US991593A - Mail-box coin-holder. - Google Patents

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H. O. ALLEN. MAIL BOX COIN HOLDER.

Patented May 9, 1911.

I WWW W HENRY C. ALLEN, OF RUBY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

MAIL-BOX COIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1911.

Application filed June 30, 1810. Serial No. 569,803.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ruby, in the county of Chesterfield and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and useful Mail-l3ox Coin-Holder; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a coin holder for rural mail boxes.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a device of this character in which coins can be deposited in a small receptacle, which receptacle is so constructed that when the rural carrier comes to collect the mail, he can readily manipulate the receptacle so that the money is instantly thrust into his hands, which will be needed for buying the postage.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings :Figure l is a perspective view of a coin holder constructed in accordance with this invention and shown mounted in a rural mail box. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the receptacle showing the same in its coin-retaining position. Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2, showing the position of the parts as the money is released. Fig. A is a horizontal sectional view, taken on the line 1 l of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a plate which is secured to the inner wall of the rural mail box in any desired manner. The plate 1 is bent slightly outwardly, as shown at 2, so as to form a space for the inner portion 3 of the vertically movable re ceptacle 4. The receptacle 4 is provided with an opening 5. The receptacle 4 is provided with side extensions 6, which are bent inwardly as at 7 The member 1 is provided with an outwardly and downwardly inclined portion 8, and when the vertically movable receptacle 4 is pressed upwardly by means of the transverse portion 7, the coins which rest on the inclined portion will instantly slide out through the opening 5, and into the hands of the carrier, as will be readily understood.

The money is deposited in the opening 9 atthe top of the receptacle. When the device is in closed position the back portion of the receptacle 4 engages the shoulder 10. hen the receptacle A is moved upwardly, in order to release the coins, the transverse portion 7 engages the transverse portion 11, which is formed by a bend of the member 1.

It will be seen that my invention is simple, inexpensive and adapted to greatly facilitate the collection of pennies, etc., by the rural mail carrier.

Vhat I claim is 1. A vertically disposed metallic strip secured to a mail box, a vertically movable receptacle encircling said strip, said strip hav-' ing an inclined bottom adapted to discharge coins when the receptacle is moved upwardly.

2. In a coin holder for mail boxes, a vertically disposed strip of metal, a vertically slidable receptacle encircling said strip, and means of discharging the contents of said receptacle when the same is moved upwardly.

3. A coin holder for mail boxes comprising a support rigidly connected to said box, a receptacle slidably encircling said support, means for discharging coins from the receptacle and means for limiting the upward movement of said receptacle.

4. A receptacle for mail boxes comprising a vertically disposed member or support, said member or support having an outwardly inclined portion, a receptacle encircling said support, said receptacle being capable of discharging the contents thereof when same is moved upwardly, and an inwardly projecting shoulder formed integrally with said support for limiting the downward movement of said receptacle.

5. A coin holder for mail boxes, comprising in combination, a vertically disposed strip of metal, having its upper end rearwardly bent and adapted to be secured to the mail box, the body portion of the strip being spaced from the said box, andthe lower end of the strip being downwardly inclined to form a bottom, and a vertically movable receptacle mounted on the strip intermediate its upper end and the inclined bottom, said receptacle being provided with a front opening adapted to coact with the inclined bottom for discharging the contents of the receptacle when the latter is raised.

6. A coin holder for mail boxes, comprising in combination, a vertically disposed strip of metal, having its upper end rearwardly bent and adapted to be secured to the mail box, the body portion of the strip being spaced from the said box, and the lower end of the strip being downwardly inclined to form a bottom the strip then being bent rearwardly and thence downwardly to form a shoulder, and a vertically movable receptacle mounted on the strip intermediate its upper end and the inclined bottom, said receptacle being provided with a front opening adapted to coact with the inclined bottom for discharging the contents of the receptacle when the latter is raised the 15 shoulder coacting with the bottom of the receptacle to limit the upward movement thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 20 two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY G. ALLEN.

Witnesses J. C. HUNTLEY, A. P. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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