Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 10th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 28th Jan., 1887..
I, EDWARD J. COLBY of 1009 Opera House Block, Chicago, Illinois, in the United
States of America, Mechanical Expert, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
to be as follows:
The improvements are as follows: A case is made of convenient size having a slit
in the top to receive money counters etc and a drawer below to hold the same.
The top of the case is adapted to slide backwards and forward in grooves or other-
wise for cleansing etc but is kept fastened from the inside by a bolt.
Within the case is situate clock movement having an ordinary dial in front, and
adapted to be wound and regulated entirely from the outside of the case. This clock
movement also actuates a disc adapted to revolve once in a given time (for instance
one month). This disc is divided along its edge into divisions with the days of the
month and with also one or more slots or recesses at given intervals. As the dise
revolves these numbers appear opposite a small opening in the front of the case.
On a line with this said opening behind the edge of the disc is situate a spindle
adapted to be turned by a key. This spindle carries an arm provided with a hook at
the end, which catches in a suitable manner the drawer containing the money and
prevents the same from being opened in the usual manner from the outside, a spring
is also provided to keep the hook in place. When however the slot or slots in the
disc register with said opening in the front of the case, which only occurs at set
periods, the key can be inserted, and the arm released from the drawer, and the same
opened. The bottom of the case is made double, one part is joined to the case above,
and the other is adapted to be screwed or otherwise fastened to the table or support,
on which the apparatus rests, the lower portion is hinged at one end to the upper, and
at the other end carries one or more bolts adapted to project through slits in the upper
part and be secured by nuts or otherwise from the interior of the case.
The interior of the case is only accessible when the drawer is withdrawn, so that
when the apparatus is once set and fixed, it can only be removed from its place at the
interval when the key can be inserted and drawer opened.
Instead of the drawer a door can be used the latch of the same being held by the
same mechanism and only being adapted to open at the said intervals; the clock can
also be actuated by electricity if thought convenient.
Co.,
HERBERT & CO.;
67, Strand, Agents.

page_text: I; EDWARD J. COLBY, of 1009 Opera House Block, Chicago, Illinois, in the United
States of America, Mechanical Expert, 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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My invention relates to banks such as are used in the house and for the reception of
small savings, and clocks to be combined therewith.
The object of my invention is to provide a combined bank and clock which is so
constructed that the bank can be opened only at stated intervals.
I attain this object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing whereini
Fig. 1 is a front aid part broken view of the bank clock.
Fig. 2 is a detail of the clock mechanism.
Fig. 3, is a plan view of a portion of the top of the case.
Fig. 4, is a plan view of the bottoin locking device: -
A is tlie clock case: Ba keyhole in the front thereof. a rift in the top thereof.
Dinner brackets. E a lower casing having the primary bottom E; and the secondary
bottöin F, the latter and the casing are hinged together at G. H is a bolt projecting
from the secondary bottoni; carrying the head I; and adapted to project through the
rift J in the primary hottoin, K is a drawer having the catch L M is an arm having
the hook N, and being secured to the spindle P. O is a spring which bears on the
armi M. R is a clock hating the side lugs SS. T is a regulator lever projecting
through the side of the case. u is the top of the case, having turned edges to receive
and slide on the bars, The top can be moved backward and forward but is locked
in position by the bolt W; and catch a y is a numbered dial or disc which is
journaled inside the case and below the clock: It has the days numbered on its cir-
eferences It has also the slot y; it is supported by the arin Z, and rotated by the
clock icchanism through the train of mechanism Z3 Z and Z. The disc is arranged
to rotate once in a month, and as it does so the numbers of each successive day will
show through the keyhole. When the slot reaches the keyhole and registers there-
with the key can be inserted. The clock case be unlocked and the contents be
rejöved.
The use and operation of my invention are as follows:
The clock is started; the drawer and top being locked in placed and the whole closed
up. The rotating disc is placed so that its slot is just below the keyhole: The clock
can be wound from the back in the usual manner and regulated from the side by the
lever as shown. In this position the clock case cannot be opened until the rotating
disc has brought its aperture again immediately in the rear of the keyhole: The key
can then be inserted and the drawer unlocked and its contents removed: By inserting
the hand when the drawer is removed the top can be unlocked and removed so as to
give access to the inner part of the clock, in this way the clock mechanism can be
reached for removal, cleaning or repairs. The drawer is locked by a catch which is
attached to the spindle which the key engages and is also pressed downward by a spring

page_text: as shown. Of course the operation would be exactly the same if the drawers were re-
placed by a door. The latch which controls the sliding top could be operated by the
spindle and key if desired, so that both top and drawer would be unlocked by the
same motion. The money is inserted through the rift in the top. Any kind of a
clock could be used and the time and rate of the rotation of the rotating disc-will
depend on the relation of the gear wheels which drive it. Its train of driving wheels
are driven from any desired or convenient shaft or gear within the clock. The clock
can be regulated and arranged so as to open at any convenient interval. In the rear
of the disc driving mechanism is placed a shield to protect the contents of the drawer.
Money can be reached at regular intervals. If it is desired to secure the clock per-
manently to some piece of furniture so that it cannot be removed or shaken, the
secondary bottom is screwed down securely as and where desired. The clock case
being hinged thereto as shown, can be raised or lowered when the clock is lowered.
While the drawer is removed the head of the bolt which projects from the secondary
bottom passes through the slot in the primary bottom and it can then be turned
around so as to hold the case securely down. The case then can only be removed or
shaken by first removing drawer and then turning the bolt.
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. In a bank clock a rotating disc operated by the clock mechanism and provided
with a slot which at regular intervals uncovers the keyhole.
2. In a bank clock a circumferentially numbered dise which at regular intervals
rotates behind the keyhole and exhibits its numbers through the keyhole, and is
provided with a slot which at stated intervals uncovers the keyhole to permit the
insertion of the key.
3. In a bank clock, the combination of an internally locked money receptacle with
the rotated slotted dise which at regular intervals uncovers the keyhole to permit the
insertion of the key to unlock the receptacle.
4. In a bank clock the combination of a case having a money receptacle locked
from within and a keyhole which gives access to the inside lock, with a disc which
covers the keyhole and is rotated by the clock mechanism and has a slot which at
regular intervals uncovers the keyhole.
5. In a bank clock the combination of a case having a top rift, front keyhole and a
lower money drawer locked from within, with a disc which is rotated by the clock
mechanism, has day numbers about its circumference and has in its circumference a
slot which at regular intervals registers with the keyhole and permits the insertion
of the key to unlock the drawer.
6. In à bank clock the combination of a case with a secondary bottom internally
hinged and locked to the case, and adapted to be permanently secured.
7. In a bank clock the combination of a case with a secondary bottom adapted to
be permanently secured to some article of furniture and entirely enclosed within the
walls of the case and internally hinged and locked to the case.
8. In a bank clock the combination of an internally locked money receptacle, with
a clock case and clock mechanism and a keyhole cover which is operated by the clock
mechanism so as to uncover the keyhole at regular intervals.
E. J. COLDI.
Pp. Herbert & Co., 67, Strand, W.C.,
Agents to Applicaut.