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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEROME J. \VEBSTER, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE BOSTON CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH REGISTERING AND INDICATING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,174, dated February 6, 1894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jnnonn J. WEBSTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Northampton, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cash Registering and Indicating Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cash registering and indicating machines of the class known as detail adding machines, although several of the novel devices are applicable to other classes of cash registering machines.

The object of this invention is to devise a cash registering and indicating machine of such construction that while it shall be adequate to the demands of many businesses, or satisfactory to the purpose of many dealers, it is comparatively simple and inexpensive and very durable, and also capable of having the register wheels reset with great facility.

The invention consists in novel constructions and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the machine from front to rear. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the registering mechanism and devices for autographlc registration, on a larger scale, the casing being understood as removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the larger scale of allot the parts of the machine above the base or table, the casing being removed. Fig. 3 is a rear face view of an indicator-tag and spindle showing the engage ment therewith of the key-lever corresponding to that indicator-tag. Fig. 4. is a perspective and sectional View showing the sliding drawer, and change till and devices which coact therewith which will be hereinafter fully referred to. Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views of parts of the drawer-guiding and locking devices. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of portions of one of the pairs of registering wheels, with the double-toothed pawl which coacts therewith. Fig. Sis a perspective view of the double-toothed pawl, detached,while Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the pawl-carrier. Figs. 10 to 13, inclusive, are perspective views of parts which control the paper on which the autographic entries are to be made and which will be hereinafter mentioned more particularly.

The register Wheels are mounted in pairs, A, A loosely upon the horizontal shaft 20, supported by the frame, a. Each register wheel comprises a rim, 22, having on its periphery indicating numbers, and a series of spur-teeth, 3, in number and arrangement correspondingto the register numbers, and the rim also has atits edge a series of teeth, 24, in number and arrangement corresponding both to the numbers on the rim of the register wheel and the aforesaid spur-teeth, 23, with the exception that one tooth is omitted opposite the zero of each rim leaving a doubly wide space, as seen at 25, in Figs. 2 and 3, particularly.

The register wheels of each pair, A, A have their backs, that is their portions at which the radially extended spur-teeth are provided, arranged in proximity, although not in contact, and the figures on the second register wheel of each pair are to rise in steps which are multiples of the highest number or capacity of the lower registering wheel of that pair, that is, for example, (see Fig. 2) of the pair of register wheels, A, A at the right and adjacent a plane in which the five-cent key is arranged, the right-hand one rises in multiples of live up to one dollar and fifty cents, while the other register wheel pairing with the five-cent one has its numbers rising from one dollar and fifty cents to three dollars to four dollars and fifty cents, &c.

In the illustrations here given, we have shown tive keys, viz., five, ten, twenty, twenty-five and fifty-cent keys, and all of the registerin g wheel rims are understood as having thirty spur teeth corresponding with the thirty regularly spaced registering numbers including the zero mark.

By the mechanism hereinafter soon described, a complete rotation of a lower wheel, A, of each pair, accumulates its full registering capacity into the registering wheel of its fellow wheel, A and, therefore, while the capacity of the lower wheel of the pair for the five-cent wheel, that is, one dollar and fifty IOC cents, is accumulated into the other wheel, A in multiples of one dollar and fifty cents up to thirty times that amount, viz., forty-five dollars, the three-dollar capacity of the lower one of the pair of ten-cent wheels accumulates into the higher wheel of such pair in steps of three dollars up to ninety dollars, and so on, the same idea of means of indication for varying amounts for the different keys being carried out for the other pairs of wheels, it being understood, by the same manner of progression, that the total capacity of fifteen dollars in the lower registering Wheel of the fifty-cent key is, on each complete rotation of that wheel, accumulated into the higher wheel in amounts rising in steps of fifteen dollars up to thirty times fifteen dollars, which is four hundred and fifty dollars.

I) represents the pawl-carrier for the pawl, d, for each paired set of registering wheels, the same consisting of a lever intermediately apertured to fit upon the aforesaid shaft, 20,

for its swinging movement in a vertical plane coincident with the plane of movement of the corresponding key, B; the registering wheels which are also loose on the shaft, 20,'may have their hubs in contact with the hubs or bosses, of the pawl-carrying lever, which surround the central'holes thereof. The key, B, has a considerable extent of swinging movement, as necessary for raising the indicatortags, D, before coming in contact with the rear end of the pawl-carrying lever, b; and all of the key-levers have the same length of movement and operate to force the pawl-carrying levers so that the pawls thereon are forced the distance corresponding to that be tween two of the spur-teeth, 23, of the register wheels.

The pawl-carrier for each pair of the register wheels has its retracting movement limited by the abutment of theforwardly extended arm, b against the under side of the horizontal cross-rail, 27, which is extended between, and supported by, the uprights of the framing, a.

Each pawl, d, as indicated in Figs. 2, 3, 8, and 9, has two teeth, the one, d which is always in engagement with the spur-teeth of the lower register wheel, A, of the pair, the other tooth, (1 being so arranged, or having such less extension toward the periphery of the higher wheel, A of the pair, as to have no engagement with the teeth thereof, excepting when the pawl-tooth, d sinks,once in each rotation of the lower registering wheel,

- A,into the extra deep space, as, between the cause the rotational movement of the wheel, A to the extent of one of its teeth to insure the registration thereby, and thereon, of the capacity of the lower wheel, A. Of course such operation having taken place, the deep space, :10, passing the pawl, the wheel, A of the pair, will not again be operated until the wheel, A, has completed its rotation.

Each of the register wheels has the clickspring, 30, for preventing any possible retrograde of the register wheels while the pawl is having its retracting movement, and for preventing any change of the register wheels from the positions into which they are positively placed by the key-operating devices just described.

It will be seen that there is a horizontal bar, 32, crossing between and supported by the framing and having its position at the height which should be properly attained by the pawl as it completes its working movement for registration; the pawl thus completing its working movement and coming to contact with the said bar, 32, looks the registering wheel and thus prevents the possibility of over'registration by a quick stroke of the key.

The separated sides of the paired register wheels, A and A may serve as guides to the vertical swinging movement of the key-levers; in Fig. 3 it will be perceived that when the key is in its normal position the upper edge of the rear member thereof is within the points of the teeth, 23, and therefore the keys may be loosely placed upon their fulcrum-shaft or stud, 33, without liability of their becoming displaced, all to the end of simplicity and cheapness of construction.

The means for resetting all of the register wheels,that is, bringing them all to show their zero marks,-Will be now described: There are two arms, f, f, hung to swing in vertical planes at opposite sides of the machine, upon the aforesaid horizontal bar, 32, or other suitable pivotal supports therefor, and these arms carry, at and between their free ends, the rotatable shaft, g, having thereon a series of sprocket wheels, h, which may have any number of teeth that are spaced corresponding to the spaces of the teeth, 24, of the rims of the registering wheels. The aforesaid arms, f, f, are normally upwardly swung, preferably automatically, as by the flat spring, f so that the teeth of the sprocket-wheel will be out of engagement with the aforesaid register wheel teeth, 24. The end of the shaft, g, is squared, as seen at h whereby it may have engagement with the socketed end of the detachable crank, not shown, for effecting the rotation of the sprocket-wheel shaft.

Above the bar, 32, is another bar, 35, having duplicated arms, 36, the ends of which are preferably of are or rounded form and which are in contact with the upper edges of the aforesaid arms, f, f. These arms may be swung conveniently by the hands, through means of the handle-projections, 36, and, in

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being downwardly swung, the arms, 36, cause the sprocket-shaft-carrying-arm to so downwardly swing as to bring the teeth of the sprocket-wheels into engagement with the teeth, 24, of the rims of the register wheels. The end of each of the arms, 36, is rounded, as seen at 37, and has its bearing upon a stepformed part, 38, of the arm, f, the shoulder, 39, limiting the extent of movement of the said arm 36. The arms, 36 and f, work together in the manner of the members of a toggle, and the downwardly swinging movement of the arm, f, is so limited as to just permit the engagement of the sprocket-wheel teeth with the register wheel teeth, 24, by the end boundary, 40, of the aperture near the hub of the arm f, while the upswinging of the arm is limited by the opposite boundary, 42, of said aperture. The spring, f is applied to maintain the sprocketshaft, g, and the sprocket-wheels in the position of disengagement, except when held into engagement with the register wheel teeth by the downwardly swung arms, 36.

The resetting of the registering Wheels to bring the zero mark back to the reading opening is accomplished by bringing all of the sprocket-wheels into mesh with the teeth, 24, of the registering wheels, and rotating the sprocket-wheels; the teeth of the sprocketwheels as they turn, will continue to engage those of the registering wheels until the space, 25, is reached, when the continued rotation of the sprocket-wheel will be without further action to rotate the registering wheel, the zero mark of which at that time stands at the reading opening.

The change-till, G, is formed as a stationary receptacle at and below the forward part of the base, E, the sliding cover, I-I, being provided for the closure thereof, while the money drawer, J, slides in and out of the housing therefor under said base and change-till. The drawer has the plate, 45, secured to its bottom with the thin depending lugs, 46, which support the horizontal rod or shaft, 47, which has its rear extremity notched as at 48. Below this drawer is a stationary horizontal tube, 2', arranged fore-and-aft, supported by the foot-lugs, 50, or otherwise,-this tube being open from end to end and having the longitudinal slot, 52, in its top. The rod, 47, which is a fixture of the drawer, has a sliding fit in the said tube, the lugs having free movements, as the drawer moves,through the slot, 52. In the housing behind the drawer is a lever, j, intermediately pivotally mounted on a suitable bracket or other form of support for a swinging movement in a vertical plane; and to the rear arm of this lever is hung the vertical member, 7r, of a depending latch device, this having at the bottom of the member the foot-piece, 10 with upturned beveled toe, k When a key is operated this latch device is downwardly forced to release the drawer to open, through the medium of mechanism as follows:The levers, m, m, are

'intermediately pivotally hung at each side of 54, for the change-till-cover, H, and the cover 2 is moved rearwardly open as a key is operated through the medium of the drawer and other means which coact therewith, as follows: The till-cover has the rearwardly extended arm, 55, with the down-turned member having the stud, 56. A lever, o, is obliquely mounted on a bracket-arm, 57 (which may be supported from and below the base, E) the slotted forward end, 58, of this lever engaging the stud, 56. A slot, 59,is formed at thelower extremity of the said lever which is open to the end of the lever and which has the forward boundary thereof constituted by the flat spring, 60, the extremity of which is rounded or turned forwardly. This so-formed lever extremity has its position within the slot, 62, in the rear bottom portion of the drawer. The drawer has the stud or roller, 63, which has its position of engagement within the aforesaid slotted extremity of the lever, 0. Then the drawer moves forwardly open the stud impinging against the part, 60, swings the lever, 0, causing, as manifest, the rearward sliding of the change-till-cover, H. \Vherea spring is applied to force the drawer open the drawer will be moved thereby until the lever has assumed the position seen in the dotted lines in Fig. l,-the part, 60, restraining the drawer when part way open, as for instance, open far enough to expose the first pocket or money-receptacle, indicated at y. To cause the drawer to move still farther forwardly,as desired at times, sufficient manual force is applied to crowd the stud, 63, forwardly past the rounded end of the spring part, 60, the latter giving or yielding. As shown the spring, 64, is applied between the upper forwardly extended part of the lever, 0, and the back of the casing or housing exerting the action to swing the lever immediately the drawer is released to open both the till-lid and the drawer. After the drawer may have been fully pulled forward, the lever, 0, remaining in the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, then when the drawer is pushed back, the stud or roller, 63, crowds past the rounded portion of the part 60, and resumes its place within the slot, 50, before the lever, 0, will be swung to its normal position.

The indicating tags, D, are carried at the upper ends of the tag-rods, D which are vertically guided in the usual manner. The

lower extremities of these tag-rods have vertical slots, as seen at 66, in Fig. 3, through which the rear extremities of the respective key-levers are passed, all so that as a key is depressed the tag corresponding thereto will arm, 19.

q represents a depending lever hung by its upper end on a bracket-arm, as indicated at (1 and having intermediate between its ends a rearwardly extended arm, g which has a contact-engagement with the arm, 19, of the rock-bar, M. The drawer, atits rear, has an abutment piece, 0', which, when the drawer is closed, so forces the lever, q, rearwardly as to insure the rearwardly rocked position of the rock-bar, M, to carry the comb-like support, 70, rearwardly out of its supporting position relative to any one or more ofthe keys. The spring, t, exerts the force to draw the comblike support into the key-supporting position when the drawer is forwardly moved to carry the abutment, r, away from the lower extremity of the arm, q.

As will be apparent, by an understanding of the constructions described, in this machine as many keys may be depressed as may be desired at one time, and the tags corresponding to the so-depressed keys will all remain elevated until the drawer has been returned closed.

In this machine there may be combined counters to show the number of complete rotations of the higher or secondary wheel, A of each pair of the register wheels. Only one of these counters is shown, the same being for the pair of register wheels for the five-cent key, the reduplication for the other register wheels of course being an obvious matter. This counter consists of a toothed wheel, P, with an extended rim, P having a corresponding series of indicating numbers thereon. This wheel, P, is mounted in such a position that the pin, 72, on one of the teeth of the register wheel, A will engage a tooth of wheel P on each rotation of said wheel A and force wheel P around to the extent of a tooth.

In Fig. 1, the bell isindicated at T, the ham mer, 92, therefor, being carried by the lever, 93, which is pivoted in a normally vertical position upon a suitable bracket, below the base or table, E, of the registering mechanism, which base, as seen, however, is above the drawer. Upon the drawer is a pivoted snapcatch, 94, held up to the position shown in Fig. 1, by the spring, 95, this catch having the beveled nose, while the end of the said lever, 93, is forwardly and upwardly beveled. As the drawer is forwardly moved the part, 94, will swing the lever, 93, until the lower end thereof, moving in the arc-line indicated in Fig. 1, terminates its engagement with the catch, 94, when the reaction of the spring, 97,

will cause the rebound of the lever and the striking of the hell by the hammer. Of course, as clearly appears, when the drawer is forced closed the catch, 94, automatically snaps into engagement with the bell-hammerlever.

With this machine are combined papersupply and take-up rolls, Q and R, and a table, S, over which the paper passes from the supply to the take-up roll and upon which autographic entries may be made. The paper may have, for instance, on its upper side, longitudinal series of rulings, as indicated in Fig. 2, and over the table there may be a shield or portion of the cabinet or casing having, as indicated at u, an opening through which the writing may be done, while near said opening there may be marked any suitable indications of the nature of the entries to be placed within the several rulings. This could be to suit the convenience and nature of the business of the user of the machine; he might desire indications such asRecd on notes; Paid on acct; Paid expense, Paid for stock, or otherwise. Each of the rollers for the paperis mounted between suitable standards therefor, and the rolls may have deep longitudinal grooves, 82, therein, within which the ends of the paper may be entered and retained by a flat strip, 83, as common for the fastening of curtains to their rollers. Each roller, at one end, has a shaft or spindle, 84, which passes for rotation through the bearing support therefor, and with an engagement with the end of the paper roll whereby when the spindle is turned by means of the knurled knob, 85, the roll also will turn. Each of the paper rolls has at its other end a centering aperture into which is entered the conical inner end of a stud, 86, which has longitudinal sliding movements through the bearing support, the spring, 87, being applied ,to exert a yielding pressure against the end of the stud. The ratchet-wheel, 89, is applied upon the spindle for the take-up roll, R, coacting with which is the detent pawl, 88, all to the end of preventing the take-up roller from being reversely turned so that that portion of the paper upon which the entries may have been made might not be rearwardly drawn opposite the opening, a, to permit any one to tamperwith the autographic entries.

The removal of the paper rollers may be readily accomplished by any one authorized to open the cabinet by simply forcing the studs, 86, outwardly endwise against their springs to disengage the rollers from their journal supports.

The table, S, upon which the writing may be performed has its top surface convex or rounded and is adapted to have a tilting adjustment upon the support-stud, 90, applied at the ends thereof, (see Figs. 2, 3, and 12.) This permits the writing surface to be horizontal or more or less inclined to suit the convenience of the users of the machine.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

1. In a cash registering machine, in combination, a horizontal supporting shaft, several series of registering wheels loosely mounted in pairs thereon with equal numbers of teeth, one wheel of each pair having the deep space between two of its teeth, of pawl-carrying levers pivotally mounted on said shaft, one between the registering wheels of each pair, each lever having the pawl with the two teeth, one for permanent engagement with the teeth of one wheel, and the other for engagement with the second wheel on complete rotation of the first, and a key for actuating each pawl-carrier, substantially as described.

2. In a cash registering machine in combination, a horizontal supporting shaft extending horizontally between the front and rear, with several registering wheels loosely mounted thereon, levers intermediately hung upon the same sh aft with pawls upon their rear arms, and the springs for drawing the rear arms of the levers downwardly, and the rail, 27, at the front of the machine against which the forward arms of the said levers have limiting contacts on their return movements, and keys for respectively operating the pawl-carrying levers, substantially as described.

3. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the shaft, 20, and the series of registering wheels rotatable thereon each having annular rims with the'series of regularly spaced teeth, 24, formed by notches within the edges of the rims with the doubly wide space, 25,between two of the so-formed teeth, of the shaft which is bodily movable toward and away from the shaft, 20, and in parallelism therewith, which is also rotatable, having the series of toothed wheels fixed thereon, and means for moving said shaft to temporarily place the teeth of the wheels carried thereon into position for engagement with the teeth of the registering wheels, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4.. In a cash registering machine, the combination with a series of registering wheels having the teeth with the wider space between two thereof, of the pair of pivoted arms,f, f, carrying the series of sprocket wheels, h, h, and the swinging arms, 36, 36, which engage said arms,f,f' substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a cash registering machine, the combination with a series of registering wheels each having the teeth with the wider space between two thereof, of the shaft, as 32, having the arms, f, f, with the abutment portions, 40 and 4-2, and the studs against which said abutment portions may have limiting contact, and the spring,f substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the series of keys and the corresponding series of indicator tags, of the rocker-bar, M, having the tag supporting members, 70, and the arm, 1), and the spring, the

drawer, the arm, 9 pivoted at an upper part of the frame of the machine and depending in the path of movement of the drawer, subject to movement on the closure of the drawer, and having the arm, (1 which has an engagement with the said arm, 19, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the housing for the drawer having the horizontal tube, t, at the lower portion thereof, of the drawer having the horizontal rod, 47, connected thereto and depending therebelow, and movably fitted in said tube, substantially as described.

8. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the housing for the drawer having the tube, a, with the slot longitudinally through its upper wall, of the drawer having the plate, 45, secured to its bottom and having the dependinglugs which extend through said slot and carry the rod which is movably titted in the tube, substantially as described.

9. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the key levers and the housing for the drawer having the horizontally arranged slotted tube, of the drawer having'the horizontally supported depending rod, 47, movably fitted to play axially through said tube and having a hooked end,a catch to engage said tube, and mechanism between the catch and key levers for disengaging the catch on the depression of any of the key levers, substantially as described.

10. In a cash registering machine,the com bination with the key levers, and the drawer having a part to constitute a catch member therefor, of the vertically movable drawer catch, it, the intermediately pivoted lever, j, engaging said catch, the arms, m, m, at each side of the machine carrying the horizontal bar, m ranging transversely under all of the key-levers, and having the paired depending bars, m m between which is horizontally supported the bar, in", which engages the aforesaid lever, j, substantially as described.

11. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the key levers and the drawer housing having the longitudinally slotted tube, i, open from end to end, of the drawer having the dependinglugsAG, edsupporting within said tube, the rod, 47, which has the rear end formed with the catch notch, the vertically movable part, 70, with the horizontal member, having the upturned and beveled projection, 7.3 the intermediately pivoted lever, j, the device consisting of the levers, m, m, and bar, m and carrying the depending bars n m with the horizontal bar, m all arranged substantially as described and shown.

12. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the change-till, and the movable lid, having the stud, 56 of the drawer movable under the change-till and having a stud, as 68, and the intermediately pivoted lever each end slotted and in engagement with the studs of the till-lid and the drawer, substantially as described.

13. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the change-till and movable lid therefor, of the drawer movable'under the till and having a stud, as 63, the lever, 0, engaging the till-lid and having its lower end provided with a slot, 50, which opens to the end of the lever, and within which said stud has its engagement with the lever, the forward boundary of said slot being constituted by a spring-member, 60, with the rounded extremity, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

14. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the till-lid having the cover, H, which rearwardly slides to open, and which has the rearwardly extended member, 55, with the stud, 56, of the drawer movable under the till and having the slot, 62, in its bottom with the stud, 63, therewithin, and the intermediately pivoted lever, 0, having the slot, 58, in its upper end, and having the slot, 59, at its lower extremity which opens to the end of the lever and within which the said stud, 63, is engaged, the forward boundary of this slot, 59, being constituted by the spring-member, 60, the lower extremity of which is rounded, all substantially as described and shown.

15. In a cash registering machine, the combination with the bell, T, the lever, 93, intermediately pivoted and having the bell-hammer, 92, and the spring, 97, of the drawer having the horizontally arranged hooked catch lever, 94, with the rearwardly and downwardly beveled nose, 96, and the spring, 95, applied to said catch lever pressing it upwardly and the stop -pin for limiting its upward swinging movement, substantially as described and shown.

16. In a cash registering machine, slightly separated pairs of registering wheels anda horizontal shaft upon which they are loosely mounted, a series of pivotally mounted key levers, one for each of the pairs of registering wheels which has its rear arm extended within the space between the paired wheels to have its vertically swinging movements guided by the proximate portions of said wheels, substantially as described.

17. In a cash registering machine, slightly separated pairs of registering wheels and a horizontal shaft upon which they are loosely mounted, a series of pivotally mounted key levers, one for each of the pairs of registering wheels which has its rear arm extended within the space between the paired Wheels to have its vertically swinging movements guided by the proximate portions of said wheels and the pawl-carrying levers, b, intermediately hung upon the said shaft between the paired wheels, substantially as described.

JEROME J. WEBSTER.

Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLOWS, J D. GARFIELD.

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