US432961A

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Publication number: US432961A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-07-22
Anticipated expiration: 1907-07-22

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(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1.

O. ZALLUD.

CHECK RECORDING MACHINE.

No. 432,961. Patented July 22, 1890.

(Nb Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

- C. ZALLUD.

CHECK RECORDING MACHINE.

No. 432,961. Patented July 22, 1890.

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3 Sheets-Sheet 3.

G. ZA'LLUD. CHECK RECORDING MACHINE.

Patented July 22, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ZALLUD, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ISAAC PFORZI'IEIMER, OF SAME PLACE.

CHECK-RECORDING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,961, dated July 22, 1890.

Application filed October 31, 1889. Serial No. 328,843. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES ZALLUD, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Check-Recording Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to machines adapted to receive checks denoting the value of purchases-made, and to record the value of such checks.

I will describe in detail my improvement, and then point out the novel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section taken on the line 1 1, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 2, Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4

no is a face view of a certain check which may be employed.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

In carrying my improvement into effect I use checks upon which are raised figures denoting a certain value. One of these checks having been passed into the machine, an impression of the figures denoting the value of the check is taken upon a traveling strip of 0 paper. At the close of the days business or at such other time as it may be deemed necessary the strip of paper having the figures denoting the value of the checks imprinted upon it is removed from the machine and the 3 5 imprints are footed up. The total of such imprint must equal the total of the checks passed into the machine and the total of cash received for which checks have been used.

The machineis contained in a case A, which case is surmounted by a casing A, provided with a chute A The checks are to be passed down this chute. Preferably the sides of the casing A will be fitted with glass plates a. The checks employed in the machine are to have the figures denoting their value arranged upon both sides. The cashier upon one side and the customer upon the other may then, by looking through the glass plates upon the sides of the casing A, both see the value of the check which has been passed down the chute. Preferably, also, the checks, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1, will have the figures arranged upon both ends, but extending in reverse directions to each other, so that whichever wayacheck is dropped into the machine certain of the figures will be brought into proper position for printing, as will be hereinafter more clearly described. The check, having been passed through the chute A rests at its lower edge upon a rigid stop a, constituting in this instance part of aportion A of the frame of the machine. \Vhen in this position, it will be observed that one portion of the check, 01;, say, about one half thereof, is within the case A, while the other half is above the same and within the casing A. It is the portion within the casing A which may be seen by the cashier and customer, as previously described.

The figures upon the check constitute in effect type, and from these type an impression is to be taken. Such impression is taken upon a traveling strip of paper B, which strip of paper passes at one side of the portion of the check which is within the case A.

I have shown a convenient means for inking the type upon the check, so that an impression may be taken upon the strip, consisting of an inking-ribbon B, which also passes at one side of the check and between the check and the traveling strip of paper. If, now, the inking-ribbon and the traveling strip of paper be together pressed against the type upon the check which they are opposite, an impression of such type will be'taken upon the strip of paper.

I have shown means for causing theinkingribbon and the strip of paper to be thus pressed against the type, consisting of a plunger 0, which plunger is adapted to be 0 moved to and fro in a guidewayc, formed upon the portion A of the frame. The plunger 0 constitutes in effect a platen. The plunger Gin this instance is made up of two sections 0 0 The section 0 is arranged within a recess c formed within the section 0', the outer extremity of which section 0 is provided with a head 0 The recess 0 is shouldered near its rear end, as shown more clearly in Fig. 2.

Between the head c 'and said shoulder is arranged a coil-spring 0 the tendency of which is to always force the section 0 outwardly. Beyond said shoulder the recess 0 is diminished, and the shank c of the section 0 extends into said diminished portion. A pin 0, extending from the inn er side of the diminished portion of the recess 0 and into a longitudinally-extendin g slot 0 formed in the shank of the section 0 prevents atooextended movement of said section in either direction. This construction is advantageous, because it provides means whereby the plunger will act with a yielding pressure against the type, and will thus prevent the type from being battered, as it might otherwise be during the rapid working of the machine. Longitudinal movement is imparted to the plunger Oby means of a cam D, which cam is rigidly mounted upon a vertically-extending rock-shaft D, which rock-shaft is journaled near its lower end in the base of the machine and near its upper end in a bracket (1, extending from the portion A of the frame of the machine.

Mounted in the outer portion of the plunger 0 are two rollers (1 d WVhen the shaft D is rocked in one direction, the cam D will act upon the roller 61 to force the plunger inwardly to cause an impression to be taken from the check. When, however, the shaft is rotated in the other direction, the cam will operate upon the roller (1 to move the plunger outwardly and away from the check.

A rocking motion is imparted to the shaft D by means of a handle D extending to the exterior of the case A through a slot (1 formed horizontally in the case. The inner end of the handle D is secured to the shaft D. By moving the handle through the slot 01 the operation just described is effected. At the ends of the slot d are elastic stops (2, preferably of india-rubber, against which the handle will strike when moved. These stops prevent undue jarring and noise.

Surrounding the shaft D, near its lower extremity, is a coil-spring This coil-spring has one end bearing against the handle D and the other againsta pin 01, extending upwardly from the base of the machine. The tendency of this spring is always to force the handle 1) into a normal position, or, in other words, into such position as to rock the shaft D to cause the plunger to be withdrawn.

The operation of printing from the check is the first that takes place after the check has been deposited in the machine, and this operation is effected by moving the handle D in the direction of the arrow, Fig. By the reverse movement of the handle the strip of paper is caused to be fed forward, so as to bring a fresh portion thereof into position to be printed upon, and the check from which an impression has just been taken is moved out of the way to make room for another check, which may be dropped down through the slot A I will first describe the means for feeding forward the strip of paper. E E designate rollers, between which the printed strip of paper passes and by the rotation of which said strip is fed along. The roller E is mounted on the upper end of a shaft F, which shaft is journaled in suitable bearings formed upon the main frame of the machine. The roller E is mounted upon a stub-shaft F, also journaled in a suitable bearing upon a portion of the main frame of the machine. Said bearing is somewhat slotted, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that the shaft F may have a slight lateral play in its bearings. This is forthe purpose of permitting the roller E to yield slightly, if for any purpose itshould be necessary for it so to do. The said roller IE, it will be observed, comprises two cylindrical portions, between which is arranged a fork e, extending from the frame of the machine. A coil-spring 6, arranged between the jaws of said fork and bearing against abearing-piece e for the shaft F, tends to force said shaft, and consequently the roller E, constantly toward the roller E. The spring 2, however, admits of the yielding of the roller E, as previously stated.

Upon the shaft F is a gear-wheel f, which gear-wheel meshes with a gear-wheel f, mounted upon the shaft F. \Vhen the shaft F is rotated, a corresponding rotary motion will be imparted to the shaft F, and the rollers E E will consequently rotate in unison. Loosely mounted upon the shaft F' is a gearwheel f with which engages a rocking gearsegment F. A pawl f mounted upon an arm f rigidly secured upon the gear-wheel f engages a ratchet-wheel f rigidly mounted upon the shaft F. \Vhen the gear-wheel f is rotated in one direction by the gear-segment F, the pawl f will play freely over the teeth upon the ratchet-wheel f but when said gear-wheel is rotated in the opposite direction the pawl will engage the teeth upon the ratchet-wheel, and thus cause the rotation of the shaft F, and consequently of the rollers E E. It is this motion which feeds the paper forward, and it occurs, as previously stated, when the handle D is being moved backwardly to its normal position. The gearsegment F forms part of an arm g, which arm is rigidly secured near one of its ends upon a rock-shaft G, journaled in a bar upon the portion 61 of the frame, as shown more clearly in Fig. 2. Vhenthe rock-shaft G is rocked, a swinging motion will be given to the gear-segment F which will cause the operation of the gear-wheel f as previously described. Such rocking motion is imparted to the shaft G by means of a lever G, which, as shown, is bent or curved around near one end. This bent or curved around portion bears near its outer extremitya roller g. The roller g is adapted to be operated upon by a fourarmed cam G (Shown more clearly in Fig. This cam is loosely mounted upon the shaft D, and has secured to it upon one side a ratchet-wheel g Rigidly mounted upon ICO the shaft D is an arm g bearing a springactuated pawl g, which pawl engages the teeth upon the ratchet-Wheel g \Vhen the handle D is swung in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 3, the pawl will slip freely over the teeth upon the ratchet-wheel g and no rotary motion will be imparted to the cam G Any tendency to such rotary motion is overcome by a stop-pawl g which is spring-actuated and abuts near its outer extremity against one of the arms of the cam G The cam, however, when rotated in the other direction will strike said pawl g and lift it, so that one of said arms may pass beyond the pawl or into the position shown more clearly in Fig. 3. When the handle D is swung in the other direction, the pawl g will engage the ratchet-wheel g and cause the rotation of it and the cam G The arm upon said cam, which is in contact with the roller g upon the lever G, will then pass along said roller, and will cause the rocking of the lever G and also the shaft G. Such rocking will cause the swinging of the gear-segment F I will now describe means whereby the check, after the same has been printed from, may be removed from beneath the chute A in order to make room for the introduction of another check. To the other arm of the lever G is pi-votally connected one end of a link G The link G is pivotally connected near its other end to an arm h, extending from a movable piece H. The movable piece H is fiat and of substantially the same thickness and height as is the check. The movable piece H is arranged to slide in a groove h in the portion A of the frame, through which groove also pass the strip of paper and the inking-ribbon. This groove also receives the check when the latter is dropped down through the chute. A similar groove or passage-way is formed in the lower portion of the casing A, into which the upper part of the check extends. Near one end of the groove h and in the lower side thereof there is an opening 7L2, communicating with a passageway h WVhen the movable piece H is moved in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 1, the check will be moved along until above the passageway h down which it will then fall, to be received in a suitable receptacle. (Not shown in the drawings.) The movement of the movable piece H to accomplish this is occasioned by the rocking of the lever G during the return-movement of the handle D as previously described.

I have shown a spring I, secured near one end to one arm of the lever G and near the other end to the case A of the machine, which spring operates to retract the lever G to its normal position, or the position shown more clearly in Fig. 3, and also to restore the movable piece II and the gear-segment F to their normal position.

I have shown the slip of paper B as coiled upon a roller J. After leaving the roller J it passes over an idler-rollerj, thence through the groove it over another idler-roller j, thence downwardly between the feed-rollers E E, and thence onto a roller J, upon which it is wound. Rotary motion is imparted to the roller J, so as to take up the strip by means of a belt 7' passing aboutthe hub of the cam G and about a pulley 3' mounted upon the roller J. WVhen the diameter of the roll of paper upon the roller J increases, the belt 7' will slip, so that only a certain quantityof paper will always be fed forward. The strip of paper is gripped sufiiciently tight between the rollers E E to admit this slipping of the belt.

Although I have shown an inking-ribbon for causing the impression to be taken from the type, any suitable means might be employed for inking said type.

In practical operation it is advantageous that when the operation of the machine is commenced-as,forinstance,inthemorningthe cashier or person having'it in charge should cause his name or some other sign to be printedupontheslipofpaper. Thesameshould also be done when the use of the machine is discontinued-as, for instance, at night. In Fig. 4 I have shown a check adapted to do this. By this means it is always easy to ascertain where the recording for the day begins and ends upon the strip. It is to be observed that but one check at a time can be in position for printing, as a check when in the machine closes the lower end of the chute A thus preventing the introduction of another check. When the check is being moved along by the movable piece H, the latter operates to. close the lower end of the chute A and another check cannot be introduced until after the movable piece H has been retracted to its normal position.

, What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a check-recording machine, the combination of a case provided with an opening through which a check may be passed, a stop for said check, a traveling strip of paper, inking apparatus, and a platen for causing an impression to be made upon the strip of paper from type upon the check, substantially as specified.

2. In a check-recording machine, the combination of a case provided with an opening through which a check may be passed, a stop for said check, a traveling strip of paper, inking apparatus, a platen for causing an impression to be made upon the strip of paper from type upon the check, a handle extending to the exterior of the case for operating said platen, and feeding mechanism for feeding said strip of paper along, substantially as specified.

3. In a check-recording machine, the combination of a case provided with an opening through which a check may be passed, a stop for said check, a traveling strip of paper, inking apparatus, a platen for causing an impression to be made upon the strip of paper IIO stop for said check, a traveling strip of paper,

inking apparatus, a platen for causing an impression to be made upon the strip of paper from type upon the cheek, a handle extending to the exterior of the ease, feeding meeh- I5 anism for feeding the strip of paper along, and a movable piece for moving the check out of printing" position after it has been printed from, said handle when moved in one direction operating the said platen and when moved in the other direction operating said feeding mechanism and the movable piece, substantially as specified.

CHARLES ZALLUD.

WVitnesses:

FREDK. IIAYNEs, D. H. HAYWOOD.