US895116A

US895116A - Portable savings-bank.

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Publication number: US895116A
Application number: US38805107A
Authority: US
Inventors: Amos Shepard
Original assignee: HOSEA MANN
Current assignee: HOSEA MANN
Priority date: 1907-08-10
Filing date: 1907-08-10
Publication date: 1908-08-04
Anticipated expiration: 1925-08-04

Description

' PHENTED AUG. 4, 1908.

A. SHEPARD a H. MANN. I.

PORTABLE SAVINGS BANK.`

APPLIOMION rILnD we. 1o. 1201.A

f @fifa PORTABLE SAVINGS BANK. APPLIUATION FLLBD AUG.` A1o, 1901.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

UNITED srnrEs PATENT oEEIeE.

Mos snerinn, or PLAN'rsvILLE, AND Hoses nim, or roniurc'roiv, CONNECTICUT; sA'ID SHEPARD ASSIGXOR 'IO E AID MANN.

EORTABLE SAVDTGS-.B ANK.

To all 'whom it may concern: Be it known'that we, :Lues SHEPAED and HosEA MANQI, citizens of the United States, residing, res ectively, at Plantsville, in-the countyjo l artford, and Torrington, in the county of Litchfield, Stateof Connecticut, have invented certain'new and useful Improvenients in Portable Savingsanksp of' In these banks mpney is placed from time to time by the parties to whom the banks are loaned and at stated eriods of' time, or when the banks are full, t ey are returned to the banking house and the amounts found therein credited to the accounts of the respective depositors.

l`he objectsof our improvements are s1mplicity and econoiny in construction with convenience, safety and efficiency in use;

In addition to economy theconstruction rovides separate compartments for bills and or coins or various denominations-so as to save the labor of asserting the coins when the contents of the bank is counted, while at the same time the shape of the bank is such that itv may readily be placed in a hi pocket, to carry it from lace to place.` revision is also made for ocking this portable bank to a wall of a house or other immovable fastening in order that the bank may be secured in a convenient place for deposits without danger of its being stolen or carried away. ln the .accompanying drawingz-Figure 1 isa front elevation of our bank. Fig. 2 is a side elevation or edge View of the same, showing what is the right hand side in Fig. 1. 3 is'nn enlarged plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a'detached side elevation of the main portion of the money pockets or cells, the

said portion comprising one side wall of all the cells, the bottom of the brink with its look, the. horizontal divisions between the respective cells, and the traps that guard the mouth of euch cell. F ig. 5 is n detached side elevation of the companion part of. the

` money cells. Fig.- G is un edge view or side elevation of theparts shown in Figs. 4 and 5,

Specification of Letten Patent.4 l i Application led Aug-nxt 10, 19W?. Serial No.' 388,051..l

Patented Auge, 1908.

as properly placed together, and also with a smellportlon of the case in vertical section at the le t hand side. Fig. 7 is a horizontal s'ec'- rion of the bank on the line :c x of Figs; 4 and 5, looking down. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section of the bank on the line y of Figs. 4 and Fig. 9 1s a transverse sec- 5, looking u tionalview ,o the case on the line s s of F ig. `4, together with a plan view of the bottoniand the. lock thereon. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the upper end of the case, with the end plate or cap removed.' Fig. 11 is a vertical section of the caseon theline z z of-Fig. 3, the hasp -and screws being shown in elevation and the'v money cellsy removed.

Vfe 4'make our bank of a 4size in cross sec-` tion that one can place in their pocket for carrying', and obtain the necessary space for the several cells by making the'bak of consderable length and arranging thev coin pockets end for end, one over another 111 a.

single column of two-0r more cells, making one or more columns, and this is one of the leading features of our bank. We also form the coin cells of separate concavedwalls divided longitudinal face.

y and placed .face

For convenience offnanufacture, we have,

es herein shown, iliade the. opposing side walls of the nioneycells se arrete from the ceseA. The cnse -1s made 'o sheet rn'etal forinclosing the sepnratel formed money" cells.

This case is of an ova. or flattened forni end view and the lower end is left open" forreceiving the removable bottom or closure plete 1l that is provided with any .suitable ack 12, which as shown has a notched cross bolt 13 secured on the outer end of an ordinary longitudinali f 'slidi'nfr lock bolt 22. forf engaginfP suitable inner sides of the case. When the lock bolt is forced into the lock case for unlocking, the

notches in the ross bolt register with the' lugs or keepers 14, on either side of the case, so that the bottom and connected parts may be pulled out of or put mto the case, and

when the boltV is iol-eed outwardly by the nnoper key so that thenotchcs in the cross ugs or reepers 14 on therA bolt do not register with vthe lugs, the botl' tom is locked so that thc bottom cannot be 'tsken out of or pnt into the case.

thecase, the cross -bolt is in aliigher plane.' n

than the keeper lugs 14,`so that upon locking. the solid met-alici the cross bolt will enf'we the top face of thclugs atl both sides of `thc respective coin shes, form iin onlintrap to previ-nt the coins from being :a-

2 l Y j ses,

thecase and prevent the bot-toni from pulled out. 'llie lockedbottom is there: movable part or closure plate for furnishing access to the bank when it is unlocked d The side edges of the oase at the propepoints are provided with coin l.slot-s 15 of the proper width and thickness to receive co' of various denominations, which denomi tion may be nani/:d on the case contiguous to the proper slots as for example, "cen halves. dimes, nickels, quarters. Perf tions` 16 are also made in the ease throuw which the coins` in the several coils may ire viewed and the amounts contained therein 1 when -piicd up at:difl'erentheights may be .l indicated on tliecase as shown in Fig. 2.

The case is permanently closed by a top plate 1T secured in an proper manner,v as for example, by means of lugs 1S on the iiiner side wall of the case to which the plate 17 may be' secured by means of rivets or screws 40. An opening 19 is also made in this top plate through which to pitt bills into the bank. ll'e also provide the bank with .a bail o r liasp 20 at or near one of the upper corners so that the bank may be hung upon a hook or pin in the wall of it house, or may be locked by a padlock to any suitti'oie staple onkeeper tliatis fastened to son* i immovable part of the building or other fastening, and# thus secure. the bank against being carried oli by an unauthorized partj 'e secure this i sp '20 to the bank by me. of a Inf:f '21 to w. h the liasp is pivoted. said lng having a T shaped lower end the.; may be )assed through a hole vin the top plate 17 before the plate is secured in pla unil then slipped sidewise into a notch in cof the lugs on the case, so that when the top y' 'ilate is secured the hasp will be iirnrljr locked to one of the side walls of the cese through the said lug 1S and none of the strain on the hasp will come on the top plate.

The money cells are mainly)Y formed s two part ldevice divided longitudinally and consisting of the separable parts B and ff. Each part has three coin conoavities '13, and "lo, arranged end for ciid one above it e other near one side, and two coin conci; tics 2U and .7 ont` above the other near the other side. while the u'iier middle portion has a cavity 3S for holding bills. An crei plate or diaphragm '.29 extends across t?? u )per end o1' the part B and closes or par clloses the upper end of the cavities '23, and '25, and at the same time serves as e. c 2- veiiicnt support b v which to secure the di^` 30 and springs $51, formed integral with t? said disks, which spri: s in connection i l l moved from the. bank through tho coin s'y As shown the dis-lbv Si) are secured in pt. .t by sert-ws 13. Uiriihragins 32 between if respectivo coin cavities servo also to secure t I fronting faces ol' the parts B and C, where like disks with integral springs 31 for a trap and to separate the sig-,veralcells formed by these c oin cavities. The look 12 forms the main portion-of the bottoni of the coin cell formed bv the two cavities 25, while the 7o ing or p irtial diaphrajlmftroonipletes the bottom of the said cel T he removable. bottoni` 11 is secured to tho lower end of the partl B by means of screws 35, one of which passes through a. hole in the 75 partial diaphragm 34, and the other of which passes through .i hole in the diaphragm 36 at the bottom of the` cavity 27. The several diaphragins on the part B are wider from iront to rear than hah' e? the diameter of each 80 v coin cell, and the niair. portion of the outer fronting edges o'4 the parts A and B when 85 they are nit together, as Lshown in Fig. 6, whereby tne )arts A' and B do notl )revent the coins witlliin the several coin cellfroi being viewed throngli the openings 16 of the case A. The edges of the cavity walls arev 9b also cut awayso as not to obstruct the coin' slot-s 15 in the case. A

The part C is of the same general forni as the )art B and is provided with an end plate or diaphragm 29 and dia )liriigiiis 32B and 3G to match or register wit the corresponding)r diaphragms on the part B. 'llie conthey meet each other, may be -inado with interlockinr projections and recesses to register with each other and hold the parts from sli )ping laterally or verticallyone u )on the' other, as for example, as shown at tie edge of the upper diaphragm 32 in Fig. 6. The two parts when t )assed end'wise into the case through the lower end and when the bottom plato or closure )late is locked to the caso, the bank is coin i cte and ready for use. 'llie contents of tie bank ma?7 he removed therefrom by 110 unlocking?r the t: sure plate and then withdrawing and separating the parts A and B.

i The concavities in either part are full enough to hohl the coins in proper order so that it is immaterial which of tlieso two parts the coins 115 may rest in when the other part is removed.

We claim as our inventionz- 1. In a savings bank, a series of coin cells for various denominations arranged end for end one over the other in a single column, the 12u said series formed in two se iarablo parts dividing the cells longitudinal y, the sind parts having concaviti'es of the proper shape4 and interlockiner proections and recesses that register with cac i other on and in tli'e con-` 125 fronting' faces of the said separable parts.A

L. in a .savings bank, a series of coin cells for various denominations arranged end for end one over the other in a single column with a coin slot near the iippcrend of each cell', the 130 ins placed together may be i i i 1 l l i i g i .l i i l i i l said series formed in two separable park di- Y. viding the Cells longitudinally, one of the aait i parts haTg a diaphragm between tile end of t.\\"o Cells, and a trap secured to the said 5 diaphragm to protect the` Coin slot of the eeii for which the said diaphragm is the, top. i

3. In a saving-i4 bank, having separate;

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the other for coins of rlilit'a'cnty denominag tions in its respective edges, and two colmoney cells, thel l aid cells formed in a hlo two part. derive divided longitud the said two parts having separate ed..

ranged 0nd for end one over the other. :and a E separateh,v formed tnhnlar rase within vriileh the said longitudinally di 'ided parts a. e i

closed. 4. .In a savings bank, the eomhE with a ease open at one end with a renimtahle closure plate fot' the said end, a two par: di vice having opposing coin voneavities i:Y earl: part., the said two parts being fitted u: .meh other and one ofthe said parts Seenred to said closure plate, so that hoth partA m he pntinto and taken out. of the ease iria :he said plate. i

5. In a savings hanh. a'eoin cell fortef in 'part device divided longitudinally, the Said two parts each having coneau-'mes for com eells near its opposite sides, a middle cavity Vin earth part between the coin eoncavities,

unil interlocking derives at the confronting 1 faces of the .said two mrts.

T. ln a savingahan a case of fiattened form having; a series of vom slots onel above 40 \lllll. part wntamin`r i-oin cells arranged end for end on:l aia-ve the other within the said case in po ition to reet-ire eoins from the respective eoin slots intro th:` cells of the. said sepa- E iahle parts, rrhert'\hy, when the said parts are removed trom the ease. they can he laid ou their side and the top part removed, leaving 1 the coins in the other parth. A portahle savings bank having a ease provided with a top plate and a hasp having I a ln; Y extended through the said to plate and rigidly secured to a side wall of t to fasc 55 independently ol`-the said top plate.

ANOS SH lGlAR D.

s .if {"ngitndiimlly divided and separable 25 two separable, mrts divided longituii ay, A

th(` Said parts lhavin; r confrontingr iw mi i HUSE MANN. ties of thel proper shap and intcrloekiag pro- Witnesses for Amos Shepard: jeetions and recesses that register with eat-h lj .Inn-:s Sin-amm. other on and in 'the confronting fares; 11' the l Sin-:Frisur ll. (`i..\nKF.. 3f said separable mrts. A \\'itne. e.-'. for liosi-ahiann:

' 6, In a savings bank, having sparait- 'Rau-n ll. MANN, money cells, tho said cellsl formed in a nro l Joux ll. Sa'rox.