US476900A

US476900A - Berger

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Publication number: US476900A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-06-14
Anticipated expiration: 1909-06-14

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UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea JOHN F. SCHNARRENBERGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES E. FUNK, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,900, dated June 14, 1892.

Application filed November l2, 1891. Serial N- 4111678 (N0 IUOCL) T0 a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. SCHNARREN- BERGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cash-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cash registers which indicate to the purchaser the amount to paid at each purchase or the total of several purchases at one time; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a vertical transverse section on line a b, Fig. 5, with parts of the interiorbroken away to show operative mechanism of the inside of end A, F1g.5.- Fig. 2 is a portion of the section of the zo top of Fig. l to show part of operative parts in dilferent position. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line c CZ, Fig. 5, with parts of the interior broken away to show operative mechanism of the inside of end B, Fig. 5. Fig. z5 4 is a portion ofthe section of the top of Fig. 3, showing operative parts in changed position from that shownin Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a vertical longitudinal sectionon line @fof Figs. l and 3; Fig. 6, money and card drawer; Fig. 7, carddrawer; Figs. 8, 9, and l0, respectively, side and end elevation and plan of one of the cardstops; Fig. 11, detached perspective view of one end of the card-slide. Figs. l2 and 13 show two forms of Iigures for cards.

3 5 Similar letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A and B are the ends and C and D, respectively, the front and back of the cabinet, which contains all the operative mechanism.

E is an upper drawer for receiving the cards, and F the lower drawer, from which the cards are drawn for indicating the purchases. Plan views of both drawers are shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

Fig. 5 shows drawer F almost as wide and drawer E much less in width than the inside length of the cabinet. At the sides, inside,

near the rear of drawer F, are pivoted levers G and H, and each of these levers has its lower arms, respectively, g and h longer than its upper arms, respectively, g and h', so

that the lower arms will preponderate in weight and hold the levers lower arms against stop-pins 'L' or t. IVith this construction levers G and II are carried in and out with the 5 5 movement of drawer F.

In Figs. S, S), and l0 are shown different. views of one of the card-stops, end views ot which are shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4, and their relative parts will now be explained. 6o The cabinet proper is surmounted by a top, which is composed of solid endsI and Il and a top J, which is perforated with as many slots j as there are different kinds of cards. Underneath top J and between ends I and 6r; I and above the top .I o1" the cabinet proper are four strips of glass Z.; Zt and Z Z, which are secured in place and run lengthwise of the cabinet, as plainly shown. Glass strips k and Zt" ll up the entire space between 7o sides I and I and tops .I and J and serve as windows and to exclude dust from the working mechanism. Glass strips Z and Z are separated at their center ot` width by a slot, which extends their entire length. Glass strips Z and Z are separated from glass Zo by a space m, which is the downward continuation of slotsj. I'n Fig. 5 is shown the divisions fn, which form the ends of slots formed out ol' space m. Secured to the sides I and I are 8o hangers 0, to which are pivoted the ends ot' the card-stops. The card-stops consist of a strip of metal K, which has a nearly horizon tal position, and its rear edge is bent up at a right angle, forming an L-shaped strip in S5 cross-section. The ends of this strip are secured to blocks o', which have eyes at the top to receive the pivot-pins of hangers o. The horizontal part K of the stop is provided with projections p, which have spaces 19 be- 9o tween them. IVhen the upper stop is hung in place, the projections p pass through into the space m between glass strips Z Z. The lower stop is hung on pivots similar to the upper stop, and its horizontal strip Zc, when acting as a stop, passes under lower glass strip Z and into space m.

It will be understood that the horizontal strips K or K of either upper or lower stops can either be provided with spaces jp to stradroo dle the divisions 7i in space m or be made with a straight edge, with divisions n cut away to admit the stop strip. noticed that both the upper and lower stops are so hungout of the vertical that their tendency is to swing in toward glass k in the closed position shown in Figs. l and Under the glass strips which form space m the top J of the eabinetis slotted at q throughout its length between the insides ot sides l and l', and just under this slot qand through out its length is a curved plate M (detail Fig. ll) which has ribs r, which register with di visions n of space m, the ribs forming slideways s, and at the bottom ot these slideways are the compartments t of the upper drawer E, which compartments also register with the slideways s.

Pivoted to the inside of the ends A and B ot the cabinet are levers N and N, whose lower ends project downward below the level of the top ends of levers G and .H of the lower drawer F, and the upper ends of levers N and N are connected to the short arm u and u of elbow-levers O and O by rods c and 'u'. The long arm of elbow-lever O passes up through slot q of cabinet-top J', and the upper end w of the lever contacts with the rear side of upper stopblock o', Figs. l and 2, while lever O at the opposite end of the cabinet passes up through slot q and its upper end .00 contacts with the rear of lower stopblock o. Near the center of length of the long arm ot elbow-lever O, Figs. 3 and Ll, is pivoted a rod,which connects the lever to the lever of a bell P.

At the extreme top of the cabinet are upward projections Q, upon which are the figures to indicate the slot into which any particular card having the saine figure is placed.

For convenience the lower drawer has the card-apartments marked to suit the denomination of the cards contained in them, as shown in Fig. 6. The upper drawer may also be marked in the same manner, it necessary. The cards may be marked with a single set of `figures or with a double set of the same denomination arranged in the manner shown in Fig. 13, in which case either end of the card can be inserted in the slot j. The glass strips k 7a and Z l being transparent, the cards can be seen resting upon both the upper and lower stops before they are dropped into the upper drawer of the cabinet.

In explaining the operation of this register it must be understood that the cards at the beginning are all in the compartments of the lower drawer; also, the money for making change is in the square compartment-s R of the same drawer, and the amount of this money is charged to the register. When a purchase has been made, the lower drawerisrst pulled out and the amount of the purchasein money deposited in one of the compartments R. Should the amount ot the purchase be, say, twentyiive cents, a 25 card is withdrawn from the drawer and dropped into slot 25 at the top of the cabinet, where the card first lodges upon one of the projections p of the upper lt will be stop and can be plainly seen through the glass sides of the top of the cabinet from either the front or rear. After the card has been inserted in the slot the drawer is pushed into the closed position shown in solid lilies, Figs. l and 3. lt will be noticed that lever G, which is pivoted to the drawer and shown in Figs. l and 5, has its lower arm g resting upon a stop fr', which prevents the lever from turning farther in the direction of the stop. \Vhen lower drawer F was pulled out, thetop arm g of lever G contacted with the lower end of the long arm of lever N, which caused lever G to turn on its pivot, the upper arm downward, and thelowerarm gliftin gt rom pin t', which permits lever G to pass thelowerend of lever N while lever G is being carried outward by opening drawer F; but after the upper end of lever G has been carried past the lower end of lever N the arm g of lever G,

being` heavier than the upper arm g', causes' the lower arm to drop back tothe stop-pin fz', and when the drawer is pushed in the upper arm g ot' lever Gcontacts with the lower arm of lever N, causing it to vibrate upward on its pivotal center to the dotted lines, which action, through the medium of rod e, causes the long` arm of lever O to vibrate from lett to right in Fig. l, and the top end w of this arln to swing the upper stop out of space m, Fig. 2, and permit the card to drop and lodge against the lower stop, as shown by card l0 in Figs. 2 and 5, where it remains in plain view through the glass until more money is paid for a purchase and must be registered.

The registering takes place as follows: Then the drawer is pulled out, the mechanism shown by Figs. 3 and 4 is operated. In Figs. 3 and 5 lever H is shown pivoted to the side of drawer F at the rear. Lever ll also has a long arm, which rests upon a stop-pin but this lever is so disposed that it vibrates in an opposite direction to that of lever G at the opposite side of the drawer and hercinbefore described. When drawerF is pushedin, its top end h is pushed downward,liftingthc long arm 71, from stop-pin fl; but when the drawer is pulled out stop-pin t" holds top end 7L in position, so that when it contacts with the long arm of lever N this lever is thrown up to the dotted lines, causing short arm u', through rod e', to descend, and operating the top end x of lever O from right to leftin Fig. 3, which end a: contacts with the lower stop and swings it outward from glass 7c, Fig. 4, when the card resting upon the stop, (card 10,) Fig. 5, falls down through slot q in top J, thence down one of the slides s and into its designated compartment in upper drawer E, as shown by card 50 in Fig. 5. During the time the mechanism shown in Figs. 3 and a is opera-ted the movement of lever O to drop the card from the lower stop causes the bell P to sound an alarm by its lever being connected to lever O, as shown. The method of operation, in short7 is by pull ICO ITO

ing out lower drawer F a card is deposited inl upper drawer E, and by closing the lower drawer a card is dropped from the top to tho lower stop, where it remains in plain view to indicate the amount of the last purchase. At the close of business the sum of money in the lower drawer less the amount deposited in the drawer for change at the beginning should exactly equal the sum of the numbers on the tickets which have been deposited in the upper drawer.

I claim as my invention-- l. In a cash-register, the combination, with a cabinet provided with a slot leading into the top, of two stops in the slot, a drawer within the cabinet, and means for connecting the stops with the drawer, whereby the movement of the drawer in one direction operates one of the stops and the movement of it in the opposite direction operates the other stop, substantially as set forth.

2. In a cash-register, the combination, with a cabinet provided with a slot leading from the top, of two stops in the slot, a drawer in the cabinet, and two systems of rods and levers, one of which is connected with one of the stops and is operated by pulling out the drawer and the other one is operated by pushing in the drawer, substantially as set forth.

3. In a cash-register, the combination,with a cabinet provided with a slot leading from its top, of two stops in said slot, a drawer in the cabinet, one side of which drawer is provided with a forwardly-swinging lever and the other side is provided with a rearwardlyswinging lever, and two systems of rods and levers, one of which is connected with one of the stops and is operated by the lever on one side of the drawer and the other system is connected with the other stop and is operated by the lever on the other side of the drawer, substantially as set forth.

4. In a cash-register, the eombinatiomwith a cabinet provided with a slot leading from its top, of two stops in the slot and two drawers in the cabinet divided into compartments, said slot being also divided to correspond with the compartments of one of said boxes, the other drawer being adapted to receive the cash, and means for removing one of the stops from the slot when one of the drawers is pulled out and for removing the other stop when the drawer is pushed in, substantially as set forth. 5. In a cash-register, the .combination,with the cabinet proper, of a top mounted thereon comprising slotted top and bottom pieces, solid end pieces, and transparent walls between the top and bott-om pieces and the end pieces, two of said walls forming a vertical slot between them, which registers with the slots in the top and bottom pieces, one of said walls being provided with a horizontal slot, two stops secured to the end pieces, one of which stops is adapted to pass through the horizontal slot in one of the walls and the other one is adapted to pass under the bottom of said wall, and means for operating the stops, su bstantially as set forth. Y

6. In a cash-register the cabinet of which is provided with a receptacle and a Vertical slotted top communicating therewith, thewalls of which slot are transparent and one of them is provided with a horizontal slot, two stops pivotally secured to the end pieces, each stop comprising a bar and a plate secured to the lower end thereof, said plate projecting at an angle therefrom, one of which plates is adapt ed to pass through the horizontal slot and close the vertical slot and the other plate is adapted to pass under the bottom of said wall, and means for operating the stops, substantially as set forth.

JOHN F. SCHNARRENBERGER. Witnesses:

F. F. BARNETT, A. ERNEST KNIGHT.