US3606008A - Coin container - Google Patents

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US3606008A
US3606008A US780740A US3606008DA US3606008A US 3606008 A US3606008 A US 3606008A US 780740 A US780740 A US 780740A US 3606008D A US3606008D A US 3606008DA US 3606008 A US3606008 A US 3606008A
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    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
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  • a object of the invention is to provide a container for accommodating a predetermined amount of coins, substantially equal to one another, and such that said coins cannot freely exit from the container, but can be readilyremoved therefrom by a user.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a coin container, which is particularly useful in banks, oces and shops, and can be used also as a coin dispenser, that is as a container from which the coins can be readily withdrawn.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a coin container having such a shape and regular peripheral surfaces that the containers can be stacked on and juxtaposed to one another, assuming a stable attitude and occupying such a regular and precise volume that the amount of coins collected in the container pile can be readily calculated by a rapid and simple count for the amount of containers as stacked on and juxtaposed to one another.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a coin container allowing at least a partial vision of the coins collected therein, the container being of a low production cost, simple structure and light.
  • a coin container comprising an elongate body member having a top side, a bottom side and two sides, where at least a first longitudinal hollow or groove is provided for accommodating coins substantially equal to one another, the coins being freely movable within said hollow or groove only longitudinally of the hollow or groove, wherein said first hollow or slot opens on the top side of said body member in an elongate aperture defined by two substantially straight edges, the spacing of which is less than the diameter of the coins available in the container, wherein means are provided for preventing the coins from exiting from the ends of said first groove and wherein the body member sides form plane bearing surfaces for the container
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the container
  • FIG. 2 depicts a plurality of coin containers, such as ICC that of FIG. l wherein the containers are juxtaposed to and stacked on one another in a cross-section view;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a second ernbodiment of the container, of which FIG. 4 is a plan view with some coins accommodated in the container;
  • FIG. 5 is a front view showing a plurality of containers, such as that of FIG. 3, the containers being juxtaposed to and stacked on one another and containing a number of coins
  • a coin container preferably obtained by plastic material moulding, such as polyethylene.
  • the container comprises an elongate body member having parallel opposed sides and parallel opposed ends perpendicular to ⁇ said sides, with said sides and ends formed of plane surfaces and designated by numeral 1.
  • a first upper longitudinal groove 2 for accommodating coins which are substantially identical, the length of the groove being such that a fixed and determined amount of coins can be accommodated therein, the coins being freely movable longitudinally in the groove.
  • said groove 2 terminates upwardly in an elongate aperture defined between two straight edges 3, the spacing of which is less than the diameter of the coins stored in the container.
  • Tewo end walls 4 form part of the body member and are of such an extension as to only partly cover the surface of a coin accommodated in the container and in side by side relationship thereto, as clearly shown in FIG. l, and such as to prevent the coins from exiting from the ends of groove 2.
  • feet 7 Through said feet 7 the container can be brought to bear on a plane surface, assuming a stable attitude which is precisely defined and with sides 1 at right angles to the bearing surface; feet 7 can be forced into recesses in the form of two elongate grooves 8 on the container edges 3.
  • the containers can be stacked and releasably fixed to one another by forcing the :feet 7 of one container downwardly into the grooves 8 of a container underlying thereto, the containers, thus restrained to one another, having the sides 1 thereof coplanar to one another and at right angles to the bearing surface of feet 7.
  • each container As clearly seen from FIGS. l and 2, the coins accommodated in each container, and designated by numeral 9, are clearly visible and project from groove 2, being held therein by edges 3, which leave as free and projecting from the container only a peripheral surface of each coin which is less than half the circumference of the coin, as particularly seen in FIG. 2. Groove 5 and edges 6 of each container are such that the container can be stacked on another identical container (FIG. 2), so as not to interfere with the coins accommodated in the underlying container.
  • a transverse wall 10 extends between the sides 1 of each container, in which wall a slot 11 (FIG. 2) is provided and interconnects the container grooves 2 and 5, this slot 11 extending for a portion of body member length.
  • the coin container is of a cross-section substantially H-shaped.
  • said coins can be downward pressed within groove 2 sidewise forcing the edges 3, whereas to remove the coins from the container a finger force can be exerted on sides 1 near edges 6 so as to approach said edges 6 and move edges 3 away from one another.
  • a finger force can be exerted on sides 1 near edges 6 so as to approach said edges 6 and move edges 3 away from one another.
  • intermediate coins can be removed by an upward thrust directed against the intermediate coins through the slot 11.
  • slot 11 could also be not provided in the container wall 10.
  • FIGS. 3-5 wherein a coin container is shown as preferably made of plastic material and provided by extrusion as a continuous bar, then cut to sections of a predetermined length.
  • this container comprises a body member laterally defined by plane sides 12, wherein provision is made for a ⁇ first slot 13 defined by a cylindrical surface and on the top side of the body member opening in an elongate aperture defined by two straight edges 14, and wherein provision is made for a second slot opening on the bottom side of the body member in an elongate aperture laterally defined by two straight parallel edges 16, in the container body there being also provided elongate lightening holes 17.
  • the cylindrical surface defining slot 13 is such as to envelope a coin accommodated therein by extending about it for a length larger than half the peripheral coin circumference, so that a coin arranged in slot 13 can be freely moved therein, but cannot be moved transversely thereto and caused to exit from the container.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 at the end of slot 13, in the elongated body member forming the container, two grooves 18 are provided and engage edges 14 and body member at slot 15, within each of the grooves a rigid Wall element, or preferably one of the coins available in the container, can be forced.
  • the coin as forced within groove 18 is designated by numeral 19
  • the other coins accommodated in the same container are designated by numeral 20,
  • Container edges 14 and 16 are shaped so as to form guideways and dovetail ribs, respectively, so that a container can be made fast with another container by causing the edges 16 of one of such containers to longitudinally slide between the edges 14 of another container; thus, any amount of containers can be restrained to one another, between which said coins 19 and 20 are accommodated Within slots 13 and 15.
  • the container edges 16 define a plane bearing surface, sides 12 being perpendicular thereto.
  • the containers herein described are restrainable on one another to form a plane panel, within which predetermined amounts of coins are held, the type and value of such coins being readily verifiable by an external exam of said panel.
  • a further panel can be overlapped, the containers of this further panel being arranged parallel to those of the underlying panel (FIGS. 2 and 5), or perpendicularly arranged thereto.
  • the panels would assume a stable attitude on a plane bearing surface, can be readily withdrawn from this bearing surface, enable a rapid calculation of the coins in the containers and the containers can be readily withdrawn and individually used for coin withdrawal.
  • a plurality of containers each of which includes an elongated body formed with an upwardly directed coin-receiving groove the cross section of which corresponds to more than one half the circumferential length of each coin, said body being made of a springy material So that each coin can be thrust downwardly into said upper groove while the sides of the body yield, each body being also formed with a lower longitudinal groove for enclosing the upper portion of coins projecting upwardly from the upper groove of one container which is situated beneath another container, each container having a pair of opposed longitudinal upper surface regions on opposite sides of the upper groove and a pair of opposed lower surface regions on opposite sides of the lower groove, and the upper surface regions of one container with the lower surface regions of the next upper container situated on said one container having means for releasably xing the containers to each other in response to downward movement of one container into another container, each container having an intermediate longitudinal wall portion situated between the upper and lower grooves thereof, and said wall portion being formed with a longitudinal slot extending through said wall portion longitudinally
  • a coin container comprising an elongated body of springy material formed with an upper longitudinal groove for receiving coins which project upwardly beyond said upper groove and also formed with a lower longitudinal groove for accommodating coin portions which extend upwardly beyond a lower container when a pair of the containers are stacked one upon the other, said container having between said grooves a longitudinal wall portion formed with a longitudinal slot extending through said wall portion and providing communication between grooves.

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US3751128A (en) * 1972-01-20 1973-08-07 Mu Eng & Mfg Display case and assembly thereof
US3837475A (en) * 1971-11-29 1974-09-24 G Bolanz Storage device for coins and similar objects
US4049115A (en) * 1975-06-25 1977-09-20 Lacrex Brevetti S.A. Coin holder
US4095608A (en) * 1975-10-22 1978-06-20 Professional Packaging Limited Plastic coin holder
US4109668A (en) * 1975-12-10 1978-08-29 Malacheski Joseph J Coin counter
US5042650A (en) * 1990-04-09 1991-08-27 Professional Coin Grading Service, Inc. Tamperproof coin case
US5109977A (en) * 1990-04-09 1992-05-05 Professional Coin Grading Service, Inc. Tamperproof coin case
US5441448A (en) * 1993-10-08 1995-08-15 Block And Company, Inc. Coin counting and holding device
WO1998017142A1 (en) * 1996-10-23 1998-04-30 Handelman, Joseph, H. A coin storage device
US5826743A (en) * 1997-06-17 1998-10-27 Baird; Bruce R. Tray for slot machine gaming device
USD648095S1 (en) 2010-11-11 2011-11-01 Fernandez Carlos F Coin counting and holding device
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US3837475A (en) * 1971-11-29 1974-09-24 G Bolanz Storage device for coins and similar objects
US3751128A (en) * 1972-01-20 1973-08-07 Mu Eng & Mfg Display case and assembly thereof
US4049115A (en) * 1975-06-25 1977-09-20 Lacrex Brevetti S.A. Coin holder
US4095608A (en) * 1975-10-22 1978-06-20 Professional Packaging Limited Plastic coin holder
USRE31264E (en) * 1975-10-22 1983-06-07 Professional Packaging Limited Plastic coin holder
US4109668A (en) * 1975-12-10 1978-08-29 Malacheski Joseph J Coin counter
US5042650A (en) * 1990-04-09 1991-08-27 Professional Coin Grading Service, Inc. Tamperproof coin case
US5109977A (en) * 1990-04-09 1992-05-05 Professional Coin Grading Service, Inc. Tamperproof coin case
US5441448A (en) * 1993-10-08 1995-08-15 Block And Company, Inc. Coin counting and holding device
WO1998017142A1 (en) * 1996-10-23 1998-04-30 Handelman, Joseph, H. A coin storage device
US5826743A (en) * 1997-06-17 1998-10-27 Baird; Bruce R. Tray for slot machine gaming device
USD648095S1 (en) 2010-11-11 2011-11-01 Fernandez Carlos F Coin counting and holding device
US12275578B1 (en) 2023-12-21 2025-04-15 Solon Manufacturing Company Product packaging for washers and method of use

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