US1633873A - Calendar bank - Google Patents

Description

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ALTER E. SKILY'AND THOMAS HANNAH 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, AND

HILTON E. -WINANS, OF IBVINGTON, NEW JERSEY; SAID HANNAH AND WINANS ASSIGNOBS T0 SAID SMILY. 7

cannnnan BANK.

Application filed October 29, 1926. 'Serial No. 144,972.

This invention relates in general to improvements in banks and more particularly to savin s banks of the type containing a perpetua calendar, which, is advanced daily by the insertion of appropriate coins, there- ,by encouraging systematic and regular sav- Objects of the invention are the providing of such a bank with a minimum number of operating parts, simple in construction and operation, capable of being manufactured at extremely low cost in order to encourage their distribution by institutions; the providing in such a bank for the advancement of-thecalendar elements by the direct engagement of the coin itself with the vele- 'ments; the arrangement of mechanism in such a bank so that theinserted coin itself holds thecalendar elements against more than a one-step movement upon or after the insertion of a coin and positively prevents 1 overthrow or flirting of the calendar elements; the provision in such a bank of means for holding an inserted coin in -re-.

straining engagement with the calendar elements until it is ejected by the insertion of another coin, such means also acting as a pawl to prevent backward rotation of the calendar elements; the provision-in a bank, constituted as above specified, of means for indicating the month,,day. and date respectively, each of such means being operable independently of the others; and ,the invention has for further objects such other improvements or advantages inconstruction, operation or results as are found to obtain in the apparatus hereinafter described or claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and showing, for urposes of exemplification, a preferred orm and manner in which the invention may be embodied and practiced, but without lim-' iting the claimed invention specifically to such illustrative instance or instances:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a.

In its present embodiment, the invention IS incorporated in savings banks, such as calendar banks. For convenience, the present description will be confined to this use of the invention. Features of the invention are, however readily susceptible of other valuable application; consequently, the scope of the inventionis not confinedto the specific use and specific embodiment herein described /as anillustrative example.

The calendar bank embodies in its construction a casing 10 having a bottom 11 and a top 12. The front of the casinglO is provided "with three sight openings, 13 ,fon legends indicating the month of the year, 14 for legends indicating the day of the week, and 15 for legends indicating the day of the month. Therear'of the casing is provided with a hinged door 16 which may be-opened to remove the accumulated coins, said door being provided with a lock.

Three registering wheels or independent calendardisks 18, 19 and 20, for months. day of the week and day of the month respectively, are mounted to rotate on -a eommon shaft 21, which is secured to the sides of the casing 10. The disks 18, 19 and 20,.

having their ,properindici'a inscribed on their periphery 22, are "mounted on theshaft 21 and spaced from each other so that the indicia on their peripheries may be brought into close proximity to theirrespective sight openings. as is bestseen in Fig. 4. ,Each of the calendar disks 18, 19 and 20 is provided Each tooth is beveled series of twelve months, likewise the disk 19' may be provided with sufficient teeth to accommodate one or more series of days in a week and the disk 20 similarly may be provided with teeth to accommodate one or more series of days in a month. Preferably each disk has sufficient-teeth to accommodate a plurality of series of teeth for their respective indicia.

In the casing top three coin slots 26 are provided, one for each of the disks 18, 19

,disk and acts to prevent backward rotation of its disk. The rearwardly extending portion 33a operates to hold the lower portion 34 of an inserted coin in the space 25 between the teeth immediately below the coin slot, so as'to engage the teeth of the disk While the upper portion of that coin remains .between the spring and a depending bracing member 17 at one side of the slot until a next coin that is inserted forces the holding coin downwardly until the upper portion35 is clear of the coin slot, at which time the previously inserted coin drops into the lower portion of the bank and the inserted coin engages the beveled surface 25 and advances the disk one step before it fully enters the next space 2% between the teeth to restrain further movement of the registeringwheel or talendar disk.

From the foregoin description it will be apparent that the spring willhold the lower portion of a coin in engagement with the disk while the upper portion remains between the spring and one side wall of the slot, consequently the coin itself will hold the disk after it has advanced the disk only one step, and cannot be released but must remain in restraining engagement with its disk until the portion of the holding coin is released from engagement with the side of the coin slot by the insertion of another coin.

The invention as hcreinabove set forth is embodied in particular form but may be variously embodied within the scope of the claims hereinafter made.

We claim:

. 1. A calendar hank comprising, in combination: a casing having a plurality of coin slots therein; a separate registering wheel for each slot, each of said registering wheels being mounted within said casing for advancement by direct engagement with an inserted coin, each of said registering wheels having a series of teeth thereon; a spring mounted adjacent each coin slot and its respective series'of teeth, each of said springs being adapted to hold an inserted'coin in its slot so that one portion thereof is in restrain 2. A calendar bank comprising, in combi-' nation: a casing having aplurality of coin slots therein; a separate registering wheel for each slot, each of said registering wheels being mounted within said casing for advancement by direct engagement with an inserted coin, each of said registering wheels having a series of teeth thereon; a spring mounted adjacent each coin slot and its respective series of teeth, each of said springs being adapted to hold an inserted coin in its slot, so that one portion thereof is in restraining engagement with the teeth of its respective registering while another portion of said coin is within the confines of its slot until anothercoin is inserted in said slot, substantially as specified.

3. A calendar hank-comprising, in combination: a casing; a registering wheel mounted within said casing for advancement by direct engagement with an inserted coin; and means for holding such coin in direct engagement with said registering wheel to restrain further movement thereof after it has been advanced by such coin and until such coin is ejected from such direct restraining engagement by the insertion of another coin, substantially as specified.

Intestimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 29th day of September, 1926.

WALTER E. SMILY. THOMAS HANNAH. MILTON E. WINANS.

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