Improvements in Devices for Packing and Sorting Coin.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 1st Nov., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Packing and Sorting Coin.
I, JACOB HOCK of Deggendorf, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Empire of Germany,
Revenue Official to the Government of Bavaria, 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 the means for packing and sorting coin and has for its
purpose to provide coin receptacles, which can serve as compartments of cash boxes
and also as coin rolls.
When used as cash box compartments, the coin receptacles are left open lengthwise
and placed with projections at their ends upon corresponding staves or flanges in the
cash box, thus forming receptacles in which the coins stand upright on their rims and
sort themselves into easily displaceable coin columns, and from out of which they can
be rapidly lifted in their handy shape of rolls.
When used as coin tubes or rolls, the receptacles are closed and represent with the
enclosed coins, ready coin rolls, any separate wrapping up in paper or otherwise being
dispensed with.
The improved coin receptacle which is preferably made from metal is shown in
the accompanying drawing, in which
Fig. 1 represents the open receptacle in top view,
Fig. 2 is a cross section, on an enlarged scale, along line A B Fig. 1,
Fig. 3 is a side view to Fig. 1,
Fig. 4 is an end view on an enlarged scale from the left of Fig. 3,
Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section corresponding to Fig. 3, and
Fig. 6 a side view, corresponding to Fig. 3, of the closed receptacle.
The improved coin receptacle essentially consists of two grooves or shells a and b
which, when closed, form a cylinder corresponding to the diameter of the respective
coin, the shell a being rigidly connected with the two end plates or covers and
forming therewith the stationary part, while the shell 6 is movable with a guiding at
the ends in the covers about the shell a. The covers are made by soldering three
rings c, c and c² together with the ends of shell a, while the end cover is completed
by a plate d secured to said rings. As shown in Fig. 5, c¹ is but the half of a ring,
whereby a recess is left, in which the shell bis revolubly lodged. The outer surface
of each cover is provided with a supplementary plate or projection d' which has the
same height regardless of the diameters of shell, so that, when the receptacle is placed
on the staves e of the cash box shown in dotted lines by Figs. 1 and 3, the different
sorts of coin lie at uniform height. The said supplementary plate being straight at
the bottom, any turning movement of the receptacles when introduced is obviated.
A projection or plate f, so provided inside the receptacle at each end thereof as to
terminate with the edges of the shell a, serves to prevent the coins from reaching the
covers, thereby facilitating their being taken out. This projection is slightly broader
than the rings, whereby a small interstice is produced for receiving a hook or
instrument for measuring the length of the coin rolls.
In the recess between the rings c and c² is provided at one end of the receptacle a
small projection, at the other end a spring with pressing button or a clamping screw
or slide pin, as indicated by letter g in the drawing. The shell 6 therefore abuts,
when, by its turning about shell a, the receptacle is closed, with one end against the
said projection, whereby a further turning is prevented, while it catches simultaneously
at the other end into the spring or is fixed through the screw or pin as the case may
be and is subsequently held fast until it is released.
Fig. 6 shows the receptacle in a closed state; the edges of the shells a and b how-
ever do not come into contact with each other; but a slot is left, whereby the contents

page_text: of the receptacle can be ascertained from outside. On the side opposite to the said
slot the shell b slightly projects over the shell a.
In adoition to the advantages above referred to the storing of coin receptacles as
described in the cash box is conducive to great economy in space and also a com-
modious transport of coin is attained in contradistinction to the hitherto applied
troublesome and heavy method of packing coin in sacks and casks. The cash boxes
are preferably so arranged as to be open in front in order to allow the rolls to
be lifted out by hand from below without disturbing the whole in its compact
packing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
Coin receptacles essentially consisting of a cylinder which corresponds to the
diameter of the respective coin and is formed of a stationary half or shell a and a
shell b movable about the latter and guided in a recess between rings c and c² rigidly
connected with shell a and closed by a cover d, the receptacle being thus adapted to
be longitudinally closed and opened, each covering, if the receptacle is to be
supported in a cash box, provided with a projection, substantially as illustrated and
described.
Dated this 27th day of September 1890.