Cash register
Caja registradora
- Date
- 1879 · confidence high
- Place
- Dayton, Ohio, United States
- Credited to
- James Ritty and John Ritty ('Ritty's Incorruptible Cashier', 1879); John H. Patterson (National Cash Register, 1884); Charles Kettering (motorised, 1906)
- People
- 👤 James Ritty1836–1918
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Machine that records each sale and totals the day's takings, with a cash drawer and bell. It introduced accounting control into retail.
What it led to
- Department stores and chains with central control
- NCR as a school of sales and management (Watson, IBM)
- Point-of-sale terminal and barcode
Built on
- Mechanical counter
- Calculating machine
Made possible
- Self-service supermarket1916–1930
- Point-of-sale terminal
- Commercial adding machine