US449311A

US449311A - Cash register

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Publication number: US449311A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-03-31
Anticipated expiration: 1908-03-31

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H. COOK. CASH REGISTER, RECORDER, AND INDICATOR. N0. 449,311.

Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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H. OOOKQ CASH REGISTER, RECORDER, AND INDICATOR.

No. 449,311. Patented Mar. 31,1891.

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H. COOK. CASH REGISTER, RECORDER, AND INDICATOR. No. 449,311. Patented Mar. 31,1891.

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CASH REGISTER, RECORDER, AND INDICATOR.

Patented Mar. 31,1891.

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CASH REGISTER, RECORDER, AND INDICATOR.

Patented Mar. 31,1891.

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CASH REGISTER, RECORDER, AND INDICATOR.

No. 449,311. Patented Mar. 31,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO COOK, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CASH REGISTER, RECORDER, AND INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,311, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed November 3, 1390. Serial No. 370,100. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO OOOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Registers and Indicators, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My present invention relates more particularly to what may be termed a check-printing attachment for such machines and the combination of such an attachment with the other elements of the machine. \Vhere machines of this class are employed in connection with a cashier, it is desirable that they be provided with a device by which the clerk, when he operates the machine to indicate and register the amount of a sale, may at the same time print or stamp such amount upon a check or ticket and give the latter to the customer, to be by him turned over to the cashier with the money he is to pay. It is for this purpose that my invention is chiefly designed, though its use is not so limited, for when the printing of separate checks is not desired, or in addition thereto, the amounts of the sales may be printed in consecutive order upon a continuous paper ribbon fed throughtheprinting attachment, and thus form an independent and permanent registry of all sales made. A registry of this character is very desirable in a machine where the regular register is one that adds into a common total all sales made, for it preserves a permanent record of each separate sale. The proprietor can look over this printed registry at the end 01' each days business or at such other time as he takes the total registry from the machine and ascertain just how his sales are running. It increases the value of the machine as a check against a dishonest attendant, for, if the proprietor knows that a sale of some certain amount has been made during the day and he does not find such sale recorded on the paper strip, it is proof that the machine has not been properly operated by the attendant.

My present machine embodies a series ofkeys of different values, a series of indicators representing correspondingvalues,a total adding registry operated by the keys to add into a common total the values of all of them that are operated, and a type-wheel common to all the keys of the series, bearing a series of numbers corresponding to the values of the different keys and automatically set at the number corresponding to the value of any operated key at the same time and by the same movement of the key that indicates and registers its value. hen the type-wheel is set at the proper number, the printing or stampingof the number upon the paper check or ribbon is effected by a suitably-operated printer.

The operating-keys, the registering mechanism, and the indicators illustrated in this application are covered by other patents and pending-applicationsot my own, (as by Patent No. 445,671, of February 3,1891, and application Serial No. 369,063, filed October 23, 1890,) and neither their particular construction nor the method combining them together forms an essential part of my present invention. They have been used merely to illustrate a machine to which my invention is easily applicable and by which it may be readily explained; but my invention is in no way restricted to such machine. It contemplates, broadly, the combinations and subcombinations of parts, which will be specifically set forth without regard to their form or arrange- -ment nor the construction of the intermediate devices by which they are operativelyconnected. Amongsuchcombinationsincludedwithin the scope of my invention may be mentioned the combination of an operating-key of given value, a type-wheel which is set by the operation of the key at a number representing the value of the key, a printer co-operating with the type-wheel to print or stamp its number on the paper passed over it, and a lock which, upon the operation of the key, automatically looks it from further movement until the printer is actuated to print its value on the paper check or strip; the combination of a series of operating-keys of different values, a type-wheel common to all of said keys bearing numbers representing their diiterent values and automatically set, upon the operation of any one of them, at a number representing the value of such key, a printer for printing such number upon the paper check or ribbon, and a lock which automatically locks the keys from operation untilthe printer wheel and its spring-motor casing.

a front view, partly in section, of the two and 'yieldingly held there by the tension of a spring, but automatically set, upon the operation of any key of the series, at the number corresponding to the value of such operated key, and a printer which automatically releases said type-wheel after its number has been printed and permits its spring to return it to zero; also, the combination of a typewheel and a register with a series of keys, the operation of two of which will set the typewheel at a number corresponding to the sum of their values and register such amount.

Aside from the above combinations, myinvention includes numerous sub-combinations and novel features of construction in the mechanism associated with the type-wheels and printing devices, all of which will be hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine; Fig. 2, a front elevation with the ends of the operating-keys cut oif; Fig. 3, a rear elevation of the printing attachment in position on the machine. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the printing attachment on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, looking toward the right in Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a top plan view of the printing attachment with the impression-frame swung over to one side to expose the type-wheels. Fig. 6 is a vertical section through a portion of the printing attachment on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4, looking toward the front of the machine. Fig. 7 is a detail side elevation of the escapement-wheel co-operatin g with the centtyp'e-wheel. Fig. Sis a similar view of the escapement-wheel co-operating with the dollar type-wheel. Fig. 9 is a top plan view of said cent escapement-wheel and the casing inclosing its spring-motor. Fig. 10 is a similar view of the dollar escapement- Fig. 11-is trains of escapement-wheels and the motor and type wheels. Fig. 12 is a sectional detail of the impression or printing frame. Fig. 13 is a vertical section through the printing attachment on the line 13 13 of Fig. 3, looking toward the left in Fig. 3. Fig. 14 is a perspective view of one of the escapement-wheels and its co-operating detent. Fig. 15, Sheet l.'

The type-wheels A A are mounted rigidly upon the inner ends of revoluble shafts B B. These shafts are journaled at their outer ends in the pendent arms of brackets C C, supported by the frame-work of the printing attachment, said frame-work consisting, chiefly, of two parallel side plates D D, mounted on the main frame-work of the machine. At

their inner ends the shaftsB B are supported by the hubs of the wheels A A, which fit within hollow cylindrical bearings'or sleeves E E, integral with or rigidly secured to the inner sides of the plates D D, asshown in the drawings; The inner end of the shaft B extends through the hub of the wheel A and across into the bore of the hub of the wheel A, where it abuts against the inner end of the shaft B,though this arrangement of it is not essential. Loosely mounted upon the shaftsB B are two toothed escapement-wheels F F, the inner ends of whose hubs G G fit within the sleeves E E. Secured to orintegral with the inner ends of these hubs are pinions H H, Figs. 6, 9, and 10, and meshing with these pinions are the main motor-wheels I I of the machine. These motor wheels are loosely mounted on ashaft J and are revolved in the direction of the arrows on them by coiled springs hereinafter described, which springs constantly tend to turn them in that direction. The motor-wheels are held in check by mechanism under the control of .the operating-keys of the machine, and when a key is operated one of them is released and permit-- ted to revolve a given distance, according to the value of such operated key.

I will now, for the sake of clearness, describe the connections between the motorwheelI and the type-wheel A, which belong to the cent side of the machine, and will afterward refer to the connection of the motorwheel I with the type-wheel A, which belong to the dollar side of the machine.

- Immediately on the left of the escapementwheel F, Figs. 3, 6, and 9, is a casing J, inclosing a coiled spring J The left side of this casing, Fig. 6, is formed of a stationary plate or disk J through the hub of which the shaft B passes. The opposite side J of the casing and the integral central rim J 5 are secured to and revolve with the shaft B. The stationary disk J 3 has an inner hub J fitting over the hub of the disk J, and to this hub J is secured theinner end of the coiled springJ ,while its outer end is secured'to the inner side of the rim J The spring is wound in such direction that its tension tends to turn thedisk J and rim J in the direction ofthe arrow in Fig. 3. Upon the upper side of the revoluble portion of the springcasing is secured alaterally-projecting detent or lug J normally engaging the es capement-wheel F between two of its teeth, as seen in Figs. 6, 7, and 9. A lug on the under side of the bracket 0, dotted lines, Fig. 7, normally engages this detent and prevents the casing turning farther forward under the tensionof the spring. It'will thus be seen IIO that inasmuch as the lug J is secured to the revoluble spring-casing, which is fast upon the shaft 13, which carries the type-wheel A, the engagement of said lug with the escapement-wheel F, whose hub carries the pinion H, meshing with the motor-wheel I, will connectthe motor-wheel I with the type-Wheel A, so that when the motor is allowed to turn forward under the impulse of its spring the pinion H, wheel F, lug J spring-casing J, shaft B, and type-wheel A will be turned in the opposite direction. As has been before stated, the movements of the motor I are under the control of the operating-keys,.and upon the operation of any one of them it is released and allowed to turn a given distance proportionate to the value of the operated key. The adjustment of the parts is such that the movement of the motor-wheel upon the operation of any key will turn the typewheel A just far enough to bring its number corresponding to the value of the operated key to a point immediately beneath the impression-plate hereinafter described. Thus the type-wheel A bears upon its periphery a series of equidistant type-numbers in multiples of five from 0 to 95 and co-operates with a series of nineteen keys representing multiples of five from 5 to 95. \Vhen the fivecent key is operated, the number 5 on the typewh eel is brought beneath the impressionplate. When the twenty-five cent key is operated, the number 25 is brought to that point, and so on throughout the series.

There is a spi'ingcasing provided with a detent and a coiled spring for it co-operating with the escapement-wheel F on the dollar side of the machine, and their engagement and disengagement connect the type-wheel A with the motor-wheel I and disconnect it therefrom in the same manner as the corresponding mechanism on the cent side of the machine. The type-wheel A bears on its periphery a series of type-numbers in multiples of one from t) to f). The dollar-keys represent multiples of one from 1 to 5, and upon operating any one of them the type-wheel is set at a number corresponding to its value, while upon operating any two of them simultaneously the type-wheel A is set at a number representing the sum of their values. The impression-plate K is in this instance carried by a frame K, hinged at oneend to a support on the upper side of the bracket 0 and extending across the two type-wheels and normally held above and out of contact with them by a spring K interposed between the frame and the top of the side plate D or bracket 0. The impression-plate K, made of rubber or other suitable material, is secured to the under side of the frame i immediately over the typewheels A and A. Secured by its opposite upturn ed edges to the under side of the frame K immediately beneath the plate K is a sheet-metal ticket guide and holder K It is provided with two holes coincident with the numbers on the type-wheels when the latter are set for printing, and there is sufficient space between its upper side and the lower side of the impression-plate K to permit the insertion of a ticket or the passage ofapaper ribbon upon which the numbers are to be printed. Two inking-ribbons K are carried on spools K K supported on the frame K, and pass under the plate K immediately beneath the openings in the latter. Between these two ribbons passes the paper strip or recording-ribbon K Figs. 4 and 12, upon which the permanent record of each separate sale is made. The paper ribbon K is carried upon any suitable supply and feed rolls, (not shown.) and is fed through the machine by being passed between suitably-operated feed wheels or rolls, as hereinafter described. Upon depressing the left-hand end of the frame K, Figs. 3 and 6, until the impressionplate bears firmly against the uppermost number on the type-wheel said number will be printed not only upon the ticket or paper strip inserted between said plate and the guide-plate K but also upon the paper ribbon K The means I have shown for depressing the frame K to do the printing consist of a lever L, rigidly secured at its lower end to the rock'- shaft J, upon which the motor-wheels I I are mounted, and provided with a cam plate or arm L, Fig. 1, secured to its side next the frame K. The latter has an arm L projecting from its left side, Figs. 3 and 6, into the path of travel of the cam-plate on the lever L and provided with a friction-rollerlfi. The position of the cam-plate L on the lever L is such that when the lever is pulled forward said plate will ride over the friction-roller on the end of the arm L and depress the frame K until the impression-plate has been firmly pressed against the type-wheel to print a number on the interposed ticket and ribbon, and will then clear the end of the arm and release the frame and permit the spring I to lift it again. In order that the type-wheel may be returned to zero ready for the operation of the succeeding key, it is neccssarv that it should be disconnected from the motorwheel I. This disconnection is effected by the disengagement of the lug J from the escapement-wheel F, which permits the springcasing J to be turned back by its spring J until the lug J strikes the bracket 0 or the lug on the under side thereof. This brings the type-wheel back to zero. I

I have provided means for automatieallv disengaging the escapement-whecl from the lug on the spring-casing by the continued movement of the lever L after its cam L has depressed the frame K and released it. Pivoted to a lug on the outside of the plate D, Figs. 3, at, and 0, is a lever M, having a forked upper end provided with pins engaging a circumferential groove in the hub of the escapement-wheel F. The lower end of the lever M is provided with a cam-slot M, in. which works a pin l\l-, PIOJ ectin g rearwardly from a sleeve rigidly secured to the shaft J. The shape of the cam-slot is such that when the pin M moves upward in it upon throwing forward the lever L the lower end of the lever M will be thrown to the left and its upper end to the right, thereby shifting the escapement-wheel F to the right and disengaging it from the detent J 7 on the spring-casing, whereupon the spring J returns the type-wheel to zero, as before explained. When the leverL is moved backward to normal position again, the pin M throws the upper end of the lever M to the left again, and it becomes re-engaged with the lug J and thereby with the shaft B and type-wheel A, ready for a fresh operation. It will thus be seen that upon the operation of any key the motor I, which is gearedto the hub of the wheel F, turns said wheel, and with it the spring-casing J, shaft B, and typewheel A, until the type-number on the latter corresponding to the value of the operated key is brought beneath the impression-plate; that upon then pulling forward the lever L the cam-plate L engages the friction-roller on the end of the arm L and depresses the frame K and impression-plate K to do the printing, and that upon pulling the lever L farther forward the frame K is released and lifted by its spring, and the motor-wheel is disconnected from the type-wheel, and the latter is restored to zero ready for the opera-- tion of the succeeding key.

It is important that means be provided for compelling the operator to depress the impression-plate and print the proper number after each operation of a key, both for the purpose of printing a check and for the purpose of making the permanent record of each individual sale upon the paper ribbon. The result to be accomplished, the end desired, is to insure the operation of the printer after the operation of each key and the setting of the type-wheel and before any other key is operated to indicate and register a different value and set the type-wheel at a different number. The device which I have produced and employ for accomplishing this result is an automatic look so combined with the operating-keys and the printing attachment that when any key has been operated and the type-wheel set at a number representing the value of such key the whole series of keys become locked from movement and are held'so locked until the printing device or printer, of whatever form it may be, is operated to print the value of the operated key.

In the printing attachment which I have,

shown and described the impression-plate is depressed to do the printing by the lever L, which may be called the printing-lever,

I and I therefore'find it convenient to combine be combined directly with the impressionplate or the frame carrying said plate in such manner that after the type-wheel has been set by the operation of a key and the machine automatically locked it will be unlocked directly by the depression of such plate or frame, no matter 'what means may be used to depress them. This feature of my invention therefore contemplates, broadly, the combination of an operating handle or key,a typewheel set thereby, a printing device of any suitable character co-operatin g with the typewheel, and a lock which automatically locks the machine upon the operation of the key and the setting of the type-wheel and holds it locked until the printing device is operated to print the number'at which the type-wheel has been set.

Where a device such as the lever L is employed for depressing the impression-plate a device which has to be reset after it has been moved to depress the plate in order to bring it into position for its next operatiou it is desirable that the machine shall be locked not only until such device is operated to do the printing, but until it has been reset to position for another operation. Ihave therefore combined with the lever not only a lock which automatically locks the keys and holds them locked until said lever is moved to do the printing, but'have also combined with it a lock which holds them locked until the lever has been reset to normal position. Furthermore, I have combined with the printing device-the lever-a lock which automatically looks it during the operation of any key, so that said printing device cannot be operated until a keyhas been fully operated and the type-wheel set at the proper number, thus always insuring the printing of the correct number whenever the printing device is operated. This feature of my invention therefore contemplates, broadly, the combination of the type-wheel and the printing device with a lock which, upon the operation of any key, automatically locks said printing device and holds it from operation until the typewheel has been set at the proper number. I will now proceed to describe these several features of myinvention in the formin which they have been illustrated in the drawings.

Rigidly secured to the rock-shaft J, which carries the lever L, is a pendent plate 0, Fig. 1, having a wide lower end whose edge is preferably curved to conform to the arc of the circle in which it moves. The plate 0 is secured to the rock-shaft J near its right-hand end just within the near side of the framework in Fig. 1, so that it is some distance from the lever L on said shaft; but as they are both rigidly secured to the shaft and the latter may be freely rocked in its bearings the lever L and plate 0 practically constitute one lever with the shaft J as its fulcrum. When the upper end of the lever L is pulled forward, the lower end of the plate 0 is thrown rearward, and vice versa. Extending across the entire series of operating-koys and resting upon their upper sides near their rear ends is the usual vibrating bar or keyboard 0, hung by side arms 0 upon pivotal supports on the frame-work. \Vhen the front end of any key is depressed and its rear end lifted, this bar is lifted by it. None of the keys can therefore be operated without lifting this bar. When it is held down, they are all looked. Upon the right end of this bar, near its upper rear corner, Fig. 1, is a proectmg lug O W'hen the upper end of the lever L is pulled forward and the lower end of the plate 0 swung rearward, the lower edge of the latter moves over the lug O and locks the bar 0 down, so that none of the keys can be operated until the lever L is thrown rearward again and the plate 0 moved from over the lug O Pivoted to the side of theplateOisathree-armedplateorlocking-dog O. A s prin g-pressed latch 0 also pivoted to the plate 0, bears against the pointed end of the middle forwardly-projectingarm of the dog 0, so that when the lower arm of said dog is thrown forward until the pointed end of its middle arm passes above the pointed nose of the latch O the latter holds its lower arm forward and its upper arm rearward. Vhen the-upper arm is thrown forward until the pointed end of the middle arm passes below the nose of the latch, said upper arm is held forward and the lower arm rearward.

The rear edge of the lower portion of the plate 0 is curved to conform substantially to the are of the circle traversed by the lug 0 when the vibrating bar 0 is lifted by the operation of a key, as before described. The forward side of the lug travels up the rear side of the plate 0 at a short and uniform distance from it.

\Vhen the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, it will be seen that the upper arm of the locking-dog O is thrown rearward and held so by the latch 0 and its upper end projects into the path of travel of the lug 0 The bar 0 is free to rise, and the keys therefore free to be operated. When the front end of any one of them is depressed and the bar 0 is lifted thereby, the lug O as the bar rises strikes the end of the upper arm of the dog 0 and throws it forward far enough for the pointed end of the middle arm to pass below the nose of the latch O, and the latter thereupon holds the dog in the new position with its lower arm thrown rearward, as seen in Fig. 15. The upper arm of the dog 0 is thus moved and held out of the path of the lug 0 so that the bar 0 is free to descend. The lower arm of the dog, however, is now in the path of the lug; but the adjustment of the parts is such that when the lug strikes it as the bar 0 descends it will not throw it forward far enough to move the pointed end of the middle arm above the nose of the latch 0 so that when the lug presses the arm forward and passes below it the spring action of the latch will immediatelythrow the arm rearward again. Thisbrings thelower arm of the dog and the lug into the relative positions shown by the solid lines in 15, where it will be seen that the arm is immediately above the lug. The bar 0 therefore cannot be moved upward, and all the keys are locked. The operation of the key just described has set the type-wheel at the number representing its value, and the next thing to do is to operate the printing device to print such number on the paper ribbon or check, or both of them if the two be employed. As the operating-keys are all looked in themanner described above, this is therefore the only thing that can be done. \Vhen the leverL is pulled forward to depress the impression plate and do the printing, the plate 0 is swung rearward and the lower arm of the dog 0 moved from over the lug 0 but the lower edge of the plate 0' itself is moved over the lug and remains over it during the further movement of the lever L, so that the lock remains unbroken. Just as the lever L reaches thelimit of its forward stroke and the printing has been done the lower arm of the dog 0 in the rearward move ment of the plate 0 strikes a lug O on the frame-work of the machine and is thrown forward far enough to move the pointed end of the middle arm above the nose of the latch 0 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 15, and the dog is thereby restored to and held in the position shown in Fig. 1. The bar 0 remains locked down by the lower edge of the plate 0 until the lever L is moved entirely back to its normal position, whereupon the bar is released and the keys are free for another operation. Any suitable stop engaging the rear edge of the plate 0 just at the limit of its rearward stroke may be provided on the framework.

As seen in Fig. 1, the barOhas on its rear side a flange 0 adapted to enter slots in lugs O on the upper sides of the keys when the rear ends of the latter arelifted and to thereby attach the operated key to the bar, so that it must move with the bar during its further operation. The forward faces of the lugs O are curved to conform to the are of the circle traversed by the rear edge of the flange 0 so that when any key is operated the flange moves upimmediately in front of the forward faces of all the unoperated keys and holds .them from operation until the operated key and bar 0' are reset to normal positionin the well-kn own manner. This as effectually locks the machine during the operation of any key as do the devices above described after the operation of a key and before the printingis done.

Having now described the construction and mode of operation of the printing devices, I will proceed to describe the means interposed between the type-wheels and the operatingkeys for setting each of said wheels upon the operation of any key of its series at the num her which represents the value of such operated key. These means, as I have before ICC stated, are described and claimed in other applications filed by me. Their particular construction, therefore, is not material to my present invention, and any other known or suitable means may be interposed between the operating-keys and type-wheels for the same purpose without, departing from my invention.

The means employed for the purpose in the machine in connection with which I have illustrated my invention consist, essentially, of an escapement mechanism under the control of the operating-keys and connected with the spring-impelled motor-wheel which operates the type-wheel in the manner heretofore described. There is one of these escapement mechanisms interposed between each series of keys and its corresponding typewhe'el, and the operation of each mechanism is such that it normally holds the motorwheel stationary against the tension of its propelling-spring,but upon the operations of difierent keys of the series releases it and permits it to revolve different distances, according to the values of the keys. Upon the inner sides of the motor-wheels I I are secured circular casings I 1 Figs. 3, 5, and 6, which contain the coiled propelling-springs for the motor, one of which springs is shown in Fig. 13. The outer end of each coiled spring is secured to the inside of the rim of its casing and its inner end to a sleeve loose on the shaft L, Fig. 13. These sleeves are the hubs of ratchets I 1 Fig. 3, mounted loosely on the shaft L, one beside each casing, with its hub projecting into the casing and having the inner end of the spring secured to it, as above stated. When these ratchets are turned forward, their hubs wind up the coiled springs and put them under tension, and they tend to revolve the motorwheels I I in the direction of the arrows, as

will be apparent from Fig. 13. Tight on the shaft L between the two ratchets is a sleeve 1 having an integral rearwardly-extending plate 1 upon whose rear upper side in a housing formed by a recessed plate 1 secured thereon, are carried two sliding pawls 1", (shown in dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 6,) pressed by the coiled springs behind them into engagement with the ratchets I 1 When the lever L is pulled forward to depress the frame-work, the shaft J is rocked, and the sleeveI and plate I are lifted by it, and the pawls I Wind up the coiled springs within the motor-casings I 1 as will be readily understood.

It has not been thought necessary'to illustrate in detail the devices just described, since all of them, excepting the lever L, have been illustrated and described in full in application Serial No. 369,063, before referred to, and do not constitute part of my present invention.

In connection with the winding-pawls for the motor-springs I will here describe the feedwheels which'feed the paper ribbon'be :tween the type-wheels and impression-plate and the means for operating them. They are shown in Figs. 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, and 13. Mounted loosely upon the shaft B, Fig. 6, between the type-wheels A and A are two rigidly-connected disks or wheels N N, preferably having milled or roughened edges. Interposed between the wheels N N and rigidly secured to them is a ratchet N Hung loosely by a sleeve upon the bearing E just to the right of the type-wheel A, Figs. 3, 5, and 13, is an arm N carrying at its lower rear end a pawl N spring-pressed into engagement with the ratchet N Fig. 13. A link N, connected at its upper end with the rear end of the arm N and pawl N, has its lower curved end pivoted between lugs on the under side of the plate.

I which carries the pawsl I". When the printing-lever L is pulled forward to effect the printing and the shaft J is rocked and the plate 1 rigid therewith, is lifted, as before explained, the rear end of the arm N isiifted and the pawl N? rides idly up over the teeth of the ratchet N Upon the resetting of the lever L and the downward movement of the plate I and arm N the pawl N turns the ratchet N and wheels N N. J ournaled between the side plates D D in front of the typewheels is a pressure-roller N of rubber or other suitable material, bearing against the edges of the wheels N N. The paperribbon K is passed between the wheels N N and roller N Fig. 4, so that whenever the wheels are turned by the pawl N in the manner described the paper ribbon is fed along over the type-wheels. It will thus be seen that during the printing-stroke of the lever L the paper ribbon K remains stationary, and that upon the resetting of the lever it is fed along preparatory to having another 11 umberprinted on it.

The means I have shown and described for moving the paper ribbon are suitable and operative; but any other convenient or desirable ones may be employed in their place.

I will now describe the mechanism interposed between the cent series of keys on the ber upon the operation of any key and by which the values of the operated keys are added on the registering mechanism. This part of the machine is shownmost clearly in Figs. 2, 11, and 14. Journaled at its right end in one of the side plates of the frame-work and at its left end in the front portion of the plate D, which rests upon a cross-piece A of the frame-work, is arevoluble shaft A Tight upon this shaft near its left end is a pinion A constantly meshing with the motor-wheel 1. Tight upon the opposite end of the shaft A is a cent-registering wheel A, bearing on its periphery a series of numbers in multiples of five from O to 95. Interpo'sed between this wheel and a stationary detent 0 secured to the side of the plate D, is a train of escapementwheels B B B B and B and a co-operating ITO series of detent supports or wheels C 0, and C, the stationary detent C co-operating with the last eseapement-wheel B The first escapementwheel B and its hub are mounted and feathered upon the laterally-extending hub or fixed sleeve of the registering-wheel A, Fig. 11, so as to revolve with it, but be free to slide laterally. The teeth of the wheel B co-operate with the detent on the disk 0 which disk is loosely mounted directly 011 the shaft A, while feathered upon its laterally extending hub is the next succeeding escapement wheel B and so on through the series, each escapement-wheel being feathered upon the hub of the preceding detentwheel and co-operating with the detent on the succeeding wheel. The power of the motor exerted through the pinion A shaft A, and registering-wheel A tends to revolve the eseapement-wheel B in the direction of the arrow. This holds one of its teeth pressed constantly against the face of the detent on the disk 0 and tends to revolve that disk in the same direction. As each escapement-wheel is feathered on the hub of its preceding detent-wheel, so as to turn with and be turned by it, and as one of its teeth is in engagement with the detent on the succeeding detent-wheel, itfollows that the power of the motor is exerted through the entire train of wheels and tends to revolve all of them in the direction of the arrows. They are held in check by the stationary detent C, which engages the teeth of the last escapement wheel B. When the engaged tooth of any escapement-wheel is disengaged from its cooperating detent, the power of the motorwheel exerted through the shaft A, wheel A, and all the wheels between the wheel A and the disengaged escapement-wheel will turn the latter, and consequently all the wheels preceding it, including the registering-wheel A, until the said disengaged escapementwheel is arrested by one of its succeeding teeth engaging the detent from which its preceding tooth had been freed.

The detents on the wheels 0 0 &c., and the stationary detent O are each of the shape shown in Fig. 15!, where the escapement-wheel eo-operating with the detent is shown in dotted lines. It will be seen that the detent has two contact faces, an outer one a and an inner one a, with a passage or slot a between them, and that the escapement-wheel, under the influence of the spring-motor, is pressed with one of its teeth against the outer face ct of the detent. When the eseapement-wheel is slid to the left toward the disk, its engaged tooth is moved out of the plane of the outer face a of the detent and into the plane of the inner face a, and the wheel, under the influence of the motor, at once turns on in the direction of the arrow until said tooth strikes the inner face of the detent. The whole train of wheels preceding this escapement-wheel, including the wheel A", moves with it, since the power to move the disengaged escapementwheel is transmitted through them from the shaft A geared to the motor-wheel. \Vhen the escapement-wheel is moved back to the right again, its engaged tooth is moved out of the plane of theinner face of the detent and back into the plane of the outer face, but behind the latter, so that it is now entirely freed from the detent, and the wheel turns on until its next succeeding tooth engages the outer face of the detent. It will thus be seen that the result of this left and-right movement of an escapement wheel is to free one of its teeth from and permit it to pass by its co-operating detent and cause the wheel to be turned the distance between the centers of two of its teeth. Inasmuch as the registeririg-wheelA is each time turned just the same distance as the escapement-wheel, it follows that by providing the different escapement-wheels with difierent numbers of teeth at different distances apart the registering-wheel will be turned different. distances by the before-described movements of different escapementwheels. Thus the escapement-wheel B is provided with twenty equidistant teeth, so that when one of them is disengaged from and passes by the detent ()and the next succeeding tooth engages said detent the wheel is turned one-twentieth of a revolution. The wheel A is simultaneously turned the same part of a revolution, and five cents is added to the amount registered upon it; so the wheel B has ten equidistant teeth, and every time it is moved to the left and back to the right again and one of its teeth permitted to pass the detent on the disk 0 the wheel turns one-tenth of a revolution, and the wheel A, turning with it, adds ten cents to its registry. The wheels B and B each have five teeth, and each of their described movements permits the wheel A to turn one-fifth of a revolution and add twenty cents to its registry. The wheel B has only two teeth, and at each operation turns a half-revolution and adds fifty cents on the registering-wheel.

By simultaneously disengaging two or more escapement-wheels from their co-operating detents and permitting each of them to turn the distance between two of its teeth the wheel A and shaft A will be permitted to turn a distance equal to the sum of the distances turned by the operated escapementwheels. Thus, if the wheels B and B be simultaneously moved to the left to disengage their engaged teeth from the outer faces of the detents C and the wheel 13 being feathered upon the hub of the wheel A, which is constantly pressed in the direction of the arrow by the power of the motor, will be turned in that direction until its said tooth strikes the inner face of the detent 0 but it willnot stop there, as it would had it been the only wheel operated, for the wheel B which is feathered on the hub of the detent-wheel 0 has been disengaged from the detent C, and as that was all that held it in check it is turned on by the pressure of the wheel 13 on the detent s f a 449,311

C until its disengaged tooth strikes the inner face of the detent C Upon slidingthe wheels 13 and B to the right again the engaged teeth of each are freed from the inner faces of their respective detents. The wheel B turns on until its next succeed-ing tooth strikes the outer face of the detent on the wheel 0 whereupon it picks up said wheel and carries it on with it until the next succeeding tooth of the wheel B which is feathered on the hub of the detent-wheel C strikes the outer face of the detent on the wheel 0 It will thus be seen that the result of the simultaneous operation of the wheels B and B is to permit the motor to turn the shaft A and registering-wheel A both a half and a fifth of a revolution, and to thereby register seventy cents on said registering wheel; so the result of the simultaneous operation of wheels B B and B would be to permit the motor to turn the shaft A and registering-wheel A a half and a fifth and a twentieth of a revolution and register seventy-five cents, and so on, the simultaneous operation of any number of the escapement-wheels permitting the motor to turn the registering-wheel a distance equal to the sum of'all the distances turned by the several operated escapement-wheels.

It will be understood that the registeringwheel A does not form an essential part of the train of escapement and detent wheels, but serves merely as a means of connecting one end of said train to the shaft A A simple sleeve or hub fast on the shaft would serve the same purpose. It is only necessary that the registering-wheel should be geared to the motor-wheel and revolved by it difierent distances, according to the movements allowed to the motor-wheel by the operation of different escapement-wheels. The location of it on the shaft A is a convenient one; but it might be mounted upon a separate shaft or support and be geared directly or indirectly to the motor.

The operating-keys of the machine consist of levers P, Fig. 1, fulcrumed on a horizontal shaft P, extending from side to side of the lower forward part of the machine. Their front ends are provided with numbered finger-buttons and their rear ends play up and down in slots in a guide-plate P Fig. 3. Those of the cent series are nineteen in number, representing multiples of -five from 5 to 95, as before stated, and they are connected with the escapement-wheels upon the shaft A by a series of shifting-slides and pivoted levers in such manner that when any one of them is operated it shifts to'the left and back to the right again just such escapementwheels as are necessary to permit themotorwheel to move the shaft A and registering-' wheel A far enough to register the value of such key.

The shifting-slides and the levers connecting them with the escapementwheels are illustrated and described in detail in my other pending applications and form part of the in- 'wheel B ventions covered thereby, and as they are illustrated here merely for the purpose of showing an operative, machine they may be briefly described. escapement-wheel, and they are confined in a There is one slide for each longitudinal slide box P extending from side to side of the machine. The tops of them are shown at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Fig. 2, it being understood that the slides are arranged side by side, so as to be free to slide independently of each other. Each slide is connected to one of the escapementwheels by a centrally pivoted lever, which is flexibly joined to the slide at its lower end, and at its upper end is forked and provided with pins engaging circumferential grooves in the hubs of the escapement wheels, Figs. 2 and 11. The lower side of the slide-box P is provided with a series of vertical slots, one immediately above each key. Upon each key just in rear of its fulcrum and beneath one of the slots in the box is a wedge P, whose bevel is chiefly on its right side, Fig. 2. When the front ends of the keys are depressed,these wedges enter the slots in the box. Each of the

slides

1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 has portions of its under side cut away to form pendent lugs, there being one lug for each key with which the slide cooperates. The lugs on the slides project from the right into the slots immediately above the keys with which they co-operate, as shown in Fig. 2. It results from this that when the wedge on any key is lifted into'its slotjin the box it will push to the right such slide or slides as may project into its slot, but will not move any of the others. When any slide is shifted to the right, it throws the upper end of its centrally-pivoted lever to the left and shifts the connected escapement-wheel to the left and disengages one of its teeth from the outer face of its co-operating detent. When the slide is returned to the left again, its lever shifts the escapement-wheel to the right again, and one tooth of the wheel is permitted to pass the detent, and the motor-wheel is permitted to turn the shaft A and registeringwheel A, as well as the escapement-wheel, the distance between two of the teeth of the latter.

Any suitable means may be employed for returning the slides to the left after being pushed to the right by the wedges on the keys. A fiat spring bearing against the outer ends of the slides will serve the purpose. The arrangement of the lugs on the slides is such that the wedge of any key will shift just such slides as are necessary to operate the proper escapement-Wheels to permit the motor-wheel to turn the registering-wheel far enough to register the value of such key. Thus the five-centkey will shiftonly theslide5 and escapement-wheel B ,the ten-cent key the slide 4 and escapementwheel B", the twenty-cent key either the slide 3 or the slide 2 and the escapement-wheel B or B and the fifty-cent key the slide 1 and Each of the other keys willshift two or more slides and two or more escapement-wheels. Thus the fifteen-cent key will shift slides at and 5 and wheels and B, the forty-cent key the

slides

2 and 3 and wheels B and B", the seventy-five-cent key the

slides

1, 2, and 5 and wheels 13 B", and B and so on, each key shifting the proper slides and wheels to cause its value to be registered on the wheel 1 i Inasmuch as the pinion II on the inner end of the hub G of the escapement-wheel F, which drives the type-wheel A, meshes with the motor-wheel I, Figs. 0, 7, and O, and is substantially the same in size and provided with the same number of teeth as the pinion A 011 the shaft A, by which the registering-wheel A is driven, Fig. 2, it follows that upon the operation of any key the type-wheel A will be turned by the motor-wheel the same portion of a revolution as is the shaft A and registering-wheel A. Thus when the fivecent key is operated the motor-wheel is permitted to move far enough under the impulse of its spring to turn the shaft A and wheel A" one-twentieth of a revolution. Inasmuch as the type-wheel normally rests with its zero under the impression-plate, the twentieth of a revolution will bring its type-figure 5 beneath the plate. The operation of the fiftycent key will permit the motor to turn the shaft A, registering-wheel A, and type-wheel A one-half a revolution, and the number 50 on the type-wheel will be brought beneath the impression plate, and so on, the typewheel being released and returned to zero after the operation of each key, in the manner before explained, and turned by the opera tion of the succeeding key that part of a revolution necessary to set it at the number representing the value of such key.

On the dollar side of the machine there is a revoluble shaft D journaled at its left end in the side plate of the frame-work and at its right end in the plate D, supported on the cross-piece A. Tight upon the right end of this shaft is a pinion D", meshing with the motor-wheel I. Tight upon the opposite end of the shaft is a hub or sleeve D upon which is feathered the first of the dollar train of escapement-wheels E This wheel co-operates with the detent on the first-of the detent supports or wheels F mounted loosely 011 the shaft. The second escapement-wheel E is feathered upon the hub of the first detentwheel F" and co-operates with the second detent-wheel F The third escapement-wheel E is feathered on the hub of the second detent-wheel F and cooperates with the third detent-wheel F. The last escapement-wheel is feathered on the hub of the third detentwheel F and co-operates with a relatively-fixed detent F on a stationary disk F. This disk is loose on the shaft D but it is rigid with an escapement-wheel E, which forms part of the transfer mechanism by which the dollars registered by the complete revolution of the centregistering wheel are transferred to the dollar-registering wheels. It forms no part of the train of escapement and detent wheels on the shaft D and is stationary relatively thereto, and will not be further described, since the transfer mechanism has nothing to do with my present invention. So far as the train of escapement and detent wheels on the shaft D are concerned the detent F on the disk F is an absolutely stationary detent and holds then], and through them the shaft D and motor-wheel I, in check, just as the stationary detent G holds in check the train of wheels on the cent side of the machine, and through them the shaft A and motor-whe l I.

The eseapement-whcels on the dollar side of the machine are shifted upon the operations of the dollar-keys, through the medium of a series of slides and centrally-pivoted levers, just as on the cent side of the machine.

In the present instance there are only five dollar-keys, representing m ultiples of one from 1 to 5, the key on the extreme left being simplya blank key having no wedge and no con nection with the registering mechanism and employed for the purpose of opening an automatic cash-drawer without making a registry, sounding the alarm at such times, and for other purposes. The escapement-wheel has ten teeth and permits the motor to turn it and the shaft D one-tenth of a revolution each time it is shifted to the right and back to the left again. The wheels E" and each have five teeth, and at each operation of either of them the motorturns the shaft D one-fifth of a revolution. The wheel E has only two teeth, and at each operation of it the motor turns the shaft D one-half of a revolution. The fivedollar key moves only the slide which shifts the wheel E so that upon simultaneously operating that key and any one of the keys of lower value the motor will be turned far enough to register the value of both keys.

The motor-wheel I, in addition to its engagement with the pinion D, meshes, also, with a pinion G, of the same size as the pinion Dand secured upon a revoluble sleeve GZmounted on a shaft carried by the plates D D, Fig. 2, upon the opposite end of which sleeve is a pinion G, meshing with the primary wheel of a train of dollar=registering wheels. Ithas not been deemed necessary to illustrate this train of wheels further than theyare shown in side elevation by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. It is sufficient to say that each of them bears on its periphery a series of numbers in multiples of one from 0 to 9, and that they add one onto the other through suitable transfer devices, so that the total amount registered upon them may be read off at a glance. The primary wheel of the set is geared to the pinion Gr on the sleeve G, carrying the pinion G meshing with the motor-wheel I, as before stated, so that the revolutions of said primary wheel are coincident with the revolutions of the pinions G2 and D and shaft D Hence when a key is operated which permits the motorwheel to turn the shaft D one-tenth of a revolution, in the manner before described, the primary wheel of the registry will likewise be IIO turned one tenth of a revolution, and one dollar will be @reg-istered; If a key be operated. which permits the; motor-wheel to turn the shaft'D half a revolution, the primary registering-wheel will be turned half a revolution and register five dollars.. So .if two keys, such as the five-dollar key and thefour-dollar key;

be operated the motor-wheel will be permit-- ted to turn the shaft D nineftenths of a.rev-.

olution, and likewise the primary registeringwheel the same portion of a revolution, and nine dollars will be registered. This train of dollanregistering wheels has been illustrated and described in detailin my other pending applications; but the particularconstruction andarrangement of them has nothing to. do

withmy present invention. It is sufficientif anysuitable registering-wheel is geared to the motor-wheel I 'insnch manner as to accurately register thevalu'es of the operated.

keys.

While I prefer to employ inking.- ribbons and to .print the type-numbers on the paper strip or check,.or both, yet the, inking-ribbons might .berdispensed withand thetypes be so formed astoindent theirnumbers into the paper. By the terms print and printing, therefore, I intend to include any suitable method of forming the type-numbers uponthepaper strip or check, either with or without the employment of inking-ribbons; also,-

while I have shown the type supports as Wheels it is evident that the wheels are merely supports for the types, and that segmental supports, for instance, might be employed in their stead.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim- 1. In a registering-machine, the -combination of a type-wheel, an operating handle or key, a printer co-operating with thetypewheel, and alock which, after the key has been operated to set. the type-wheel, locks said key until the printer is operatedto-efifect theprinting and is released by the operation of the printer,substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

2. In a registering-niacinne, the combina tion of a type-wheel, an operating handle or key, av register, a printer eo-operating with.

the type-wheel,- and a lock which looks said key after it has been operated to set the typewheel and prevents another operation of it until theprinter is operated to eifect theprinting and is released by the operation. of the printer, substantially as described.

3. In .a registering-machine, the combination of a type-wheel, an operating handle or key, a register, an indicator, a printer co-operating with the type-wheel, and a lockwhich, v

after the key has been operated to set the type-wheel, locks said key until the printer is operated to efiect the printingand is re leased by the operation. of the printer, substantially as described.

4.11m registering-machine, the combinationof a type-wheel, an operating handle or key, a printer co-operating with thetypewheelgandaai lock whichiholdsqtheepri-nter from movement 'duringthe operation of the 'key to set the type-wheel, substantially as described. v

5. In a registering-machine, the combina; tion of a type-wheel, an operating handle or keyxafter it has set the type .wheelandnpre vents .a .secon'd operation of. it :nnt-il the printer is operated ,to do vthe..printing,-sub v stantially as. described.

7; In a registering-machine, the. COlIlbiIla: tionof a type-wheel, a register, an operating.

handleorkeyg-aprinter co-operatingwit-h the type-whee1,1a..lock, which holds. the printer from movement duringthe operationof-fthe key to set the type-wheel and register its value,

and a lock which locks the key after it hasset the type-wheeland prevents a secondoperaation of it until the printer isoperated to do the printing, substantiallyasdescribed;.

8.: In a. registering-machine, thecombinar.

tion ofatype-wheel, .a.- series; of operating-,

keys of differentvalues commonto said wheel,

the operationof anyone of .which sets-said type-wheel at a number re presentin gthevalue of such key, aprinter co.-oper-ating with "the type-wheel, anda lock which, af-ter-tl1e .opera' tion of any key to set the type:.wheel, locksall;

of the keys. until the. printer is. operated -.;to

print the value of the operated key, substantially as and for the purpose described.

9. Ina registering-machine, the combina tion. of a type-wheel, a register, a series. of .op-' erating-keys -of different..-values commonto said wheel, the operation .of any one of which sets the typefwheelata number corresponding to the value offlsuch key and registers such value, aprinter co-operating.withuthe.

type-wheehand a lock which, afterthe opera- .tion of any keyto set the type-.wheel-and regrs ister its value, locks all of the keys until the. printer is operated to print thevalue ofthe.

operatedkey, substantially as described.

10. In a registering-machine,the combina-,

tion of a type-wheel,a series of operatingrkeys of different valuescommon; to said wheel, the

operation of .any one-of which setssaidtypewheel at a number corresponding to the value, of such key, a printer co-operating with :the. type-wheel, and a lock whichholds the printer from movement during the operation'of -the.

scribed.

lIO

.1 {.0 key to set .thetypei-wheel, substantially asde-w 11. In a registering-machine, the combina-.; tion ofa type-wheel,- a register, a series of :op-

crating-keys of different values common to said wheel, the operation of any one of which sets said wheel at a number representing the value of such key, a printer cooperating with the type-wheel, and a lock which holds the printer from movement during the operation of the key to set the type-wheel and register its value, substantially as described.

12. In a registering-machine, the combination of a type-wheel, a series of operatingkeys of different values common to said wheel, the operation of any one of which sets said type-wheel at a number representing the value of such key, a printer co-operating with the type-wheel, a lock which holds the printer from movement during the operation of the key to set the type wheel, and a lock which looks all the keys after the type-wheel has been set and prevents the operation of any of them until the printer is operated to do the printing, substantially as described.

13. In a registering-machine, the combination of a type-wheel, a register, a series of operating-keys of different values common to the type-wheel, the operation of any one of which sets said wheel at a number representing the value of such key and adds its value on the register, a printer co-operating with the type-wheel, a lock which holds the printer from movement during the operation of the key to set the type-wheel and register its value, and a lock which looks all the keys after the type-wheel has been set and prevents the operation of any of them until the printer is operated to do the printing, substantially as described.

14:. In a registering-maohine, the combination of a type-wheel, a printer co-operating therewith, and a series of keys of different values common thereto, the simultaneous operation of two of which keys sets said typewheel at a number representing the sum of their values, substantially as described.

15. In a registering-machine, the combination of a type-wheel, a register, and a series of keys of different values common thereto, the simultaneous operation of two of which keys sets the type-wheel at a number representing the sum of their values and elfect-s the registry thereof, substantially as described.

10. In a registering-maehine, the combination of a type-wheel, a register, an operating handle or key whose operation in setting the type-wheel also effects the registryof the nu mber at which the type-wheel is set, a resettingspring for the type-wheel, and a printer which releases the type-wheel when its number has been printed and permits its spring to restore it to normal position, substantially as de scribed.

17. In a registering-machine, the combination of a type-wheel, a series of keys of dif ferent values common to said wheel, the oper ation of any one of which sets the wheel at-a number representing its value, a resetting spring for the type-wheel, and a printer which releases the typeavheel when its number has been printed and permits its spring to restore it to normal position, substantially as described.

18. In a registering-machine, a spring-impelled motor under the control of the operating-keys, in combination with a type-wheel capable of being connected with and disconnected from said motor, substantially as and for the purpose described.

19. In a registering-machine, a motor, a series of operating-keys, and an escapement mechanism interposed between said keys and motor and regulating the movements of the latter under the operations of the keys, in combination with a type-wheel capable of being connected with and disconnected from the motor, substantially as and for the purpose described.

20, In a registeringmachine, the combination of a motor, a series of operating-keys, an escapement mechanism interposed between said keys and motor and regulating the movements of the latter under the operations of the keys, a type-wheel capable of being connected with and disconnected from the motor, and a resetting-spring, against the tension of which the type-wheel is moved by the motor, and which restores said wheel to normal position when it is disconnected from the motor, substantially as described.

21. In a registering-machine, the combination of a motor, a series of operating-keys, an escapement mechanism interposed between said keys and motor and regulating the movements of the latter under the operations of the keys, a type-wl1eel capable of being connected with and disconnected from the motor, a resettingspring for the type-wheel, and a printer whose operation disconnects the typewheel from the motor after the printing is effected and permits the spring to restore it to normal position,substantially as described.

In a registering-machine, the combination of a motor-whocl, as I, a toothed wheel, as F, driven thereby, a type-wheel, as A, a detent, as J moving with the type-wheel and co-operating with the toothed wheel, anda resettingspring for the detent and type-wheel, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In a registering-machine, the combination of a motor-wheel, as I, a laterally-movable toothed wheel, as F, geared thereto, a type-wheel, as A, a suitably-supported detent, as J moving with the type-wheel and co-operating with the toothed wheel, a coiled resetting-spring, as J for the detent and typewheel, and means for moving the toothed wheel laterally to disengage it from the detent, substantially as and for the purpose described.

Zl. In a registering-niachine, the combination of the motor-wheel I, the laterally-movable toothed wheel F, geared thereto, the shaft B, the type-wheel A, and the detent J tightupon said shaft, said detent cooperating with the wheel F, the coiled spring J the lever M for shifting the wheel F, the impression-frame IIO eo-operating Withthe type-wheel, and the 27,. In aaegisteringnnaehine, the combinaprinting-lever L, operating J the impressiontion of a type-wheel and an impression-plate, frame and the shifting-lever M, substantially two inkingmibbons passed between-them,-and as andv for thepurpose described. a recording-strip passed betweenthe inking-1 5 25. In a registering-machine;the combina-. ribbons, the impression-plate;andr'adjaeent 20 tion 0t the impression-frame, its operating-- ribbon being arranged ,to receive'between lever L, the operating-keys P, the vibrating themacheeklortieket, Wherebyby-a-single barO', overlying them, and the locking plate impression the type-nun1bers may be-printed 0, moving with the-lever L, substantially as bothuponthe recording-stripand=upon the to and for thepurpose described.v check or ticket, substantially asdescribed,

26. In aregistering-machine, the combina-. tion of they operating-keys P and vibrating HUGO COOK bar 0 with the lever L, loekingrplate ,0, and Witnesses;

locking-dog 0 substantially as and 'for the THOMAS OORWIN, r 5 purpose described. HENRY THEOBALD.