US425121A - Cash-indicator - Google Patents

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E. W. BLAGKHLL 8v J. H. SMITH CASH INDGAToR.

No. 425,121. l Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD WI. BLAOKIIALL, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, AND JOHN II. SMITH, OF BUFFALO, NEIV YORK.

CASH-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,121, dated April 8, 1890.

Application filed December 2, 1889. Serial No. 332,204. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,-

Be it known that we, EDWARD W. BLACK- HALL, a citizen of Canada, residing at Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, and JOHN II. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oash-Indicaters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the cash-indi eaters which are used in businesshouses for indicating and verifying the cash transactions between the purchasers and the attendants or clerks, and more especially to such devices in which checks are employed representing the amount of the purchases. Letters Patent of the United States, No. Si, were granted August l0, 1886, to J. II. Smith, for a device of this character.

The object of our invention is to reduce the number of manipulations required in using the device and to simplify and improve the device in other respects.

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of our improved cash-indicator. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a central cross-section of the device. Fig. 4 is a transverse section in line 0a a, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional elevation of the money-draw and alarm device. Fig. 6 is vafragmentary cross-section through one of the check-display pockets. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary rear elevation, partly in section, of the locking-bar and adjacent parts.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

The casing of the device consists of au up right rear portion A and a forwardly-proj ecting horizontal portion A.

b represents a series of vertical cheek-reeeptacles or displaypockets arranged side by side in the upper part of the upright portion of the easing, and having their front sides constructed of glass or other transparent material, so that the checks placed in the pockets Will be exposed to view.

In the top of the upright portion A and above the pockets is arranged avertical slot or opening, through which the checks are in-s serted in the pockets. This slot or opening is preferably provided with a metallic plate B, having narrow passages or slots h corresponding in number with the number of pockets. The plate B projects a short distance above the top of the casing and the slots b' are widened or made Haring at their mouth to facilitate the insertion of the checks. The slots or passages b are made of the proper width and thickness to permit the insertion of but a single check at a time.

The lower ends of the display-pockets are closed by a transverse gate or Inovable bottoni plate c, which extends across the lower ends of all the pockets, and slides with its ends in suitable ways or ledges c', secured to the under side of a divisiowplate C. The latter separates the upper and lower portions of the upright part A of the casing, as represented in Fie'. 4i.

The gate or bottom plate c is held in a closed position by spiral springs d, secured at one end to the division plate O, and at their opposite ends to a depending iiange d', formed at the rear edge of the gate. The displaypockets l1 are preferably made larger in width than the passages b', as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, so as to form shoulders er offsets e between the upper ends of the pockets and the bottom of the passages or slots b. The pockets are made of such depth that the upper ends of the checks placed in the pockets will be below the shoulders c. As soon as a check falls upon the bottom plate or gate c, it tilts forwardly or backwardly against the front or rear side of the pocket, bringing its upper end under one or the other abrupt shoulders in the pocket and preventing the withdrawal of the check after the same has been dropped into the pocket.

In the drawings four check-display pockets are shown, the two right-hand ones being for the reception of checks representing cents, and the other two for checks representing dollars.

F represents the cheek-receiving compartments arranged in the upright part of the casing underneath the display pockets l), and into which the checks drop when the gate at the lower end of the pockets is opened. These compartments are separated by upright partitions f, and each compartmentis connected IOO with one of the display-pockets. Each cempartment is closed at its lower end by a slide g, which moves in grooves or ways termed in the walls of the compartments, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The bottom plate oil' the machine provided with holes 7L, which register with the lower ends of the several compartments, and through which the accumulated checks are discharged from the machine upon openin the slides.

h represents a horizontal locking-bar, extending across the outer ends of the several slides g, and whereby the slides are secured against withdrawal by unauthorized attendants. This locking-bar is provided at its lower edge with outwardly-projecting hooks h2, which engage in undercut recesses in the base plate of the machine, as represented in Fig. 3, and at one of its ends with a lock er other suitable means for securing the bar in place. The back plate ha of the upright rear portion A of the case, and which forms the rear wall of the check-receivin compartments F, is preferablyT constructed of glass or other transparent material, whereby the checks deposited in these compartments can be viewed through this rear wall 7a3.

I represents the inclined check-rack arranged in front of the upright rear portion ot' the casing and divided into compartments, which contain the checks.

J represents the money-drawer arranged in the horizontal portion A of the easing.

7s is a rearwardly-projeeting arm secured te the rear end wall of the money-drawer, and Zt" is a catch or pawl pivoted to the rear end ot` the arm Za. The pawl Zt" is weighted, so as to hang in a Vertical position, and is free to move forwardly into a horizontal position, but is held against moving backwardly out of a vertical position by its weighted end striking the under side of the arm Zt. Vhen the money-drawer is closed, its arm and pawl project into the space between the innermost partitions f through an opening' in the front wall k2 of the upright portion of the casing, as represented in Figs. S and l.

Z represents an upright shifting-lever arranged in the space between the two innermost partitions f, and pivoted near its Lipper end to an arm or bracket Z', secured within the upper part of the casing. The upper arm yof this shifting-leverbears against the depending iiange of the gate or sliding bottom plate c, and its lower arm is provided with a shoe er foot m, which is arranged in the path of the catch or pawl 7s. Upon opening the moneydrawer the catch 7.1 strikes the shoem, throwing the lower arm of the shifting-lever forwardly and its upper arm rearwardly. This movement of the shifting-lever opens the sliding gate c, and allows any checks which may have been placed in the display-pockets to drop into the receiving-compart1nents bclow.

In opening the sliding gate c the springs cZ are distended, and as soon as the pawl 7.a of the drawer has cleared the shoe of the lever the springs again close the gate, and t-he flange (Z of the gate bearing against the upper arm of the shifting-lever returns the latter to its former position. The upper arm of the shifting-lever is held against the flange (Z of the sliding gate by a stop Z2, secured tothe bracket Z. Upon shutting the money-drawer the upper end et the pawl Zt" strikes the front end of the shoe and is swung into a horizontal position until it clears the rear end of the shoe, when its weighted end causes it to again assume a vertical position. The ends of the shoe are' curved upwardly, and the upper rear end ot the pawl is inclined to facilitate the passage of the pawl under the shoe. The gate or betteln plate c of the display-pockets is thus automatically controlled by the movement of the money-drawer, thereby dispensing with separate mechanism tor operating the gate.

N represents an alarm-bell arranged in the lower portion of the upright part of the easing in the space between one of the outer partitions f and the adjacent side wall et the case, as represented in Fig. 4.

n represents the hammer-arm ot' the bell pivoted to a lug formed on a base-plate n', secured tothe bottom ot the casing, as represented in Fig. 5. This hannner-arm is provided above its pivot with a nose or projection e and below its pivot with a foot 0.

p is a flat spring secured to the base-plate n and bearing with its free end against the under side of the foot o.

q is a weighted pawl pivoted to an arm secured to the rear wall of the money-drawer, and whereby the hammer ofthe bell is operated. When the drawer is closed, the nose et' the pawl overhangs the projection o of the hammer-arm, and upon opening the drawer the pawl engaging against the lprojection o swings the hammer-arm forwardly, causing the foot of the hammer to depress the spring p. As soon as t-he pawl clears the projection of the hammer-arm, the spring reacts and throws the hammer rearwardly against the bell, rendering an alarm. The alarm serves to remind the attendant to put acheck in the display-pocket upon opening the drawer and attracts the attention of the purchaser to the manipulation et the attendant. It also renders it impossible for unauthorized per sons to tamper with the money-drawer without attracting attention.

The cash-checks are numbered :from 0 to 9 and are used upon the decimal system-that is, it a sale of five cents is made a check bearing the iigure is placed in the iirst displaypocket to the right, and 'if a sale of twenty cents is made a check bearing the Iigureis placed in the second display-pocket from the right and a check bearing a cipherin the first and so on. It desired, ciphers maybe painted on the inner side of the rear wall of the displaypockets te dispense with the use of cipher- TOO IIO

checks in recording decimal sums, such as ten cents, fifty cents, dto.

ln using the device the money-drawer is first opened to deposit the money or make change, and a check or checks bearing a numeral corresponding to the amount of the sale is placed into the proper display-pocket by the attendant. The drawer is then closed, and the check remains in view in the displaypocket until the drawer is again opened, when the check drops into the corresponding receiving-compartment ofthe pocket, making room for the next check to be placed in the same pocket. At the close of the days business the sums represented by the accumulated checks in the receiving-compartments are added together, and the total should agree with the amount of the cash in the drawer.

Ve claim as our invention-n l. The combination, with the case having one or more check-display pockets and one or more receiving-compartments connected with said pockets, of a gate or movable bottom closing the lower ends of the displaypockets, a money-drawer, and actuating mechanism connecting the gate with the moneydrawer, whereby the gate is automatically opened upon opening the money-drawer, substantially as set forth.

2. rlhe combination, withthe case having one or more check-display pockets and one or more receiving-compartments connected with said pockets, of a gate or movable bottom closing the lower ends of the displaypockets, a money-drawer, and a shifting-lever operating said gate and actuated by the money-drawer, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the case having one or more check-display pockets and one or more receiving-compartments connected with said pockets, of a gate or movable bottom closing the lower ends of the displaypockets, a money-drawer, a shifting-lever actuated by the money-drawer, whereby the gate is opened, anda spring whereby the gate is closed, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the ease having one or more check-display pockets and one or more receiving-compartments connected with said pockets, of a gate or movable bottom closing the lower ends of the displaypockets, a money-drawer provided with a catch or pawl, and a shifting-lever operating said gate and arranged in the path of said catch or pawl, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the case having one or more check-display pockets and one or more receiving-eompartments connected with said pockets, of a gate or movable bottom closing the lower ends of the displaypockets, a money-drawer provided with a catch or pawl, and a shifting-lever operating said gate and provided at its lower end with a shoe-arranged in the path of said pawl or catch, substantially as set forth.

G. The combination,with the casing having check-display pockets and receiving-compartments, of an alarm and a money-drawer having an actuating device, whereby the alarm is sounded upon opening the drawer, substantially as set forth.

fitness our hands this 29th. day of November, 1889.

EDWARD W. BLACKHALL. JOHN Il. SMITH. 'Y'Vitnessesz J No. J. BONNER, FRED. C. GEYER.

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