US823104A - Change-making cash-register. - Google Patents

Description

"No. 823,104. V'PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

W. H. COLLIER.

CHANGE MAKING CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1902.

7 SHEETS-SHEET 1 4M INVENTOR "No. 823.104' PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

W. H. COLLIER.

CHANGE MAKING CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED nmnzo, 1902.

7 SHEETSSHE\ET 2.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR.

J W" jf QPVATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

W. H. COLLIER.

CHANGE MAKING CASH REGISTER.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 20, 1902.

% w i3 W 2 '7 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

E N a a 4 g 2 3 ff INVENTOR No. 823,104. PATENTED JUNEIZ, 1906.

' W. H. COLLIER. Q

CHANGE MAKING CASH REGISTER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 20, 1902.

v sHnnis-snnm 4.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR- /%W Z /VM 7 546. W O

PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906. W. HQ COLLIER. CHANGE MAKING CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1902.

7 SHEBTS -SHEET 5.

INVENTOR- m mm 4/ WITNESSES No, 828,104. PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

W H. COLLIER.

CHANGE MAKING CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1902.

'ZSHEETS-SHEET 6 mmzssas: INVENTORI awmpz (2 W "QM No. 823,104 PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

W. H. COLLIER.

CHANGE MAKING CASH REGISTER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 20 1902.

7 SHEETS-SHEET 7.

. animator.

\D 19.1% HQQQQAW Mama s WILLIAM H. COLLIER, OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE. CHANGE-MAKING CASH-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12,1906.

Application filed June 20,1902. Serial No. 112.441.

To a. whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY CoL- LIER; a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Jackson, in the county of Madison and the State of Tennessee, have invented a certain new and useful Chan e- I Making Cash-Register, of which the following is a specification.

The several features of my invention and the various advantages of -.their'use, conjointly or otherwise, will be apparent from the following description and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification and to which refercontrols the orifice of tube T ence is hereby made, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a front elevation of the machine with a part of the outside casing removed. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is an end elevation of the machine, the outside casing having been removed. Fig. 3, Sheet 3, represents the mechanism for making change, which includes the base of the change making tubes and accompanying mechanism as viewed from underneath said base. Fig. 4, same sheet, is a verticallongitudinal' central section of the mechanism shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5, Sheet 4, is a view of a portion of the mechanism for operating the devices which control the delivery-orifices of the tube T containing the dollars. Fig. 5, same sheet, is a section through arms R and R". anism which controls the delivery-orifices of; T Fig. 7 of same sheet is a view in perspective of those ends of the segments V and V and of disk V which are shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Fig. 8, Sheet 8, is a sectional view taken through coin-tube T showing section of bar which supports coin-tubes and slides which. control same. Fig. 9, Sheet 5, is a vertical section taken through center of ma-' chine. Fig. '10, same sheet, is a horizontal section taken through machine below cointube sup orts. Fig. 11, Sheet 6, is a plan of the mac 'ne, with top casing and the tubes containing coins and their supports removed. Fig. 12, Sheet 7, is a view of the are which Fig. 13, same sheet, is a view of thearc which controls the orifice of tube T Fig/14', same sheet, is a view of the are which controls the orifice of T and hasratchet-teeth on lower eriphery, which is engaged by pawl attached frame. Fig. 15, same sheet, is a view of the are that controls orifice of tube T. Fig. 16, same sheet, is a view of cams which are fixed Fig. 6 is an end view of the mech- The are to top of to same shaft S Fig. 17, same sheet, is a sectional view through Fig. 16 at S.

The mechanism for making change is substantially as follows: Finger-levers C are present for setting change-making mechanis'm. Each lever has a distinctive number marked thereon to be used in registering the amount of sale and to set the mechanism in position for making change and to operate the indicator. These numbers are to be varied in different machines to be especially useful for large or small sales, according asthe operator desires. In the present illustrative instance the levers are marked from no sales, increasing by five cents until a dollar is reached, and then from a dollar by dollars to five dollars. These levers are loosely pivoted on a fixed shaft S. On the rear portion of each lever is a pin P, Figs. 2 and 16. Each pin has an-indlvidual cam G, which it operates. E'ach cam is set in a given position on a rotatable shaft S so as to properly operate the mechanism for holding or droppin the change, so as to enable the lever C to ho d or drop the change for which it stands. The cam G is illustrated in Fig. 16, the lower face G being the o erating-face, which meets the adjacent pin The hook G is to revent the pin P from leaving the cam. of the .cams G are of the same shape, but are adjusted at different angles on the shaft as are necessary to perform their respective functions. This s'haft S carries governing-arcs H, Figs. 4, 12, 13, and 14, and 15 to hold or release horizontal slides B, Fig. 4. Each are H is connected by an arm H rigidly to the shaft S and is set at its proper angle relatively to the shaft S (See Sheets 1, 2, and 7.) There should be in the present instance four of these arcs H, to cooperate, respectively, in the feeding of fifty-cent, tWenty-five-cent, tencent, and five-cent pieces. The dollars are" operated by means of the revolving arms R and R The entire operative mechanism carried by the shaft S is balanced by a counterweightor other suitable device connected thereto. In this instance the lower or segmental part of governing device or are is used for that pur ose.

is constructed as follows; Take, for example, the are for assisting in feeding five-cent pieces, Fig. 12. The periphery H of the arc 1s theoretically divided into twentyone equal divisional parts, these parts being each equal to the width of lug B of shde B,

' Sheet 3,

scription of coin to be the second, third, fifth, seventh, eighth, tenth, twelfth, thirteenth, fifteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, and twentieth having slots H the rest being solid. The first division (indicated in Fig. 12 by 1) is the position it assumes with reference to B after change has been made. The point indicated by 2, or the second division, is the position it asslumes when a sale has been made in dollars on y.

In the upper part of the machineare cylindrical tubes to hold the coin, one for each deused and of a diameter such as to receive such coins and closely embrace them and yet leave them free to fall. For distinguishing the tubes the numeral after T indicates the denomination of coins in cents desired in each particular instance. Thus T indicates the tube holding five-cent pieces, and T 0 the tube holding ten-cent pie ces, and so on. The tubes are secured at the base to a su port F, Sheet 3, recessed beneath.

The si es of support F are provided with grooves F The latter carry slides E, one slide for each of the tubes carrying pieces be low one dollar. The length of each of these slides E is slightly in excess of two diameters of the coin which it assists in feeding, with this exception, that whenever (as in the case ofT it is desired to make the apparatus capable of dropping either one or two coins at a given discharge, the length of such slide is slightly in excess of three diameters of thecoin. The slides E are of the exact thickness of coins and have vertical openings E of the diameter of the tubes under which they work, with the exception of T in which case the slide has two openings, each being equal to the inside diameter of T openings being located to one end of theslides, substantially as shown. This slide E is operated by a lever L, fixed on shaft S"; and operated by a lever L Sheets 3, 5, and 6, in turn worked by a push-rod L, on Whose button L is marked the amount to be deposited in the draweri. e., the amount received in payment. If, however,two or more coins are offered in payment, the button representing the smallest piece is pressed.

The push-rod L when button L is pressed, causes lever to rotate U, by means of rods and levers, Fig. 10, which latter causes shaft S to revolve and carry with it lever L, Figs. 3 and 4. This lever comes in contact with cross-piece D, causing slide E to move toward the right, carrying with it every slide on the right.

It will be understood that by referring to Figs. 3 and 4 that each slide E has a crosspiece D and that the slides E move in a common groove, and when a slide E is moved to- Ward the right it causes all slides E on the right-hand side to move, while those on the left remain stationary. A spring at the right hand end causes ne slidesto resumetheir normal position-that is, it moves first slide E toward the left. This slide being in contact with next slide E causes it to' move toward the left. In this way all slides resume their original position, as shown in Figs. 3 and If, for example, slide E under T Fig. 3, 1S moved toward the right, it being in contact under T and slide E under T being in contact with slide E under T causes these slides to move also, while the slide E under 'I remains stationary.

Each slideE carries its slide B. The latter is just the length of the opening in its slide E, except that of T which has two 0 enings E E in which case slide B is just ouble the length of the opening and is intended to cover said openings in all cases, exceptwhere the coin is to be dropped. Each slide B has a lug B except that slide which is under the tube T and this slide has two lugs B B The slots H of the are H are a trifle wider than the lugs B so as to allow the lugs to pass through them easily.

The push-rods are of denominations as high as the operator may desire as to deposits. In the present instance there are six of them, respectively, 'marked 10, 25, 50, I00, 200, and 500, standing for such amounts of cash. T heoperation of the machine is as follows: If, for example, thirty-cent sale were made, the lever 30, (thirty cents,) Fig. 11, would be pressed. Pin -P coming in contact with cam it arcs H, so as to place a slot 1H 0 lug B of the slide B, which is un controlling the coins in cylinder T thus allowing the slide B to remain .under the 0 en ing in slide. E, thereby reventing the vecent piece from falling w en slides are caused to move. The are under T will catch both B and B of T there being no slot in this are at this point, allowing both dimes to fall. The are T has a slot,- as in the case of the are under T, which allows its slide B to pass without dro ping the tWenty-five-cent piece,

posite the er slide E,

G will cause shaft S to rotate, and with The arcs H are hel 'in position by apawl, Fig. 9, engaging teeth of segment of controlling arc, Fig. 14. If the change is to be'taken out of one dollar, the drawer is closed by pressing ush-rod 100, Figs. 1, 3, 4, 8 and 11, who by means of interposed levers, Figs. 9 and 10, causes L to rotate, engaging slide E under tube T and moves thisslide toward the right, carrying with it every slide E to the right of T arcs H allow the ins B of slide B under T and T 25 to pass, w iile the pins in slides B un." der 10 and 50'? are caught and allowing the two ten and the fifty cent pieces to fall into 'trough J, Fig.- 2, as above described. The two lugs B B on slide B under T are the width of a dime apart, and the one on the left extends down below the one on the right.

The notchesin the that the drawer is If the slot-in arc, Fig. 13, is sufliciently deep pass, the openings will remain covered, no coin falling, or may engage B only allowing one piece to fall, or by engaging both B? and B both will fall, or the change is to-be taken out of a fifty-cent piece, a two, or five dollar bill the method of operation is the same, with the exception closed by pressing the button corresponding to the piece out of which the change is to be taken, and the change will move down through J to. the forward portion of the machine, where it can be removed by the operator.

' tact with a detent K The mechanism operated by push-rod 25 and by the push-rod 50" o erate in the same way asthat operated by t e push-rod. 100, with the exception that they move every slide to the right of the tube containing the denomination to ed that is, if push-rod 50 were pressed the beveled end L Figs. 10 and 11, will by a system of levers engage and 1nove.cam-arm L which in turn engages L causing same to rotate from front to rear, causing arm L, which is fixed to same vertical shaft, to rotate from left to right, Figs 3 and 4, engaging and moving bar D, and with it slide E, as already described. The action of releasing the draweris as follows: When any lever C is pressed, it rotates shaft S, Figs. 9 and 10, by means of pin and lifts the arm K out of conof the drawer, Fig. 2, and a spring (not shown) presses the drawer open. The-oblong hole in lever C, Figs. 9 and 17 engages pin in shaft S, causing shaft .to rotate, raising finger K, which is fixed to shaft S, out of detent, as described. The oblong hole allows the shaft to move Without carrying with it all the leverh C. The drawer may be shut-by pressing on any of the pushbe depositrods which represent the amount deposited and is pushed until the pawl, which,releases teeth in change drops from the ap ropriate coin cylinder. This occurs just be ore drawer' is fully closed, while the instant it closes or after the change has been made the drawer comes in contact with the the arc, Fig. 9,

, allowing all parts of the mechanism to resume their normal position, which they do by means. of coiled spring around shaft S It will be seen by referring to Figs. 10 and 11 that push-buttons can only be moved about one inch when button comes in conis closed by further pressure of'button. This independent movement of one inch of push-button allows cam .end of rod L tached to rear to operate system of levers atof drawer, engaging and rotating lever L, as already described.

The mechanism for making the change where the sale is for more than one dollar is asfollows, "(see more particularly Sheets 1, 2, 3, and 4:) The tube containing the dollar has four slides U, Fig. 4, each the thickness of a dollar, operated by arms R or R these arms lever L Fi being pivoted at R, Fig. 5, allowing one to move independently of the other. The arm R is pivoted to sleeve R by screw R and is engaged by strap R provided with arm R Screw R projects into oblong holes in R so much longer than the diameter of the screw as to allow R to turn one space-4. e., a distance corresponding to a division of controllingarcs H, Sheet 7before engaging screw B, Fig. 6. The strap at end of R is prevented from rotating around. shaft S by guide R fixed to bottom of machine. V is a segment fixed to end ofsleeve R. The latter is free to turn on shaft S and has in this instance five cams worked by levers corresponding to one, two, three, four, and five dollars, respectively, marked on buttons of levers O. S is a coiled spring for throwing sleeve R back to its original position when the drawer is closed, as explained later. V is a segment similar to V but fixed to shaft S is fixed to the frame of the machine. Catch Z, fixed to disk V Fig. 6, in its original position rests in slot of V and engages the one tooth in the face of W. This. is constructed in this way so when V is moved one or more spaces V is moved one'space only and released by passing out of slot in disk V. This movement of one space carries all of the arcs which control the orifices of the tubes contaming coins one spacethat is, it brings spaces numbered 2, Figs. 16, 17, 18, and 19, opposite pins B in which position no coin is released, unless arcs are further moved by lever 0 of a denomination less than one dollar. Catch Z is to hold segment V arms R and R being attached'to segment V sleeve R, Figs. 5 and 6. The catch'Z engages the teeth V Arm R is operated by 4, which is caused to rotate by arm L an cam L when drawer is being closed by pressing push-button marked with the denomination "$2.00. The arm R is similarly operated by the push-rod L Fig. 1 1, and arm R imparts to the arm R a lateral movementviz., causes it to move from left to right, Fig. 5, when drawer is being closed, by pressing button L of five-dollar denomination. Arm L is pivoted t9 bottom of drawer, extending out for that purpose, Fig. 1 1. en drawer is being closed, by pushing upon push-rod L bearing theone, two, or five dollar mark, cam-face on end of arm L is pushed to the left-hand side by means of cam-rod L and levers attached to back of drawer and engages lower end of arm R moving it to the left and arm R to the right, Figs. 5 and 6, enga ing and moying one of the slides V depen ing upon the position of R that-is, upon the lever C of the dollar denomination which has been-pressed. Slide U Fi 6, extends to and rests against end of slide under T ,'and since this slide rests by means of y against slide E under T and slide of T rests;

against slide T and slide E of T rests against slide E of 'l. it follows that'if slide V moved toward the right all the slides E will be moved toward the right. Each of the slides U (below the tube containing dollars) has a catch U The catch of top slide engages base which supports coin-tubes, and the catch of each succeeding slide being located to the right and engages the slide above. The arm It may engage any of. the four catches V The operation of this mechanism for getting this change is as follows: The

lever C for one dollar is pressed and engages its cam G, which is fixed to sleeve R, and thereby causes the latter to move through one-space. The arms R .and R will up to this point remain at rest. This is due to oblong hole R allowing pin R to move one space before engaging. The se ment V connected to sleeve R, has passed through one space. The catch Z has en aged the tooth of segment V and has caused the shaft S and the arcs H to move throu h one space. The second space on the arcs. are slotted, allowing lugs B of the slide B to pass through the slots in the arcs, and no change out of any of the tubes to the right of the dollar is obtained As before mentioned, the arms R and B have not moved and rest on catches U of the first (bottom) and fourth (top slides) U, respectively. Now if the change is to be taken out of two dollars, (a two-dollar bill,) then on closing the drawer the push-button $2.00

is pressed, which latter engages arm L by a system of levers, as before explained, which moves arm L, and the latter in turn moves arm R, which pushes lower slide U, by means of catch U, and releases slide U from the slide above and pushes it forward until one dollar is dropped into trough J. If five dollars (currency) is given in payment, then the push-button $5.00 is pressed in closing the drawer, and this button pushes to the left cam L Fig. 11, which latter engages the lower end of arm R, pushing R toward the left (see Figs. 5 and 6) and pushing arm R" toward the right, and thereby pressing the catch of U of the top slide U, which carries with it the three lower slides U beneath it, Fig. 4, and thereby drops four dollars. If the saleis two dollars 'or three dollars or four dollars, the n. thod of operation is the same, except that for each additional dollar the arms R and R rotate through one space, as actuated by the appropriate levers C. If the sale is two dollars, the arm R will, if caused to move toward the right, come in contact with slide U, which latter operates the slides under T T T, and T only. The same is true when the sale is five dollars. The arms R will come in contact with slide U If the amount is-one dollar and a fraction of one dollar, the dollar-lever is pressed, as before, with the same result as taking up space in the slot (01' hole) R up to screw R and turning shaft Sflthrough one space-viz., the one-dollar submitted.

The segment V fixed to Fig. 7, engaging thefh st tooth in the segment V, which has been previously carried under Z by the dollar-lever having been pressed and carrying segment V one space, together with sleeve R and arms R and B through one s ace, causing arm'R to rest on the third catc U and arm R resting on the slide U If now two dollars is given in payment, the $2.00 push-button 1s pressed :in, closing the drawer, and arm R is caused to move forward, carryin slide U which latter moves the slides E un er T, T, T", and T only. If, on the other hand,five dollars currency is given for the one-dollar-and-thirtycent sale, the push-button 355.00 is pressed in, closing the drawer, causing arm R, which is resting on the catch of the third slide, (third from bottom) to carry this slide and those below it forward and. also slides E under the other tubes on the right, Fig. 4, thereby causing in this event three dollars. and seventy cents to fall into trough J. (Refer ence being had in this connection to the description of the thirty-cent sale heretofore given.)

It will be noted that if segment V moves any number of spaces (from one to four) it carries segment only onespace, (see Figs. 5, 6, and 7,) catch Z holding it in place. On the other hand, though segment V may move any number of these spaces it will carry segment V only one space. It is to be borne in mind that the segment V is held in position by catch N engaging teeth of arc H as already ex lained. (See Fi 9;)

or the better un erstanding of the operation of the segments V and V and their accompanying arts this detailed description is hen the segment V Sheet 4, is moved by sleeve B through the agency of a given cam'G, it (the segment V?) will move segment V one s ace forward by means of the spring-catch J, which is resting in the adjacent notch of segment V As soon as the catch has moved the segment V thus this catch is thrown out of engagement with the notch of segment V by means of the incline on :the middle disk V, which latter moves the catch out of such engagement. It will be understood that the dra er being open the spring-pawl N is engaging the teeth of the arc H and as the segment V was moved by the catch Z the teeth of are H duly slip by the pawl N, but prevent retraction of the are H (and of the are H) until the drawer is closed. While the segment V. has moved the segment V only one space, it is itself moved one or more s )aces, according to the lever that is pressed, bringing one of the teeth of segment V under catch of. spring Z.

- drawer by push-button denoting arms R push-button 100 and desire to secure This catch Z will hold segment V inpositionthat is, to prevent its retraction during a given operation of the machine. When a lever corresponding to any one of the sums less than one dollar is pressed, it causes segment V to move the requisite distance for moving the arcs H the necessary number of spaces and will at the same time through the agency of the spring-catch Z which is fixed to segment V move the segment V one space and then liberating the segment V from positive connection with segment V by raising the catch Z on the disk V in the same way as specified in relation to catch Z. A further sprin -catch Z is present and is fixed at Z to the isk V, and its free or latch end rests (after the dollars have been registered and before the cents havebeen registered) upon the outer side of the latch end of catch Z and over the teeth of segment V Now when segment V is moved upward it carries catch Z upward and from under the catch of the spring Z and out of engagement with the tooth of segment V The catch end of Z now descends and engages the teeth of segment V and revents its retraction. When the drawer is c osed, Fig. 9, it disengages the pawl N from the teeth of arm H allowing the spring S to return shaft S and with it arcs H and segment V to their original position. The s' ring-catch Z (which is fixed to disk V dis V being fixed to and rotates with shaft S passing under the springcatch Z disengages the latter from the teeth of segment V and allows the segment V andand R to resume their original position, which they will do by' means of coiled spring S.

Since the initial position of the arcsthat is, the osition they take every time after change as been made-is such as to engage the lug B of each slide B, change may be madefor anypiece of money by pressing nosale lever O, which does-not cause shaft S to rotate-that is, allows arcs H'andarms 4 and R to remain stationaryandvclosing the amount which change is to be had. For example, if change for one dollar is desired the no-sale lever is pressed, which does not move the arcs H, and by pressing in closing the drawer every slide is engaged, dropping 50, 25, two 10, and 5.

What I claim as new and of of the piece for my invention, by Letters Patent, is y 1. In a change-making cash-register, the combination of coin-receptacles, separatingslides for operating and controlling said receptacles, and discharging-slides carried by said separating-slides, substantially as described.

2. The combination, of separating-slides, discharging-slidescarried' by said separatingof coinreceptacles,

operating said slides and a cash-drawer to which the push-rods are attached.

5. The combination of finger-levers, controlling-cams operated by said levers, a cashdrawer, push-rods connected to the cashdrawer, coin-receptacles and operatingslides under the coin-receptacles.

In .a change-making cash-register, a combination of receptacles, a series of operating-slides, delivering-slides carried by said operating-slides, substantially as shown and described.

7. In a change-making cash-register, a combination of coin-receptacles, coin-operating slides having openings corresponding to diameter of coin, delivering-slides con trolling said operating-slides, substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

8. In a change-making cash-register, a

combination of coin-receptacles, coin-separating slides, delivering-slides carried by said coin-operating slides, controlling-cams, and push-rods operating said slides and cams, substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

9. The combination of cams, levers for operating said cams, lever-arms controlled by said cams, a coin-receptacle and four slides operating under said receptacle, said slides being operated and controlled by said leverarms.

10. The combination of movable and stationary disks, lever-arm's controlled byv said disks, coin-receptacles, and slides controlled by said lever-arms and operating beneath said receptacles.

11. The combination of movable and stationary disks, controlling-arms governed by said disks, delivering-slides operated by said arms and cams and push-rods governing said controlling-arms.

12. In a change-making cash-register, the combination of finger-levers fulcrumed as shown, pins in lever-arms, shaft carrying and controlling arcs, pins in finger-levers for operating said cams, substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

13. In a change-making cash-register, a shaft, key-levers fulcrumed on said shaft, pins on said levers, a second shaft, cams and controlling-arcs having projections fixed on said shaft, and coin separating and delivering slides, said slides being governed by said arcs, substantiallyas shown and described.

. 14. The combination of finger-levers, fulcrumed as shown, a shaft,

cams fixed on said shaft and engaged by said fingenlevers, 0p-

erating and delivering slides, e0ntrollingarcs fixed to said shaft and controlling said slides, a bash-drawer and push-rods connected to said drawer, said push-rods operating said slides. V

15. The combination of finger-levers ful oruined as shown, pins in said levers, a shaft, controlling-cams and governing-arcs fixedly adjusted on said shaft, said ares having slots 01 recesses.

16. The combination of finger-levers fulerumed as shown, pins P in said levers, shaft S cams G fixedly adjusted on shaft S and engaged by pins P, arcs H fixed to said shaft and having slots or recesses, tubes for containing coins, slides E having openings to receive coins and menthorn from beneath the tubes, said slides being controlled by said ares.

17. The combination of a cash-drawer, push-rods bearing numbers representing the denomination of coin offered in payment, said rods being carried by said rash-drawer.

' WILLIAM H. COLLIER. Witnesses EDWARD C. MCDOWELL. .J. M. DOWNING.

Images