US1541953A - Toy savings bank - Google Patents

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vJune V16, 1925.

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Patented .lune 16, 1925.

UNITED STATES- PATENT oFF-ICE.

YCOMPANY OF BALTIMOE, OF BALTMORE, MARYLAND, A CORPORATION OF NEV JERSEY.

TOY SAVINGS BANK.

Application filed May 2, 1924-. Serial N'o. 710,566.

To all fui/1.0m t may concer/a.'

Be it known that I, HENRY HERMANI, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Baltimore, and State of Maryland, have invented certain new: and useful Improvements in Toy Savingsanks, of which the following is a specification. j

I rlhis invention is an improvement in toy banks, and more particularly incoin slot guards Vfor such banks.

Banks of this character intended for sale at a low price, are usually in the form of a receptacle, having in one wall a slot Vthrough which the coin is inserted into the receptacle. ln order to discourage the removal of` the coins afterfinsertion, some form of slot guard is desirable, which will prevent the egress of a coin, however the receptaclejis manipulated.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive form` of guard so constructed andwarranged, and so connected with the wall of the receptacle, that while a coin may pass freely the guard and through the slot, it will be eX- tremely diflicult to extract a coin.

In the drawings forming a part hereof,

Fig. l is a perspective viewof one of the improved banks.

2 is a plan view of the slot guard in place.

Fig. 3 Fig. 2. i v i Fig. et is a side vview of theguard.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank from `which the guard is formed. The present embodiment of the invention is shown .in connection witha toy bank, in the forni lof a receptacle l, having in one wall Vthereof a slot 2 through which a coin is a section `on the line' 3%?) of may be` `passed into the receptacle. The slot n is of a length to receive the largest coin for which thebankis intended, and of the width 'V somewhat greater than the thickness of the said largest coin. j j

The improved guard` comprises a strip of resilient sheet material, doubled upon itself to form a pair of opposed coin receiving jaws 3 and ll, normally spaced apart a distance less than the thickness of the smallest l The connection 5 between the jaws is sufficiently resilient to normally hold the-jaws so spaced, and to permit the jaws to spread apart when a coin is inserted.

Each jaw at the end remote from the connection 5, has an outwardly extendingV flange or wing 6 and '7, respectively, which cooperate to forni an escutcheon about the slot,

von the outer face of the wall. The flanges 7 may have any desired outline, and'each is provided at the side edge remote Vfrom the jaw with an extension 8 and 9 respectively.

These extensions 8 and 9 pass through slots 10 in the wall, the said slots being parallel with `the coin slot 2, The extremity of each extension is offset from the plane 4of the flange or wing, as indicated at 11,

forming a shoulder 12 between the offset portion` and the body of the flange. The shoulders 12 are so placedv with respect lto the respective jaws, that when the jaws are 'spread apart a distance sufficient to receive between them the largest coin to be inserted inthe banlgtlie shoulders will be in engagement with the outer walls of the slots l0. Thus a slidable connection is provided between each of the wings or flanges and the wall.

The .flanges and the offset portions provide a slidable connection between the jaws and the wall, to permit spreading movement of the jaws during. the insertion of a coin, and the resilient connection 5 between the jaws normally holds them spaced apart a distance less than the thickness of the smallest coin, so that the jaws must be spread before such coin can pass. The jaws provide an effectual guard against thewithdrawal cfa coin' from the bank.

' yl`he connection betweenthe jaws and the walls hold the jaws inthe slot, flush or substantially so, with one face of the wall, and

`protrudes beyond `the other face far enough so Vthat it will be extremely difficult to seat a coin between the jaws by manipulation of the banln jaws fro-in the inner side of the wall, there being no guide to facilitate .theentrance of the coin as there is at the outer face of the wall, the flanges 6 and 7 serving for this purpose.

Y The resilient connection 5 does not extend the full length of the jaws, being at one end of the jaws, so that vthe connection offers The spacing of the jaws is such that a coin cannot enter between the CII no impediment to the passage of the coin from the slot into the receptacle. In practice, the strip forming the jaws will be cut away at one end of the connection between the jaws for a distance corresponding to the diameter of the particular coin which the bank is especially adapted to receive, as for instance, a penny, nickel or dime.

In use, when a coin is inserted between the jaws, they will spread apart to receive the coin, which may be pushed through between 'them into the receptacle.A rlhe extensions d and 9 slide with respect to the wall to permit tl Ls spr-earring movement, and as soon as the coin has passed the jaws the resilient connection restores them to normal condition.

Inside the wall each side of the slot is guarded by a protruding portion of the jaws, so that the edge of a coin cannot be engaged within the slot by manipulation of the bank. rilhis spacing of the jaws also guards the ends of the slot. The bank or receptacle may be of any desired shape or size, of any suitable material, and it may be 'tably ornaniented, in accordance 'with the purpose for which it is intended.

I claim:

l. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wall having a slot, of a coin guard therefor comprising a pair of resiliently connected jaws normally spaced apart less than the thickness of the smallest coin to be received, the jaws having portions within the slot to be engaged by an inserted coin thereby to spread the jaws and means to slidably connect the jaws to the wall'.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wall having a slot, of a coin guard therefor comprising a pair of resilient coin receiving jaws normally spaced less than the thickness of the smallest coin to be inserted, and means to slidably connect the jaws to the wall for movement toward and from each other, with the jaws flush with one face of the wall and protruding beyond the other.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wall having a slot, of a coiniguard therefor, comprising a strip of resilient material doubled upon itself to forni a pair of coin receiving jaws, normally held spaced apart less than the thickness of the smallest coin to be received, and means to hold the jaws within the slot flush with one face of the wall and protruding beyond the other and movable toward and from each other.

4r. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wall having a slot, of a coin guard therefor comprising a strip of resilient material doubled upon itself to form a pair of coin receiving jaws normally held siaced over a portion of the area of the jaws less than the thickness of the smallest coin to be received, and means to connect the jaws to the wall within the slot for movement toward and from each other, flush with one face of the wall and protruding beyond the other.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wall having a slot, of a coin guard therefor comprising a pair of jaws within the slot flush with one face of the wall and protruding beyond the other, a resilient connection between the jaws normally holding them spaced apart less than the thickness of the smallest coin to be received, and means to slidably' connect the jaws to the wall for movement toward and from each other.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wall having a slot, of a coin guard therefor comprising a pair of jaws within the slot flush with one face of the wall and protruding beyond the other, a resilient connection between the jaws noi'- mally holding them spaced apart less than the thickness of the smallest coin to be ieceived, and means to slidably connect the jaws to the wall for movement toward and from each other, said means including wings extending laterally from the jaws at the outer face of the wall, each wing having an inwardly offset extension and a shoulder between the extension and the wing, the wall having slots in which the shoulders move.

' In a device of the class described, a coin slot guard, comprising a strip of resilient material doubled upon itself to forni a pair of opposing jaws normally held spaced apart a distance less than the thickness of the smallest coin to be received, each jaw having an outwardly extending lateral flange provided at its free edge with an extension offset towaid the jaw.

8. In a device of the class described, a c oin slot guard, comprising a strip of iesilient material doubled upon itself to forni a pair of opposing jaws normally held spaced apart a distance less than the thickness of the smallest coin to be received, each jaw having an outwardly extending lateral flange provided at its free edge with an ei;- tension offset towai'd the jaws, the material ciit away at the connected end and at one side to permit the passage of the coin past the connection between the jaws.

9. In a device of the class described, a coin slot guard composed of a single piece of sheet material, and comprising a strip doubled upon itself to forni a pair of opposing jaws, normally held spaced apart at one point a distance less than the thickness of the smallest .coin to be received, the material cut away at the connected end and at one side to permit the passage of thel coin past the connection between the jaws.

l0. In a` device of the class described, a

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coin slot guard comprising a 'pair oi' jaws, an integral resilient connection between the jaws norinally pressing theni toward each other, said connectiony being at one side of the jaws, each jaw having a laterally eX- tending` wing at the end remote from the integral connection, said wings cooperating to forni an escutcheon for the slot.

ll. In a device ot the class described, a coin slot guard comprising a pair of jaws, an integral resilient connection between the jaws normally pressing thein toward each other, said connection being at one side olf the jaws, each jaw having a laterally eXn tending wing at the end remote from the `integral connection, said wings cooperating to jorln an escutcheon for the slot, each wing having an extension oset from the wing'to forni a shoulder substantially parallel with the adjacent jaw between the wing and the extension l2. A blank for a coin slot guard, coinprising a strip adapted to be doubled upon itself to forni a lpair oi' opposed jaws, each end of the strip reduced, and said strip cnt away intermediate its ends at one side -whereby the connection between the jaws will be at one side of the guard.

13. In a device oi' the class described, the combination with a wall having a slot, of a coin guard therefor, comprising a pair of resiliently connected coin receiving jaws to be pressed apart by an entering coin, and ineans to slidably connect the jaws to the wall for movement toward and from each other, with the jaws flush with one face of the wall and protruding beyond the other.

Signed at city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, this 30th day of April, A. D., 1924.

HENRY HERMANI.

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