US496632A - Half to john ii - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

T.H.BERGH.

CHECK CASH REGISTER.

Patented May 2, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THORWALD H. BERGH, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF T0 JOHN H. FIELD, OF SAME PLACE.

CHECK CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,632, dated May 2, 1893.

Application filedNovemher 7, 1892. Serial No. 451,141. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THORWALD H. BERGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-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.

My invention relates to cash registers; and has for its object to provide a simple and cheap device, which shall be efficient for this purpose.

To this end, the invention consists in the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter fully described and particularly defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters refer to like parts throughout,-Figu re 1 is a front elevation of my cash register, with some parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, on the line X X of Figs. 1 and 3, with some parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a Vertical section from front to rear, on the line Y Y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of several of the tablets used in any one of the magazines, showingthe way in which they are successively numbered on their under surfaces.

A represents a box or case of any suitable construction, which is preferably provided with a cash drawer a, and apivoted door section a. Inside the case, directly back of the front plate, is located a series of tablet magazines B, which are formed in any convenient way, such as by the vertical partitions b and a common pivoted back-plate b, in co-operation with the front plate of the case. As many of these magazines B are provided, as there are denominations in the coins, expected to be used. The front plate of the case is cut away directly below the magazine portion of the same, and a mirror 0 islocated in this cut away space, at an angle to the bottom plate b of the magazine. This bottom plate 12 is perforated or provided with light passages b near the front ends of the tablet magazine. These holes or passages may be covered by a glass plate I). The tablets D are located in these magazines, and are numbered in consecutive order from the bottom upward, the numbers being located on the under surfaces of the tablets and in the proper position thereon to coincide with the holes 11 in the bottom plate of the magazine. Hence, the number of the bottom tablet will be reflected and visible to the observer in the mirror O. The tablets are also marked on the bottom surface of the same, with the denomination of the coin or piece of money which they represent, at an opposite extreme from the serial numbers.

The bottom member of the series of tablets in any magazine is subject to the action of an ejecting slide or plunger E, which is carried on the upper end of a slide head E, working in a slot e, of a guide plate E and operated by a spring-seated finger-pull E projecting to the front of the case. The ejecting slide E works through a slot under the back plate I) and forces the tablet out through a slot between the front and bottom plate of the magazine. Normally, the slide stands in its rearmost position where it is held and to which it is returned by the spring E The finger-pull rod extends backward through a stop and guide-plate E and is made to operate a clapper F of a bell gong F. The clapper, as shown is pivoted to a fixed part of the frame with its upper end in the path of the finger-pull rod, by which it is held normally in its raised position. When the finger-pull is drawn outward, the clapper is permitted to fall and strike the gong. "i

The operation and use of my invention are obvious. The tablets representing or marked with the different denominations of money and numbered consecutively from the bottom member upward, are placed in their respective magazines, in sufficient numbers for use in the interval of time between successive inspections, as for example, for a day. The machine is then ready for use. Every time a sale is made, the clerk or attendant operates the finger-pull corresponding to the purchase, which will result in throwing out the bottom tablet from that magazine, and in permitting the next tablet to fall onto the bottom plate of the magazine. The movement of the fingerpull is limited, so that the slide E will not throw the tablet entirely out of the magazine, but will leave the same projecting, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.3. When in this position, if the denomination numbers have been properly placed on the tablets, on the under surface of the same, at the rear end of the tablet, the amount of the purchase will be reflected in the mirror 0, and so remain visible, until the tablet is removed. When the tablet is removed, and the next upper tablet falls into position on the bottom plate, the consecutive or serial number of the same will be reflected from the mirror 0. It is intended that the ejected tablet shall be given to the purchaser, as a memorandum of his purchase. When the inspector or owner appears to examine the machine, the reflected numbers in the mirror, if the projecting tablets are all removed, will exhibit at a glance the number of sales or tablets delivered in each denomination. By simply multiplying the respective exhibited numbers less one, by the respective denominations and taking the totals of the same, the owner readily ascertains the amount of cash which ought to be found in the drawer or accounted for by the clerk.

The tablets will of course be kept in stock properly marked with the denomination and consecutive numbers, so as to refill the magazines whenever so desired. If inspections are made before any of the magazines are empty, and it is desired to continue the rec 0rd from that point, it will of course be necessary for the inspector to note the time of the inspection and the numbers which were exhited in the mirrors, for the respective magazines at that particular time.

It is obvious, from the arrangement of the magazine and the ejecting slide, that a second tablet cannot be thrown out by the finger-pull, until the first or protruding tablet is removed by hand. This is due to the fact, that the slot or passage, through which the tablet is ejected, is of less width than the thickness of two tablets. Hence, the front end of tablet number two cannot lower into line with the slot, until the first tablet is removed; and any attempt to operate the finger-pull and the slide, would only force the second tablet against the inner surface of the front wall of the magazine.

It is equally obvious, that a substitute or used tablet cannot be inserted through the ejecting passage or slot. This is due to the fact, that the finger-pull is limited in its backward movement, and hence the slide E will form a back-stop to any backward movement of the bottom tablet. The bottom tablet will therefore block or prevent the insertion of a substitute'or used tablet, through the ejecting slot.

The lids of the case and the cash-drawer, are of course provided with locks (not shown) of any suitable construction. The pivoted back-plate b is a convenient construction for aifording ready access to the tablet magazines, for refilling the same with tablets.

It is obvious, that this cash register is of extremely simple construction, enabling the same to be produced at small cost.

Weights may be applied to the stacks of denomination tablets, to insure the lowering of the same as required.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,is as follows:

1. A cash register, comprising a series of tablet magazines corresponding to the difierent denominations of money, a series of denomination tablets in each of said magazines bearing consecutive numbers, and removable therefrom in the order of their numbers, and a mirror arranged to exhibit to the observer the serial numbers of the tablets in position to be removed, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A cash register, comprising the series of tabletmagazinescorrespondingtothedifferent denominations of money, the series of denomination tablets in each of said magazines bearing consecutive numbers, the hand operated slides, one in each magazine for ejecting the tablets, and a mirror arranged to exhibit the serial numbers of the tablets in the ejecting positions, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. r e

3. In a cash register, the combination with a series of vertically arranged tablet magazines corresponding to the denominations of money, of a series or stack of denomination tablets in each of said magazines bearing consecutive numbers on their under surfaces, running from the bottom of the stack upward, light passages or holes in the bottom plates of the magazines, a mirror below the said holes for exhibiting the serial numbers of the tablets and hand-slides one in each of said magazines, arranged to eject the bottom tablet of each stack, substantially as described.

4. In a cash register, the combination with the series of tablet magazines corresponding to the different denominations of money, of the series or stacks of denomination tablets in each of said magazines bearing on their under surface consecutive numbers from the bottom upward, and also marked with the denomination numbers, light passages or holes in the bottom plates of the magazine, and a mirror for reflecting the serial and the denomination numbers of the respective tablets, the said serial and denomination numbers being located respectively, at opposite ends of the tablet, whereby when the tablet is within the magazine the serial number will be reflected in the mirror and when in its ejected position, the denomination number will be reflected in the mirror, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THORWALD H. BERGH.

W'itnesses:

J AS. F. WILLIAMSON, EMMA F. ELMORE.

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