US466353A - Joseph loch - Google Patents

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Patented Jan. 5, 1892*.

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(No Model.)

J. LOCE.

SAVINGS REGEPTAGLE. v

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH LOOITI, OF NEW-YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE BURNS & BARCLAY COMPANY, OF vSAME PLACE.

SAVINGS-RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,353, dated January 5, 1,892.

Application filed May 14, 1891. Serial No. 392,798. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH LOQH, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Savings-Receptacles, of which Athe following is a specification. f My improvement relates to receptacles, generally termed banks, wherein coins are deposited; and the object of the improvement is to preclude` the possessor of such a receptacle from removing'coins by inverting and shaking the receptacle.

The improvement consists in the combination of a coin-chute having an opening at the lupperezztrernity, inclined diverging sides extending belowsaid opening, and rounded portions eXtending from /said diverging portions and having upwardly-extended opposite eX- tremities and rollers arranged opposite each other within said chute. Owing to the construction ot' the chute, the opposite rollers will readily slip apart to permit of the passage ot'a coin between them while the receptacle isin its normal position, but on the inversion ofthe receptacle will slide together, so as to prevent the escape of a coin from the receptacle. v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a central vertical section of a savings-receptacle furnished with a coin-chute embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a top view of the coin-chute. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the coin-chute.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the gures.

A designates a savings-receptacle of any suitable forni.

B designates a coin-chute fitted thereto. This coin-chute has an opening b,-wl1ich, as here shown, comprises two parallel portions of metal or other suitable material b b2. Below the opening the coin-chute has outwardinclined downward-diverging portions b3 b4, and from these extend rounded portions 175176,

whose extremities 177 198,' as they approach each other, extend slightly upward. The ends of the coin-chute are closed by end pieces b9 bw, whose outline may correspond with the contour of the side pieces. The end pieces may be secured to the side pieces by riveting or otherwise. In the chute below the opening b are opposite rollers c c2, which, as here shown, are of cylindric shape. Owing to the factV that the lower extremities b7b8of the side portions of the chute extend upward as they approach each other, the opposite rollers c c2 will be normally held apart, so that any coin dropped through the chute from the outer end will freely pass the rollers and enter4 the receptacle. Should the receptacle be inverted, the rollers will rest upon the outward-inclined downward-diverging portions b3 b4 of the side pieces of the chute, and as these portions will then cause the opposite rollers c c2 to roll into contact the rollers will close the chute and prevent the escape ot' a coin.

' It will be seen that by my improvement I produce a very simple and cheap coin-chute,

JOSEPH LOCH.

Witnesses:

S. O. EDMoNDs, E. PHILLIPS.

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