An Improved Toy Bank.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1899 Accepted, 20th May, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Toy Bank.
1, HARMANN RIENHART WILKEN, of Sterling, Illinois, U.S.A., House Painter,
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 invention relates to improvements in toy banks.
The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of toy banks
and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and durable one which will be provided
with means for enabling a child or other person to issue readily a card or
certificate representing the amount deposited in the bank.
A further object of the invention is to provide a bank which will present an
ornamental and attractive appearance and which may be readily opened and
closed when desired.
The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrange-
ment of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying
drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings,
Figure 1 is à perspective view of a bank constructed in accordance with this
invention.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.
Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2.
Figure 4 is a similar view on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.
Figure 5 is a detail view illustrating a modification of the locking mechanism.
Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures
of the drawings.
1 designates a receptacle or casing rectangular in cross-section, and constructed
of suitable material, such as sheet metal or the like, and preferably having a
greater length than breadth, although the dimensions of the casing or receptacle
may be varied as desired. The casing, which comprises a top 2, bottom 3, sides 4,
and an end 5, is provided a short distance from its other end with a transverse
partition 6, closing the body portion of the casing or receptacle to form a money
or cash compartment and providing an open end compartment 7. The top 2
of the casing is provided with a slot 8, communicating with the closed or cash
compartment, and the partition 6 is provided with a door-opening 9, extending
upward from the bottom and terminating short of a horizontal partition 10.
The door-opening of the partition 6 is normally covered by an inwardly-moving
rectangular door 11, connected with and carried by a horizontally-disposed operat-
ing-rod 12, which is extended through the back of the casing and provided with
an exterior knob 13. The horizontal red, which is adapted to be rotated for
unlocking the door and reciprocated to open the same, is mounted in vertical
arms 14 of a substantially rectangular bracket 15. arranged within the closed
compartment and secured to the bottom of the same, as clearly shown in Fig. 2
of the accompanying drawings. The rectangular bearing-bracket consists of the

page_text: mechanism for securing the door in its closed position, and an operating-rod
extending through the back of the casing and carrying both the door and the
locking mechanism, said rod being capable of longitudinal reciprocation to carry
the door backward and forward to open and close it, and being also capable of
operating the locking mechanism to fasten and unfasten the door, substantially
as described.
2. A device of the class described, the combination of a casing having a trans-
verse partition located at one end of the casing and dividing the same into a
closed compartment, and an open end compartment, a horizontal partition
arranged within the open end compartment, a series of vertical partitions mounted
on the horizontal partition and dividing the same into a series of separate com-
partments, the latter being adapted to receive ink-pads and blocks of paper, and
stamps having stems extended through the top of the casing and provided with
heads or handles, substantially as described.
3. A device of the class described comprising a casing having a transverse
partition located near one end of the casing and dividing the same into a closed
compartment and an open end compartment, said casing being provided at its
top with a transverse slot, a horizontal partition arranged within the open end
compartment, a series of vertical partitions mounted on the horizontal partition,
dividing the space above the same into separate compartments and terminating
short of the top of the casing, and stamps having stems arranged in said slots
and adapted to be eperated from the exterior and to be moved over the upper
edges of the vertical partitions, substantially as described.
TYLIK 171 base of soil 1899
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
100, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.