US761254A - Trick savings-bank. - Google Patents

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PATBNTED MAY 31, 1904.

A. RO SEDA LE.

" TRICK SAVINGS BANK; APPLIUATION FILED JULY 1, 1903. RENEWED MAR. 21, 1904.

H0 MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH ROSEDALE, OF ENID, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. B. FERGUSON, OF ENID, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

TRICK SAVINGS-BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,254, dated May 31, 1904.

Application filed July 1, 1903. Renewed March 21, 1904:- Serial No. 199,188. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLrH ROSEDALE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Enid,

in the county of Garfield, Oklahoma Territory, have invented certain new and useful- Improvements in Trick Savmgs-Banks, of;

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to savings-banks; and the object is to provide a trick savings-bank from which a coin inserted therein may be quickly and mysteriously removed by a person bodying my invention, showing the exit-opening thereof closed; Fig. 2, asimilar view showing the exit-opening open; Fig. 3, atop plan view; Fig. 4, a transverse sectional view; Fig. 5, a longitudinal sectional view on the line was of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 a similar view on the line y y of the same figure.

Referring now more particularly to the said drawings, 1 designates a semicylindrical casing united at its lower end to a circular bottom plate 2, which projects beyond the wall of the casing, and having secured at its upper end a circular cap 3, formed with an entranceslot 4:, through which the coins may be inserted, and a depending flange 5, extending parallel with the wall of the casing upon the exterior thereof and spaced therefrom. Surrounding said inner casing is an outer cylindrical casing 6, which is adapted to slide upon said inner casing to cover and uncover the exit-opening, being shorter in length than the inner casing to permit of this longitudinal movement, the upper end of this slidable casing extending into the space between the flange of the cap 3 and the outer surface of the inner casing. As shown in Figs. 1 and 5,

when this outer casing is moved downwardly until its lower edge abuts against the projecting portion of the bottom plate 2 the exit from the inner casing is closed; but when said outer casing is moved upwardly, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, the exit is opened and the coin which has been inserted may be removed by tilting the bank slightly. For preventing the sliding movement of the outer casing, excepting when the cylinders are in a certain relative position known only to one familiar with the bank, I provide a projection 7 upon the inner side of the flange of the cap 3, which normally abuts the upper edge of the outer cylinder or casing and moves thereon when said casing is rotated until brought above a slot 8, formed in the upper end of the said outer casing, when the latter may be moved upwardly to open the exit.

To enable the operator to know when the two casings are in the proper relative position to permit the removal of the coin, I provide the'outer casing with a number of graduations 9 about its circumference, distinguished by letters of the alphabet, numerals, or characters, and provide an index-mark 10 upon the flange of the cap to coact therewith.

In operation to remove a coin which has been inserted the bank is grasped between the thumb and finger of one hand and the outer casing moved upwardly with the other hand, said casing having been rotated to bring the proper graduation to the index-mark, and the bank then tilted slightly to cause the coin to drop from the exit-opening. The outer casing may then be moved downwardly to close the exit and given a slight rotation to bring the slot out of line with the projection. These movements may be Very quickly made, so as not to attract attention, and the bank handed to an observer, who, not being familiar with the working thereof, will be puzzled to find the means of exit of the coin, and consequently unable to remove the coin which has been replaced in the bank.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A bank comprising an inner casing closed at its ends and having an entrance-slot in its top Wall and an exit-opening near its bottom wall, and an encircling flange depending from its top wall upon the exterior thereof and spaced therefrom, an outer casing revoluble upon the inner casing and movable longitudinally thereon to cover and uncover the exitopening, said outer casing being shorter in length than the inner casing and projecting into the space between the inner casing and said flange and formed with aslot in its upper edge, and a projection carried by the inner casing normally disposed above the upper edge of the outer casing so as to prevent upward movement of the latter until rotated to bring its slot in line therewith.

2. A bank comprising an inner casing closed at its ends and having an entrance-slot in its top wall and an exit-opening near its lower end, and an encircling flange depending from its top wall upon the exterior thereof and spaced therefrom, an outer casing rcvoluble upon the inner casing and movable longitudinally thereon to cover and uncover the exitopening, said outer casing being shorter in length than the inner casing and projecting into the space between the inner casing and said flange and formed with a slot in its upper end, a projection carried by the inner casing normally disposed above the upper edge of the outer casing so as to prevent upward movement of the latter until rotated to bring its slot in line therewith, and an index-mark and graduations carried one by the flange of the inner casing and the other by the outer casing for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPH ROSEDALE.

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