GB1510130A - Coffer for storing numismatic coins - Google Patents

Abstract

1510130 Cabinets M PFEIFFER 4 April 1975 [5 April 1974 21 Feb 1975] 13811/75 Heading A4B A coffer for holding a tray or trays containing numismatic coins or medals comprises a bottom wall 21 having a U-shaped frame 24' which includes guiding means for a tray, a separate cover wall 30' having a U-shaped frame, the two frames being secured to one another or to one or more intermediate U-shaped frames having guiding means for further tablets, the back and side walls of the coffer being formed by the crosspieces and limbs respectively of the frames. The crosspieces of the cover frame and the intermediate frames each have a projection, (33), Fig. 6, (not shown) which fit into a corresponding recess (25), Fig. 3, (not shown) in the underlying frame. There are further projections (34) at the front ends of the limbs of these frames which fit into further recesses (26) in the underlying frames locking bolts (46), Figs. 8 - 11, (not shown) having parallel locating pins (47) connected to the heads (45) of the bolts extending through bores in the further projections and in the underlying frames. The bolts which are frictionally located in the bores are of polypropylene and the coffer of polystyrene. The bolt heads frictionally engage the tray. The or each tablet may be locked in place by a cam portion 63 on a pivot 62 engaging in a recess 65 in the tray. Each pivot has a conical hexagonol recess 64 to receive a projection 62 or 71 of the pivot or keylock 68 above.