A Device foring oring Coins
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th Jan., 1886-Accepted, 29th Feb., 1896
I, HENRY HOWARD HANMER, of 30 Exchange Street East, Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Cotton Broker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide means for marshalling or grouping
coins so as to render the counting of them easily and quickly performed.
A device according to this invention for carrying out the object specified, is
constructed to marshall, group, or arrange, coins of a given size, in rows or lines;
and this is accomplished by the employment of a tray, or the like, having upon its
upper surface shallow grooves, and ridges between them, the depth of the grooves
between the ridges being, preferably, about equal to the thickness of the coin it is
desired to marshall. In action, a quantity of coins, say threepenny bits, sixpences,
or other value, are placed on the tray or device; then, by shaking, or suitably
moving the device or tray, say at an inclination, and in the desired direction, the
coins will flow or slide into the grooves, and are retained there by the ridges. By
the construction described, any coin or coins which may be resting or lying upon
another below, will, by the shaking or moving action, slide over them and finally
more until they drop into a groove, when and where they will be retained in a
horizontal position.
To facilitate the counting, a tray will be provided with numbers in connection
with the grooves, as in tens, or other divisions, by which the numbers of coins upon
the tray, and in the different grooves, may be readily ascertained.
The device or tray, may be made of different and suitable materials, and of
different shapes and sizes, to meet different requirements and special cases..
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CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15 Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.
A Device for Marshalling or Grouping Coins.
I, HENRY HOWARD HANMER, of 30 Exchange Street East, Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Cotton Broker, 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 has for its object to provide means for marshalling or grouping
coins so as to render the counting of them easily and quickly performed.
A device according to this invention for carrying out the object specified, is
constructed to marshall, group, or arrange, coins.of a given size, in rows or lines,
and this is accomplished by the employment of a tray, or the like, having upon its
grooves
upper surface shallow grooves, and ridges between them, the depth of the
between the ridges being, preferably, about equal to the thickness of the coin it is
desired to marshall. According to one method of use of the device, a quantity of

page_text: coins, say threepenny bits, sixpences, or other value, are placed on the tray or
device then, by shaking, or suitably moving the device or tray, say at an
inclination, and in the desired direction, the coins will flow or slide into the
grooves, and are retained there by the ridges. By the construction described, any
coin or coins which may be resting er lying upon another below, will, by the
shaking or moving action, slide over them and finally move until they drop into a
groove, when and where they will be retained in a horizontal position. To
facilitate the counting, the tray in some cases, is provided with numbers in
connection with the grooves, as in tens, or other divisions, by which the
numbers of coins upon the tray, and in the different grooves, may be readily
ascertained.
The device or tray may be made of different and suitable materials, and of
different shapes and sizes, to meet different requirements and special cases.
The invention the nature of which is above described is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan in perspective, shewing
one form of device according to this invention. Figure 2 is a longitudinal
section of the device; and Figure 3 is a cross section to a larger scale, at A A
Figure 1.
The device is formed in two parts, a lower part in which the coins are marshalled
and retained, and an upper part on to which they are distributed, and whereon they
are caught and directed into the grooves of the lower part; the two parts being
joined together by a hinge. The lower part comprises a base plate a, longitudinal
division ridges b, and a transverse ledge cat the lower end, the ridges b being,
preferably, of about same depth as the thinnest of the coins to be marshalled or
grouped. The upper part of the device also consists of a base plate a¹, and ridges 6',
but these ridges are made deeper and of the form shewn, to cause more effective
catching and directing of the coins, as they are introduced onto it, down to the
grooves of the other part. The hinge connecting the upper and lower part is
designated d. It will be plain that the ledges and base plates, form grooves, into
which the coins pass and are retained; and thus the whole device, generally
speaking, constitutes a multigrooved tray.
The position of the device as shewn in Figure 1, in relation to the horizontal
plane, is an acute angle, the highest point being the corner directly under the
shovel e, and the lowest, the corner at the opposite angle of the device; and
assuming coins to be introduced onto the device by the shovel e at the point
shewn, the whole device would slope away from this point to the opposite angle
and in both directions. By using the device arranged at this inclination, the
passage or flow of the coins down the grooves between the ridges b, and laterally
or angularly across the face of the device, is best accomplished.
In action, coins contained on the shovel e are distributed onto the upper part of
the device by shaking the shovel over this part, and they are caught by the
different ledges 6, and directed down the grooves of the device, they being
stopped at the lower end by the ledge c. If, in the filling or marshalling action,
a groove or grooves nearest the part of distribution become filled with coins before
those further off, then any coins which are delivered onto the filled part of the
device will slide over the coins in this part, as, practically, an even surface for this
sliding of the coins is provided by the depth of the grooves, and the thickness of
coins being practically the same; and these coins reaching the further groove or
grooves, are caught by the ledges 6 and fall into such grooves.
The marshalling and filling of the device is complete when the lower part is
completely filled with coins, but probably there will also be some coins within the
grooves at the upper part, and to obtain the full amount or number of coins
desired to be caught and held on the device, it is taken up, and the upper part is
moved downwards about the hinge d, so that the coins on this part fall off the
device, say into a suitable receptacle. The number of coins therefore remaining
will be the full amount it is desired to marshall on the device, and in most cases
for the larger silver pieces, these will amount to the value of five pounds, each

page_text: groove containing coins amounting to the value of one sovereign; but of course,.
with coins of different sizes or kinds, these values, and the amount or number of
coins to be marshalled, will or can be varied, according to the requirements in each
different case. It will be evident, that for most purposes connected with the
handling and dealing with cash, either as silver, copper, or gold, the marshalling
or grouping of the coins in lots of certain values or amounts, offers considerable
facilities, as it saves all counting, and the sums collected by each action of
marshalling or grouping, can straightway be taken from the device, and piled,.
packed up in bundles, of desired value, or otherwise dealt with.
It is to be stated that the invention is not restricted to the particular form or
device shewn, although that form is the one I at present prefer; for instance, &
simple tray of the construction of the lower part of the device shewn may be used,
if desired: and the device moreover can be used or manipulated in any suitable or
desired manner.
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
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1. A coin marshalling or grouping device comprising grooves separated by
ledges, and adapted to act and hold the coins, substantially as set forth.
2. The coin marshalling or grouping device set forth with reference to and.
shewn in the drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1896.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15 Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents..