US976191A - Coin-holder. - Google Patents

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P. lJ. LIGHTBODY. GOIN HOLDER. APPhLIGATION FILED APR. 6,1910.

976, 1 9 1'. Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

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FRANK J. LIGHTBODY, 0F WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO CAMBRIDGE NOVELTY COMPANY, 0F CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATON OF MASSA- CHUSETTS.

COIN-HOLDER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Application filed April 6, 1910. Serial No. 553,756.

fo all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. LIGHTBODY, of l/Vatertown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a holder for coins and other like articles, adapted to be conveniently carried either in a pocket or other receptacle, or supported on a garment, the construction of the holder being such that it can be economically manufactured and conveniently opened and closed.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings which form a part 0I" this specication Figures l and 2 represent perspective views of the members of my improved coin holder, separated from each other. Figs. 3 and 4 represent sectional views of' the same. Fig. 5 represents a sectional view showing the members operatively connected. Fig. 6 represents a section on line 6-6 of' Fig. 5.

Similar reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in all the iigures.

My improved coin holder is composed of two sheet metal members a and Z), which are cupped or dished so that when assembled they form the sides of a receptacle.

The member a is provided with an annular flange a', and the member b is provided with an annular flange b which is of greater diameter than the flange a and is adapted to inclose the latter. When the parts are assembled the outer edge of the flange b bears against the body portion of the member a, as indicated by Fig. 5.

c represents a rivet having heads o', c2, bearing respectively on the outer sides of the members a. and I), said rivet extending through orifices cl formed in the central portions of said members and not only holding the flanges a and o in sliding engagement with each other but also constituting a pivotal connection between the members whereby each member is adapted to have a rotary movement relatively to the other, the flanges beingin sliding contact each with the other. 4

The flangev a has a segmental slot a3 in one side, and the flange b has a stud or project'ionl?)3 adapted to enter said slot, said projection being preferably formed by indenting the flange b to form an inwardly projecting boss, as shown by Fig. 5. The ends of the slot c3 and the stud b3 constitute stop members which limit the relative rotary movement of the members a and b.

The flange a is provided with an opening a2, and the flange Z9 is provided with an opening b2. These openings are so formed and arranged that when the stud 3 is at one end of the slot a3, the openings a2 and b2 coincide and form a coin passage communicating with the interior of the holder. Then the stud b3 is at the opposite end of the slot a3, the openings a2 and b2 are out of coincidence with each other so that the holder is closed.

One of the members of the holder may be provided with a suspension device such as a ring e having a swinging engagement with the eye ,f formed on the member c, said ring enabling the holder to be suspended by a chain or otherwise from a garment. rlhe ring e is located at close proximity to the openings a2 and b2, so that when the holder is suspended the said openings will be at the Lipper edge of the holder.

The flanges of the members a and Z) are preferably integral with the body portions of the said members, each member and its flange being adapted to be formed by a simple stamping operation from a sheet metal blank. The members are connected simply by inserting the llange a in the flange o and then applying the rivet c which has previously been formed with a head at one end, and upsetting the opposite end of the rivet to form the other head. The number of parts and the time and labor of assembling the same are therefore reduced to the minimum.

I claim- A coin holder comprising two cupped sheet metal members each having an annular flange, one of which is formed to inclose the other, and a connecting rivet having a head at one end bearing on the outer side of the central portion of one of the members, and a head at the opposite end bearing on the outer side of the central portion of the other member, said rivet extending across the space between the members and holding their flanges in sliding engagement with each other, said rivet permitting a rotary movement of each member relatively to the l out of coincidence when the members at 10 other, one of said flanges having a slot and the opposite eXtreme of said movement. the other a projection which enters the slot In testimony vvhereotI I have axed my alrlld is adalpted tl abult against the ends signature, in presence of two Witnesses.A

t ereo' to imit t e re ative rotary movements of the members, the flanges being pro- FRANK J LIGHTBODY vided with openings which coincide to form Witnesses:

a coin passage When the members are at one C.v F. BROWN,

extreme of their relative movement, and are P. W'. PEZZETTI.

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