US404046A - Cash indicator and register - Google Patents

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MANFR-ED U. LOREE, OF MIAMISBURG, AND CHARLES D. GRIMES, OF DAYTON, ASSIGNORS TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON,

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SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 404,046, dated May 28, 1889.

Application filed June 4, 1888. Serial No. 275,972- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MANFREI) U. LOREE and CHARLES D. GRIMES, both citizens of the United States, and residing, the former at Miamisburg, Montgomerycounty, Ohio, and the latter at Dayton, in said county and State, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Registers and Indicators, of which the following is a full, clear, and

to exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in the construction of this class of machines, and

its novelty will be herein set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of ourimproved machine removed from its case. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation taken through the line a; :r of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a front elevation through the dotted line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the machine with the frame-work removed.

Figs. (3 and 7 are details to be referred to hereinafter.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts in all the figures.

Our improved machine, like others of its class, is intended to be'inclosed in a case or cabinet of the usual or any suitable construction and provided in its upper portion with glass-covered reading-openings for the exposure of the indicating-tablets, and in its lower front portion with openings through which project the forward ends of the usual operatingkeys.

A is any suitable frame-work for supporting the operating parts of the machine; B, 40 the usual keys pivoted on a shaft, O, extending across the front of the frame-work and carrying on their rear ends the usual vertical tablet-rods D, provided with shoulders E and arranged in guides F, and having at their upper ends the indicating-tablets G.

H is the usual vibrating resetting-frame hung by its side arms a on the shaft C and extending across the tops of the keys in rear of said shaft.

I is the supporting-wing, pivoted in the frame-work-for engaging with the shoulders on the tablet-rods to hold the tablets exposed to View, and actuated by the vibrating frame I'l', through the medium of the usual or any suitable tripping mechanism, in this instance 5 5 as follows: The bell-crank lever J has its lower forward end pivoted to one of the side arms a of the vibrating frame and carries at its upper end the pivoted weighted dog 1), whose nose bears against a wiper-block, c, upon an upward extension, (I, of the wing I, to which extension is attached the gong-hammer K, so that upon operating any key, and thereby raising the vibrating frame, the up per end of thebell-crank lever is pushed back to cause its dog to bear upon the wiper-block I and press back the wing and gong-hammer against the resistance of the springs e f at each end of the wing until, as the key reaches its limit of depression, the nose of the dog slips past the wiper-block and releases the wing, whereupon the latter resets itself and the gong-hammer strikes the gong L.

The registering mechanism of the machine is constructed and arranged as follows: Upon a shaft, M, journaled in the sides of the frame and extending across the machine above the keys, are loosely journaled six registeringwheels, N, O,I, Q, It, and S, arranged in three sets of two wheels each,011e set at the middle and one at each side of the machine, as shown. Each of these wheels has at one side of its periphery a ratchet having in this instance sixty teeth, and they are held from turning backward by the spring-dog g, pivoted to lugs on the upper guide-piece F. The operating-keys B are arranged in two sets, those on the right indicating cents in multiples of five from 5 to 95, and those on the left indicating dollars, in this instance, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0 and (3.. Hung upon the shaft 0 by side arms 7L is a bar, T, extending across all of the centkeys, excepting the five-cent key, in rear of said shaft 0, and having its lower side inclined downward from right to left, so that it is actuated to dilferent degrees by the diiferent keys, as hereinafter explained. Extending from the rear of the bar T is a lug, 2', to which is pivoted the lower end of a link, j, whose upper end is pivoted to an arm or dog- IOO carrier, 7., loosely journaled on the shaft M by the side of the wheel I. The rear end of this dog-carrier k is provided with a pivoted dog, Z, held in constant engagement with the ratchet of the wheel P by a spring, m, and its forward end is connected to the lug 'i or bar T by a coiled spring, at. As seen in Fig. 3, when the parts are in their normal position of rest, the dog Z is arrested and locked in a notch of the ratchet of the wheel P by the stop-piece 0, secured to the upper guidepiece F. It results from this construction that upon depressing any key, and thereby lifting the bar T, the link j will vibrate the dog-carrier 7c and depress its rear end, so that its dog Z will slip backward over the teeth of the ratchet, and, engaging therewith upon the release of the key and the resetting of the bar T, will turn the wheel P forward until the bar T has reached its position of rest and the dog Z is arrested and looked under the stop-piece 0. The spring n is stretched by the vibration of the dog-carrier k, and upon the release of the operated key assists in the resetting of the dog-carrier and the turning of the registering-wheel. An arm, 19,. secured to and extending up. from the right-hand side arm a of the vibrating resetting-frame H, has its upper end bent in to engage over the end of the bar T, to insure the proper resetting of said bar when the operated key is released and the frame I-I reset.

We termthe wheel P the ten-cent registering-wheel, and in the present instance it bears on its periphery a series of sixty numbers in multiples of ten, from 0 to 5.90, corresponding to the number of teeth in its ratchet. The inclined barT is so arranged relatively to the keys that each key actuates it just a sufficient distance to vibrate the dog carrier is far enough to cause its dog 1 to slip backward over'a number'of teeth in the ratchet of the wheel P corresponding to the. number of tens in the value of such key. Thus the under side of the bar Tis farthest from the plane of the keys at the point immediately above the ten-cent key, so that upon operating this key the dog-carrier It Will be actuated to cause its dog to slip back over only one tooth of the ratchet, and upon being reset will turn the wheel P forward one number, and thereby register ten cents. In a similar manner the operation of the twenty-cent key will cause the wheel P to be turned forward two notches,- the fifty-cent key five notches, and so on.

Each of the odd-numbered keys, excepting the five-cent key,.is arranged to actuate the barT to the same degree as does the key bearing the next lower even multiple of five. Thus the twenty-five-cent key is arranged to actuate it to thesame extent as the twentycent key, the seventyfive -cent key to the same extent'as the seventy-cent key, and so on, and this may be accomplished by slightly cutting away the lower side of the bar T inn-- mediately above each of the odd-numbered keys, or by cutting away the upper edge of each of these keys at their point of engage- Ward from right to left, andveach odd-num- 1 bered key and the key bearing the next lower even multiple of five be arranged to engage with the same step or graduation of the bar, in any event and under either construction it only being necessary that the two keys actuate the bar to the same extent. It will thus be seen that upon the operation of any oddnumbered key, excepting the five-cent key,

the barTis actuated to cause the dog-carrier and dog to turn the wheel P a number of notches corresponding to the number of tens in the value of such key. and in this manner the tens of the values of the odd-numbered keys are registered on said Wheel. The fives or their values are registered on the wheel N,

including the five-cent-key, and arranged to,

be engaged thereby, while the even-numbered keys play up and down between said pro.- jections. Pivoted to the bar U, or toa lug upon the bar, as seen in Fig. 3, at a point in line with the ratchet of the wheel N, is aspring-dog, r, constantly engaging with said ratchet, and the adjustment of the parts is such that upon operating any odd-numbered key the bar U will be vibrated to cause the dog 9 to turn the wheel N one notch, and to prevent the bar U from being vibrated too far, or its dog turning the Wheel N more than one notch, a stop-piece, s, is secured to the lower guide F, and arranged to arrest said dog and lock it in its ,notch in the ratchet of the wheel when it has turned said wheel one notch.

The periphery of the wheel N is provided v with a series of sixty numbers in multiples of five, from O to 2.95, corresponding tothe teeth of its ratchet, so that upon the operation of any one of the odd-numbered keys and the turning of said wheel one notch thereby five cents is registered on said wheel, and thus the values of all the odd-numbered keys are registered on the wheels P' and N, their tens on the former and their fives on the latter, as will be readily understood. A second in.- clined bar, T, hung by side arms h on the shaft 0, extends across the dollar-keys in rear of said shaft, and actuates the wheel R through the medium of a second vibrating dog-carrier, k, and dog, and connecting-link,j", similar to those of the ten-cent wheel, already described. The wheel R, which we term the dollar-wheel, is provided on its periphery with a series of sixty numbers in multiples of one, from 0 to 59, so that upon operating any one of the dollar-keys its value will be registered on said wheel, as will be readily understood. An arm, 19, similar to the arm p, secured to the side arm a of the vibrating frame, extends over the end of the bar T to assist in resetting the same.

The wheels 0, Q, and S are supplemental registering-wheels for the wheels N, P, and R, respectively, each arranged to be turned one notch by the complete revolution of its adjacent wheel, each provided with a ratchet, in this instance having sixty teeth, and each bearing on its periphery a series of numbers in multiples of the total amount registered by one revolution of its adjacent wheel. The means for causing each of the wheels 0, Q, and S to be turned one notch by each complete revolution of its adjacent wheel are as follows, and being the same for each set a description of the middle set will explain all. Pivoted between the two wheels P Q, as at t, is an arm,u, extending over and resting upon the hubs of said wheels and carrying a pivoted pendent dog, 1), constantly engaging with the ratchet of the wheel Q. A laterally-proj ecting stud, w, is secured to one of the spokes of the wheel I in such manner that in the revolution of the wheel P it comes under the arm a, lifts the same to cause the dog 4; to turn the wheel Q one notch, and, passing on, permits the arm to to fall back andthe dog 1; to engage with the next lower notch of the ratchet of the wheel Q. In this manner each of the wheels N, P, and R is arranged to transfer the amount registered by each of its complete revolutions to its adjacent supplemental registering-wheel.

The next feature of our invention relates to key-arresting devices arranged to hold up the rear end of a partially-operated key and necessitating its full operation before it can be reset to its position of rest, for in machines of this character, where a series of keys act on a single registering-wheel to turn it differentdegrees, accordingly as one or another of said keys is operated, it is necessary for the protection both of the proprietor and operator that some means be employed for this purpose. For the protection of the proprietor they are necessary to prevent the operator depressing a key only partly, and thereby registering only a part of the value of the sale made, and for the protection of the operator they are necessary to prevent over-registration, caused by the partial depression of the key and its accidental release before it has been actuated to its full extent, in which event the registering-wheel would be turned according to the extent of operation of the key, and upon a proper operation of the key being then made to expose its tablet and sound the gong an additional registration of the full value of the key would be made; also, without some such means for prevent ing it, a key might be repeatedly and continuously operated to a portion of its extent and the registering-wheel be continuously rc- 'volved a number of times by a meddlesome third party, who had access to the machine, without sounding the gong or attracting at tention.

The means we have provided for this purpose are shown in Figs. 3 and 6, and may be thus. described: Pivoted to the rear end of each key, as at z, is an upwardly-extending arm, V, passing through a guide plate, W, secured to or forming part of the rear of the lower guide-piece F, and provided on its inner face with a seriesof notches, a. lVhen the arms V are in their normal position of rest, their rear sides rest against springs b, secured in this instance to the rear of the plate V.

The rear side of the wing I is provided with a rearwardly-extending flange, c, and the operation of the parts is as follows: When a key is depressed, the wing I is pushed backward through the medium of the vibrating frame, bell-crank lever, and tripping dog, as before explained, and as the rear end of the key rises its arm V, bearing against its spring I), is pressed by the latter against the edge of the flange c on the wing 1, its notches slipping over said flange in passing. Upon releasing the key at any point before it has been operated far enough to cause the tripping-dog of the bell-crank lever to free itself from engagement with the wing and permit the latter to be reset, the notch in the bar V which is in engagement with the flange c of the wing, will hold the key locked at the exact point of its release, as seen in Fig. 6. Upon now depressing the front end of the key to its full extent to cause the sounding of the gong and the release of the wing, the

latter in resetting will disengage itself from the notch in the bar V, which will then be free to drop back with the key when the latter is released. It will thus be seen that upon only partially operating any key the dog-carrier 0f the registering-wheel will be vibrated and its dog slip back over a number of teeth in the ratchet of said wheel; but upon releasing the key the dog-carrier and dog will remain at the exact point to which they were actuated by such partial operation of the key, and the registering-wheel will remain stationary, and that upon farther depressing the key to its full extent the dog of the dog carrier will slip back farther and engage with the proper notch of the ratchet, and upon the release of the key will return to its normal position, thereby turning the registering-wheel to register the exact value of such key.

Upon the proper and complete operation of a key atfirst stroke the notches in its arm V will slip over the flange on the wing I, the latter will be reset, and the key, being released, will resume its normal position.

In the present instance the arms V are shown as of such length that when in a position of rest their upper ends are slightly below the horizontal plane of the flange of the 'place and pass between them again.

through the edge of said flange, so that when one key is partially operated and the wing moved backward its flange extends over the tops of arms V of all the unoperated keys and locks them from operation until the partially-operated key has been operated to its full extent and the wing reset to its normal position.

In machines of this class, where a series of keys of different values are arranged to actuate a single registering-wheel and to register their respective values thereon by turning said wheel different degrees accordingly as one or another of said keys is operated, it is necessary that means be provided to prevent the simultaneous operation of two or more keys ofa series'acting on a single wheel, for if it were possible to operate two of such keys at once only the one of higher value would actuate the wheel, and the value of the other would not be registered at all. In the present instance we have-provided for this purpose a series of pendent stops, X, Figs. 3 and 4, pivoted at. their upper ends, as at d, to a lower extension, 6', of the upper guide-plate F, just in front of the tablet-rods. These stops have their lower ends beveled or wedge-shaped,as shown, and are" tapered upward from their lower widest part. When hanging in their normalposition of rest, their lower widest portions are in contact with each other, and each point of contact between any two is in this instance immediately in front of one of the tablet-rods. The tablet-rods are each provided immediately below these stops with a projection extending forward under said stops, in this instance said projections being formed by forward extensions, f, of the shoulders E of the tabletrods, as shown more particularly in Fig. 7.

It will be seen from this construction and arrangement that when a key is operated and its tablet-rod lifted the proj cctions on the tablet-rod will pass between and displace the two stops whose point of contact isimmediately above it, and upon the release of the key and descent of. the tablet-rod will dis- Upon attempting to operate two keys simultane ously the projections on both their tabletrods will become locked on the beveled lower ends of the intermediate stop or stops, and neither key can be operated. As seen in Fig. 4, there are two sets of these stops-one set for the tablet-rods of the cent-keys and one set for the tabletrods of the dollar-keys wit-h sufficient space between the two sets to permit'the simultaneous operation of a dollar-ke'y and a cent-key, while preventing the simultaneous operation of two dollar-keys or two cent-keys.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim 1. In a cash register and indicator, the combination, with the registering-wheel P and the supplemental registering-wheel Q, of the interposed pivoted arm u carrying the dog '0,

arranged to engage with the ratchet of the wheel Q, and a stud, w, projecting laterallyfrom the wheel P and adapted to engage with and raise the arm to and cause its dog '0 to turn the wheel Q one number for each complete revolution of the wheel P, substantially as described. 2. In a cash register and indicator, the combination, with the ten-oent-registering wheel P and the five-cent-registering wheel N, of the pivoted operating keys B, carrying tabletrods D and indicating-tablets G, inclined bar T, actuated by said keys, vibrating dog-carrier 70, provided with a dog, Z, engaging with the ratchet of the wheel P and connected to the bar T by a link, j, and the five-cent bar U, provided with projections q, engaged by the odd-numbered keys and carrying the dog 0, engaging with the ratchet of the Wheel N, substantially as described. I

3. In a cash register and indicator, the com-- bination, with the keys B, carrying the tablet-rods D and tablets G, and inclined bar T, of the registering-wheel P, vibrating dog-carrier 70, provided with a dog, Z, engaging with the ratchet of the wheel P and connected to the bar T by a link, j, and the coiledspring n, connected at its upper end to the forward end of the dog-carrier 7c and at its lower end 1 to the bar T, substantially as described.

4:. The combination of the keys B, carrying tablet-rods D and indicating-tablets G, the inclined bar T, the registering-wheel P and its supplemental registering-wheel Q, the registering-wheel N and its supplemental registering-wheel O, the vibrating dog-carrier it, provided with a dog, Z, for actuating the wheel P, and connected to the bar T bya link, j, the

five-cent bar U, actuated by the odd-numbered keys and provided with a dog, 0, for actuating the wheel N, and a pivoted arm,.u, interposed between each of the wheels N and P and its adjacent supplemental registeringwheel and carrying a dog, '0,- arran ged to engage the ratchet of the supplemental wheel, and a stud or projection on each of the wheels N and P, arranged to engage and raise the arm a to cause its dog 41 to turn the adjacent supplemental registering-wheel, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a cash register and: indicator, the combination, with the operating-keys B, the vibrating frame H, and. the inclined bar T, of the upwardly-extending arm 19, secured tothe side arm of the frame H and projecting over the end of the bar T, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In a cash register and indicator, the combination, with the operating-keys B, registering mechanism actuated thereby, the Vibrating frame H, the pivoted wing I, provided with the flange c, and actuated by the vibrating frame H, through the medium of suitable tripping mechanism, of the arms V, pivoted to the rear ends of the keys, extending upward through guides, and provided on their innerfaces with notches arranged to engage with the flange a on the wing I, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7 In a cash register and indicator, the combination,with the operating-keys, registering mechanism actuated thereby, a series of tablet-rods and indicating-tablets, one for each key and carried thereby, and a projection on each tablet-rod, of a series of stops arranged to engage with the projections on the tabletrods to prevent the operation of two or more keys simultaneously, substantially as described.

8. In a cash register and indicator, the comblDELtiODflVlt-h the operating-keys, registering mechanism actuated thereby, a series of tab- MANFRED U. LOREE. CHARLES D. GRIMES.

YVitnesses:

THOMAS CORWIN, FRANK D. FOWLER.

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