US415586A - Cash-recorder - Google Patents

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0. E. STONE. CASH REGORDER.

Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES EDWIN STONE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CASH-RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,586, dated November 19, 1889.

Application filed June 28, 1889. Serial No. 315,896. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES EDWIN STONE,

of the city of Baltimore, and State of Mary-- land, have invented certain Improvements in Cash Recorders or Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

In the further description of the said invention which follows reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure 1 is a front exterior view of the improved cash-recorder, and Fig. 2 a section taken on the dotted line 2 2,'Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the invention, taken on the dotted line 3 3, Fig. 2. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are details of the invention, on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures.

In the said drawings, A is a cabinet having a hinged door B, and a drawer O in the lower part.

D D are brackets which support the moving mechanism of the device.

E is a frame having the side pieces a thereof provided with the channels represented by b, and which extend the whole. length of the said pieces. This frame is hung between the brackets D by means of pins 0 in the brackets which enter grooves cl in the side pieces. (See Figs. 4 and 5.) A weight 6, having lateral projections f, which 'fit loosely in the channels I), rests upon a roll of paper F, which is wound around a drum g. (Shown in Figs. Land 5.) This drum is adapted to turn easily on a shaft h, the ends of which (See Fig. 4.) The weight 6 serves to press the coiled strip of paper down on the cross-piece t', which connects the side pieces a. (See Fig. 4.) From this it will be seen that the roll of paper is retarded from unwinding, it being held between the weight and the cross-piece 'L'.

G is adrum, preferably of polygonal shape, the-length of the sides being the same as the distance which the drum is adapted to move at each operation of recording a sale, as will hereinafter appear. A cylindrical drum will answer the purpose, but the polygonal one is preferred for the reason that a flat surface is presented to the strip of paper where the same is to be written on, as will be hereinaf= ter described. This drum is susceptible of an intermittent movement, effected as follows:

The drum-shaft H is loose in the drum, and its ends fit loosely in holes in the brackets D. I is a ratchet-wheel fastened to one side or face of the drum G, and J a hand-lever secured to the shaft H. The end of this lever projects through a slot in the front of the cabinet, and is provided with a ringj, through i which the finger may be inserted to draw it down in the operation of recording a sale.

K is an arm which, like the lever J, is attached to the shaft H, carrying a pawl 7;, which rests directly on the teeth of the ratchet-wheel I. This pawl may have a spring over it, if desired, but in most cases such spring is not required.

One of the brackets D is furnished with a lug Z, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,) carrying a pin on, on which is a pawl n, also in contact with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel. This second pawl is provided with a spring 0, which keeps it in contact with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel.

From the above description it will be seen that in drawing down the lever J by means of the finger the drum G is rotated a distance equal to the pitch of the ratchet-teeth; or, in other Words, the drum is moved one tooth by the pawl L. A reverse movement of the ratchet-wheel and drum is prevented by the action of the pawl 02. A backward movement of the hand-lever J is effected through the medium of the bell-crank 1), link g, which connects the upper arm of the bell: crank with the arm K, rodsr and s, the former having a slotted head and the latter a pin 1, which rests in the said slot, and the springs u and o. The object in having the slotted c011- nection between the rods 1 and s is to reduce the movement of the rod 8, so that its end may be adapted as a bolt w to secure the drawer C from opening. The drawer is fitted with a keeper a, which engages with the bolt w when the same is down. An outward move-- ment of the drawer, when the same is released from contact with the bolt w, is effected by means of a rod 1) and a spring 0'; but I do not claim any invention in the mechanism for holding and releasing the drawer, as such devices are old.

The end of the paper strip is carried from the drum 9 around a stud cl, over the drum G, and down in the rear of the front of the turned in the proper direction, is wound, and l a tension placed on the drum M, so as to infiuence it to wind the paper strip as the same is delivered from the drum G. In the front of the cabinet is a glass plate 0 and above this plate is a slot P. The paper strip is in the rearof this slot and also of the plate of glass, and through the slot a pencil, pen, or stamp can be inserted and the amount of a sale recorded on the paper. Afterthe amount of the sale is recorded on the paper the handie or lever J is drawn down, which has the eifect of moving the drum G, one tooth of the ratchet-wheel, and the paper strip the same distance down the cabinet. The slack of the paper strip is taken up-by the drum M through the influence of the spring is, as before described. At the time the paper strip is moved the bolt 20 is drawn up and the cash-drawer released, so that the In the movement spring 0 willthrow it out. of the drawer the arm on is pushed forward and trips the striking-arm of the gong Q, whichis sounded. -When the drawer is forced back after the amount of the sale has been deposited, it is caught by the bolt'wand held until the lever is againdrawn down after the recording of another sale.

In order that the paper strip may be guided over the drum G, I provide the same with an apron 0, which consists of a curved plate,

one end of which is attached'to the stud d" and the other to the stud p.

The drum G is provided with teeth on its surface which enter or pass through the paper strip, and thereby prevent its slipping.

The glass plate is preferably of such length as will show the record of, say, eight or nine' sales, but the number does not affect the invention, and the slotP is of such width as will admit of the salesman easily writing the:

amount of the sale througlrit on the paper.

It will be understood that a sale once recorded cannot be erased or interfered with by any one without opening the door of the cabinet, which is kept locked, and that the record is in full view of the purchaser as he stands in front of the cabinet. ;It is intended when the'sale is recorded that the person who makes the sale and moves the handle shall place with the figures a letter or mark which will identify him with the sale, so that when the paper strip or that part of it which is covered with figures is torn off, the proprietor or cashier can tell by whom every sale is made, and the aggregate of the sales may be ascertained by adding up the column.

I am aware that it is not new to combine with a cash-drawerhaving a slot in its upper surface and a glass plate leading from the slot a roll of paper with mechanism whereby the paper is made to moveaoross the slot and longitudinally of the glass plate, and such invention I disclaim; butIamnot aware that a cabinet having a cash-drawer in its base adapted to slide in a horizontal directionand provided with a vertically-placed glass plate and a slot above the glass plate has been combined with a rollof paper adapted to be intermittingly moved across the slot and down the glass plate by the movement of a device which also releases the cash-drawer, whereby the recorded sales are in a position to be .read

by the customer while standing in front of the cabinet; and

I therefore claim as my invention- In a cash-recorder, a cabinet having a slot in its front side and immediately beneaththe said slot a glass platein a vertical position, and below the. glass plate a drawer, combined with a roll of paper situated in the .rear of the slot and glass plate, an operatingdever, and mechanism, substantially as described, whereby the paper is made to move a certain distance across the slot and down the plate, and the drawer opened at one operation of said lever, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES EDWIN STONE.

Witnesses:

WM. '1. HOWARD, .INo. '1. MADDOX.

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