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(No Model.) 0. SMYTH,

I TOY SAVINGS BANK. No. 605,"064.- Patents wwusse-s INVENTDR:

U NITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

CHARLES SMYTH, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO LENA HYMAN, OF SAMEPLAOE.

TOY SAVINGS-BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,064, dated May 31, 1898.

Application filed August 30, 1897. Serial lio- 650,023. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that 1, CHARLES SMYTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Savings-Banks; and I 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 improvements in toys, and has a specific reference to a toy savings-bank hereinafter more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is an elevation of one of the interior sides. Fig. 3 is a similar view, ona reduced scale, of the other side of the casing.

In the specification similar referenceletters indicate the same parts in the several views.

A and B designate the two halves of the casing, which are secured together by means of a screwO, that reaches from one side to the other.

D and E designate two horizontal sight tubes joined to the upper side of the case by integral hollow extended parts F and G.

These sight-tubes D and E occupy positions above and parallel to the main casing and have an intervening space 0 between their inner ends.

case A B large enough toreceivea coin. ..One

side of said slot is inclosed byan upright integral wall h, the ends 9 of which terminate The tube E has its outer end terminated in a cylindrical projection E, which provides a sight-opening for the eye.

o, d, e, and f designate a series of inclined shelves, upon which are secured sight-deflec tors or small mirrors 8, which cause a deflection of the vision from one end of the tubes ,.Witnesses:

W. B. NEVIN, RQJ. MOGARTY.

at right angles and provide bearings for the journal of a finger-trigger 7/. The inner end of this trigger terminates in an enlargedupright portion j, that occupies a position above the slot when in a closed position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When in this position, a coin may be supported between the inner ends of the tubes, which, by pressing the finger on the trigger, will fall through the opening g. A coin thus supported between the inner ends of the tubes D and E will not obstruct the vision, owing to the arrangement of the deflectors, as hereinbefore described. The device, therefore, is a source of amusement, as well as a means for saving the penmes.

Having described myinvention, I claim l. A toy savings-bank, comprising a casing having a slot in its upper side, and provided with upwardly-projecting hollow extensions F and G,terminating in horizontal sight-tubes B and O, the latter having an intervening space between their inner ends in. line with said'slot, and a trigger mounted above said slot and adapted to support acoin in position between the inner ends of said sight-tubes, and to permit said coin to drop into the interior of the case, through the slot gwhenfsaid trigger is pressed downward, as hereinshown and described.

2. In a toy savings-bank, a casing having a coin-slotin its upper side, and hollow extended portions projecting from said upper side and terminated in horizontal sight-tubes having space between their inner ends, sightdefiectors located in the casing on inclines below the said hollow extensions, andin the sight-tubes above said hollow extensions, and a spring-pressed trigger adapted to normally close the coin-slot in the casing, and to sup port a coin between the inner ends of the for thepurposes specified.

In testimony'whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses; CHARLES SMYTH.

sight-tubes, all arranged substantially as and I

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