Small Articles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1887
Specification Accepted, 4th Oct., 1887.
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Small Articles.
We, DENMAN JONES, of No. 3, Bury Street, Oxford Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Wine Merchant, AUGUSTE SERRAILLIER, of No. 93, Edith Grove,
Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex, Electrical Engineer, and FRANCIS JOSEPH
JAMES GIBBONS, of St. John's Works, Church Lane, Wolverhampton, in the County
of Stafford, Manufacturers, 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:-
Our invention relates to an improved self-closing safety receptacle for coin or small
articles, and is especially applicable to any apparatus in which coins are deposited
seriatim.
The object of it is to provide a till or receptacle which can be readily detached from
the apparatus to which it is attached as such, and itself and contents conveyed and
delivered to an authorized receiver in a condition that shall bar abstraction of the
said contents unless the receptacle itself be nefariously opened.
We attain the object of our said invention by means of the mechanism illustrated in
the accompanying drawing; the figures in which are to be taken as part of this
specification and read therewith, and in which
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation; and
Fig. 2, a perspective view of the mouth of the till or receptacle.
The till consists of three principal parts :
The mouth with its guards:
The till or receptacle proper; and
The lock to open and close the opening in the receptacle at which its contents are
taken.
A is the mouth; B, a metal throat, preferably made of metal; and b, b, flanges, or
their equivalent, adapted to engage in clips under the slot or opening through which
the coin or articles are dropped.
C is the body of the receptacle, preferably made of leather, although other
materials, such as sheet metal, may be used.
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page_text: D and E are cranked plates, both free to move upon axes in the throat B, and
always in touch with each other, as shewn in the figures.
Both plates D and E are, preferably, as wide as the interior of the throat, in which
they work freely; and the lower halfe of the plate E is sufficiently heavy to keep
the top half e¹ pressing against, and always in touch with, the lower half, d, of the
top plate, so that the top half, d', thereof shall keep the mouth A closed, except
when the weight of a coin or article depresses said half-plate.
So soon as a coin is dropped into the mouth A, its weight depresses the half-
plate d', into the position indicated by the dotted lines d'. As the plate D is moved
on its axis by the weight of the coin, or whatever the article may be that is
dropped in at the mouth A, the plate E is caused to assume the position indicated
by the dotted lines e³ in Fig. 1; and the coin falls upon its lower half e. The
weight of the coin, and that of the half-plate, then depress the lower half e, the coin
dropping thence into the receptacle C, the weight of e raising the half-plate d', and
causing it to close the mouth A and to keep it closed.
It follows, therefore, that in consequence of the two cranked plates D and E being
constantly in touch with each other, there is never a clear straight way from the
mouth A into the receptacle; and that as the mouth is opened to allow the coin to
pass the half-plate d², the half-plate e is raised and caused to keep the throat closed
until said half-plate is depressed by the further fall of the coin on its way to
the receptacle, the depression of the said half-plate e effecting the closure of the
mouth A.
The locking device F may be of any convenient or suitable construction.
It is intended that two receptacles shall be appropriated to the service of each
apparatus; one empty one to replace the full one when the latter is taken away by
the collector.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
The combination with a receptacle of a throat furnished with a device adapted to
engage with the apparatus into which coin or other small articles are dropped; and
two cranked plates engaging with each other, the top one of which is caused by the
weight of the lower to close the mouth of the receptacle, and both adapted to give
way before the weight of the coin or article in its fall into the receptacle; substan-
tially as described with reference to the accompanying figures.
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1 : 19h do of Anant 1887
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Patent Agents,
22, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.