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Publication number: US552381A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-12-31
Anticipated expiration: 1912-12-31

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(No Model.)

' E. W. LOOKE. SAFETY CASH BOX AND nnconnm.

No. 552,381. Patented Dec. .31, 1895.

WITNESSES VENTOR ATTORNE ANDREW E GRAHAMJNDYO LITHQWASHINGTONDC (R0 Model.-) 4 SheetsSheet 2.

E. W. LOOKE; SAFETY OASH BOX AND RECORDER.

No. 552,381. Patented Dec. 31, 1895.

(No Model.) 7 4 Sheets-Sheet 3.

E. W. LOGKE. SAFETY CASH BOX AND RECORDER.

Patented Dec. 31, 1895.

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B. w. LOGKE. SAFETY CASH BOX AND RECORDER.

No. 552,381. Patented Dec. 3-1, 1895;

WITNESSEL I r pgwm Q Q o) W 777 7 y W ANDREW B GRAHAM,PHO'YO-UTNQWASNINFI'DND C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDlVARD 'AREN LOOKE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALF TO JAMES T. PHILLIPS, OF SAME PLACE.

SAFETY CASH BOX AND RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,381, dated December 31, 1895.

Application filed February 9,1895. Serial No. 537,778. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD WAREN LOCKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the County of Kent and State of illichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Safety Cash Box and Recorder, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to improvements in cash boxes and registers.

The object of the present invention is to provide a cash box and recorder, adapted to receive and record separately the transactions of various clerks, and capable of maintaining such .records separate and distinct, and of preventing one clerk from accidentally or intentionally entering transactions or sales on another clerks record or account strip or ribbon.

Another object of the invention is to provide a locking mechanism which will be susceptible of various combinations, and which will enable the record or account strip or ribbon of each clerk to be locked by a separate combination, in order to prevent one clerk from gaining access to the records of sales of another clerk.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cash box and recorder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with the casing removed. Fig. is a longitudinal sectional view on line 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. at is a detail section al view of a portion of the lockin g mechanism. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of the actuating-arms of the longitudinal rockshafts. Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views illustrating the construction of the latches of the cover or lid loeki ng mechanism and the means for operating the same. Figs. 9, 10, and 11 are detail views illustrating the construction when separate tills or cash-receptacles are employed for each recording strip or ribbon, Fig. 10 being a section on line 10 10 and Fig. 11 a section on line 11 ll of Fig. 9.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a casing slightly L-shaped in side elevation, and provided with a hinged cover or lid 2, connected with the back of the casing, and arranged to swing upward and rearward, to expose the lower front portion 3, and the upper rear portion at of the casing, for the purpose of making change and to deposit the money resulting from sales and the like, in bill or note compartments of the upper rear portion 4 and in coin pockets or receptacles of the lower front portion 3. The cover 2 is provided with a downwardly-offset front portion, and has a curved inclined connecting portion 5, which covers the intermediate portion of the casing, between the front and rear portions thereof.

Any number of money-compartments may be employed, and the cover is retained when closed, and is secured against upward swinging or opening by a pair of locking-levers G, disposed vertically at the intermediate portion of the casing, and provided at their upper ends with forwardly-p'rojecting dogs or lugs 7, arranged to engage projections or lugs 8, extending rearward from the back of the downwardly-offset front portion of the cover 2. The locking-levers 6 are fulcrumed intermediate of their ends at 9, and their lower portions are slightly forwardly curved, and form curved rear edges or recesses 10, adapted to be engaged by actuating-arms 11 of a transverse rock-shaft 12, whereby the lower ends of the locking-lever are thrown forward to disengage their upper ends to release the cover. The rear edges 10 are concavely curved, and the arms 11 are provided with anti-friction-wheels 13, to enable the locking-levers to be actuated without friction, and to avoid any liability of these parts binding.

The rock-shaft 12 is journaled in suitable bearings of the supportingframe, and is provided at intervals with upward-extending arms 14, to enable the rock-shaft to be operated at different points by a series of longitudinally-disposed reciprocating bars 15. At the intermediate portion of the casing is located a series of independent record ribbons or strips 16, designed to be used by the clerks of an establishment to keep their records and accounts of sales or other business transactions separate and distinct, and a reciprocating rock-shaft-engagingbar 15 is provided for each of the record ribbons or strips 16, and each bar 15 is engaged by a common locking mechanism, and is released by a separate and distinct combination, in order that one clerk may not have access to the record ribbon or strip of another. Each bar 15 is provided with a depending lug 17 forming a shoulder arranged in rear of the arm 14:, and adapted to swing the same forward to actuate the rockshaft 12. The front end of the bar 15 is pivotally connected to the upper end of a rearwardly and upwardly inclined arm of a bellcrank lever 18, which is fulcrumed at its angle at 19, and which has its other arm inclined forward and upward, and provid ed with a finger-en gagin g head or disk 20, and forms a key. The disk or head 20 of each key portion of the bell-crank levers is designed to bear a distinguishing letter or character, to enable its operator to distinguish it readily.

Each lockin g-lever 6 is provided at its lower end with a foot 21, and has an angular notch 22 at the front portion thereof. The notch is located at the top of the foot, and itis engaged by the rear end of an upwardly-swinging latch 23, which is pivoted at its front end in a bifurcation of a lug 2%, formed integral with the bottom of the supporting-frame. This latch 2-3 locks the lower end of the lever (5 against forward movement, and retains the lug 7 in engagement with. the cover 2, and it is swung upward when the rock-shaft .12 is properly operated by means of a lever 25, Figs. 7 and 8, fulcrumed near its rear end on a lug of the supporting-frame, and having its rear end projecting beneath the rock-shaft 12, and arranged to be engaged and depressed by an eccentrically-arranged lug 26 of the rock-shaft. The front portion of the latchreleasing lever 25 is curved laterally, and is located beneath the latch 23, and when its rear end is depressed by the lug 26 its front portion swings upward, carrying with it the latch 23 and releasing the foot of the lockinglever to permit the arm 11 to actuate the latter. As soon as the rock-shaft is returned to its initial position and the lug 26 carried upward out of engagement with the rear end of the lever 25 the latch is free to fall and to engage automatically the notched foot of the lockin g-lever.

The reciprocating bar 15 is retained against accidental inward movement, after it .has been operated and carried outward, by means of a weighted lever 27, fulcrumed intermediate of its cm s on a suitable support of the frame and provided at its rear end with a beveled tooth 28, arranged to engage a similar-shaped reversely-disposed lug or tooth 29 of the bar 15. The tooth 28 is provided at its front face with a shoulder, and its rear face is beveled, while the lug 29 is provided at its rear face with a shoulder, and its front face or edge is beveled, and when the reciprocating bar 15 is moved outward the lug or tooth 29 is adapted to depress and engage the teeth 28. The front portion of the lever 27 is enlarged to form a weight for holding the teeth or lugs 28 and 29 in their engagement, and after the operator has completed his record, and desires to close the cash box, the lever 27 is disengaged from the reciprocating bar 15, to permit the parts to return to their initial position, by means of an upward-extendin trip-rod 30, mounted in suitable guides of the supporting-frame, and having its lower end connected to the rear portion. of the weighted lever 27, and having its upper end arranged to be engaged by the cover 2, as the latter is closed, whereby the rear end of the weighted lever 27 will be depressed and will release the bar 15. The bar 15, after being released from its en gagement with the weighted lever 27, is returned and moved rearward by a helical sprin 31, disposed 011 the front portion of this bar and interposed between the front of the supporting-frame and the shoulder of the bar 15. The locking-lever is returned and caused to engage the cover by a bowed spring 32, located in advance of the lever G, andhaving its front side secured to a lug of the supporting-frame, and its rear side engaging the foot of the locking-lever (3. This spring 32 also returns the rock-shaft to its initial position and causes the latch 23 to engageand lock the foot of the lever 6.

The supporting-frame is provided in front and in rear of each of the exposed portionsof the recording ribbons or strips with front and rear troughs or receptacles and ill, having upward-extending sides and rounded bottoms, and constructed preferably of: sheet metal suitably supported in the frame. The front receptacle or trough is designed to receive a blank roll of the record ribbon or strip 16, which passes upward over a transverse bar 35, which is half-round, and which is provided with guide-grooves 36, for the reception of the series of ribbons. The record ribbons or strips pass over the half-roun d bar, and between front and rear transversely-disposed feed-rollers 37 and 38, arranged. in pairs, and located at the back of the transverse supporting-bar 35. The front feed-roller 237 of each pair is provided or has fixed to it a ratchetwheel 39, which is engaged by an actuatingpawl t0, carried by a lever ii, and the latter is fulcrumed intermediate of its ends, and has its lower end rounded and fitting in a rounded recess 4.2 of the bar 15. The lever at]. is disposed at an inclination, and carries at its upper end a curved shield 43, which is normally arranged over and conceals that portion of the ribbon or strip supported by the halfround bar, and when the reciprocating bar15 is moved outward by the means before described it carries with it the lower end orportion of the lever ail and swings the upper portion of this lever rearward. The rearward the supportingbars.

swinging of the upper portion of the lever 41 carries with it the shield 43 and exposes the ribbon or strip, and simultaneously with this operation the actuating-pawl engages and partially rotates the ratchet-wheel and the front feed-roll, thereby carrying a fresh unused portion of the ribbon or strip forward to receive the record of the transaction, for which the cash box or recorder was opened. The ribbon or strip is maintained at the proper tension to insure the desired feed, and to hold. the same firmly on the half-round bar, by a spring at secured to the supportingframe or to the halfround bar by screws G and clip M, and disposed transversely of the ribbon or strip and engaging the same.

The series of curved shields are located at the intermediate portion of the casing, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, and they conceal the ribbons and expose only the one corresponding to the particular mechanism operated, and the half-round bar forms a convenient support for each ribbon, and the record of transactions may be readily written upon the same. Each ribbon or strip may be divided off into any desired arrangement of columns for the reception of the record, but three columns will be found most advantageousone column for the entire amount received by the clerk, another for the change returned to the customer, and the third for the amount of the sale or the amount placed in the till. By this arrangement any mistake made may be detected, and the record will show the clerk making the mistake.

The reciprocating bars 15 are normally locked against outward movement by locking mechanism, consisting essentially of inclined rear portions or extensions 45 of the reciprocating bars 15, swinging tumbler-bars 46 for engaging the inclined portions or extensions 45, and operating mechanism for swinging the tumbler-bars to out of engagement with the reciprocating bars 15, to permit the latter to be drawn outward. The inclined extensions 455 are provided at regular intervals with notches 47, arranged at different :levations, the notches being of the same depth, and the bar inclining upward and rearward, and the swinging tumbler-bars 5 .6, which. engage the notches, depend from supporting-bars l8 of the frame, and have their upper ends pivoted by rods 4:!) in recesses of The tumbler-bars 4c vary in length to correspond with the position of the notches, the longest bar being in front, and this arrangement prevents the first tumbler-bar swinging into any of the notches in rear of the first one, as the bar 15 is moved forward, and the secon d tumbler-bar will be unable to swing in an y of the notches in rear of it, as will be readilyunderstood, whereby after a reciprocating bar 15 has been released and drawn outward the tumbler-bars will be held out of such engagement until the reciprocating bar is returned, and the proper corresponding notches are located opposite the tumbler-bars.

The tumbler-bars are guided by depending guides 50, disposed in front and in rear of each tumbler-bar, and provided at their lower ends with flanges, forming a narrow opening or way, to permit a swinging movement of the tumbler-bar. The guides 50 depend from the supports 48, and above the bottom flanges the spaces between the guides are greater than the thickness of the tumbler-bars. The swinging of the tumbler-bars is effected by means of longitudinally-disposed rock-shafts 51, journaled in suitable bearings at the bottom of the supporting-frame and extending from the front to the rear of the same, and each rockshaft has mounted on it a series of upwardextending arms 52, corresponding in number to the number of swinging bars 46 an d notches 47 employed in the combination. In the accompanying drawings each rock-shaft 51 is shown provided with three arms 52, but it will be readily understood that the number may be Varied, as desired. The upper ends of the arms 52 are pivotally attached to transverse connecting or tumbler-engaging bars 53, arranged in the spaces between the tumblers and the upper portions of the guides, and located in rear of the tumblers, and carrying pins 5st for engaging the same. The lower ends of the upward-extending arms 52 areprovided with sleeves or openings, and one of the arms 52 of each set is fixed by means of a fastening device to its rock-shaft, and the other sleeves or openings of the arms loosely receive the rock-shaft, and are not affected by the turning of the latter. The next rock-shaft is designed to have a different arm of its set fixed to it, in order that each one of the longitudinal rock-shafts 51 will actuate a different arm, or rather a transverse row of arms, and the connecting or tumbler-engaging bar carried by them.

The front ends of the bars 15 are slidingly mounted on the supporting-frame in suitable guide-openings thereof, and their rear ends are supported by antifriction rollers or wheels 56, mounted in suitable brackets or bearings at the back of the supporting-frame, and the notches 47 of each bar 15 are designed to be engaged by a different arrangement of tumbler-bars from the other reciprocating bars, in order to require a different manipulation of the tumblen engaging or connecting bars 53, to produce different combinations for the several bell-cranleoperating levers or keys 18. The arms 52 and the connecting-bars 53 are adapted to swing laterally of the supporting-frame in either direction, and the pins 54 or other projections maybe located at either side of the tumblerbars to vary the combinations.

The front end of each longitudinally-disposed rock-shaft 51 has secured to it a head or block 57, which projects laterally from the rock-shaft, and which forms a pair of oppositely-disposed arms, adapted to be engaged by a pair of operating levers or keys 58, fulcrumed at opposite sides of the rock-shaft, and in advance of the same. Each pair of keys or levers 58 has horizontal front portions, terminating in finger-heads or disks, and the rear portions of these keys or levers are curved downward, and are located beneath the oppositely-disposed arms of the rock-shaft, whereby when one of the levers or keys 58 is depressed the rock-shaft will be turned in one direction, and ill be partially rotated in the opposite direction when the other key or lever 58 of the pair is depressed. Each pair of keys enables the corresponding upward-extending arms and the connectingbar to be swung in either direction. The swing of the bars and the rotation of the rock-shaft is limited by a cap (50 mounted upon the support, to which the adjacent pair of levers or keys is f ulcrnmed, and provided at opposite sides with rearward projections (31, limiting the upward swing of the arms, and forming stops for the same.

The upward-extending arms 52 are maintained normally in a vertical position by substantia-lly L-shaped weighted levers G2, having their inner ends 63 pivoted in openings of offset portions 64 of the central series of arms 52, and provided at their outer ends with weights ()5. The openings of the offset portions (ii are of greater height than the width of the levers, and a space is left between the upper edge of the lever and the top wall of each opening of the offset portions (34, and the lower corner of the inner end of each lever is rounded, as shown. There is a lever (12 and weight on each side of the arms 52. This construction permits the upward-ere tending arms to have a limited swing in either direction. The weights are retained against outward movement, and when the arms swing in the direction of either set of weights the inner ends of the levers of the other set will be lifted and will have suflicient weight to return the arms to a vertical position. The lower edges of the inner ends of the weighted levers are rounded so that the set of weights toward which the arms swing will remain inactive.

The disposition of the tumbler-bars may be changed, and it will be readily apparentthat various combinations may be produced, and that a separate combination will be provided for each bell-crank lever, so that one clerk will be unable to gain access to the record of another clerk, either accidentally or intentionally.

lVhen one of the reciprocating bars 15 is released by swinging the tumbler-bars from the notches thereof and is moved outward the locking-arms or portions of the levers 6 will be swung rearward and will release the cover 2, which will be automatically swung upward. The cover has its rear portion above the hinges connected with each side of the casing by link-bars 66 and 67. The bar 66 has its upper end pivoted to the cover, and it depends therefrom, and its lower end is pivotally connected to the rear end of the bar 67, which has its front end pivoted to the inner face of the adjacent side of the casing at the top and near the front terminus of the rear portion of the casing. The lower end of each bar (36 is engaged by a bowed supporting-spring 68, having its lower side secured to the bottom of the casing, and its upper side supporting the linkbars, and as soon as the cover is released it is swung upward by the springs 68, and it is supported in its elevated position, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, by a spring-catch 69, mounted on the inner face of each side of the casing, and having intermediate of its ends an offset-bend 70, forming a supporting-shoulder for the link bar 67, and the lower edge of this link-bar (37 Y is slightly rounded, and when the cover is swung downward it is adapted to force the spring-catch aside to pass the same.

In Figs. 9, l0 and 11 of the accompanying drawings is illustrated a modification of the invention, wherein separate money-receptacles are provided for each clerk or operator. Individual covers 71 and 7 2 are hinged at one side by means of pintles 7 3 secured to lugs of the supporting-frame and eyes 7a of the covers, and helical springs are disposed on the pintles and connected with the supporting-frame and the covers, and are adapted to open the latter when the same are released.

The covers 71 and 7 2 are locked when closed by levers 75 and 7 G, fulcrumed 011 the supporting-frame, and provided at their upper ends with hooks or lugs for engaging L-shaped arms 77 of the covers. The lower ends of the

levers

75 and 76 are rounded, and are received within corresponding recesses 78 and 79 of the companion-bar 15; and as the reciprocating bar 15 is moved outward, the

covers

71 and 72 are simultaneously released, and are automatically opened by the helical springs 7 3.

It will be seen that the apparatus is positive and reliable in operation, and that it is ca pable of keeping separate records for the several clerks or salesmen of an establishment, and that one clerk or salesman will not be permitted access to the records of another. Furthermore, it will be apparent that it will enable mistakes to be readily discovered, and that the record will clearly show which operator made a mistake.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, such as varying the number of the ribbons or strips, changing and varying the locking mechanism, and the like.

In Fig. 2 the shield 43 on the right is shown as thrown back to expose the paper for the record, the central one is in normal position and the one to the left is removed, showing the half-round bar beneath and the slots 41 therein through which the shield carrying levers 41 extend. The guides 36 for the paper are also shown here.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that I have marked the three levers 20 as belonging exclusively to different clerks, who will be designated A, B and 0. There are three pair of combination-lock levers 58, the buttons of which I have marked 1, 2, 3, at, 5, and 6, Fig. 2. Of the three groups of levers or arms 52 the first one or the one nearest the front on the rock-shaft 51 at the left of Fig. 2 is fixed thereto, while the second and third arms are loose and merely serve as rocking supports for the reciprocating-bars 53. Of the second group, the second lever or arm 52 is fixed to its rock-shaft 51, and the first and third are loose, while for the third group. shown on the right of Fig. 1, the third arm is fixed and the first and second one loose. The groups of tumblers 46 for the bars 15 are also shown in Fig. 2, being marked 1., 2, and 3, according to their position.

It will be noticed that the pins or studs 54 are so located 011 the several bars 53 in Fig. 2 that the first and second tumblers of the left-h and group for the clerk Amust be moved toward the right, while the third tumbler must be moved toward the left. For doing this the clerk A depresses buttons 1 and 3, which moves the first and second bars 53 to the right, the first being moved by the first fixed lever 52 of the left-hand group and the second by being moved by the second intermediate lever of the next group, and besides these it is necessary to operate the third bar to the left, which is down by the key 6. Buttons 1, 3 and 5 move their respective bars 53 to the right, while

buttons

2, 1 and 6 move the same bars to the left. For releasing the bar 15 for clerk B the second group of tumblers are manipulated. There are only two shown in this group and these are operated through the buttons 1 and 5. The mechanism for clerk 0 controlled by the right-hand group of tumblers is released by operating

buttons

2, 3 and 6. These combinations may be changed as desired.

Each of the recording-strips is ruled, as before stated, by three separate columns of dollars and cents-for instance, the total sum received from the customersay ten dollars another column for the change returned to he custo1ner-forinstance, three dollars and seventeen centsand a third column for the amount put in the tillviz., six dollars and eighty-three cents. This method of recording will enable the proprietor to locate a mistake without apparent difficulty.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. I11 a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, a series of independent recording strips or ribbons, independent shields or covers concealing and protecting the ribbons or strips by lying normally over that portion of the strip which is to receive the writing, a series of key operated bars connected with and actuating the shields or covers, and a locking mechanism engaging said bars, and having separate combinations for releasing the same, substantially as described.

2. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing having a cover, a locking lever fulcrumed in the casing engaging the cover and holding the same against opening, a rock-shaft provided with an arm for engaging and actuating the locking lever to release the same, and provided with an upward extending arm, and areciprocatingbar having a shoulder for engaging the upward extending arm, substantially as described.

3. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, a series of separate ribbons or strips arranged within the casing, covers or shields concealing and protecting the ribbons or strips, key operated bars connected with the covers or shields and actuating the same and provided with notches, swinging tumbler bars mounted in the casing and engaging the notches of said bars and locking them against movement, and operating mechanism connected with the tumbler bars for releasing the key operated bars, and provided with a separate combination for each bar, substantially as described.

l. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, a series of separate ribbons or strips arranged therein, covers or shields concealing and protecting the ribbons or strips, key operated bars connected with and actuating the covers or shields and provided with notches, swinging tumbler bars engaging the notches of the bars, tumbler engaging bars having interchangeable pins arranged adjacent to the tumbler bars, and means for operating the transverse tumbler engaging bars, substantially as described.

5. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, the paper guiding and operating mechanism including a series of key actuated bars slidingly mounted in the easing, and provided with series of notches,swinging tumbler bars located above the key 0perated bars, and engaging the notches thereof, rock-shafts, upward extending arms arranged in series on each rock-shaft, one of the arms of each series being fixed to its shaft, transverse tumbler engaging bars carried by the upward extending arms and provided with interchangeable pins arranged to engage the tumbler bars, and means for operating the rock-shaft, substantially as described.

6. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, the paper guiding and operating mechanism including a series of key actuated bars mounted for reciprocation in the casing and provided with notches, swinging tumbler bars located above the key operated bars and engaging the-notches thereof, rockshafts provided at their front ends with opposite arms, upwardly extending arms arranged in series and mounted on the rear.

portions of the rock-shafts, the transverse tumbler engaging bars carried by the upward extending arms and provided with interchangeable pins for engaging the tumbler bars, and operating levers arranged in pairs at the front ends of the rock-shafts and engaging the opposite arms thereof, whereby the rock-shaft may be operated in either direction, substantially as described.

7. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, the paper guiding and operating mechanism including reciprocating bars slidingly mounted in the casing and provided with inclined rear portions having notches, the depending swinging tumbler bars varying in length and correspondingwith the notches of the reciprocating bars, and means for swinging the t imbler bars out of engagement with the reciprocating bars, substantially as described.

8. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casin g, a rock-shaft journaled therein and provided with opposite extending arms, a pair of key levers fulcrumed intermediate of their ends and having their rear ends arranged beneath the arms of the rockshaft, stops limiting the swing of the rockshaft, the paper guiding and operatin g mechanism, the tumblers arranged to lock or unlock the same and the connection between the rock shaft and tumblers, substantially as described.

9. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, the paper guiding and operating mechanism including reciprocating bars, tumblers en gaging the same, rock-shafts provided with upward extending arms, tumbler engaging bars carried by said arms and provided with projections, and weighted levers connected with arms of the rock-shafts, and maintaining the same in a vertical position, substantially as described.

10. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, the paper guiding and operating mechanism including reciprocating bars, tumblers engaging the same, rock-shafts having upward extending arms and provided therein with openings, tumbler en gaging bars carried by said arms, and levers provided at their outer ends with weights, and having their inner ends pivoted in the openings of said arms, and having rounded lower edges normally contacting with the bottoms of the openings, substantially as described.

11. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, a series of independent ribbons or strips, the curved table plate therefor, independent covers or shields arranged to conceal and protect the ribbons or strips, levers fulcrumed intermediate of their ends, and arranged to move the shields along a curved path and a series of key operated bars receiving the lower ends of said levers, said key operated bars being arranged to slide horizontally and having upper notched edges to engage the pivoted levers, substantially as described.

12. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, a series of independent strips or ribbons arranged therein, independent covers or shields for concealing the same, levers fulcrumed in the casing and having their upper ends carrying said covers or shields, and depending within the casing, a series of key-operated bars receiving the lower ends of said levers, feed rollers for the strips or ribbons, and provided with. ratchet wheels, and actuating pawls carried by the shield holding levers and engaging the ratchet wheels, substantially and for the purpose described.

13. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing, a ribbon or strip arranged therein, the table or guide over which the ribbon passes a lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends and carrying at its upper end a shield, a reciprocating key operated bar engaging the lower end of the lever, a pair of feed rolls located in rear of the shield and provided with a ratchet wheel, a pawl carried by the lever and engaging the ratchet wheel, and a tension spring engaging the ribbon or strip in advance of the shield and the table or guide for the paper, substantially as described.

li. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing provided with a cover, an upward extending locking lever engaging the cover, a transverse rock-shaft having an arm to engage the locking lever and provided with a series ofupwardly extending arms, a series of reciprocating bars arranged to engage the upward extending arms, and means for locking and releasing the reciprocating bars, substantially as described.

15. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing provided with a cover, an upward extending lockin g lever engaging the cover, a rock-shaft provided with an arm arranged to engage the lower end of the locking lever to throw the upper end thereof out of engagement with the cover, a latch engaging and locking the lower end of the lever, and a releasing lever extending from the rockshaft to the latch and arranged to be actuated by the former for releasing the latter, substantially as described.

16. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing having a cover, a locking lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends and having its upper end engaging the cover, a rock-shaft located in rear of the locking lever and provided with an arm for engaging the same, and having a lug, a hinged latch located in advance of the locking lever and engaging the lower end of the same, and a releasing lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends and having its front end arranged beneath the latch, the rear end of the said releasing lever being arranged to be engaged by the lug of the rock-shaft, and to be depressed by the same, whereby the latch is released, substantially as described.

1'7. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing having a cover, an upward extending locking lever engaging the cover and fulcrumed intermediate of its ends, and provided at the rear side of its lower end with a curved recess, a rock-shaft having an arm provided with an anti-friction wheel, and en gaging the recessed portion of the lockin g lever, and a spring located in advance of the locking lever and engaging the lower end of the same, substantially as described.

18. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing having a cover, a key operated bar, a weighted lever arranged to engage the key operated bar, and a trip rod extending upward from the engaging end of the weighted lever and arranged to be engaged by the cover in closing, whereby the weighted lever will be thrown out of engagement with the key operated bar, substantially as described.

19. In a cash box and recorder, the combination of a casing having a cover, a key operated bar provided on its lower edge with a beveled lug, a weighted lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends and provided with a beveled tooth arranged to engage the beveled lug of said bar, whereby the bar will be retained in its open position, and a trip bar connected with the engaging end of the weighted lever and arranged to be depressed by the cover, substantially as described.

20. In a cash box and recorder, the combi nation of a casing having a cover, a locking lever engaging the cover, a series of reciprocating bars, bell-crank levers fulcrumed in the casing and connected with the said bars and having outward extending arms forming keys, springs for returning the bars, a rockshaft provided with upward extending arms to be engaged by the bars and having an arm for engaging the locking lever, and a series of levers fulcrumed in the casing and provided at their upper ends with shields or covers and having their lower ends connected with and actuated by the reciprocating bars, substantially as described.

21. In combination with the series of recording strips, the independent mechanism for opera-ting the same, the combination locks for said mechanisms and the cover common to all the recording strips having a lock arranged to be released by the operating of either re cording mechanism so that access may be had to the strips for making the record, substantially as described.

22. In combination with the series ofrecordin g strips the independent operating mechanism therefor including the key bars, the combination locks for said bars, the cover common to all the record strips and the look therefor arranged to be operated by the movement of either key bar, substantially as described.

23. In combination in a cash box and recorder, a plurality of recording mechanisms for the several clerks, combination locks arranged to control the same, a cover common to the several recordingmechanisms and locking means therefor arranged to be released upon the operation of either recording mechanism substantially as described.

24:. In combination the recording means, the key bars and the combination lock for the same comprising the tumblers arranged in groups one for each key bar and the transverse bars for operating the tumblers and means for operating the transverse bars in either direction, substantially as described.

25. In combination in a cash box and re corder, the paper guiding and operating mechanism, means for operating the same, the illdividual keys for the several clerks and the individual money tills, the said individual keys serving both to actuate the paper operating mechanism and the said individual tills, substantially as described.

26. In combination in a cash box and recorder, the guiding and operating means for the paper, the independent movable shields or covers therefor corresponding to the several clerks, and normally lying over and concealing those portions of the strip which are to receive the Writing, the keys with connections for operating the paper mechanism includin g the shields, the individual money tills and the combination lock whereby the recording mechanism and money till can be operated only by the proper clerk, substantially as described.

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

EDIVARD IVAREN LOCKE.

\Vitnesses:

ALBERT C. JAoKMAN, \VILLIAM II. BAKER.