AN IMPROVED CASE OR BOX FOR CONTAINING MONEY
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Bernard Prosper Gillet de Thorey, of No. 10, Rue
de la Fidelite, Paris, in the Empire of France, Gentleman, for the
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Bernard Proper Gillet de
Thorey at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 19th January 1864.
I, BERNARD PROSPER GILLET DE THOREY, of No. 10, Rue de la Fidelite,
Paris, in the Empire of France, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED CASE OR BOX FOR CONTAINING MONEY,"
to be as follows, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in the manufacture of metallic cases or boxes for
containing coins. Hitherto paper rolls have been employed for this purpose,
and much inconvenience caused thereby, the coin frequently becoming
detached.
The metallic case I employ is of a half cylindrical form, its diameter being
of the size of the coin to be placed in the case, the length suflicient to contain
a given number of coins. When the coin is placed in the case. I apply another
half cylinder, which serves as a cover, and I secure the two together by means
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page_text: of a ring, which acts as a spring and keeps it. secure. thus forming a perfect
cylinder. A foot is attached to the lower part of the case to keep it steady.
The cases vary in size according to the particular coin to be employed; they
may be made of copper, iron, or any other suitable material,
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Bernard Prosper Gillet de Thorey in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 18th July 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BERNARD
PROSPER GILLET DE THOREY, of No. 10, Rue de la Fidelite, Paris, in the
Empire of France, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Bernard Prosper Gillet de Thorey, Her special license that I, the said
Bernard Prosper Gillet de Thorey, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Bernard Prosper Gillet de Thorey, my executors,
administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "AN IMPROVED CASE OR BOX FOR CONTAINING MONEY," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Bernard Prosper Gillet de Thorey.
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, or under the hand and seal of one of them, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Bernard Prosper Gillet de Thorey, do
hereby declare the nature of my said 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 Drawing hereto annexed, and
to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in the manufacture of cases or boxes made of metal,
wood, or any other material for containing a certain and determined number

page_text: of coin.
Hitherto paper rolls have been employed for this purpose, and
much inconvenience has been caused thereby, the coin frequently becoming
detached.
The case is of a semicircular form, its diameter being of the size of the coin to
be placed in the case, and its length being sufficient to contain exactly a given
number of coin. Thus, for instance, I construct cases capable of respectively
containing twenty-five, fifty, or one hundred gold sovereigns, and others for
double the number of half sovereigns, and therefore each case will correspond
to a determined number of coin representing an equal value which will be
received for such sum in commercial and other transactions, avoiding thereby
the necessity of examining and counting each of such sums.
The same system of construction can be applied to any sort of coin either
gold or silver, and I call the cases for containing gold krusothec and those for
silver argiriothec. When the coins are placed in the case I apply over them
another half cylinder of the same material, which serves for a cover, and I
secure the two together by means of an open metallic ring, which acts as a
spring and keeps the whole secure, forming together, by their union a perfect
cylinder, to which I apply feet to keep the case steady and to prevent it from
rolling about. The cases vary in size according to the particular coin they
are to contain. I construct the cases composed of many other cases containing
respectively each of them the same number of coin. Thus one of these cases
may contain five separate cases of one hundred sovereigns each, and represent
a sum of five hundred pounds; the disposition is the same for any determined
sum and for any other kind of coin. These cases are made with a single
sheet of metal or soldered together side by side. If made of wood or of any
suitable material, they are united side by side to each other by any suitable
means. Each case is provided with a notch to facilitate the extracting of the
coin, they shut and open by means of hinges and knobs or by any other con-
venient means. The cases may be made of wood, brass, iron, zinc, or other
metal or suitable material. The value and number of pieces of coin each case
may contain can be marked outside, and to prevent mistakes the cases for
silver may be of a different color than those containing gold. Care must be
taken to construct the case very true to insure that no shaking should take
place either in the horizontal or vertical direction. The cases may be
inserted in boxes capable of containing a certain number to correspond to a
fixed sum or contain compartments for several packages of coin. These boxes
should open at top and may have any form or dimensions according to fancy.
In the annexed Drawing, A represents an end view of a case full of coin;
B is a front view of a case full of coin; C is the case covered with the lid

page_text: secured by the ring, which is represented by D; E is in an open case for
receiving five hundred sovereigns; F is the same when shut; G is the case
with its lid reversed and showing five cases of one hundred sovereigns each.
And having now described the nature of my Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine
myself to the precise details of construction herein-before stated, as the same
may vary without deviating from the principle of my Invention, but what I
claim is the manufacture of cases or boxes for containing various kinds of coin,
as herein-before described and represented in the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Bernard Prosper Gillet de Thorey, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of July, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
P. G. DE THOREY. (1..s.)