US482132A - Cash indicator and recorder - Google Patents

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W. T. MoGRAW.

GASH INDICATOR AND REGORDER.

No. 482,132. Patented Sept. 6, 1892.

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CASH INDICATOR AND RECORDER.

Patented Sept. 6, 1892.

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WVILLIAM T. MOGRAIV, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CASH INDICATOR AND RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,132, dated September 6, 1892.

Application filed May 14, 1892. Serial No. 432,992. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that LWILLIAM T. McGRAw,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of WVayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Gash-Recorders; I and declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cash-recorders, and has for its object asimple and compact form of recorder, in which the amount of purchase made by a customer may be indicated by throwing into view a tablet upon which isimprinted a figure or figures representing the amount of the purchase. At the same time that the tablet is thrown into view an imprint of the amount shown by the tablet is made upon a moving strip of paper that remains permanently Within the casing of the register. At a subsequent operation the tablet that has been exposed to view is thrown back out of sight, the m oney-drawer is opened, permitting the operator to have access to its contents, the roll of paper upon which the amount is to be printed is advanced, and the machine is ready for a second operation.

It is designed in this cash-recorder to perform the operations of throwing the tablet into view at a time when the money-drawer is open and to then close the money-drawer and leave it closed with the tablet elevated in a position to be seen until a succeeding operation is to be performed.

I employ a tablet which is hung upon a journal and adapted to swing from a horizontal to a vertical position when the tablet itself is brought from its position of concealment to a position of sight, and I employ a tablet so counterweighted that it will remain comparatively stable in its position either of concealment or of sight, the counter-weight being slightly heavier than the tablet itself, so as to tend to keep the tablet stable in its position of sight, and the balance be aided when the tablet is in its position of concealment by a slight holding-spring that overcomes the slight preponderance of weight in the counter-weight.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a sectional elevation from front to rear of my cash-register, showing the operative parts of a single key and single tablet and the mechanism that opens the drawer and returns the parts to position. Fig. 2 is a perspective from the front with the case removed to permit a full view of the interior working parts. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of the ribbon moving mechanism employed in connection with the printing-wheels.

Arepresents the case; B, a vertical key provided at its upper extremity with the fingerpiece I) and at its lower extremity with an impression-type Z). It is supported in place by the portion of the framework through whiclrit passes and by the horizontal framepieces CL and a. Normally it is held up bya spring S, against the tension of which it can be pushed down by the finger of the operator against the ribbon R and the record-paper I under the ribbon R.

A lever L L is journaled upon the shaft Z, that passes from side to side of the framework A. The front end L of the lever engages by a sliding joint with the stern B of the key B. The rear end L of the lever eugages by a sliding joint with a vertically-movable rod 0. The vertically-movable rod 0 passes through openings in the frame-pieces a a and is furnished with stop-pinss and s, which prevent it from either dropping too far down or rising too far up, limiting its throw in either direction. Above the bank of keys B the case of the register rises to an inspection-slot I, and below the inspection-slot I is a rod or journal J, passing across the casing from side to side. Upon the journal J is hung the tablet-lever 'l T of which the end T is provided with a tablet t and the end T with a counter-weight t. The counter-weight t slightly overbalances the tablet t and serves to lift and hold the tablet t to a position behind the inspection-slot I as soon as the operator has depressed the key B, lifted the rod 0, and forced the tablet tout of holding engagement with the holding-spring II.

The holding-spring II is secured to the rod 0 and is curved upward and backward from the rod. It is furnished with a bent part that serves as a stop to prevent the tablet t from dropping below the horizontal and with another iucurved part above the stop part that permits the tablet T to be dropped downward against the stop h, but holds it from returning of its own accord to a vertical position. F is a rod passingacross the register and supported upon armsf, thatarejournaledupon the journal J. The rod Flies below and behind the tablet-levers T T and is connected by a link F with the drawer-openinglever D. The link 1 engages at its lower end with the inner end of the readjusting-lever D. Then the end D of thereadjusting-leverD is depressed, the link F is raised, the cross-bar F thrown forward against the stem of anyof the tablet-rods that may at the time be vertical, and they are thrown to their horizontal position and caught by the spring ll. At the same time a hanger d, joined to the readjusting-lever D by a rule-joint, is raised from in front of a catch K on the drawer and the drawer is immediately thrown open by the spring V. The depending hanger (1 forms the bolt that serves to lock the drawer in its closed position. The rulejoint (1' permits the bolt part of the hanger to 2 5 swing over the catch K as the drawer is closed, but prevents it from swinging in the opposite direction, and thus permitting the drawer to open. The readjusting-lever D is journaled or fulcrumed on the axis of the paper-roll P, 0 and when the end D of the lever D is de pressed a pawl 19, mounted on the readjusting-lever D and in engagement with a ratchetwheel on the end of the paper-roll, serves to advance the paper-roll one or more teeth of 5 the ratchet-wheel. At the same time a pawl 19, mounted on a standard 19 and in engagement with aratchet-Wheel on the ribbon-roller R, serves to advance the ribbon across the machine. The ribbon itself is a long strip of ribbon that passes across the register above a platen-roller R which is supported on suitable hangers r. The paper P is fed from a spool P in the rear of the machine.

In operation thepartD of the readjusting- 5 lever D is depressed and the drawer opened. The tablets are by this movement all thrown down to their concealed position, if any had been at the point of inspection. The web of paper is by the same movement advanced to present a fresh surface for the imprint thereon of the amount about to be shown by the tablets. The drawer may now be left open or may be closed, as may be desired. The operator next depresses the key or keys provided with 5 the figure or figures which he wishes to have appear at the point of inspection. The depression of the key at once throws up the rod 0 and the tablets, which will show the desired figures and imprints on the web of paper, the figures corresponding to the figures shown by the tablets. The parts will now remain in the position that they have now taken until the readjusting-lever is again moved, throwing open the drawer and throwing down the tablets, moving forward the paper for a new impression, and moving forward the ribbon,

so as to present a freshly-inked portion under the type end of the key.

What I claim is 1. In a cash-register, the combination of a swinging counterweighted tablet rod, an actuating-key, and a lever actuated by saidkey and actuating said tablet-rod and adapted to turn said tablet-rod from a horizontal to a vertical position, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a cash-register, the combination of a swinging counterweighted tablet-rod, a vertically-moving rod, and a spring secured to said vertically-moving rod and adapted to receive the end of said tablet-rod in holding engagement when the tablet-rod is in a vertical position and to release said tablet-rod from ongagement with said spring as the last-mentioned rod rises vertically, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a cash-register, the combination of a swinging counterweighted tablet-rod, a lifting-rod adapted to raise the tablet end of said tablet-rod from a horizontal position, and a spring secured to said lifting-rod adapted to hold the tablet end of said tablet-rod when in a horizontal position and to move out of engagement therewith as said lifting-rod rises, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In a cash-register, the combination of a swinging counterweighted tablet-rod, a readjusting-bar swinging from the journal upon which said tablet-rod turns, and an actuatingkey adapted to turn said read justing-rod, and thereby throw said tablet-rod from a vertical to a horizontal position, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a cash-register, the combination of a swinging counterweighted tablet-rod, a liftin g-bar provided with a holding-spring, a readj listing-bar, an actuating-key adapted to operate said liftingbar, and an actuatinglever adapted to operate said readjustingbar, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In a cash-register, the combination of a swinging counterweighted tablet-rod, a lift ing-bar, and an actuating-key, and an impression-type formed integral with the stem of said key adapted to produce an impression upon a web of paper beneath it, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. In a cash-register, the combination of an inclosing case, a drawer adapted to move in and out of said case, a swinging counterweighted tablet-rod, a key, and intermediate mechanism adapted to swing said tablet-rod, a readjusting-lever, also adapted to swing said tablet-rod, a pair of paper-rolls, mechanism connected with said readjusting-lever adapted to move forward the paper from one of said rolls to the other, and a printing-type formed integral with the stem of the tabletactuating keys and adapted to print characters upon the web of paper, substantially as and for the purpose described.

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8. In a cash-register, the combination of a swinging counterweighted tablet-rod, an actuating-key adapted to lift the said counter- Weighted tablet-rod to a position of inspec- 5 tion, a readjusting-lever adapted to return said tablet-rod from a position of inspection to a position of concealment, anda locking-bolt actuated by said readj usting-lever and adapted to be lifted out of looking engagement with to a catch on the drawer of said cash-register cotemporaneously With its readjusting movement, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two Witnesses.

i WILLIABII T. MoGRAW. Witnesses:

CHARLES F. BURTON, MARION A. REEVE.

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