USRE11256E - Cash-register - Google Patents

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HENRYAUGUST BIERLEY, or LEXINGTON, K'ENTUcnrL` y CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 11,256, dated Aug- ft 2, 18,92. original No. 462,615. ama november 3,1891. Application for reissue nettime 21,1892. Serin mi. 482,409.

' State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Registers; and I' do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such will enable' others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompany'- ing drawings, and to the iiguresof reference marked thereon,which form apartof this speci fication.

My invention relatesto improvements in cash-registers for storesand other places of that class in which the amount of a sale is displayed and registered and a drawer opened and an alarm sounded by depressing a key.

As now generally constructed, cash-registers in which the amount of a sale is registeredand indicated by 'depressing a key the cash-drawer is opened and the amountot' the sale placed therein, the proper change, when necessary, being taken from said drawer and handed to the customer or person making a purchase. This is a serious objection, in that the till or cash-drawer vand its contents are accessible to the employs of the store;

One of the objects of my invention is to furnish a register in which the till or cash-drawer is inaccessible, except to the parties who are entitled to handle the receipts, a separate and independent drawer being provided for the purpose of making change.

There are other advantages with respect to simplicity of construction and efficiency in operation which will be apparent to those skilled in the. art to which the in v cntion pertains.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hcrcinafterfully described and claimed.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 isa perspective view of a caslrregister constructed in accordance with inyinvcntion, the till or cash-drawer being shown partly open. Fig.

'2 is a plan view of the saine, parts ci' the Las ing being removed to show the interior construction. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal scctional view. Fig. 4.- isa horizontal section on line y y, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the mechanism for operating theindicating or registering tapes. Fig. 6 is a detail `per-l spective view of the means of operating the display-plates. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the cash-holding plates. Figs.` 8 and 9 are detail4 sectional views of one of. the ratchet-wheels operated by the indicating keys. Fig. 10 is a perspective View ofthe cover through which the tapes can be inspected.

Similar charactersof reference indicate the saine parts throughout the'several views.

In the said drawings thereferencc-numeral 1 designates the front of the casing, 2 the bottom,'3 theback Wall, and 5 5 the sides, which are approximately triangular in shape or formed with inclined top edges.

In the rear of the casing is located the cashdrawer or till (i, provided with a lock, so that its contents are inaccessible, except to those entitled to access thereto. This drawer is formed with a number4 of compartments or cash-receptacles 7 to receive coin and with a receptacle 8 at the top for the reception of bills or currency, which are deposited in a manner hereinafter described.

In thefront of t-he casingisachange-drawer D, having an angular plate 10 at the top of its rear wall, which engages with the endl of a pivoted catch 12, mounted upon 'a pintle 13, extending across a slot 14, in the plate 15 for the reception of catch 12, which lies above and forms a cover for the drawer 9 when the latter is closed. This catch is also formed or provided with a forwardly-projecting arm 16, with which engage two transverse bars 17, pivoted to short posts 1S, secured to the plate 15, so that a key is depressed to register a sale its lower end will bear upon said bars, as shown by the dotted lines, Fig. 5, the bars depressing the arm '1G and releasing the catch 2, allowing the drawer to be forced open by means of the springs 19, secured to the plateing a head 24, and trip the same and sound KOO ' an alarm upon the bell or gong 25 when the draweris opened. The hammer-arm is forcedl forward to-sonnd the gong by the spring 80.

Projecting through holes or apertures in an inclined plate or cover 26, located above the plate or walll5, is a series of registering-keys 27, which are provided at their upper ends with disks 2S, havingsnumbers indicating different amounts, as is usual, said plate 26 having an opening 25, through which the registering-tapes can be inspected in thisdescription of apparatus. Near their lower ends these keys are provided with spring-pawls 29, which engage with vratchet-wheels '30, having hubs 3l, loose upon a transverse shaft 32, so

` as to rotate thereon when thekeys are defront of this plate 42 is a fixed pressed. The keys are provided withy coiled springs 27 to return them to normal position. Secured. to the vhubs 3l by one of theends thereof are tapes 33 of exible material, the other ends of which are connected to springbarrels having cases 35 secured in slots in a vertical plate 36, similar to ordinary spring t-apemeasures. These tapes or strips are provided on one of their sides with numbers arranged consecutively thereon from upward. There will be one of these springbarrels and tapes for each registering-key,

so that. as said keys are depressed, indicating 4.50

the amount of a sale, they will engage with their corresponding ratchet-wheels, winding the tapes connected therewith upon their respective drums. The l' lative arrangement and constructionof these eys,ratchetwheels, and tapes are suoli that each vdepression of'a key causes its corresponding tape to be moved forward a distance equal to one numberv thereon.

Secured to the plate or wall is a series of spring-catches 37, the free vends of which engage with the ratchet-wheels 30, so as to prevent any backward mm ement thereof, and resting upon these catches is a transverse bar 38, provided with a pin 38 and knob 39, projecting through the inclined cover 26. By depressing this knob and bar the catches 37 will be disengaged from the ratchets in wheels 30, allowing the tapes to be rewound upon their spring-barrel. This is done befor-e the beginning of a days work., so that all the tapes will indicate O."

In the rear of and above the spring-barrels is an inclined transverse partition 40, leading to the cash-drawer, and above this parti-*- tion Ll0 is a trailsverse pivoted plate 42, having lugs 43 at each end, which arejournaled inthe sides of the casing. A short distance in plate 44, having a double glass front 45. In the partition 49, just back of plate 4t, is a transverse opening 4G, communicating with the inclined plate 40. rlhe numeral. 4l designates a cover secured to the casing, provided with-a series of openings marked, respectively, 5, 10, 25, 50," and 100 to receive coins of these denominations in cents.

The pivoted plate 52, similar `to plate 12,is.

ylocated beneath the top-5l,`aud'in front ofplate 52 is a transverse plate 53 and a glass front 54, The top 5l is provided with one or more slots 55, through which bilisor'currency can be introduced into the space between plate'52 and the glass front 54, so that they will r'e'st upon said plate and beeasily discerned through said front. In a similar maiiings in plate 41 will rest against plate 42, so that they will be ih full sight of the party making a purchase. XVhen these plates 42 and 52 are turned upon their pivots, soas to uncover the case leading to the cash-drawer, as hereinafter set forth, bythe depression of a registering-key as another sale is indicated,

the coins or bills will fall through said openwheel 30,) the ratchets of which are engaged by a spring-pawl 59 on each wheel 80, so that as an indicatingkey is depressed and a ratchet-wheel accordingly actuated the wheels 58 will be correspondingly actuated, rotating shaftk 32, which carries a cog-wheel ner the coins introduced 'through the' -open- 59, meshing with a similar wheel 59, fixed to a transverse shaft 60, journaled in the sides vof the casing. Upon one end of this shaft 60 is a series of radiating arms 61, (four being shown in this instance,) which engage with a tripping-lever 62 when the shaft is actuated, said tripping-lever being pivoted to an arm 63, secured to plate 42, so. that the latter will be turned so as t'o uncover the coin-openings and allow the coin to drop into the cashdrawer, the bill-plate 52 being also turned through the connecting rod or bar 5G.

The object of the double glass front 45 is thatva display-plate maybe projectedupwardly therebetween', indicating the amount of a sale as a key is depressed. This I ac- ,complish by the following means: The numeral 64 denotes a rod or bar, which is loosely pivoted on the shaft 32, having a forwardlyextending arm {35,whichA is adapted to be struck by a pin 65a on an indicating-key when depressed. v,Each ol these bars also has a rearwardly-extending arm 66, pivoted or -hingedA to an arm G6, provided with a downward extension or lu'g 67 intermediate of its ends, which isadapted to engage with the upper one of aseries of longitudinal grooves 68 in the ,shaft 60. The rear ends ot' these bars are providcdwith hinged or pivoted vertical rods 69, carrying at their upper ends display-plates 70, which .will be projected up between the glass fronts 45 and ne each tts m to di .n .tinte-rai 7l, ie letter and ethe i which when depressed le, so release the catch -dre 1e.'rteopen. rlfhis :'i desired to open :tirent actuating the registering foiiows: ln the beginail the tapes carried by the spring-beweis are .set at 0, the cashdra'e'er inet-red, 'and a suflicent amount of change pinned in the ehangadrawer for allordinary purposes. The apparatus is now ready for work. Snpposing that customer makes a purchase amounting to, say, titty Y cents and. tenders a fifty-cent coin in payment thereof, the salesman depresses the itty-I cent key, which will by means of its springg iwi move the corresponding ratchet-wheel and cause the tape connected with its hub to nieve from G to l thus indicating through the displnybpening that one sale to the value of 'fty cents has been made. At the same time the lower end of the key will strike and' depress the bars 17, actuating the pvoted lever, releasing the catch' 12, and allowing the changedrawer to be forced open by the springs 19 and sounding an alarm. While' these operations. are being performed the rod 66 is also tripped by the key, causing the vertical arm carrying the display-plate to beforced upwardly, projecting said plate between the glass fronts, so that the amonnt'indicated thereon will be in full sight of the purchaser. The lug G7 wili vthen be.rased and will catch in the grooves in the shaft and will be held until another key is depressed, indicating the amount-of the next subsequent sale. t the same time the ratchet-wheel 30 will be rotated or turned a short distance, causing the shaft 32 to be correspondingly turned by means of the cog-wheels 5 9 and 59, turning shaft 60, 'which by means of the radial arms 61 will trip the lever 62 and cause the plates 42 and aft() f' forth.

52 to be turned on their pivots, so that any i ch been depesited preti f dropped in on the key being relieved it wili to normal by means of springs 57, closing the openings leading to the cash-drawer. The ,coin received from thepurchaser will then be in its proper slot and will fall into the between the giass fronts 45 and be in plein si The display-plate indicating'the amount rebase will remain in sight until a subseqi nt sale is made and theiappropriate key depressed. This is accomplished by means et the grooved shaft 60, as before set When bills are tendered in payment instead of coins, they are placed in the billopening, the operation of the apparatus being otherwise the saine. At the close ot business 'the aggregate amount of sales can be ascertained from the registering-tapes, and the cash in the cash-drawer, .plus any `change given, m ust correspond therewith, the change-v drawer being credited with the amount ln'the 'cash-drawer over and above the sales regis-v tered-that is to say, suppose at the beginning ot' business ten dollars in change is in the change-drawer and during the day sales to theamount of one hundred dollars havebeen made and registered and change tothe amount of rive dollars-given out. Then there. will be one hundred and five dollars in the cash-drawer and five dollars in the changeio the cash-drawer. 'Upon IOO drawers, while the tapes will register $100,

the amount of sales made, the. sum in the cash-drawer always balancing the amount indicated by the tapes plus the cash in the change-drawer. The plate 72, hinged to the casing, is intended to be locked Vand the key kept by the proprietor of the store or lother person in authority.

Having thus described my invention,what

I claim is- 1. In a cash-register, the combination of the casing, the spring-barrels carrying tapes with indicating characters, the transverse shaft carrying loose ratchet-wheels, the hubs connected with said ratchet-wheels, the ratchetlwheels fixed on said shaft, the spring-pawls engaging therewith, the indicating-keys hav? ing spring-pawls, the transverse shaft, the cogwheels carried by said shaft, the radial arms, the pivoted plates'for retaining the cash in sight, and the pivoted arm adapted to be actuated by said radial arms, substantially as de scribed. A

2. In a cash-register, the combination of the casing, the spring-barrels, the registering tapes, the transverse shafts 32 and 60, the loosev ratchet-wheels 30 upon transverse shaft .32, the fixed ratchet-wheels 58 upon transverse shaft 32, abutting against ratchet-wheels 30, the spring-catches 37, the bar 38, and pin 38", having knob 39, substantially asy described.

3. In a cash-register, the combination of the casin g, the spring-barrels and tapes', the shafts 32 and 60, the loose ratchetfwheels 30, having pawls 59", the fixed ratchetQwheels; 5,8, the spring-actuated indicating-keys, the cogwheels 59y 59, the radial arms 6-1,tli lever G2,

the arm 63, the plate 42, and the plate 52,c0n

nected therewith, substantially as described.

4. In a cash-register, the combination of the casing, the shafts 32 and 60, the spring-barrels 35, the tapes 33, the ratchet-wheels 30, the hubs 31, the pawls 59", 'the ratchet-wheels 58, the indicating-keys having pawls 29, the arms 66, pivoted in shaft 32 and having forwardlyextending arms 65, the arms 66", hinged to arm 66, the lug 67, adapted to engage with grooves in shaft 60, and the Vertical bar hnged'to arm 66n and carrying a display!- plate, substantially as described. A

5. In :leash-register, in combination, the indicating-keys carrying pin 65", an arm engaging with said pinwhen the key is depressed, extending forwardly from a bar or rod pivoted upon a transverse shaft, and provided with arearWardly-extending arm pivoted to an arm provided with a downward extension or lug intermediate of its ends, adapted to engage with the upper one of a' series of longitudinal grooves in the transverse shaft 60, the vertical rod hinged to the rearwardly-extending arm,the display-plate'attaehed to tli'evervtical arm, and the transverse grooved shaft,

substantially as described.

` 6. In a cash-register, in combination, the indicating-keys carrying pin 65, an arm engagextending' forwardly froma bar or rod pivoted upon a transverse shaft, and provided 'an arm provided witha downward extension or lug intermediate of 'its ends, adapted to engage with the upper one of a series of longitudinal grooves'in the transverseshaft 60,the vertical rod hinged to the rearwardly-extendtical arm', th'e transverse grooved shaft,.the cog-wheels whereby the transverse grooved ating transverse shaft 32 by depressing the 4indicating-keys, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in the presence of t-wo witnesses.

, HENRY AUGUST BIERLEY.

Witnesses: Y n M. C. ALFoRD,

J.' E. LAUCK.

ing with said pin when the key is depressed,

shaft is rotated, and the mechanism-for actu` with a rearwardly-extending arm pvotedto ing arm, the display-plate attached tothe ver-

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