US994772A - Cash-register. - Google Patents

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W- H. MUZZY.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION IILED JULY 18, 1901.

I 994,772. Patented June 13, 1911.

2 BHEHTB-BEEET 1- W. H. MUZZY. CASH REGISTER. APPLIOATIOIN FILED 1111.11 18, 1907.

Patented June 13, 1911.

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WILLIAM H.'MUZZY, OF'DA'YTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER' COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, CORPORATION OF OHIO, (INCORPORATED IN 1906.) H

, Another object'is to provide, devices whereby'the usual discounts or rebates may befsecured from the register by the customer following the regular operation of the regs er-i a 1 further object is to provide a mechan i sid'for dischar ing a check 'or any other article of value from the cash register and unlocking this mechanism by each successive registering operation. 7 With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction andcombinations of parts, the essential elements of'which are set i 3 forth in appended claims andf'a preferred form gof" embodiment of which is hereinafter s" ecifically'described with referenceito the rawingswhich accompany and form part of this specification, Ofaid drawings? Figure 1, represents Y a'tral'isverse vertical section through a machine of the type patentedto J P. Cleal and i F1 A.Reinhard,No."580,378, April 13, 1897.

2', represents a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3,. represents a detail front el'e-.

I ration of the ejector devices and connec tions; and Fig.1 4, representsa detall perspecti've view of onefof the coin tube-guards.

u As the typeof machineto which I have 46 applied my present'improvements is old and l wellltnown" on the market and is fully. de-

scribed in the aforesaid patent, Iwill refer to'thifsfpatent for such detail description alsli nothereinafter' given. Described in e'rieralfterms, howeven' the machine is of r,- .t 'key fset crank' operated type, provided with" "rotary? indicators havlng numerals upo their ipleripheriesshowing from 'zero to cators are fastened to the shaft 7"as is'la cams 15 and :16" by coil springs 20, see Fi .1',-\* which surroundgsaid rods and havelt eir esef indicators are arranged tors 24 slidably mounted in a. frame 25" i J oasn-nnersrn'n.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Patented June 13,1911; Application filed July 18 1907. Serial No. 384,327. r I it upon a horizontal shaft and respectivelyta carry cams for positioning the ejecting de-'i vices of money tubes contained withinthe machine. These ejectors are operated by Ia special customers key r'ojecting fromthefil rear of the machine. uitable lockingde-SO vices'are provided wherebythe ejectors re-"y main locked until the regular registering operation has been "completed.- They can then only be operated once when they again become locked. The details of thesedevices areas follows: I i l Each bank of keys 1 controls the d-ifit'erential movement of the segment 2 which mounted upon a transverserock shaft] 3. i Each segment 2' meshes with a gear 4 which '70 in turn engages a pinion 5 that drives a ro-. tary indicator 6 mounted upon a transverse shaft 7. The gear 4 also meshes with a pinion 8 which drives the registering mech I a'nism in' a manner well known in the art. 1

Referring to Fig. 2, the indicators will be described in detail: The three indicators .to

the right in said figure are arrangedto in dicate to the back of the machine,$or"to the-.1

customer, while thethree 'to' the Ieft indi- SBO cate'to the front, or to the operator." The units indicators, which are located'lat up site ends of the machine, :are connected" means of gears Qsecured tofl'saidindicators which mesh with pinions 10, pinnedto, shaft 11, which is supported in theside frames 12 of the machine. The tensindi the pinion: 5 for driving saidindicators. The hundreds indicators are loosely m ma ed upon the shaft 7 and are provided with gears 12*,"which mesh with" pinions 13n s'e curedto a short transverse shaft 1 L mount-i1 1 ed in the frame of the machine; Fastened l to the shaft 7, to which is also fastenedthe tens indicator, is a cam 15, and a similar caln 16 is loosely mounted upon the shaft midis? connected by a short sleeve 17 to one of the;

hundreds indicators. i 1.

Rollers 18'mounted in the upper ends of 100, rods 19 are forced into engagement with the: kl"

ends abutting against pins 21 'andagainst a guide frame'22'for saldrods. Mounted in "10s the lower ends ofthe rods 19 are rollers. 231; which rest'uponenlarged heads of coin; ejecs This frame comprises two side arms 26, one

of which extends through ajslot formed in the back of the cabinet (not shown) and is provided at its outer end with a key check which may bear Y any suitable inscription.

The side arms 26 are held together by trans verse rods 27 and 28 and the complete frame is pivoted upon a short shaft 29. The ejectors 24 are provided with elongated vertical slots 30 which straddle the rod 27 Collars 31 surround the rod 27 and prevent any sidewise movement of the ejector-s 24. These ejectors are forced into engagement with the rollers 23 by springs 32, the ends of which abut against the ejectors 24 and the rod 28.

One of the side arms 26 is provided with a as is well understood in the art. v The plun ger 34 when moved toward the front of the machine is latched in its forward position by a. spring pressed pawl 40 which engages behind a shoulder 41 formed on said plunger. This pawl 40 is pivoted to the frame 35 and has a ta'il'41 which is equipped with a laterally extending pin 42, that projects into a link 43, pivoted to one of the side arms 26.

Now when the frame 25 is rocked by the cus tomer operating the extended side arm 26 the bottom of the link 43 will contact with the pin 42 androckthe pawl 40 about its pivot,thereby releasing the plunger 34, so that when the frame is returned by a spring 44 which is connected at one end to a rod 45, and at its other end to the extended arm 26, the pluner will engage the notch 33 and relatch the rame. It will be noticed that the plunger T34 is cammed slightly forward by the return of the frame 25, but not sufficient to be latched by the pawl 40. A portion of one 'ofthe arms 26'is provided with ratchet teeth 46. with whicha pivoted pawl 47 engages to "insure a' fullstroke-"of the frame 25 in both directions.

The guide frame 22 for the rods 19 is suitably secured to the back frame of the ma-' chine and supportstwo coin tubes 48. These tubes are supported at such a height-,thatwhenthe frame 25 is rocked, with the indicators in the position shown in Fig. 1, the ejectors will pass under the bottom coins in said tubes. As the indicators move in the direction of the arrow, the radii of the cams 15 and 16 connected thereto will gradually diminish so that the rollers 18 will be forced upwardly-by the springs 20 surrounding the rods 19. The ejectors being normally under spring tensionwi'll also follow the rods 19 in their upward movement. The cams 15 and 16' are so shaped that they limitthe upward movement/of the ejectors, so that when the frame 25 is rocked not more than four coins will be ejected at one time into the chute 49 fromeach tube. To prevent theaccidental discharge of more coins than is intended, each tube 48 has a ring 50' surrounding it, which is provided with two downwardly extending projections 51 and Each projection 51 is arranged to move up and down in front ofthe coins through a slot formed in each tube 48 while the projection 52 rests upon the enlarged head of the ejector 24. It will be seen from this that when the ejectors 2.4 are permitted by the cams 15 and 16 to move upward, they,

will also carry the rings 50 so as to allow the proper number of coins to be ejected into the chute 48 when the frame 25 is rocked.

The enlarged'heads of the ejectors 24 are which the ejected coins may be removed.

In order to call attention to the operation of the frame 25, a bell 55 is suitably secured to the frame of the machine, which is ar-' ranged to be struck by a clapper 56 pivoted to one of the frames 12. This clapper is rocked away from the hell by a spring drawn pawl 5'7 pivoted to one of the side arms 26 of the frame 25 as the latter is rocked forward. Near the end of the forward movement of the frame, the hook end of the pawl 57' passes out of engagement with a projection 58 forming a part of the clapper-56 and allows a spring 59 to return the clapper to ring the bell. j

Y It will'be seen frdm the above description that the ejecting devices in the present instance have been applied only. to the tens of cents and dollars indicators. It will, of course,.be understood that they maybe applied to any number of indicators.

After a clerk has operated the register to record the amount of the sale, the ejector key and connections is unlocked, but the clerk is not permitted to operate this key at any time.- The customer is informed thatv a discountor rebate may be had by stepping up to the register and operating the discount key. This he'does and the coins for the proper amount, according to the amount registered, pass down into, the receiving 'cup to be removed by the customer. After the discount key is released, it returns to its normal position and automatically becomes locked'so that the machine must be again operated in order to permit of an other discount being extracted from the coin tubes. It will, of course, be understood that as long as the indicators stand at zero, the

V ejectors will be so positioned as to play boxes containing confections, orin' ,fa'ctfanything that might be given in varying quantities with eachpurchase in the same manner that a discount begiven or a rebate allowed.

{and all of the clerks and the proprietor will know that the discount is being taken. This prevents a. clerk from taking the discount after a customer has-left; and should the customer fail to take such discount. The ringing of the bell at a time when the customer iwas not-present at themachinc would indicate an unauthorized-operation of the discount. key by the clerk. As there would lie-some slight discount even though it might be only a few pennies to every sale that ex- ,ceededa certain amount, the customer would 'jao.

be either compelled to leave the discount or to operate/the discount keyhimself at the machine and. thus be'brou'ght directly in front of theindication;

While the form of 'mechani'sm herein shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is to beunderstood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form of embodiment herein, disclosed, for.\it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms all coming withinthe scope of the claimswhich What is claimed is as follows: 1: In-a machine of the class described, thecombination with an accountingmecha nism and means for difierentially osition ing said mechanism, of discount ing mechanism for adjusting said dischargdevices in approximate proportion to the ment of said accounting mechanism,

ns normally locking said discharging devices, and connections from said accounting mechanism for releasing said locking means.

V 2. In a -machine of theclass described,' the combination with an accounting mecha- 'nism and an 5 operating means fordifierentially adjusting saidaccounting mechanism, of discount discharging devices, con- 'nections from 'said -accounting mechanism .for controlling said' discharging devices" and constructedi to position said; discharging de-' vices in a1" approximately constant ratio to the adjustmentof said accounting mechanism, a m ni uIe'tive-devi'ce for operating said discharging devices; means normally locking said manipulative device against ischarg- -ing devices, connections from said account;

operation, and a connection from said operating means for releasingg mi u wWq Mn gin-i3": 3. In a ma ch1ne of g-the gclass descr bed, the combination w th cash accountip "mechanism and an operating .means fo d fi fere'ntially adjusting said acdountlngg .mech; anism, of check or coin discharginggdevices comprising ejectors, connections frorn said accounting mechanism constructed to}: move said j r t nts s avin ism-enema? mately constant.ratio tq the.adjngted pgsii --eve1 'yinstance the depression of the discountkey will sound the alarm or bell tions of saidaccounting' mechanism ag manipul'ative device foroperating said ejgctors,

aflocking device r ally.preventineractiiation of said manipulative. nections from said opera withdrawing ing position.

- M15 is; I H2; 5! ,4. In a machinelofathe-nlassi described,

the combination with.anaccounting'mmchanism and an operating n eansjondiflierentially j i g Said cseunti ngflneabal iem of coin or check discharging mechanism comprising ejectors, connections from said accounting mechanism-constructed to position said ejectors.diflerentially,' means for operating said ejectors, a locking device normally' prevent-ing operation of said e ect-or operating means, connections from said accounting mechanism operating means for releasin said locking device, a latch for holding sai locking device in releasing position, and connections from said ejector operating means 'for t-ri ping said latch. 1

5. In a 'machine of t e class described, the'combination wlth an accounting mechanism and an operatin mechanism therefor, a v n I of check or com disc argmg. devices compr1s1ng e ectors, connections from said ac'-' counting mechanism. for ad ustin sald .ejectors to extents having an-approximately constant ratio to accounts entered on the accounting mechanism, and a manipulativedevice for operating said ejectors when the I same have been adjusted. 6. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting mechanism and an operating means therefor, of

check or coin discharging devices comprising ejectors, connections from said accounting mechanism for adj usting said ejectors to extentsjhaving an approximately constant ratioto amounts enteredon the accounting mechanism, amampulative device for operating said ejectors when thes'ame have been positioned, a locking device normally reventing movement of said manipulative QVICB, and connectlons from sa1d'opera t-- ing means ior releasing said locking device.

devi e, Andea i 7. The combination with an indicating mechanism, of. coin discharging devices, means controlling the amount discharged according to the amount indicated, and interlocking. devices for compelling the operation of the indicating mechanism for each operation of the coin ejecting devices.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting mechanism with operating means therefor, of check discharging devices, means actuated by said accounting mechanism for controlling the operation of said check discharging devices, and preventing a repetition of operation of said check discharging devices without an intervening operation of said operating means.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an indicating mecha-v nism, of check ejecting devices, means for actuating said check ejecting devices, an

operating mechanism for said indicatingmechanis n, and means for normally pre-- venting operation of the check ejecting device actuating means, said last named means being released by actuation of said operating mechanism.

10. In a machine of theclass described,

the combination with an indicating mechanism, of operating means therefor, check discl'iarging devices and manipulative means for actuating said devices, connections whereby the indicating mechanism determines the operation of said discharging devices, and means controlled by said operating means for'norma-lly preventing actuation of said manipulative means.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an indicating mechanism and operating means therefor, of check discharging devices including an adjustable ejector, connections 'Whereby said indicating mechanism positions said ejector, and means for actuating said. discharging devices.

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

WILLIAM H. MUZZ Y. Witnesses:

W. M. MoCARTHY G. KLosTnRMAnN.

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