US718184A

US718184A - Savings-bank.

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Publication number: US718184A
Application number: US8326901A
Authority: US
Inventors: John H Zimmer
Original assignee: EDMONDS METZEL Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: EDMONDS-METZEL MANUFACTURING Co; EDMONDS METZEL Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1901-11-22
Filing date: 1901-11-22
Publication date: 1903-01-13
Anticipated expiration: 1920-01-13

Description

No."718,184. l PATENTED JAN. 13, 1903. J. H. ZIMMER.

SAVINGS BANK.

APPLIOA TIOH FILED NOV. 22, 1901.

K0 MODEL.

.11; A TTORNE Ys m;- I I MENTOR.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. ZIMMER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO EDMONDS-METZEL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAVINGS-BANK.

SIECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,184, dated January 13, 1903.

Application filed November 22, 1901- Serial No. 83,269. (No model.)

in all whom it may concern: its uppersurface flush with the upper edge Be it known that 1, JOHN H. ZIMMER, a citiof the sides of the receptacle 2. An annular zen of the United States of America, and a groove 6 is cut inthe interior of the cylinder resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and near its upper end, and the cover is held in 5 State of Illinois, have invented certain new place by the two tongues 7 and 8, which are and useful Improvements in Savings-Banks, seated in the groove .6. The tongne7is movof which the following is a specification. able, being a part of the lock 9, which is se- The main objects of my invention are to cured to the under side of the cover and proprovide an improved savings-bank of simple, vided with a keyhole 10, passing through said IO durable, and inexpensive structure, to procover. The cover is further provided with a vide an improved form of trap controlling the handle 11, with a circular hole 12 for the incoi'n-slot, to provide for readily looking the sertion of paper money, and withacoin-slot13. cover to the body of the bank in different On the under side of the cover 5 is a casing relative positions, and to avoid unnecessary 1 L, which supports the slot-closing mechan- 15 obstructions in the interior of the body, and ism. The tongue 8 is preferably made intethus facilitate the removal of the contents gral with the casing 14:, the whole being so conwhen the bank has been opened. structed as to be readilystamped out of one It will be understood that many banking sheetof metal. The casingisfurtherprovided concerns now make it a practice to furnish with a slot 15, corresponding to the slot in the 20 small portable savings-banks to their deposicover 5, andwith lugs 16, whereby the casing tors, the banking concerns retaining the keys is secured to said cover 5. Theslot-closing of such portable banks and removing and mechanism consistsofapluralityoffingers17, counting the contents when brought for depivoted to a shaft 18, which is secured within posit. My bank has been designed particu the casing 14: and parallel with the slot 13 of 25 larly for such use with a viewto saving time the cover. Each of the fingers 17is provided in removing the contents and relocking the with a pair of lugs 19, said lugs having therebank and to providing a device suitable for in the openings 20 for receiving the shaft 18. this purpose which can be furnished at a com- Each of the fingers 17 is also provided with a paratively low cost. spring 21, which is wound around the shaft 0 I accomplish the objects hereinbefore men- 18 and bears between the fingers 17 and the tioned by the construction shown in the ac-" cover 5, tending to force said fingers into a companying drawings, in whichclosed position across the slot 13. Each of Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section the fingers 17 also bears againstaball or roller of a device constructed according to my in- 22. Said balls areconfined within thecasingl 35 vention, the line of section being indicated and adapted to hold the fingers 17 inadownby the line 1 1 in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top plan wardly-inclined position, as shown in Fig. 1. of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the casing The balls 22 further serve to prevent a coin which supports the slot-closing mechanism of inserted in the slot from being pressed by the said device. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively finger 17 against the edges of both slots 13 o 40 an elevation and a plan of one of the fingers and 15, thus reducing the friction and faciliemployed in the said slot-closing mechanism. tating the insertion of the coin. A further Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively an elevation use for the balls 22 is that they tend to roll and plan of the spring whereby the finger is across the slots and keep them closed when actuated. the fingers 17 are pressed downwardly. The

5 The device shown consists of a hollow steel fingers 17 have their free ends curvedto fit receptacle having a cylindrical body 2. The the balls and pointed at 23 to prevent the bottom 3 is integral with the sides of said caswithdrawal of a loop of paper or similar mateing. The top is entirely open and has a counrial if introduced for removing acoin. terbore 4, which is adapted to receive the The operation of this form of bank is as 50 cover 5. Said counterbore is of sufficient follows: When a coin is inserted in the slot depth so that the cover will set into same with 13, such of the fingers 17 as come in contact with said coin are depressed to allow the passage of said coin, the balls 22 rolling slightly to facilitate such passage by the reduction of friction. The fingers 17 which are not in contact with the coin remain closed. The casing 14 supports the balls and protects the fingers from being injured by the contents of the bank. The position of the fingers insuresthat no coin can be shaken through the slot 15, so as to be removed from the bank. When it is desired to open the bank, by to ming the key in the keyhole 10 the tongue f the lock will be withdrawn from the groove 6, permitting the ready removal of the cover 5. It will be seen that with the removal of the cover the entire operating mechanism is removed, leaving the side walls of the body free from obstructions and avoiding the possibility of money being retained within the bank. When the bank is to be closed after the removal of the money, the cover may be returned, so that the tongue 8 enters the.

groove 6 at any point in its circumference, and the tongue 7 will then be let into the opposite part of said groove by means of the key. It will be seen that this construction avoids any necessity of carefully adjusting the cover to a particular position when returning same to the body of the receptacle, and thereby greatly lessens the labor of a cashier or teller, who handles many of such banks.

It will be seen that some of the details of the device shown may be altered without departing from the spirit of my invention. I therefore do not confine myself to such details except as hereinafter limited in the claims.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A savingsbank comprising a receptacle, open at one end and having a cylindrical interior free from obstructions to the outward passage of coins or paper money through said open end, and having an annular groove extending around its walls near said open end; a cover having therein a coin-slot; a suitable trap secured to said cover for preventing the outward passage of money through said slot; a pair of opposite locking-tongues secured to said cover and adapted to engage said groove at any opposite points along the groove; one of said tongues being movable into and out of locking position; and locking means for actuating said movable tongue.

2. A savings-bank, comprising a receptacle having a coin-slot through the wall of same, a casing secured to said wall and within said receptacle and having a corresponding slot, a spring-actuated fingerseated in said casing and acting toward the slot in said wall, and a movable roller seated in said casing and adapted to limit the movement of said finger toward said slot.

3. A savings-bank, comprising a receptacle having a coin-slot through the wall of same, a casing secured to said wall and within said receptacle and having a corresponding slot, a series of independent spring-actuated fingers seated in said casing and acting toward the slot in said wall, and a series of movable rollers seated in said casing and each limiting the movement of one of said fingers toward said slot.

4. A savings-ban k, comprising a receptacle having a coin-slot through thewall of same, a casing secured to said wall and within said receptacle and having a corresponding slot, a series of independent spring-actuated fingers seated in said casing on one side of the slot in said wall and acting toward said slot, and a series of movable rollers seated in said casing on the opposite side of said slot and at the free ends-of said fingers.

5. A savings-ban k, comprising a receptacle having a coin-slot through the wall of same, a casing secured to said wall and within said receptacle and having a corresponding slot, a shaft insaid casing extending along one side of. said slot, a series of fingers 17 each having a pair of lugs 19 journaled on said shaft, springs 21 encircling said shaft between said lugs and each havinga spring-arm bearing against the under side of the finger, and another spring-arm bearing against the inner surface of said wall and thereby holding said fingers normally across the slot in said wall.

6. A savings-bank, comprising a receptacle having a coinslot through the wall of same; a casing secured to said wall within said receptacle and at said slot; a trap secured within said casing adapted to permit a coin to be passed inwardly through said slot from the outside of said receptacle, and to prevent the outward return of said coin through said slot; and a series of movable rollers in said casing interposed between the trap and said wall, limiting the movement of said trap toward the slot and adapted to bear against said coin and roll inwardly during the passage of said com.

7. A savings-bank, comprising a receptacle having a coin-slot through the wall of same, a casing secured to said wall within said receptacle and having a corresponding slot, a series of independent spring-actuated fingers seated in said casing on one side of the slot in said wall and acting toward said slot, and a series of movable balls seated in said casing on the opposite side of said slot and at the free ends of said fingers, the free ends of said fingers being curved to fit said balls and provided with points for the purpose specified.

Signed at Chicago this 6th day of November, 1901.

JOHN H. ZIMMER.

Witnesses:

WM. R. RUMMLER, J. D. EDMONDS.