Improvements in Coin-handling Appliances.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Sept., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 1st Jan., 1900-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin-handling Appliances.
I, STEPHEN HENRY MCFADDEN, of 40, Lutherstrasse, Berlin, W., Germany,
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to coin-handling appliances adapted to serve as adver-
tising devices as well as to facilitate the handling of coins in paying and in
giving change. For this purpose the inscriptions, pictorial devices, or the like
that are to serve as advertisements, are combined with the coin-handling appliance
proper in such a manner that they will be visible to purchasers who may place
money on the appliance or remove change therefrom. As every purchaser using
the appliance will thus be compelled to read or to see the advertisement, the said
advertisement will be given a greater publicity than is the case with advertise-
ments on walls or in shop windows.
The combination of the advertisement with the coin-handling appliance proper
may be carried out in a variety of ways.
A combined coin-handling and advertising appliance according to this inven
tion may comprise a plate of suitable transparent material, as glass or celluloid,
the upper surface of which is furnished as usual, with intersecting ribs or pro-
jections and advertising inscriptions, signs, and the like provided on the underside
of the said plate in such a manner that they can be seen from above through
the body of the plate. The inscriptions or the like may be placed in suitably
shaped recesses on the underside of the aforesaid plate or they may be formed by
such recesses which are filled with material of a colour different from that of the
plate itself.
The inscriptions or the like may, however, be cemented or otherwise fastened
directly to the smooth underside of the plate. In this case it is advisable to cover
the inscriptions or the like with a suitable layer, as, for example, a sheet of
paper or any other suitable material to protect from damage both the inscriptions
and the support on which the appliance rests.
Instead of arranging the advertising inscriptions or the like on the underside
of the plate they may be provided on the upper side of the plate and let into
recesses in the plate-for example, in the case of a glass plate, glass of a colour.
different from that of the plate may be run into recesses in the plate. In this
case the plate need not be transparent.
An appliance according to this invention may, of course, be of any desired shape
or size.

page_text: I, STEPHEN HENRY MCFADDEN, of 40, Lutherstrasse, Berlin, W., Germany,
Merchant, 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:-
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This invention relates to coin-handling appliances adapted to serve as adver-
tising devices or as devices for giving notices of various natures to customers,
such as See Register," Count Change,"
Pay Cashier," "Pay Here," "See
Cash Register," "See amount registered as well as to facilitate the handling of
coins in paying and in giving change. For this purpose the inscriptions, pictorial
devices, or the like that are to serve as advertisements or notices are combined
with the coin-handling appliances proper in such a manner that they will be
visible to purchasers who may place money on the appliances or remove change
therefrom. As every purchaser using such an appliance will thus be compelled
to read or to see the advertisement or notice, the said advertisement or notice will
be given a greater publicity than is the case with advertisements on walls or in
shop windows.
The combination of the advertisement or notice with the coin-handling appli-
ance proper may be carried out in a variety of ways.
Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings are respectively a plan and a
cross section corresponding to the line A-A of Fig. 1 of one example of a com-
bined coin-handling and advertising or annunciating appliance according to this
invention Figs. 3 and 4 are cross sections of modifications thereof; Fig. 5 is
a plan of a coin-handling appliance provided with notices for customers.
A combined coin-handling and advertising or annunciating appliance according
to this invention may comprise as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a plate a of suitable
transparent material, as glass or celluloid, the upper surface of which is furnished
with intersecting ribs or projections as usual, and advertising inscriptions b,
signs or the like provided on the underside of the said plate in such a manner
that they can be seen from above through the body of the plate. The inscrip-
tions or the like may be placed in suitable shaped recesses y on the underside
of the aforesaid plate or they may be formed by filling such recesses with material
of a colour different from that of the plate itself.
The inscriptions 6 or the like may, however, be cemented or otherwise fastened
directly to the smooth underside of the plate a as shown in Fig. 3. In this
case it is advisable to cover the inscriptions or the like with a suitable layer c
of material as, for example, a sheet of paper adapted to protect from damage both
the inscriptions and the support on which the appliance rests.
Instead of arranging the advertising inscriptions 6 or the like on the underside
of the plate a they may, as shown in Fig. 4, be provided on the upper side of the
plate and be let into recesses in the plate-for example, in the case of a glass
plate, glass of a colour different from that of the plate may be run into recesses
in the plate. In this case the plate need not be transparent.
An appliance according to this invention may, of course, be of any desired
shape or size.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. Coin-handling appliances combined with advertisements, inscriptions, or

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See Register,"
notices for customers such as
," "Count Change," or "Pay Cashier
or the like, which are visible on the upper side.
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2. A coin-handling appliance according to the preceding claim in which the
advertisement or the like (b) is arranged on the underside of the plate (a,) which
is made of transparent material.
3. A coin-handling appliance according to Claim 1, wherein the advertise-
ment or the like (b) is arranged in recesses in the plate on the upper or under
side of the same and consists of material of a different colour from that of the
plate.
4. A coin-handling appliance according to Claim 1, wherein the advertisement
or the like is secured to the smooth under surface of the plate (a) and is covered
by a protecting layer (c).
5. A combined coin-handling and advertising or annunciating appliance con-
structed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to
and shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings, and the same as
modified according to Fig. 3, Fig. 4, or to Fig. 5 thereof.
Dated this 1st day of January 1000.
F. WISE HOWORTH,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.