Year: 1888

page_text: I EDWIN ALBERT TICE of 77 Macfarlane Road, Shepherd's Bush, in the-County
of Middlesex, Dentist 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 this Invention is to produce an improved Money Box by means of
which any sum or sums placed therein up to twenty shillings can be registered, and
the amount contained by the said Money Box ascertained at a glance; and if required
provided with a bell or similar contrivance which will sound when a coin is placed in
the money slit by the weight of the said coin acting on one end of a lever. The
invention consists of a money box constructed of any size, shape or material, provided
with a dial or face. The said dial is fitted with two hands and a train of wheels
arranged similarly to the hour and minute hands of an ordinary clock. The dial is
divided into 12 parts numbered one to twelve to indicate pence, and also into twenty
parts numbered one to twenty to indicate shillings, the train of wheels being so
arranged that when the pence hand makes one revolution the shillings hand shall
make one-twentieth of a revolution.
If desirable the wheel actuating the shillings hand may be attached to a hammer or
similar contrivance, and so arranged that a bell or equivalent device is sounded at
every one-twentieth of a revolution of the shillings hand instead of being sounded
every time a coin is inserted into the box.
A cap is fixed upon the central axis for the purpose of revolving the same by hand
after a coin has been inserted in the coin slit.
The pence hand is fastened to the central axis, and the shillings hand is attached to
a pipe which fits upon this axis, and derives its motion from the pence hand, the train
of wheels being so arranged as to reduce the velocity in the ratio of one to twenty.
Each of the pence divisions is also sub-divided four times to indicate farthings.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawing, which shows an elevation of the dial. It will be seen that the inner circle B
has twelve divisions, and is marked with the word "pence," whilst the outer circle C
has twenty divisions and is marked with the word "Shillings -When a coin say
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page_text: a penny, is placed in the box it may be made to fall on one end of a lever, the other
end of which will sound a bell or equivalent device, and it is intended that the cap A
attached to the central axis shall be turned by the child or other person so that the
pence hand D passes over one division of the pence circle B, and if a further sum of
money is placed in the box that the same shall be added to the amount already
registered.
If parts of a penny are placed in the box, say one farthing, the pence hand D is to
be moved through one of the sub-divisions F on the pence circle B.
When the pence hand D has made one complete revolution, the Shillings hand E
will pass over one of the divisions on the Shillings circle C indicating that there is
one shilling in the box, and may at the same time sound a bell or similar. contrivance
instead of sounding the same every time a coin is inserted in the box.
It is obvious that my invention is capable of considerable modification.
example:-
For
The shilling circle C may be inside the pence circle B, and the cap A may be made
of any suitable size or shape, and provided with a handle if necessary.
The dial may also be protected by a glass, through the centre of which the cap A
may project, or the central axis may be rotated in any other suitable manner.
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
A Money Box constructed with a clock face or dial for the purpose of registering
and indicating the amount contained therein, with or without a bell or similar sound-
ing device substantially as hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office,
54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.