An Improved Apparatus for Sorting, Counting, and Packing Coin.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Apr., 1890-Accepted. 13th Sept., 1890
COMPLETE. SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Sorting, Counting, and Packing Coin.
I, JACOB HOCK of Deggendorf, Lower Bavaria, in the Empire of Germany, Revenue
Official, 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 the means for sorting and counting coin and has for its
purpose to obviate the waste of time and exertion connected with the methods hitherto
in vogue of handling and counting money by hand and packing it in paper tubes or
rolls, which is not only a very time-wasting process, particularly in official receiving
offices, banks or other large money establishments, but also fails to admit of a reliable
control regarding the actual contents of the paper rolls, which are only distinguished
by different colour of paper and inscription of contents. Also with cash boxes
having compartments for coins of different value the counting out is very trouble-
some, as the coins indeed can be sorted therein according to their value, but cannot
be counted out rapidly; for it is necessary to right the coins in the hand, after taking
them out of the cash box, in order to allow of a commodious counting out.
The sorting and counting apparatus forming the object of the present invention is
intended to obviate the above inconveniences and provide an efficient and simple
means for counting out and controlling cash.
Reference being had to the drawings hereunto annexed, Sheets I and II, in which
like letters designate like parts throughout the various views..
Fig. 1 is a top view,
Fig. 2 a section along line A B Fig. 1, and
Fig. 3 a front view of the improved cash or counting box.
Fig. 4 is a detail.
Fig. 5 illustrates the method of taking coin out of the apparatus, and
Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate details.
The improved cash box, which may be made of any convenient size or shape to
smit the particular requirements is provided with a suitable number of semicylindric
moulds or receptacles for the coin, which correspond in size to the diameter of the
various coins. These moulds or grooves a a are arranged side by side and may be
coloured according to the colour of the coins, that is to say, made to indicate gold,
silver, copper etc. In these moulds the coins are placed on edge-the foremost ones
being left unsupported-form themselves into easily displaceable columns and can
be commodiously introduced and removed. In the latter case they leave the apparatus
in the most suitable position for an easy and rapid counting out, so as to allow large
and small amounts to be taken out in one grip and in a well arranged position.
Moreover the rims of the coins being always visible, a control of the latter as regards
genuineness and marketable condition is rendered possible. By means of marks
mentioned hereafter, the number of coins contained in the single moulds, can be at
a glance, if not with absolute certainty, at least very approximately ascertained.
Beside the facilitated control, removal and counting out of the coins, the improved
apparatus affords at the same time the most suitable medium for forming rolls in
the manner hereafter described. The cash box is closed at the back and provided
in front with a flap c movable about pin b. Said flap is held in the closed position
shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by means of a stop pivot d, and, when the latter is released,
can be turned down as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. It is provided inside with projections e
which are rounded according to the cross section of the moulds and extend some
distance into the latter in order to cause the last coins of the filled moulds to be
sufficiently far from the end thereof, that, on turning down the flap, no coin falls

page_text: out of the moulds, even if one or some of the foremost coins should loose their
vertical position.
The columns to which the coins are formed and can be firmly compressed having
always a certain length precisely calculated according to their kind and value, the
bottom of the moulds or grooves may be provided with lines or marks as shewn in
Fig. 1 in order to allow the length of the coin columns i.e. the number of coins to
be ascertained by their respective thickness. To form the coins which are normally
shifted against the rear side of the apparatus into rolls, a corresponding number thereof
is moved firmly against the flap so as to reach precisely to the line or mark indicating
the joint thickness of such number of coins, from the flap. Thus the number of coins
will be the same, especially with gold and silver, as if they had been counted out.
The number of coins in the moulds may however also be easily ascertained by actual
counting. For further control any suitable measure may be employed for
ascertaining the length of the coin columns that is to say the number of their
coins. Such measuring constitutes a sufficiently reliable control with almost every
coin of civilized countries owing to the hard not easily worn metals employed.
For very thin coins however, which are easily bent and consequently cannot always
settle precisely side by side, and for copper and nickel currency, owing to the strong
wear of such coins, the measuring of the columns would not give satisfaction as to
the correctness of the number of coins measured.
The coin roll or tube forming part of the improved apparatus and illustrated by
Fig. 6, is made of metal and provided with a longitudinal slot allowing the coins
contained in the roll to be seen. This tube is closed at one end and furnished at
the other end with a cover or cap ƒ adapted to be screwed on and off and having
a double bottom. The inner portion of said bottom either terminates with the
inner screw thread of the cap, which corresponds to the outer thread provided on
the tube, or it may project farther into the latter. The length of the tube, that is to
say of the inner space thereof, may, with gold and silver coin, exactly correspond to
the length of the coin roll, so as to guarantee the tube when filled to contain the
exact number of coins, or it may be slightly longer to allow the contents to be
counted through the slot by means of the finger or of the measuring appliance above
referred to.
To form coin rolls the flap b, after the amount has been measured off in the moulds,
is opened, the metal tube brought close to the mould where it is placed with its end
into a recess g which is provided below each mould so as to be concentric therewith,
and the coins are shifted into the tube as shown by Fig. 5 top view and Fig. 7
section, on an enlarged scale, along line C D, Fig. 5. The coins are filled into the
tubes very rapidly, as the inner surfaces of the latter and of the corresponding
moulds lie in one and the saine plane. The tube when filled is closed by screwing on
the cap or lid above referred to and thus forms a means of circulation capable of
ready control and not requiring any confidence between the parties exchanging the
rolls.
The cash box, which is provided with a sliding cover adapted to be locked, may
also have a receptacle or drawer for paper money, coupons, stamps and such like,
thus meeting all requirements of an ordinary cash box.
The coin tubes may also be formed as larger tubes-accumulating tubes for the
head cashiering office or for conveyance-Thereby all comprehensive cash transactions
or controls can be performed in a very short time, particularly as the rolls need not
be opened to examine their contents and their value can be read off or measured.
The whole cash in hand, i.e. contents of the cash box can be formed into rolls within
a few minutes and appears at any time arranged in good order.
The improved cash counting and controlling device may also be made with several
grooves or moulds for each value of coin and be adapted to be introduced into a large
cash box or safe, thus allowing, in medium establishments, the whole of the cash in
hand to be kept in such boxes and therefore be easily counted and controlled without
filling up any tubes or using any rolls. Or for chief receiving offices, banks or other
large establishments, boxes may be used, each of which has but one size of grooves

page_text: for the respective coin, thereby admitting of an easy control and compact deposition
of the largest quantity of hard cash in contradistinction to the clumsy packing thereof
in sacks or barrels as heretofore.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
In cash boxes, the application of semicylindric grooves or moulds a a for every
size or value of coin, arranged side by side and each corresponding in cross section
to the diameter of the respective coin, said moulds being closed at one end and
adapted to be closed at the other end by a common flap e, in combination with metal
or other tubes of corresponding cross section each having a longitudinal controlling
slot and being closed at one end, while provided at the other end with a detachable
cover or cap substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
JACOB HOCK.
Per Huelser & Co.,
142, Fleet Street, London, Attorneys.
JACOB HOCK.
Per Huelser & Co.,
142, Fleet Street, London, Attorneys.