Improvements in Apparatus for Facilitating the Payment and Receipt of Money and Change, specially applicable to Booking Offices.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 11th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 24th Feb.,
1900
Improvements in Apparatus for Facilitating the Payment and Receipt
of Money and Change, specially applicable to Booking Offices.
I, THOMAS TOWNEND, of 15, Wade Street, Halifax, in the County of York, Den-
tist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus at booking stalls, shops
counters and the like for facilitating the giving and receiving of money and
change, also it is a check against paying bad or light coin.
My apparatus consists of a pivotted tray preferably of metal placed in the book-
ing office window or counter, for the receipt of the coin, this tray tapers from
the centre to the ends, at each of which is an opening, it is pivotted on a suitable
stand, the whole arrangement may be of any suitable metal or material, and the
tray is made dished or V shaped for facilitating the passage of the money from
the centre to the openings.
The money is placed on the tray by the purchaser, the clerk places his hand
under the hole at his end of tray, draws it down and the coin slides into his hand,
he gives back the change, and the purchaser receives it in a similar manner, thus
saving a large amount of time and inconvenience, and enabling quick booking,
the underside of the centre of the tray is weighted, só as to return to its level
position or balance.
1000
JOHN E. WALSH,
Waterhouse Chambers, Crossley Street, Halifax, .
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Apparatus for Facilitating the Payment and Receipt
of Money and Change, specially applicable to Booking Offices.
I, THOMAS TOWNEND, of 15, Wade Street, Halifax, in the County of York, Den-
tist, 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:―
The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus at booking stalls, offices,
shops counters, and the like, for facilitating the giving and receiving of money
and change, also it is a check against paying bad or light coin.

page_text: Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my improved apparatus, showing the same tilted
and in the act of delivering money.
Fig. 3 is a plan, and Fig. 4 an end view of Fig. 1.
My apparatus consists of a pivotted tray A, preferably of enamelled metal placed
in the booking office window or counter, for the receipt of the coin, this tray
tapers from the centre to the ends, at each of which is an opening B, it is
pivotted on a suitable stand C; the whole arrangement may be of any suitable
metal or material, and the tray is made dished or V shaped for facilitating the
passage of the money from the centre to the openings
Also at or near each opening in the tray 1 mount a suitable partition D, car-
ried by vertical legs or arms E, these legs or armus pass through holes in the
flange or rim G of the tray A, and have suitable stops or shoes H, H', fixed upon
them, one at each extremity, and another a suitable distance from the rim, the
position of which may be adjusted according to the amount of movement it is
desired to give to the tray when tilting same.
I also provide a projection or lip J at or near the inner edge of the openings B,
to act as a guide in taking any money from the tray.
The action is as follows:-The money is placed on the tray A by the purchaser
the clerk places his hand under the hole at his end of the tray, the finger tips
upon the projection J, draws or presses down the tray by means of the thumb;
the shoes at the extremities of the legs E come in contact with the foot I of
the stand, and the legs E being forced up the holes in the rim raise the partition,
and allow the coin to slide into his hand, he gives back the change into the fray
and the purchaser receives it in a similar manner, thus saving a large amount of
time and inconvenience and enabling quick booking, the underside of the centre
of the tray is weighted by a suitable weight K, so as to return to its level posi-
tion or balance.
The shoes H regulate the movement of the partition as before described.
By the employment of the partitions D) the cash is retained within, and pre-
vented from slipping off the tray until the tray is tilted for removing same as
aforesaid.
By dropping the coins upon the tray the validity of same can easily be ascer-
tained by the sound, also by providing the pivot head M of the tray with a
groove the coins can be tested as to quality of metal.
Having now particularly 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:
1. The use and employment of a tilting or pivotted tray, A, having an open-
ing B at each end, and a concave or V shaped bottom, operating in the manner
and for the purposes, substantially as set forth.
2. The use and employment of a tilting or pivotted tray A, having a concave
or V shaped bottom, and openings B at each end, in combination with parti-
tions D, operating in the manner and for the purposes, substantially as set forth.
Dated this Tenth day of January 1900.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Waterhouse Chambers, Crossley Street, Halifax,
Patent Agent for the Applicant,