Cash box provided with a till

• US 4,268,076 A
• Filed: 07/23/1979
• Issued: 05/19/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ITOI Seisakusho
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ITOI Seisakusho
• Inventors: Itoi, Toshihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): DORNER, KENNETH J
• Application Number:
  US06/059,622
• Time in Patent Office: 666 Days
• Field of Search: 70/85, 70/87, 70/88, 70/256, 70/279, 70/282, 292/216, 292/201, 312/222, 312/333
• US Class Current: 292/216
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 65/461 for cash drawers
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0027 Details of drawer or money-box
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/1047 Closure
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/1082 Motor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5137 Till
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/7107 And alternately mechanically actuated by a key, dial, etc.

Abstract

A cash box provided with a till comprises a cash box, a till which can be slidably taken in and out of said cash box and is provided with an engage body on its rear end portion, a base plate fitted within said cash box, an electromagnetic means provided on said base plate, a frame plate on which, one end portion is provided with a projection and on which another end portion is connected with a movable rod of said electromagnetic means and rotatably supported by a shaft on said base plate, and a plate cam on which peripheral portion is provided with an engage groove and an engage projection and which is rotatably supported by a shaft on said base plate so that said engage body is engaged with and disengaged from said engage groove and said engage projection is engaged with and disengaged from said projection. When said engage body is engaged with said engage groove of said plate cam, the engagement between the projection of said frame plate and the engage projection makes said plate cam unrotatable to lock the till within the cash box, while the frame plate is rotated by the electromagnetic means connected with the switch means to release said engagement so that said engage body is pushed by the wall portion of said engage groove, thus enabling the till to be drawn out automatically.

Claims

1. A cash box provided with a till, comprising in combination;

a cash box,

a till slidable into and out of the cash box and provided with an engage body on the rear end of the till, the engage body having members forming a channel, the members being inserted and fixed on an engage rod, an L-shaped base plate uprightly secured on a bottom plate within the cash box, a frame plate formed into a channel-shape having side plates, one of the side plates being formed into a beak-shaped projection on its right upper portion and being cut out on its right lower portion, the other of said side plates being cut out on its right upper portion and having a bearing plate formed at its central portion to be rotatably supported by a shaft on said base plate, a movable rod fitting plate portion being formed at the lower portion of said other side plate and connected with a movable rod through a vertical oblong hole in the movable rod fitting plate portion and a connecting pin therein, a plate cam provided with an engage groove and an engage projection on its peripheral portion and being rotatably supported by a shaft on said base plate so that said engage body engages with or disengages from said engage groove to engage or disengage said engage projection with or from said projection of said frame plate, and an electromagnetic means for directly operating said movable rod.

2. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein said cash box is provided with a key receiver connected with an operating wire, and said base plate is provided with a key locking means to be operated by a key through said operating wire.

3. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein said engage groove has an angular configuration with respect to the direction of travel of the engage body so that as the plate cam rotates and the engage body is disengaged from the engaged groove, the surfaces forming the engage groove will push the engage body from the engage groove to facilitate the automatic and forceable removal of the till from the cash box.