US682740A - Coin-holder. - Google Patents

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No. 682,740. Patented Sept. I7, |90I. G. B. PETERS.

COIN HOLDER.

(Application led Dec. 1, 1900.)

(No Model.) I

- Huur UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE B. PETERS, OF SMITHBRANOH, KENTUCKY.

COIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters.' Patent No. 682,740, dated Septentiber1'?,l 1901. Application led December 1, 1900. Serial No. 38,353. [No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BPETERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Smith branch, in the county of Breathitt and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description 0f the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to coin-holders in general, and more particularly to that class wherein the coins are fed successively down to the discharge-chute, by which latter they are discharged into the hand of the operator, the object of the invention being to provide a simple and efficient construction wherein the chute is operated to discharge the coins therefrom, the chute being of such form and arrangement that the coins when discharged thereby will slide directly into the hand of the operator. o

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and useful arrangement of the coin-holding tubes, whereby the tubes, with their contents, may be removed bodily from the remainder of the structure and deposited in a safe.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be evident from the following description.

Inl the drawings, forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure l is a perspective view showing the complete apparatus with a portion of the base broken away to show the slidable' chutes at the lower ends of the coin-tubes. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of one of the coin-tubes with the base and the chute thereof. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2` and showing the chute of the tube moved into position to eject a coin from the tube. Fig. 4: is a top plan view of one of the coin-discharging ports.

Fig. 5 is a cross-section showing the coin and discharge chute, and Fig. Gis a top plan view of one of the chutes.

Referring now to the drawings, the present holder comprises a casing including sides 5 and 6, a top 7, and a bottom 8, and this casing is adapted to receive a lining comprising two rectangular boxes 8 and 9-without tops and this double frame is adapted to rest upon l a shelf at each side of the casing and spaced from the bottom thereof. The casing below the removable lining is divided into an upper compartment l0 and a lower compartment, the upper compartment having a hinged door ll for closing it, while in the lower compartment is disposed the common form of moneydrawer l2, this drawer being adapted to contain those coins that are not placed in the tubular holders,hereinafterdescribed. Openings or slots 13 in the floor of the upper compartment provide means for passing coins to the money-drawer without opening the latter. The lining is divided into two sections, as shown, and each of the sections is provided with a vertical transparent coin-holding tube 15, whichis mounted at its upper end in a perforation in the top`of the lining, which terminates short of the upper end of the casing, while the lower end thereof is mounted or disposed in the countersink I6 of a perforation 17 in the lower end of the lining. Any number of tubes may of course be employed, they being all alike, with the exception of size, to hold different denominations of coins. Y The perforations I7 in the bottom of the casing equal in diameter the internal diameters of their respective tubes, and through this perforation the coins pass from the tube to the discharge-chute now to be described.

Mountedl on the under side of the bottom l of the lining is a guide-plate comprising parallel side strips 20 and 2l, having a connect-` ing-web 22, which lies directly below the perforation or opening 17, and in the under face of the lining and iush with the inner edges of the 4side strips there is formed a transverse slideway, the under side of the web 22 being separated from the bottom of this slideway to a sufficient extent to permit of sliding of a plate 23 between the web and the bottom of the slideway. This plate 23, which is the discharge-plate, has two annular openings therethrough at its end portions and of such diameter to register with the perforation 17 alternately as the plate is reciprocated. It will be noted that when the plate 23 is in position IOO to register its rear opening 25 with the perforation 17 a coin may fall from the coin-tube and strike upon the transverse web 22, where it will rest while lying in the perforation of the plate 23, and if the plate be then moved rearwardly to carry the perforation beyond the transverse web the coin will be moved from the web and will be precipitated through the rear perforation in the slidable plate; but this rear movement of the plate brings its forward perforation into alinement with the perforation 17, and a second coin falls into this perforation and rests upon the web, and when the plate is returned to reregister its rear perforation with perforation 17 the second coin is carried forwardly over the web and precipitated therefrom. Thus for each movement of the plate a coin is discharged. It is desirable that this plate be operated with one hand and also that that hand may catch the coin precipitated, and for this reason the reciprocatory plate forms the upper side of a chute 27, which is directed downwardly and forwardly, and has sides 28, which are secured to the plate 23 to inclose both of its perforations 25 and 26, and in drawing the plat-e 23 forwardly or pushing it rearwardly this chut-e is grasped with the thumb and second nger of the hand, the first linger lying against the bottom of the chute, and this brings the palm of the hand into such position that the coins in rolling from the chute will fall into the palm.

As above mentioned, any number of tubes may be used, and on each tube are marked graduations 30 to indicate the number and value of the coins contained in the tube. At times in placing the coins in a tube they may become disarranged, so that they do not lie fiat, and to provide for properly arranging them Without removing the tube has a line of perforations 31 therein of sufficient size to permit of insertion of a small instrument to manipulate the coins.

The object of forming the lining removable and foldable is to permit it to be taken from the casing when desired and folded to a small compass to be placed in a safe.

Both the door at the bottom of the casing and the door to the discharge-compartment directly below the casing are provided with common forms of alarm mechanisms.

Particular attention is called to the manner of connecting the sides of the chute with its top plate 23. It will be noted that this top plate is disposed between the transverse web and the bottom of the lining, there being shoulders at the sides of the passage in which the plate 23 reciprocates, and it is between these shoulders and the transverse web that plate 23 is disposed. The sides of the chute are recessed at their upper edges to receive the transverse web, and the unslotted portions of the sides are continued above the web and attached to the top plate 23. The sliding movement of the chute is limited by tongues 40, struck up from the plate 23 and the bottom of the chute and which strike against the transverse web.

What is claimed is- 1. A coin -holder comprising a coin-conrainer, a plate disposed transversely of and spaced from the container to permit of movement of a coin therebetween, and a chute having a top plate slidably mounted between the first-named plate and the container, said top plate having an opening therein to receive a coin from the container to rest on the first-named plate, and said chute havinga degree of slidable movement sufficient to carry the coin in the opening, beyond the firstnamed plate to precipitate it to the chute.

2. A coin-holder comprising a containingtube, a plate disposed transversely of and spaced from the lower end of the tube, and a combined chute and handle below said plate and having a top plate slidably disposed between the first-named plate and the tube, the top plate having openings therein adapted for alternate alinement with the tube to receive coins therefrom to rest on the transverse plate, the chute having a degree of movement su'icient to carry a coin in an opening thereof, beyond the transverse plate to precipitate into the chute.

3. A coin-holder comprising a casing, an upper compartment containing a removable and foldable lining, coin-containers carried by the lining and having discharge mechanism therebelow, and a closure for the casing below the lining.

In testimony whereof 1 hereunto sign my name, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on the 14th day ot' November, 1900.

GEORGE B. PETERS.

Witnesses:

M. W. HINER, T. P. COLE.

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