Registers – Cash registers
Patent
1993-03-24
1995-01-10
Gellner, Michael L.
Registers
Cash registers
235 22, 235375, 312333, G07G 100
Patent
active
053809904
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a till drawer for a cash register having a money drawer which is displaceably guided in the push-in and draw-out direction, and having a lid which is detachably locked to the money drawer in its closing position by means of a locking device.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART
A till drawer of this kind is known from German Utility Model 84 09 724. This till drawer has a money drawer and a lid drive-connected therewith, which opens when the money drawer is drawn out and closes when the money drawer is pushed in. In the drawer housing of the known till drawer, at least one toothed segment is provided, which engages in each case with a toothed rack fitted to the money drawer, the lid being fixed to the toothed segment. Since the lid automatically lifts up when the money drawer is drawn out, there is generally in this position, but also in the case of a money drawer which has been removed from the drawer housing or of a money tray which has been removed from the money drawer, no protection against the money present in the money drawer being stolen, so that final totaling up can be wrong if money has been stolen from the money drawer. Where a money drawer has been left unattended, totaling-up problems can therefore arise at the end of a work unit.
German Application 34 11 686 C1 discloses a till drawer having a money drawer, which is displaceably guided in the push-in and draw-out direction, and having a lid. The lid is configured as an independent part, which can optionally be mounted onto a transport strongbox for transporting a money tray for the drawer or onto the money tray itself and can be locked to this.
European Application 0 059 352 discloses a till drawer having a money drawer which can be drawn out and pushed in and supports a sliding lid, which, in counter-running direction to the movement of the drawer, is adjustably coupled to the drawer, so that when the drawer is opened forwards the lid is displaced backwards. This lid is not capable of securing the cash contents.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to provide a till drawer in which totaling-up discrepancies can less easily arise.
This object is achieved according to the invention by a till drawer having the lid connected to the drawer housing by the money drawer being slid in and is detachable from the drawer housing by a locking attachment to the money drawer.
It is favorable in this case that the lid is connected to the drawer housing by the money drawer being slid in and is detachable from the drawer housing by a locking attachment to the money drawer. In the following description and in the patent claims, the term money drawer is understood to include a money tray which can be inserted into a till drawer of a cash register, so that the lid, by the locking attachment also between the lid and the money tray, is detachable from the drawer housing and the money tray is removable from the till drawer. Consequently, when the cash register is used, the lid is able to remain in the drawer housing and is unable to impair the operation of the register and the reckoning-up or ringing up of the goods to be registered. It is additionally ensured that the connection between the lid and the drawer housing can only be released once the lid is located in its closed position, i.e. the money drawer is in its position in which it is slid into the drawer housing, and the lid and the money drawer are locked to one another. Accordingly, the money drawer can only be removed from the drawer housing if the lid is locked onto it. In order to connect the lid and the drawer housing, the money drawer must be slid at least partially into the drawer housing. In a preferred embodiment, the lid connected to the drawer housing is located fully within the drawer housing. The money drawer according to the invention is therefore normally closed outside the drawer housing, so that amounts of money cannot directly be removed from the money drawer, even it is left unattended. The locking device can have two fu
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Baitz Gunter
Burchart Joachim
Kamin Hartmut
Gellner Michael L.
Lee Eddie C.
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft
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