Improvements in Apparatus for Collecting Fares and Admission Fees in Public Conveyances, Places of Entertainment, and similar purposes, applicable also for Advertising.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Feb., 1891-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Collecting Fares and Admission Fees
in Public Conveyances, Places of Entertainment, and similar
purposes, applicable also for Advertising.
JOHN LINTON, 8, Southfield Villas, Belle Isle Road, Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire,
Joiner and Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved novel arrangement consisting of a case or
box made of metal and having a small sheet of glass inserted in a metal frame fixed
in one side of the box near the top, the glass being inserted or withdrawn through
a small opening in one end of the box, and secured by a metal cover.
The coins
are deposited in an opening in the top of the box through which they pass into a
shoot the said shoot being an arc of a circle on the plan the bottom being an
inclined plane, the coins are discharged from the open ends of the shoot on to an
inclined metal plate down which they pass into a groove or channel placed close
behind the above named glass the coins standing on their edge behind the glass so
that they can be examined by the collector, then by the collector inclining the box
slightly to one side the coins are rolled along the channel to one end where they
pass through an opening in the bottom of the channel and down a spout into the
bottom chamber of the box, two tongues of metal revolving on centre pins fixed to
the lower edge of the spout, cover the opening or outlet and prevent the return of
the coins from the lower chamber if the box be upturned, the coins after passing
into the box can only be removed by a door in the lower chamber at one end of the
box the said door being secured by a lock, only the person duly appointed and
having possession of the key can remove the cash from the box.
On the outside of my box on the side opposite to that before named in which the
glass is placed and being the side facing the person from whom the money is being
collected I secure a metal frame having a groove or recess round the inside and an
opening at the top end, in this frame I place a sheet of metal or other suitable
material having a space or spaces cut out to receive advertisements on the back of
the sheet of metal or other material I fix small pieces of metal for keeping the
advertisements in position I also place a sheet of glass or other transparent
material in the fraine in front of the advertisements yet I do not bind myself to
always use the same as either the sheet of metal or glass or other transparent
material or the whole or any of them may be left out and the space filled with
advertising matter without departing from my invention. I also claim that the
above arrangements for containing advertisements may be placed on other parts of
my box than the part above named if desired.
Dated this 19th day of Januar 1801
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Collecting Fares and Admission Fees
in Public Conveyances, Places of Entertainment, and similar
purposes, applicable also for Advertising.
JOHN LINTON, 8, Southfield Villas, Belle Isle Road, Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire,
Joiner and Builder, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved novel arrangement consisting of a case or

page_text: box made of metal and having a small sheet of glass inserted in a metal frame fixed
in one side of the box near the top the glass being inserted or withdrawn through
a small opening in one end of the box the said. opening being secured by a metal
cover thereby preventing the removal of the glass. for fraudulent purposes the coins
are deposited in an opening in the top of the box through which they pass into a
shoot the said shoot being an arc of a circle on the plan prevents the abstraction of
the coins after they have once passed into the box the bottom of the shoot is an
inclined plane the coins are discharged from the open ends of the shoot on to an
inclined metal plate down which they pass into a groove or channel placed close
behind the before named glass, the coins on passing into the groove or channel are
deposited on their edge behind and almost close to the glass so that they can be
examined by the collector then by the collector inclining the box slightly to one
side the coins are rolled along the groove or channel to one end where they pass
through an opening in the bottom of the channel and down a spout into the bottom
chamber of the box two tongues of metal revolving on centre pins are fixed to the
lower lip or edge of spout these move round on the pins and close the opening at
the bottom end of the spout should the box be upturned thereby preventing the
return of any coins from the lower chamber of the box the coins after passing into
the box can only be removed by a door in the lower chamber at one end of the box
the said door being secured by a lock only the person duly appointed and having
possession of the key can remove the cash from the box.
On the outside of my box on the side opposite to that before named in which the
glass is placed and being the side facing the person from whom the money is been
collected I secure a frame made of metal or other suitable material (for the purpose
of containing and displaying advertisements) having a groove or recess along the
sides and bottom and an opening at the top end in this groove or recess in the frame
I place a sheet of metal or other suitable material having a space or spaces cut out
and in this space or spaces I place advertisements on the back of the sheet of metal
or other material I fix small pieces of metal for keeping the advertisements in
position I also (if desirable) place a sheet of glass or other transparent material in
the frame in front of the advertisements yet I do not bind myself to always use the
same as either the sheet of metal or glass or other transparent material or the
whole or any of them may be left out and the space filled with advertising matter
without departing from my invention. I also claim that the before named arrange-
ments for containing advertisements may be placed on other parts of my box beside
the parts before named if desired.
In the above description of the use of boxes constructed in accordance with this
invention the reception of coins is described it will be readily understood that the
same are equally applicable in the case of checks and similar articles.
In order to enable my improvements to be better understood I will now proceed
to describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a back view of my collecting box.
Fig. 2 is a front view the dotted lines showing the shoot.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the box top.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the box looking from the top the top being removed.
Fig. 5 is a sectional clevation.
Fig. 6 is a front view having part of the front removed to show the arrangement
of the channel the spout and also the metal tongues.
Fig. 7 is part of an end elevation showing position of door.
Fig. 8 is also part of an end elevation showing where the glass is inserted.
The same letters of reference indicate like parts in all figures.
A is an opening in the top of the box through which the coins are passed into
the shoot B from the open ends of which they are discharged on to the inclined
metal plate C. down which they pass into a groove or channel D where they stand
on their edge behind the glass I fixed in the frame J. J. where they can be
examined by the collector this having been done the collector by inclining the
.box slightly to one side rolls the coins along the channel D to one end where they

page_text: pass through the opening E into the spout F from which they are discharged into
the bottom chamber H the opening of the spout F at the lower end is closed by the
tongues of metal G revolving on centre pins the dotted lines show the position of
the tongues of metal covering the opening and thereby preventing the return of any
coins from the lower chamber if the box be upturned K shows the handle of the
box L shows the hooks M shows the frame for containing advertisements N being
the opening at the top end in which is placed the sheet of metal O or other
suitable material S. Fig. 4 shows the pieces of metal for keeping the advertise-
ments in position P the space or spaces for advertisements R shows the glass in the
frame in front of advertisements T is the door U shows the cover of the opening
through which the glass I is inserted V is the box top W the bottom X shows the
coin as it will stand in the grove or channel D and the dotted lines show a coin
passing through the spout F.
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 :-
1st. Money and check collecting boxes fitted with shoots constructed substan-
tially in the manner and for the purpose as herein before described and illustrated
by the accompanying drawings.
2nd. Money and check collecting boxes fitted with an inclined metal plate
connected with a groove or channel in which the coins stand on their edge behind
a sheet of glass fitted in a metal frame the coins passing through an opening in the
channel and through a spout to the bottom ends of which are attached 2 tongues of
metal revolving on centre pins constructed substantially in the manner and for
the purpose as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
3rd. I am aware that glasses have been previously used in connection with
money and check collecting boxes and I do not therefore claim such glass in itself
but what I do claim is money and check collecting boxes fitted with a sheet of
glass in a metal frame as above described and constructed substantially in the
manner and for the purpose as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accom-
panying drawings.
4th. Money and check collecting boxes to which is secured a frame in which is
placed a sheet of metal or other suitable material also a sheet of glass or other
transparent material for the purpose of containing and displaying advertisements
at the same time I would have it understood that I do not claim the exact con-
figuration of these parts of the frame as shown in the accompanying drawings as
these might be made in various patterns and still answer the same purpose but
what I do claim is a frame or similar arrangement secured to money and check
collecting boxes for the purpose of containing and displaying advertisements con-
structed substantially in the manner and for the purpose as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of February 1891.