Abstract The monitoring device includes a shadow box having a face on which the amount of cash sales rung up on the cash register is conspicuosly reproduced in a suitably remote location above and back of the normally obstructed cash register, in fulll view of all the customers in the establishment where the cash register is being used. The means for reproducing the digits of the cash amount onto the face of the shadow box comprises a code strip mounted adjacent each digit numeral shown in the cash register corresponding to the numerical value represented thereby, a set of photocells being mounted in front of each of the code strips for sensing the numeric codes on the corresponding code strips,, and wiring connections from these photocells extending to decoder circuits in the remote shadow box for reproducing the numerals in the corresponding digit positions on the face of the shadow box.
Inventors
👤 Chester S Mcclelland
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-10-31 13:42
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06C; G06C11/00; G06C11/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A remote cash indicator for conspicuously displaying the sales amount indicated on a normally obstructed cash register, comprising a shadow box having a large face for easy viewing from any part of a business area in front of the cash register, and means for transmitting the images of the digits of a cash amount shown on the cash register to the face of said shadow box in the same order as they appear on the cash register.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
A remote cash indicator for conspicuously displaying the sales amount indicated on a normally obstructed cash register, comprising a shadow box having a large face for easy viewing from any part of a business area in front of the cash register, and means for transmitting the images of the digits of a cash amount shown on the cash register to the face of said shadow box in the same order as they appear on the cash register.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
96 words
A remote cash indicator as defined in claim 1, said transmitting means comprising a code strip mounted on each numeral plate in the cash register, a set of sensing photocells mounted in front of the code strip on each digit numeral plate of the cash amount registered, a decoder circuit in said shadow box for each set of photocells to reproduce the corresponding digits in the cash amount duplicated on the face thereof, cable connections extending between the photocell sets and the corresponding decoder circuits in the shadow box, and power supply means for said circuits.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
A remote cash indicator as defined in claim 2, including a bracket adjustably mounted on said cash register and having means for supporting said photocell sets by individually adjustable means for alignment of each photocell set with the corresponding code strip.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A remote cash indicator as defined in claim 3, said power supply means comprising batteries mounted in said shadow box.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A remote cash indicator as defined in claim 3, said power supply means comprising a transformer mounted in said shadow box and powered by a-c current through a standard wall socket connection.