Improvement in Receptacles for Holding Coin and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 22nd May, 1895-Accepted, 6th July, 1805
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Receptacles for Holding Coin and the like.
JOSEPH WALKER of 13 and 14 Augusta Street in the City of Birmingham,
Die Sinker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to make a handy case or box of metal or other
suitable material which holds ready for use a variety of current coins of the
realm. These coins are placed in order according to their value so that they can
readily be extracted for use when desired, thereby saving much time, the
inconvenience of sorting loose money in the pocket or purse, and the risk of paying
a wrong coin in the dark.
In order to do this :-I make a metallic case preferably by stamping it in two
pieces top and bottom having set edges which close into one another to secure the
parts together. Before closing the case I divide it by means of one or more strips
of sheet metal into five compartments which are respectively suitable for holding
halfpennies, pennies, threepenny pieces, sixpences, and shillings. I now make
coiled springs and buffers, and insert one in each of the compartments. In the
top of the case I pierce five holes of suitable sizes to expose the different coins to
view without allowing them to pass through.
In the outer side of each compartment near the top edge I pierce a slot hole of
a size suitable for inserting and extracting the particular coins. The action is as
follows:-To fill the case I depress the buffers and springs through the holes in
the top and insert the coins above the buffers through the slot holes in the side
of the case one above the other until the springs are depressed to their utmost.
I draw the coins out at the side by the pressure and movement of the finger or
thumb through the opening on the top, the spring always pushing up the next coin
underneath to take the place of the one withdrawn.
I do not claim this principle of raising or extracting a coin. My invention
consists in the method of constructing the case, so as to save soldering after the
springs and buffers are inserted, and also the method of dividing the coins by
means of one or more shaped strips of sheet metal, and further the placing of the
coins in the case in order according to their value.
Dated this 21st day of August 1894.
Improvement in Receptacles for Holding Coin and the like.
1, JOSEPH WALKER, of 13 and 14 Augusta Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, 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 receptacles for holding coin and the
like, my object being to construct a neat and compact case or box suitable for
carrying in the pocket, and especially so arranged that whilst coin of the realm
may be safely stored therein, yet any desired coin or coins can be very readily
extracted from the case when required without inconvenience or confusion.
Price Rd1

page_text: In order that my invention and the methoth of carrying the same into effect may
be the more readily understood append thereunto one sheet of explanatory
drawings to be hereinafter referred to, and in which ;-
Figure 1 a side elevation and Figure 2 a plan representing my improved money
box, case, or change purse.
Figure 3 is a plan of the lower part of the case, and Figure
elevation of the case with the internal fittings removed.
a sectional end
Figure 5 is an elevation and Figure 6 a plan of a spring buffer.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
I make the metallic case in two parts A and B, the adjacent portions having
flanged or set edges which I close over each other to form the complete. case in
the manner shown at Figure 4. Before closing the two parts A and B together
I solder or otherwise secure to the one part the metallic strips or division pieces C
and D Figure 3, for the purpose of forming separate compartments within the
ease, each compartment being only suitable for the reception of a coin of one
particular size or value. With ordinary change purses I form five compartments
within the case such as 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, which are respectively suitable for the
reception of half-pennies, pennies, threepenny-pieces, sixpenny-pieces, and shillings.
I dispose the compartments in consecutive order as illustrated at Figures 2 and 3
so that the coins shall be conveniently arranged and stored in order according to
their value, the half-pennies being contained in compartment 1, the pennies in 2.
the threepenny-pieces in 3, the sixpenny-pieces in 4, and the shillings in
compartment 5. When arranged in this manner the required coin or coins can be
very readily extracted when required.
Within each compartment I fix a spring buffer, preferably of the type illustrated
at Figures 5 and 6, and through the top surface of the case I pierce holes of a
convenient size to display the various coins contained within it, but not sufficiently
large to permit of the passage of the coins. The coins are admitted and withdrawn
through slots such as E formed in the sides of the case, and near to the top
surface of the same. The compression of the spring buffers within the case is
sufficient to press the coins against the interior of the top of the case thus
preventing their escape.
To insert a coin within the case, I depress the spring buffer of the particular
compartment formed for containing such coins by applying pressure with the
finger or thumb through the hole in the top of the case, and I then pass the coin
through the side slot. The coins are thus admitted above the buffers, and are
placed the one over the other until the buffer is pressed home, when no more coins
can be inserted.
The coins are withdrawn one by one as required by the pressure and side
movement applied by the finger or thumb to the exposed surface of the coin,
causing the coin to pass out through the side slot; the spring buffer presses up
the lower coins to the top position as the uppermost are withdrawn.
I do not claim the application of the spring buffers for the purpose of raising
the coins or the method of inserting and withdrawing the same through the slots
formed in the sides of the case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The construction of a receptacle for holding coin consisting of two parts
secured together by means of their flanged edges to form the outer case, the
interior of the case being arranged for the reception of the coins substantially as
herein before described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. In a money box, case, or change purse, the arrangement of the interior
compartments in consecutive order for the purpose of conveniently arranging and
storing the coins in order according to their value substantially as herein before
described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 3. In a money box, case, or change purse, the method of forming the separate
compartments within the interior of the same by means of metallic strips or
division pieces substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
4. The improved general construction and arrangement of a money box, case,
or change purse, substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 21st day of May 1905
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.