US1566560A - Change tray - Google Patents

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C. DE W. RADLIFF CHANGE TRAY Filed Nov. 30. 1925 aaazzmwm Patented Dec. 22, 1925.

Unirse STATEs CHARLES DE WITT RADLIFF, F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CHANGE TRAY.

Application :filed November 30, 1923. Serial No. 677,874.

To (/.ZZ whom t 'may concern.'

Ee it known that I, CHARLES D. RADLIFF,

a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Change Tray, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a change tray adapted to facilitate the delivery of change J in ticket offices, banks, stores and wherever a quick delivery of coins is desirable.

One of the objectsof the invention is to provide a simple form of tray having means whereby coins deposited thereon will be retained until the tray is tilted'whereupon the contents of the tray will be caused to gravitate into the hand used for tilting it.

A further object is to provide a tray of this character which can be used for delivering coins from either end.

Another object is to provide a structure of this character which is cheap to manufacture, eiiicient, and will not readily get out of order.

lV ith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of partsv and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings- Figure l is a plan view of the tray, a`

portion thereof being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, one position of the tray when tilted'being indicated by broken lines. y

Referring to the figures by characters of reference l designates a supporting member the front and back portions of which preferably converge upwardly, there being sockets 2 at the top of said member, a pair of these sockets being located at each side of` the member.

The tray has been indicated at 3 and is provided at diametricallyl opposite points with outlet extensions s. Side flanges' are extended upwardly from the tray andare preferably curved to constitute the side walls` Extending downwardly and outwardly' from each end portion of the tray is an'arm 8, there being a sufficient space between this arm and the bottom Vof the tray at the outlet end thereof to allow the insertion of a portion of the hand beneath the outlet.

When it is desired to use the device for the purpose of transferring change from one person to another, the pay-er places the change in the tray where it is prevented from rolling off by the langess and the gates 6. The payee places a hand palm upward on the nearest arm 6 and inserts a portion of the hand under the adjacent outlet portion of the tray. The arm is then thrust downwardly by means of the hand,

causing the tray to tilt, asv shown kby *broken lines in Fig. 2. rlhus the lower gate 6 will lio swing open and the coins resting on the tray will gravitate to the lower outlet thereof and into the palm of thehand used for 'depressing the tray. .The same operation is carried out when it is desired to deliver coins-to a person at the other end of the tray.

It will be seen that' the structure is very simple, durable, eflicient and can easily be J placed within the window of a cage containing a ticket seller, cashier or other person to whom money is to be delivered.

By mounting the tray '3 as illustrated,

with the nodes orprojections 7 normally` seated in sockets 2, it is possible quickly to remove the tray from its supporting mem-A ber whenever it is desired, for example, to

leach through the cage opening in whichv the tray is mounted.

What is claimed is: A change tray including I a support having spaced sockets in the top thereof adjai cent opposite ends, a tray removable bodily from the support and having oppositely eX- when either end of the tray is raised or tending outlet portions projecting beyond lowered relative-to the support.

opposite ends of the support, and projec- In testimony that I claim the foregoing 10 tions extending 'downwardly from the tray as my own, I have hereto aiixed my sigand normally seated in the respective sockets nature.

to hold the tray in normal position, saidprojection constituting ulerums for the tray CHARLES DE WITT RADLIFF.

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