US306032A

US306032A - Coin holder for watoh chains

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Publication number: US306032A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-09-30
Anticipated expiration: 1901-09-30

Description

(No Model.) i

I PINE.

COIN HOLDER FOR WATCH CHAINS No: 306,032. Patented Sept. 30,1884.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. PINE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHO'DE ISLAND.

COIN-HOLDER FOR WATCH-CHAINS.

SPECIFICATiON forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,032, dated September 30, 1884.

Application filed April 18, 1884. (No model) To all whom, it nuzy concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. PINE, of the city and county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Coin-Holders for Watch Chains, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a coin-holder of such compact form as to adapt it for use as a watch-chain charm, while also to hold a suitable number of coins.

To the above purposes my invention consists in certain peculiar and novel features of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a front viewot' my improved coinholder in closed condition. Fig. 2 is a simi- Fig. 3 is a side view of the same, showing a stone- Fig. 4 is a cross section of the same.

In the said drawings, A A designate the hollow casing or shell of the holder, which is formed of two hemispherical sections, which are hinged at a, and which are held in closed position by a suitable catch, a, upon the section A, and arranged to engage with the section A.

Within the section A is secured a cup, B, which extends inward into the section A and outward into the section A. At its outer edge the cup B is formed with a semicircular flange, b, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

\Vithin the cup B is a disk, 0, which snugly fits the interior of the cup, and between the disk and the base of the cup is placed a spring, 40 'D, one end of which rests upon the base of the cup, while the opposite end rests upon the under side of the disk.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the casing of the holder is plain externally, while in Figs. 3 and 45 4 the front section, A, is provided with a stone-setting, so that by the sense of touch the wearer can ascertain which is the front of the holder.

In lieu of the arrangement of the spring D shown in Fig. &, the spring may rest directly against the inner side of the section A, instead of upon the base of the cup, in which event the capacity of the holder will evidently be increased. A suitable ring, 6, is secured 55 to the section A, and serves as the means of attaching the holder to the chain.

F designates two coins within the holder, and the dotted circle in Fig. 2 indicates the direction of moi-'ement'of the coin in insertion and removal.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the case A A, of the cup B, the disk 0. and the spring D, 0011- 65 structed and arranged as described.

2. The combination, with the case-section A, the case-section A, provided with the stonesetting, and the hinge a. and catch a, of the cup B, disk 0, and spring D, as described.

CHARLES S. PINE.

Witnesses:

M. F. BLIGH, J. A. MILLER, Jr.