US929216A - Coin-receptacle. - Google Patents

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L. F. HAWLEY.

GOIN REGEP'IACLE. AyPLIcATIoN FILED Nom?l 1904.

929,216. Patented July 27, 1909.

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LOUIS F. HAWLEY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

COIN-RE GEPTA CLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Application filed November 2, 1904. Serial No. 231,091.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Louis F. HAWLEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and Improved Coin-Receptacle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of devices in which coins may be deposited and having means for preventing the extraction of the coin, and the objects of my invention are to provide a device of this class in which the coins can be removed only by taking the device apart g and a further object is to provide a device of this class that can be taken apart only after removing a seal; and a further object is to provide a device in which the coins are always in view.

A form of device in the use of which these objects may be attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view in side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a bottom view. Fig. 3 is a detail view in section through the bottom showing the means for sealing the rods and nuts. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the guard for the mouth of the receptacle. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a modified form of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral l denotes a base and the numeral 2 a head, which parts may be constructed of any desired material and have any desired form. In the preferred form of the device these parts are constructed of metal and may be made in any fanciful shape or plain. In the form of device adopted for illustrating the invention the head is made to represent the head of an animal and the base is made to represent the feet thereof. The base and head are each provided with a recess 2a respectively, these recesses being referably round as to form to receive a tuliular body 3. This body is preferably constructed of cylindrical form and of a size to receive coins of a predetermined ,denomination, the form shown the device being adapted to receive dimes. This body is constructed of glass, the ends of which project into and closely fit the recesses 2 in the base and head. The base may be provided with standards 1b, in the form shown these standards being formed in the shape of the paws or feet of the animal.

Rods 4 project from the base to the head, these rods being secured to both of said parts, and the ends of the rods being sealed to prevent tampering with the fastening. It is obvious that this sealing may be provided at either end of the rod, but in the preferred form of device each of the rods 4 are secured to the head 2 and the opposite ends project through openings in the base into the recess la. Nuts 4a threaded end of the rods thus firmly uniting the head and base and securing the body in position.

A particular advantage of the arrangement herein described resides in the compensation for tubes of various lengths and inequalities in the construction of the parts. By using a recessed head and base in conjunction with the clamping rods 4, variations in the parts may occur without causing unusual trouble in assembling. The nuts 4a with the rods 4 serve to clamp the parts firmly together and when once in position the sealing material completely covers and incloses each of the clamping members or rods, absolutely preventing tampering with the device without detection. A further advantage follows from the very construction of the barrel 3 of the receptacle and the clamping and sealing arrangements by which the barrel may be bodily removed from the base and head. When the barrel is once filled with coins they are stacked in position to be rolled into a package, and by removing the base or head the whole number of coins may be removed in stacked relation ready for rolling. A seal 5 is then lled into the recess la, completely covering the ends of the rods and also the nuts 4a. This seal may be formed of any material, plaster-ofparis havingbeen found to serve the purpose. It will thus be seen that after the parts are united and the seal placed in position it will be impossible to take the device apart without detection.

The head 2 is provided with an opening or mouth 2b and within this mouth or opening a guard is formed. In the form shown in Fig. 1 this guard' consists of a pivoted trap 6 mounted on a pin 7 extending across the opening into the receptacle. A tongue 8 is also pivoted to this pin. From this construction it will be seen that the trap 6 will allow a coin to pass into the receptacle, but should the receptacle be inverted for the purpose of extracting a coin the trap 6 will fall into position to close the opening through the mouth.

are secured on the screwV In the form of device illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings the head 9 is formed the shape of a globe through which the opening 1.0 for the reception of, a coin is formed. projection 11 is formed on the interior of the head through which the opening l() extends for the delivery of a coin into the chamber 12 from which it is discharged through the throat 13 into the banlr. It will, of course, be understood` that the recess 14 is for the reception. of thebody of the device indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and, in this instance the base may be formed in any desired shape.

It is obvious that the details of construe tion may be departed from to quite a degree without avoiding the inventionV and I do not desire to limit myself to the exact means shown and describedl hereinl for carrying out my invention.

The term head has been used` herein to describe the top of the device and it will be understood lthat this term includes broadlyv any device having a top with a base and means `for uniting them. The seal. as def scribed herein constitutes infact a lock, and it will be ,understood that I do not limit my-V self `merely to a seal -for securing theparts, but that any form of lock will be understood as coming within the scope of the invention. As yshown herein the tubular body Y and opening through the head are made vof a relative size to admit acoin of a certain denomination, so that but little space willbe left between the interior oflfthis tubular body and the periphery of the coin. This is of especial advantage in that itto a considerable degree preyients the extraction of a coin through the iea What I doclaim and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a coin,V receptacle, al tubular body part oftransparent material, a head anda ase each havingon their facingsurfaces a recesscof a size and shape to itsaid body that rests with its ends on the bottom of said recess, means exteriorly arrangedto saidbody part and extending between the headand base and through the latter into a seal recess therein, means located in said seal recess for clamping the head, base and body together, and a seal filling said recess and covering and protecting the clamping means.

2, In a coin receptacle, a body oftransparent material, a base piece having a seal recess on its under surface and a body recess on its opposite surface of a size and sha e to fit said body, a head providedwith; a lbody recess of a size and shape to iit said body and with an opening through said `head into said -recess, rods extending between the head and base-through the latter into the seal recess, clamping means for securing the rods with reference to the head, base and bodypart, and a seal com letely covering said `securing means and 'lling the recess.

3. In a coin receptacle, a base piece having a seal recess and a body recess, a head provided with a body recess and a coin opening, a cylindrical body of transparent material having its ends located in the body recess of the head and base and with a tubular open-` ing substantially equal to the diameter of the coin to be received, rods located between the head and base and extending through said base into the seal recess, clamping means for securing the rods withreference tothe head,

base and body part, and a seal completely covering said securing lmeans and llmg the recess,

4. In a, coin receptacle, a hollow, globeshapedfhead havinga projection on its innerwall extending approximately to the center of the globe, acoin opening formed throughv said projection and lying in a plane substantially at right angles to the axis of a-body part, a supporting base, a cylindrical body part of transparent materialintermediate the eadand base, removable means exteriorcto thebody part for clamping the head, base and body art in position,andaseal for inclosing securing the clamping means.

LOUIS I". I-IAWLEY.

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