Improvements in Boxes for the Reception and Retention of Money, Letters, Parcels, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left. 19th May, 1891-Accepted. 23rd June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes for the Reception and Retention of Money,
Letters, Parcels, and the like.
I HENRI VAN LAUN Examiner of Accounts, Cape Government Railways, Cape
Town, Cape of Good Hope, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as.
follows: :-
This invention for Improvements in Boxes for the Reception and Retention of
Money, Letters, Parcels and the like has for its object to prevent a coin or other
article deposited in the box from being surreptitiously withdrawn.
In a box constructed according to this invention a drum or cylinder mounted in.
the box is provided with a pocket to receive the article and is connected to the lid
of the box in such manner that when the lid is open the pocket faces the lid or
opening at the top of the box for the insertion of the article and when the lid is
closed faces the bottom of the box. This is conveniently effected by means of a
lever attached to the lid and having a pin working in a slotted arm attached to the
drum. The drum rotates in a casing baving an opening at the top and one at the
bottom and below this lower opening from the casing is an enlarged funnel shaped
guide through which the article passes to the bottom of the box. At the top of
the funnel on either side is pivoted a plate which when the box is inverted closes the
opening from the drum casing and a pawl is also arranged to fall into teeth on
the drum so as to prevent it being operated. The box is provided with a suitable
door for removing the articles inserted therein.
In a simple money box the drum rotates in a casing provided at its uppermost
part with a slot through which the coin is inserted into the pocket and at its.
lowermost part with a slot through which the coin falls into the box when the drum.
is turned through half a revolution.
Dated this 21st day of August 1893.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE, .
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents..
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes for the Reception and Retention of Money,.
Letters, Parcels, and the like.
I HENRI VAN LAUN Examiner of Accounts, Cape Government Railways, Cape.
Town, Cape of Good Hope, 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 for Improvements in Boxes for the Reception and Retention of
Money, Letters, Parcels and the like has for its object to prevent a coin or other-
article deposited in the box from being surreptitiously withdrawn.
In a box constructed according to this invention a drum or cylinder mounted in.
the box is provided with a pocket to receive the article and is connected to the lid
of the box in such manner that when the lid is open the pocket faces the lid or-
opening at the top of the box for the insertion of the article and when the lid is.
closed faces the bottom of the box. This is conveniently effected by means of a.
lever attached to the lid and having a pin working in a slotted arm attached to.

page_text: the drum. The drum rotates in a casing having an opening at the top and one at
the bottom and below this lower opening from the casing is an enlarged funnel
shaped guide through which the article passes to the bottom of the box. At the
top of the funnel on either side is pivoted a plate which when the box is inverted
closes the opening from the drum casing and a pawl is also arranged to fall into
teeth on the drum so as to prevent it being operated. The box is provided with a
suitable door for removing the articles inserted therein.
In a simple money box the drum rotates in a casing provided at its uppermost
part with a slot through which the coin is inserted into the pocket and at its
lowermost part with a slot through which the coin falls into the box when the drum
is turned through half a revolution.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings :
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of a receptacle constructed according to this
invention, showing it completely closed, and Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 showing
the lid open for the insertion of an article.
Fig. 3 is a sectional plan and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same.
Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. 2 showing a modified construction suitable for a
child's money box or the like.
The drum or cylinder a mounted, in the box b is provided with a pocket c to
receive the article and is connected to the lid d of the box by means of a slotted
arme rigidly connected to the lid and a pin f on the end of the drum and working
in the slot of the arm so that when the lid is opened the pocket o comes opposite
the lid or opening at the top of the box to allow an article to be inserted and
when the lid is closed faces the bottom of the box and deposits the said article in
the box.
The drum rotates in an open ended casing g attached to the top of the receptacle
and the lower end of the casing being funnel shaped. At the top of the funnel on
either side is pivoted a plate h which when the box is inverted closes the lower end
of the casing to prevent abstraction of the contents. A pawl i is also arranged to
fall into teeth on the drum when the receptacle is inverted so as to prevent it being
operated. The box is provided with a suitable door for removing the articles
inserted therein.
In the simple money box shown in Fig. 5 the drum a rotates in a casing 9 provided
at its uppermost part with a slot / through which the coin is inserted into the pocket o
and at its lowermost part with a slot m through which the coin falls into the box
when the drum is turned through half a revolution by shutting the lid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A receptacle for articles consisting of an enclosing casing, a lid, a pocket, and
mechanism connecting the pocket to the lid in such manner that when the lid is
opened the mouth of the pocket faces the opening closed by the lid and when the
lid is closed the mouth of the pocket faces downwards and the contents of the
pocket are emptied into the casing substantially as described.
2. A receptacle or box substantially as described with reference to Figs. 1 to 4
of the drawings.
3. A receptacle or box substantially as described with reference to Fig. 5 of the
drawings.
Dated this 19th day of May 1894.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.