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Frederick Lincoln Fuller (April 11, 1861 - April 29, 1943) was an American self-taught engineer and inventor of cash registers and business machines. He was a holder of many patents for various devices and mechanisms.

Personal Life
Frederick Lincoln Fuller was born April 11, 1861 in Greeneville, Norwich, Connecticut. Fuller was the son of Charles Chester Fuller and Lucy May (Stead) Fuller. He had one sister, Mary Fuller Gardner, and one brother, Charles Owen Fuller.

He married Rebecca Hamilton Bell on April 13, 1881 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-CCKB). Mrs. Fuller was active in the New Jersey Children's Home Society.

They had one daughter, Lucy May Fuller. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLF6-8MB)

He was a descendant of Benjamin Franklin's sister on his mother's side.

Mr. Fuller was a 32° Mason.

Career
He founded the Union Cash Register Company in Waterbury, Connecticut.

In 1909, he joined the National Cash Register company (NCR) of Dayton, Ohio, as the head of their invention department.

In 1917, he joined the Remington Arms Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

He retired in 1925. In 1927, he returned from his retirement to join International Business Machines (IBM) as chief inventor at the request of Thomas J. Watson. At IBM he developed the 801 Bank Proof machine (not to be confused with the 1975 IBM 801 experimental minicomputer) to expedite the handling of checks.

Awards
In 1892, he was awarded the John Scott Medal, together with George H. Griswold, by the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia for the promotion of mechanical arts ("Improvements in cash registers, indicators").

On February 7, 1940 he was designated a "Modern Pioneer" by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) "for his contribution to the creation of new jobs, new industries, new goods and a higher standard of living".

Patents

 * U.S. Patent 0,379,865 – (1888) "DEVICE FOR REGISTERING AND RECORDING THE TIME WORKED BY EMPLOYÉS AND AUTOMATICALLY COMPUTING THEIR WAGES"
 * U.S. Patent 0,420,554 – (1890) "CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR"
 * U.S. Patent 1,946,906 – (1934) "SORTING MACHINE OF THE MANUAL CONTROL TYPE"
 * U.S. Patent 2,079,442 – (1937) "MANUALLY CONTROLLED SORTING MACHINE"
 * U.S. Patent 2,079,442 – (1937) "MANUALLY CONTROLLED SORTING MACHINE"