US458735A

US458735A - Coin holder or package

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Publication number: US458735A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 1908-09-01

Description

(No Model.)

G. HEI1VI & P. W. SGHWANDER.

COIN HOLDER OR PACKAGE.

No. 458,735. Patented Sept. 1, 1891..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HEIM AND PETER WVILLIAM SCI'IWANDER, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

COIN HOLDER OR PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,735, dated September 1, 18 91.

Application filed May 1, 1891. Serial No, 391,201 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES HEIM and PETER WILLIAM SCHWANDER, citizens of the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin Holders or Packages; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in coin holders or packages; and it has for its object to provide a simple, durable, and efficient device for packing coins within a small space, either for transportation or for convenience in storing.

To these ends and such others as the invention may pertain the same consists in the peculiar construction of the coin-holder, as

shown in the accompanying drawings, and as.

hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a coinholder embodying my improvements,the same being shown as in actual use. Fig. 2 is a similar view in which the device is shown as empty and in readiness to receive the coins. Reference now being had to the accompanying drawings by letter, A and B represent strips of sheet metal, the body portions A and B of which are of a length corresponding with the thickness of the number of coins of a particular denomination which it may be desired to pack within the holder. The ends of the said strips are bent at right angles to the body portions. In assembling these parts the body portions A and B are separated for a short distance, and the ends A and B are overlapped and soldered or otherwise secured together, as at a.

O is a strip of sheet metal in all respects similar in form and size to the strips A and B, the ends 0 of said strip being pivoted upon pivots b b, which are passed through the overlapped and united ends of the por tions A and B of the strips A and B, the said strip (3 being permitted to turn freely upon its pivots.

It will of course be understood that the coin-holders may be made of any desired size, the same depending upon the denomination of the coins and upon the number of coins to be packed in a single case. In the present instance I have shown in the drawings a holder adapted to receive ten silver dollars. If a greater number of coins were to be provided for, the holder would of course be made longer, depending entirely upon the number of coins to be packed in it.

The operation of the device is simple and readily understood. When the coins are to be placed within the holder, the strip 0 is turned upon its pivots, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and the holder is filled with coins, after which the said strip 0 is drawn back over the edges of the coins, as shown in Fig. 1, thus locking the coins securely within the holder. It is deemed important that the two straps be so secured as notto turn and that the pivots pass through the ends of all three strips, whereby they have a longer bearing and are less liable to be bent when in use.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim to be new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a coin-holder, the combination, with the metallic strips A and B, bent as described and having their ends overlapped and secured together, of the part 0, also of sheet metal, said part C being pivoted at its ends to the ends of the strips A and B at their point of attachment and adapted to be turned upon its pivots, so as to embrace the edges of the coins contained in the holder, said pivots being passed through the ends of all of said strips, whereby they have along bearing and are less liable to be bent, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES IIEIM. PETER WILLIAM SCIIWANDER. \Vitnesses:

W. W. GLASS, H. 0. THOMPSON.