subject: The Cash Register History [print this page] A cash register could be an electronic or mechanical device. This device is useful for counting and recording transactions. It is completed with a cash drawer that is usually attached to it to store cash. In general, the drawer will open after completing a sale. However, sometimes, there are keys assigned to the certain worker, so he becomes the only person who can open it.
Before the invention of this device, people had another way for doing calculations. By mid-19th century, the cash drawer was the calculator standard for doing transaction in the worldwide. However, with the technology that improved day by day, it became less quick and less accurate.
The first register was found by James Ritty (1836 to 1918) to stop the dishonesty of his employees in his salon. It was called by the name of "Incorruptible Cashier." It had metal taps with denominations. When someone pressed it, it would indicate the amount of the sale.
In 1884, John H. Patterson purchased the patent of James Ritty and founded the National Cash Register Company (now being popular as NCR Corporation). This company sold several types of cash registers. By 1915, this device had spread throughout the retail industry in the United States.
Nowadays, you can find a register in almost all places; from retail stores up to restaurants. It has even completed with touch screen computers, the processors of credit card, the scanners of inventory item, anti-theft construction, and receipt paper. Those features make the register more valuable and efficient for businesses.
The Cash Register History
By: Zane Marquez
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