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(NoModeL) O. H. L. PILLSBURY.

CASH RECORDING AND INDICATING MAGHINE.

No. 423,628. Patented Mar. 18, 1890.

WITNESSES' INVENTOR BY 1 I \7 OZ I I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. L. PILLSBURY, OF DENVER, .COLORADO.

CASH RECORDING AND INDICATING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,628, dated March 18, 1890.

I Application filed July 1, 1889. Serial No. 316,124. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. L. PILLs- BURY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Recording and Indicating Machines; 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 accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in cash-registering machines in which by pressing upon numbered keys an amount is recorded upon a sheet or suitable band of paper within the machine corresponding to the number upon the key pressed, the same action also exposing to View a corresponding number at the topof the machine.

The object, therefore, of my invention is to provide a machine of the class stated which shall be of simple and cheap construction, easily operated, accurate, and reliable; to which ends my device consists of the features, construction, combination, and arrangements hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation with the outside casing mostly broken away to show the mechanism within. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 00 cc, Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of parts of the mechanism.

In the drawings, let the reference-numeral 1 indicate the outside casing of the machine, within which casing are secured bars, shafts, &c., supporting and holding the mechanism of the machine in place.

13 13, &o., are exposed numbered keys attached t0 the upper extremity of upright bars 14, which pass through the horizontal front portion of the casing 1, within which they are free to move vertically, the casing serving as a guide to the upper portion of the bars. Other guides 15 are located within the machine and near the lower extremities of said bars. To each vertical bar 14 is attached in any suitable manner a lever 16, practically horizontal, provided with a fulcrum 7. To

the upper side of the inner extremity of le vers 16 are secured dies 17, each die consisting of a number corresponding with that on the key 13, with which the die is connected, as hereinbefore described. Directly above and quite near to dies 17 is aistationary plate .18, extending across the machine and secured to the casing thereof. This plate is lined underneath with felt, rubber, or other soft ma: terial 19, giving sufiicient resistance to the die and at the same time protecting it from sudden contact with a hard surface. Underneath the lining 19 and in contact therewith is a paper band 20, drawn from a roller 21, and given proper tension by means hereinafter described, said band being guided by a pulley 22. Between the paper band and the die is an inked ribbon or tape 23, stretched across the machine and supported by small pulleys 24. Pivoted to each bar 14 is a pawl 25, held in position by a small spring 26. This pawl engages with the teeth of a ratchet-cylinder 27, made stationary upon a shaft 4, extending across the machine and suitably journaled within its casings.

To shaft 4, between one end of the ratchetcylinder and the casing of the machine, is fastened a small sprocket-wheel 28. Between roller 21 and the ratchet-cylinder is another roller 29, (shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2,) supported and'made stationary upon a shaft 2, suitably journaled within the casing 1. To the shaft 2 and between one end of the roller 29 and the casing is fastened the sprocket-wheel 30, connected with the small sprocket-wheel 28 by means of a suitable chain 31.

To each vertical bar 14 is pivoted the outer extremity of a lever 32, provided with a fulcrum 9, extending across the machine and secured within the casing. The inner extremity of this lever 32 is pivoted to an upright bar 33,'provided with guides 34 and 35, and to which is pivoted a sort of pawl 36, engaging with the ratchet-bar 37, connected by means of arms 38 with eyes 39, through which passes the stationary bar 5, the ends of which are secured within the casings of the machine. Resting upon top of each bar 33 is a plate 40, the bottom of which is enlarged and beveled to take against bar 41. On plate 40 is formed a number corresponding with I chine just within the casings.

that 011 key 13. As bar 33 rises plate 10 is forced upward, it in turn forcing ratchet-bar 11 back sufficiently to allow the plate to pass above said bar, which springs beneath the plate and supports it in its elevated position. The top of plates 10 rests in a socket 12 in bar 13, extending across the top of the ma- The plates 10 are also held in place in their elevated position by bars 11 and 12, extending across the machine. Ratchet-bar 11 is attached to arms 11, bearing against each of which is a spring 55. These arms are connected with eyes 39. 16 is a spring suitably held in position and bearing against the pawl 36.

The lower extremity of upright bar 11 rests upon a cross-bar 17, attached to arms 18, said arms being secured to a bar 19, the extremities of which are journaled within the casing of the machine. Cross-bar 17 is supported by two springs 50, one under each arm 18. To bar 19 is also attached one extremity of an arm 51, the other extremity engaging with the rear end of a drawer 52. Back of the drawer 52 is the spiral spring 53 (shown in Fig. 2) in the compressed position, the drawer being closed.

The operation of my improved device is as follows: By pressing the key 13 the die 17 is brought in contact with the inked tape 23 and the desired number recorded upon the paper band 20. At the same time and by the same action arm 51 is raised and change-drawer 52 released and forced partially open by spring 53. Bar 33 is also raised, and plate 10, with a number corresponding to that on the key pressed,

forced up to the position shown by the plate marked 5 in Fig. 1 and held in such position, resting upon ratchet-bar 11, until key 13 is pressed again, when the ratchet-bar 11 is pressed back by the action of the pawl 36 on ratchet-bar 37, allowing the elevated plate 10 to drop just before another one is thrust into position. As soon as the pressure on the upright bar 11 is removed bar 17 is pressed upward by the action of the springs 50, raising bar 11 to its original position and causing the ratchet-cylinder to make a small portion of a revolution. This action of the ratchetcylinder gives roller 29 a corresponding movement and consequently winds up paper band 20, which is attached to roller 29, at the same time unwinding it in a corresponding degree from roller 21 and drawing a blank space above the die 17. The mechanism is now ready for a new registration.

Access may be had to cylinder 29 for the purpose of removing the recorded paper by opening the back part 51 of the casing,which is hinged for that purpose.

Plate 18 is made sharp, so that the recorded band may be easily cut or torn ofi.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a cash-recording machine, the combination of upright bars 11, provided with keys 13, suitable mechanism for recording the numher 011 any key when the same is pressed, levers 32, having one extremity of each attached to a bar 11 and the other extremity connected with an upright bar 33, provided with suitable guides, plates 10,11un1bered to correspond with the numbers on keys 13, and suitable means of supporting plates 10 in an exposed elevated position, substantially as set forth.

2. In a cash-recording machine, the combination of upright bars 11, provided with numbered keys 13, guides for bars 11, means of recording the number on the key pressed, levers 32, having one extremity of each attached to the bars 11 and the other extremity c011- nected with an upright bar provided with suitable guides, plates 10, numbered to correspond with the numbers on the keys 13, and suitable means of supporting plates 10 in an exposed elevated position, a device 17, upon which the lower extremity of bars 11 rests, said device being supported by suitable springs, a pawl 25, pivoted to bar 11, a ratchet-cylinder 27, a roller 29, for receiving the paper after the record is made, means of communicating motion from cylinder 27 to the roller 29, a roller 21, for holding the paper before record is made, and means of transferring the paper from roller 21 above the die 17 to roller 29, substantially as set forth.

In a cash recording and indicating machine, upright bars 11, each bar provided with numbered keys 13, means connected with bars 11 for recording the number on any key attached to said bar, means connected with bars 11 for drawing by each stroke of a key 13 the band on which the numbers are recorded from a roller which holds said band and transferring it as fast as it is used to a receiving-roller, the band being at the same time guided between an inked tape beneath and a suitable resistance-plate above, these plates being located above die 17 and within easy reach of its stroke when key 13 is pressed, means also connected with bar 11 of elevating and retaining in position numbered plates 10, and means of dropping any elevated plate before another similar plate is thrust into position, said means consisting of a lever 32, connected with bars 11, an upright bar 33, a pawl 36, pivoted to upright bar 33, a device pivoted within the casing, consisting of a ratchet-bar31,connectedwitheyes39bymeans of arms 38, and the bar 11, connected with eyes 39 by means of arms 11, substantially as described.

1. In a cash-recording machine, the combination of the upright bars 11, provided with numbered keys 13, means connected with bars 11 of recording the number of any key 13 when that key is pressed, levers 32, having one extremity attached to the bars 11 and the other extremity connected with an upright bar 33, provided with suitable guides, plates 10, numbered to correspond with the numbers on keys 13, and suitable means of supporting plates 10 in an exposed elevated position, means connected with bars 11 of drawing by stroke when key 13 each stroke of a key 13 the band on which the numbers are registered from a roller which holds said band and transferring it as fast as it is used to a receiving-roller, the band being at the same time guided between an inked tape beneath and a suitable resistance-plate above, these parts being located above die 17 and within easy reach of its is pressed, substantially as set forth. I

5. In a cash-recording machine, the combination of a suitable casing, upright bars 14,

guided within said casing and provided with exposed keys 13, attached to their upper extremities, levers 32, having one extremity of each attached to bars 14 and the other extremity connected with upright bars 33, provided with suitable guides, plates 40, numbered to correspond with the numbers on keys 13, and suitable means of supporting plates 40 in an exposed elevated position, levers 16, attached at one extremity to bars 14, the other extremity being provided with a die corresponding in number with the key 13, with which it is connected, a resistance-plate 18, extending across the machine above the guide near to die 17, a paper band 20, stretched and guided beneath plate 18, and an inked tape or ribbon suitablysupported underneath that part of band 20 directly beneath plate 18, substantially as set forth.

6. In a cash-registering machine, upright bars 14, each bar provided with a numbered key 13, means connected'with bar 14 of registering the number of any key attached to said bar, means also connected with bar 14 of elevating and retaining in position numbered plates 40, and means of dropping any elevated plate before another similar plate is thrust into position, said means consisting of alever 32, connected with bar 14, an upright bar 33, a pawl 36, pivoted to upright bar 33, a device pivoted within the casing, consisting of a ratchet-bar 37, connected with eyes 39 by means of arms 38, and the bar 41, connected with eyes 39 by means of arms 44, substantially as set forth. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. L. PILLSBURY.

Witnesses:

L. F. WILBER, WM. KOWALSKI.

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