A Device for Facilitating the Receiving of Change at Counters and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1889-Accepted, 4th Jan., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Device for Facilitating the Receiving of Change at Counters and
the like.
1 JOHN MORGAN RICHARDS, of 46 Holborn Viaduct, London, E.C. Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this Invention (a communication to me from abroad
by Charles Lucius Bellamy, of Arlington, in the County of Hudson, and State of
New Jersey, one of the United States of America, Manufacturer) 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 especially to devices employed for facilitating the picking
up of change, and has for its object the provision of a receiver wherefrom coin etc.
may be easily transferred to the hand without danger of dropping or escaping from
the fingers.
To attain the desired end, the invention consists essentially in a receptacle mounted
upon a standard or base, and so arranged that by placing the hand on or beneath
said receptacle upon either side thereof, it may be tilted, sliding the change into
the hand, and which after the removal of the hand will automatically return to a
horizontal position; the invention also involves certain other novel and useful
combinations or arrangements of parts, and peculiarities of construction and
operation, all of which will be hereinafter first fully described, and then pointed out
in the claims.
In the drawing fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of the receiver, and fig. 2 is a
perspective view illustrating its operation.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
A is the base, made of any desired material, and provided with a standard B.
C is a shoulder formed within standard B.
This
D is a receptacle preferably circular in shape and slightly concave.
receptacle is provided with a skirt E, having a ball support F located centrally,
beneath the receptacle D, as particularly illustrated in fig. 1.
G is a gasket of rubber or other suitable material, which comes in contact with
the edge of standard B, preventing noise, wear etc. when the device is in use.
At the center of the ball is placed an eye, I to which a jointed rod is attached,
said rod passing downward, and being connected to a button or washer J, by means
of a nut, K or in any other desired manner.
L is a coiled spring the lower end whereof finds a bearing upon button J, and the
upper end against shoulder C.
When the parts are assembled as above described, the change receiver will be
found admirably adapted to the uses and purposes for which it is intended. Change
of any denomination may be placed upon the receptacle, and by pressing the hand
against the skirt E, upon any side of the device, the receptacle will be so tilted as
to slide the change into the hand in a mass, and danger of dropping the same, and
the annoyance experienced in attempting to pick up coin upon a flat surface,
When the hand is
especially should the hand be gloved, is entirely overcome.
removed, the receptacle will again assume a horizontal position for further use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1: A change receiver, consisting of a receptacle mounted upon a yielding support,
a skirt secured to said receptacle, by which it may be tilted in any direction, and a
spring whereby said receptacle will be normally held in a horizontal position,
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page_text: 2: A change receiver, consisting of a receptacle, tiltable in any direction,
yieldingly mounted upon a fixed support, in combination with a spring whereby
said receptacle is normally held in a horizontal position substantially as shown and
described.
3: In a change receiver, a receptacle mounted upon a standard or base, and
tiltable in any direction, said receiver being provided with a depending skirt, and
a spring for automatically returning the receptacle to a horizontal position when
tilted, substantially as shown and described.
4 In a change receiver, a receptacle provided with a depending skirt, a ball
centrally located in the mouth of the vertical support therebeneath, a rod connected
to said ball located within said support, limiting the movement of the receptacle,
and a spring, also located within the support, and connected to said rod, for
automatically returning the receptacle to a horizontal position after being tilted, the
whole combined and arranged, substantially as shown and described.
5-A change receiver, consisting of a base whereon is mounted a hollow standard,
containing an annular shoulder, a receptacle provided with a depending skirt, having
a centrally located ball bearing which fits into the open mouth of the standard, a
rod pivoted to the ball beneath the skirt, said rod passing to a button within the
standard, and a spring connecting the rod within the ball, the whole combined and
arranged substantially as shown and described.
6: A change receiver, consisting of a hase, supporting a hollow standard,
containing an annular shoulder, a receptacle mounted upon a ball bearing fitting
into the upper extremity of the hollow standard, a rod pivoted to said bearing and
passing to a button within the standard, and a spring located between said button
and the shoulder, within the standard, the whole combined and arranged substantially
as shown and described.
7: A change receiver, consisting of a receptacle yieldingly mounted upon a
standard, and arranged to tilt in any direction when pressure is applied to its edge,
and means for automatically returning it to a horizontal position, substantially as
shown and described.
D
JOHN M. RICHARDS.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.