US975061A - Cash-register. - Google Patents

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W. H. MUZZY.

, CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 16, 1907.

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W. H. MUZZY. l

CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION IILBD 00T. 26, 1907.`

Patented NOV. 8, 1910.

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W. H. MUZZY.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T. ze. 1907.

Patented Nov.8,1910.

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`cash 'receptacle UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. MUZZY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOB TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COHPANY, OF DAYTON,-0HIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO, (INCORPORATED IN 1906.)

CASH-REGISTER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1910.'

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MUzzY, 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-Registers, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in cash registers, and has more particular relation to improvements in reglsters of the so called multiple drawer type in which each clerk is provided 4with a separate compartment in which to deposit his cash.

The principal object of this invention is to provide mechanism, whereby, cash receptacles are operated by hand to set them for exposure.

A further object is to provide mechanism, whereby, a series of accounting devices are set, or controlled according to the setting by `hand Aof a series of different clerks cash receptacles. y

A further object of this invention is to provide a rotary cash receptacle having a series of independent sections, which may be exposed independently.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter specifically described with reference to the drawings which accompany,'and form part of this specification.

Of said drawings: Figure 1 represents a vertical transverse section through the devices embodying my invention applied to the type of the rmachine shown in the patent granted to Thomas Carroll, July 1, 1902, Number 703,639. Fig. 2 represents an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 represents a detailed top plan View of the rotary till, or

Fig. 4 represents a detailed front elevation of one of the counters, and its kactuating racks; and Fig. 5 represents a detail elevation of the crank handle and the operating gearing.

Described in general terms this invention comprises a plurality of movable accounting devices anyone of which is arranged to be brought into position by a rotatable cash receptacle, to have entered thereon any suitable record. The said cash receptacle is di- Regz'stcm'ng and indicating meckam'sf 1.- 465 A plurality of groups of manipulative devices, such as keys, control the extent of movement imparted to the registering and indicating mechanisms upon the operation of the machine. Each bank of keys 1, as shown'in Fig. l, controls a differentially ymovable segment 2 which is loosely mounted upon a rock shaft 3. Each segment 2 meshes With a gear 4 fastened to the inner end of one of a series of nested sleeves 5, which surround a rotary shaft 6. The gears 4 mesh with pimons 7 connected to the indicators 8 and to the pinions 9 which are arranged to be connected to the counter wheels 10, all of which is fully shown and described in the patent heretofore mentioned and reference is made to said patent for any further detail description.

Cash receptacle-This receptacle is rotatably mounted within the casing of the machine and is divided into a `plurality of compartments anyone of which may be brought beneath an opening formed in the receptacle casing. Fastened to the cash receptacle 11 and extendin through its center is a rod 12 -the'lower en of which is suitably supported in the casing 13. A channel 14: is formed in the bottom of the vcasing 13 in which play a plurality of balls 15 that engage a ring 16 fastened in a groove on the underside of the cash receptacle so that the receptacle may be easily rotated. i A plurality of operating handles or knobs 17, three for each com artment, extend radially from the edge o the receptacle and are arranged to pass through a slot 18 cut in the front wall of the casing 13. The center knob of each compartment group is lettered, see Fig. 3, so that when this knobof any desired compartment is broughtv beneath a pointer 19 secured to the front wall of the casing the operatorvwill know that the compartment is in position to be exposed through an opening 20 formed in the upper front ortion of the casing 13 shown 1n Fig. 3 y a heavy dot and dash line. Beneath this opening is a cover or lid 45 is of the same pitch as the Segments 2 and 21 for that part of the receptacle which is below said opening. This lid is loosely mounted upon the vertical rod 12 and has a provided with a beveled lu 23 that normally engages the lower en of a Vertical rod or arm and holds said lid between the opening and the compartment below against the tension spring 25, one end of which is connected to the lid and the other end to a pin 26 projecting from one of the frames of the machine. A lug 75 projecting upwardly from the lid 21 contacts with the sides of the opening 2O and thereby limits l the movement of said lid. The upper end of .the arm 24 is provided with an elongated slot 27, through which a rotary shaft 28 extends, and also with an anti-friction roller 29 with which a cam 30 secured to the shaft 28 contacts near the end of the rotation of said shaft and thereby elevates said rod 24, so as to raise the lower end out of engagement with the lug 23. The shafts 6 and 28 are rotated by an operating handle 31 and suitable intervening gears 32 as shown in Fig. 5. Upon the beginning of movement of the operating handle 31 a cam 33 secured 4to the shaft 28 will cam the upwardly and rearwardly extending arm 34 of a three arm lever downwardly, lthe movement of which will carry the lower end kof an arm 35 of vsaid lever into engagement with the teeth of a lgear wheel 36 and vlock said wheel from rotation. This wheel meshes with a similar wheel 37 :secured to `lid, passing under the arm 39 of the three arm lever and thereby camming 'it Vupward and holding the lower end of the-arm"35 into engagement with the teeth of 'gear wheel 36.

A spring 80 returns the three yarm Ylever to normal position when the lid is closed and the cam 33 is at home.V

Accounting laringe-These :devices Vare in the form of totalizers and are kmounted upon a drum which is arranged to be .revolved by the multiple compartment cash receptacle,

.there being as many totalizers as .there are compartments in the cash receptacle. Fastened 'to the gear wheel 36 is a ibevel pinion 40, which meshes with a similar "pinion 41 secured, to the inner end of a horizontal shaft 42, which is supported inthe frame work of the machine, the wheel 36 and pinion 40 being supported by a frame 43 suitably mounted upon the casing. A pinion 44 is fastened to the shaft 42 and meshes with a large gear wheel 45 which is loosely mountedv upon the rock shaft 3. This wheel engages with agear 4 similarly to Said segj ments.

gwheel 45 1neshes is arranged to rotate a rearwardly projecting extension 22 which 1s The gear 4 with which the gear clerks indicator (not shown) in a similar manner to the amount indicators, so as to indicate to the customers and clerks which compartment Vof the cash receptacle is in position to be exposed. This gear 4Ydoes not actuate the main counter and is not fastened to a sleeve 5 like the other gears but is loosely mounted upon the outermost one of said sleeves. The outer end of shaft. 42, see Fig. 2, has'secured to it a gear V46 which meshes with a similar gear 47 mounted upon the frame of the machine. This latter gear engages a gear 48 secured to the side of a drum 49 carrying four totalizers 50, the unitary drum being mounted in a frame 51, which is reciprocated by a cam groove 52 formed in a disk 53 and in which plays a pin 54 projecting from the said frame. The disk 53 is. secured to one end of the shaft 6 which is rotated by the crank handle 31 and the gears 32. AS previously described the gears 4 driven by the segments 2 are secured to the inner ends of nested sleeves 5, the outer ends of which are fastened to yokes 55 equipped with segmental racks 56 with which the totalizers 50, mounted in the sliding frame, are brought into engagement, which is fully shown and described in the :aforementioned patent.

Having described the invention in ldetail a brief description of its operation will now be given.

Clerk A having made Ia sale rof $5 rotates the cash receptacle until the lettered knob 17 of his compartment is beneath the pointer 19, which movement through the previously described gearing will rotate the clerks indicator to exhibit A and will bring his totalizer 50 into position to be raised into engagement with the segmental racks 56 upon the operation of the machine. He then depresses the $5 key and turns the handle 31, the first movement of which, will through the gearing 32 rotate the shaft 28 so that the cam 33 mounted thereon will force the arm 34 of the three'arm lever downward and the lower end of arm 35 of said lever into engagement with the teeth of the gear 36 thereby locking the latter and consequently the cash receptacle 11 which is geared thereto. The continued operation of the handle 31 will bring the totalizer 50, which has reviously been set by th'e cash receptacle, into engagement with the segments 56 by the cam disk 53, after which one'of the segments will be moved to register $5 upon the totalizer. Just previous to the end of the operation of the machine cam 30 will engage the roller 29 and raise the lower end of rod 24 out of engagement with the lug 24 so that the spring.25 will draw the lid 21 from over clerks A compartment; the movement of said lid being limited by the lug 7 5 contacting with the side of the opening 20. While the lid21 is open the strip 38 Secured thereto will be under the lower end of the forward arm 39 of the three arm lever, thereby holding the arm in engagement with the teeth of the gear wheel 36, so that if the handle 3 1 is at home the cash receptacle will be locked from rotation.

By having thecash receptacle geared to the accounting devices it willbe seenl that it is absolutely impossible to actuate one\ accounting device and exposea different cash receptacle, as would be the case if the cash receptacle and accounting devices were controlled by separate mechanisms. n

Wfliile the form of device here shown and described is admirably adapted to fuliil the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not desired to confine the invention to one form of embodiment here disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all comingv within the Lscope ofthe claims which follow.

that is claimed is: l. In a cash register, the combination with a series of accounting devices, of a cash receptacle divided for different clerks,

means for moving the receptacle for exposing dierent portions thereof, and connections between. the receptacle and the accounting devices, for giving said accounting devices movement corresponding to that given the receptacle.l i

2. In a cash register, the combination 'with a series of independent accounting devices, of a series of cash safes manually ad.- justable to positions exposing the contents of any desired safe, and connections for setting the accounting devices by the exposing movement of said safes.

3. In a cash register, the combination with a series of totalizers, of a rotary cash receptacle divided' for different clerks, and

means controlled by the cash receptacle for selecting the proper totalizers.

e. In a cash register, the combination with an operating mechanism, of a movable cash drawer divided into compartments for different clerks and arranged to be operated n ported thereby, a manually operable cash l receptacle, and permanent connections between said receptacle and said unitary drum for bringing any desired totaliz'er into operative relation with said operating mechanism by manual operation of said receptacle. l

7. In a cash register, the combination with a series of independent accounting devices, of a cash receptacle divided for different clerks and arranged to have a dierential movement for exposing different por-v tions thereof, and means controlled by the cash receptacle for setting the accounting devices according to the movement of said receptacle.

8. In a cash register, the combination with a cash receptacle lhaving a plurality of compartments, and mounted to be manually rotated to bring any desired compartment to a desired position; of a guarding plate normally preventing access to the receptacle compartment at said desired position, and connections from said guarding plate constructed to prevent movement of said receptacle while the plate is out of its normal position Y In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VILLIALM H. MUZZY.

Witnesses:

R. vW. FAIRCHILD, J. K. Pmissmenn.

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