US2020498A

US2020498A - Coin bank

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Publication number: US2020498A
Application number: US26321A
Authority: US
Inventors: Coller Claude
Original assignee: JEROME BEHREND
Current assignee: JEROME BEHREND
Priority date: 1935-06-13
Filing date: 1935-06-13
Publication date: 1935-11-12
Anticipated expiration: 1952-11-12

Description

Patented Nov. 12, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE Coller, New York, N. Y.,

Howarth, N. J.

and Jerome Behrend,

Application June 13, 1935, Serial No. 26,321

6 Claims.

This invention relates to coin banks and has for one of its objects the provision of such a bank which cannot be opened until a predetermined number of coins are deposited therein.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bank of this character with a pivotally mounte cap having means therein for maintaining the cap in normal closed position over the body of the bank, the said means being so arranged that it will be displaced by the last coin deposited when the bank is full to permit the cap to be swung out of the closed position.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture yet positive in operation. I

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consisting substantially in the novel arrangement and co-relation of parts herein fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein similar reference characters are used to describe corresponding parts throughout the several views, and then finally pointed out and specifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventive concept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention is not to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and the latter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather than a restrictive standpoint.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustration, is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is an enlarged front view in elevation of my improved bank.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawing in detail 5 indicates a receptacle or body of the bank which is cylindrical in shape and is provided with a base 6 and is open at the top thereof. Secured to the body 5 of the bank near the bottom thereof are a pair of strips or cars 1 adapted to receive studs or rivets 8 upon which there is pivotally mounted a bail 9. The said bail comprises a pair of arms I!) connected at the top'by a cylindrical cap II. The said cap has a narrow or shallow band l2 at the front thereof and is spaced from the top edge of the cylindrical body 5 to form an opening or slot 15 for the insertion of coins. The rear of the cap comprises a wider or deeper band I6 than the front band !2 and overlaps and depends below the top edge of the body 5 to form a stop 5 to prevent. the cap from being swung forwardly beyond its normal position.

Secured to the inner side of the cap I l is a thin spring metal ring l8 having a rear projection l9 which extends rearwardly to approximately the inner surface of the cylindrical body 5. The said projection also depends below the top edge 20 of the hollow cylindrical body 5. A second spring projection 2| is formed out of the ring l8 and extends forwardly towards the entrance slot l5 and 15 prevents any deposited coins from being shaken out of the bank.

It will be seen by referring to Fig. 3 that normally the spring tongue or projection l8 prevents the cap from being swung rearwardly in the di- 20 rection of the arrow 22 to open the bank. However, when the bank becomes filled the last coin 23 will press the extension l8 over the top of the bank body 5 and the cover may be swung about its pivots in the direction of the arrow 22 to open 25 the bank.

If desirable rows of openings 25 and numerical indicia 26 may be provided at the front of the body 5 to show the amount saved.

While I have shown the device as provided 30 with the pivot carrying strips or cars l, the same may be omitted and the bail 9 may be pivoted directly on the body 5. Likewise while I have shown the spring projections l8 and 2| as integral they may be made separately and secured 35 to the cap.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple yet eflicient coin bank which cannot be opened until a predetermined number of coins are inserted therein.

Having described my invention which I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a coin bank, a coin receptacle, a cap pivotally carried by the said receptacle, a comparatively narrow band at the front of the cap spaced from the top of the receptacle to form a. coin slot, a wider band at the rear of the cap to form a stop to prevent the cap from being swung in the direction of the coin slot and means on the cap extending into the interior and depend- 50 ing below the top of the receptacle to prevent the cap from being swung rearwardly until a. predetermined number of coins are in the receptacle.

2. In a coin bank, a coin receptacle, a cap pivotally carried by the said receptacle, a compara- 55 tively narrow band at the front of the cap spaced from the top of the receptacle to form a coin slot, a wider band at the rear of the cap to form a stop to prevent the cap from being swung in the direction of the coin slot, and a spring member on the interior of the cap normally extending into the coin receptacle and below the top thereof for the purpose specified.

3. In a coin bank, a'coin receptacle, a. cap piv otally carried by the said receptacle, a stop on the said cap to prevent same from being swung in one direction, a. coin slot formed between the cap and receptacle on the side opposite to the stop, and coin operated depressible means on the cap normally depending into the coin receptacle to form a stop to prevent the cap from being swung in the opposite direction before the said means is depressed.

4. In a coin bank, a coin receptacle, a cap pivotally carried by the said receptacle, a stop on the said cap to prevent same from being swung in one direction, and resilient means on the cap extending in the direction of the stop into the interior of the receptacle to form a stop to prevent movement of the cap in the opposite direction until a predetermined number of coins are in the receptacle.

5. In a coin bank, a coin receptacle, a cap pivotally carried by the said receptacle, the said cap being so arranged with respect to the top of the receptacle as to form a coin slot at one side, a stop on the cap on the side opposite to the coin slot to prevent movement of the cap beyond the receptacle in the direction of the slot, a coin operated spring member on the interior of the cap in operative relation to the receptacle to normally prevent movement of the cap in the direction opposite to the slot, and a second spring member integral with the first mentioned spring member extending towards the slot for the purpose specified.

6. In a coin bank, a coin receptacle, a cap pivotally carried by the said receptacle, the said cap being so arranged with respect to the top of the receptacle as to form a coin slot at one side, a stop on the cap on the side opposite to the coin slot to prevent movement of the cap beyond the receptacle in the direction of the slot, a coin operated spring member on the interior of the cap in operative relation to the receptacle to normally prevent movement of the cap in the direction opposite to the slot, and a second spring member on the interior of the cap extending towards the slot for the purpose specified.

CLAUDE COLLER.