Improvements in Mechanical Money-boxes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 11th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mechanical Money-boxes.
1 GEORGE COLE of the firm of George Cole and Company of 13 and 15 Finsbury
Street in the City of London Merchants and Manufacturers do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in mechanical money boxes in which a
wheel or train of wheels is caused to revolve or partially revolve by the dropping of the
coin into the box and the arrangement and application of mechanism for the
purpose of regulating and limiting the movement of such wheel or wheels.
To this end when a vertical driving wheel is employed the same is provided with a
number of vertical arms or sails. In front of said driving wheel and secured to the
spindle of same so as to turn with it is a second wheel or disc composed of a number
of figures or effigies or scenes from plays radially arranged. This driving wheel
with its picture disc in front of it is suitably mounted inside the money box and the
front side of the latter has an opening made in it corresponding in size with each
separate scene or figure or group of figures upon the picture disc. At each turn or
movement of the driving wheel, which is actuated by the coin falling or being placed
upon or coming in contact with one of the said arms or sails of the driving wheel,
each scene or figure is successively brought to view in front of said opening. Thus
a moving panorama, theatre or other mechanical toy is made out of a money box by
the simple act of a coin passing into same, and in order to insure only one scene
coming before the said opening with each movement of the driving wheel and to
regulate such movement I interpose a lever for the coin to actuate in its descent.
This lever is formed to act as a stop to the driving wheel but is so mounted and
balanced that the weight of the coin deposited is capable of momentarilly bringing
it out of contact with an arm or sail of the driving wheel thus allowing the latter
to turn freely the distance between the next arm or sail by which time the stop is
back again in its place and prevents any further movement of the wheel till another
coin is deposited and repeats the operation. The driving wheel is thus provided with
a stop or stops which prevent it from turning either backward or forward excepting
during the passage of the coin to be deposited and thereby is formed a perfect system
of locking so necessary in toys of this kind. Instead of the discs being placed
vertically they can be mounted horizontally if desired when a set of levers with
weights may be substituted for the driving wheel to actuate the mechanism also
additional discs with cranks and gearing wheels may be introduced whereby each
coin deposited may be registered as well as various movements imparted to the
figures.
DL:N 1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mechanical Money-boxes.
I GEORGE COLE of the firm of George Cole and Company of 314 Spital Square
in the City of London Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in mechanical money boxes in which a
wheel or train of wheels is caused to revolve or partially revolve by the dropping of

page_text: the coin into the box and the arrangement and application of mechanism for the
purpose of regulating and limiting the movement of such wheel or wheels for the
purpose of registering the coins deposited and for giving movement to pictures,
figures or parts of figures and in order that my invention may be clearly understood
and readily carried into practice I will proceed to describe the drawings relative
thereto as annexed in which the same figures or letters of reference represent corre
sponding parts.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents back view (with back of box removed) and Figure 2 an end view
of mechanisin to be placed in a money box. The rods or sails A A A A are mounted
on spindle A' from each of which project pins A* A* A' A' in such a manner that
when the sails are made to revolve one pin after the other engages a tooth of
wheel b.
At each revolution of wheel 6 the crank 6 engages and turns wheel c one tooth.
The guiding slots d are placed in such a manner that when a penny is allowed to
slide down (each end of the penny being in a groove see d' d' Fig. 4) it carries one
of the sails down and brings the next sail into position so that each penny turns
wheel b one tooth and is thus made to register the pence by means of hand 6*
working in front of a dial. The wheel 6 having twelve teeth the twelfth tooth brings
the hand to zero but the crank 6 taking wheel c one tooth forward registers one
(which is one shilling) with the hand c. The wheels may have any number of teeth
and it is evident that by placing a pin on wheel c or by making a crank on spindle c¹
another wheel might be added to register pounds.
In order to create friction and counterbalance the weight of the hands b³ c³ a
spring wire e is placed between spindle b¹ and c¹.
The stops and g are pivotted to frame to check and insure each coin registering
only one tooth of wheel b at a time. The sails being turned by the ponny in the
direction of the arrows a sail lifts stop fand the penny lifts stop g and instantly the
penny leaves the end g', g falls by its own weight into its original position and stops
the next sail from passing and stop f having also fallen back into its position prevents
the sail going back again.
It is evident these stops may be of any suitable shape and may be brought back
into position by springs instead of gravity where desirable (see Fig. 3 f).
Figures 3 & 4 show a slightly modified locking and driving sail one rod A only
being used with an ordinary escapement moyement. The penny being allowed to
slide down slots or guides d¹ d³ carries the rod A down causing A* to knock a tooth
of wheel b forward in direction of arrow and the penny escaping at bottom end
of d'd the spring f draws rod A back into its original position and a tooth has been
passed round and wheel locked in position ready for next coin.
Figure 5 shows another modification: instead of hands as in Fig. 2 two discs are
used one with figures 0 to 11 for the pence the other 0 to 19 for the shillings. The
front of the box in this case has holes cut out through which the figures registered
may be read. The fig. 5 stands at five shillings and six pence.
Figure 6. Instead of numbers, figures, landscapes &c. may be painted on the
discs. In Figure 6 the figure of a man is painted on front of box the face being cut
out or away and a wheel of faces revolved behind the aperture by means of the coin
thus causing change of faces.
The arm of the figure being jointed at H the pins or projections H 2 lift the arm
by means of lever h¹ causing the figure to appear as if in the act of ringing the
bell. It is evident that any other part of the figure may be similarly actuated. In
this and similar articles the wheel of heads may be placed direct on spindle 61
Figs. 1 2 3 & 4 or on spindle A₁ Figs. 1 & 2 and the stops or locking arrange-
ments f. g or A A³ and slide d used for registering or counting wheels, being left off
or added as may be desired.
It is evident that any number of sails or rode A A A A Fix 1) may he need

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is :-
1. The new or improved mechanism Afg A' A' A' for regulating producing and
limiting the movements of wheels in toy money boxes for registering money
dropped or put therein substantially as illustrated in drawings annexed and described
herein.
2. The above new or improved mechanism (claim 1) combined with moving
pictures, effigies or parts of effigies in toy money boxes substantially in the manner
and for the purpose as herein set forth and represented in the accompanying
drawings.
GEORGE COLE.