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J. P. OLBAL. CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR. No. 600,136. Patented Mar. 8,1898.

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J. P. GLEAL. GASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR.

No. 600,136. Patented Ma1-.8,1898.

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J.P.OLEAL.I

CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR.

No. 600,136. Patented Mar. 8,1898.

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J. P. GLEAL. CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR. No. 600,136. Patented Mar. 8,1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOSEPH P. CLEAL, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH REGISTER AND ENDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,136, dated March 8, 1898.

Application filed April 13, 1894- Serial No. 507,450. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: mounted at its front end in the front plate B Be it known that I, JOSEPH P. CLEAL, a and at its rear end in a bearing in a crosscitizen of the United States, residing at Daybar 1 secured at its opposite ends to the side 5 5 ton, in the county of Montgomery and State plates of the casing. The hub H has fast upon 5 of Ohio, have invented a certain new and use its rear end the indicating-dial J, Fig. 4,which ful Improvement in Cash Registers and Indidial bears a series of indicating-numbers corcators, of which the following is adescription, responding to those upon the finger-buttons reference being had to the accompanying of the keys, which numbers are adapted to be drawings, forming part of this specification. exposed singly at a sight-opening K in the 10 My invention relates to certain improveupper portion of the front plate of the casing. ments upon a machine now upon the market As the key-frame A is slid toward the left the and not of my own invention by which the numbers upon the dial will pass in order becapabilities of such machine are increased hind the opening K, and the number to be and fraudulent manipulation of it more effecindicated will be determined by the point at I 5 tually prevented, all as will be hereinafter which the key-frame is arrested. Pivoted more fully explained. upon a shaft Ii, secured at its front end in the In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 front plate of the casing and at its rear end represents a front elevation of the machine; in a cross-bar M, is a three-armed leVerN, ca- Fig. 2, a rear elevation thereof, with the back pable of limited vibration, the extent of its 20 plate and the indicating-dial removed to eX- movement being controlled by a set-screw O, pose the parts in front of them; Fig. 3, a view passing through the pendent arm P of the of the left side of the machine, partly in seclever and adapted to contact with a stop Q, tion and partly in elevation; Fig. 4, a detail upon the rear face of the front plate B. The vertical section through the key-frame; Fig. upwardly-extending arm R of the lever pro- 25 5, a detail rear elevation of the registeringjects at its upper end into the space immediwheels; Fig. 6, a detail top plan view of the ately behind the sliding key-frame A, Fig. l. registering devices, and Fig. 7 a detail eleva- It stands out of the path of the rear ends of tion of the special key and registering-wheels the stop-pins when the latter are in normal and parts cooperating therewith. position; but when the front end of any key- 30 The same letters of reference are used to lever is depressed and its stop-pin moved indicate identical parts in all the figures. rearward the latter will contact with the up- The operating device of the machine 0011- per end of the arm B when the key-frame is sists of a sliding keyframe A, mounted to reslid to the left. This contact of the pin with ciprocate laterally across the front plate B of the arm R will vibrate the lever N until the 3 5 the machine in guideways C C, at the upper set-screw 0 contacts with the stop Q, and will and lower edges of a transverse openingtherearrest the key-frame, and the adjustment of in, and having pivoted in it three rows of keythe parts is such that when any key-lever is levers D, whose finger-buttons bear numbers depressed and the key-frame slid to the left representing the several amounts adapted to until the rear end of its pin E thus contacts 40 beindicated andregistered bythem. Mountwith the arm R of the lever N the number ed in bores in the frame A are a series of slidupon the indicating-dial J corresponding to ing stop-pins E, one cooperating with each the number upon the finger-button of the key key-lever. X'Vhen the upper end of any keywill be brought to the sight-opening K and lever is pressed downward, its lower end will exposed to view. The lower end of the arm 45 force its cooperating pin E rearward against Pof the leverNcooperates with the upwardlythe stress of a coiled spring surrounding it, for bent end of a drawer-latch S, which latch cona purpose to be described. Secured to the sists of a horizontal rod journaled in bearings rear side of the key-frame A, in rear of the beneath a cash-box T, which forms the base vertical plane of the front plate B, is a rackof the machine and to the rear side of which 50 bar F, Fig. 2, the gear-teeth upon. whose upthe front plate of the casing is secured, Fig. per edge mesh with a gear-wheel Gr, fast upon 3. A coiled spring S yieldingly holds the rod a hub II, which is loose upon a fixed shaft I, in normal. position. The rear end of the rod is bent upward, as before stated, to cooperate that the dial was given in the forward movewith the lower end of the arm P of the lever N, while its front end has secured upon it a latch U,extending upward in a suitable opening V in the front wall of the cash-boX T and adapted to cooperate with a hook W upon the under side of the hinged lid X of the cash-box. WVhen the lid is closed, the hook W enters the opening V and is caught by the latch U and the lid thereby locked in closed position. then the key-fra1ne is slid to the left and the operated stop-pin caused to vibrate the lever N in the manner before described, the lower end of the arm P of said lever will throw the upturned rear end of the latch-rod S to the right and disengage the latch U from the hook upon the lid, whereupon the latter will be thrown upward by the pressure of an arm Y, which is pivoted at its rear end to the upper end of a standard Z, Figs. 2 and 3, extends forward through a slot in the front plate B of the casing and rear wall of the cash-box, and bears against the under side of the lid and which has connected to it a coiled spring A, which tends to throw its front end upward when released by the unlocking of the lid.

The laterally-extending curved arm 13 of the lever N cooperates with the trip 0 of a spring-actuated gong-hammer D, adapted to sound the gong E at each vibration of the lever N.

Loosely mounted upon the shaft I immediately in front of the gear G is a second similar gear F, upon the front end of whose hub is secured the primary wheel G of a train of registering wheels 11. Overlying both of the gears G and F is a pinion I, mounted in the forked end of a lever J, pivoted at K. When the pinion I is swung into engagement with the gears G and F, the sliding key-frame becomes geared to the register, so that its movements will be imparted to it. A coiled spring L, connected to the lever J below its pivot K, yieldingly holds said arm in the normal position shown in Fig. 2, with the pinion I disengaged from the gears H and F and engaged with a fixed locking-tooth M. hen, however, the lever N is vibrated by the contact of the stop-pin of an operated key with the upper end of its arm R in the manner before explained, the upper end of an arm N, fast upon the armR of said lever, will strike the lower end of the lever J and rock it upon its pivot against the stress of its spring L and throw the pinion I downward into engagement with the gears H and F. Then the lever J is so moved, the upper end of a latch-arm O, to whose lower end one end of the spring L is connected, will catch over a shoulder P upon the lever J and lock the latter in its moved position, with the pinion I engaged with the gears. During the return movement of the key-frame to the right, therefore, the primary registering-wheel will be turned with the indicating-dial and will be given the same portion of a revolution ment of the parts, so that the amount indicated by the dial will be added upon the register. Vhen the key-frame reaches its normal right-hand position, a projection Q upon the upper edge of the rack-bar F at its lefthand end will contact with the lower end of the latch-arm O and throw it back to its normal position, Fig. 2, thereby releasing the lever J and permitting the spring L to restore it to normal position and disengage the pinion I from the gears G and F, so that at the next forward movement of the key-frame the register will be out of gear with it and remain stationary. In this manner the forward movement of the key-frame turns the indicating-dial to position to indicate the number represented by the operated key, and then the backward movement of said frame returns the dial to initial position and adds such number upon the register.

The primary wheel G of the register is pro vided with a ratchet which is engaged by a spring-pressed pawl G Fig. 5, to prevent backward movement of the wheel. Inasmuch as the key-frame is locked in gear with this wheel by the engagement of thelatch O with the lever J, which carries the pinion T, as soon as the key-frame completes its movement to the right it follows that when started to the left on its registering movement it must complete such movement before it can move to the left again, the ratchet on the registering-wheel and the pawl thus acting as an arrester to compel a complete registering movement of the key-frame.

For the purpose of hiding the indicator while it is being returned to normal position and advanced to the new indication, or to show that any number exposed by it during such time is not a proper indication, there is provided a screen-plate R, carried by abent lever S, pivoted at T and having a toothed end U, adapted to cooperate with the gear G. A spring Y, connected to an arm of the lever S, projecting below its pivot T, tends to throw the toothed end U of the lever into engagement with the gear G and carry the screen plate R away from the sight-opening K. Thelever is held from such movement by a latchlever V, the shouldered end of whose horizontal arm cooperates with a lug \V upon the lever S to hold the latter in the position shown. When, however, the key-frame is slid to the left until the lever N is vibrated in the manner described, the upper end of an arm X, fast upon the arm R of the lever N, will contact with the pendent arm of the lever V and vibrate the latter to disengage the shouldered end of its horizontal arm from the lug XV of the lever S and thereby release the latter and permit the spring to throw its upper end to the left and carry the plate R away from the sight-opening. At such movement of the lever S the toothed end U of its short arm will enter one of the notches in the gear G. Nhen the key-frame is slid back IIO to its right-hand position again and the gear G turned thereby, the tooth U will be forced out of such notch in the gear G and the lever S and screen-plate R thrown back to the position shown and caught and held in such position by the reengagement of the latch V with the lug V. In this manner at the be ginning of the backward movement of the key-frame and indicator the screen-plate R is thrown behind the sight-opening and remains there until the key-frame and indicator have been advanced again to a new indication. A coiled spring V connected to the lower arm of the latch-lever V, yieldingly holds the latter in operative position.

The parts so far described, with the exception of the lid-opening lever Y and its supporting-standard Z,are substantially the same as the corresponding parts in the machine heretofore referred to as being now upon the market and upon which the improvements constituting my invention are based.

The first one of my improvements consists in the provision of a special key, by which the lid of the cash-box may be released and opened, the alarm sounded, and the screenplate thrown across the sight-openin g without operating any of the register-keys or actuating the main register. Combined with such special key is an auxiliary register for preserving a record of the number of operations of such key. This key consists of a sliding stem A Fig. 2, mounted in a bearing in the left-hand side plate of the casing, provided upon its inner end with an enlarged head B and upon its [outer end with a push-button G which in this instance bears the word Change, indicating that the key is to be operated to open the cash-box for the purpose of making change when no cash has been received or other transaction taken place. The inner end of the key bears against the upper end of a lever D fastened near its middle to the front end of a rock-shaft E journaled in bearings in a bracket-frame F secured upon the side plate of the casing. At its lower end the lever D is provided with a forwardly-projecting stud or pin G which bears against a projection H upon the upper side of the arm B of the lever N, heretofore described. When the key is pressed inward to its limit of movement, the lever D will rock the lever N and cause the gong to be sounded and the lid of the cash-box to be released by its latch and thrown open by the spring. A link 1 connected at its left-hand end to the leverD above its pivotal support, is pivoted at is right-hand end to an arm J pivoted to a fixed support at its lower end and having its upper end bent to the left and provided with a rearwardly-projeeting stud K standing in the same vertical plane as the arm S of the lever which carries the screenplate R. Then the key A is pressed inward, the upper end of the arm J will be thrown to the right, and if the screen-plate be at the time in its extreme left-hand position with the indicator exposed the pin K upon the arm J will carry it to the right to the position shown in Fig. 2 and cause its lug WV to be engaged by the latch V. In this manner whenever the special key is operated to open the cash-box the indication then exposed is destroyed, so that if a sale should be made corresponding to the indication exposed to view this key could not be operated to sound the alarm and open the cash-box and the customer be made to believe that the machine had been properly operated to register and indicate the amount of his purchase.

The rock-shaft E to which the lever D is secured, has also fast upon it a pawl-arm L in which is pivoted a pawl M spring-pressed into cooperation with the ratchets of a train of registering-wheels N mounted upon a shaft 0 carried by the bracket-frame F "Whenever the key A is pressed in and the shaft E rocked by the vibration of the lever D the pawl M will advance the primary registering-wheel N one number to register such operation of the key.

The lid of the cash-box may also be opened, the alarm sounded, the indication destroyed, and the auxiliary register actuated without operating the special key by sliding the keyframe A to its extreme left-hand limit of movement without depressing any one of its keys D. To this end the frame A has projecting from its left-hand side, immediately above the lower guide 0, a lug P Fig. 1, adapted, when the frame is slid to its extreme left-hand position, to contact with a stud Q projecting forward from the lower end of a lever R Fig. 7, pivoted to the frame F at S and bearing at its upper end against a stud T upon the upper end of the lever D before described. It results from this construction that when the reciprocating frame is slid to extreme left-hand position the contact of the lug P with the studQ will vibrate the lever R which in turn will vibrate the lever D with the same result as when it is vibrated by pressing in the key A For the purpose of locking the key-frame from movement in either direction while the lid of the cash-box remains open there is provided a vertieally-reciprocating locking-rod U Fig. 2, pivoted at its lower end to the lidopening lever Y, Fig. 3, guided at its upper end in an opening in a bracket-plate V upon the front plate of the casing, and provided with a tooth adapted to cooperate with looking -teeth and notches upon the under side of the rack-bar F. \Vhenever the lid of the cash-box is released by its latch and the front end of the lever Y pulled upward by its spring A, the rod U will be lifted and the locking-tooth W at its upper end engaged with one of the notches in the under side of the rack-bar F and lock the latter, and consequently the reciprocating key-frame, from movement in either direction until the lid is again closed, whereupon the tooth of the locking-rod will be withdrawn from engagement with the rack-bar, and the latter and the key-frame be released.

It will be understood that whenever the lever D is vibrated, either by pressing in the special key or by sliding the key-frame to extreme left-hand position without operating any of its keys, the lever N will be vibrated by the lever D and the arm N, carried by the arm R of the lever N, will strike the pendent end of the lever J, which carries the pinion I, Fig. 2, and if said lever be at the time in the position shown in the drawings, with the pinion I disengaged from the gears G F, will rock said lever and throw the pinion I downward into engagement with the gears, whereupon the latch-arm 0 will catch over the shoulder P on the lever J and lock the pinion in such position. Now when the special key is operated for the purpose of opening the cash-box, &c., the pinion I will be generally engaged with the gears and locked in mesh with them, for it becomes so engaged and locked at the end of the left-hand movement of the key-frame in the ordinary operation of the machine, and the key-frame is left standing in such position until the next operation of the machine, in order that the number upon the indicator representing the last transaction may remain exposed to view. In such instances, therefore, the lever J will not be moved by the operation of the special key, the upper end of the arm N simply contact ing with the pendent end of the lever J at the limit of movement of the arm N.

When, however, the cash-box is opened and the alarm sounded by sliding the key-frame to extreme left-hand position without operating any one of its keys, as heretofore explained, the lever J at the beginning of such movement of the key-frame will always stand in the position shown in the drawings, with the pinion I disengaged from the gears beneath it, so that the vibration of the levers D and N at the end of the left-hand movement of the key-frame will cause the upper end of the arm N to rock the lever J and throw the pinion I downward into mesh with the gears. If the latch 0 were then permitted to catch over the shoulder P upon the lever J and look the pinion in mesh with the gears, the register would be actuated at the return of the key-frame to its right-hand position. Inasmuch as it is not desirable to actuate the register when the key-frame is simply slid to left-hand position to open the cash-box I have provided means for holding the latch 0 out of engagement with the. shoulder P on the lever J when the pinion has been thrown into mesh with the gears, so that as soon as the key-frame begins its return movement to the right and the arm N is moved out of contact with the lever J the spring L will immediately return the latter to normal position and disengage the pinion from the gears. This means consists of a collar X loose upon the shaft I immediately in rear of the gear G and provided with a slot or recess Y in which fits a stud Z upon the hub H, Figs. 4 and (5. This connection of the collar with the hub causes the latter to carry the collar with it, but permits lost motion between them. The collar is provided with a lug A which cooperates with a short arm B fast upon the latchlever O. \Vhen the key-frame is in its extreme right-hand position, the stud Z will hold the collar in the position shown in the drawings. lVhen the key-frame is slid to its extreme left-hand position, the hub will pick up the collar as soon at the stud Z strikes the opposite wall of the recess Y and carry the collar from that point with it, causing the lug A as the key-frame reaches its left-hand position, to ride under the arm 13 of the latchlGVGlO and rock said lever upon its pivot, throwingits upper end to the left out of operative position in respect to the lever J, and maintaining it in such position until the lug A is carried backward again from under the arm B Inasmuch as the lost motion between the collar X and hub II will permit the lug to remain beneath the arm 13 until the stud Z has traveled through the length of the recess Y in the collar it follows that the latch lever 0 will not be released until the key frame has moved some distance toward the right, and inasmuch as at the beginning of its movement its lug P, Fig. 1, is withdrawn from contact with the stud Q upon the lever R Fig. 7, and the levers D and N thus released and restored to normal position by the spring N it follows that the upper end of the arm N will be carried away from the pendent arm J and the spring L pern'iitted to restore the lever J to normal position and lift the pinion I out of engagement with the gears before the lug A is withdrawn from beneath the arm B of the latclrlever O, and consequently the latter is held from operation while the gear I is moved idly into and outof mesh with the gears.

' Having thus fully described my invention, I claim 1. In a cash registerand indicator, the combination of a reciprocating key-frame, a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a stop cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, a cash-receptacle having a movable member, and locking means intermediate the key-frame and said movable member and actuated by the latter to lock the key-frame when the movable member is moved to open the cashreceptacle.

2. In a cash register and indicator, the combination of a reciprocating key-frame, a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a stop cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, a cash-receptacle having a movable member, locking means which as the member is moved to open the receptacle is moved to engage with and lock the reciprocating key-frame, andmeans actuated by said member to release the keyframe when the former is moved to close the cash-receptacle.

3. In a cash register and indicator the combination of a reciprocating key-frame, a series of keys carried by said frame, a stop cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, a cash-receptacle having a movable member, a locking-bar intermediate the key-frame and said movable member, a spring arranged to move the locking-bar into engagement with the key-frame to lock it when the drawer is open, and means actuated by the said movable member to withdraw the locking-bar from engagement with the key-frame when said bar is moved to close the cash-receptacle.

4. In a cash register and indicator, the combination of a reciprocating key-frame, a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a stop cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, a toothed rack moving with the frame, a locking-rod having a tooth cooperating with said rack to lock the frame from movement, a cash-receptacle having a movable member, a latch for holding said member in position to close the receptacle, connections between the frame and latch for releasing the movable member, and connections between the latter and the locking-rod for engaging said rod with the rack of the registering frame to lock said frame when the movable member is moved to open the receptacle, substantially as described.v

5. In a cash-register the combination of a reciprocating key-frame, a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a stop cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, a cash-receptacle having a hinged lid, locking means intermediate said lid and reciprocating frame, a spring arranged to throw the locking means into engagement with the key-frame when said lid is open, and means actuated by the said lid for withdrawing the locking means from engagement with the key-frame when the lid is closed, sub stantially as described.

6. In a cash register and indicator, the combination of a reciprocating key-frame, a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a stop cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, a toothed rack moving with the frame, a cash -receptacle having a hinged lid, a latch for holding the lid closed and a spring for throwing it open, connections between the key-frame and latch for releasing the lid, and a locking-rod movable by the spring into engagement with the toothed rack when the lid is opened, to lock the key-frame from movement, substantially as described.

7. In a cash register and indicator, the combination of a reciprocating key-frame, a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a stop cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, a toothed rack moving with the frame, a cash-receptacle having a hinged lid, a latch for holding the lid closed, a lever and spring for throwing it open, and a reciprocating locking-rod connected to said lever and moved by it into engageinent with the toothed rack when the lid is opened, to lock the key-frame from movement, substantially as described.

8. In a cash register and indicator the combination of a reciprocating key-frame, a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a stop cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, a cashreceptacle having a movable member, a latch for holding the latter in position to close the receptacle, connecting means between the key-frame and the latch for releasing the movable member, a special key and connections between the latter and the said 0011- necting means whereby the movable member may be released independently of the keyframe and by the said special key, substantially as described.

9. In a cash-register the combination of a reciprocating key-frame, a series of keys carried by the said frame, a single stop common to all the keys and cooperating therewith to arrest the frame at different points, a cash-receptacle having a movable member, a latch for holding the latter in position to close the receptacle, connecting means actuated by the key-frame for releasing the latch, a special key and connections between the special key and said connecting means for releasing the latch independently of the key-frame, and a register actuated by the special key to register the number of its operations, substantially as described.

10. In a cash register and indicator the combination of a reciprocating key-frame, a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a pivoted stop-lever cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, a casl1receptacle having a movable member, a latch actuated by the stop-lever, which is actuated by the key-frame to release said member, a special key and means connecting the latter with the stop-lever to open the cash-receptacle independently of the reciprocating frame, and a register actuated by the special key, substantially as described.

11. In a cash register and indicator the combination of a reciprocating key-frame, aseries of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a pivoted stop-lever cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, acashreceptacle having a movable member, a latch therefor actuated by the stop-lever to release said member, an alarm mechanism also actuated by said stop-lever, a special key cooperating with said lever to open the receptacle and to sound the alarm independently of the reciprocating key-frame, substantially as described.

12. In a cash register and indicator,the com= bination of a reciproeatin g key-frame, a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame,

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a stop cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, an indicator actuated by the key-frame, an automatic screenplate for the indicator, a cash-receptacle having a movable member, a latch for holding said member in position to close the receptacle, connections between the key-frame and latch for releasing said member to open the receptacle, a special key and connections with the latch for opening the receptacle and with the screen-plate for moving the latter to hide the indicator, substantially as described.

13. I11 a cash register and indicator,the combination of a reciprocating key-frame, a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a stop cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, an indicator actuated by the key-frame, a vibrating screenplate for alternately hiding and exposing the indicator, a latch for holding it in one position and a spring for moving it to another, a trip for the latch operated by the key-frame, a cash-receptacle having a movable member, a latch for holding said member in position to close the receptacle, a special key and connections for operating saidlatch and for movin g the screen-plate into position to be caught by its latch, substantially as described.

14. In a cash register and indicator, the combin ation of a reciprocating key-frame, aseries of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a stop cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, an indicator actuated by the key-frame, a vibrating screenplate for alternately hiding and exposing the indicator, a latch for holding it in position to hide the indicator and a spring for moving it into posit-ion to expose it, a trip for the latch operated by the key-frame to permit the spring to move the screen-plate to expose the indicator, a cash-receptacle having a movable member, a latch for holding said memher in position to close the receptacle, c011- nections between the key-frame and latch for releasing said member, a special key and connections for operating the latch and for moving the screen-plate into position to hide the indicator, and a register actuated by such special key, substantially as described.

15. In a cash register and indicator,the combination of a reciprocating key'-frame,a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a movable stop-lever cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, a cash-box having a hinged lid, a latch for holding the lid closed, a second lever cooperating with the stop-lever at one end and stan ding in the path of the reciprocating frame at its other and adapted to be moved by said frame at the end of the stroke of the latter in one direction and actuate the stop-lever to release the lid of the cash-box, substantially as described.

16. In a cash register and indicator,the combination of a reciprocating key-frame,a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a stop cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, an indicator actuated by the key-frame, an automatic screenplate cooperating with the indicator to alternately hide and expose the same, a cash-box having a movable lid, a latch for holding the lid closed, and means actuated by the keyframe at the end of its stroke in one direction for operating the latch to release the lid and for moving the screen-plate into position to hide the indicator, substantially as de scribed.

17. In a cash register and indicator,the combination of a reciprocating key-frame,a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a stop cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, an indicator actuated by the key-frame, an automatic screenplate cooperating with the indicator to alternately hide and expose the same, a cash-box having a movable lid, a latch for holding the lid closed, alever standingin the path of the key-frame and adapted to be moved by the latter at the end of its stroke in one direction, and connections between said lever and latch for releasing the lid and between the lever and screen-plate for moving the latter into position to hide the indicator, substantially as described.

18. In a cash register and indicator,the combination of a reciprocating key-frame which must be thrown to one end of its movement whenever an amount is recorded 011 the register, a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, a stop common to and cooperating with the keys to arrest the frame at different points, and a register which is not affected by the operation of the machine by means of the keys when the key-frame is thrown to the end of its movement in one di rection, and connecting mechanism between the register and the key-frame whereby when the latter is moved to the other end of its movement the register will be actuated, substantially as described.

19. In a cash register and indicator,the combination of the reciprocating key-frame, a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, the stop-lever N, cooperating with the keys, the lever D cooperating with the lever N, the register N 2 actuated by the lever D and means for operating the lever D substantially as described.

20. In a cash registerand indicator,the combination of a reciprocating key-frame,a series of keys carried by and movable in said frame, the stop-lever N, cooperating with the keys and actuated thereby whenever an amount is recorded on the register, and means actuated by the key-frame, when it is thrown to one end of its movement without any amount being recorded on the cash-registering wheels, to actuate the stop-lever N, for the purpose described.

JOSEPH P. CLEAL.

Witnesses:

PEARL N. SIGLER, JOHN M. BUoKLEs.

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