Improved System of Deposit, Registration, and Acknowledgement of Money, Cheques, or Money Orders.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 13th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 13th Nov., 1897
Improved System of Deposit, Registration, and Acknowledgement
of Money, Cheques, or Money Orders.
CHARLES WALTER WORSSAM Engineer 190 St. Anns Road Tottenham do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I use sheets of instructions and sheets of numbered lettered or marked tickets
perforated for easy seperation, one of these tickets I affix to each intended deposit
and place in a Box or other receptacle. These tickets with the sheets of instruc-
tions have the same number Letter or Mark thereon, and each sheet of tickets
with the sheets of instructions have a different number letter or mark thereon
for each depositor and are delivered in book form through an automatic machine
or otherwise. One of these sheets is signed and delivered by the depositor for
registration. I then periodically acknowledge the receipt of the deposits by
affixing a statement to the box or in some conspicuous position.
Nov 14 1896
CHARLES WALTER WORSSAM.
Improved System of Deposit, Registration, and Acknowledgement
of Money, Cheques, or Money Orders.
I, CHARLES WALTER WORSSAM Engineer of 190 St. Anns Road South Totten-
ham 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:-
In describing my invention I use sheets of instructions, and sheets of numbered,
lettered, or marked tickets, perforated for easy separation. Any one or more of
these I affix to intended deposits and place in a box or other receptacle, a set of
these sheets of instructions and sheets of tickets, have the same number letter or
mark thereon, and each set will have a different number letter or mark thereon
for each depositor and may be delivered to each depositor in Book,
Card, or Roller form, by automatic arrangement or otherwise. One or
more of these tickets or sheets are signed by the depositor and de-
livered or placed in the Box for Registration, I then periodically acknow-
ledge the receipt of the deposits by affixing a statement to the box or in any
conspicuous position bearing the number letters or marks of the tickets and
sheets of instructions held by the depositor with the amount of money, cheques,
or money orders deposited.

page_text: In order that my invention may be clearly understood I now proceed more fully
to describe the method pursued by me...
The object of my invention is to provide a simple method of accumulating
money, of discharging liabilities, and for procuring commodities by means of
instalments which can be made at any time. In order to put my invention into
practice I place a number of receptacles in any place accessible to the public.
I then issue sheets headed with instructions and divided below into a number
of tickets one of which is to be attached to every deposit and the instruction sheet
is to be signed and addressed by the depositor and placed into one of the recep-
tacles with the first deposit for the purpose of registration. This sheet and
each of the tickets will have impressed thereon the same number sign or mark
and a different number, sign or, mark will be impressed on every set of sheets and
tickets so that they will enable me to place the deposits to the credit of the right
person by the distinctive number sign or mark thereon; I also issue simultaneously
withdrawal sheets each of which is numbered or marked correspondently with
the tickets. In this way money can be withdrawn by the Applicant signing the
sheet and stating thereon the amount required when and where to be paid or the
purpose for which the money is to be applied and then by depositing the sheet
in one of the receptacles. I then periodically collect the deposits from the several
receptacles and remove the tickets and enter the number sign or mark and the
value of the deposits and the amounts to be repaid or applied in a reference book
and also on a sheet which will be exhibited on any of the receptacles for the
purpose of acknowledgment.
Having described the nature of my Invention and the manner the same is
to be performed
First. I claim the use of tickets to attach to coins, bank notes, cheques or money
orders for the purpose of deposit in a box or other receptacle or for delivery to
the person authorized to receive the same as a means of registering the owner
thereof in the way described.
Second. I claim the method of acknowledgment of the receipt of the deposit
by affixing a statement to the box or other receptacle or in any conspicuous
position, with the name of the depositor or the number letters or marks of the
tickets received and the value of the deposits for the purpose described.
Dated this 13th day of August 1897.
CHARLES WALTER WORSSAM..