Year: 1886

page_text: · Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1886.
__ _ Complete Left, 5th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th Feb., 1887.
I THOMAS MARNS of 20 Western Hill, Sunderland in the county of Durham
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to provide a money box to be automatically locked on
the introduction of the first coin and to remain locked until a certain number of coins.
has been inserted when it will be again automatically opened and the coins may be
recovered. If required the parts may be duplicated or multiplied so that if, for
example, in the first instance one penny be inserted in a compartment the box is
locked until twelve pennies are collected therein, when it is unlocked and the pennies
may be changed into one shilling to be placed in the next compartment which will be
in turn locked until say twenty shillings have been inserted when it will again be opened.
The action is automatic and the number of coins required to release the door of cach
compartment is determined as hereinafter described.
The mechanism consists of a rocking lever loosely centred upon or about a rotating
spindle and controlled by a spring, one end of the lever projects through or below
the end of the shoot connected with the money slot, and the other is provided with a
counterbalance weight. The lever carries a spring pawl, which at each operation
engages with and pushes over a ratchet fixed on the said spindle for a distance of one
tooth, and this distance may be accurately determined by a suitable stop; on the same
spindle a disc is placed having a slot formed in its periphery. The discharging
aperture of the box or. cach discharging aperture if there be more than one, is fitted
with a hinged flap or door provided with a spring and carrying on its inner side a
finger or hent lever, which finger when the flap is first closed, passes through the slot on
the disc; on the introduction of the first coin the disc is partly revolved as described and
the slot moved out of the line of travel of the finger thus locking the door. The number
f coins required to effect a complete revolution of the disc is determined by the number of
teeth on the ratchet, and when this has been accomplished, the slot on the disc arrives
again in the line of travel of the said finger when the flap flies open by the action of its
spring. The money shoot is so formed as to prevent the introduction of unintended
articles, and a finger is provided worked from the spindle of the ratchet and disc
and moving synchronously therewith, which indicates on an external dial the number
of coins in a compartment.
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The whole apparatus is contained in a casing of wood or suitable material and
appropriately ornamented.
C CHAPMAN
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page_text: I THOMAS MARNS of 20 Western Hill, Sunderland in the county of Durham,
Engineer, 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:-
The object of this invention is to provide a money box to be automatically locked on
the introduction of the first coin and to remain locked until a certain number of coins
has been inserted when it will be again automatically opened and the coins may be.
recovered. If required the parts may be duplicated or multiplied so that if for
example, in the first instance one penny be inserted in a compartment the box is locked
the box is locked until twelve pennies are collected therein, when it is unlocked and
the pennies may be changed into one shilling to be placed in the next compartiment
which will be in turn locked until say twenty shillings have been inserted when it will
again be opened. The action is automatic and the number of coins required to release
the door of each compartment is determined as hereafter described.
The mechanism consists of a rocking lever loosely centred upon or about a rotating
spindle and controlled by a spring, one end of the lever projects through or below the
end of the shoot connected with the money slot, and the other is provided with a
counter balance weight. The lever carries a spring pawl, which at each operation'
engages with and pushes over a ratchet fixed on the said spindle for a distance of one
tooth, and this distance may be accurately determined by a suitable stop; on the same
spindle a dise is placed having a slot formed in its periphery. The discharging
aperture of the box, or each discharging aperture if there be more than one, is fitted
with a hinged flap or door provided with a spring, and carrying on its inner side a
finger or bent lever, which finger when the flap is first closed, passes through the slot
on the disc; on the introduction of the first coin the disc is partly revolved as described
and the slot moved out of the line of travel of the finger thus locking the door. The
number of coins required to effect a complete revolution of the disc is determined by
the number of teeth on the ratchet, and when this has been accomplished, the slot on
the disc arrives again in the line of travel of the said finger when the flap flies open
by the action of its spring.
.
The money shoot is so formed as to prevent the introduction of unintended article
and a finger is provided worked from the spindle of the ratchet and disc and moving
synchronously therewith which indicates on an external dial the number of coins in a
compartment.
This invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings which represent
a box such as is referred to, adapted to receive twelve pennies on the left side and
twenty shillings on the right side. Figure 1 is a front elevation with front side and a
part of the mechanism removed: Figure 2 is a plan with left half of top side removed:
Figure 3 is a cross section partly on line abfigure 1, and partly on line c, d figure 2:

page_text: Figure 4 is a detail of mechanism, and Figure 5 is a part front elevation showing dial
and discharging aperture.
a is a rocking lever loosely centred upon a rotating spindle b carried in bearings b¹¹
and controlled by a spring c; one end a¹ of the lever a projects into, or below the
end of, the shoot d connected with the money slot d formed in the casing, and the
other end is provided with a counterbalance weight a². The money shoot d is formed
as shown in figure 1 so as to prevent the introduction of unintended articles. The
lever a carries a spring pawle which engages with a ratchet wheel fixed upon
spindle b, and a suitable stop pawl is also provided to determine the travel of the
ratchet. Upon the spindle ba disc g is fixed having a slot g' cut in its periphery
and the spindle & passes through the front side of the box and carries an index hand 62,
which moving synchronously with it always indicates on an external dial the
number of part rotations the spindle has made. The discharging aperture of the
box is fitted with a hinged flap h having a light spring tending to press it outwards;
on its inner side a bent finger or lever is fixed which when the flap is first closed
passes through the slot g' on disc g.
The operation of the apparatus is as follows:-The flap being closed causes the
finger to pass through the slot g of disc g: The first coin then introduced at d¹
falls down the shoot d and striking the end a¹ of rocking lever a depresses it as shown
dotted in figure 1, causing the spring pawl e to push over the ratchet wheel for a
distance equal to the length of one of its teeth, back action being prevented by stop
pawl fa part rotation being thus imparted to spindle and dise y the slot g' is moved
out of the line of travel of the bent finger ², thus automatically locking the flap ¹ of
aperture h.
is
The number of coins required to effect a complete revolution of the disc
determined by the number of teeth on the ratchet f, thus the box represented in the
drawings would have twelve teeth on the left side ratchet and twenty on the right side
one: When a revolution has been accomplished the slot arrives again in the line of
travel of the finger when the flap is automatically unlocked and caused to fly
open by the action of the spring h³. Each introduction of coin and consequent motion
of the spindle bas described is indicated on the external dial and thus the number of
coins in the box may at all times be seen. The coin falls clear of the lever into a
receptacle i, and the lever is returned to position by spring c and its counterbalance
weight a².
The whole apparatus is enclosed in a casing of wood, tin, or suitable material and
appropriately ornamented.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
A money box adapted to be automatically locked by the introduction of the first
coin and automatically unlocked after the introduction of any determined number of
coins, constructed arranged and operating substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
J. C. CHAPMAN,
70, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.