33 which allows the plunger to be retracted from its normal position. Bearing inl mind that all the structurer is contained in the vcompartment 18 which is accessible only through the locked front cover 13, the carrier 28 may be released from its' locked position only by disengaging the plunger 31 by means of the knob 33.

(The usual method used to cheat a shop owner or ernployer is to attempt to retrieve the forwarded carbon form of a recorded business transaction. An employee may lift the cover 12 and pull back on the set of forms 11 which are over the platen.

The forwarded carbon copies 11a kand 11b located in the locked compartment 1S are physically connected to the lower sheets of the set of forms i1. Therefore, this reverse movement will cause the advanced carbon forms to be pulled back tto a position where the employee can locate the particular copy that he is seeking and detach it. Thus the employee may pocket the money received in a transaction, or give a'way goods to a purchaser who has a receipt for the transaction. With the installation of the present attachment, when a reverse movement is imparted to the advanced form the device takes the position shown in FIGURE 4. The reverse movement causes the needle 29 to catch in the copy forms 11a and 11b and go backward with it. Thus, the device takes the position shown in FIGURE 4 with the weighted carrier secured in its position by the engagement of the plunger 3l through the aperture Sti. Also, the needle 29 hasl pierced the advanced forms 11a and 11b. Further reverse movement causes further laceration of the advanced forms. Also, subsequent advancing proves unsuccessful because the forms are prevented from moving in either direction by the needle Z9 and therefore a jam will result. Thus, the device has detected and lacerated the form which was attempted to be destroyed, and has also prevented further operation of the register by the inability to advance it. The register can only be restored to an operable condition by opening the front compartment 13 through the lock 14, the key for which is in the possession of the store owner or employer.' The employer may gain access to thecompartment and unlock the plunger 31 and restore the carrier 38 to its normal position, ybut he then knows an attempt has been made to deprive him of the fruits of a transaction, as well as knowing which transaction it was and who was the probable culprit.

While I have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that it is capable of many modifications. Changes, therefore, in the construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in the appended claims. 't

l claim:

.1. An attachment for an autographic register to prevent tampering with advanced stored forms, comprising: mounting means located adjacent tothe path of the forms being fed toward storage; paper tearing means secured to said mounting means, said paper tearing means being movable between a normal position cooperating with the metal parts of the register to define a narrow passage to the storage area for `said advanced forms and a paper tearing position blocking passage of the forms past the tearing means; and means for tilting said paper tearing means upon the application of movement to the forms which is opposite the direction of travel of advancing forms, said tilted tearing means being in a po-sition to block said passage and cause laceration of a retracted form whereby further advancing of the forms is prevented and further application of the movement which is opposite to the advancing movement causes additional laceration of the previously advanced forms.

2. An attachment for an autographic register to prevent tampering with advanced business form records of transactions comprising: a paper tearing device mounted adjacent to the path of travel of the Aforms kbeing fed toward the storage area of said register; said paper tearing device in its normal position cooperating with the met-a1 parts of the register to `deline a passage to the storage area for said forms; tilting means responsive to motion imparted to said forms which is opposite to the normal direction of travel of said forms, said tilting means when l t activated cooperating with said paper tearing means to restrict the passage to the storage area so as to prevent further advance of forms to the storage area; locking means associated with said tilting means tok maintain same in its activated position; said locking means and tilting means and paper tearing ymeans cooperating to prevent further advancing of said register and to cause tearing of forms on further retraction thereof; and a locked enclosure in said register enclosing said attachment.

3. An attachment for an autographic registerv toprevent tampering with advanced Ibusiness form records of transactions, comprising: a needle mounted in a gravity weighted carrier located adjacent to the path ofy travel of a business form being -fed towarda storage areaof said register, said needle having a normal position closely adjacent to the path of said forms; a supporting base secured to the frame of said register and pivotally mounting said carrier; a latch secured to said base and holding said carrier upto maintain said -needle to its normal position; said carrier being pivotally responsive to movement imparted to said forms which is opposite to the normal direction of travel of said forms to raise said needle to a position where it intersects the path of 'travel of said forms; saidy latch cooperating with said carrier to hold said needle in its intersecting position; and a locked enclosure in said register enclosing said attachment. f

4. An attachment for an autographic register to detect tampering with advanced business -form records of transactions comprising: a supporting base mounted near the path of travel of said forms and secured to said register; a gravity weighted carrier pivotal-ly mounted on said supporting base; a needle secured to said carrier, said needle in its normal position being adjacent to the path oi travel of said forms; a latch mounted in said supporting -base and holding said gravity weighted carrier up to maintain said needle in its normal position; said carrier being pivotally responsive to :movement imparted to said forms which is opposite to normal` direction of travel of said forms to cause said need-le to intersect the path of said fonms; said latch cooperating with said carrierjto maintain said needle in its intersecting position so that advancement of forms is prevented tand lfurther opposite movement 'of said form causes laceration thereof; :and a locked closure on the register enclosing said advanced forms and needle. l

5. An attachment for an autographic register to detect tampering with :advanced business form records of transactions comprising: a supporting base mounted in apath of travel of said forms and secured to said register in an area accessible only through a locked closure; a lgravity weighted carrier pivotally mounted on said supporting base; la needle secured to said carrier, said needle having a normal position adjacent -to the path of travel of said forms; la latch mounted on said supporting base :and holding said :gravity weighted carrier up to maintain said needle in its-normal position; said carrier being pivotally responsive to movement imparted to `said forms whichis opposite to the normal -direction of travel of saidy lforms to cause said needle to intersect the path of said for-nis; said latch cooperating with said carrier to maintain said needle in its intersecting position so that advancement of forms is prevented and further opposite movement of said forms causes laceration thereof.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS

Claims (1)

1. AN ATTACHMENT FOR AN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER TO PREVENT TAMPERING WITH ADVANCED STORED FORMS, COMPRISING; MOUNTING MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE PATH OF THE FORMS BEING FED TOWARD STORAGE; PAPER TEARING MEANS SECURED TO SAID MOUNTING MEANS, SAID PAPER TEARING MEANS BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN A NORMAL POSITION COOPERATING WITH THE METAL PARTS OF THE REGISTER TO DEFINE A NARROW PASSAGE TO THE STORAGE AREA FOR SAID ADVANCED FORMS AND A PAPER TEARING POSITION BLOCKING PASSAGE OF THE FORMS PAST THE TEARING MEANS; AND MEANS FOR TILTING SAID PAPER TEARING MEANS UPON THE APPLICATION OF MOVEMENT TO THE FORMS WHICH IS OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF ADVANCING FORMS, SAID TILTED TEARING MEANS BEING IN A POSITION TO BLOCK SAID PASSAGE AND CAUSE LACERATION OF A RETRACTED FORM WHEREBY FURTHER ADVANCING OF THE FORMS IS PREVENTED AND FURTHER APPLICATION OF THE MOVEMENT WHICH IS OPPOSITE TO THE ADVANCING MOVEMENT CAUSES ADDITIONAL LACERATION OF THE PREVIOUSLY ADVANCED FORMS.

Images