US1700448A - Registering bank - Google Patents

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Jan. 29, 1929.

A. c. PRINCE kRIJGISTERIIJG BANK Filed Feb. 18, 1924 Zire/0672 o? C. Fran ce Patented Jan. 29, 1929.

UNITED STATES ARTHUR C. PRINCE, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

REGISTERING BANK.

Application led February 18, 1924. Serial No. 693,414.

This invention relates to a coin bank, particularly to a registering coin bank wherein a registering mechanismv is mounted9 which indicates the number of coins inserted. It has :tor one object to provide in connection with such a hang, having a registering mech anism, ineans Jfor preventing the fraudulent operation oi the registering mechanism without the insertion ot a coin entirely into l0 the bank. In the form shown the bank is of such size as to be conveniently carried in the pocket. Other objects will appear from time to time throughout the specification and claims. i5 My invention is illustrated more or less diagrammatically in the accompanying drawing, wherein.:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the registering side ot' the bank with parts broken away.;

Figure 2 is a vertical cross section on an enlarged scale taken on line 2-2 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a horizontal cross section taken on line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4- is an elevation of a part ot the casing broken away, showing a portion of the operating mechanism of the bank `looking in the direction ot the arrow in Figure 3 and looking through the coin slot;

Figure 5 is a vertical cross section taken on line 5-5 of Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a detailed perspective view on an enlarged scale showing the part which directly operates the recording mechanism;

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing in perspective the part which prevents fraudulent movement of the operating mechanism g Like parts are designated by like characters throughout.

A is the casing of the bank. It is formed here by means of a plurality of parts which will not be described in detail as they form no part of the present invention. The bank is provided on one side with an opening A1 beneath which a numbered dial B is adapted to be rotated and through which numbers will show. The bank is slotted as at A2 to permit the insertion ot coins.

The numbered dial B is provided with an inwardly turned notched flange B1. Lying in a pocket within the wall of the bank casing` isan operating dog C. It is provided with a downwardly depending pawl C1 i5 whirlNi enga @es with the upwardly extending nototal tl lll ou they dial B. fit its opposite end it is provided with an angularly positioned baille plate C2. The dog C is positioned within the bank so that its end carrying the baille plate C2 extends partially across the open coin slot A2 through which coins are inserted. Adjacent the pawl C1 is a laterally extending projection C3. Upon this is positioned a. return spring D. This spring normally holds the dog and pawl in the position shown in full lines in the tigures. The pocket within which the dog and pawl moves sufficiently large to permit upward displacement ot the pawl so that it may ride over the notches on the flange of the dial B. It is normally held down, how ever, bv means of the spring D1.

The locking mechanism which prevents operation oi' the registering mechanism, eX* cept by the full insertion oi a coin, includes a locking lever E. This lever is positioned within housing E1 within the blank. It normally lics in the position shown in full lines in Figure 3. It is provided with a laterally bent end E2 which hooks into the housing E1 and is provided with a downwardly extending enlarged end which constitutes a detent pawl. This pawl is normally in contact with the upwardly eX tending notches B1 ot' the dial B as shown particularly in Figure 2. The member E is mounted within the housing El and is made of such material and shape as to have a spring action and by this action it is yieldingly held against the Outer wall of the bank in the position shown in Figure 3 in full lines. It is, however, adapted to yield on pressure trom the outside caused by the introduction of a coin and to be sprung inwardly into' the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 3. The housing El in which the member E is positioned is slotted as at E, and this slot being opposite the slot A2 through the outer casing of the bank, it permits the coin to pass through it to the interior ot the bank. Between the two slots the casing is forced upward as at E5 so as to form a protecting projection ,tor the coin. This protecting member might be formed by any suitable means but it is preferable to bend the floor of the housing El.

Although I have shown an operative device, still it is obvious than many changes in size, shape and arrangement of parts might be made without depa ting materially .from the' .spirit oi my inve and I wish,

therefore that my showing be taken as in a sense diagrammatic.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows:

The detent paivl is normally in the position shown in full lines in the drawing. In that position the registering dial cannot be rotated because in order to clear the notches the detent paivl Would haveto be forced upward and this cannot be done, since it is located Within a housing, to the top of which it-already extendsn The dial is therefore locked against rotation. Vhen a coin is inserted, it strikes a portion of the member carrying the detent paivl and forces it inwardly bending the entire payvl carrying member inwardly toward the center of the bank and moving it thus laterally out of contact with the notched flange B1. hen the detent paWl is thus moved out of contact with the notched flange, it strikes the inner side of the housing El and is there positively stopped. Continued pressure upon the coin will therefore push against the portion C2 of thev dial operating pawl, and since that paWl is mounted to yield by reason of the spring which holds it, it will give laterally as pressure is continued upon the coin, and since the locking paWl has been moved out of contact with the teeth on the dial, the coin will enter the bank and the indicating mechanism Will be operated. When the coin has been inserted both the dial operating mechanism and the detent pawl carrying member spring back into the position shown in full lines in Figure 2.

I claim:

l. A coin bank comprising a receptacle, having a coin opening in said receptacle, in combination With a registering means, a member Within said bank normally overlying a portion of said opening, and adapted to be moved by the insertion of the coin into said bank, thereby to move said registering means to register the insertion of the coin, and a second member Within said bank adapted to' engage said registering means and lock the same against movement, said member adapted to be contacted and moved out of locking position by the insertion of said coin to permit movement of the registering means in response to the insertion of the coin.

2. A coin bank comprising a receiving receptacle, provided With an opening, and in combination with said receptacle a registering device adapted to register the number of coins inserted,'said registering device including a member normally overlying a portion of said opening, and adapted to be displaced by the insertion of a coin into said opening, and thereby to operate said registering device to register the insertion of the coin, said registering device comprising a disc shaped member mounted Within the bank for rotation, provided with numbers adapted to be seen outside of the bank, having inwardlyr extending from its edges a plurality of notches adapted to be engaged by the lirst mentioned member and to be moved thereby, and a second membei- Within said bank adapted to engage said registering means and lock the same against movement, said member adapted to be contacted and moved out of locking position by the insertion of said coin to permit movement of the registering means in response to the insertion of the coin.

3. In a bank having a coin slot, a registering mechanism adapted to register the coins inserted, including a plurality of numbers adapted to he progressively displayed as such mechanism is operated, in combination with a shutter adapted to be moved by the insertion of a coin to operate said register'- ing mechanism, said shutter being mounted wholly Within one Wall of said bank, and a member Within said bank adapted to engage said registering means and lock the same against movement, said member adapted to be contacted and moved out of locking position bythe insertion of said coin to permit movement of the registering means in response to the insertion of the coin.

t. In a pocket bank having a coin slot, a registering mechanism adapted to register the coins inserted, including a circular dial pivoted for rotation within said bank, provided about its edge With an upturned flange in Which a plurality of teeth are formed, in combination with a movable shutter concentric with said bank and mounted Wholly in the Wall thereof, and adapted to move in a path concentric with said bank, adapted normally to shut off a portion of said coin slot and provided With a downwardly depending portion adapted to engage the teeth of said dial, said shutter being adapted to be moved laterally by the insertion of a coin and in such movement through its downwardly depending portion adapted to engage one of the teeth of said dial, and to rotate the same to register the insertion of the coin, and a member Within said bank adapted to engage said registering means and lock the same against movement, said member adapted to be contacted and moved out of locking position by the insertion of said coin to permit movement of the registering means in response to the insertion of the coin.

5. In a pocket coin bank, having a. coin slot and a registering apparatus and means Within the bank for operating said apparatus in response to the insertion of a coin, said means including a shutter normally partially closing said slot, and locking means to engagea part of said registering mechanism to prevent its movement, said locking means adapted to be moved out of locking engagement with said registering means by the insertion of a coin, said registering means being free for operation in response to the insertion of a coin after the freeing movement of said locking means, and a guiding member Within said bank adapted to guide the coin so as properly to operate the locking means and the registering operating means.

6. In combination in a coin bank having a coin slot and a registering mechanism, a mechanism for moving such registering mechanism in response to the insertion of a coin, a locking member adapted normally to lock the registering mechanism positively against movement, said registering mechanism including a shutter adapted normally to overlie such slot in part, such locking member lying wit-hin the normal path of a coin into the bank, such member being mounted so as to be contacted by the coin and defiected inwardly from its locking position by the inward movement of the coin, and guide means for directing the coin positively to Contact such locking means.

7. In combination in a coin bank having a coin slot and a registering mechanism, a mechanism for moving such registering mechanism in response to the insertion of a coin, a locking member adapted normally to lock the registering mechanism positively against movement, said registering mechanism including a shutter adapted normally to overlie such slot in part, such locking member lying within the normal path of a coin into the bank7 such member being mounted so as to be contacted by the coin and deflected inwardly from its locking position by the inward movement of the coin, a positive stop adapted to limit the movement of such locking member when moved out of locking position, and guiding means including a housing mounted within the bank through which the coin must pass and an inwardly inclined extension on such shutter.

Signed at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, this 14th day of February,

ARTHUR C. PRINCE.

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