CashRegister

Ritty, James (1836-1918), an American restaurant owner, invented the cash register. While traveling to Europe in 1878, he saw a device for counting the revolutions of the ship's propellers. When he returned home, he devised a similar machine to record business transactions. In 1879, he and his brother John built and patented a gear-operated adding machine. The Rittys sold the business in 1881. James Ritty was born in Dayton, Ohio.1844–1922), U.S. industrialist, born near Dayton, Ohio; popularized the cash register, an 1879 invention by Dayton tavern owner JamesRitty; worked as toll collector for Miami and Erie Canal and as coal salesman; bought newly invented cash registers to stop cheating by employees; bought Ritty's manufacturing firm and renamed it National Cash Register Company (now NCR); through innovation and aggressive marketing, made the registers commonplace; known for providing his employees with high quality working conditions and for his philanthropic work in Dayton. James Ritty, an American restaurant owner, invented the mechanical cash register in 1879. To help reduce theft, his machine featured a bell that rang each time the cash drawer was opened. Later cash registers kept a printed record of the amount of money received each time a sale was "rung up." At the end of the day, the store manager could compare the cash register record with the amount of money in the cash drawer to make sure the two were equal. **CASH REGISTER,** machine that records the amount of a sale as the transaction is made. Payment is placed in a cash drawer that is part of the machine and that opens only when the sale is registered. The first practical cash register was invented by **James** **Ritty**(1836–1918), of Dayton, Ohio, who secured his patent in 1879. When a sale was registered on his machine, the amount appeared on a large dial on the front of the machine. The sale was also recorded within the cash register as a series of holes punched on a roll of paper tape. The merchant totaled the sales by adding up the rows of punched holes. Ohio saloonkeeper James J. Ritty (1836-1918) invented the modern-day cash register. Ritty was frustrated by dishonest bartenders who helped themselves to saloon profits, and he wanted a more efficient way to track sales than scribbles on scraps of paper. While vacationing in 1879, Ritty was touring the engine room of a transatlantic steamer. He noticed a device that counted revolutions (turns) of the ship's propeller. He realized a similar device could benefit his business. Working along with his brother John in Dayton, Ohio, Ritty developed Ritty 's Incorruptible Cash Register. This large device consisted of two rows of keys, a clocklike face with a minute hand to record cents, an hour hand to record dollars, and a bell that signaled the completion of a transaction. The first model did not include any cash drawer controls or any method to maintain permanent records. In the following years, the Ritty brothers experimented with several improved models, including one that used a paper roll to record transactions. James Ritty, unable to raise money to continue his engineering experiments, sold the company and patent for $1,000 to the National Manufacturing Company in 1881. In 1884, National Manufacturing changed its name to the National Cash Register Company. The new owner added an internal printing mechanism that kept a running record of sales and printed a paper sales slip. By 1910, National Cash Register monopolized the market. In 1974, the company shortened its name to NCR. With the advent of electronic components and integrated circuits in the 1970s, NCR's machines became completely electronic. The company now manufactures computers and 24-hour automated bank teller machines. [].
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Question: How does the incorruptible cashier work? Answer: My first cash register had a dial, but I soon replaced it with pop up hands to show the amount of sale.

Question: Why did you invent this product?

Answer: Well, i wanted to make a product that would stop staff from stealing money because during their shifts at the my taveren they would take money from the sales they made.

Question: Where were you when you finished the incorruptible cashier?

Answer: Well, i always lived in my hometown and thats where my brother and I finished it, in Dayton.

Question: What gave you the idea to make the incorruptible cashier?

Answer:I saw a machine on the Atlantic Liner that counted turns made by the propellers. And I thought it would be an easier way to count money.` Question: Did your family support you as being an inventor?

Answer: My brother John supported me a lot as an inventor. My brother was the only one who really supported me and helped me make the cash register.

Question: What inspired you to create this amazing product?\ Answer: Well I thought it was such a hassle to open the cash box, do the math for change, and like I said, my staff kept stealing money!