EP0110096B1 - Saving device - Google Patents

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EP0110096B1
EP0110096B1 EP83110414A EP83110414A EP0110096B1 EP 0110096 B1 EP0110096 B1 EP 0110096B1 EP 83110414 A EP83110414 A EP 83110414A EP 83110414 A EP83110414 A EP 83110414A EP 0110096 B1 EP0110096 B1 EP 0110096B1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
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  • the present invention relates to a savings device intended to hold captive at least one coin of determined thickness and diameter.
  • This device is of the type constituted by a support comprising at least one flat face having at least one cell with a depth at least equal to the thickness of the coin, at least one face of which is open on one face of the support and the side wall surrounding the coin comprises at least one retaining element, at least one of which, situated on the edge of an open face, is intended by elastic deformation to allow manual insertion of the coin into the alveolus and the other of which, located on the other edge, constitutes a retaining stop.
  • a known device intended for displaying and storing coins described in document DE-A-1934600, generally has the abovementioned characters, without however being strictly speaking a savings device in the sense that it allows both the introduction that the easy removal, without associated means, of the coins stored in the cells.
  • an element located on the edge of an open face of a cell, shown on a single form of the device while the others are without it, is defined as an elastic retaining element allowing the removal of the part. engaged.
  • Savings devices are known, such as piggy banks or cassettes with locks, tamper-proof piggy banks for breaking, tubes for stacking coins as well as bottles, of popular use, which are universally used as savings-reserve means. or retirement savings for future needs.
  • the piggy bank or cassette with lock allows at any time the withdrawal of trapped coins, without requiring its destruction, but does not allow to know the amount of its content. From these facts, the user is tempted to collect the money saved at the first need and he must count it, at the risk of not finding the desired account.
  • the tubes for stacking coins generally calibrated to the diameter of a coin of given value and made of transparent material, make it possible to know at all times the amount of their content, at least for those of them whose walls are graduated according to the thickness in question. But their inviolability is not very effective because of the method of inserting the coins through a slot which can just as easily be used to remove them, and their attractiveness is not very engaging, this last point probably explaining the rarity of their use as a means of 'saving.
  • the invention aims to combine the advantages inherent in the perfect visibility of the coins saved, the inviolability of their imprisonment and the ease of counting the sum they total.
  • the savings device is characterized in that the coin retaining element situated on the edge of an open face of the cell is constituted by a crimping pin with unidirectional flexibility oriented towards the inside of the cell, this crimping pin being intended to ensure the crimping of the coin during its manual insertion into the cell by force and to oppose its subsequent extraction.
  • the coin once pressed into the cell is trapped there and can no longer be removed from it except in a very awkward manner almost inevitably causing the breakage of the support, depending on the material used for its production, or at least the breakage of the retaining element of the edge of the cell, the latter being designed in the form of a crimping pin with unidirectional flexibility oriented towards the interior of the cell. Imprisoned in this way, the coin always has at least one of its two visible sides, which makes it easy to count the amount thus saved.
  • the support is planar and comprises a plurality of cells of different dimensions corresponding to a determined number of coins, the whole of which thus imprisoned also represents a fixed and rounded amount.
  • Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a front view and a side view of the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a partial section along the cutting axis I-I of FIG. 1.
  • Figures 4 to 7 are partial sections of the four variants of constructive details.
  • Figures 8 and 9 are respectively a front view and a side view of the second embodiment.
  • the savings device shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 in its first embodiment consists of a flat support 1 representing a plurality of cells 2, 3 and 4 with a cylindrical side wall 5, arranged projecting on each of its two faces. .
  • the cells are arranged geometrically like the elements of a rosette and the flat support follows the coutour.
  • Each cell has an open face towards the outside of the support 1 and the edge of this open face includes a retaining element 6 here in the form of an annular bead.
  • the depth of each cell, below the retaining element 6 in question, is equal to the thickness of a coin of given value and the inside diameter of its wall is equal to that of this coin.
  • the inner face of these cells is closed by the flat support 1 itself.
  • the thickness of the side wall 5 and the section of the retaining element 6 are determined as a function of the elasticity of the material used for the production of this device, so as to give this retaining element 6 the quality of a crimping pin with unidirectional flexibility oriented towards the inside of the cell and thus ensuring the crimping of the coin during its manual insertion into the cell by force and to oppose its subsequent extraction, the wall of the bottom constituting retaining stop during this manual insertion by force.
  • the cells and the flat support form a body and the material used to produce it can for example be a plastic material such as polystyrene, molded into shape by thermoforming.
  • the planar support 1 represents on each of its two faces a central cell 2 dimensioned for a two Swiss franc coin, twenty-four cells 3 each dimensioned for a half Swiss franc coin and sixteen cells 4 each dimensioned for a Swiss franc coin, which represents a total sum of sixty Swiss francs which can thus be imprisoned for savings, in coins, in this device.
  • this first embodiment by its flat form, has that of a reduced bulk and ease of storage by stacking, both for the manufacturer and for the user.
  • this savings device also lends itself easily to commercial use, such as for example as a means of exchange for discounted vouchers at bank counters.
  • the devices thus collected by the banks are well suited for storage as well as for sorting and recovering money using a collecting device.
  • the savings device can have any desired shape which can also be in volumes such as, for example, the rectangular, pyramidal or prismatic shapes, because these various shapes include faces which can have one or more cells.
  • the distribution and the design of the cells can be subject to variants:
  • the support 1 only has protruding cells on one of its two faces.
  • the retaining element 6 here also takes the form of an annular bead with unidirectional flexibility and the bottom of the cell is closed by the support 1. This variant is suitable for devices of low capacity and low weight.
  • the cells are integrated into the thickness of the support and only open on one face of the latter.
  • the retaining element 6 also here takes the form of an annular bead with unidirectional flexibility, but it is noted that its section is smaller than in the two previous examples. This may be necessary in such a case to counterbalance the increase in the thickness of the wall 5 of the cell, the latter being integrated into the thickness of the support 1, which causes its elasticity to be reduced.
  • the bottom of the cell is closed by a wall 7 integrated into the support 1 and constituting a retaining stop.
  • This variant is suitable when high robustness is desired.
  • the cell is open on each of the two faces of the support 1.
  • the retaining element of one of its two edges by which the coin is introduced here also consists of a stud ring crimping 8 with unidirectional flexibility oriented towards the inside of the cell.
  • the retaining element on the other edge, constituting a stop, is in the form of a crown 9 of rectangular section projecting from the cell, its internal diameter being much smaller than the diameter of the coin.
  • the support 1 is made in two flat parts laminated or welded, in order to facilitate the molding of the retaining element 8 in one of them, the other part forming the stop 9.
  • the fourth variant shown in Figure 7 achieves the same goals as the previous variant, with the added advantage that the two flat parts constituting the support 1 are strictly identical. These two parts are assembled symmetrically and each comprise, for each cell, an annular crimping pin 8 with unidirectional flexibility.
  • the coin can be introduced by one face or the other of the support 1, either, due to the dual role of the retaining element 8 which allows the coin to be introduced in one direction and constitutes a stop in the other direction.
  • conformations according to these third and fourth variants can also be applied to a savings device having at least one cell on each of its two faces, by simple symmetrical doubling.
  • the wall 5 of the cell can be prismatic instead of cylindrical, each of its sides tangent to the periphery of the coin.
  • the retaining elements can be constituted by individual elements distributed for each edge on each of the sides of the prismatic wall.
  • planar support may include at least one straight edge equipped with assembly elements intended for its connection to another planar support of the same nature.
  • the planar support may consist of a plurality of elements with parallel edges assembled and articulated with one another, each having at least one cell, and allowing by folding to form a prism.
  • the support consists of several planar elements, two of which are shown separated in this figure, one having ten cells 3 sized to trap ten pieces of a half franc and the other two cells 2 dimensioned for two pieces of two francs plus a cell 4 dimensioned for a piece of one franc, these elements each comprising two parallel edges fitted with a plurality of jointing elements 10.
  • These assembly elements 10 are constituted by hinge pins having at one end a stud 11 and at the other end a chamfer 12 followed by a blind hole 13.
  • the pins 10 are spaced from each other by voids substantially equal to their lengths and forming mortises in which the tenons of the other planar element engage.
  • the pins 11 are forced against the chamfers 12 and enter the holes 13 by elasticity of the material used which is here also preferably a molded plastic.
  • a device composed of only two planar elements each comprising only one straight side equipped with assembly elements, the contour of the element opposite to it.
  • rectilinear side which can affect the shape of half of a geometric figure such as for example the shape of a half-square, a semi-circle or a half-rosette.
  • planar elements may not include a hinge and be constituted for example by an assembly of the dovetail type.

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Abstract

1. A savings device adapted to hold captive at least one coin of a specific thickness and diameter, consisting of a support (1) comprising at least one plane face having at least one pocket (2, 3, 4) of a depth at least equal to the thickness of the coin, at least one face of which is open at one face of the support and of which the lateral wall (5) surrounding the coin comprises at least one retaining element (6, 7, 8, 9) of which at least the one situated at the edge of an open face is adapted, by resilient deformation, to permit the manual insertion of the coin in the pocket and of which the other, situated at the other side, constitutes a retaining stop, characterized in that the coin retaining element situated on the edge of an open face of the pocket consists of a mounting catch (6, 8) with unidirectional flexibility orientated towards the interior of the pocket, this mounting catch being adapted to ensure the mounting of the coin during its forced manual insertion in the pocket and to oppose its subsequent extraction.

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La présente invention a pour objet un dispositif d'épargne destiné à retenir prisonnière au moins une pièce de monnaie d'épaisseur et de diamètre déterminés.The present invention relates to a savings device intended to hold captive at least one coin of determined thickness and diameter.

Ce dispositif est du genre constitué par un support comportant au moins une face plane présentant au moins une alvéole de profondeur au moins égale à l'épaisseur de la pièce de monnaie, dont au moins une face est ouverte sur une face du support et dont la paroi latérale entourant la pièce de monnaie comporte au moins un élément de retenue dont l'un au moins, situé sur le bord d'une face ouverte, est destiné par déformation élastique à permettre l'insertion manuelle de la pièce de monnaie dans l'alvéole et dont l'autre, situé sur l'autre bord, constitue butée de retenue.This device is of the type constituted by a support comprising at least one flat face having at least one cell with a depth at least equal to the thickness of the coin, at least one face of which is open on one face of the support and the side wall surrounding the coin comprises at least one retaining element, at least one of which, situated on the edge of an open face, is intended by elastic deformation to allow manual insertion of the coin into the alveolus and the other of which, located on the other edge, constitutes a retaining stop.

Un dispositif connu destiné à exposer et à conserver des pièces de monnaie, décrit dans le document DE-A- 1934600, présente globalement les caractères précités, sans être toutefois à proprement parler un dispositif d'épargne en ce sens qu'il permet aussi bien l'introduction que le retrait aisé, sans moyens associés, des pièces de monnaie rangées dans les alvéoles. Dans ce document en effet un élément situé sur le bord d'une face ouverte d'une alvéole, montré sur une seule forme du dispositif alors que les autres en sont démunies, est défini comme un élément élastique de retenue permettant le retrait de la pièce engagée.A known device intended for displaying and storing coins, described in document DE-A-1934600, generally has the abovementioned characters, without however being strictly speaking a savings device in the sense that it allows both the introduction that the easy removal, without associated means, of the coins stored in the cells. In this document, in fact, an element located on the edge of an open face of a cell, shown on a single form of the device while the others are without it, is defined as an elastic retaining element allowing the removal of the part. engaged.

On connaît des dispositifs d'épargne, tels que les tirelires ou cassettes à serrure, les tirelires inviolables à casser, les tubes à empiler les pièces ainsi que les bouteilles, d'usage populaire, qui sont universellement utilisés comme moyens d'épargne-réserve ou d'épargne-prévoyance pour les besoins futurs.Savings devices are known, such as piggy banks or cassettes with locks, tamper-proof piggy banks for breaking, tubes for stacking coins as well as bottles, of popular use, which are universally used as savings-reserve means. or retirement savings for future needs.

Ces divers dispositifs d'épargne ont chacun leurs avantages et leurs inconvénients qui sont liés à leur forme, ou mode d'introduction et de retrait des pièces de monnaie et à la connaissance ou ignorance du montant de leur contenu.These various savings devices each have their advantages and disadvantages which are linked to their form or mode of introduction and withdrawal of coins and to the knowledge or ignorance of the amount of their content.

La tirelire ou la cassette à serrure permet à tous moments le retrait des pièces de monnaie emprisonnées, sans nécessiter sa destruction, mais ne permet pas de connaître le montant de son contenu. De ces faits, l'utilisateur est tenté de récolter l'argent épargné dès le premier besoin et il doit le compter, au risque de ne pas trouver le compte désiré.The piggy bank or cassette with lock allows at any time the withdrawal of trapped coins, without requiring its destruction, but does not allow to know the amount of its content. From these facts, the user is tempted to collect the money saved at the first need and he must count it, at the risk of not finding the desired account.

Avec la tirelire inviolable, il y a déjà un effet psychologique qui retient l'utilisateur de récolter l'argent épargné au premier besoin, car il faut la casser, mais elle ne permet pas non plus de connaître le montant.de son contenu.With the tamper-proof piggy bank, there is already a psychological effect that prevents the user from collecting the money saved at the first need, because it must be broken, but it also does not allow to know the amount of its content.

Les tubes à empiler les pièce de monnaie, généralement calibrés au diamètre d'une pièce de valeur donnée et réalisés en matière transparente, permettent de connaître à tous moments le montant de leur contenu, tout au moins pour ceux d'entre eux dont les parois sont graduées en fonction de l'épaisseur en question. Mais leur inviolabilité est peu efficace du fait du mode d'introduction des pièces par une fente qui peut tout aussi bien être utilisée pour les retirer, et leur attrait est peu engageant, ce dernier point expliquant sans doute la rareté de leur utilisation comme moyen d'épargne.The tubes for stacking coins, generally calibrated to the diameter of a coin of given value and made of transparent material, make it possible to know at all times the amount of their content, at least for those of them whose walls are graduated according to the thickness in question. But their inviolability is not very effective because of the method of inserting the coins through a slot which can just as easily be used to remove them, and their attractiveness is not very engaging, this last point probably explaining the rarity of their use as a means of 'saving.

La bouteille dans laquelle on enfile les pièces par le goulot présente l'inconvénient de les laisser sortir avec autant de facilité, et l'inviolabilité obtenue par l'usage d'un bouchon est plutôt symbolique qu'efficace. Cependant, la monnaie introduite est visible et peut à la rigueur être comptée moyennant beaucoup de patience. Enfin, avec ce mode d'épargne, il y a toujours un risque de casse involontaire pouvant causer des blessures par bris de verre.The bottle in which the pieces are threaded through the neck has the disadvantage of letting them out with as much ease, and the inviolability obtained by the use of a stopper is more symbolic than effective. However, the introduced currency is visible and can at most be counted with a lot of patience. Finally, with this savings method, there is always a risk of unintentional breakage that can cause glass breakage injuries.

L'invention a pour but d'allier les avantages inhérents à la visibilité parfaite des pièces de monnaie épargnées, à l'inviolabilité de leur emprisonnement et à la facilité du comptage de la somme qu'elles totalisent.The invention aims to combine the advantages inherent in the perfect visibility of the coins saved, the inviolability of their imprisonment and the ease of counting the sum they total.

A cet effet, le dispositif d'épargne selon l'invention, est caractérisé en ce que l'élément de retenue de la pièce de monnaie situé sur le bord d'une face ouverte de l'alvéole est constitué par un tenon de sertissage à flexibilité unidirectionnelle orientée vers l'intérieur de l'alvéole, ce tenon de sertissage étant destiné à assurer le sertissage de la pièce de monnaie pendant son insertion manuelle à force dans l'alvéole et à s'opposer à son extraction ultérieure.To this end, the savings device according to the invention, is characterized in that the coin retaining element situated on the edge of an open face of the cell is constituted by a crimping pin with unidirectional flexibility oriented towards the inside of the cell, this crimping pin being intended to ensure the crimping of the coin during its manual insertion into the cell by force and to oppose its subsequent extraction.

De la sorte, la pièce de monnaie une fois enfoncée dans l'alvéole s'y trouve emprisonnée et ne peut plus en être retirée que de manière très malaisée entraînant presque inévitablement la casse du support, selon la matière employée- pour sa réalisation, ou tout au moins la casse de l'élément de retenue du bord de l'alvéole, celui-ci étant conçu sous forme de tenon de sertissage à flexibilité unidirectionnelle orientée vers l'intérieur de l'alvéole. Emprisonnée de cette manière, la pièce de monnaie présente toujours au moins une de ses deux faces visible, ce qui rend aisé par là-même le comptage de la somme ainsi épargnée. Ceci est particulièrement intéressant lorsque par exemple le support est plan et comporte une pluralité d'alvéoles de dimensions différentes correspondant à un nombre déterminé de pièces de monnaie dont la totalité ainsi emprisonnée représente en outre un montant fixe et arrondi. Partant de l'idée de base de l'invention, cette forme particulière d'exécution ainsi que diverses variantes peuvent être proposées pour apporter chaque fois un attrait et un effet particulier qui ressortiront clairement de la description qui suit.In this way, the coin once pressed into the cell is trapped there and can no longer be removed from it except in a very awkward manner almost inevitably causing the breakage of the support, depending on the material used for its production, or at least the breakage of the retaining element of the edge of the cell, the latter being designed in the form of a crimping pin with unidirectional flexibility oriented towards the interior of the cell. Imprisoned in this way, the coin always has at least one of its two visible sides, which makes it easy to count the amount thus saved. This is particularly advantageous when, for example, the support is planar and comprises a plurality of cells of different dimensions corresponding to a determined number of coins, the whole of which thus imprisoned also represents a fixed and rounded amount. Starting from the basic idea of the invention, this particular form of execution as well as various variants can be proposed in each case to bring an appeal and a particular effect which will emerge clearly from the description which follows.

Le dessin annexé représente, à titre d'exemples, deux formes d'exécution de l'objet de l'invention ainsi que quatre variantes de détails constructifs.The accompanying drawing shows, by way of example, two embodiments of the subject of the invention as well as four variants of constructive details.

Les figures 1 et 2 sont respectivement une vue de face et une vue de profil de la première forme d'exécution.Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a front view and a side view of the first embodiment.

La figure 3 est une coupe partielle selon l'axe de coupe I-I de la figure 1.FIG. 3 is a partial section along the cutting axis I-I of FIG. 1.

Les figures 4 à 7 sont des coupes partielles des quatre variantes de détails constructifs.Figures 4 to 7 are partial sections of the four variants of constructive details.

Les figures 8 et 9 sont respectivement une vue de face et une vue de profil de la seconde forme d'exécution.Figures 8 and 9 are respectively a front view and a side view of the second embodiment.

Le dispositif d'épargne représenté figures 1 à 3 dans sa première forme d'exécution est constitué par un support plan 1 représentant une pluralité d'alvéoles 2, 3 et 4 à paroi latérale cylindrique 5, disposées en saillie sur chacune de ses deux faces.The savings device shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 in its first embodiment consists of a flat support 1 representing a plurality of cells 2, 3 and 4 with a cylindrical side wall 5, arranged projecting on each of its two faces. .

Les alvéoles sont disposées géométriquement à la manière des éléments d'une rosace et le support plan en épouse le coutour.The cells are arranged geometrically like the elements of a rosette and the flat support follows the coutour.

Chaque alvéole présente une face ouverte vers l'extérieur du support 1 et le bord de cette face ouverte comporte un élément de retenue 6 ici en forme de bourrelet annulaire. La profondeur de chaque alvéole, en dessous de l'élément de retenue 6 en question, est égale à l'épaisseur d'une pièce de monnaie de valeur donnée et le diamètre intérieur de sa paroi est égal à celui de cette pièce. La face intérieure de ces alvéoles est obturée par le support plan 1 lui-même.Each cell has an open face towards the outside of the support 1 and the edge of this open face includes a retaining element 6 here in the form of an annular bead. The depth of each cell, below the retaining element 6 in question, is equal to the thickness of a coin of given value and the inside diameter of its wall is equal to that of this coin. The inner face of these cells is closed by the flat support 1 itself.

L'épaisseur de la paroi latérale 5 et la section de l'élément de retenue 6 sont déterminés en fonction de l'élasticité du matériau employé pour la réalisation de ce dispositif, de manière à conférer à cet élément de retenue 6 la qualité d'un tenon de sertissage à flexibilité unidirectionnelle orientée vers l'intérieur de l'alvéole et à assurer ainsi le sertissage de la pièce de monnaie pendant son insertion manuelle à force dans l'alvéole et à s'opposer à son extraction ultérieure, la paroi du fond constituant butée de retenue lors de cette insertion manuelle à force.The thickness of the side wall 5 and the section of the retaining element 6 are determined as a function of the elasticity of the material used for the production of this device, so as to give this retaining element 6 the quality of a crimping pin with unidirectional flexibility oriented towards the inside of the cell and thus ensuring the crimping of the coin during its manual insertion into the cell by force and to oppose its subsequent extraction, the wall of the bottom constituting retaining stop during this manual insertion by force.

Les alvéoles et le support plan font corps et le matériau employé pour le réaliser peut être par exemple une matière plastique telle que le polystyrène, moulée en forme par thermoformage.The cells and the flat support form a body and the material used to produce it can for example be a plastic material such as polystyrene, molded into shape by thermoforming.

Dans cette première forme d'exécution, le support plan 1 représente sur chacune de ses deux faces une alvéole centrale 2 dimensionnée pour une pièce de deux francs suisses, vingt-quatre alvéoles 3 dimensionnées chacune pour une pièce d'un demi-franc suisse et seize alvéoles 4 dimensionnées chacune pour une pièce de un franc suisse, ce qui représente une somme totale de soixante francs suisses que l'on peut ainsi emprisonner pour épargne, en pièces de monnaie, dans ce dispositif.In this first embodiment, the planar support 1 represents on each of its two faces a central cell 2 dimensioned for a two Swiss franc coin, twenty-four cells 3 each dimensioned for a half Swiss franc coin and sixteen cells 4 each dimensioned for a Swiss franc coin, which represents a total sum of sixty Swiss francs which can thus be imprisoned for savings, in coins, in this device.

En plus des avantages déjà cités, cette première forme d'exécution, par sa forme plate, présente celui d'un encombrement réduit et de la facilité de stockage par empilage, aussi bien pour le fabricant que pour l'utilisateur. Par cet avantage supplémentaire, ce dispositif d'épargne se prête aussi aisément à une utilisation commerciale, telle que par exemple comme moyen d'échange contre des bons d'achats bonifiés aux guichets de banques. Les dispositifs ainsi collectés par les banques sont bien appropriés au stockage ainsi qu'au tri et à la récupération de la monnaie à l'aide d'un appareil récupérateur.In addition to the advantages already mentioned, this first embodiment, by its flat form, has that of a reduced bulk and ease of storage by stacking, both for the manufacturer and for the user. By this additional advantage, this savings device also lends itself easily to commercial use, such as for example as a means of exchange for discounted vouchers at bank counters. The devices thus collected by the banks are well suited for storage as well as for sorting and recovering money using a collecting device.

Mais cet effet supplémentaire n'est pas indispensable pour répondre au but recherché. Le dispositif d'épargne peut présenter toutes formes désirées qui peuvent être également en volumes telles que par exemple les formes parallélépipédiques, pyramidales ou prismatiques, du fait que ces diverses formes comportent des faces pouvant présenter une ou plusieurs alvéoles.But this additional effect is not essential to meet the desired goal. The savings device can have any desired shape which can also be in volumes such as, for example, the rectangular, pyramidal or prismatic shapes, because these various shapes include faces which can have one or more cells.

De même la répartition et la conception des alvéoles peuvent être sujettes à variantes: Ainsi, dans une première variante représentée en coupe figure 4, le support 1 ne comporte des alvéoles en saillie que sur l'une de ses deux faces. L'élément de retenue 6 affecte ici également la forme d'un bourrelet annulaire à flexibilité unidirectionnelle et le fond de l'alvéole est obturé par le support 1. Cette variante est appropriée aux dispositifs de faible contenance et de faible poids.Similarly, the distribution and the design of the cells can be subject to variants: Thus, in a first variant shown in section in FIG. 4, the support 1 only has protruding cells on one of its two faces. The retaining element 6 here also takes the form of an annular bead with unidirectional flexibility and the bottom of the cell is closed by the support 1. This variant is suitable for devices of low capacity and low weight.

Dans une seconde variante représentée figure 5, les alvéoles sont intégrées dans l'épaisseur du support et ne s'ouvrent que sur une face de celui-ci. L'élément de retenue 6 affecte également ici la forme d'un bourrelet annulaire à flexibilité unidirectionnelle mais on remarque que sa section est plus réduite que dans les deux exemples précédents. Cela peut être nécessaire dans un tel cas pour contrebalancer l'accroissement de l'épaisseur de la paroi 5 de l'alvéole, celle-ci étant intégrée dans l'épaisseur du support 1, qui fait que son élasticité est amoindrie. Le fond de l'alvéole est obturé par une paroi 7 intégrée au support 1 et constituant butée de retenue. Cette variante convient lorsqu'une grande robustesse est recherchée. Dans ce même esprit on peut concevoir une autre variante, non réprésentée . dans laquelle le support 1 présente au moins une alvéole intégrée sur chacune de ses deux faces, la paroi 7 séparant ces deux alvéoles.In a second variant shown in FIG. 5, the cells are integrated into the thickness of the support and only open on one face of the latter. The retaining element 6 also here takes the form of an annular bead with unidirectional flexibility, but it is noted that its section is smaller than in the two previous examples. This may be necessary in such a case to counterbalance the increase in the thickness of the wall 5 of the cell, the latter being integrated into the thickness of the support 1, which causes its elasticity to be reduced. The bottom of the cell is closed by a wall 7 integrated into the support 1 and constituting a retaining stop. This variant is suitable when high robustness is desired. In the same spirit, we can conceive another variant, not shown. wherein the support 1 has at least one integrated cell on each of its two faces, the wall 7 separating these two cells.

Dans la troisième variante représentée figure 6, l'alvéole est ouverte sur chacune des deux faces du support 1. L'élément de retenue de l'un de ses deux bords par lequel la pièce de monnaie est introduite est constitué ici également par un tenon de sertissage annulaire 8 à flexibilité unidirectionnelle orientée vers l'intérieur de l'alvéole. L'élément de retenue de l'autre bord, constituant butée, est en forme de couronne 9 de section rectangulaire en saillie dans l'alvéole, son diamètre intérieur étant nettement inférieur au diamètre de la pièce de monnaie. Dans cette variante le support 1 est réalisé en deux parties planes contre-collées ou soudées, dans le but de faciliter le moulage de l'élément de retenue 8 dans l'une d'elles, l'autre partie formant la butée 9. Du fait de la flexibilité unidirectionnelle du tenon de sertissage 8, le repoussage de la pièce de monnaie par l'autre face ouverte est rendu impossible, sauf casse de cet élément, alors que justement cette variante offre la tentation de le faire. Cette variante offre l'attrait de rendre visibles les deux faces de la pièce de monnaie emprisonnée et l'avantage de faciliter son éventuelle extraction par un appareil récupérateur, du fait de la moindre résistance de la butée 9 par rapport à celle d'une paroi fermée.In the third variant shown in Figure 6, the cell is open on each of the two faces of the support 1. The retaining element of one of its two edges by which the coin is introduced here also consists of a stud ring crimping 8 with unidirectional flexibility oriented towards the inside of the cell. The retaining element on the other edge, constituting a stop, is in the form of a crown 9 of rectangular section projecting from the cell, its internal diameter being much smaller than the diameter of the coin. In this variant the support 1 is made in two flat parts laminated or welded, in order to facilitate the molding of the retaining element 8 in one of them, the other part forming the stop 9. From made of the unidirectional flexibility of the crimping pin 8, the pushing back of the coin by the other open face is made impossible, except breakage of this element, whereas precisely this variant offers the temptation to do so. This variant offers the attraction of making visible the two sides of the imprisoned coin and the advantage of facilitating its possible extraction by a recovery device, due to the lower resistance of the stop 9 compared to that of a wall. closed.

La quatrième variante représentée figure 7 atteint les mêmes buts que la variante précédente, avec en plus l'avantage que les deux parties planes constituant le support 1 sont rigoureusement identiques. Ces deux parties sont assemblées symétriquement et comportent chacune, pour chaque alvéole, un tenon de sertissage annulaire 8 à flexibilité unidirectionnelle. Dans cette variante la pièce de monnaie peut être introduite par une face ou l'autre du support 1, indifféremment, du fait du double rôle de l'élément de retenue 8 qui permet l'introduction de la pièce dans un sens et constitue butée dans l'autre sens.The fourth variant shown in Figure 7 achieves the same goals as the previous variant, with the added advantage that the two flat parts constituting the support 1 are strictly identical. These two parts are assembled symmetrically and each comprise, for each cell, an annular crimping pin 8 with unidirectional flexibility. In this variant, the coin can be introduced by one face or the other of the support 1, either, due to the dual role of the retaining element 8 which allows the coin to be introduced in one direction and constitutes a stop in the other direction.

Les conformations selon ces troisième et quatrième variantes peuvent être également appliquées à un dispositif d'épargne présentant au moins une alvéole sur chacune de ses deux faces, par simple doublage symétrique.The conformations according to these third and fourth variants can also be applied to a savings device having at least one cell on each of its two faces, by simple symmetrical doubling.

On peut encore envisager d'autres variantes:We can also consider other variants:

Ainsi par exemple la paroi 5 de l'alvéole peut être prismatique au lieu de cylindrique, chacun de ses côtés tangentant la périphérie de la pièce de monnaie. Dans ce cas les éléments de retenue peuvent être constitués par des éléments individuels répartis pour chaque bord sur chacun des côtés de la paroi prismatique.Thus for example the wall 5 of the cell can be prismatic instead of cylindrical, each of its sides tangent to the periphery of the coin. In this case the retaining elements can be constituted by individual elements distributed for each edge on each of the sides of the prismatic wall.

Dans tous les exemples décrits il est aussi possible d'envisager des éléments de retenue non plus sous forme annulaire mais tout simplement sous forme d'une pluralité d'éléments ponctuels espacés les uns des autres sur les bords de la paroi de l'alvéole.In all the examples described, it is also possible to envisage retaining elements no longer in annular form but quite simply in the form of a plurality of point elements spaced from one another on the edges of the wall of the cell.

Enfin dans un but attrayant alliant les avantages déjà mentionnés du support plan, ce dernier peut comporter au moins un bord rectiligne équipé d'éléments d'assemblage destinés à son raccordement à un autre support plan de même nature. Dans cette même optique, le support plan peut être constitué d'une pluralité d'éléments à bord parallèles assemblés et articulés entre eux, présentant chacun au moins une alvéole, et permettant par pliage de former un prisme.Finally, for an attractive purpose combining the advantages already mentioned of the planar support, the latter may include at least one straight edge equipped with assembly elements intended for its connection to another planar support of the same nature. In this same perspective, the planar support may consist of a plurality of elements with parallel edges assembled and articulated with one another, each having at least one cell, and allowing by folding to form a prism.

Ces variantes sont illustrées par la deuxième forme d'exécution représentée figures 8 et 9.These variants are illustrated by the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 8 and 9.

Dans cette seconde forme d'exécution le support est constitué de plusieurs éléments plans, dont deux sont montrés séparés sur cette figure, présentant l'un dix alvéoles 3 dimensionnées pour emprisonner dix pièces d'un demi-franc et l'autre deux alvéoles 2 dimensionnées pour deux pièces de deux francs plus une alvéole 4 dimensionnée pour une pièce d'un franc, ces éléments comportant chacun deux bords parallèles équipés d'une pluralité d'éléments d'assemblage par articulation 10.In this second embodiment, the support consists of several planar elements, two of which are shown separated in this figure, one having ten cells 3 sized to trap ten pieces of a half franc and the other two cells 2 dimensioned for two pieces of two francs plus a cell 4 dimensioned for a piece of one franc, these elements each comprising two parallel edges fitted with a plurality of jointing elements 10.

Ces éléments d'assemblage 10 sont constitués par des tenons de charnières présentant à un bout un téton 11 et à l'autre bout un chanfrein 12 suivi d'un trou borgne 13. Les tenons 10 sont espacés l'un de l'autre par des vides sensiblement égaux à leur longueurs et formant des mortaises dans lesquelles les tenons de l'autre élément plan viennent s'engager. Lors de l'assemblage, les tétons 11 sont forcés contre les chanfreins 12 et entrent dans les trous 13 par élasticité du matériau utilisé qui est ici également de préférence une matière plastique moulée.These assembly elements 10 are constituted by hinge pins having at one end a stud 11 and at the other end a chamfer 12 followed by a blind hole 13. The pins 10 are spaced from each other by voids substantially equal to their lengths and forming mortises in which the tenons of the other planar element engage. During assembly, the pins 11 are forced against the chamfers 12 and enter the holes 13 by elasticity of the material used which is here also preferably a molded plastic.

Dans cette même optique et dans une autre variante non représentée, on peut également concevoir un dispositif composé de seulement deux éléments plans ne comportant chacun qu'un seul côté rectiligne équipé d'éléments d'assemblage, le contour de l'élément opposé à ce côté rectiligne pouvant affecter la forme de la moitié d'une figure géométrique comme par exemple la forme d'un demicarré, d'un demi- cercle ou d'une demi-rosace.In this same perspective and in another variant not shown, it is also possible to design a device composed of only two planar elements each comprising only one straight side equipped with assembly elements, the contour of the element opposite to it. rectilinear side which can affect the shape of half of a geometric figure such as for example the shape of a half-square, a semi-circle or a half-rosette.

Enfin l'assemblage des éléments plans peut ne pas comporter d'articulation et être constitué par exemple par un assemblage du genre queue d'aronde.Finally, the assembly of planar elements may not include a hinge and be constituted for example by an assembly of the dovetail type.

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1. A savings device adapted to hold captive at least one coin of a specific thickness and diameter, consisting of a support (1) comprising at least one plane face having at least one pocket (2, 3, 4) of a depth at least equal to the thickness of the coin, at least one face of which is open at one face of the support and of which the lateral wall (5) surrounding the coin comprises at least one retaining element (6, 7, 8, 9) of which at least the one situated at the edge of an open face is adapted, by resilient deformation, to permit the manual insertion of the coin in the pocket and of which the other, situated at the other side, constitutes a retaining stop, characterised in that the coin retaining element situated on the edge of an open face of the pocket consists of a mounting catch (6, 8) with unidirectional flexibility orientated towards the interior of the pocket, this mounting catch being adapted to ensure the mounting of the coin during its forced manual insertion in the pocket and to oppose its subsequent extraction.
2. A device according to Claim 1, characterised in that the support is plane.
3. A device according to Claim 1, characterised in that the lateral wall of the pocket is cylindrical.
4. A device according to Claim 1, characterised in that the lateral wall of the pocket is prismatic.
5. A device according to Claim 1, characterised in that the pocket (Figures 3, 4) projects beyond one face of the support.
6. A device according to Claim 1, characterised in that the pocket (Figures 5, 6, 7) is integrated in the thickness of the support, its open face being flush with one face of this support.
7. A device according to Claim 1, characterised in that the pocket (Figures 3, 4, 5) comprises one side closed by a wall (1, 7) integrated in the support and constituting a retaining stop.
8. A device according to Claims 1 and 2, characterised in that the plane support (Figure 3) comprises at least one pocket projecting beyond each of its two faces.
9. A device according to Claims 1 and 2, characterised in that the plane support has at least one pocket integrated in its thickness at each of its two faces.
10. A device according to Claims 1 and 2, characterised in that the pocket (Figures 6 and 7) has its two open faces one at each side of the plane support.
11. A device according to Claims 1 and 2, characterised in that the plane support comprises at least one rectilinear edge equipped with assembly elements adapted for its connection to another plane support of the same nature.
12. A device according to Claims 1 and 2, characterised in that the plane support consists of a plurality of elements with parallel edges assembled and articulated together, each having at least one pocket and enabling a prism to be formed by folding (Figure 8).
13. A device according to Claim 1, comprising a plurality of pockets (Figures 1 and 8), characterised in that the dimensions and the number of these pockets are determined in such a manner that the total of all the coins which can be held captive there represents a fixed rounded sum.
14. A device according to Claim 13, characterised in that all the pockets are of the same dimensions corresponding to coins of the same value.
15. A device according to Claim 13, characterised in that the pockets are of different dimensions, in units and/or in groups of units, corresponding to coins of different values.
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