Improvements in Coin Adding and Coin Holding Devices.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1894-Accepted, 1st Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Adding and Coin Holding Devices.
We, HENRY A. HAYDEN of 411 Canal Street, New York in the County and
State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer and BERNARD T.
KEARNS of 99 Nassau Street, New York aforesaid, Dealer in Real Estate, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a device in the nature of a rack or holder for coins,
which is adapted to add up sums as the coins are placed one by one on the piles of
coins in the coin-grooves of the rack; or in other words, the last coin on the top
of the pile in the coin-groove serves as an indicator to indicate, on a series of
graduations alongside of the coin-groove, the sum of the coins in the pile. The
user can thereby ascertain at a glance the sum of money in the pile of coins
without having to count them and without any notable effort of the intellect.
We prefer to carry out the invention by forming a rack which may be provided
with folding legs so that it will stand in a backwardly inclined position on a desk
or table of wood, metal, or other suitable material, with a series of grooves of semi-
circular cross-section arranged in it side by side, each groove being adapted to
receive and to fit a particular coin; as for example, one groove will fit shillings,
another sovereigns, etc. Along one margin or side of the groove will be a series of
graduation marks spaced exactly according to the thickness of the coin that
particular groove is to hold, and these graduations will be numbered properly to
show the sum or amount of money, say in pounds, in the pile of coins in the
groove.
The pile of coins in the groove will rest on a bottom plate, and this bottom plate
may have formed in it a recess so that the user can place his thumb under the
bottom coin in removing the pile of coins for wrapping them.
Over each groove may be set an indicator plate marked with the name of the
coins in that groove, as "Sovereign," "Shilling," and the like.
It is preferable to provide the rack with a groove for each coin in circulation,
but the rack may have one or more coin grooves, as described.
In lieu of a plate for the pile of coins to rest on, any sort of ledge or projection
will serve.
The rack may be formed by grooving a block of wood or by stamping
or forming it from sheet metal, or other sheet material.
Dated this 14th day of September 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicants.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Adding and Coin Holding Devices.
We, HENRY A. HAYDEN of 411 Canal Street, New York in the County and
State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer, and BERNARD T.
KEARNS of 99 Nassau Street, New York, aforesaid, Dealer in Real Estate, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
O performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention relates to a device in the nature of a rack or holder for coins,

page_text: which is adapted to add up sums as the coins are placed one by one on the piles of
coins in the coin-grooves of the rack; or in other words, the last coin on the top
of the pile in the coin-groove serves as an indicator to indicate on a series of
graduations alongside of the coin-groove, the sum or number of the coins in the
pile. The user can thereby ascertain at a glance the sum of money in the pile of
coins without having to count them and without any notable effort of the intellect.
We prefer to carry out the invention by forming a rack which may be provided
with folding legs so that it will stand in a backwardly inclined position on a desk
or table of wood, metal, or other suitable material, with a series of grooves of
semi-circular cross-section arranged in it side by side, each groove being adapted
to receive and to fit a particular coin; as for example, one groove will fit shillings,
another sovereigns, etc. Along one margin or side of the groove will be a series of
graduation marks spaced exactly according to the thickness of the coin that
particular groove is to hold, and these graduations will be numbered properly
to show the sum or amount of money, say in pounds, or the number of coins in the
pile of coins in the groove.
The pile of coins in the groove will rest on a bottom plate, and this bottom plate
may have formed in it a recess so that the user can place his thumb under the
bottom coin in removing the pile of coins for wrapping them.
Over each groove may be set an indicator plate marked with the name of the
coins in that groove, as "Sovereign," "Shilling," and the like.
It is preferable to provide the rack with a groove for each coin in circulation,
but the rack may have one or more coin-grooves, as described.
In lieu of a plate for the pile of coins to rest on, any sort of ledge or projection
will serve.
The rack may be formed by grooving a block of wood or by stamping
or forming it from sheet metal, or other sheet material.
In the accompanying drawings we have shown an embodiment of our invention
which will be satisfactory, Figure 1 being a face view, Figure 2 a transverse
section on the line 2, 2, in Figure 1, and Figure 3 an end view.
In a block of wood, A, for example, are formed parallel grooves, a, a, of the
proper size to fit the several coins. These are here shown conveniently arranged
in two series, X and Y, one above the other, but this is not necessary. The rack
may be supported in an inclined position by a folding leg, B, or other suitable
means.
At the bottom of each groove a is a ledge, b, to support the pile of coins and
yet leave room for the user to place his thumb or finger under the pile in order to
remove it. Over each groove a, is a plate or sign, c, on which is marked the
name of the coin which is to occupy that groove, or some character or abbreviation
commonly known to indicate the coin, as "Sov." for sovereign, "Sh." for shilling,
"P." for penny, "P." for half-penny, and the like.
Along the side or margin of each groove a, and preferably the left-hand margin,
as shown in Figure 1, is a row of graduations, seen at d along the margins of a few only
of the grooves a.
These graduations will be placed alongside of all the grooves
but it will not be necessary to illustrate them all in the drawing. In each series of
graduation marks the latter are spaced to correspond exactly with the thickness of
the particular coin in the groove, and numerals are placed at certain graduations
to designate the number of coins in the pile up to that numeral, or the sum of money
in the pile stated in some higher denomination; as in the penny groove, the twelfth
graduation is numbered “1," meaning one shilling.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. A coin-adding and coin-holding rack comprising a block or base having
formed in it one or more coin-grooves a corresponding in size to the respective
coins aud having along their margins graduation marks spaced to correspond to the

page_text: thickness of the coin in the groove, said graduations being numbered at intervals
to indicate the number of coins or the sum in the pile of coins, substantially as set
forth.
2. A coin-adding and coin-holding rack comprising a block or base A, having
in it semi-circular coin-grooves a, with narrow ledges at the bottoms of said
grooves to support the coins and having numbered graduations of the character
described along the margins of the respective grooves for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 7th day of July 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents.