US1197736A

US1197736A - Coin-holder.

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Publication number: US1197736A
Application number: US4669015A
Authority: US
Inventors: William Preston Hartford; Clarence Monroe Rickoff
Original assignee: ANGUS P MCPHERSON; WILLIAM T DARDEN
Current assignee: ANGUS P MCPHERSON; WILLIAM T DARDEN
Priority date: 1915-08-21
Filing date: 1915-08-21
Publication date: 1916-09-12
Anticipated expiration: 1933-09-12

Description

W. P; HARTFORD & C. M. RICKOFF.

COIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I. 19:5.

1 1 97, 73 6 Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

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C0|N HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I. 1915.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

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WILLIAM PRESTON HARTFORD AND CLARENCE MONROE RICKOFF, OF GHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECTAND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, F ONE-THIRDTO SAID HARTFORD, ONE-THIRD T0 WILLIAM T. DARDEN, AND ONE-THIRD TO ANGUS P. MOPHERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COIN-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM PRESTON HARTFORD and CLARENCE MONROE RIoKoFF, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented, certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Holders, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in coin holders embodying therein an electrical displaydevice, and the primary object of the invention is to provide an improved device of this character whereby upon coins being placed in the holder an advertising medium is visualized in the face of a translucent mirror in said holder to'attract attention to the same.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of this character having a translucent mirror normally reflective, and an advertising medium beneath the same adapted to be illuminated upon coins belng placed in the holder so that the sald advertising is visible in the mirror as long as the coins remain in the holder.

Still another object-of the invention is to provide a circuit control device in the coin receptacle to operate a lamp to illuminate the advertising medium for the purpose stated.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to'm-anufacture, and one which will be very efficient in operation.

With these and numerous other objects in view, our invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be herein referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device; Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken substantially on line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a vertical trans verse section on line i l of Fig. 2.

In describing the invention we shall refer to the drawings, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which the numeral 1 designates a casing, which in this instance is shown as being Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

Application filed August 21, 1915. Serial No. 46,690.

a translucent mirror 3. The lower portion of said top is concaved as shown at 4, to form a receptacle to ,receive coins. In the bottom of said' receptacle is placed a pair of spaced contacts 5 and 6, which are formed preferably of metal, being semicircular, and sunk in the lower portion of said receptacle.

The receptacle 1 has a removable base portion 7 which is held therein by any fastening means, for instance as shown at 8. This base portion 7 has projecting upwardly therefrom, intermediate its ends and disposed adjacent either side, a pair of supports 9 and 10, which have attaching feet on their lower end, and the upper portions of the same are bent at an angle upwardly and rearwardly to a point contiguous the upper surface of the casing. These supports are formed laterally U-shaped to form a guide adapted to receive an indicia 11 which is spaced thereby below the mirror 3 and obliquely thereto with respect to the same. The indicia 11in this instance is meant to comprise any preferred form of advertising matter, such as a card having either printed matter or an image printed or portrayed thereon. It is held in the aforesaid position, at an angle to the mirror, for a purpose to be hereinafter described. Secured to the upper surface of the base 7, at a point in front of the said supports, is a substantially U-shaped reflector 12, which is secured to the said base at one side of the bent portion, as shown at 13, so that the lower arm of the same is positioned in the same upper surface adjacent the re'arend of the same clamps 16 which are adapted to hold therebetween dry cells 17, constituting a battery, which are for the purpose of ordinarily giving the current necessary to operate this device.

One of the contacts 5, which is disposed in the receptacle 4, is connected with the bus board 15 by a wire 18, while the other contact 6 is connected by a wire 19 with one of the terminals of the batteries. A wire 20 connects the other terminals of the batteries with the reflector 13, so that upon bridging or connecting the said contacts a complete circuit is formed and the lamps are lighted. If desired, the current may be brought from some outside source, as shown at 21.

The device is normally inoperative, but upon the placing of any conductors, such as coins, in the receptacle -.t, the same will slide to the bottom and form a contact between the contact points 5 and 6, thereby completing a circuit and lighting the lamps 14, as described. The light from the lamp will be reflected on the indicia, or advertising matter 11, and owing to the positioning of the same, immediately upon its illumination, it is visualized through the translucent mirror 3. Vhen the conductors are removed from the receptacle, the circuit will be broken, the light extinguished, and the indicia will disappear from the mirror, leaving only the refleeting action of the same visible.

The device above described. forms a very novel and efficient display apparatus that is especially adaptable for use in stores, etc, Where it may be placed upon the counter, and a clerk upon making change drops it in the coin receptacle in the holder, whereby this device will be operated and the advertising matter displayed will undoubtedly attract the customers attention, as he removes the change. The contacts 5 and 6 are placed so close together, or have a strip of insulating material therebetween, so as to prevent coins dropping through the space between the two. The casing may be made of any material, or in any attractive shape, and if desired a cigar cutter, or the like, may be placed thereon.

From the foregoing description of the construction of our improved device, the manner of applying the same to use and the operation thereof will be readily understood and it Will be seen that we have provided a simple, inexpensive and eliicient means for carrying out the objects of the invention.

While We have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form,proportion, and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to, Within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention.

hat is claimed is 1. In a coin holder, a translucent mirror normally reflective, an indicia, and means for illuminating said indicia upon the insertion of a coin in said holder, whereby the indicia is visualized through the mirror.

2. In a coin holder, atranslucent mirror normally reflective, an indicia disposed beneath said mirror, and circuit controlled means for illuminating said indicia upon the insertion of a conductor in the holder whereby the indicia is visualized through the mirror.

3. A coin holder comprising a translucent mirror normally reflective, a pair of spaced contacts, an indicia, an electric lamp, a source of current, and connections between said source of current, lamp and contacts whereby the lamp is operated upon the bridging of said contacts by the insertion of a coin in the holder.

' 4. A coin holder comprising a casing ha ving a translucent mirror and a receptacle, an indicia disposed-beneath said mirror and an electric lamp disposed adjacent thereto in said casing, and circuit controlled means in said receptacle to. operate the lamp.

5. A coin holder comprising a casing, a-translucent mirror disposed in a portion of the top of said casing, a concave receptacle in the remaining portion of said top, an indicia disposed in said casing beneath the mirror at an angle to the same, an electric lamp therein in front of the indicia, and circuit controlled means in the bottom of said receptacle to operate the lamp.

6. A coin holder-comprising acasing, a translucent mirror disposed in a portion of the top of said casing, a concave receptacle in the remaining portion of said top, an indicia supported in said casing beneath the mirror and obliquely with respect thereto, an electric lamp in front of said indicia, areflector for said lamp, and circuit controlled means in the bottom of said receptacle to operate said lamp.

7. A coin receptacle comprising a casing, a-translucent mirror disposed in a portion of the top of said casing, a concave receptacle in the remaining portion of said top, an indicia disposed in said casing obliquely with respect to the mirror, a support to hold the indicia in the aforesaid position, a U-shaped reflector having its bent portion secured to the bottom of the casing and its lower arm in the same plane as the indicia, a lamp in the bottom of the reflector, current supply means for 7 said lamp, and

current controlled means in the bottom of the receptacle to operate the lamp.

current supply means for said lamp, apair of spaced contacts in the receptacle, and connections between the same and'lamp to operate said lamp.

9. A coin holder comprising a casing having a sloping top, a translucent mirror in the upper portion of the same and a concave receptacle in the lower, a removable base in said casing having therein an indicia supported beneath the mirror, and an electric lamp and reflector in front of the same, clamps to hold a battery on said base, a pair of metal contacts in the bottom of the receptacle, a connection between one terminal of the battery and the lamp, and connections between one contact and the lamp and the WILLIAM PRESTON HARTFORD. CLARENCE MONROE RIOKOFF.

Witnesses:

W. T. DARDEN, ELLA BURKE.