US1805422A - Coin box - Google Patents

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May 12, 1931. G. L. SMITH 7 1,805,422

COIN BOX Filed Oct. 28, 1929 0.5, a mt fmvauron ATTORNEY i Q 0% an: appliezitionwfiled by Patented May 1 2',",1931f E I:

erEoIwr n LESLi E MI THQOE 'EQQK L ano 1 Applieation meq'octote; 28', 152's. jstria; m; 403,000,], v V I This. inventionrelates to a coin whih" is mainly designed for USS'Wlth the apple vending machine forming the "siibj eet matter me on. Apr-1L5, 192?);S1iiil No. 352,851." i

The general object-of this invention is to: provide means forrlngingv abell when com ,a-hdfor providing are dropped into the box a Weighted member forming the bottoin of transparent chamber so that theeoins ontheq 7 member can be seen, the member tilting to discharge the coins when a, oertainl'numher of coins is "placed tl1ereon,iso as to'de'positgthe coins in' a drawer.

This invention also icons'istsiiin wce ttainfji other features :of icon'strnotion andfgin the combination and arrangement of the severe-l? parts, to be hereinafter full'y .deseribedfi'llns t I p d d V trated in "the accompanying dr'twings and r overb'elanee t iefcliskhnd cansethe same to specifically pointedf out: in the appended; claim.

s In describing" the, 'inventionfin' detail, ref-' erence; will i be had to the "accompanying, drawings ,wher'ein" like ohzirztc ters 1 denote? like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which V Figure 1 is s a ,vertioalsectiona l view throughithe '(16V1C.-

" Fignre fl is assection o'nflirie;2+2 fof Fig- In tlIGSGVlQWS, the numerall ind cates,

roundedby an upwardly extending flange which is spaced fro'm the walls oftheopen'in to form a holder for thelower en'd ofs trans-j parent cylinder 7,' thetop-ofwhich isclosed: by a cover 8.-' A'rodf 9 passes throughfa cenrjections 4 having holes therein to receive par,

of a lock,5 sothat the. drawer eanpbe lockedl in closed position; e 1

ThefsupportQ has an opening tral holefin the 'COVBIZ, and has its upper end upset to form a, headtvhioh engages the cover;

- ,to receive "Scbpe o f theapp nded olz tinnl i es eninsh t .7 rest ngpn h supportxand surrounding,the

hole in a c oss pieeellO of substantially' yoke sem ed i 4 tp -tngegin stop 141011 thelrodf When 'a lot 17 "is'forrned'in the cover;

leni'akcoinis dropped through the slothlfii willistrikethe .bell and sound, the

seine then the fco inlw'ill drop on vthe disk;

ppefd np the 5 disk," their 5 Weight 'Will positedij-the *suni s ofymbne for" the articles which hejdesiresto remove:from'the vending. Fdevice. '7 As will Ebe understood, this 1 device is usecl infthe honorlsystempf vending ma i chines,jwhereftheihonesty" ofjvthe customer is. s 1 relied ilpionforplaeing thefoorreotztmonnt,of

money in. the coin;,b,oxj-=to1 cover theWartiCles -wj :emovedfnoni" he Vendingmachine eadily apparent. be-ilnclersto that changes may he constru otmf and nrthe combine-N gwl atl dl i 111 ,11, transparent member hating,aslot therein;"at cross .pieoe fldepending "I from the support underthetransparent memhr'ongh saidcross piece for holding the'pa'rts A' eoin box a" supporthaving fslm'p'efwith it's ends f 'colinected with the support'2f: Q The lowerfend of the rod isthrea'ded it l lgwhich holds the parts as s lisk' 12 .is pivoted at v its center I to wthe rod a; litliveight lfi on the disk acts .tofli'olclthesmne inhorizontal position with er-tainflnnniberj of coins-is H p isthoiight 'fromthe'foregoing deserip "tion thatj tl d &

of the in emi willzhe r 1' a dvaritages find novel features a snsfi blsdisi fibll:O 'th?rod adapted] to'be the: coins" dropped into the slot, '3.

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disk" ivoted to the rod and forming a bottoiii for t e transparent member, a wei ht on the disk, at stop onthe rod whereby t e weight normall holds thedisk in horizontal posi tion, said disk'tilting under the weight of i coins collecting thereon, a casing depending from thesupporting member and surrounding the opening in the supporting member and a drawer in the casing for receiving the coins dropping from the disk. In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' GEORGE LESLIE SMITH.

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