US862984A

US862984A - Coin-holder.

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Publication number: US862984A
Application number: US30934406A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles S Marsh
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-04-02
Filing date: 1906-04-02
Publication date: 1907-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 1924-08-13

Description

No. 862,984. PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907. G. S.'MARSH.

COIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APB..2, 1906.

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COIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. '13, 1907.

Application filed April 2, 1906. Serial No- 309,344.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. MARSH, of Winchester, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Coin-Holders, of

' which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to coin holders and has for its object to improve the construction of the same to the end that a pile of coins may be contained in a holder of convenient form and size with the endmost coin of the pile more or less exposed and in position to be engaged by the thumb and pushed outward through a discharge slot.

Figure 1 shows in side elevation a coin-holder em- 'bodyingthis invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical, longitudinal section of the coin-holder shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view of the coin-holder. Fig. 4 is a transverse section pf the coin-holder taken on the dotted line 4-4, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is aside view of the end portion of the coin-holder, showing the discharge slot. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the end portion of the coin-holder taken on the dotted line 6-6, Fig. 3.

a represents a cylindrical barrel, which will be of any suitable diameter and length. At one end of the barrel an end cap b is formed or provided, which more or less closes the end thereof, sufficiently at least to prevent the coins, which are contained in the barrel, from escaping. A thumb-receiving slot 0 is formed at the end of the holder thus constructed, which extends down below the end of the barrel, see Fig. 2, and cross-wise the end cap. This slot may extend nearly or entirely across the end cap, and is made with converging sides, see Fig. 3, to provide a wide entrance, and the sides thereof are'also preferably beveled as shown in Fig. 6.

Opposite the entrance to the thumb-receiving-slot and beneath the end cap a slot 11 is formed transversely in the barrel for the discharge of the coins. A spring e is contained in the barrel which is adapted to hold one or more coins, arranged in a pile, in engagement with the ehd cap. A plate f may be employed against which the spring bears and upon which the coins will be placed, or in lieu thereof any other form of rest imay be provided for the coins. The coins are thrust against the end cap by the spring and the endmost coin of the pile which isin engagement with the end cap occupies a position opposite the discharge slot and above the lower edge of the entrance tothe thumb-receiving slot, and will be exposed at said thumb-receiving slot, and as it is held in a plane above the lower edge of the entrance to the thumb-receiving slot, it may be readily engaged by the thumb and pushed out through the discharge slot, the-thumb engaging the edge of the coin. By engaging the edge of the coin when pushing it out, instead of engaging the face, it will be seen that the coin will not be depressed and thereby moved out of position to freely pass through the discharge slot.

If desired the coin holder may be made double ended, that is to say, both ends may be constructed in the man ner above described to thereby receive coins of different denominations, and in such case at the entrance to one of the thum'b 'receiving-slots a projection 9 will be provided, the other slot being devoid of such projection, so that a person may tell by the feeling which denomination of coin he is discharging.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettegs Patent is:

A coin hoider consisting of a cylindrical barrel having a cap at each end provided with a thumb-receiving slot extending from below the end of the barrel crosswise the end cap, and also having a slot at each'end beneath the cap, and opposite the entrance to the thumb-receivingslot.

.for the discharge of the coins, a spring contained in said barrel for holding two piles of coins respectively against the end caps, and a projection adjacent the entrance to the thumb-receiving-siot at one end only, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES s. MARSH. Witnesses:

B. .T. Norms, H. B. DAVIS.