Year: 1886

page_text: I ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, residing at 323, High Holborn, London, in the
County of Middlesex, England, Patent Agent, 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 cash boxes for making change in transacting business,.
its objects being to rapidly handle coin of different denominations without
likelihood of error and to quickly ascertain how much of the different kinds of
coin are at any time in the cash box.
The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts as
hereinafter described and pointed out in the appended claims.
Referring to the accompanying drawing by letter, A designates the casing or
box of the lower part of the machine of general rectangular form within the front
portion of which is secured the casting, B. The upper horizontal plate of the said
casting has made in it the slots, b, running from front to rear of the machine and
having at their rear ends the rubber stops, b¹.
Running downward and outward from the top plate of the casting is an inclined
plate C, the sides of which are provided with supporting and coin directing flanges
and which converge and end in the chute or spout c, which passes out of a slot in
the front end of the casing. c¹ is a recess made in the said front below the chute
for the purpose of easily receiving in the hand the coin that falls from the chute.
The casing A is open above the casting B and has detachably secured above the
latter a vertical casing D open in front. Within this casing is secured a casting E
provided with the coin tubes or boxes e, which are open in front and have their
backs or walls concaved to fit the denomination of coin they are to receive.
upper end of the said tubes or boxes are open, their lower ends being closed by a
casting F which is bolted to the lower end of the casting E and provided with
slots which stand respectively above the slots 6 in the casting B and below the
coin boxes. The open fronts of the coin tubes or boxes are closed by a metallic
plate G the side edges of which slide in ways or grooves G¹ made in the front edges
of the sides of the casing D. g, g, are vertical slots made in the plate G and
standing in front of the coin boxes or tubes to view the contents thereof and g¹, is
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page_text: a flange standing outward at right angles from the foot of the plate and flush with
the bottom of the coin boxes when the plate G is pushed home.
The upper surface of the casting F is furnished with depressions F¹ which run
partly within the coin tubes or boxes and have their rear ends correspondingly
concaved and their floors inclining downward and outward. The depressions
form exits for the coin below the flange g¹ their inclination aiding the escape of
the same.
g² are transverse slots crossing the tops of the slots g below a flange g³ at the
top of the plate G and lying in front of the coin tubes or boxes. By means of
these slots g coin may be inserted in the boxes without lifting the lid g¹ which is
hinged at its rear edge to the rear upper corner of the casing B and has its front
edge lying upon the flange g of the tubes.
The casting E is so secured in the casing D that the coin tubes or boxes incline
slightly forward from top to bottom. H is a transverse rod running through the
casing A near the base of the same below the coin tubes or boxes and H¹ is a
similar rod slightly to the rear of and above the same. The end of these rods are
supported in the side walls of the frame or casing A. Each coin box has a corre-
sponding lever pivoted at its lower end upon the rod H and has a slightly curved
arm h¹ extending forward from it at points above its pivot. I is a key the rod of
which passes through a suitable directing aperture in the casing A. in front of the
coin tubes or boxes its lower end being loosely pivoted to the end of the arm ht,
as shown. I is a spring the lower end of which is secured to the rod H by
passing through an opening therein. The spring thence passes to the rod H¹
around which it coils and running thence upward passes through a lug on the
rear edge of the lever, h. The action of the spring is to return the upper end of
the lever backward after it has been forced forward by depressing the key I.
The upper end of the lever has a head * beveled downwardly from its center to
its front as shown. From the center of this head stands a lug upon which is
pivoted the pushing head i having a flat base. From the top of the head i, stands
a stem having a beveled upper end i¹.
When the depression of the key I forces the lever forward, the point of the
bevel, catches against the rear edge of the last coin in the coin box so that it
is carried from out the pile of coin in the coin box and forced down on the inclined
plane C whence it passes to the chute c, and out of the machine. When the key
is released the under surface of the next coin in the pile turns forward the point
of the bevel ¹, so that the latter passes under the coin without catching thereon,
the head i, being turned forward with its base resting on the forward bevel on the
head of the lever, h. When said lever is fully back the junction of its head
and the head i, strikes against the lug b, the bevel i¹, again becoming inclined.
To drive the coin out of its box, the head i, must pass through the adjacent
slots b and f.
On the case above each key is marked upon a proper part of the casing A, the
number of cents or dollars of the coin contained in the box with which that key
corresponds. The rear portion of the casing A behind the upright casing D is
formed into a chamber to receive a coin drawer J, formed of the casting J¹ and
the pieces J' secured to the end thereof. The casting J¹, is formed into a number
of banks or cells preferably three which rise, stair-like, above and break joints with
each other. Oval slots j, are formed in the casting on the front edge of each cell
for convenience in removing coin therefrom. When there are three banks of cells
the lowest ones are preferably to receive each ten silver dollars, the second ones
each ten dollars in half-dollars, and the upper ones each five dollars in quarter-
dollars.
Both the coin drawer J and the casing D may have proper side handles for
operating them.
The method of using the device is evident from the foregoing description.
The casing D, and the coin tubes or boxes containing the coin can be removed
from the cash box and locked up in a vault for safety.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by ny foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is
1. In a cash box, the combination of a coin tube, a key, a lever, and a pivoted
head, the coin tube having a slotted bottom, the lever connected with the key and
the head pivoted to the upper end of the lever and adapted to be moved in the slot
of the tube, substantially as specified.
2. The combination in a cash box, of a coin tube, a key, a pivoted spring lever,
and a head the tube having a slotted bottom for the passage of the head, the key
connected with the pivoted lever which latter has its upper end beveled forwardly
the head also beveled forwardly on its under side and hinged to the said lever,
whereby the downward movement of the key will carry the hinged head through
the slot of the coin tube and remove the lowest coin therefrom, substantially as
specified.
3. The combination with a coin tube, a pivoted lever, a hinged head, a finger
key and a chute the horizontal portion of the chute being slotted beneath the coin
tubes, the key connected with the pivoted lever and the head hinged to the upper
end of the said lever whereby pressure upon the key will cause the hinged head to
move in the slots of the chute and carry the lowest coin in the tube out upon the
chute substantially as specified.
4. In a cash box, the combination of the main casing A the casting B, provided
with the slot b, having the inclined plane and chute formed upon it, the vertical
casing D, the casting E, provided with the coin tube e, the casting F, provided
with the slots f, the rods H, H¹, the levers h, provided with the arms h¹, and
adapted to have their upper ends push the lower coin of any box out of the latter,
the key I, and the springs I¹, substantially as specified.
5. In a cash box, the combination with the coin tube and the casting B, having
the inclined plane and chute formed thereon and provided with the slots b, and
stops b', of the keys I, rods H H', levers h, provided with the arms h¹, springs I'
and heads i, pivoted to the upper ends of the levers h, substantially as specified.
Dated this 12th day of January 1886.