US760415A - Cash indicator and register. - Google Patents

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PATENTED MAY 24, 1904.

F. M. BORING. CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

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Patented. May 24, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,415, dated May 24, 1904. Application filed June 1,1898. Serial ND. 682,238. (Nomodeh) To all w/wm/ it may concern.-

Be it known that LFRANK M. BORING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Indicators and Registers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention comprises a number of valuable improvements in cash indicators and registers, the details of said improvements being hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper portion of the machine, showing the registry and indicating devices with the front casing broken away at certain points. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the register. Fig. 3

is a horizontal cross-section shown on lines 8 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail vertical section showing the release mechanism of the cash-receptacle. Fig. 5 is a detail top plan view of the same. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of that portion of the machine shown in Fig. 1, the parts of the case being removed to show the registry mechanism. Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the rotating case carrying the registry devices. Figs. 8 and 9 are plan views of the adding-wheels. Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic View of the adding-wheels, showing the movement of the disk as the transfer is made. Figs. 11 and 12 are enlarged detailed views of a portion of the adding-wheels, illustrating the movement thereof.

The inclosing cabinet A is preferably made of sheet metal and has at the bottom a projecting base A and at the top a circular case A, forming a chamber with a circular front opening, within which chamber is fitted a shallow reciprocating rotary case B, the front of this case being a circular plate B, fitting under the circular opening in the front of the case A, while the back is an annulus B. Passing through the center of the plate B, upon which it is loosely mounted, is a shaft or pin a, tapped in the back of the cabinet, which shaft permits the case B Bv B tobe readily rotated either to the right or left. 6 is a pointer or other index secured to the front of the plate B. C, C, C, C, and C are openings in this plate to expose the numbers on the registry-disks after a cap D has been properly turned, said cap being journaled on the shaft a and slotted at (Z to permit the passage of a knob 01, which secures the pointer b to the plate B and by means of which the case B is rotated, as hereinafter described. This cap is provided with openings E, E, E, E, and E, that register with the openings of the plate B when it is desired to inspect the numbers on the indicating-disks. Openings E and E are also formed in this cap somewhat larger than the other openings to enable the ready manipulation of certain knobs normally concealed by the cap.

The annular front wall of the case A is numbered in any suitable manner to form a dial, F in thepresent case, said dial being arranged to indicate five-cent deposits. Consequently its numbers begin at zero and increase five in each division of said dial until ninetyfive is reached, no provision being made in this special machine for registering a less sum than five cents.

J ournaled upon the shaft (0 is the driver or cents wheel of the machine, which Wheel or disk G is the rearmost one of the entire train, and its front surface is numbered according to the special use of the machine, in this case to correspond to the numbers on the dial from 0 to 100, increasing five with each number. The periphery of this disk is smooth or untoothed; but its back has projecting from it teeth g, in this case twenty in all, which teeth are formed by punching slots in the disk and bending the metal laterally. Adapted to engage with these integral teeth, so as to normally prevent the disk G from turning when the rotary case is moved in one direction, as hereinafter described, is a spring-detent 9, having its fixed end fastened to the cabinet A, as shown at g in Fig. 6. When the rotary case B is moved in the other direction, this spring-detent will slide over the teeth g. Attached to the rotary case B is a springpawl V, which extends out into the pathway of the teeth g ondisk G to prevent theback movement of this disk under the reversed movement of the case B. This spring-pawl V is so bentwhere it contacts with the teeth g that under the forward movement (in the direction of the hands of a watch) the pawl will slide over the teeth g, and under the reversed movement of the case B the disk G will be held in its then position by the springpawl V. As will be hereinafter described, the case B, which carries the registry-wheels, is rotated, and the detent 9 being fixed to the register-case and in engagement with the teeth 0 on the disk G the disk G with reference to the registry-case remains motionless, but with reference to the rotary case it moves, or rather the case B rotates, around the disk G, this when the case is rotated in the direction of the hands of a watch. Now when the case is rotated in the other direction the spring-pawl V holds the disk Gr in its new position, and as the num bers on the disk correspond to the numbers on the dial the point to which the case is rotated will be registered on the disk.

For transferring the dollars from the centswheel to the hundreds-wheel and for such higher transfers from the hundreds-wheel as maybe desired I provide as follows: The disk G is provided with a hub G, which consists of a short sleeve having a notch g on one side, and the dollars-disk H is provided with a scalloped periphery, the number of scallops h corresponding to the numbers on the dollars? disk. The disk H is so located with reference to the hub of the cents-disk G that when a scallop is on the periphery the disk H will snugly embrace thehub on the disk G, &c., for disks of each higher denomination, the hundreds-disk H being mounted in a slot 1 in the case B, while a spring H, embracing the hubs of the two disks, holds the periphery of the disk H in close contact with the hub of the disk G. This pressure of the periphery of one disk on the hub of the other would cause the one disk to rotate by frictional contact as the other is rotated if it were not for the apices of the scallops. The rotation of the hubon the cents-wheel, as shown in Fig. 11, has therefore no effect on the disk H until the notch 51 arrives at the nearest point of the scallop. As soon as this point is reached the further movement of the hub in the direction of the arrow causes a slight rotation of the disk H, and thismovement at once causes the notch to engage the apex of the scallop, and with each revolution of the hub the disk H is moved or advanced one point. As already I stated, the hub of H is adapted to engage the back to zero, and the same is true for the other adding-wheels. The variousstniings connecting the hubs and holding thepeiziphery of one disk in contact with the hub of the other and the play of the hubs in the slots in the case readily permit the one to be disconnected from the other and turned in either direction as may be desired to bring them back to the Zero-point.

This addingdevice as above described forms a very important feature of my invention. Heretofore it has been customary to provide atooth on the registry-wheel of lower denomination to engage with some portion of the wheel of higher denomination to make any transfer, and as a result the registry-wheels have to be accurately fitted and arranged. With my construction, however, no accuracy whatever is necessary. The various disks may be stamped out of tin and suitable scallops cut in the periphery thereof to engage the hubs of the wheels of lower denomination, and slight notches being cut in the hubs when each disk is held in contact with its hub by a spring or other suitable pressure the rotation of a hub will always cause the disk to ad vance one tooth. N0 accuracy whatever of adjustment is needed. So long as the contact is being maintained between the parts the operation will always be performed.

In order that 1 may keep a total of the amounts registered by the machine, I also provide adder-disks K K, each of which has scallop-shaped teeth on the periphery and engages the notched hub of the wheel of lower denomination, as many of these disks as may be desired of course being employed. It will also be understood that each disk is provided with such numbers on their face as may correspond to the uses and purposes of the machine and the amount that is to be registered with each movement of the registry-wheel.

Fitted within the cabinet is a vertical tubular guide L, traversed by a rod M, having a catch an at its upper end and surrounded by a coil-spring m. The catch m normally ongages over a shoulder a of the cabinet, which engagement may be effected by giving a lateral bend to the rod. The lower end of this rod is coupled to the rear portion of a lid or flap N, having side pieces a or. which are pivoted to the bottom of the cabinet at a. This lid closes the till or money-receptacle O and when open strikes against a point of a hell or musicboX P and announces the opening of the till.

R is a trip projecting from the periphery of the case B B B and adapted at the proper moment to disengage the rod M from the shoulder a of the cabinet.

S is a stop on the cabinet against which the trip strikes as soon as it has disengaged the rod M, and thereby prevents the further retrograde turning of the case B B B.

T is a vertical partition that conceals the rod M, the guide L, and coiled spring m.

U is an opening in the back of the cabinet to expose the numbers on the rear surface of the ring B, which opening may be made at i any place within the circle at the most convenient point for inspection.

To illustrate the operation of my machine, let it be supposed that the disks G, H, I, K, and K have been set to expose their zeros through the respective openings U of the plate B of the reciprocating rotary case and that said case has been so turned as to bring its pointer I) nearly in the line of zero or starting-division of the fixed dial F. As soon as the case is thus turned its trip R comes in contact with the upper end of the rod M and immediately disengages its catch m from the shoulder (0, thereby leaving the spring m free to exercise its force, the result being the opening of the lid N in the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The pivotal points of this lid N are, however, considerably below the-horizontal plane of the lid, and therefore in tipping back to open the till the lid not only rises up, but moves back into the case, thus giving free access to the till, which would not be the case if the lid were merely in its horizontal plane. The till O can then be furnished with sufiicient change to begin work with,

i after which act the lid N is closed. This closure causes the beveled end of the rod M to wedge against the trip R and turn the case B a sufiicient distance to permit said rod to be reengaged from the shoulder (6, thereby securely locking said lid for the time being. If twenty-five cents worth of goods has been sold, the operator grasps the knob on the pointer b and turns the rotary case B back a very limited distance for the purpose of unlocking the lid N to make a deposit of the cash. Then without letting go of the knob he turns said caseforward to the right until its pointer 6 reaches the number 25 on the fixed dial F. This also brings the number 25 on the ring B of the rotary case opposite the opening U in the back of the cabinet, it being understood that the numbers on said ring correspond to those of the dial, although they need not be directly behind them. Consequently the purchaser of the goods sees that the clerk has made a correct registry of the sale. The pointer stands at 25 on the dial and the number 25 is exposed at the window U until another sale is to be registered. Then the operator turns the case B back far enough to release the catch an to open the lid and permit a new deposit being made. The case is then turned forward to register this deposit. As the rotary case B has thus described one-quarter of a revolution, the cents-wheel G is held stationary with reference to the registry-case by the detent g on the case engaging with a tooth g, thereby causing the number 25 of said wheel to be brought opposite the opening C in the front Wall of the rotary case B. Now when the rotary case, with its pointer, is turned back to Zero to open the till to deposit and register a new sale the spring-pawl V on the case holds the cents-wheel G fromturning back as the teeth of the disk pass-under the fixed detent 9. Then when the pointer on the rotary case is again turned to the right to indicate the amount of the second sale the cents-disk G is held stationary by the fixed detent .g and the rotary case turns to add on to the cents-wheel the amount of the new sale. At every complete turning of the cents-wheel G the dollars-wheel H is turned a distance of one of its teeth h, and at every complete revolution of this latter wheel H the hundreds or dollars wheel 1 is moved a distance of one of its teeth. Furthermore, at every complete turning of the cents-wheel G the first continuous adder-disk K is turned a distance of one tooth, and at every complete turning of the latter the second adder-disk K is turned a distance of one tooth, and consequently by turning four disks from the cents-wheel and allowing the disk K to register up to one hundred dollars, while the other disk K registers up to ten thousand dollars, a very small and compact machine will keep an accurate account of all purchases made in a majority of stores for a long time.

The cap D is only intended to conceal the amounts registered on the machine,.and where this concealment is not required the cap can be omitted. There is suflicient play, by reason of the slot (Z, to allow the openings E in the capto be shifted either to display the amount registered through the various openings in the plate B or to effectually conceal these openings, as will be readily understood.

In view of the fact that the adding-disks or registry-wheels of higher denomination are provided with slotted openings inwhich their hubs are journaled to allow the springs to maintain the proper frictional contact between the periphery of each disk and the hubof the wheel of lower denomination it is a very simple matter to disconnect these disks from the hubs with which they engage by merely spreading apart the springs slightly, and when this is done the registry-disks are of course entirely independent of each other and may be readily turned back to Zero without aifecting any other disk.

It will be evident that if any sales are more than one dollar there is nothing to prevent the rotation of the case B more than one complete' revolution, the stop S merely passing over the beveled end of the trip-R when the case is rotated to the right. When the case is brought back to zero in the reversed direction, as soon as the rod has been released the stop S strikes against the shoulder of the trip and prevents any further retrograde movement. It will also be noticed that the registry-disks are held in position on the case B by the springs H, and the grasp of these springs is suflicient for the purpose without any other journaling. In order to enable these springs to properly hold the hubs of the disks in position, grooves are formed in each hub, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, Within which the bent ends of the springs rest.

WVhile I have shown my train of addingwheels and the method of transferring amounts to the wheels of higher denomination as attached to a rotary case in which the primary wheel is held stationary while the case revolves, it will of course be understood that my system of registry-wheels can be employed for a great variety of other uses when the primary wheel is driven directly, as in the ordinary way, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself in the use of this system of transferring amounts from one registry-wheel to another to the particular class of cash-registers which I have illustrated.

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

1. In a cash-register, the combination with the registry-cabinet provided with a fixed dial on the front thereof, of a rotary case journaled therein, carrying a pointer and train of registry-wheels mounted on said rotary case, a detent on the registry-cabinet engaging the primary registry-wheel to prevent its movement with reference to the cabinet, as the rotary case is rotated in a forward direction, and a pawl on the rotary case to lock the registrywheel to the rotary case as this case is returned to its starting-point, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a cash-register, the combination with the registry-cabinet, provided with a fixed. dial on the front thereof, of a rotary case journaled therein carrying a pointer and a corresponding dial on said rotary case, with a window in the registry-cabinet to display the number to which the case may be rotated, a train of registry-wheels mounted on said rotary case, a detent on the registry-cabinet, engaging the primary registry-wheel to prevent its movement with reference to the cabinet as the case is rotated in a forward direction, and a pawl on the rotary case to lock the registry-wheel to the rotary case as this case is returned to its starting-point, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a cash-register, the combination with the registry-cabinet provided with a fixed dial on the front thereof, of a rotary case journaled therein, carrying a pointer, and a train of registrywheels mounted on said rotary case, a detent on the registry-cabinet engaging the primary registry wheel to prevent its movement with reference to the cabinet, as the case is rotated in a forward direction, and a pawl on the rotary case to lock the registrywhecl to the rotary case as this case is returned to its starting-point, a money-drawer with a latch-bolt for securing same, and a trip on the rotary case to contact with said latch when the case is returned to its starting-point to open the drawer, and insure the setting of the registry-wheel for the next operation, substantially as shown and described.

a. In a register, a train of registry-wheels, provided with notched hubs, the peripheries of wheels of higher denomination engaging the hubs of those of next lower denomination, said. peripheries being indented to form projections, with means for holding the peripheries of the higher and the hubs of the lower wheels in frictional contact, whereby with each rotation of a wheel of lower denomination the contacting wheel will be advanced one projection or tooth, substantially as described.

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

FRANK M. BORING.

/Vitnesses:

JAMES I I LAYMAN, JOHN G. Itoemns.

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