US1271416A

US1271416A - Savings-bank

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Publication number: US1271416A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1918-07-02
Anticipated expiration: 1935-07-02

Description

A. M. BAKER.

SAVINGS BANK. APPLICATION FILED IAN. l8. I9l8.

1,271,416. PdtentedJul'y 2,1913; A 5 2 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AIMIE' M. BAKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAVINGS-BANK.

. useful Improvements in Savings-Banks, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class ofsavings banks that are more especially intended to receive and hold coins of different de-.

nominations; and has for its principal ob-.

ject to provide a device in which the coin slots are yieldingly guarded to permit of the free insertion of coins but automatically obstructed against the return of the same.

With this and other objects in view, ref erence is had to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a device embodying the improved features.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on line 2 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 1s a detached detail of'construction.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 1, Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a broken away detail of the lower end of the receptacle showing a part of the locking feature, in perspective.

Fig. 6 is a detached plan of the removable bottom. p

The savings bank receptacle A is of sheet metal and has a contour corresponding to that of an'elongated cannon projectile having a conical ointed end B, and is provided with a coin s 0t 7. A bracket C is secured to the innerside of the receptacle and is provided with a coin slot 8 registering in alinement with the slot 7, as best shown in Fig. 2. The bracket 0 is curved to correspond to a drop lug 9 perforated for the insertion of the fastenmg rivets 10 in retaining the same in place. A number of balls 11 are loosely inserted in the chamber 12 formed in bracket 0, and

,positioned normally to close the coin slots,

as shown in Fig. 2. A curved piece of rod or bar 13 is placed in the bottom of chamber 12 andprovides a seat for the balls yieldingly guarding the coin slots. The diameter of the balls is greater than the width of the coin slots and they are so located that the entering edge of a coin or other object will contact with the balls below the center line and raise the same up into the space 14 of chamber 12 and uncover the coin sIots and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1918.

Application filed January 18, 1918. Serial No. 212,499.

afi'ord free entrance to the receptacle. \Vhen the pressure on the guard balls is relaxed they will gravitate to their closing position. The curved rod element 13 is held loosely in place and when the bank receptacle is inverted and stood on its pointed end, the rod will follow the movement of the balls as they drop into space 14: and in turn close the coin-slots against the removal of any of the bank contents. r

The device is provided with means whereby the contents of the bank receptacle may be properly and conveniently removed at any time.

The receptacle is provided with a removable bottom 15 having a reinforcing bottom rim edge 16 and an annular vertical flange which. are adapted to engage theangle slots 23 formed in the lower end of the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 5. When the bottom is to be placed in its closing position it should be held so that the studs 22 will enter the 'ver tical part of slots 23 and then turn the bottom so that the studs will engage the hori zontal angle of the locking slots. The bolt 20 is then thrown into its locking position (Fig. 2) by a proper manipulation of the key 24. I

It will be noted that the bracket being 311-: gular in cross section and being curved braces the thin metal shell, at the point Where it needs bracing, and prevents defor- -mation of the wallsiof slot 7, by the insertion of an instrument therethrough. Even though a blade be used to deform the slot 7 it could not be used efi'ectively to bend the walls of slot 7, because of the shape of the bracket.

The balls 11 in order to rotate freely are slightly spaced apart, and if there were two series of balls, in place of one series and the bar 13, the upper series would be liable to become alternately arranged with relation to the lower series, and they would dro down too far, making these upper he] s somewhat obstructive to the entrance of a coin. The bar 13 however prevents the undue depression of the balls 11 and supports the balls so that they can be plainly seen through the slot,the bar'guiding the coin.

lating an explosive shell, the wall of the shell having a coin slot, disposed in a plane at, ri ht angles to the longitudinal axisof the s ell, means for guarding the slot comprising a plurality of freely movable balls supported behind the slot, nd observable therethrough, a rod on which the balls normally rest by gravity, said rod being supported normall in a position behind the ower wall of t e slot, and means for supporting the rod and balls, preventing lateral movement of theballs and rod, but permitting limited vertical movement.

2. A coin receptacle of thin metal and havinga base, and a coin slot parallel to the base, and means for guarding the coin slot, comprising a bracket attached to the wall wind formed to provide a channel longer than the slot, wider. than the slot, and closed at its ends, there being a slot in the channel behind the ,coin slot, a rod loosely disposed in the channel and a plurality of loose balls in the channel, normally in contact with the rod, the rod being normally just below the coin slot, with the balls resting by gravity thereon.

In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature in thepresence oftwo witnesses.

' AIMIE M. BAKER.

Witnesses: 4

WALTER J. BAKER, L. B. Gourmnn.