Improvements in the Mounts or Handles of Walking Sticks, Umbrellas, and such like Articles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1887
Complete Left, 11th June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 27th July, 1888
Improvements in the Mounts or Handles of Walking Sticks,
Umbrellas, and such like Articles.
I, EDWARD AUGUSTUS OLIVIERI of Pershore Road Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
This Invention consists in constructing the mounts or handle of walking sticks
Umbrellas and such like articles as a receptacle for coins. One way of effecting this
is by forming the handle as a tapering or other shaped box with a lid by preference
formed with hinge and catch similar to a watch case the interior of the box being
made of a circumference just sufficient to receive pennies or other desired coins.
One way of facilitating the extraction of the coins from the box is to form a falso
bottom which is placed in the box at the back of which false bottom is a spiral or
other suitable spring which causes the false bottom when the box is empty to bear
up against a rim or projection at the top of the box. A slit or aperture just below
the projecting rim allows of the coin to be passed in between the false bottom and
the rim and thus the box can be filled with coin. Upon the withdrawal of each
coin the spring raising the false bottom and with it the next coin opposite the
aperture.
Another way is to form the box or receptacle for the coin as a mount by which to
attach any suitable bandle to the walking stick or other article and consists of a length
of tapering or other shaped tube the centre portion of which is formed as a box or
receptacle by means of cross plates or pieces. Within the upper portion of the box is
a spiral or other suitable spring bearing against a plate capable of sliding within the
tube, the spring being constructed to hold this sliding plate down near to the bottom
of the box, a portion of the tube immediately at the bottom of the box is cut away

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sufficiently to allow of the insertion of the coin so that as each coin is inserted one
after the other the sliding plate is pushed back but always has a bearing upon the
coins as in the case of the false bottom mentioned in the other arrangement.
A belt or band may be placed round the mount so as to cover the slit or aperture
and be hinged so as to throw back and expose same. A spring knob may be placed
at the opposite side of the mount to the aperture by which each coin as it comes to the
bottom can be pushed sufficiently through the aperture to be extracted by the finger
or the belt may be made so that the action of opening it will cause the coin to
obtrude.
Dated this 10th day of September A.D. 1887.
PAYNE & TALBOT,
7, Chorry Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the Mounts or Handles of Walking Sticks,
Umbrellas, and such like Articles.
I EDWARD AUGUSTUS OLIVIERI of Pershore Road Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Gentleman 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings
and to the letters and figures marked thereon:-
This invention consists in constructing the mounts or handles of walking sticks
umbrellas and such like articles as a receptacle for coins, one way of offecting this
is by forming the handle as a tapering or other shaped box with a lid by preference
formed with hinge and catch similar to a watch case the interior of the box being
made of a circumference just sufficient to receive pennies or other desired coin.
One way of facilitating the extraction of the coins from the box is to form a false
bottom which is placed in the box at the back of which false bottom is a spiral or
other suitable spring which causes the false bottom when the box is empty to bear up
against a rim or projection at the top of the box a slit or aperture just below the
projecting rim allows of the coin to be passed in between the false bottom and the rim
and thus the box can be filled with coins.
Upon the withdrawal of each coin the spring raising the false bottom and with it
the next coin opposite the aperture.
Another way is to form the box or receptacle for the coin as a mount by which to
attach any suitable handle to the walking stick or other article and consists of a
length of tapering or other shaped tube the centre portion of which is formed as a box
or receptacle by means of cross plates or pieces.
Within the upper portion of the box is a spiral or other suitable spring bearing
against a plate capable of sliding within the tube the spring being constructed to hold
the sliding plate down near to the bottom of the box, a portion of the tube immediately
at the bottom of the box is cut away sufficiently to allow of the insertion of the coins
so that as each coin is inserted one after the other the sliding plate is pushed back but
always has a bearing upon the coins as in the case of the false bottom mentioned in
the other arrangement.
A belt or band may be placed round the mount so as to cover the slit or aperture
and be hingnd so as to throw back and expose same.
A spring knob may be placed at the opposite side of the mount to the aperture by
which each coin as it comes to the bottom can be pushed sufficiently through the
aperture to be extracted by the fingers or the belt may be made so that the action of
opening will cause the coin to obtrude.
1 will now proceed to describe this my invention by aid of the accompanying
drawings which illustrate the invention as set forth in the first part of this
Specification.
Fig. 1 is a view of one of the handles or mounts with the lid or covering open.

page_text: Fig. 2 is a sectional view shewing the construction and arrangement of the
various parts.
(a) is the false bottom placed within the box (b) underneath this false bottom (a) is
a spring (s) pressing against it and causing it to hear against the rim (r) at the top of
the box (b) (c) is a slit or portion of the rim (r) cut away to allow of the insertion of
a coin between the rim (r) and the false bottom or plate (a). Having slid one coin
into position another and another may be so inserted until the box is filled each
one forcing the plate (a) lower down and as each one is withdrawn again the next
will be forced to the top in a similar way to the well known "sovereign purse
arrangement, () is a lid hinged at (h) and (k) is a spring catch on the outer case (d)
to keep the lid closed when shut down (n) is the neck or portion to attach to
the stick.
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Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate the adaptation of my invention when it is intended to use
the box or receptacle as an intermediate mount. (a) is the plate or false bottom
within the box (b) (s) is a spring pressing against the plate (b) causing it to hear
against the pile of coins (o) so that as each coin is removed through the slit (c)
the spring will press down the plate (a) and bring the next coin into position for
removal. (p) is a belt or band which may if desired he used to cover the slit (c)
it is shewn in Fig. 3 as if hinged and thrown back but it might be made to slide
round. (g) is a button and rod controlled by a spiral spring pressure on this button
will force forward the rod and cause it to push forward the bottom coin to enable
it to be more readily withdrawn. The bottom plate (t) is slightly bevelled in front of
the slit (c) to allow of the insertion of the coins.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
Constructing the handles or mounts of Walking Sticks umbrellas and such like
articles as receptacles for coin substantially as heroin set forth and specified.
PAYNE & TALBOT,
7, Cherry Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.