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Description

(No Model.)

* W. G. HENNINGS.

v REGISTERFOR MONEY DRAWERS.

No. 326,114. Patented Sept. 15, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W'ILHELM. G. HENNINGS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF OND-HALF TO HERMAN HEIN, OF SAME ILAOE.

REGISTER FOR MONEY-DRAWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,114, dated September 15,1885.

Application filed December 20, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: lock, the key of which is inserted in a key- Beitknownthat I, WVILHELM G.HENNINGS, hole, f, (shown in Fig. 1;) and upon the unasuloject of the Emperor of Germany, residing der side of the counter is an arm or stop, G, H A at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of which engages and moves the trigger as the 5 Illinois, have invented certain new and useful drawer is drawn out.

Improvements in Registers for Money'Draw- In operation the amount of change in the ers, of which the followlng 1s a specification, to drawer is noted in pencil or by similar means Wit: upon that portion of the paper tape which is This invention relates to an improvement exposed upon the outside of the case. When to in registers for money-drawers; and it conmoney is taken in by a clerk he draws out sists in certain peculiarities of the constructhe drawer, and in doing so the trigger strikes tion and operation of the same, substantially the projection G and feeds forward the tape as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and till the pencil-note is drawn into the case claimed. and a blank section exposed. The amount 1 In order to enable others skilled in the art taken in is entered again before the drawer to which my invention appertains to make is closed, and in plain view of the customer, and use the same, I will now proceed to dewhich prevents a false entry. At the close scribe its construction and operation, referof business the owner unlocks and removes ringtotheaccompanying drawings, in which the side of the case, and taking out the spools 20 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a moneyadds the entries, the full amount of which drawer with my device attached, and Fig. 2 must correspond with the cash in the drawer, is a view of the interior mechanism of the if all is correct, and thus any theft of the register. clerks is prevented.

A represents a moneydrawer of any de- The device is simple, and, being readily at- 25 sired construction sliding in suitable ways or tached to any money-drawer, is an effectual guides beneath the counter A. Upon the check on dishonest employs. As shown in side of this drawer I secure a small case or Fig. 1, a small glass, h, may be inserted in frame B, in which are two drums. B B, conthe counter, through which the tape and its nected by a band of paper, 0, which is tranS- entry may be readily seen when the drawer is 0 ferred from one drum to the other as the declosed.

vice is operated. The upper side of the case Having thus fully described my invention, B is formed with two slots, 1) b, through one what I claim as new, and desire to secure by of which the paper band 0 passes out, and Letters Patent, is back through the other on its way from one The combination, with a money drawer 5 spool to the other, and thus leaves a short sliding in guides beneath a counter, and an section exposed for a purpose presently seen. arm or stop secured to said counter, of the 0 One of the drums or spools B is provided case B, having one side removable, and formed with a series of ratchet-teeth, c, and a rewith the slots 1) b, the two spools B B, contaming-pawl, c, which prevents any backnected by a tape, 0, passing through said o ward motion; and upon the pivot I) of this slots, a retaining-pawl, c, engaging teeth a spool is hung an arm, D, carrying a second on one of said spools, a spring-actuated arm, 5 pawl, d, which feeds the spool forward as the I), hinged in the case, and having the feedingarm is moved. pawl d, and the spring-actuated trigger D on To the lower end of this arm D is hinged the end of this arm, projecting through the 5' a trigger, D, which contacts with and moves case and contacting with the armor stop on the arm forward in one directon and swings the counter, substantially as and for the pur- 10o freely in the opposite direction, and which pose set forth. passes through a slot in the bottom of the case In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in to the outside. presence of two witnesses. o The arm D is provided with a spring 0 T 7 5 and the trigger D with a spring, 0, which ILHELM HEN} ILGS' returns them to their places when moved. Xvim One side of the case is removable, and is H. HEIN, secured in place by means of an ordinary W G, M A

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