US544426A

US544426A - clark

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Publication number: US544426A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 1912-08-13

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(No Model.) 5 Sheets-Sheet 1.

W. H. CLARK. CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR.

No. 544,426. Patented Aug. 13,1895.

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W. H. CLARK. GASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR.

Patented Aug. 13, 1895.

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W. H. CLARK.

I CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR. No. 544 426. Patented Aug. 13,1895.

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YVILLIAM H. CLARK, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BENJAMIN l3. BROW N, OF SAME PLACE."

CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,426, dated August 13, 1895.

A plication filed Decemhe1'4,ISQ4=- Serial No. 530,775. (No model.)

T aZZ whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Im-- putation is accomplished by the movement of series of tally-pieces.

The objects of this invention are to produce a universal mechanism with as few keylevers as possible, and to add an indicating means to this style of machine, and to provide the drawer with positive opening mechanism, and other details hereinafter described.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings as follows:

Figure 1.is a front elevation of the machine,

a part being broken away to show the interior construction. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the machine, the back plate or cover being removed to show the interior mechanism. Fig. 3 is a section on-the line'3 3 in Fig. 2,

looking in the direction of arrow in said Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the carrying mechanism. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the reservoir, carrying and elevating columns, finger-bar, and slides, the parts being in section on the line 5 5 in Fig. 2, looking from the right of said figure. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the machine, looking from the right of Fig. 1 and the left of Fig. 2, the plate being broken away to show the interior parts. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7 in Fig. 6, looking toward the top of the machine. Fig. 8 shows a detail elevation of the finger-bar, calculatingslide, and latch-lever; Fig. 9 is a plan of the same parts. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the transfer-slide. Fig. 11 is a rear elevation of said slide. Fig. 12 is a detail section of the tally-columns, the section being on the line 12 12 in Fig.6. Fig. 13 is a section on the line 13 13 in Figs. 3 and 6, looking in the direction of the arrows in said figures.

A marks the base of the casein which is placed the drawer, and A the upper case, in which are placed the indicating, registering, and operating mechanisms. These parts are preferably constructed with two side pieces 6c A a front plate A the centralpart of which is out out, exposing a glass plate A, on which are the indicator-figures a, the register-indicating figures a and the operating-figures a; A, the top or cap; A the bottom; A, the o drawer-plate which covers the drawer, and A the back plate.

For convenience of description I Will first describe the mechanism and operation of the machine with relation to the units indicat 7o ing and registering mecl1anisms,and from that carry the description through the mechanisms controlling the tens, hundreds, &c., the parts of each of the mechanisms, which are alike in operation, being designated by the same reference-letters.

In the machine here shown the units indieating and registering mechanisms are at the right (looking from the front) of the machine,

as ordinarily, the mechanisms indicating and registering higher denominations being placed in regular succession toward the left. Extending through a slot, the limits of said slot being indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, in a cross-piece A at the rear of the drawerplate A, is an operating finger-bar O, (the units finger-bar being broken away in Fig. 1,) having a finger-piece or key 0 at its upper end of convenient shape for manipulating with the fingers, and projecting inwardly from the upper end of the bar is the pointer C This pointer does not normally quite contact the glass and is in such position as to move beside the operating figures in column at the left of the bar 0, beginning with 1 at the top and terminating with 9 at the bottom, as shown in Fig. l. The finger-bar C has a guide-block (J at the bottom, which slides in guides cl on a transfer bar or slide D. The guide-block is composed of a plate 0, on which the finger-barC is fastened, the groove 0 in which the guides (1 run, and the plate 0 which slides between the guide (Z and the transfer-slide. The transfer-slide is provided with ways (1' and (1 which are formed by grooves in the transfer-slide and covered with 5 a plate D. A slot passes through the transferslide in front of the Way d, and a similar slot (1 passes through the plate D in the rear of said way. W'ithin the way (1 is plug-slide C and a pin O runs through this plug-slide and the slots d d and is attached at the front end to the guide-block C on the finger-bar O. The way cl is normally in line with a way E, which runs to the top of the machine and which I term the storage-way. At the ber5 ginning of operations this way is full of tallypieces, preferably steel balls F. As the finger-har, and consequently the plug-slide O is lowered, the balls in the way E, which rest on said plug-slide, are lowered with it. The spaces or distances between the figures a are such that the pointer, as it is moved down over the figures, will indicate, with the figure at which it is placed, the number of balls that have passed from the way E into the way 61'. In order to secure the accurate adjustmentof the finger-bar as it is lowered to an exact diameter of a ball or multiple of said diameter, a ratchet-rack is secured at the rear of the way E, and a pawl 0, carried by a stem C, which is attached to the pin and which is raised and lowered with the finger-bar C and plug-slide C engages said rack at such points as to effect the desired adjustment. The rackteeth are just the diameter of a ball in length, so that a downward movement of the pawl from one tooth to another lowers the column of balls in the storage-wayE and way cl just one ball. The rack is so positioned that when the pawl is resting on any tooth the balls in the way (1 just fill said way, so that there is always a line of division between the balls in the way (1 and the way E in coincidence with the plane dividing said ways, so that when it is desired to move the transfer-slide sidewise the position of the balls readily allows said movement, and the finger-bar, having been depressed to the amount (as indicated by the figures a) that it is desired to register, the way (Z will contain exactly that number of balls.

WVhen the finger-bar is set to the amount desired, the transfer-slide is moved to the right, (see Figsl and 13,) so as to bring the way ct in line with the way E, which I term the elevating-way. This way is filled with balls or tally-pieces at all times, and, is connected at the top by means of the connectingway e with the indicating-way E At one side of the connecting-way e, and frictionally contacting the balls in said way,is a springplate 6 which has just sulficient strength to maintain the balls in the way 6, and is continued sufficiently far toward the indicatorway E that a ball ejected from under it readily drops into said indicating-way. The plug-slide C is then raised to the top of the way d, and the balls in the way d are forced into the way E, and the same number of balls are ejected from the way 6 into the indicator-way E where they are stopped by the indicator-stop G. At the beginning of the next registration the stop G is moved in the slot 9 outof the way E and the balls in the indicator drop into the registering-way E, where they are stopped by the register-stop m. At the completion of each carrying op eration the stop m moves in the slot an out of the way E and the balls drop into the lower part of said way E onto the transferslide.

In the transfer-slide I), just at the left of the way (1, (see Fig. 13,) is a way (1*, which, when the slide is at normal or at the begin ning of an operation, is directly in line with the way E so that when the transfer-slide returns to normal, after a carrying operation has taken place, the balls dropped from the register pass down into the way (I onto a plug-slide II, placed in said way. \Vhen the transferslide is moved in the next operation to the right, so as to bring the way cl under the way E, the way cl is brought under the storage-way E, and when the plug-slide C is raised in the way cl the plug-slide II in the way d is also raised, and the balls in the way (1 are forced up into the storage-way. The plugs O and H are maintained in their elevated position until the transfer slide is returned to its normal position, when the plugslide II drops to the bottom of the way (1, and the plug-slide Cissustaincd by the pawl c, and, of course, sustains the balls in the way E and is in position to be reset. This completes the movement of the tally-pieces of the units registering and indicating mechanisms, which movement is duplicated in the tens, hundreds ordollar, andthousands ortendollar registering mechanisms. It will read ily be seen that the system may be carried outindefinitely. In the machine shown there is also mechanism for registering tens of thousands of units or hundreds of dollars, and hundreds of thousands of units or thousands of dollars. These mechanisms are not operated directly, but are only brought into play by the carrying mechanisms, and hence have no elevating-way, indicating mechanism, or operating-finger mechanism. They show in the drawings (see Figs. 13 and 1) as the last two series of ways at the left.

Immediately at the rear of the storage-way E is a carrying-way E, in which the balls are stored for the carrying mechanism. This way is connected with the storage-way by a connecting-way e. IVhen ten balls are accumulated in the next lower register a ball is taken from this carryingwayforsaid denomination and passed through an opening cinto the registering-way At the beginning of the operations both the storage-way and the carrying-way are full of balls. In the machine shown there are thirteen balls originally in the carrying-way, so that if the registering-way is filled with its t'cnballs entirely ICC from the carrying-way the carrying-way will not be exhausted. When the registering-way has received ten balls the carrying mechanism drops a ball into the next higher way and discharges the ten balls from said way, when they are transferred by the transfer-slide and elevated into the storage-way, and as the storage-way would in this instance be full (all the balls in the register having come from the carrying-way) ten balls would be forced over into the carrying-way by said elevating movement. By a little calculation it will readily be seen that whether the balls that fill the register came from the storage-way 0r carrying-way, or from both, the carrying-way will always be replenished before the ballsin said way are exhausted.

Having described the general movement of the balls in setting, indicating, registering,

and carrying, I will now describe the mechanisms by which these several movements are accomplished.

The ways E, E, E and E are formed by grooves in a plate E said plate being secured to the front plate A of the frame, the open side of the grooves being closed by the glass plate A, said glass plate being painted except at the points where it is desired to expose the balls at the indicator and register. A cappiece E is placed over the way E and E, which is provided with circular grooves which form the connecting-ways e. The ways E are formed by a similar but shorter grooved plate E the connecting-way 8 being capped by a small piece e bridging the way E and E.

A main shaft I is journaled in a bushing I in the front plate A of the machine. A crank 1 having a crank-handle I is keyed to the shaft I. A ratchet-wheel 2', having a hub 2' is keyed to the inner end of shaft I, the hub contacting the inner end of the bushing 1, and so holding the shaft I in place. A ratchet-pawl 'i', secured to the frame of the machine, rides the ratchet-wheel t' and engages the teeth thereon, and prevents a backward movementof the crankand the operated mechanism. A pin 2' extends inwardly from the wheel 1' and is eccentric to the wheel 2'.

A cam-lever J is fulcrumed atj to the base of the frame and pivotally secured to the transfer-slide at j. The upper end of this cam-lever is enlarged and has a cam-slot J, which is operated upon by the pin 1' as the crank is rotated. This cam-slot is of such contour that at the beginning of the movement of the crank the cam-lever is carried toward the right and carries-the transfer-slide with it. When the transfer-slide has reached a point where the way (1 is under the way E, the cam-slot is so shaped that it allows the pin 2' to move upon it without effecting a movement of the lever, making a pause in the movement of the transfer-slide, during which the plugslides can be elevated. At the completion of the elevating movement the pin 2' actuates the cam-lever toward the left and it carries the transfer-slide back to its normal position. In order that the transferslide may have a free but accurate movement, it is hung on spring-hangers D which are secured to the plate E at D and to the slide at D The slidein its movement swings on these hangers.

A lever K is fulcrumed at k to a stud on the plate E and is connected by means of a link K with the inner end of the pin F. A link K connects the inner end of the lever K with a bail K which runs through guides on the plate E so that a horizontal portion K has a movement parallel to the back of the slide D. Pins h, attached to the plugslides H, pass back through slots d in the plate D over the bail, so as to be elevated by said bail. (See Figs. 2, 3, and 5.) The rear portions of the pins 0 also pass back far enough to be contacted by said bail in its upward movement, and when one of the plugslides has been depressed for making a registration it will be elevated to position by the bail. It will be readily seen, as shown in Fig. 2, which is at normal, that the first slight movement of the pin '6 gives the cam-lever J its full side movement, while the link K is raised slightly and the bail consequently slightly lowered. When the pin has given the cam-lever its full movement, the pin has passed over the center and has raised the bail back to the normal position, and a continuation of the movement raises the bail so as to elevate plug-slides O and H sufiiciently to force all the balls up out of the ways (1 and 01 into the ways E and E. Then the bail has reached this position, the pin i again actuates the cam-lever J and pushes the transfer-slide back to normal, the bail remaining elevated just long enough to hold the balls up in the upper ways E and E until the movement of the transfer-slide is sufficient to close the upper ways, when the continued movement of the crank and pin 1' lowers the bail to its normal position, the plug-slides II dropping back to place by gravity and the plug-slides G being sustained in their normal position at the upper end of the way 61 by the pawl c and bar 0.

Between the cam-lever J and the wheel 2' is a second cam-lever L, which is fulcrumed atZ to an car on the plate The upper end of this cam-lever contacts the releasing-bar G of the indicator. This bar slides in grooves in extension a on the plate E and is held in said grooves by retaining-screws 6 The end of the bar opposite the lever L contacts a spring G attached to the extension e As the crank and pin 11 are started the cam-notch L actuates the lever L and pushes the bar G toward the left. This carries the pins G, which are mounted on the bar G, out of the way E and drops the balls which indicate the past operation of the machine out of the indicator. The pin then passes out of the notch L, and the spring G snaps the bar back to place, and the pins G are in place to receive the balls for indicating the amountof the operation then in process.

Below the fulcrum Z a carrying-bar M contacts the lever L. It is carried in grooves in the extension 0, and held in place by retaining-screws c and contacts at the end opp0- site the lever L the spring M, which is an extension of the spring G This carrying-bar carries the pinch-pins M which extend through slots M through the plate E and remains normally at the right of the ways E so that when a ball is opposite oneof them in the way IE it will contact it and push it. Just opposite the pin M is a notch in the way E to allow a ball pushed by the pin M a slight movement out of the way to the left. After the pin '6 has operated the lever L to release the indicator balls, as above described, so that they are in the register-ways E it contacts in a later period of its movement the cam-surface L the action upon which pushes the bar M to the left. If in any of the registering-ways E there have accumulated ten or more balls, the tenth accumulated ball (the eleventh actual ball in said way) is contacted by the pin M and pushed toward the left. This movement of the ball pushes toward the left a pin m, which protrudes through the slot M and is normally just at the left of the way E This pin m is carried by a lever on, fulcrumed at M on the plate E and is provided with a pocket m at its upper end, which is normally directly under the carrying-way E. This pocket is of such depth as to just contain one ball. Its front side is open and its bottom declines forward. The lever moves along the back surface of the plate E, which closes the front opening. As the tenth accumulated ball presses the pin on and the lever m the pocket with its one ball is carried from the carrying way of the next higher denomination to an opening e into the registering-way E of said higher denomination, and the ball drops through the opening c into the registering-way, which is below the indicator, so that these carried balls do'not interfere with the proper reading of the indicator. A gate m on the upper end of the lever m retains the balls in the carrying-way during said movement. .At the same time with said movement the lower end of lever m is rocked, and this carries the pin m mounted on the lower end of the lever, out of the way E and allows the balls below the pinched tenth accumulated ball to drop into the lower part of the way E from which they are transferred into the storageway, as heretofore described. As the operation is continued the cam-surface L is such as to allow the bar M to be returned to its normal position by the spring M at the completion of the operation. The carrying-levers m are returned to position (see Fig. 2) against the stop m by small springs m", secured to the plate E and said levers. The pinched ball and any above ten which may have accumulated in this operation are released and drop onto the stop-pin m, which has been returned to position with the leverm. In order that tcn balls may be discharged from the way E as there is one dropped to represent them in the nexthigher way, it is necessary that the ball pinched should be the eleventh ball, and when this eleventh ball drops down upon the pin m it should be below the part exposed in said way for reading the register, so that that way of the register will read 0, and the second ball should come opposite 1 of the figures a and the pinched ball at the top will read the tenth ball. The result of this operation is obvious. For each equivalent number of balls discharged from a way of lower denomination there is a ball putinto the registering-way of a higher denomination, so that the total is always ascertainable by a glance at the registering figures-as, for example, in Fig. 1 the register reads 112,325 or $1,123.25, and the indicator in this figure reads 1,232 or $12.32. At the last way to the left there is a short lever m, which simply carries the stop-pin m and pin m, by which it is operated. As there is no higher denomination it has no carrying-pocket.

Ordinarily these machines are used continuously, so that when the last way E has been filled it is discharged by the movement of this lever m and in calculating the days sales the last register is subtracted from the total registering capacity of the machine, and to this is added the new registration. To rcset the machine it isnecessary that the eleventh ball (the one below the reading) should be in each of the registeringavays at the beginning of the operations. This is accon1- plished by removing the back plate and beginning at the left (looking from the front) push each of the levers in successively to the left. This will empty the way to which the lever belongs and put the necessary eleventh ballinto the next higher way. For example, the lever m is fi1'stpushed,wl1icl1 empties the past way to the left. Then the next lever to the right is pushed. This empties its way and puts a ball (the eleventh or one which is not read) into the last way to the left, which has just been emptied, so that it will have but; the one ball, as required.

As there is no carrying to the units or lowest denomination, in order that it may be re set in the same manner as the other ways the units-ways are provided with a carrying-way from which a ball may be carried into the other units-registering way by means of a short lever in". A blind a normally covers the register-indicating balls and is locked in this position by a lock a". 'When it is desired to read the register the blind is unlocked and the blind is pushed to the left by means of a button a extending through a slot a in the front plate A. This movement of the blind uncovers the balls in the register, as shown in Fig. 1.

A link N is suspended from the end of the lever K, and to the end of this link is at- IOC tached a flexible link (in this instance a cord) N, which is run around a pulley n on the rear base of the machine, a pulley n at the front of the machine, and attached to the drawer atn which is at the rear of said drawer. By following the movement of the lever K and the links N and N it will be readily seen that the drawer will be opened positively by said mechanism when the end of the lever K and the bail K are elevated. The flexible link N allows the lever K to be returned to its normal position while the drawer remains open. A lever O is fulcru med at O on the stud O on the front plate A This lever is pressed in one direction by a spring 0 and a cam B on an extension B on the drawer B contacts the lower ends of the lever O, and when the drawer is closed rocks said lever in opposition to the spring 0 On the front face of the wheel 1' is a pin When the drawer is open, the lever, as it is actuated by the spring 0 comes into the path of this pin 2' and locks the machine against operation. When the drawer is closed, the cam B pushes the lever 0 out of the path of the pin i and allows the machine to be operated. This mechanism is so timed that the pin i has passed the lever 0 before the drawer has begun to open, so that the drawer being closed at the beginning of an operation the lever 0 does not block this operation, but compels the closing of the drawer before the next operation. In the machine shown the drawer is not locked shut, but the front of the drawer presents a perfectly smooth surface, so that the only practical way of opening the drawer is by the operation of the machine. rear of the drawer is mounted a bell P and a spring-actuated clapper P. A pin P on the transfenslide extends forward, so as to contact the clapper as the transfer-slide is moved, and so trips the clapper and sounds the bell at each operation. It will be remembered that this movement of the transfer-slide is accomplished before the bail K and the baillever are actuated, and consequently the drawer-link N is elevated, so that the bell is sounded just before the drawer opens. The transfer-slide is carried back to normal at the completion of the operation and before the drawer is closed, so that when the drawer is closed thebell-clapper comes at the rightside of the pin P in position to be actuated at the next operation.

What I claim as new is- 1. In a cash register, the combination with 'a guide way for tally pieces; and the registering mechanism adapted to receive the tally pieces; of a single operating finger piece; and actuating means for said tally pieces, to register any of several amounts by a single operation of said finger piece.

2. In a cash register, the combination with a receptacle for a store of tally pieces; and a register that is read from the accumulation of said tally pieces; of a single operating finger piece; means actuated by said finger On the piece, for separating from said store, different numbers of tally pieces; and means for indicating in the register, the equivalent of the tally pieces so separated.

3. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for tally pieces, comprising a storage way, and a way leading to the regis ter; of a transfer bar, for transferring tally pieces from said storage way, to the way leading to the register; and setting mechanism carried by said transfer bar, for controlling the number of tally pieces transferred.

4. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for tally pieces, comprising a storage way, and a way leading to the register; of a transfer bar for transferring tally pieces from said storage way, to the way leading to the register; and setting mechanisms actuated by a single operating finger piece, to effect a transfer of the number of tally pieces desired.

5. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for tally pieces, comprising a storage way, and a way leading to the register; of a transfer bar for transferring tally pieces from said storage way to a way leading to the register; a scale of numbers; and setting mechanism, actuated by a single operating finger piece which traverses said scale of numbers, when operated, to effect a transfer by the transfer bar, of the number of tally pieces indicated by the position of said finger piece on said scale of numbers.

6. In a cash register, the combination with a series of guide ways for the passage of tallypieces; of a transfer bar adapted to receive different numbers of tally pieces to be registered as desired, from one of said ways, and to carry the number of tally pieces so received, to another of said ways, and to there eject them. i

7. In a cash register, the combination with a series of guide ways for the passage of tally pieces; of a transfer bar adapted to receive tally pieces and transfer them from one way to another; and a setting mechanism for controlling the number of tally pieces received and transferred.

8. In a cash register, the combination with a series of guide ways for the passage of tally pieces; of a transfer bar adapted to receive tally pieces and transfer them from one way to another; and a setting mechanism carried by said transfer bar, for controlling the number of tally pieces received and transferred.

9. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for tally pieces, comprising a storage way, a wayleading to the register, and a way leading from the register; of a transfer bar adapted to receive tally pieces from the storage way and transfer them from the way leading to the register and to receive tally pieces from the way from the register and transfer them to the storage way.

10. In a cash register, the combination with a guideway for tally pieces, comprising a storage way, and a way leading to the register; of a transfer bar having a way therein, adapted to be brought alternately into line with the storage way and the way leading to the register; a plug slide in said transfer way for regulating the number of tally pieces received from the storage way; means for setting said plug slide for the number of tally pieces desired; and means for actuating said plug slidesto eject the tally pieces in the transfer way into the way leading to the register.

11. In a cash register,the combination with a guideway for tally pieces, comprising a storage way, and a way leading to the register; of a transfer bar having a way therein adapted to be brought alternately into line with the storage way and the way leading to the register; a plug slide in said transfer way for regulating the number of tally pieces received from the storage way; a single operating finger piece for setting said plug slide for the number of tally pieces desired; and means for actuating said plug slide to eject the. tally pieces in the transfer way into the way leading to the register.

12. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for tally pieces, comprising a storage way, a way leading to the register, and a way leading from the register; of a transfer bar having a register transfer way, for trans ferring tally pieces from the storage way into the register way, and a discharge transfer way for transferring tally pieces from the way from the register to the storage way; plug slides in said transfer ways; means for setting the plug slide in the register transfer way to receive the number of tally pieces desired into said wayfrom the storage way; and means for actuating the plug slides in said register transfer way and discharge transfer way to eject the tally pieces in said waysinto the way leading to the register and storage ways respectively.

13. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for a series of tally pieces; of a single operating finger piece; means actuated by said finger piece for separating in said series different numbers of tally pieces in said series, as desired; and a catch mechanism connected with said finger piece graduated to catch said finger piece at the point of separation for each tally piece.

14. In a cash register,the combination with a scale of numbers; and a guide way for a series of tally pieces; of a single operating finger piece, that traverses said scale of numbers as operated; means actuated by said finger piece to separate in said series-to the number of tally pieces indicated by the position of said finger piece on said scale; and a catch mechanism for said finger piece for catching said finger piece at each number on said scale.

15. Ina cash register, the combination with a guide way for a series of tally pieces; of a single operating finger piece; means actuated bya movement of said finger piece in one direction for separating different numbers of tally pieces in said series as desired; and a catch mechanism connected with said linger piece graduated to catch said finger piece at the point of separation for each tally piece and from which said finger piece is disengaged bya movement of said finger piece lateral to its movement for separating tally pieces.

16. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for a series of tally pieces; and a register read from the tally pieces; of a single operating finger piece; means actuated by said finger piece for separating in said series different numbers of tally pieces as desired; mechanism for indicating in the register the equivalent of the tally pieces so separated, and for bringing the operating finger piece back to normal; and a catch mechanism connected with said finger piece graduated to catch said finger piece at the point of separa tion for each tally piece and to maintain said finger piece at normal until operated.

17. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for a series of tally pieces; a single operating finger piece; means actuated by said finger piece for separating in said series different numbers of tally pieces as desired; a stationary rack 0 graduated to the size of the tally pieces; and a pawl connected with said finger piece and adapted to engage said rack at each graduation.

18. Ina cash register, the combination with a guide way for tally pieces; a setting mech anism for setting the machine to actuate tally pieces to register the amount; desired; 01: means for indicating in the register the equivalent of the tally pieces so actuated and a separate mechanism for operating the machine so set.

19. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for tally pieces; a setting mechanism for setting the machine to actuate tally pieces to register the amount desired; means for indicating in the register the equivalent of the tally pieces so actuated of a crank operated mechanism that operates the machine to register the amount so set, and to bring the parts to normal with one complete revolution.

20. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for tally pieces; of a setting mechanism operated by a single operating finger piece to actuate said tally pieces to register different amounts as desired; means for indicating in the register the equivalent of the tally pieces so actuated and a separate operating mechanism for operating the machine so set.

21. In a cash register, the combination with a series of guide ways for the passage of tally pieces; a transfer bar adapted to receive tally pieces from one of said ways and to discharge into another of said ways; a setting mechanism for regulating the number of tally pieces received in said bar; an operating crank; and means connected with said crank for actuating said transfer bar; and ejecting the tally pieces from said transfer bar into the way to which they belong.

22. In a cash register, the combination with a guideway for tally pieces; of means for actuating said tally pieces to indicate separately for each operation the amount desired to register, and a registering mechanism adapted to receive the tally pieces and in communication with said guideway, whereby the sum of the operation is registered by means of the tally pieces.

23. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for tally pieces; of means for discharging from view, the tally pieces indicating the amount of the previous operation; and means of bringing the tally pieces indicating the amount desired to register in the present operation, to view.

24. In a cash register, the combination with aguide way for tally pieces, comprisinga storage way, and an indicating way; of a stop in the indicating way for sustaining the tally pieces in view in said indicating way; mechanism for actuating said stop to discharge from View the tally pieces in said indicating way at the beginning of each operation; mechanism for transferring thetally pieces desired to be indicated, from the storage way to the indicating way; said mechanisms being so timed with relation to each other, that said stop is actuated first to release the tally pieces indicating the previous operation and then to move back to position in time to receive the tally pieces indicating the operation in progress.

25. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for tally pieces, comprising a storage way and an indicating way; of a stop G, for sustaining the tally pieces in said indicating way; a sliding bar G, carrying said stop; a crank operated cam pin i the cam lever L, having the cam notch L, in which said cam pin 2' operates to actuate the lever L, said lever L, actuating by its movement, the sliding bar G, in one direction; a spring for actuating said bar in the opposite direction; mechanism for transferring the tally pieces desired to be indicated, from the storage way to the indicating way, said mechanism being so timed as toeffect the transfer of said tally pieces after said bar G, has been actuated and returned to position.

26. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for tally pieces; of means for actuating said tally pieces to register the sum of the amounts registered from a plurality of operations; and an indicating mechanism for indicating separately, the amounts to be registered at each operation.

27. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for tally pieces; of means for actuating said tally pieces to indicate separately the amount to be registered at each operation and to register the sum of the amounts indicated in a plurality of operations.

28. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way 'for tally pieces, comprising an indicating way, and a registering way; of means for separating and bringing into the registering way the number of tally pieces desired to be registered at one operation; and means for discharging at each operation the tally pieces from the indicating wayinto the registering way.

29. In a cash register, the combination with a way leading to the register; for the passage of tally pieces; of the friction plate 6 for the purposes set forth.

30. In a cash register, the combination with the guide ways E, e, and E for the passage of tally pieces; of a friction plate 6 over the way 6, for the purposes set forth.

31. In a cash register,the combination with guide ways for tally pieces, comprising storage ways, and for each storage Way, a way leading to the register; of a single transfer bar for transferring tally pieces from said storage ways to their companion ways leading to the register; and setting mechanisms, one for each system of ways, carried by said transfer bar, for controlling each for its system of ways, the number of tally pieces transferred.

32. In a cash register, the combination with systems of guide ways for tally pieces, each containing a storage way, a way leading to the register, and a way leading from the register; of a single transfer bar adapted to transfer tally pieces, from said storage way to their companion ways leading to the register and to transfer tally pieces from the register to their companion storage ways.

33. In acash register, the combination with the register; and systems of guide ways for tally pieces, each containing a storage way and a way leading to the register; of setting mechanisms one for each system of ways, for separating the number of tally pieces from the storage way to register the amounts desired to be registered in the system to which it belongs; means for transferring the tally pieces, so separated to the ways of their system lead ing to the register; and a single bail from which the tally pieces so separated in all the systems are actuated to transfer an equivalent number of tallypieces into their proper ways in the register.

34. In acash register, the combination with the register; and systems of guide ways for tally pieces, each containing a way leading from the register, and a storage way; of a' transfer bar having a series of ways adapted to be brought alternately into line with the ways leading from the register and the storage way; slides in said ways which actuate the tally pieces received in said transfer ways; and a single bail which at each operation actuates all of said slides in said transfer ways to eject the tally pieces in said transfer ways into the storage way.

35. In a cash register, the combination with systems of guide ways for tally pieces, each containing a storage way, a way leading into the register and a way leading from the register; of a transferbar having two transfer ways for each of said systems of ways, one the setting way which is adapted to be brought into line with the storage way and the way leading to the register and the other the discharge way which is adapted to be brought alternately into line with the way leading from the register and the storage way; slides in said setting ways for actuating the tally pieces received by said setting ways when desired; slides in said discharge ways to actuate tally pieces received from the register; and a single bail for actuating said slides.

36. In a cash register, the combination with a series of registers of different denominations; and a guide way for a series of tally pieces; of a single operating finger piece; means actuated by said finger piece, for separating in a series, different numbers of tally pieces as desired; mechanism for indicating in the register the equivalent of the tally pieces so separated; and mechanism that transfers a register indication in the operated register, the equivalent of a unit of a higher denomination, to an equivalent register indication in the register of said higher denomination.

37. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for a series of tally pieces; and a series of registers of different denominations which are read by the accumulation of tally pieces therein; of a single operating finger piece; means actuated by said finger piece, for separating in a series, different numbers of tally pieces as desired; mechanism for carrying into the operated register the number of tally pieces so separated; and means actuated when thereis accumulated in the operated register, tally pieces the equivalent of a unit of a higher denomination for carrying into the register for said higher denomination, a tally piece to indicate said equivalent unit.

38. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for a series of tally pieces; and a series of registers of different denominations which are read by the accumulation of tally pieces therein; of a single operating finger piece; means actuated by said finger piece for separating in a series of different numbers of tally pieces as desired; mechanism for carrying into the operated register the number of tally pieces so separated; means, actuated when there is accumulated in the operated register, tally pieces, the equivalent of a unit of a higher denomination, for carrying into the register for said higher denomination, a tally piece to indicate said equivalent unit; and mechanism for discharging from said operated register the tally pieces accumulated equivalent to said unit of the higher denomination.

39. In a cash register, the combination with a guide way for a series of tally pieces; and a series of registers, one for each series of tally pieces, of difterent denominations, which are read by the accumulation of tally pieces therein; of a single operating finger piece;

means, actuated by said finger piece, for separating in a series of different numbers of tally pieces as desired; mechanism for carrying into the operated register the tally pieces so separated; means, actuated by a tally piece in the operated register, for actuating a tally piece in a register-of a higher denomination, when there is accumulated in the 0perated register, tally pieces, the equivalcntof a tally piece in the register of said higher denomination, and also for discharging the tally pieces so accumulated in the operated way.

40. In a cash register, the combinations of systems of guide ways for tally pieces, representing different denominations, each containing a registering way, a storage way, and a carrying wa of means for carrying the tally pieces from a storage way to a register ing way of the same system; means for carrying the tally pieces from a carrying way to a registering way of its system when there is accumulated in a registering way of a lower denomination, tally pieces, the equivalent'of the tally piece of the higher denomination carried from the carrying way; and means of discharging the equivalent accumulated tally pieces in the registering way of the lower denomination.

41. In a cash register, the combinations of systems of guide ways for tally pieces of different denominations, each containing a registering way a storage way and a carrying way; of a carrying lever for each of said carrying ways that is actuated by a tally piece in a registering way of a lower denomination, when there is accumulated in the registering way of the lower denomination the equivalent of a tally piece in, the way to which said lever belongs, said lever having a pocket for receiving a tally piece from its carrying way and carrying said tally piece to its registering way when actuated.

42. In a cash register of the type shown, the combination with the registering way and the carrying way; of a carrying lever having a pocket for receiving a tally piece from the carrying way and depositing it, when the lever is actuated, in the registering way, said lever also having a gate at, for closing the carrying way while'the lever is being actuated to carry said tally piece.

43. In a cash register, the combination with a series of registers of different denominations; and guide ways for a series of tally pieces; of a single operating finger piece for each register; means actuated by each of said finger pieces, for separating in its series differentnumbers of tally pieces as desired; mechanism for indicatingin each register the equivalent of the tally pieces so separated by the actuation of its operating finger piece; and mechanism that transfers a register indication in the operated register, the equivalent of a unit of ahigher denomination to an equivalent register indication of said higher denomination.

a l. In a cash register, the combination with guide ways for tally pieces; registers of different denominations read from said tally pieces; and an indicator for separately indicating the amount of each operation; and carrying mechanism that transfers a register indication from a register of lower denomination to an equivalent register indication in a register of higher denomination, when the register of lower denomination has a register indication the equivalent of the higher denomination.

45. In a cash register, the combination with guide ways for tally pieces; registers of different denominations read from said tally pieces; an indicator for separately indicating the amount of each operation that is also read from said tally pieces; and carrying mechanism that transfers a register indication from a register of lower denomination, to an equivalent register indication in a register of higher denomination, when the register of the lower denomination has a register indication the equivalent of a unit of the higher denomination. I

46. In a cash register, the combination with series of guide Ways for tally pieces, comprising an indicating way, and registering ways of different denominations; of means for separating and bringing into the indicating way, the number of tally pieces desired to be registered at one operation; and means for discharging at each operation the tally pieces from the indicating way into the registering way; and carrying mechanism that transfers a register indication from a register way of lower denomination to a register way of higher denomination when the register way of lower denomination has a register indication of a unit of the higher denomination 47. In a cash register, the combination with guide ways for tally pieces comprising an indicating way and registering Ways of different denominations; and mechanism that actuates said tally pieces to first pass to the indicator to indicate the amount of each operation'and then to the register to indicate the sum of the indications; of a carrying way having tally pieces therein; mechanism for transferring a tally piece from said carrying way to the register of its denomination when there is accumulated in a registering way of a lower denomination, tally pieces, the equivalent of tally pieces carried into the registering way of the higher denomination.

48. In a cash register the combination with guide ways for tally pieces comprising an indicating way and registering ways of different denominations; mechanism for actuating said tally pieces to first pass into the indicator way to indicate the amount of each operation, and to discharge said tally pieces into the register, to indicate the sum of the-indications; and carrying mechanism for transferring a register indication in a registering way of a lower denomination to a register indication in a registering way of higher denomination, when there is a register indication in the registerin g way of the lower denomination the equivalent of a unit of the higher denomination, said carrying mechanism, being actuated after the discharge of the tally pieces indicating the previous operation from the indicating way.

49. In a cash register, the combination with the register operating mechanism; of a cash receptacle; mechanism connected with the operating mechanism for opening said cash receptacle at each operation and a flexible link in said connecting mechanism that allows the operating mechanism to be brought to normal before the money receptacle is closed.

50. In a cash register, the combination with the lever K, actuated by the operating mechanism; of the money receptacle; mechanism for opening the money receptacle from the movement of said lever K; and the flexible link N, forming a link in said connecting mechanism for the purposes set forth.

51. In a cash register, the combination with the operating mechanism; and the cash receptacle; a gong carried by said cash receptacle, that is in position to be actuated by the operating mechanism when the cash receptacle is closed and is out of position to be actuated by the said mechanism when the said cash receptacle is open, the opening and closing of said cash receptacle being timed by said operating mechanism; and a moving part of the register operating mechanism that actuates said gong in its movement, said moving part being timed to move before the cash receptacle opens and to return to normal before the cash receptacle closes.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 1 in presence of two witnesses.

H. O. LORD, WM. MARKS, Jr.