US845664A

US845664A - Coin-holder.

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Publication number: US845664A
Application number: US29676006A
Authority: US
Inventors: Matthew Quinn
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-01-19
Filing date: 1906-01-19
Publication date: 1907-02-26
Anticipated expiration: 1924-02-26

Description

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APPLICATION FILED JAI T. 19. 1906.

PATENTED FEB. 26, 190'1v jiweniar; v

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MATTHEW QUINN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

COIN-HOLDER.

No. 845,664. Specification of Application filed January 19. 1906. Serial 110,296,760.

/ To all whom; it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, MATTHEW QUINN, a. citizen of the United'States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin Holders, of which the following is a specification.

I My invention relates to improvements in coin-holders; and my object is toprovide a equivalent to two fares-one for transportafor the return trip home.

tion to the users place of business, the other By thus providing easy access to the daily fare inconvenience arising from reaching into the pockets, especially when in a crowded car, is avoided, and by loading the device in the morning the gser is insured sui icient car-fare during the Although the device is small and can be readily concealed about the garments, it may also be ornamented or arranged and worn in the form of the insignia of a fraterna or other order.

The invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and in order that it may be readily understood reference will nowbe made to said drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device attached to the inner side of a coatsleeve. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the device loaded with coin. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line III III of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a.front elevation of the coin-holder provided with a modified form of fastening device.

In carrying out this invention I employ a cylindrical body or cup 1, having a closed and preferably integral bottom 2 and a marginal or annular cap 3, forming the top and leaving a central hole smaller than the coin, and through which the latter canbe seen.. At one side said annular cap is cut away so as to roduce a radial o ening 4, leading from sai hole outward to tiieperiphery of the device, and the edges of the hole merge into the converging edges of said opening and are Letters Patent. Patented m. 26, 1907.

coin when it is desired to withdraw the latter from the holder. J Cup 1 is provided in its side wall just below t e cap witha peripheralslot 5, throu h capacity of the device preferably being sufficient to receive two coins, as shown in Fig. 4.

While. the slot 5 is wider than the opening in the cap, it is coincident with the opening 4,- so that as the thumb passes out throu h slot. 5. Said coins are pressed u war that the uppermost coin will be eld in frictional contact with the under side of the cap by means of a follower-plate 7 and an ex 'ansion-spring 8, which latter is interpose between said follower-plate and the bottom portion 2. As the slot 5is wider than the opening 4, the annular cap 3 will extend over said slot forja short distance at either side of said opening, and these forward portions of depending marginal shoulders 9, which form the upper edge of slot 5 and overlap the uppermost coin, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, so that said coin cannot accidentally slip through said slot, which latter, beingof only sufficient width to admit the passage of a single coin, overlaps the lowermost. (See Fi 4.) Thus the two coins will be safely he (1 in the holder by shoulders 9 and the wall of the cup below the slot 5.

10 designates one member of a fastening device secured to the under side of cylinder 1 and pointed, so that it is adapted to be passed through any portion of a garment and engaged by clamping a member 11.

In the modified fastening device shown in Fig. 4, 10 designates a different form of pointed member adapted to be assed through I a garment and secured by a c amping mem- In practice when the device has a capacity for two coins the first coin is inserted b depressing the follower-plate below the le el of slot 5. Said coin is then depressed below said level while the other coin is being inserted. After the coins have been properly laced spring 8 expands and forces the folibwer-plate upwardly against the under side of the lowermost coin, forcing it upwardly until stopped by the uppermost coin contactare then reliably held in place by the dependthe latter the coin is drawn out through t ely, so

the cap are bent downward or provided with,

ing with the under side of cap 3. The coins beveled, as at 3*. This construction permits the user to readily place his thumb upon the which the coin 6 is placed and removed, t e p thumb will not be out thereby. Obviously ing shoulders and the wall of the cup below the slot 5 until it is desired to remove one. of

the coins from the holder. This is readily accomplished by placing the thumb upon the uppermost co n and depressing it in line with the slot, after which it may be readlly withdrawn by moving the thumb forwardly coin is withdrawn through the latter with the utmost ease. The inner margins of the opening in the cap are beveled, so that the the coin need not fit closely within the cup, as the latter is adapted to hold. smaller coins than shown; buteven when smaller coins are withdrawn the convergence of the edges of the opening serves the same function.

While I have shown the preferred construction of the device I of course reserve the right to make such changes in detailsof con-' struction as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

From the above description it is apparent that I have produced a coin-holder which is simple and compact in construction and well adapted for the purposes intended.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A coin-holder consisting of a cylindrical cup with a closed bottom and a coin-slot in its side wall, a fastening device on said bottom, an annular cap constituting the top of the cup and having a central hole smaller thanfthe coin and a radial opening leading from said hole to the periphery at a point above and coincident with said coin-slot, the

edges of said hole and opening being beveled in the presence of two witnesses.

MATTHEW QUINN.

Witnesses:

F. G. FIsoHER, J. Moons.