Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 9th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 7th Oct., 1887.
I, CONRAD FRIEDRICH of the city of Landsberg an der Warthe in the Kingdom
of Prussia and Empire of Germany Manufacturer do hereby doclare the nature of
said invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to an improved counter by the use of which the collecting of
money, coins otc. is facilitated.
The apparatus consists of a suitably shaped table or tray of sheet or cast metal,
marble or other convenient material provided with side guides and one or two spouts
this table is placed on a cross axle or on pivots and it is kept in a horizontal position
by springs weights or similar arrangements in such manner that money, coins etc.
laid upon the table in the way ordinarily employed in making payments in offices,
stores etc. need no picking up one by one by the fingers of the money receiver but
are collected by tilting the table or tray so that all the pieces of money slide down
the inclined table and may be received simultaneously in the open hand or in a
suitable receiver held under the spout of the table or tray.
During this tilting of the table the springs according to their arrangement yield
or are compressed sufficiently to allow this motion. If weights are used one of them
is lifted with the rising spout. When released, the table is brought back into its
normal position by the reaction of the springs or weights. The apparatus may be
mounted on a supporting stand formed of any suitable material and ornamented to
taste or style.
CONRAD
FRIEDRICH.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.

page_text: I, CONRAD FRIEDRICH of the City of Landsberg an der Warthe, in the Kingdom of
Prussia and Empire of Germany, 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 an improved counter by the use of which the collecting
of money, coins etc. is facilitated.
The apparatus consists of a suitably shaped table or tray of sheet or cast metal, marble or
other convenient material provided with side guides and one or two spouts; this
table is placed on a cross-axlo or on pivots and it is kept in a horizontal position by
springs, weights or similar arrangements in such manner that money, coins etc.,
laid upon the table in the way ordinarily employed in making payments in offices,
stores, etc., need no picking up one by one by the fingers of the money-receiver, but
are collected by tilting the table or tray so that all the pieces of money slide down
the inclined table and may be received simultaneously in the open hand or in a suit-
able receiver held under the spout of the table or tray. During this tilting of the
table the springs according to their arrangement yield or are compressed sufficiently
to allow this motion. If weights are used, one of them is lifted with the rising
spout. When released, the table is brought back into its normal. position by the
reaction of the springs or weights. The apparatus may be mounted on a supporting
stand formed of any suitable material and ornamented to taste or style.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to
describe the same.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper portion of the apparatus.
Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section.
Figure 3 is a plan with the table or tray in dotted lines.
Figure 4 is a vertical cross section and
Figures 5, 6 and 7 represent various modifications.
In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.

page_text: A suitably shaped table or tray a of sheet or cast metal, marble or other convenient
material and provided with side guides and one or two spouts is capable of oscillating
by means of the legs b, b, on a cross axle c fastened in any suitable way in the head d
of a support e. In the drawing this fastening is effected by placing the squared
axle-ends into corresponding slots of the head a. On the underside of the table a, at
those parts where the spouts are situated are provided curved wire handles f to assist
in tilting the table a on either end by offering a support to the finger or fingers. The
table a is kept in its horizontal position by springs, weights or similar arrangements.
In the arrangement shown at Figures 1 to 4 the two springs 9 are fastened at one end
to the squared middle portion of the axle c and they are coiled round the axle c in
different directions so that their free and straight ends press against the underside
table a. By means of the screws h the pressure of the springs g is regulated. In the
modification represented at Figure 5 two cylindrical wire springs 9 are used which
extend from the table a to the foot of the support e. The springs are regulated by
the screws and the stirrup-nuts k. In the modification represented at Figure 7 only
one cylindrical spring g, is used which is arranged in a suitable cavity of the support e
to the foot of which one end of the said spring is fastened by an adjusting screw h
and nut. The other end is attached to an arm c¹ extending downward from the
axle c. upon which the table a is fixed. In the modification represented at Figure 6
two equal weights 1, 1, are attached to the handles f, by chains m, m. The
adjustment may be effected by screwing the eye bolts o more or less into the
weights l.
The legs b, b, may be omitted and the table a fastened directly to the axle cas
shown in Figure 7 where also the axle c is not stationary but turns or vibrates in
bearings d' extending from the top of the support e. The support e may be of any
convenient shape for instance it may consist of a more or less ornamented column, a
simple cylinder or the like. It is preferred to make the foot wide and the whole
support e heavy of cast iron or other material so as to give stability to the whole
apparatus which is placed on tables or desks in stores, shops, etc. and to prevent its
upsetting. The head d in the arrangement shown at Figures 1 to 6 is either set
separately in the top of the support e by means of a cylindrical trunnion or it forms as
in Figure 7 the top portion of the support e with which it is made in one piece.
Money, coins, small change, etc. laid upon the table a in the same way as hitherto,
in making payments in offices, banks, stores, etc. need no picking up of the pieces
one by one with the fingers of the money receiver but, are collected by tilting the table
or tray a, that is by depressing one end of it, so that all the money pieces slide down
the inclined table a and my be received or collected simultaneously in the open hand
held under the depressed spout of the table or tray a. During this tilting of the
table a the springs y according to their arrangement yield or are compressed soe
Figures 1 to 5 or one weight is raised and the chain m of the other weight slackened
see Figure 6 sufficiently to allow such motion. In the arrangement shown at Figure 7
the spring 9 is extended by the depression of either end of the table or tray a. When
released the table a is in all cases brought back into its normal position by the reaction
of the springs g or weights l.
The application of springs g or weights to the table a for the purpose of keeping
the latter in its horizontal position and bringing it back into this position after its use
may be varied and executed in a variety of ways not here enumerated but which will
be easily understood and constructed after the foregoing description of the invention
by those persons who are skilled in mechanics.
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 I claim is :-
1. The general arrangement and combination of parts forming my improved
counter substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
2. The employment of an oscillating table or tray a which by the aid of spring or
springs g, or weights or their equivalents is kept in its horizontal position and

page_text: brought back to this position after having been tilted for the purpose of collecting
pieces of coin, etc., simultaneously substantially as described and illustrated by the
drawings.
3. The combination of an oscillating table or tray a, a support e with head d and
an axle c with one or more springs g, weights or their equivalent substantially as
described and represented and for the purpose explained.
Dated this 9th dose of An1007