Year: 1886

page_text: I, ALFRED PAGE, of 27, Upper Mill-Hill, Leeds in the County of York, Engineer
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 improved apparatus in which money is collected, the
object being to prevent its extraction by fraudulent means.
A box or vessel of metal or other suitable material is used as a receptacle for the
collected coin and is provided with a door by which the money can be removed,
but a lock is furnished in order to prevent this being done by any unauthorized
person not provided with a proper key.
The receptacle forms the exterior shell of the apparatus and is so constructed
that it will receive in a telescopic manner a second or inner portion of the apparatus
containing the trapping mechanism.
This inner portion is secured in the receptacle by a pin or bolt passing through
both, and is so placed that its head is within the rebate of, and is covered by the
door when it is closed, so that it is impossible to separate the two parts without
first unlocking and opening the door and withdrawing the said pin or bolt.-
Within the upper part of the inner portion is a trap-box.
In the top is an opening for admitting coin. At a short distance below this
opening are mounted or hinged two trap doors whose lower edges are wide apart
but sufficiently clear the sides of the trap box to allow coin to pass downward
into a hopper-like part of the box which is so formed that its sides will guide
descending coin and cause it to pass between other two trap doors suspended so as
to be wider apart at their tops than at their bottoms.-The coin having passed
between them is deposited in a compartment having its two opposite sides trans-
parent so that the collector can check the money without turning the apparatus for
that purpose. The lower part of the last named compartment or chamber is made
hopper-wise and has an opening through it. Below this compartment or chamber
is a movable trap-box with internal guides and flaps, it is movable about an axis
at its lower part and its top is an arc of a circle having the said axis for its centre,
the radius is the distance from the axis to the under-side of the hopper-like com-
partment or chamber. The movement of this trap-box is one of partial rotation
about the. said axis caused by operating a thumb-latch (after verification of the

page_text: money,) by this partial rotation an opening in the top of the trap-box corresponding
to that in the bottom of the hopper-like compartment is brought opposite thereto
and the coin descends to the locked up receptacle. The thumb latch being then
released, the trap-box is by the action of a spring caused to return to its normal
position, closing the bottom of the hopper-like compartment in readiness to receive
the succeeding deposit.
The construction of the abovenamed trap-boxes is such, that on which side
soever the apparatus may be turned, or even if it be turned upside down, the
lower trap doors of both boxes will assume positions such as will prevent coin
returning. The path from the entrance to the final receptacle being so devious,
coin cannot be extricated otherwise than by the door provided for the purpose.
As usual in such apparatus there is provided a lamp for illuminating the
verifying compartment by night or in dark weather.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1. is a side elevation, Fig. 2. a sectional'
elevation, and Fig. 3, a front elevation of apparatus according to my invention a, is
the outer portion of the apparatus. b, the inner portion that is inserted within the
part a, and fixed therein by the bolt or pin c, which passes through both the outer
and inner portions a, and b, its head being within the rebate for the reception of
and covered by the door a¹ when the latter is closed and locked by the person
having authority to remove the money collected. The inner portion b, extends
above the top of the outer portion a, and contains duplex trapping apparatus for
the money to pass through on its way to the final receptacle a 5.6 1. is the
opening into which money is dropped.-b 3, b 3, are inclined guides mounted or
hinged freely upon a pin b4. (or if preferred they may be mounted on separate
pins as shewn in Fig. 4, or otherwise) and caused to take the positions shewn in
full lines by a fixed bar b5, against the sides of which they rest (or two pins may
be substituted for the bar). When coin is placed in the opening 61. it falls on to
one or other of the inclined guides b 3, After passing these, it comes into contact
with one or other of the inclined sides b6, which guides it between two flaps 67.
The abovementioned parts 63, to 67, inclusive constitute the first trapping box
whence the coin descends into the compartment b 8, having a hopper-like form with
an opening b9, at the bottom. The coin is here arrested by the top of the second
trapping box d, which is provided with internal flap guides b 3.—inclined sides b6,
and terminal flaps 67, and other parts similar to those of the upper trapping box.
The box d is mounted upon an axis d 1, and normally held in the position indicated
by the dotted lines & 2, by the spring d 3, acting against the interior of the outer
part a, so that the part d 4, of the top is opposite to and closes the opening 69, in
such manner that the coin is arrested for verification by the collector, a 2, and a 3,
are panes of glass through which the collector inspects the coin, a 3, being on that
side next to him he can see the money without turning the apparatus round as is
usually required to be done in collecting boxes such as heretofore in use. --After
inspection of the money the collector presses the thumb lever 4, which acts on
and moves the trap box d; into the position shewn in full lines, thus permitting the
coin to pass therethrough to the final receptacle a 5. after which it is impossible by
any instrument to extricate it feloniously, and if it be attempted to extricate it by
turning the apparatus sideways either in one direction or the other, or upside
down, such action will cause one or other of the inclined guides b 3. (as the case
may be) of each trapping box, to close the passage on that side towards which the
apparatus may be turned; also one of other of the flaps 67. of each trapping box
will also fall against its fellow as shewn in dotted lines, and effectually prevent any
coin passing backward.-a 6, is the handle by which the collector carries and
presents the apparatus, e, is a lamp for illuminating the compartment b S. at night
or in dark weather.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention. and in what manner the same is to be carried into practical effect,
I hereby declare that no general claim is made in respect of the several mechanical

page_text: parts used separately or otherwise than as and for the purposes hereinabove
described and set forth in the following claiming clauses, but what I do claim is
1. Apparatus for collecting and checking money, constructed, arranged and
operating substantially as herein above described with reference to and illustrated
in the drawings annexed, with or without the internal parts of the lower
trapping box.
2. In apparatus for collecting and checking money, provided with a hopper-like
chamber or compartment such as 68. the use of a box such as d, with internal
guides 66, and flaps b7, and with or without flap guides b 3, this box being hinged
or pivotted (as at d1) and having in its upper part an opening through which and
the box itself, the contents of the hopper-like chamber or compartment may
descend into a receptacle a 5, below, when the box is moved into a position in
which the opening in its upper part corresponds with the opening 69, in the lower
part of the hopper-like chamber or compartment, substantially as described, the
arrangement being such as to prevent the returning of money from the receptacle a 5,
to the hopper-like chamber or compartment by tilting or turning the apparatus
upside down.
Dated this 5th day of January 1886.
Witness,
THO E. CRAVEN, C.E.,
Fel. Inst. Patent Agents,
24, Victoria Chambers, Leeds.
ALFRED PAGE.