US517175A

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Publication number: US517175A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-03-27
Anticipated expiration: 1911-03-27

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(No Model.)

N. A. SHIGON.

POCKET SAVINGS BANK. No. 517,175. Patented Mar. 27, 1894:

I 551g wo ueg UNITED STATES- p PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN A. SHIGON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FIFTHS TO BENJAMIN FISCHMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

POCKET SAVINGS-BANK SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,175, dated March 27, 1894.

Application filed January 31, 1893. Serial No. 460,233. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN A. SHIGON, residing at thecity of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certaln new and useful Improvement in Savings-Banks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pocket savings banks, designed to receive coin, and particularly to those banks which are designed to discharge the coins when a predetermined sum has been deposited, the coins being inaccessible until that time.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, efficient, and easily operated device, and such device, in its preferred form, is designed to be used in combination with a purse, the object of which is to discharge the coins into the purse when the bank contains the predetermined sum.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate my invention:-Figure 1 is an end view of a purse having myimproved savings bank applied thereto; Fig.2, a cross-section on the line 2-2 in Fig. 5; Fig. 3, a cross-section on the line 33 in Fig. 5; Fig. 4, a cross-section of a portion of the cover of the purse showing the cover of the slot through which the coin is inserted; Fig. 5, a plan view of the frame of the purse and under side of its cover, and showing the discharge end of the bank opened; and Fig. 6, a cross-section of a portion of the cover showing the opening through which the coin is passed, its cover and the means for preventing the coin from being slipped out again throughsaid opening.

A and A are the frame and sack, respectively, of an ordinary purse.

B is the cover, the inner side a of which is preferably formed of sheet metal, and has secured to it the coin receiving chamber 0. This chamber'is preferably made of metal and cylindrical in shape and may have a top plate rigidly secured to it; or it may be left open at the top, as shown in the drawings, in which case the metal or other plate 19 secured to the plate a forming the outside portion of the cover 13, will constitute the top plate for the chamber. A portion of the chamber is cut away as at c, forming a slot through which the coin is passed into the chamber; this slot is of such size as to admit only the coin for which the bank is designed, and only one coin at a time. Adjacent to the slot 0 is an opening d formed in the plate b, which opening is preferably of the same size as slot 0. The opening d is covered by a hinged plate. e opening inwardly, and attached to the plate 6 is a spring f for keeping it closed against the opening.

To prevent the coins from being slipped out through slot 0, I provide a guard 0, which, as shown in the drawings may be a piece of spring metal secured to the plate b in any suitable manner. As shown in Figs. 4 and 6, the guard 0 extends downward so that it will be directly in front of the slot 0 so as to prevent a coin from slipping out. WVhen a coin is passed through the opening (1 the guard 0 is forced upward, sufficiently to allow the coin to pass into the slot 0.

In order that the coin may be discharged into the purse when the chamber 0 is filled, the bottom g is hinged at h and held in its closed position by the spring-catch i. A plate 70 is secured in an inclined position to the inner side of the bottom 9 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This plate rests on its outer edge upon the curved tapering rib Z which is rigidly secured to bottom g.

The object of the inclined plate It will be hereinafter explained.

The spring-catch z'is bent to form a rounded shoulderrlland this shouldered part of the spring passes through openings k and Z cut into the plate is and rib Z respectively and engages with the rib p formed by the openings 7c and Z, thus holding the bottom g in its closed position.

The coin is deposited in the chamber 0 by pressing it against the hinged plate 6 and through the openingd and slot 0. After each coin is inserted the spring f throws the plate 6 back to its normal position and this plate together with guard o-prevents the coins from being slipped out of the bank.

The object of the inclined inner surface of the bottom g is to maintain the coins in an inclined position so that thelast coin of the predetermined number will act as a wedge between the top coin and the cover of the chamber. As shown in Fig. 3, the coins are all inclined with the highest point opposite the slot and above the point where the bottom is held by the spring catch 2'. The cham' ber O as shown is designed to receive nine 5 coins, and the incline given them is sufficient to bring the ninth coin close to the plate I) or other cover of the chamber, and by giving a slight pressure to the tenth coin which acts as a Wedge, as shown in Fig. 3, the bottom is to readily forced downward, and the ten coins will drop into the purse. When the coins are discharged into the purse the bottom may be replaced.

What I claim is- 1. In a savings bank, a coin chamber adapted to contain a column of coins and having a bottom plate held by a friction catch and adapted to be opened by direct pressure upon it from the inside of the chamber, and also having aside opening at its top through which the coins can be passed singly into said chamber, the insertion of the last coin of a predetermined number exerting upon the column of coins the pressure necessary to open directly the bottom of the chamber, substantially as set forth.

2. In a savings bank, the combination of a chamber, having a movable bottom, and an r opening adapted to receive asingle coin, said chamber being adapted to contain a column of coins resting directly upon said bottom in an inclined position, whereby the insertion i of the last coin of a predetermined number opens the bottom of the chamber, substantially as set forth.

3. In a savings bank, the combination of a chamber, having a hinged bottom, and an opening adapted to receive a single coin, said chamber being adapted to contain a column 0 of coins resting directly upon said movable bottom, whereby theinsertion of the last coin of a predetermined number opens the bottom of the chamber, substantially as set forth.

4. In asavings bank, the combination with 4 5 a chamber designed to open upon receiving a predetermined number of coins, and having an opening adapted to admita single coin, of a movable bottom having an inclined inner surface, means for holding said bottom in place, and means for discharging said coins,

substantially as set forth.

5. In a savings bank, the combination with a chamber designed to open upon receiving a predetermined number of coins, and having an opening adapted to admit a single coin, of a guard for said opening preventing the exit of the coins, a movable bottom having an inclined inner surface, means for holding said bottom in place, and means for discharging said coins, substantially as set forth. 6o

6. In a savings bank, the combination with a chamber designed to open upon receiving a predetermined number of coins, and having an opening adapted to admit a single coin, of a hinged bottom having an inclined inner surface, a spring catch for holding said bottom in place, and means for discharging said coins, substantially as set forth.

7. In a savings bank, the combination with a chamber designed to open upon receiving a predetermined number of coins, and having an opening adapted to admit a single coin, of a guard for said opening preventing the exit of the coins, a hinged bottom having an inclined inner surface, a spring catch for hold- 7 5 ing said bottom in place, and means for discharging said coins, substantially as set forth.

8. In a savings bank, thecombination with the chamber 0, designed to open upon receiving a predetermined number of coins, and having an opening 0 adapted to admit HrSlIlgle coin, of the bottom 9, inclined plate 70, and spring catch t, substantially as set forth.

9. In a savings bank, the combinationwith the chamber (1, designed to open upon receiving a predetermined number of coins, and having an opening 0 adapted to admit a single coin, of guard 0 for said opening, the bottom 9, inclined plate 70, and spring catch 1, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination with a purse, of a coin y savings bank carried thereby, and means for discharging the coins into the purse upon a predetermined sum being deposited in said bank, substantially as set forth. .1 5

11. The combination with a purse, of a coin savings bank carried thereby, said bank being designed to open upon receiving a predetermined number of coins, and means for opening said bank operated by the insertion of the last coin of the predetermined number, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination with a purse, of acoin savings bank carried thereby,.an opening in said bank adapted to admit a single coin, a movable bottom in said bank, meansfor p1acing the coins in an inclined position in said bank, and means for discharging said coins into the purse upon a predetermined sum being deposited, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 26th day of January, 1892.

NATHAN A. SIIIGON.

Witnesses:

W. PELznn, GEQRGE .B. CRONK.