US433888A

US433888A - Cash indicator and register

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Publication number: US433888A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-08-05
Anticipated expiration: 1907-08-05

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W. H. CLARK.- CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER. No. 433,888. Patented Aug. 5, 1890.

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W. H. CLARK.

CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

Patented Aug. 5, 1890.

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W. H. CLARK. CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

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WVILLIAM H. CLARK, OF ALBION, PENNSYLVANIA.

CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,888, dated August 5, 1890.

Applicationfiled October 17, 1889. $eria1N0. 327,367. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Albion, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Indicators and Registers; and I do hereby 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 of reference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention consists in the improvements in cash indicators and registers hereinafter set forth and explained, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cash indicator and register. Fig. 2 is a view of same in elevation with the front of the case removed and the base in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of same with the upper portion broken away and showing the door covering the dial mechanism open. Fig.

4: is a transverse section of same on the line 4 A in Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of the mechanism of the same.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.

In the construction shown of myimproved cash indicator and register B is the base of the case, and A the upright portion thereof. On the front of the upright portion A of the case is a circular indicator-plate O, secured at its ends a a to the circular front of the portion A of the case, so as to leave a circular opening or groove 19 between it and the sides of the upright portion A of the case, suitable figures being placed on the front of the indicator-plate O, as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth. Through the portion A of the case is a transverse shaft D. To this shaft D is secured a gear-wheel cl, which intermeshes with an elongated pinion E,

I mounted loosely on a stud-pin secured to the upper part of the left-hand side of the portion A of the case. On the end of the shaft D which extends through the right-hand side of the case A is also secured a hand or pointer d, as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth. On a sleeve G, mounted loosely on the shaft D, is secured another large gear-wheel F, having thereon eighty teeth and four carrying points or pawls f, adapted to consecutively engage with the loose pinion E, each of said pawlsf moving said pinion E forward one tooth in passing it, which operates to rotate the gear-wheel (Z, intermeshing there: with, forward a like distance, as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth. A spring-dog c, secured to the frame, engages with the teeth of the pinion E, so as to prevent the movement of the pinion E, except when actuated by the carrying-pawls f on the gearwheel F. On the end of the sleeve G, secured to the gear-wheel d, extending through the right hand of the case A, is a hand orpointer g, as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth. Mounted on the sleeve G oneach side of the gear-wheel F are sleeves H H, to which are secured oscillating levers h h.

Pivoted upon a rod I is a semicircular rack I, having inwardly-proj ecting teeth 71 thereon. To the lower portion J of the rack-bar I is secured a retracting-sprin g J, which operates to return the rack to its normal position, with the upper end K thereof resting against the stop K. On the oscillating arms NN of the levers h h are pivoted spring-actuated dogs It It, adapted to engage with the teeth of the gear-wheel F when the arms N N of the levers h h are raisedso as to rotate the gearwheel F, but to pass over the teeth of said gear-wheel when being moved downward, the dogs k being so arranged as to each operate on one-half of the faces of the teeth on the gear-wheel F, so as to pass each other without interference, at spring-dogj, secured to the frame and engaging with the teeth of the gear-wheel F, preventing the backward movement thereof. The rear ends Z Z of the levers 7t h are beveled off in such shape that the raising of the handles L L of the levers h h, which project out through the grooves 12 at each side of the front of the case A, causes the ends Z Z to pass downward over the teeth 2' of the rack I, with which they engage, so as to prevent the longer and heavier arms N N thereof from falling down and returning to their normal position (as illus trated by the positions of the arms N N and handles L L in Fig. 4) until released, as hereinafter set forth.

In the arms N N of the oscillating levers h h lateral stud-pinsaa are secured in such position that when the arms N N are at rest in their normal position, as illustrated by the position of thelever hin Fig. 4, the stud-pins a n are under the end J 2 of the oscillating rack, as shown. Guards 0 O are also secured to the frame on each side of the wheel F in such position as to disengage the dogs In and 7c from the teeth of the wheel F while the leverarms N and N are passing down to their normal positions, and until in raising them the stud-pins n and a pass out from under the ends J 2 of the rack I. In operation the levers h and h are operated alternately, the raising of the arm N of the lever h operating to raise the end J of the rack I up and throw the end K thereof back, so as to release the end Z of the lever 7t and permit the arm N thereof to fall by gravity to its normal position, the stud-pin a thereon during this operation passing under the end J 2 of the rack I while it is being raised by the stud-pin n 011 the arm N of the lever H in its upward movement, and vice versa, the lovers h and h are operated alternately to actuate the wheel F and mechanism therewith connected and to withdraw the rack I from the points I and Z of the levers, so that the raising of either one of the levers h and it releases the other and allows it to fall to its normal position.

In the rear portion of the upright portion A of the case is a vertically-sliding bar P, provided with a retracting-spring P, adapted to retain said bar in a normally-raised position. Across the lower end of said bar P and firmly secured thereto is a cross-bar P, which extends out laterally into the boxes 13', forming the base B of the case. The covers Q of the boxes 13 are hinged thereto, so as to be raised up against the upright portion A of the case. These covers Q have lugs 9' on the under sides thereof, to which links p are pivoted, connecting them with the ends of the arm P, so that when the arm P is raised it operates to simultaneously raise the covers Q, as illustrated by the dotted lines in Fig.

. ered thereby, after which the operator closes 2. To the upper end K of the oscillating rack I is coupled a catch M, pivoted on the studpin m on the frame, the lower end m of the catch M being adapted to engage with the upper end M of the vertically-sliding bar P when the same is down, as illustrated in Fig. 4, the operation of raising the oscillating levers h and h and the throwing back of the upper end K of the rack I operating to release the catch M from the upper end M of the bar P, so that the retracting-spring P raises it and throws open the covers Q Q, as illustrated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, allowing access to the cash-receptacles covthe covers Q by hand, which operation forces the bar P down, so that the catch M engages therewith and retains it in this position, locking the covers Q down in a closed position until one of the levers h' or h is again raised. To one side of the case is secured an alarm-bell R, having an oscillating bell-hammer lever B, provided with a retracting spring r. To the upper end of the bell-hammer lever B is a spring-catch S, and on the back of the rack I, adjacent to the catch S, is a hooked lug S, adapted to engage with the point of the catch S as the rack I is moved back by the raising of the lever hor h, carrying the end of the bell-hammer leverR with it some little-distance, when the lug S slips over the point of the catch S, releasing the lever R and allowing the hammer to be forced quickly against the bell R by the retracting-spring r, so as to sound an alarm,the hooked catch S passing over the dog S on the return of the rack I to its normal position.

In operating my improved cash indicator and register the handle L or L of one of the levers 7L or it is raised so that the pointer L or L then points to the desired figures on the curved indicator-plate C, which operation permits the other handle L or L to fall to its normal position ready for use, and also turns the gear-wheel F forward, carrying the pointer 9 around on a dial T, marked with cents, at the right hand side of the case A, where it is retained by the spring-dog j, which operation of the handles L and L is alternately repeated at each sale until the hand 9 travels around the dial T, when at the next operation of the handle L or L one of the carrying-pawls f engages with the loose pinion E, which moves the wheel cl forward one notch, carrying the hand (1, secured to the shaft D thereon, forward one space over the dollar-dial T, surrounding the cents-dial T, each movement of the handles L and L moving the hands g, and also periodically the hand d, and adding the amount of the sale indicated to the aggregate indicated on the dials T T by the hands 9 and. cl, and each operation of the handles L and L also opens the covers Q of the cashboxes, so that the cash can be deposited therein. A door U, provided with a look 10, covers the dials T and T, so that they cannot be tampered with.

In setting the mechanism at zero it is only necessary to open the door U and turn the hands g and d around to 0 in the direction of their traverse.

Having thus fully described my invention, so as to enable others to construct and use the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination, in a cash indicator and register, of a gear or ratchet wheel and an oscillatin g circular rack adjacent to said wheel, with oscillating levers adapted to engage with the said rack, and dogs onsaid levers adapted to engage with and actuate said gear or ratchet wheel, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination,in a cash indicator and register, of indicating and operating levers, and an oscillating curved rack adapted to engage such levers, with a gear or ratchet wheel adapted to be operated by dogs on said operating-levers, carrying-pawls on said wheel engaging consecutively with and operating a loose pinion, a gear-Wheel intermeshing with said loose pinion, and hands secured to the shaft of one and to a sleeve on the other of said wheels, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, in a cash indicator and register, of curved indicator-plates secured to the machine-frame, oscillating levers having pointers passing over said plates and springdogs thereon, with gear or ratchet wheels having carrying-pawls thereon and adapted to be actuated by the spring-dogs on said levers, and curved oscillating racks adapted to engage with the oscillating levers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, in acash indicator and register, of the wheels F and (Z and the loose pinion E, intermeshing with the Wheel d, the oscillating levers h h, having dogs k and is, adapted to engage the teeth in the wheel F, with the oscillating rack I, and the stud-pins n and n on the arms N and N of the levers h and h, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, in a cash indicator and register, of an oscillating rack I and the catch M, coupled thereto, with the vertically-sliding bar P, having a retracting-spring P and the cross-bar P thereon, the hinged covers Q Q, and the link 1), connecting said hinged covers with the ends of the cross-bar P substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination, in a cash'indicator and register, of a curved oscillating rack I, having alug S thereon, and the oscillating levers h h, with the bell-hammer mechanism R S and the alarm-bell R, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination, in a cash indicator and register, of a gear-Wheel d, intermeshing with a loose pinion E, having a spring-dog c operating thereon, and a gear or ratchet wheel F, secured to a sleeve G, mounted upon the shaft of the wheel (Z, carrying points or pawls f, secured to the Wheel F and adapted to engage with and turn the loose pinion E, a springdog j, operating to prevent the backward movement of the wheel F, a hand (1, secured to one end of a shaft of the wheel d, and a hand g, secured to the end of the sleeve G,

which hands travel over dials T and T, with rocking levers h and h, having dogs 70 and 7c thereon adapted to engage with the teeth of the Wheel F, and having stud-pins n and n thereon, and an. oscillating rack I, adapted to engage with the rear ends Z Z and also with the stud-pins n and n of the oscillating .levers h h, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM H. CLARK. Vitnesses:

C. J. STURGEON, II. J. CURTZE.