US793779A

US793779A - Savings-bank.

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Publication number: US793779A
Application number: US19983304A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles Fisher
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-03-24
Filing date: 1904-03-24
Publication date: 1905-07-04
Anticipated expiration: 1922-07-04

Description

PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

C. FISHER.

SAVINGS BANK. APPLICATION FILED MA.z4,19o4

lilo. 793,779.

Patented July 4 llQ.

Partnr rrncn.

CHARLES lf'llllillit, OF UllltlAL-ll, lL'lilNOlti.

SPECIFICA'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. '"t93,"?79, dated .luly Il, i905.

Application liled March 24, i904.. Serial Nn. 199,833.

ile it known that l, Cuantas lrsu un, a citizen ol the U nitedv States, residing' at `Chicago, county ol Cook, State ot lllinois,have invented a certain new and use'liul lmpri'wement in riaviificslanks; and l. declare the following' to be a liull, clear, and exact description o'l. the invention, such as will enable others skiiled in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same, reference being' had to the accompanying' drawings, which 'lorln a part olE this specilication.

lli/ly invention relates in general to portable receptacles having' compartlnel'its for receiving' articles o'l1 dillerent sizes, and more par ticularly to portable receptacles especially :ulapted `l'or use as savinc'swbanks.

lll/larry banking' houses in order to increase their savings accounts have instituted the system olE supplying' depositors with locked portable savings-banks in which coins are lroin time lo time placed by the depositors, and when the savings-banks are Vlull they are returned to the banking' house to be opened and the amounts contained therein credited to the accounts ol, the depositors. .ln portable saviugsbanks as at present constructed it is impossible to keep the various denominations of coins separate when they are removed lrom the bank7 and it is therefore necessary `lor the bank toller to lirst separate the coins into deliomiliations preparatory to counting' them.

rl`l1e primary object olE my invention is to provide a portable savingsbank in which the \f"arious denominations elI coins when the bank is opened may be kept separate and at the same time .be accessible to the teller, so that he may readily count the coins without lirst having' to assort them according to their delunuimitions.

fl further object el'l my invention is to provide a portable savings-bank which will be simple in construction, inexpensive in manu facture, and convenient in use.

ll/ly invention, gener-all y described, consists in providing' in a portable savingsbank a core mnnprising a base having' radial flancos spaced apart to partially surround the separate piles ol coins oli' diilercnt denominations in the bank, tl'lereby 'facilitating' the ad dine; o l the contents oil the bank.

lli/ly invention will be more 'lully described hereinafter with relerence to the accompanying' drawings, in which the sanne is illustrated as embodied in a convenient and tn'actical lerm, and in which@ Figurel is a vertical central sectional view taken on line l l, Fig. 5.).; Fig'. 9., a horizontal sectional view on line 2 2, Fig'. l; and Fig'. 3, a perspective view el the core a'lter theremoval ol the cover.

'iiinilar reference characters are used to designate similar parts in the several ligures ol. the drawings.

ltelierenceletter A designates a core preterably formed in an integral casting' and comprising' a base and a series ol radial llane'es A, A, A, A", it, A, and A". The radial llanges are spaced apart to correspond with the dianieters o'll the various dem'iminatieus of coins. ',lhe inner edges ot' the :uljacent flanges are united by curved walls conforming' to theeircum'lierence el the coins o'l" the several denominations. A space u is `lormed within the inner walls which unite the inner edges of the 'llang'es, into which bills may be deposited.

li designates a casing' of a cross-sectien to conform to the base el the core, around which the lower edge thereof extends. A top C extends within the upper edge ol'I the casino; li and is secured 'therein by anysuitable meanssuch, tor instance, as pins ci. A ny suitable means may be provided Ytor detachably secur ingr the casing' B and top C, which constitute a covering' for the core, to the latterfvsuf-,ln for instance, as a lock ll, the bolt ol which is adapted to engage an opening' (l in the inner wall uniting' two olf the radial Vl'lang'es.

1C designates a key by means ol" which the lock may be operated to permit the removal ol1 the cover from the core when it is desired to remove the coins `lroni the bank.

l desig'llates a slot extending through the casing ll at the top ol each ol the comparirments c7 ofi, Sac., to permit the linsertion ol the coins. Above each el the slots B is a plunger U, located in an inclined socket c, lermed in the top tl el the casing'. lll spring' l is interposed between the inner end ot' each plunger V and the end et the surreumling' socket, the tension oli which projects the plunu LON ger outwardly, so that it normally engages the inner wall of the casing and closes the corresponding slot B, thereby preventing the removal ot' the coins through the slot. The insertion of the coins is permitted as the edge et the coin forces back the corresponding plunger a sutticient distance to permit the coin to be deposited in the appropriate compartment.

7/ designates pertorations extending through the casing B opposite cach ot' the compartments, so that the number of coins in the compartments may be visible.

c designates a slot leading to the space surrounded by the compartments through which bills may be inserted.

The manner ol using' my invention is as tollows: The savings-banks are locked by the banking-house,which distributes the same and the key kept, so that the banks may only be opened when returned by the depositors. The coins ot various denominations are inserted into the proper compartments through the slots B and are prevented trom being removed by the respective plungers C'. \Vhen the savings-bank is returned to the bankinghouse, the cover is removed, leaving the coins exposed, as shown in Fig. 3. As the various denominations are then in separate compartments, the total amount in the bank may be readily counted by the teller without the necessity ot lirst separating the coins into their different denominations.

From the :foregoing description it will be observed that I have invented an improvement in portable savings-banks consisting in the provision ot a core having' compartments conforming to the sizes ot the coins ot dillerent denominations and by means of .which the counting of the coins is facilitated when the bank is opened.

Thilo I have described more or less precisely the details ol construction, I do not wish to be understood as .limiting myseltl thereto, as I contemplate changes in form, the proportion ol parts, and the substitution of equivalents as circumstances may suggest or render expedient without departing Yfrom the spirit ot my invention.

I-Iaving now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

l. In a portable savings-bank, a core comprising a plurality of rigid vertical lianges spaced apart to lorm compartments to receive coins, the distance between the flanges ot' each compartment being greater than the diameter of the coins to be received by such compartment, the adjacent iianges beingl united at corresponding ends by walls adapted to partially surround the coins.

2. In a portable savings-bank, a core comprising a base, a plurality ot rigid radiallyprojecting flanges spaced apart to form compartments to receive coins, the distance between the outer edges ot the radial llanges at each side of each compartment being greater than the diameter of the coins to be received by such compartment.

3. In a portable savings-bank, a core comprising a'v horizontal base, a plurality of rigid vertical radially projecting flanges spaced diii'erent distances apart to form compartments to receive coins ot' different denominations, the distance between the outer edges ot the radial Iianges at each side of each compartment being greater than the diameter of the coins to be received by such compartment.

4C. In a portable savings-bank, a core comprising a circular horizontal base and a plurality ot rigid vertical radially -projecting ilanges spaced ditl'erent distances apart to `form compartments to receive coins ot dilii'erent denominations, the inner edges of adjacent flanges being' united by curved walls conforming to the peripheries ot' the coins, and the outer edges of adjacent llanges being spaced apart a distance greater than the diameters ot the coins to be received by the compartment between such flanges.

In a savings-lilank, the combination with a base, et a plurality ot' rigid vertical flanges supported above the base and spaced apart to form compartments for the coins, the distance between the tl anges of each compartment being greater than the diameter ot the coins to be received by such compartment, a cover comprising a surrounding side wall and top wall united thereto, said cover adapted to inclose the base and the flanges thereon, and means for detachably securing said cover to the base.

6. In a savings-bank, the combination with a circular base, ot' a plurality of vertical flanges supported above the base and spaced apart to form compartments for the coins, walls uniting the inner edges otl adjacent `flanges, said walls forming a central compartment, a cover comprising a surrounding side wall and top united thereto and adapted to inclose the base and lianges thereon, means tor detaehably sccuring said cover to the base, said cover havingl slots therethrough communicating with the compartments between the flanges and said central compartment.

7. In a savings-bank, the combination with a circular base, ot a plurality ot' vertical 'flanges supported above the base and spaced apart to form compartments for the coins, walls uniting the inner edges ot adjacent lilanges, said walls forming a central compartment, a cover comprising a surrounding side wall and top united thereto and adapted to inclose the base and Yflanges thereon, means for detachably securing said cover to the base, said cover having slots therethrough communicating' with the compartments between the iianges and said central compartment, and inwardly-yielding plungers carried by the cover and normall y obstructing the slots leading to said compartments.

8. In a savings-bank, the combination with lOO IIO

between the inner edges ol' the two adjacent finng'es.

in testimony whereo'l [sign this speci fezttion in the presence of two witnenses.

C H ARLES FA ,93 [1I Vi+1 li.

Wi tnesses:

Gmo. L. WruyKINsoN, C. C. CUNNiNmIAM.