An Improved Teaching Appliance.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 11th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 13th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 15th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Teaching Appliance.
We, FRANCES ASHDOWN, MARY FIELDING, and ETHEL BRODRICK, all of The
Orphanage of Mercy, Randolph Gardens, Kilburn, in the County of Middlesex,
Spinsters, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to a device for use in teaching children the relative values
of current coins, and it consists of an open frame across which pairs of parallel
wires or rods are stretched whereon series of imitation coins are fitted to slide
somewhat in the manner of the beads of a calculating abacus the several rows or
series being appropriated to coins of different values.
The tokens of each series are made to imitate in size and general appearance
the genuine coins which they are intended to represent and each bears legibly
stamped or otherwise imprinted upon it the denomination or value of the coin to
which it corresponds.
The tokens may be of solid metal cast or stamped in dies, or stamped up from
sheet metal or of other sufficiently durable material and be plated or otherwise
colored in order to impart to them the appearance of the real coin, and they are
provided with guide sockets adapted to slide upon the wires or rods on which they
are strung, the frame on which the wires or rods are stretched being preferably
pivoted in a suitable stand so as to enable it to be brought to the most convenient
position for the purposes of manipulation and instruction.
Dated this 11th day of June 1892.
FRANCES ASHDOWN,
MARY FIELDING,
ETHEL BRODRICK,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Teaching Appliance.
We, FRANCES ASHDOWN, MARY FIELDING, and ETHEL BRODRICK, all of The
Orphanage of Mercy, Randolph Gardens, Kilburn, in the County of Middlesex,
Spinsters, 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 :-
This invention relates to an apparatus for use in teaching children the relative
values of current coins.
The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings,
forming part of this Specification, wherein
Figure represents a front and Figure 2 a side elevation of the apparatus.
Figure 3 is a perspective back view of one of the tokens.
The apparatus consists of an open frame A across which pairs of parallel wires
or rods B are stretched whereon series of imitation coins or tokens C are fitted to
slide somewhat in the manner of the beads of a calculating abacus, the several rows
or series being appropriated to coins of different values, there being as many rows
as there are denominations of coins in current use.
The tokens of each series are made to imitate in size and general appearance
the genuine coins which they are intended to represent and each bears legibly
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page_text: stamped or otherwise imprinted upon it, the denomination or value of the coin to
which it corresponds.
The tokens may be of solid metal cast or stamped in dies, or stamped up from
sheet metal, or of other sufficiently durable material, and be plated or otherwise
colored in order to impart to them the appearance of the real coin, and they are
provided with guide sockets e at the back adapted to slide upon the wires or rods
on which they are strung, the frame A on which the wires or rods are stretched being
preferably pivoted on thumb-screws D in a suitable stand E so as to enable it
to be brought to, and fixed in, the most convenient position for the purposes of
manipulation and instruction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is―
The herein described apparatus, consisting of a series of imitation coins or
tokens fitted to slide upon pairs of wires or rods stretched horizontally across an
open frame mounted on pivots in a stand, substantially as and for the purpose herein
specified.
Dated this 13th day of March 1893.
F. ASHDOWN,
M. FIELDING,
E. BRODRICK,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents,