US498532A - cleasby - Google Patents

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Patented May 30, 1893.

W. H. GLBASBY. GASH RECORDER AND INDICATOR.

(No Model.)

2 Y B S A E L C H W CASH RECORDER AND INDICATOR.

No. 498,532. Patented May 30, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM H. CLEASBY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HOVARD N. HINCKLEY AND ALICE F. CLEASBY, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH RECORDER AND INDICATOR.

'SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,532, dated May 30, 1893.

Application iled December 13, 1892. Serial No. 455,023. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, W ILLIAM l-l. CLEAsEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Indicators and Recorders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

The invention relates to the class of devices which indicate and record the amount of a purchase when the money is placed in the drawer; the object of the invention being to provide a cheap and convenient device of this class which is free from complicated mechanism, which will not get out of order and which will operate easily and positively to record the amount of cash deposited in the till.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:-

Figure 1 is a plan of the device with the casing and the indicating mechanism removed; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the device.

In the views 1 indicates the base, either made of wood or metal, in which is located a cash till or drawer 2 that is thrust open when unlocked, by a spring 3 supported by the base back of the drawer. Secured to the upper surface of the base near each end are upright metallic posts 4, and between these is a cylinder 5 that is supported on bearings formed on the ends of screws 6 held in threaded perforations in the posts andprovided with thumb nuts or handles by which they may be adjusted so as to move the cylinder horizontally end-wise between the posts. A ratchet wheel 7 is fastened to one end of this cylinder, and meshing into the teeth of this wheel is apawl 8 that is pivoted in an oblong slot 9 in a plate 10 secured to the upper surface of the base. A spring 11 normally keeps the upper end of this pawl in engagement with the ratchet teeth, while the lower end projects through an opening 12 in the base into the path of movement of a block 13 fastened to the interior of the drawer so that as the drawer is pulled forward the pa-wl drops vertically to take a tooth of the ratchet, and when the drawer is shut the pawl is raised and rotates or feeds the cylinder around a short distance. On the surface of the cylinder held by any suitable means is a roll of paper le ruled into a number of columns that extend around the cylinder. A bar 15 extends across from the top of one post to the other above the center of the cylinder, and in perforations made through this bar, one over each of the columns ruled on the paper, are a number of independent vertically reciprocating plungers 16, having sharp pointed lower ends and upper ends provided with heads which bear characters to indicate various amounts of money. Springs 17 are provided, to raise these plungers after they have been pushed down so that the sharp points puncture, indent, or otherwise mark the paper. A bracket 1S projects rearwardly froin each upright post, and journaled in these is a shaft 19, secured to which are the ends of a wire bail 2O that extends upward and across the machine above the cylinder in the path of movement of all of the fingers 21 that project rearwardly from the plungers. Secured to this shaft 19 and extending downward is an arm 22 which terminates in contact with a lever 23 that is pivoted to the base and has a downwardly projecting end 2a that passes through the base and is adapted to make contact with a stop 25 located in the interior of the drawer when the latter is closed, and the arm 22 permits the spring 20 to hold the lever with the bent end projecting downward far enough through the slot 27 to engage the front of the stop.

lVhen either of the plungers is depressed its linger 21 by contact with the bail 2O rocks the shaft 19 and the arm 22 tilts the lever 23 so as to raise the lower front end 24E from the stop 25, unlocking the drawer and allowing it to fly open under the impulse of the spring Brackets 2S extend from the upper ends of the posts 4 and a rod 29 held by these brackets supports a number of levers 30 the inner ends of which are in the path of movement of the fingers on the plungers opposite to which they are placed, while the outer ends bear indicating disks with characters corresponding to those on the heads of the plungers, so that when a plunger is depressed an indicating disk is raised to View, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Hinged to lugs 3l on the posts near the base, is a bail 32, the upper and middle portions of which extend across the device in front of the levers .30 that bear the indicating disks. One of the lower ends 33 of this bail 32 passes down through a slot 34 in the top of the base into the path of a block 35 secured in the drawer, so that the bail will be oscillated when the drawer is closed, a spring 36 normally holding this bail upright. A case 37 of metal or any other convenient material is placed over the device, and astrip of glass 38 is inserted in the case in front of the indicating' disks.

Vhen a sum of cash is to be placed in the drawer the proper plungers are depressed until their points make prick marks in their columns on the paper beneath. As the plungers descend the projecting fingers by contact with the ends of the adjacent levers bearing the indicating' disks, throw such disks into view behind the glass in the case. At the same time the fingers on the plunger by contact with the bail cause the arm to tilt the lever so as to unlock the drawer which then i'lies open under theimpulse of the spring. After the cash has been deposited in the till when the drawer is pushed shut the bail-block rocks the bail in such manner that it strikes the indicating levers which are up and knocks them back out of view; the pawl is lifted to advance the cylinder so that the next prick if made by the same plungerwill be in a difterent spot from the prior mark, and the end of the locking lever drops in front of its stop and fastens the drawer until it is again unlocked by depressing one of the plungers and making another mark in the paper. After the cylinder has made a complete revolution, or before if desired, by turning the adjusting screws the cylinder may be moved horizontally so that the subsequentpricks of the plungers will be made in a different line but in the same column. At any convenient time the paper may be removed and a count of the number of prick marks in the different colu mns will give the amounts of cash deposited in the till. It the cylinder is moved a little each day and the paper removed at the end ofthe week not only can the aggregate amount be computed but the amounts of each single day can be ascertained by countingthe marks in each line.

The device is simple, and the different plungers, of which there may be any convenient number, are securely held in a single rigid frame so that they may be easily depressed to make'a permanent record of sales, while the drawer readily locks or vunlocks and the disks quickly indicate the amounts of the purchase.

I claim as my inventionl. A cash recorder consisting of a base having a drawer, a frame secured to the base, a cylinder supported by the frame, plungers held by the frame and adapted to be reciprocated toward and from, and to make contact with the surface ot the cylinder, and a lock adapted to release the drawer when a plunger is depressed,and means for actuating the cylinder by the movement of the drawer substantially as specified.

2. A cash recorder consisting of a base having a drawer, a frame secured to the base, a cylinder supported on horizontally adjustable bearings in the frame plungers held by the frame and adapted to be reciprocated toward and from, and to make contact with the surface of the cylinder, and a lock adapted to release the drawer when a plunger is depressed, and means for rotating the cylinder by the movement of thedrawer substantiallyas specilied.

3. A cash recorder consisting ot' a base having a drawer, a frame secured to the base, a cylinder supported by the frame, a removable covering for the cylinder ruled in columns around the cylinder, plungers held by the frame and adapted to be reciprocated toward and from and to puncture the covering of the cylinder, and a lock adapted to release the drawer when a plunger is depressed, and means for rotating the cylinder bythe movement of the drawer substantially as specified.

It. A cash recorder consisting of a base having a drawer, a frame secured to the base, a cylinder supported by the frame, plungers held by the frame, and adapted to be reciprocated toward and from and to indent the surface of the cylinder, a lock adapted to release the drawer when a plunger is depressed, a ratchet wheel secured to the cylinder, a reciprocating pawl held by the base, and adapted to be moved by the closing of the drawer, substantially as specified.

5. A cash recorder consisting of a base having a drawer, a frame secured to the base, a cylinder supported by the frame, plungers with projecting fingers held by the frame, a bail in the path of movement of the lingers, an arm rocked by the movement of the bail, and a locking lever oscillated by the movement of the arm, and means for rotating the cylinder by the movement of the drawer substantially as specified.

G. A cash recorder consisting of a base having a drawer, a trame secured to the base, a cylinder supported by the frame, plungers with projecting fingers, held by the frame, a bail in the path of movement of the fingers on the plungers, an arm rocked by the movement of the bail, a locking lever oscillated by the movement of the arm, levers bearing indicating disks, with ends projecting into the path of the iingers on the plungers, and a bail adapted by the closing ot' the drawer to be oscillated into contact with any elevated disklevers, substantially as specified.

VILLIAM H. CLEASBY.

Witnesses:

C. E. BUCKLAND, H. R. WILLIAMS.

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