US608654A

US608654A - Cash-holder

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Publication number: US608654A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-08-09
Anticipated expiration: 1915-08-09

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- No. 608,654. Patented Aug 9, I898.

m. n. DALEY.

CASH HOLDER.

- (Applicatipn filed Sept. 16, 1897.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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M. R. DALEY.

EASH HOLDER.

(Application filed Sept. 16, 1897.

Patented Aug. 9, I898.

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MICHAEL RICHARD DALEY, OF FALL RIVER, lYIASSAClIUSET'lS.

CASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,654, dated August 9, 1898. Application filed September 16, 1897. Serial No. 651,922. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL Brennan DA; LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of hilassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Holders; 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 and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cash-holders-a'. e., devices in which money is deposited and from which change is mademy object being to provide a receptacle for use in large stores, theaters, depots, &c., said receptacle being so -constructed that liability of giving a piece of money of a given denomination in change for a piece of money of the same denomination is avoided. r

To this end the invention consists, primarily, of a drawer, box, or other member provided with a series of receptacles for the deposit of money received, a second series of receptacles from which money is to be taken in making change, guards for the change-receptacles, and means whereby when a piece of money of a given denomination is placed in its proper receptacle all of the change-receptacles except those containing pieces of money of lower denomination than the piece received will be guarded.

The invention also consists of the various matters hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present cash-holder. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, the false bottom of one of the compartments and the cover of one of the receptacles for the deposit of. money being each removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, the false bottom being here shown in position; and Fig. 4,- is a longitudinal sectional elevation 011 the line 4: 4 of Fig. 2.

Before passing to a detail consideration of the figures 0f the drawings it may be remarked that the present cash-holder is particularly adapted for use in offices in which change is too frequently made to permit the opening and closing of a drawer at each transaction, and the holder is therefore constantly at hand. As will at once be seen, the present structure can for this reason be applied to a counter, can be made in a box, or constructed in Va rious other Ways; but as herein shown the device is applied to a drawer, which can, if desired, be closed and locked at the .end of the period of business.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 1, 2,3, and 4 indicate, respectively, the front, left side, rear, and right side walls of a drawer, while 5 indicates the bottom.

Secured to the front and rear walls, and thus extending across the drawer and substantially parallel with the side walls, is a transverse partition 6, and in the space to the right of the partition is a receptacle 7 for coins, this receptacle being of usual construction. To the left of the partition the drawer is peculiarly constructed for the purpose previously indicated, the partition 6 forming one of the side walls, and this portion of the drawer will now be considered.

As herein shown, the portion of the drawer containing the mechanism for guarding against mistakes in making change is adapted to receive bills--zl c., treasury notes, &e.-- and is of a width from front to rear a little greater than twice the length of a note. Transverse partitions a of less height than the walls of the drawer are secured to the front and rear walls, said partitions being so spaced as to form compartments 0 slightly wider than notes. A guideway ct extends across and above the partitions a at the rear of the drawer, while a second guidcway a extends parallel to the first guideway above the cen ter of the partitions. As here "shown, these guideways comprise strips of tin or other suitable material bent substantially V shape, the rear guideway a being tacked to the rear wall and the forward guideway a being secured to the side walls 2 and 6 and supported intermediate its ends by metallic strips or posts (W. The forward guideway serves to indicate two receptacles c c in each compartment, the rear receptacles 0 being for the deposit of notes received,while the front receptacles c are designed to hold notes to be used in making change.

Upon the bottom of each compartment is pivoted a rod 6, each rod extending through the rear wall and having projecting laterally therefrom a weighted arm e',while upon each rod inside of the rear wall is secured a finger e said fingers being by the weighted arms normally held in upright position against steps (1 secured to the rear wall. From the forward end of each rod extends an upright member a at the top of which is a rearwardlyprojecting guard-finger c each of said fingers extending nearly to the forward guideway. Preferably a rod 0, its weighted arm, its upright member a and its rearwardlyprojecting finger are formed of a single piece of material-such as wire, for example. Each rod is in about the longitudinal center of its compartment, and its finger e and upright member 0 normally are in substantially perpendicular position,while the weighted arm is at a right angle to the finger e In this position the rearwardly-projecting guard-fingers are in about the center of their respective receptacles 0 Preferably the upright members 6 are longer than the distance between the rods and the side wall or partition toward which the upright members swing, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and in this manner the weighted arms cannot reach a perpendicular position, thus insuring the fall of the arms in the proper direction and the absolute return of the fingers e and e to their normal positions.

Covers m are provided for the receptacles 0, there being one less cover than receptacle, so that some one receptacle is always open, and each of these covers comprises a plate 01' metal bent downwardly at its ends to produce flanges m,while a stiffening-wire m is secured upon the top of the plate along the edges. The flanges 1% rest and slide in the guideways, and a slot m is formed on the side of the plate opposite to that toward which the fingers 6 swing to permit each plate to be slid into position over its receptacle, the fingers e entering these slots.

False bottoms n are placed in the compartments above the rods 6, said false bottoms being cut away at their ends, as at n, to permit lateral movement of the fingers c and upright members 6 It will be noticed that one of the side compartments 0 is not provided with a rod 6 and itsattendant parts, while the cover m for the receptacle 0 of said compartment is not slotted as are the others. As there is no finger c in this side compartment, a slot is not necessary in the cover, and the reason for failing to provide this compartment with a rod 6, &c., will be apparent from the further description.

The structure illustrated is provided with compartments for notes or bills of no higher denomination than twenty dollars, (although, manifestly, more compartments can be provided, if necessary,) and the bills should be arranged in order from one side or the other, the structure illustrated showing the one-dollar compartment on the extreme left, the two dollar compartment to the right of this, and the five-dollar, ten-dollar, and twenty-dollar compartments following in the order named, the compartment for the reception of the bills of highest denomination having no rod 6, &c. It being further understood that the notes for making change are held in the receptacles 0 while the notes received are to be deposited in the receptacles a, each compartment to hold notes of but one denomination, the operation of the device will now be considered. Suppose that the device is in the position illustrated in Fig. 1t'. e. with the one-dollar receptacle 0 uncovered and the remaining receptacles covered-that a five-dollar bill is received, and that it is necessary to make change. The cover on over the five-dollar receptacle 0 is pushed to the left, (the sti lfening-wire m serving as a member to be grasped if necessary,) said cover pushing the cover of the two-dollar receptacle before it, and in the movement of uncovering the five-dollar receptacle the left-hand edges of the five-dollar and two-dollar covers come in contact, respectively, with the fingers e of the two-dollar and one-dollar compartments. These fingers are swung to the left, thus turning their rods 6 and carrying to one side the guard fingers 6 The five-dollar bill can then be deposited and change made; but by reason of the position of the members the five-dollar bill is the only one exposed, so that the cashier cannot become confused as to the denomination of the bill given him, and as the fingers e of the one-dollar and two-dollar compartments are the only such fingers not in position above the notes change can be given only in notes of less denomination than the note received. If a two-dollarbillis next received, the cover over the two-dollar receptacle c is moved to the right and the weighted arm of the two-dollar compartment returns the finger c of said compartment to its upright position against its stop and the guardfinger c in position above the two-dollar bills to be used for change. Thus only one dollar can be given the purchaser, as all other bills are protected by the guard-fingers.

It would of course never be necessary to give in change a bill of the same denomination as the highest bill received, and for this reason no twenty-dollar bills are kept in the ways would serve to move the upright fingers and to indicate that a bill is not to be deposited in a receptacle over which a strip rests, although each cover must have some means whereby when it is moved in a given direction the cover over a neighboring receptacle will also move, and I shall therefore term these covers broadly guard members. Furthermore, although I have herein particularly shown and described the invention for use with notes, &c., I do not care to be limited to such use, as the same structure can be employed for use with coins and other articles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- 1. In a device of the character indicated, a series of deposit-receptacles, a series of change receptacles separate from the deposit receptacles, guards for said change-receptacles, and means whereby when a piece of money of a given denomination is to be deposited in its proper deposit-receptacle the changereceptacles for money'of a denomination equal to or greater than that of the money received will be guarded while the changereceptacles for pieces of money of less denomination than the piece received will be unguarded; substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character indicated, a series of deposit-receptacles, guard members for said receptacles, a series of change-receptacles separate from the deposit-receptacles, guards for said change-rcceptacles,and means whereby when a guard member is removed from a deposit-receptacle of a given denomination, the guards 01": the change-receptacles of less denomination are placed out of guarding position while the guards of the other change-receptacles are in guarding position; substantially as described.

3. In a device of the character indicated, a series of deposit-receptacles, guard members for said dcposit-recept-acles,a series of changereceptacles separate from the deposit-receptacles, guards above said change-receptacles, and means whereby when a guard member is moved from its deposit-receptacle the guards of the change-receptacles of lower denomination are thrown out of guarding position 5 substantially as described.

4. In a device of the character indicated, a series of depositreceptacles, guard members for said deposit-receptacles,a series of changereceptacles separate from the deposit-receptacles, guards above said change-receptacles, said guards having pivotal connection with the body of, the device, and means whereby when a guard member is moved from its receptacle the guards of the change-receptacles of lower denomination are turned out of guarding position, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the character indicated, a series of depositreceptacles, guard members for said deposit-receptacles, a series of changereceptacles, rods pivoted in the change-receptacles, guards upon said rods, said guards lyin g above the change-receptacles, and means change-receptacles of lower denomination are turned to throw their guard-fingers out of operative position; substantially as described.

7. In a device of the character indicated, a series of deposit-receptacles, guard members for said deposit-receptacles,a series of changereceptacles, rods pivoted in the change-receptacles, guards upon said rods, each guard ex tending above its change-receptacle, and a finger upon each rod in the path of movement of the guard members for the deposit-recep tacles; substantially as described.

8. In a device of the character indicated, a series of deposit-receptacles,laterally-slidable guard members for said deposit-receptacles, a series of change-receptacles, rod-s pivoted in the chan ge-receptacles, guards upon said rods, each guard extending above its change-receptacle, and a finger upon each rod in the path of movement of the guard members for the deposit-receptacles; substantially as described.

9. In a device of the character indicated, a series of deposit-receptacles,guideways above said deposit-receptacles, guard members for the deposit-receptacles laterally slidable on said guideways, a series of change-receptaeles, rods pivoted in the change-receptacles, guards upon said rods, each guard extending above its change -receptacle, and a finger upon each rod in the path of movement of the guard members for the deposit-recepta cles; substantially as described.

10. In a device of the character indicated, .a series of deposit-receptacles, guideways above said deposit-reeeptacles, guard members for the deposit-receptaeles laterally slidable on said guideways, a series of change receptaeles, rods pivoted in the change-receptacles, guards upon said rods, each guard extending above its change-receptacle, and a finger upon each red in the path of movement of the guard members for the depesit-recep tacles, the guard members being, on the side opposite to that toward which the fingers swing to carry the change-guards into inoperative position, provided with slots to receive the fingers; substantially as described.

11. In a device of the character indicated, a series of compartments having deposit-receptacles and change reecptacles therein, rods pivoted in said compartments across both receptacles, guards upon said rods, each guard lying above its change-receptacle, a finger upon each of said rods in the deposit-receptacles, and guard members for the deposit receptacles, the before-mentioned fingers in the deposit-receptacles lying in the path of movement of the guard members in exposing a deposit receptacle; substantially as described.

12. In adevice of the character indicated, a series of compartments having deposit-receptacles and change-receptacles therein, rods pivoted in said compartments across both receptacles, guards upon said rods, each guard lying above its change-receptacle, a finger upon each of said rods in the deposit-receptacles, guard members for the deposit-receptacles, the before-mentioned fingers in the deposit-receptacles lying in the path of movement of the guard members in exposing a deposit-receptacle, and false bottoms in the compartments above the rods; substantially as described.

13. In a device of the character indicated, a series of deposit-receptacles, guard members for said deposit-receptacles,a series of changereceptacles, guards normally above said change-receptacles, means whereby when a guard member is moved to expose a depositreceptaele of a given denomination the guards of change-receptacles of lower denomination are thrown out of operative position, and means whereby when a guard member is moved to uncover a deposit-receptacle of a given denomination the change-guard of the corresponding denomination is returned to its operative position if ithad previously been in inoperative position; substantially as described.

14;. In a device of the character indicated, a series of deposit-receptacles, guard members for said deposit-receptacles,a series of changereceptacles separate from the deposit-receptacles,rods pivoted in said ehange-receptacles, guards upon said rods, weighted arms upon said rods whereby the guards are normally held in operative position, and means whereby when a guard member is moved to expose its deposit-receptacle the rods in the changereceptacles of lower denomination are turned to carry the guards out of operative position; substantially as described.

15. In a device of the character indicated, a series of compartments having each an entrance and an exit opening, guard members for the entrance-openings, guards for the exit-openings, and means whereby when a guard is moved to expose an entrance-opening for money of a given denomination the guards for the exit-openings for money of a denomination equal to or greater than that of the entrance-opening exposed will be in guarding position while the guards for the exit-openings for money of a denomination less than of the entrance-opening exposed will be out of guarding position; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL RICHARD DALEY.

Witnesses:

ABBA N. LINCOLN, ARMEL L. AUDET.