A New or Improved Box, Case, or Casket for the use of Housekeepers and others for Facilitating the Regulation of Disbursements.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Box, Case, or Casket for the use of Housekeepers
and others for Facilitating the Regulation of Disbursements.
I, RUDOLPH BAGIER, of 11 Berlinerstrasse, Charlottenburg, in the Empire of
Germany, Decorator, 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 refers to a new or improved box, case, or casket, serving for the
reception of money, say for example, the money given to housekeepers for the
maintenance of the household, and the said box, case, or casket is provided with
small receptacles to receive the said money, each receptacle being apportioned to
one day of the month to hold the sum of money which may be set apart therefor,
and the case also contains other convenient arrangements, all as hereafter described,
whereby the housekeeper or other person is enabled and materially assisted to
maintain a firm control of expenditure and to keep the same within fixed
limits.
My invention will be readily understood by the following description referring
to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 shews a vertical section of a box, case, or casket constructed according to
my invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan of same, the cover being removed.
Fig. 3 is a side view with the cover open.
Fig. 4 is a vertical section on a somewhat larger scale than the previous figures,
shewing the top right hand corner of the box shewn at Fig. 1, and
Fig. 5 shews a somewhat differently arranged box mounted upon legs.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in all the figures.
e,
The money intended for the expenditure of each day of the mouth is placed in
cupshaped or otherwise formed receptacles u (Figs. 1 and 2) of which there are,
say 31, to correspond with the number of days in a month, these receptacles being
arranged in a horizontal partition of the casket or box; each one of such recep-
tacles a can be closed by a cover e turning upon hinge joints. The receptacles a
arranged in rows as shewn occupy the greater portion of the plan (Fig. 2) of the
casket, the remaining space being occupied by what may call a receiver which
is divided into compartments by means of cross divisions f, and is closed by a
cover d. This divided space e serves for the reception, say, of the amount of
money for expenses which do not directly belong to housekeeping or the like, but
have regularly to be paid at fixed periods, such for instance as the amounts for
taxes, for insurance, and the like. In the space underneath the horizontal partition
on which the receptacles a and e are situated, there is a drawer intended for the
reception of such books and documents as are necessary, say, for housekeeping,
such for instance as wage-books, accounts, insurance cards, receipts &c.
The box, case, or casket is provided with a lock h which simultaneously fastens
the drawer g, and prevents the lid or cover i of the casket being opened.
The cover may be opened after the lock has been unlocked by sliding or pushing
a frame (to which the cover i of the casket is attached by means of hinges k¹) so
that hooks 1, Fig. 1 (but best seen at Fig. 4) which project upon the side of the
casket, are disengaged from the lid i, and this latter can be opened on its hinges ;
the hooks are situated, as will be noticed, opposite to the hinges of the cover, and
when the slide is pushed in, as at Fig. 4, the hooks take over a plate s fixed to
The lock thus serves when locked to fix the moveable frame k, the
sover itself in its closed position being held fast on one side by its hinges, and on
the other side by the aforesaid hooks. Before the opening of the cover can be
the cover.

page_text: effected, the lock must be unlocked and the frame slidden outwards, and upon
closing, the frame k must be slidden inwards.
Recesses such as m m may be provided on the horizontal partition as shewn at
Fig. 2 for materials such as pens, ink, &c. It is to be noticed further that the
cover of the casket in an open or even a closed position may serve as a writing
desk, and sometimes instead of the closing pius being hooked as at 1, pins may be
employed which project horizontally inwards from the ledge » (Fig. 4) and enter
into corresponding holes in the cover, when the latter is slidden into place, instead
of catching over a plate as at Fig. 4.
The casket may be permanently connected with a piece of furniture, for instance,
with a table, or a sideboard or the like, or itself made into a piece of furniture by
means of legs, as shewn in Fig. 5. In such an arrangement, sufficient support may
be provided for the cover i, which in its open position is to serve as a writing desk,
by drawing out a slide t as shewn in Fig. 5. If the casket is itself made into a
.piece of furniture as in Fig. 5, side drawers may be provided, which when drawn
out form a convenient table. These drawers p may be provided with sides w, of
which the front we may advantageously be made to let down as a flap to make the
use of the table at the side more convenient, if desired, the whole of the sides w
inay be made to let down.
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 box, case, or casket for the use of housekeepers and others containing
upon the one side receptacles a serving for the reception of the separate amounts
of money apportioned for the outgoings of each day of the month, and on the
other side receptacles or spaces e for the reception of sums of money intended to
meet periodical payments, spaces m for utensils or the like, a drawer intended for
the reception of documents and the like, a cover i hinged to a slide k, and a lock h
which simultaneously locks or holds both the slide and the drawer g, the cover i
being held closed by being slidden into engagement with hooks or pins / by the
movement given to the slide & in closing same, substantially as set forth.
2. In boxes, cases, or caskets for the use of housekeepers and others for
facilitating the regulation of disbursements, the combination with a device as
claimed by Claim 1, of a slide t, drawers or slides p, w, w', such being constructed
into or with a table, sideboard, or the like, or separate therefrom, substantially as
set forth.
3.. The general arrangement and combination of parts composing the aforesaid
box, case, or casket, for the use of housekeepers or others for facilitating the
regulation of disbursements, all substantially as and for the purposes herein
¿described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day of August 1892.
BREWER & SON,
Agents.