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CASH REGISTER.

No. 350,986. Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

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CASH REGISTER.

No. 350,986. I Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

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lVlLLlA'M O. MPGILTI, OF XVASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,986, dated October 19, 1886.

Application filed June 19, 1886. Serial No. 205,716. ()lorlcl.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, W ILLIAM C. MeGILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at XVashingt0n,in the District ofColumbia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gash-Registers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the ac eompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists in an improved cashregistering device and indicator for money drawers, which will he hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken on the plane indi 'ated by line a: .r, Fig. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on the plane indicated byline 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. i is abottom plan view of the locking-plate and its adjacent parts. Fig. 5 is a detail View of one of the spring locking-arms. Fig. 6 is a detail viewof the lock. Fig. '7 is a detail View showing the arrangement of the indicator-cylinders; and Fig. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view on line 8 8, Fig. 2.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the several parts by letter, A indicates the casing, in the lower portion of which slides the money-drawer B, which is drawn back into its closed position by the spiral or fiat spring 0,- and which in opening rings the bell D by means of a bell-hammer, which is attached,by means of an elastic spring rod, to the sliding frame R.

Upon the top of the main casing A, above the money-drawer, is secured the semicircular casing E, which is formed with the four vertical slots E, arranged as shown, for the purpose hereinafter set forth; and in the end pieces of the upper casing are rigidly secured the ends of a longitudinal shaft, F, on which the indicating or registering drums are loose- 1y mounted. Upon this shaft F are also loosely mounted,as shown, the semicircular framepieces G, the curved outer edges of which extend through the four slots E, and are pro vided each with nine short handles or lugs, H, placed at equal distances apart; and the surface of the upper casing between the pairs of slots E is marked with the numerals from 1 to 9, so that when the frame-pieces are in their normal positions the numeral 1 will register with the first handle of each frame piece, the nruneral 5 with the fifth handle,and so on. The first fraine piece to the right hand serves, as hereinafter" described, to register and indicate cents, the second dimes, the third dollars, and the fourth tens of dollars.

To the inner or facing sides of the cents and dimes -frames are secured the cylinders K L, which are of the same width, and the adjacent edges of which are in close proximity; and to the dimes-frame, on its inner side and fitting closely within the said cylinder K, is secured a second or auxiliary cylinder, M, of considerably greater width than the outer cylinder, K, its free edge or portion extending within the cylinder L on the cents-'l'ra me. The

1 lower forward side of the semicircular casing E is provided with the openings E E through which the numerals on the cylinders may be seen, the dimescylinder 1i having marked on its upper half the numerals from 1 to 9 at regular intervals, the numeral 1 being placed on the space above the first handle or lug, and so on, while the inner cylinder, M, has its projecting portion which extends within the cents-cylinder, marked with a series of noughts registering with the several figures of the outer cylinder, K, while the cents-cylinder is marked with the numerals from 1 to 9, arranged in the spaces above their several handles, and the lower front portion of the centscylinder, below its first handle, is cut away, as shown at E in Fig. 1, in order to render visible the noughts on the inner cylinder, M, as the latter is revolved to register and indicate even dimes. The outer curved edges of the frame-pieces immediately below the several handles are formed with the holes N. The third and fourth frame-pieces are provided with the cylinders O, P, and Q, which are of precisely the same construction and arrangement, and are marked in precisely the same manner as the cylinders K, L, and M, respectively.

In the forward portion of the main frame is supported the spring-actuated sliding frame B, which carries the downwardly-projecting locking-plate S, the upper end of which extends up through a slot, T, in the main frame, and the sliding frame has secured to its inner side the four spring-arms U, the points or free ends of which are bent at right angles to their body portions, and are beveled on their upper sides, as shown in Fig. 5, the tension of the spring R of the sliding plate R holding the said plate normally to the right, so as to hold the points of the spring-arms across or to the right of their respective cylinder frame-pieces, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. Each cylinder frame-piece Gfis provided with a spring, V, which serves to throw the said frames back into their normal positions when released from the spring-arms, as hereinafter described.

To the outer side of each cylinder framepiece is loosely mounted upon the shaft F an indicating or registering drum, the drum indicating or registering cents, the drum X indicating or registering tens of cents or dimes, the drum Y indicating or registering dollars, and the drum Z indicating or registering tens of dollars, each of the said drums having twenty spokes, and the drums which indicate or register cents and dollars being-marked with the numerals from 0 to 9 and from 0 to 9 again, making twenty, while the drum which indicates or registers tens of cents is marked.

' tens of dollars is marked .in tens from 10 to 200. Alongitudinal cross-piece, A,is secured at a suitable distance below and parallel with the shaft F, and on this cross-piece are hinged the three plates B, arranged as shown, and having their free edges held up normally in an elevated position by the springs O. The cents frame-piece has a spring-pawl, D, which engages with the spokes of the cents-drum, so that when the cents frame-piece is turned one or more spaces the drum will be turned for one or more spokes, and a spring-pawl, F, secured to the cross-piece A prevents the drum from slipping or being turned backward. Each of the frame-pieces is provided with a similar spring-pawl engaging with the spokes of its respective drum, as shown. Each of the first three drums to the right is formed with two diametrically-opposite projecting lugs, G, secured opposite to the noughts of their drums, these lugs being of such a length that they will bear down upon and depress the spring-plates B over which they pass. To the upper i'reelefthand edge of each spring-plate is secured the lower end of a spring-pawl, H, which engages, respectively, with the spokes of the dimes, dollars, and tens-of-dollars drums, as shown, these pawls not only serving to prevent the drums with which they engage from slipping backward, but also operate to turnthe said drums The operation of my invention is as follows: The drawer having been opened and the amount, say, five cents, having been deposited therein, the drawer is closed and the cents frame-piece is swung forward by taking hold of the fifth handle of the said piece until this fifth handle is down to the lowest point, and the outer edge of the frame-piece forces back the beveled point of the spring-arm U with which it comes in contact, the said point entering the holes N opposite to. each handle and resting in the fifth when the frame-piece is stopped. The sliding frame R is thus slid to the left, so that the downwardly-projecting locking-plate S comes in line with and in front of an upwardly-projecting plate, K, of the drawer B, thereby locking the drawer in its closed position, and rendering it impossible to open the same without releasing the framepiece and letting it be swung backinto its normal position by its spring V, which is done by taking hold of the upper end of the locking-plate, which projects up through the slot T, and sliding it far enough to the left to release the point of the particular spring-arm from the hole of the frame-piece in which it is resting. The other frame-pieces G operate on and are locked by the other spring-arms in precisely the manner above described.

. To indicate or register ten, twenty, or any other number of tens in cents, the second frame-piece is swung forward as far as necessary, while for any number of cents not multiples of tens of cents or dimes the dimes and cents cylinders are both turned around as desired, the second cylinder indicating twenty cents, for instance, while the cents-cylinder indicates the number of centsthat is, the number below ten. As the cents frame-piece turns, it turns the cents-drum by means of its spring-pawl, and when ten cents have been IIO the spring-pawl of the said plate will turn the dimes-drum one movement; and when ninetynine cents have been indicated or registered on the second drum it will on its next motion depress the spring plate beneath it, thus through the spring-pawl of that plate turning the dollar-drum one movement, and thus indicating or registering one dollar, the dollar-drum operating in the same manner on the spring-plate beneath it when it reaches ten, so as to indicate or register each ten dollars deposited in the drawer on the fourth or last drum, which indicates or registers up to two hundred dollars.

The springpawls of the several frame-pieces are so formed as to engage with the spokes on theforward movement of the frame-pieces and to slide over the spokes 011 the backward return movement of the frame-pieces.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination, with the. cylinder hav ing the numerals marked thereon, and the inner cylinder secured therein and having the naughts marked on its projecting portion opposite to said numerals, of the cylinder having the numerals marked thereon extending over the projecting portion of the inner cylinder, and having the opening in its lower front side, the two said outer cylinders hear ing to each other the relation of tens and units, as described.

2. The combination, with the sliding drawer, of the springactuated sliding frame carrying the locking-plate, and having the spring-arms provided with the beveled points, the shaft, and the frame-pieces carrying the cylinders, said cylinders having the series of apertures opposite their several handles, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the sliding drawer ed on the said shaft, having each the numerals and the projecting lugs, arranged as set forth, the springactuated hinged plates carrying the spring-pawls, the spring-pawl secured to the cross-piece, and the spring-actuated framepieces carrying the inner and outer cylinders, the spring-pawls, and having the series of apertures opposite their several handles.

4. In combination with a cash-receptacle, two or more registering-drums, two or more cylinders having numbers on their outer sur faces corresponding to the numbers on the drums, an opening being provided in the outer frame for the purpose of showing the amount registered, with a handle opposite each numher to operate the same, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I at'fixiny signature in presence of two witnesses.

XVILLIAM C. MGGILL.

Vitnesses:

J. FRED. REILY, E. WRIGHT Nnwiux.

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