US3120235A - Coin wrapper holding and loading device - Google Patents

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Feb. 4, 1964 A. M. FERRELL COIN WRAPPER HOLDING AND LOADING DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 7. 1961 Allen M Ferrell INVEN TOR.

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United States Patent M 3,120,235 COIN WRAFPER HQLDZNG AND LOADING DEVICE Allen M. Ferrell, 1028 Luray Ave, Fort Myers, Fla. Filed Sept. 7, 1951, Ser. No. 136,472 8 Claims. (Cl. 133-8) This invention relates to an improved portable device through the medium of which a user thereof may conveniently and expeditiously position and temporarily hold a conventional-type coin wrapper and load the same with coins such as pennies, nickels, dimes or quarters, as the case may be.

Persons conversant with this line of endeavor are aware that many and varied coin handling contrivances and special devices of one type or another have been devised and used. They are commonly referred to as coin counters, coin assembling and packaging devices and so on and usually involve a funnel cooperatively aligned with a tube or sleeve, valving means or the like and they are designed to fill up or load the wrapper with coins. An objective in the instant matter is to advance the art and in so doing, to provide :a structurally unique device which better and more efiectively serves the ends desired.

One improvement has to do with a simple vertical tube having a valved intake end registering with a coin delivering end of a funnel-type hopper which when charged with coins empties the same by gravity into the tube. This step is accomplished by manual regulation of the valve. The tube has a readily applicable and removable closing cap at its lower end which when removed allows the paper wrapper to be inserted into the tube in a manner to capture the coins, and then, after being loaded with the stack of coins, removed and the ends folded, as usual, to retain the coins in a generally well-known manner.

A second improvement has to do with the adoption and use of an open-ended tube, that is, a tube which is such in construction that it functions to receive the insertable and removable coin wrapper and functions in conjunction with the wrapper to stack the coins and thereafter permit the surplus end portions of the wrapper to be folded and to thus complete the package for practical and convenient handling.

More specifically the invention pertains to a coin wrapper positioning, holding and coin loading device which is characterized by an elongated open-ended tube which is designed and adapted for reception of a coin wrapper. This tube is lined temporarily with a readily insertable and removable wrapper and the latter fillable with a stack of like coins of predetermined denomination, said tube being of a crosssection and length to fittingly accommodate the wrapper being used. Closure means is provided for the respective ends of said tube, support means for said tube, and hopper means for funneling and delivering the coins to the intake end of said tube and loading the wrapper with coins.

More in particular the aforementioned support means is portable and invertable, the hopper means being embodied therein. The support means is characterized by at least one compartment in which the hopper means is enclosed, said compartment being unique in that it has a slidingly mounted cover or lid which is readily openable and closable, there being a pocket-like receiver built in the support means for temporarily storing the lid in an out-of-the-way position when it is not being used.

In carrying out a preferred embodiment of the inven tion the support means comprises a simple and expedient box-like enclosure, said enclosure having an upper end which is equipped with the aforementioned closing lid. The normal lower end of the enclosure is constantly open. The intermediate portion of the space in the enclosure 3,120,235 Patented Feb. 4, 1964 is provided with a novel arrangement of cooperating partitions which function to support the hopper and tube and have a space between themselves in which a pivoted valve plate or shutter is confined in a manner to open the hopper to funnel coins into the tube and to close communication between the hopper and tube when the coin stacking removing and wrapper-packaging step is to be undertaken.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accorm panying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a coin wrapper holding and loading device embodying the invention and showing the lid or cover open and stored for convenient handling;

FIGURE 2 is a bottom plan View of the device;

FIGURES 3 and 4 are sections at right angles to each other taken on the section lines 33 and 44, respectively, of FIGURE 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

FIGURE 5 is a view in section similar to FIGURE 4 andshowing the valving disk or shutter closed and also the sliding cover or lid closed;

FIGURE 6 is a view based on and similar to FIGURE 5 but showing the device inverted or turned upside down to facilitate inserting and thereafter removing the paper coin wrapper, that is after the coins have been loaded or stacked in the wrapper;

FIGURE 7 is a horizontal sectional vie-w on the plane of the line 7-7 of FIGURE 4; and

FIGURE 8 is a view in perspective showing the wrapper and coins in ready-to-use package form.

With reference now to the views of the drawings and replying first to FIGURE 1 the aforementioned support means or enclosure is denoted, as an entity, by the numeral 10. While this support means may be of a specific construction other than that disclosed, it has been found that a simple substantially recbantgular box of suitable material, size and weight Will do. This box comprises an open-ended adaptation embodying a front wall 12, opposed parallel back or rear wall 14 and side walls 16. It will be noted that the upper portion of the front wall is provided with a horizontal slot 18 which serves to accommodate the insertable and removable sliding lid or cover 20. The slot 18 communicates and registers with suitable guide tracks or channels 22 at the upper ends of the side walls 16. The median portion of the front wall 12 is also provided with a second slot 24 which serves a purpose to be later described. Mounted on the interior of the rear wall is a fiat plate or panel 26 Whose upper end terminates on a level below the upper edge of the wall 14 and also the guide tracks 22. By placing a filler strip 28 (see FIG. 3) between the bottom of the panel 26 and the wall 14 in a manner to space the panel from the wall 14 a pocket-like receiver is provided and it is in this receiver that the insertable slidably mounted cover or lid 20 is storedwhen not in use. It will be noted in this connection that the cover is shown in stored position in FIGS. 1 to 4, inclusive. It is shown in its useful covering position in FIGS. 5 and 6 in particular. One side of the cover is provided with a finger recess or niche as denoted at 30 to facilitate handling the cover. With reference now to FIGS. 3 to 6 it will be noted that a first horizontal partition or divider 32 is fixed between the open top and bottom portions of the box and serves to convert the upper portion of the box into an upper chamber or compartment 34. A similar divider 36 is mounted below the divider 32 and these two parts are spaced by fixed spacing strips 38. It is in this space that the'major portion of the disk-like shutter or valving plate 40 is operatively arranged. The disk is centrally pivoted and held in place as at 42. A marginal segment portion of the disk projects through and beyond the slot 24 in the manner shown where it is available to be caught hold of and operated. More particularly, a projecting marginal portion is provided with an upstanding l-ug constituting a suitable operating member 44. Referring now to FIGURE 7 it will be seen that that portion of the valving disk which is within the confines of the space of the box has a marginal cutout or notch 46 defining stop shoulders 48 and 59 which engage the fixed stop member 52 and thus limit the rotational movement of the shutter or disk. This disk is provided between the shoulders and eccentrically with a coin hole 54 which is registrable with a hole 56 in the partition 32 and a companion hole 58 in the partition 36 (FIGS. 3 and 4 for example).

Attention is now directed to the means which collects and funnels the coins from the compartment 34 to the registering holes or openings 54, 56 and 58. The means comprises a suitable hopper 60 the discharge mouth 62 registering with the hole 56.

Attention is now directed to the aforementioned tube 64. This tube is of desired length and the bore thereof is of a cross-section to accommodatingly receive the coins. This tube is said to be open at its intake end as at 66, the latter being suitably attached to the partition 36 in alignment with the holes 56 and 58. The lower (normally lower) end of the tube is denoted at 67 and is temporarily closed by a friction-held readily attachable and detachable closing cap 68, the latter provided onits margin or at one side with a suitable lug constituting a fingergrip 70. The capped tube is confined in the space or compartment 72 which may be called the lower compartment.

The mode of handling and using the overall device may, and perhaps will, vary. This is to say, different persons using the device might do so successfully in one manner or another. For instance, some persons might first count out coins then place the counted coins in the hopper 60. Others might simply load the hopper with coins and permit the stacking and counting result to be attained by way of the wrapper positioning and holding tube 64. In any event, in order to place coins in the box, more specifically the hopper, the valve plate or shutter will be adjusted to assume the closed position seen in FIG. 5. The open position is illustrated in FIGS. 3, 4, and 7, the closed position being shown in FIGS. and 6. The open position is indicated when the fingergn'p 44 assumes the position at the right in FIG. 7 which means that the shoulder 59 has engaged the fixed stop 52. The fact that it is intended to make the device of transparent'plastic material enables the user to see the component parts and to be able to use the same conveniently and systematically.

In FIG. 4 the valve is shown open which means that the several holes 54, 56 and 58 are in registration with each other thus allowing the coins in the hopper (not shown) to gravitate from the hopper and to pass through these several holes and load themselves in stacked position in the bore of the tube and, of course, with the closing cap 68 closed. Several coins are shown loaded in the tube in FIG. 4 with the cover removed. In FIG. 5 the complete stack of coins has been discharged from the hopper into the tube, before the wrapper A is inserted. At this time the valve plate or shutter is, of course, closed and the lid or cover has been placed in closed position. This arrangement of the parts enables the device to-be turned upside down as shown in FIG. 6 andsince the cross-section of the bore of the tube is slightly greater than the cross-section of the coins, the sleeve-type wrapper is inserted in the bore and surrounds the coins. To do this it is necessary, of course, toremove the normally applied cap 68. If there happens to be excess coins in the hopper (not shown) they would be trapped by the closed cover or lid (PEG. 6). Now, by turning the box back to its normal upright position the wrapped coins can be removed. In doing this it is desirable to fold the surplus end of the wrapper as is evident in FIG. 6 after which the partially closed and loaded wrapper can be withdrawn from the tube and the other end folded and wrapped. As stated this constitutes one method of using the invention. Other equivalent procedures may be resorted to if desired.

It is within the purview of the concept to make one device for pennies, another for nickels and so on; or, to provide detachable interchangeable wrapper tubes (not shown) as requirements of commercialization may or may not require.

It is believed that a careful consideration of the specifi cation in conjunction with the views of the drawings and the accompanying claims will enable the reader to obtain a clear and comprehensive understanding of the subject matter of the invention, the features and advantages, and a mode of using the same. Therefore, a more extended description is believed to be unnecessary.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, itis not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A coin loading device comprising, in combination, an elongated open-ended coin stacking tube for reception of a coin wrapper, said tube being rigid and adapted to be lined temporarily with a readily insertable and removable wrapper which is fillable with a stack of like coins of predetermined denomination, said tube being of a crosssection and length to fittingly accommodate the wrappr which is being used, normally closed openable and closable closure means for the respective ends of said tube, support means for said tube, and hopper means for funneling and delivering the coins to the intake end of said tube and loading the same with coins, said support means being portable and invertable, said support means having a walled compartment With an opena-ble and closable side,

compartment and having an intake aligned with said open- ;able and closable side.

2. A coin wrapper holding, coin stacking device comprising an open-ended cylindrical tube of predetermined length having a bore of a cross-section suitable for coins of a predetermined denomination, manually controllable normally closable valving means coopera-ble with the intake end of the tube, a coin collecting and feeding hopper having a restricted coin-guiding and tube-loading end in fixed registrable alignment with said intake end, a readily attachable and detachable closure for the discharge end of said tube, said valving means comprising a shutter rotatably mounted and having a coin-passing hole therein alignable at will with the coacting ends of the tube and hopper and selectively movable in a limited space provided therefor.

3. The structure defined in claim 2, and in combination, support means for the tube, v alving means, hopper and closure, considered as an assemblage, said support means comprising an enclosure, being portable and invert-able.

4. For use in counting and loading and columniz-ing coins in a conventional-type sleeve-like paper wrapper; a wrapper positioning \and holding device comprising a box open at opposite ends, a cover slidingly and removably mounted at one end and serving to open and close a holding tube located in the box and having a valved intake end in alignment with the discharge end of the hopper, said tube provided at its other end with a closing cap, said box being provided on a predetermined side thereof with a pocket-like receiver having one end open for removably storing the cover when it is momentarily out of use.

5. The structure defined in claim 4, and wherein said box is provided interiorly and intermediate said open ends with partitions dividing the space into an upper compartment and a lower compartment, said hopper being confined in the upper compartment, said tube being confined in the lower compartment, said cover comprising a lid and bein mounted in guide tracks provided therefor at the top of the upper compartment, said partitions being disposed in spaced parallel relationship, said valved end embodying a shutter valve pivoted for operation in the space between said partitions.

6. For use in counting and loading a plurality of like coins in a conventional type paper or equivalent wrapper, a coin columnizing and stacking device comprising, in combination, a box having oppositely disposed open ends, a pair of spaced parallel partitions located inte mediate the open ends of said box and marginally fixed to wall portions of the box and dividing the interior space of the box into an upper compartment and a lower compartment, a hopper fixedly mounted in said box and confined in the upper compartment and adapted to collect and feed coins toward the uppermost panition, the latter being provided with a coin passage hole and the discharge end of said hopper registering with said hole, the lowermost partition being likewise provided with a coin hole which is aligned with the coin hole in the uppermost partition, said partitions being spaced apart a predetermined distance, a shutter valve interposed between the partitions and confined primarily for operation in the space therebetween, said shutter valve having a segmental portion projecting accessibly through a slot in a wall of said box, said shutter having a coin hole which is selectively registrable with the holes in said partition, means for restrictin-g the rotary motion of said shutter in a manner to bring the hole of the shutter into alignment with the coin holes of the partition whenever necessary or desired, a Wrapper receiving and holding tube located in the lower compartment and having an intake end in alignment with the coin hole in the adjacent lowermost partition, said tube being provided at a lower end thereof with a readily applicable and removable closing cap.

7. The structure defined in claim 6 wherein said upper compartment is provided adjacent an open end of the box with guide tracks, one wall of said box being provided with a cover accommodating slot registering with said guide tracks, a cover aligned with said slots and slidingly mounted in said guide tracks, said cover serving when in closed position to completely close the otherwise open end of said upper compartment.

8. The structure defined in claim 7 and wherein said box is provided on a predetermined interior side of one wall thereof with a pocket-like receiver parallel to said wall, said receiver being closed at the bottom and open at the top and bein of a size and construction to permit said cover to be telescopingly and removably stored in the pocket when the cover is not being used.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNETED STATES PATENTS 961,832 Ayres June 21, 1910 2,119,897 Wahl June 7, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS 59,859 Austria June 25, 1913

Claims (1)

1. 2. A COIN WRAPPER HOLDING, COIN STACKING DEVICE COMPRISING AN OPEN-ENDED CYLINDRICAL TUBE OF PREDETERMINED LENGTH HAVING A BORE OF A CROSS-SECTION SUITABLE FOR COINS OF A PREDETERMINED DENOMINATION, MANUALLY CONTROLLABLE NORMALLY CLOSABLE VALVING MEANS COOPERABLE WITH THE INTAKE END OF THE TUBE, A COIN COLLECTING AND FEEDING HOPPER HAVING A RESTRICTED COIN-GUIDING AND TUBE-LOADING END IN FIXED REGISTRABLE ALIGNMENT WITH SAID INTAKE END, A READILY

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