Improvements in Money Boxes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Money Boxes.
I, CASPAR FLIEGELSKAMP, of 13 4 No. 9, Mannheim, in the German Empire,
Installator, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The money boxes for the reception of coins, hitherto in general use have the
disadvantage that they can be emptied of their contents by unauthorised mani-
pulation through the orifice serving for the insertion of the coins or the like.
Any coin which has stuck in the slot or dropped into the savings box can be
easily withdrawn again either without or by means of small tools or devices.
The object of my invention is to render such withdrawal impossible. For this
purpose 1 arrange underneath the lid which contains the slot of the required
size for the coin or other article to be inserted, two springs preferably correspond-
ing in width to the slot and formed of flat steel or other suitable material, which
are fixed in any convenient manner to the lid and extend towards each other
till nearly meeting at the slot and somewhat below the lid. The ends of the
spring blades opposite each other are bent downwards and may be formed with
teeth. A short shoot is preferably attached to the lid with openings in the sides
through which the ends of the spring blades pass, for the purpose of guiding
the coin.
With this arrangement of spring blades, a coin or similar article can be easily
pushed through the slot, the spring ends being bent downwards and pushed
apart thereby, but the coin is gripped between them and held, till it is pushed
into the box by the next coin inserted. If any attempt is made to withdraw
the coin from between the springs, a toggle joint action is produced, and the coin
cannot be withdrawn even if considerable force is applied.
Instead of the spring blades hereinbefore described, two plates of metal or
other suitable material hinged at their outer ends and of such length that they
abut against each other underneath the slot at a lower level than their hinges,
and held up by springs of any kind, may be used, the toggle action being the
same as with the spring blades.

page_text: I, CASPAR FLIEGELSKAMP, of B 4 No. 9, Mannheim, in the German Empire,
Fitter, 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:-
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The invention relates to an improvement in money-boxes.
Heretofore money-boxes have been so constructed that coins introduced but
not actually fallen within could be extracted; or by turning the box upside
down the whole contents could be taken out by degrees. Such a condition of
things in connection with money-boxes should not be permitted to continue.
The object of my invention is the arrangement of a contrivance under the re-
ceiving slit (through which coins are passed into money-boxes) which allows the
putting in of coins but does not permit of their withdrawal in any case.
The invention consists in fixing under the lid of the money-box similarly shaped
thin plates of steel or of any other materials having the same efficacy, which
plates are formed in such a manner that their ends which come exactly beneath
the slit move back when a coin is being inserted but do not allow it to be pulled
out again.
In the accompanying drawing, where like letters denote like parts, Figure 1
shows a perspective view of my money-box, whereof the exterior is decked with
advertisements or pictures; Figure 2 gives a cross-section of the lid or top with
the slit; and Figure 3 gives a view from below of the arrangement of which my
invention consists. As may be seen from Figures 2 and 3, the lid (A) is provided
with a slit whose edges (a 1) are sloped to aid the straight placing in of coins.
Under the lid (A) two bent roof-shaped steel plates (B) and B1) are soldered to
a lower-lying internal rim (a 2). The upward bends (6) and (61) of these plates
lie against the upper inner surface of the lid (A), while their inward lying
ends (62) and (63), which may be toothed, face exactly opposite each other under
the slit (a).
From Figure 2 it can be seen that the coin (C) put in and pressed downward
at (a) forces the but slightly elastic thin steel plates to give way inwards, yet at
the same time they hold the coin fast with a certain metallic pressure. But to
withdraw the coin is impossible, for the reason that the rough end surfaces of the
steel plates bite into the stamped figuring of the coin and any backward pull must
only tighten this grip. Supposing such backward pull were attempted, the effect
would simply be to drag the gripping ends closer together. Actually, therefore,
to withdraw a coin after even the most partial insertion is not practicable.
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:-
A money-box with a contrivance to hold coins fast, specially distinguishable
herein that under the lid (A) of my money-box, which may be ornamented
with pictures of any kind or with advertisements, two roof-shaped steel plates (B)
and (B 1), or plates of any material having the same effect, are fixed in such a
manner that their downward bent ends (62) and (63) press against each other
standing opposite to each other exactly under the receiving slit, whilst the roof-

page_text: shaped inward bends of the steel plates press against the interior surface of the
lid at (b) and (61).
Dated this 29th day of March 1898
CASPAR FLIEGELSKAMP,
Mannheim, B4, 9.