Packeting of Money.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 5th Apr., 1887.
Packeting of Money.
I, HUGO LONITZ, of Neuhaldensleben, Prússia, Germany, Manufacturer, 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 money cases or boxes designed to receive a definite
number of coins of a certain value, and to facilitate the packeting of money. The said
cases or boxes are of different diameters to correspond with the diameter of the coins
they are to contain and of different lengths according to the thickness of the respective
coins. Thus for example, cases or boxes. which are designed for the reception of five-
mark pieces are of such a size that they receive exactly twenty (20) five-mark pieces
equal to one hundred (100) marks. If therefore five-mark pieces are to be made into
packets, it is only necessary to fill the cases, when it is known at once, without the
several coins having to be counted, that each case contains a sum of 100 marks.
Accordingly by the use of the said cases or boxes the counting of the coins, which has
heretofore invariably been necessary when putting money into rolls or packets and
which requires much time, is avoided and also the troublesome operation of wrapping
the money in paper and scaling or tying the packets is rendered superfluous.
Cases which are designed for the reception of gold coins, are advantageously made
of a size which corresponds exactly to an amount of one thousand (1000) marks.
In like manner cases can be produced of such a size that they can receive a definite
number of twenty pfennig-pieces, pfennig pieces or other coins.
Instead of inaking the boxes to receive a certain number of Germán coins I also
make them to receive a certain number of coins of other countries.
The said cases or boxes can be composed of paper, leather, metal or other suitable
material and are formed in two parts viz. a half-cylinder provided with two ends and

page_text: a complete cylinder having only one end closed and adapted to be placed as a cap over
the half cylinder.
.
In the accompanying drawing
Figures 1 to 4 show a case designed for five mark pieces.
The remaining Figures are hereinafter referred to.
A is the hollow half-cylinder which is provided with circular ends a', a² and serves
to receive the coins æ. The front end a is of a somewhat larger diameter than the
half-cylinder A, while the rear end a² is of the same diameter as the said half-cylinder
so that it does not project beyond the sides of the same.
B is the complete cylinder which is open at one end and closed at the other by a
disc. This cylinder B is slipped like a cap over the half cylinder A filled with
coins and keeps the money safely in place.
To take money out of the case it is only necessary to draw the part A out of the
part B and to remove the money from the part A. When drawing out the part A,
the part B must always be kept in such a position that the half-cylinder A is down-
wards as in the other case, if the said half cylinder were upwards when being drawn
out the money would drop out.
In order to enable the position of the part A to be ascertained before opening the
case, the part B, is provided with a hole, b¹ through which the money or the half
cylinder A can be seen. The part A must be drawn out only when the money is
visible through the said hole b¹.
To close the case for the transport, I use a capsule C, Figure 5, to which gum is
applied and which is laid over the end a¹ of the half-cylinder and with its scalloped
edge is stuck to the case B, as shown in Figure 4.
These money cases can, if desired, be provided with suitable labels stating the
amount of money they can hold, and, may be of a definite colour or have some other
distinguishing mark according to the kind of money they are to contain.
Figures 6 to 12 show a metal case which like the case in Figures 1 to 4, consists of
a hollow half-cylinder A and a hollow cylinder B. "This metal case, however, has a
different closing device. The latter consists of a hook d Figures 6, 7, 8 arranged on
the half cylinder A and engaging with an angular slot f, in the cylinder B, Figures
9 and 11. On slipping the part A, into the part B, the hook d enters the part f
of the slot. When the part A is completely inserted it is turned so that the
hook d occupies the part 1 of the slot. To ensure the locking, a cover D, Figures
10 and 12 to which some adhesive substance is applied is placed over the slot and
hook, the said cover being provided with a projection g of pasteboard corresponding
to the size of the part of the slot f, f. The projection g thus exactly fills the part
of the slot, and therefore prevents the closing. device from opening automatically.
In lieu of the hook d, the half-cylinder A can be provided with a simple projection
which fits into the part f' of the slot f, f¹.
As, with this arrangement, the part A can be easily drawn from the part B by
means of the hook or projection d, and as the part A is always kept by the hook din
the proper position in the part B, it is not necessary that the outer end of the part A
should project beyond the part B, or to provide the hole in the cylinder B. Both
can however be used as in the case shown in Figures 1 to 4.
In order to prevent the half-cylinders A from rolling or twisting when money
is put into them, I have constructed an apparatus in which the cylinders A are
placed or laid for the purpose of filling them. This apparatus is represented in
Figures 13 and 14 in tranverse section and plan and comprises a frame / provided
with a bottom and in which two inclined bars i, i are arranged. The bar is fixed,
whilst the bar ¹ can be moved to and fro by means of a screw k in order to provide
room for the smallest half-cylinders (Figure 15) as well as for the largest (Figure 16)
to be inserted between the said bars i, .
The rolling of the half-cylinders A, if the latter are provided with projecting
ends a¹ (Figures 1 to 4) can also be prevented by flattening the edge of the said end
on the line y. Fig. 3.

page_text: Having now particulary 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.
First. A money case or box adapted to contain a certain number of coins of a given
value and to facilitate the packeting of the same, the said case or box consisting of
a half-cylinder A, provided with two circular ends a³, a², and of a cylindrical cap B
designed to be placed over the said half-cylinder; the closing of the box or case
being effected either by a capsule Claid over the end a of the half-cylinder A and
secured at its edge by gum or other adhesive substance to the cap B (Figures
4 and 5) or by a hook or projection d an angular slot formed in the part B and
a cover D secured over the hook d and the slot f, and having a projection g
entering the part of the said angular slot.
Second. The employment of apparatus consisting of a frame h having a fixed
bar i and a bar that can be moved by the means of the screw k, for holding the
half cylinders while placing the coins therein.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.