US803249A - Combination coin-bank. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED OCT. 31, 1905.

F. SMITH.

COMBINATION COIN BANK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19, 1901.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1905.

Application filed December 19, 1904. Serial No. 237,409.

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Im provement in Combination Coin-Banks, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to small banks for containing coins, and in particular to a form of bank of this kind controlled by a combination-lock.

Prominent objects of the invention are to provide a simple, inexpensive, and practical bank of this kind; to make the same portable, so that it can be easily carried in the pocket; to provide an effective form of combination-lock; to simplify the construction and operation as much as possible; to indicate the amount of money contained in the bank, and to procure the foregoing results in a simple and expeditious manner.

The bank shown herein for carrying out my invention comprises a cylindrical tube or barrel having a diameter substantially the diameter of the coins for which the bank is to serve, so that the tube or barrel can accommodate any desired number of such coins placed one above the other. One end, which. will be called the upper end of the barrel, is provided with a slot or opening by which the coins can be inserted one by one. The other or lower end of the barrel is provided with a combination-lock, by which the lower end of the barrel is normally locked in closed condition, but by means of which such barrel can be opened to permit withdrawal of the coins.

The bank shown herein is adapted to receive dimes, although of course by varying the size of the tube or barrel any other kind of coin can be used.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a coin-bank embodying my present invention. Fig. 2 is 'a vertical section taken on line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on line 3 3 in Fig. 2, and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are views of details of construction.

The bank which I show in the drawings for carrying out my invention comprises a tube or barrel 1, closed at its upper end, but open at its lower end. This barrel is of a size to accommodate coins of predetermined denomination one above the other. It is provided with a slot 2, through which such coins can be inserted one by one. A spring 3 is conveniently provided above said slot to prevent the coins from passing out of the slot after once inserted in the bank. of openings 4 4 are provided along the side of the barrel, so as to indicate the extent to which the same is filled, and opposite these are figures indicating the value of the coins in the bank. The device shown being for dimes, the figures on the barrel run from $2.50 to $5.00, being the value of the dimes which fill the bank from the bottom up to the respective fi ures.

The lower end of t e tube or barrel 1 is provided with lateral projections 5 5, arranged in alinement with one another. A cup-shaped device or cap 6 is fitted on the lower end of the tube or barrel 1, being constructed with a tubular cylindrical portion 7, which closely incloses the lower end portion of said barrel. This cylindrical portion 7 is provided with a slot 8, running from one end to the other, which slot is adapted to receive and accommodate the projections 5 5 on the barrel 1 when the latter is inserted or introduced into the cap 6. A series of rings 9 9 are arranged outside of the cylindric portion 7, constructed with flanges 1O 10, each of which is provided with a series of grooves or indentations 11 11. The latter are of irregular shape, having reduced portions 12 12 at their ends nearest the periphery of the flanges 1O 10. Within the rings 9 9 are inner or supplementary rings 13 13, which are split and have one of their split ends provided with projections 14 14. These projections are adapted to fit into recesses 11 11 in the rings 9 9 and to lie within the larger or mouth portions of said recesses.

The rings 9 9, with their contained rings 13 13, are independently rotatable about the cylindric portion 7 of the cap 6, and when each one is turned so as to bring the opening 15 of its inner ring 13 into register with the slot 8 of the cylinder 7 the corresponding projection 5 on the barrel 1 can pass through said rings 9 and 13. Thus when all of t e rings 9 9 are turned to bring the openings 15 15 of their contained rings into register with the slot 8 all of the projections 5 5 can pass through said rings and up along said slot, thereby permitting the withdrawal of the tube or barrel 1 from the cap 6. Whenever any one of said rings has its opening 15 A series out of register with said slot 8, the se aration of the barrel and cap is prevente and the two are locked together. Thus to operate the combination and unlock the device, so as to permit Withdrawal of the money therefrom, it is necessary to turn the rings 9 9 so as to bring the apertures of the rings 13 13 into proper alinement with the slot 8. To such end the rings 9 9 are provided with some form of indicating devices, such as the letters "A B C D, &c. (Shown in the drawings.) The rings 13 13 are arranged relatively to the rings 9 9, so that by bringing predetermined letters into alinement in the line shown by the arrows in Fig. 1 the combination will be operated and the barrel 1 released. To change the combination, the rings 13 13 are shifted relatively to the rings 9 9. It is understood that different banks put out will have different combinations by arranging the rings 13 13 relatively to the letters on the rings 9 9. In the bank shown the combination which will permit opening of the bank consists of the letters A M A S, beginning with the top ring and-reading down, Fig. 1.

A collar or retainer 16 is desirably fitted over the barrel 1, so as to cover the end of the tube 7.

It will be seen that the device is small and com act and is portable, so that it can be eas' y carried in the pocket.

It will be understood that,changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is' j p 1. A device of the class specified, comprising a tube or barrel 1 for the closed end, and provided with a coin-slot 4, and also pro vided with a retainer 3 for preventing removal of said coins through the slot 2, the said barrel having an open end, and being provided. with projections 5, 5, a series of rings 9,9 inclosing the lower end of said barrel, and having recesses 11, 11 adapted to receive the projections 5, 5, and formed with indentations 12, 12, split inner rings 13, 13 having projections adapted to fit into the indentations 12, 12, and a cap 6 having a tubular portion 7 adapted to inclose the lower end portion of the barrel 1, and having a slot 8 for accommodating the projections 5, 5 on said barrel, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class specified, the combination with the barrel 1 having projections 5, 5, of a series of rings 9, 9 having a series of apertures 11, 11, adapted to receive the projections 5, 5 and formed with recesses 12, 12 and split rings 13, 13 having projections 14, 14 adapted to fit into the recesses 12, 12, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribemy name this 28th day of November, A. D. 1904.

FRANK SMITH.

Witnesses:

G. V. DOMARUS, I. 0. LEE.

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