Improvements in Cash Receptacles and Registers.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 3 st July, 1891-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cash Receptacles and Registers.
I, NELSON STAFFORD, of No. 435 Quincy Street, Brooklyn in the State of
New York, United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this, invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a receptacle or bank for coins and to
register or compute the amount of the contents as the same may be introduced
from time to time.
To accomplish this object a box is made, preferably in the form of a short
cylinder, with a dial on the top and in this dial are slots of different sizes, each
sfot being adapted to the reception of a particular coin, and this dial can be rotated
by hand.
Beneath this dial is a stationary top plate having corresponding slots
so that coius cannot be introduced except when the dial is turned to its normal
point for the slots to coincide.
Within the box is a horizontal ring which is notched upon its inner edges and
becomes a counting ring, and beneath the stationary top plate and connected
centrally with the dial is a receptacle plate that extends out beneath the stationary
top plate and carries bottomless receptacles for the coins corresponding in size to
the slots, and when a coin is dropped into any particular receptacle through the
slot its edge is within one of the notches of the counting ring, hence the coin
becomes the means for moving the counting ring when the dial is turned, and
there is within the box a stationary partition having slots and stops adjacent to
the slots and this partition and its slots is located in relation to the top plate so
that the coin may be stopped after the dial, receptacle plate, coin and counting
ring have been turned a number of notches corresponding to the value of the coin.
For instance if a shilling is introduced in the shilling slot the movement will be
arrested after the counting ring has been moved twenty-four notches; a half penny
will only be moved one notch; a three penny piece will be moved six notches; a
two penny piece will be moved four notches; a six penny picce will be moved
twelve notches. In all instances the counting ring and the parts are adapted to
shillings and pence; to dollars and cents; to francs and centimes, or to marks and
pfennigs, according to the currency.
When the coin arrives at the stop in the partition, it drops through the slot in
the partition plate into the receptacle.below.
There are in the dial and in the top plate, openings which coincide when the
dial is in its normal position, and through these, numbers can be observed that are
affixed to a cylinder connected with the counting ring, hence as this counting ring
is moved a distance proportioned to the value of the coin, the value of that coin
will be added to the previous computation; and a second dial surrounding the
first is usually employed, so as to continue the addition up to any desired amount
of pounds, dollars, francs or marks, and it will be understood that the number of
teeth around the counting ring and the number of divisions and numbers upon the
enumerating dials, will be adapted to the currency.
In the side of the box or bank is a door, with a lock, preferably a spring lock,
and a cover to the key hole, and this cover is moved automatically by the
rotation of the counting dial after a certain amount of money has been inserted
into the bank, and the parts can be set in such a way that the bank can be opened
automatically or the key inserted when it contains the predetermined amount, say
from one pound upwardly to ten pounds or from one dollar upwardly to say one
hundred dollars, and when this door is opened the coins that have accumulated
can be removed.

page_text: A circular ratchet and pawl are employed for preventing the dial being turned
the wrong way, and guards are introduced for preventing the dial being moved
if the coin is introduced in the wrong slot-thus rendering the computation as
reliable as possible.
Dated this 4th day of Naramba. 1900.
BREWER & SON,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cash Receptacles and Registers.
1, NELSON STAFFORD, of No. 435 Quincy Street, Brooklyn, in the State of
New York, United States of America, 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:-
Money boxes and toy money-banks have heretofore been made in which the
coin is inserted into a slot, and in its passage into the box such coin is made to
act upon registering mechanism to indicate the value of the coin and denote by
the successive computations the amount of money in the box or bank. These
registering devices have required separate registering mechanism for each coin and
have usually been complicated and expensive to construct.
My present invention is intended for employing one registering device and
adapting such registering device to coins of one, two, or more values, and by the
registering device is moved a distance corresponding to the value of the coin
inserted.
In the drawings I have represented an apparatus adapted to the reception of
fifty-cent pieces, twenty-five cent pieces, five and ten-cent pieces, and one-cent coins,
and there is a separate slot for each coin, and the parts are constructed in such a
manner that a complete revolution of the dial forming one of the slotted plates
must be made before a second coin can be inserted into either of the coin-slots,
and in the movement the coin that is inserted is carried around with the revolving
plate a distance proportionate to the value of the coin before the coin is allowed
to drop into the box. Thus, for instance, where the registering apparatus has one
hundred divisions and a fifty-cent piece is inserted such coin is carried around a
half revolution before it is dropped into the box or bank. A twenty-five-cent
piece is carried around a quarter of a revolution, a ten-cent-piece one-tenth of a
revolution, a five-cent-piece one-twentieth of a revolution, and a one-cent piece
one-hundredth part of a revolution, and the coin in each instance forms a stop to
prevent the further movement of the parts until such coin drops from the
registering apparatus into the box, and the registering mechanism that has been
moved through the intervention of the coin cannot thereafter be moved any farther
until another coin is inserted, and I provide for indicating the total contents of
the box or bank up to any desired amount, usually from one cent to a hundred
dollars, and I provide a means for preventing the box or bank being unlocked and
opened until a certain amount of money has been introduced into the box, and
this device is constructed in such a manner that it may or may not be used, at the
option of the party closing the box.
In the drawings,
Fig. 1 is a plan view with a portion of the dial and fixed plates removed.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section at the line of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a sectional plan at the line y y on Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of the mechanism for turning the dollar-ring.
Fig. 5 represents the lock and the lock-guard,
Fig. 6 shows a modification in the coin-discharge, and
Fig. 7 represents a dial adapted to English money.
The box or bank is preferably circular, having the cylindrical walls A and

page_text: bottom B rigidly secured together, usually by solder around the edges, and within
the box is a partition or diaphragm C, the edges of which are supported upon and
firmly attached to the interior of the cylindrical wall A. The top plate D is also
firmly connected within the cylindrical walls A, and it has a central pivotal opening.
and on this plate D is received the dial F. The edges of this dial are beneath and
held by the inturned rim G at the upper edge of the cylindrical case A, so that this
dial F is free to be rotated, but cannot be separated without injury to the parts,
and there is upon the top plate D a circular range of ratchet-teeth 2, and upon
the under side of the dial F is a pawl 3, coinciding with this range of ratchet-teeth
to prevent the dial being turned backward. In the dial F and top plate D are
slots adapted to the reception of coins of different values. If these slots were all
radial, the dial F might be turned in such a way that the slot 1 for one cent might
coincide with the slot 50 for fifty cents in the top plate D, and thus a false motion
might be given to the apparatus by the insertion of coins of different denominations
through one slot. To prevent this difficulty, I make the slot for fifty cents nearly
radial, and the slots for five, ten, twenty-five and one cents at an inclination one
way or the other to the radial lines, and the slots in the top plate D and dial
plate F coincide exactly when the dial-plate F is turned around so that the index 4
comes opposite to the zero-point 5 upon the box; but these slots will not coincide
with each other at any other point sufficiently for a coin to be passed through
either slot, and by this arrangement of slots, as illustrated in the drawings, I am
enabled to insure the proper movement of the apparatus from the starting-point to
the place where the coin is delivered.
Within the box and above the diaphragm C and beneath the top plate D is a
counting-ring H, having teeth that project inwardly by preference, and it is
advantageous to use one hundred of these teeth; but any other number might be
used, if desired, the counting apparatus being marked accordingly. This counting-
ring H is generally near the middle of a vertical cylinder 6, the bottom edge of
which rests in an annular groove around the partition C, and at the top of this
cylinder 6 is a dial 7, numbered to indicate cents from one cent up to one hundred
or other indications of value. It is preferable to provide the notches in the inner
edges of the counting-ring H, for reasons that will here'n:fter be apparent but
the arrangement of slots in the top plate 1) and dial-plates F, before described,
might be availed of with a counting-ring H having the notches upon the exterior
edge. The receptacle-plate I is below the top plate D, and the centre portion
thereof is stamped upwardly to form a circular boss that fits the central opening in
the top plate D, and at this place the receptacle plate I and dial F are firmly
connected together by rivets or otherwise, so that the two can turn together, and
the central projection upon this receptacle-plate becomes the pivot upon which the
dial and receptacle-plate turn. The receptacles I' are of a size adapted to each
coin. Each of these receptacles is in the form of a three-sided box without top or
bottom, and the upper edges of the receptacle are connected permanently with the
under side of the receptacle-plate at the respective coin-slots in the receptacle-
plate, and the interior measurements of the receptacles correspond to the respective
slot-openings, and these receptacles and slot-openings are placed in such a manner
that the coin dropped into the receptacle passes into the notch in the counting-ring
that is adjacent to the receptacle, and the coin rests upon the downwardly inclined
or conical surface 8 of the diaphragm C, and in consequence of the coin fitting the
receptacle loosely it will be held up to the teeth of the counting-ring; but if a
smaller coin is placed in the receptacle for the larger coin the conical surface S
will cause the coin to roll downwardly and away from the teeth of the counting-
ring, thus preventing the small coin being used for registering the larger amount,
and as an additional precaution I provide a stationary curb K around the conical
surface 8 and fastened permanently to the diaphragm C, and a hanging curb K¹
fastened at its upper edge to the under side of the top plate I), the counting-ring H
being free, so that it can be rotated between the two curbs, and upon these curbs
are segmental guards L, occupying vertical positions and in line with the advancing

page_text: side of each coin receptacle, and the inner edges of these segmental guards are cut
out upon ares of circles corresponding to the particular coins, as such coins are held
within the respective receptacles and rest upon the conical surface 8 of the
diaphragm C. Hence if a small coin is inserted into the slot and receptacle
allotted for a larger coin, and the entire bank or box tipped sidewise to cause such
coin to roll upon the incline 8 into the teeth of the counting-ring, such coin will
not coincide with the arc-shaped edges of the segmental guards, and any effort to
make use of such coin for turning the counting-ring by rotating the dial and
receptacles will be stopped by the coin coming in contact with the segmental guard,
the shape of which will prevent it passing; but when the dial is turned after the
proper coin is inserted in the proper place the edge of the coin passes freely by the
segmental guard adjacent to its receptacle,.and the movements heretofore indicated
are allowed of that is to say, when a fifty-cent piece is dropped into the slot
allotted for it and the dial is rotated the coin forms a connection between the
receptacle that is rotated by the receptacle plate and dial and the counting-ring is
carried around the half-circle corresponding to "fifty," and the lower edge of such
coin is stopped by an upward projection 11 upon the conical surface 8 of the plate C,
adjacent to a slot in such conical surface, and the motion of the parts is arrested
until the coin is allowed to drop through the slot in the diaphragm C into the
receptacle below, and in so doing the connection between the dial and the counting-
ring is severed and the counting-ring remains stationary while the dial is moved
around to the place of beginning, and it will be apparent that to allow of this motion
with a fifty-cent piece the conical surface 8 of the diaphragm C must be unobstructed
for one hundred and eighty degrees. I arrange the coin-slots so that there will be
an unobstructed space of ninety degrees between the coin-slot 25 for twenty-five
cents and the stop 11 upon such conical surface adjacent to the slot in the diaphragm
through which the twenty-five-cent piece drops, and allow eighteen degrees
between the slot for entering a five-cent piece and the stop for arresting the move-
ment, and a space of thirty-six degrees between the slot 10 for a ten-cent piece and
the stop for the same, and I allow a space equal to one notch in the counting-ring H
between the receptacle for one cent and the stop for arresting the movement of the
parts when one cent is inserted, so that in all instances the stop for one coin does
not interfere with the stop for any other coin, and the dial is free to be moved a
distance corresponding to the same number of teeth in the counting-ring as there
are cents in the coin, and from the foregoing it will be apparent that a computation
can be made progressively upon the counting-ring H, the denomination of each coin
that is inserted being added to that which before had been introduced into the box
or bank, and upon the top edge or dial 7 of the counting-ring and cylinder 6 there
are to be divisions denoting.cents from one cent up to one hundred, and in the dial
there is an opening corresponding with a similar opening through the top plate
when the dial is at the zero-point, so that through these openings the computation
in cents is indicated on inspection.
In the diaphragm C and around the outside of the cylinder 6 is an annular
groove 12, for the reception of the cylinder N, the top flanged edge of which
forms the dollar-ring, and this is divided up to indicate dollars, preferably from
one dollar to one hundred, and the lower edge of the cylinder is formed with
teeth 14, and there are at convenient positions upon the diaphragm C uprights o²,
Figs. 3 and 4, for the pivot 15 of the rocker O, and this rocker is acted upon by
a spring 16, and it has a pawl 17 to act upon the teeth 14, and there is a pin 18
(shown in Figs. 3 and 4) upon the cylinder of the counting-ring H, which pin 18
rides over the inclined surface of the rocker O, depressing the same and straining
the spring 16 and drawing back the pawl, and the positions of the parts are such
that the pin 18 passes off the end of the rocker as the counting-ring H is turned
from "ninety-nine" to "one hundred," and the spring 16, acting upon the pawl 17,
causes the dollar-ring N to move simultaneously, so as to change the number of
dollar-indications every time one hundred is computed upon the counting-ring H,
and this indication of the number of dollars is apparent through the same opening

page_text: and adjacent to and at the left of the indication of the number of cents upon the
dial of the counting-ring H. These parts thus far described may be made use of
alone, and there may be a door of any desired character introduced in the bank or
box with a proper key, so that the door may be opened at any time and the
contents of the box removed. It is, however, often desirable to prevent the box
or bank being opened until a certain amount of money has been accumulated
therein, as hereinafter indicated.
In one side of the box 1 provide a swinging door P', with a suitable lock thereon,
as shown at P1, Fig. 2, which is preferably a tumbler-lock, so that the usual pro-
tection may be afforded by the peculiar wards of the key, and within the lock-case
and behind the key-hole is a swinging key-hole guard Q, which guard is arranged
so that it can be swung to cover the key-hole on the inside or to uncover it at the
option of the party closing the door and locking it. If the key-hole is uncovered,
the bank can be opened at any desired time. If the key-hole is covered, the key-
hole guard must be moved automatically by the computing mechanism before the
bank can be opened, and in order to move the key-hole guard I employ the devices
next described.
Within the box and around the outside of the dollar-ring N is a computation-
ring R, having upon its flanged upper edge numbers indicating dollars, preferably
from one dollar up to one hundred dollars, and the lower edge of this ring is
notched for the reception of a spring-pawl 20, the spring of which is upon the
under side of the guard-plate 21, and the pawl end, in the form of a small plate,
passes up through an opening in the guard-plate into one of the notches in the ring R.
This guard-plate 21 is in the form of a segment of a ring resting upon the
diaphragm C, adjacent to the lock 1", and in the edge of this guard-plate 21 are
notches 22 and 23, and upon the key-hole guard is a projection 26 and a hook 27,
and when the door is shut the projections 26 of the key-hole guard Q will pass
into the notch 23, whether the key-hole is open or closed; but if the key-hole
guard is turned so that the hook 27 will come above the guard-plate 21. the key-
hole will be closed and the key cannot be inserted until the guard-plate 21 receives
an endwise motion automatically to swing the key-hole guard and uncover the
key-hole. It is preferable to number the lower edge of the computation-ring R,
adjacent to the notches therein, as seen in Fig. 5, so that when the computation-
ring R has been turned to show the proper number through the dial and the pawl 20
is in the corresponding notch and the dollar-ring N has been turned to, the number
of dollars that are indicated upon the lower edge of this computation-ring R, a
projection 28 upon the dollar-ring N will come in contact with the projection 29
upon the computation-ring R, and the said dollar-ring N when receiving an
additional movement will move the said computation-ring R, and the guard-plate 21
being connected to the computation-ring R by the pawl 20 the two will move
together in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 3, and the part of the guard-plate 21
that held the hook 27 moves away from such hook, and the key-hole guard is
swung by the action of the plate 21 on the projection 26, and the key-hole is
uncovered, and the key can be inserted for opening the lock.
It is to be understood that the upper part of the swinging doors Pcovers the
opening in the side of the case, so that when the swinging door is unlocked and
opened access is given to the spring-pawl 20 and to the computation-ring, so that
such computation-ring can be moved around after the spring-pawl is disengaged for
setting the computation-ring at any point where it is desired to allow the box or
bank to be opened, and it is also advantageous to have the holding-pawl 20 and
the pawl 17 adjacent to the opening in the case, so that when the door is
open the
counting-ring, dollar-ring, and computing-ring can be set around to "zero," or the
points of beginning, and it is better to provide a plate 30, projecting inwardly
from the upper part of the door and beneath the openings in the diaphragm C con-
taining these pawls, so as to prevent coins coming into contact with these pawls if
the box is inverted or tipped upon its sile.
It will be apparent that if a stationary segment of a cylinder is provided adjacent

page_text: to the inner edge of each coin-receptacle between the places of reception and
delivery as shown by dotted lines at 1, Fig. 3, and the inner edge of the coin-
receptacle is slotted, the coin may be allowed to roll down the incline 8 after it
comes in contact with the stop 11 and pass through the slot in the cylindrical
segment 13, and the coin will be discharged inwardly through the central opening
in the diaphragm C instead of passing vertically through a slot in such diaphragm.
In order to apply a friction to the respective counting, dollar, and computation
rings, or either of them, it is advantageous to groove such rings peripherally and
provide wire springs 40 with one end fastened to the diaphragm C and the other
end resting and pressing into such peripheral groove with the proper force to
produce the des'rel friction.
ten,
It will be apparent that this money-bank can be adapted to the reception of coins
of any desired denominations, and the boxes or banks can be of various sizes. For
instance, one box can be adapted to one-cent coins, and the computation would be
from one cent up to one dollar. Another box may be for five-cent coins, and each
notch of the ring H might then represent five cents and the dial be numbered "five,"
," "fifteen." &c., from five cents up to five dollars, and in like manner a box
for ten-cent pieces may be made with the counting-ring H numbered up to ten
dollars, and for twenty-five-cent pieces up to twenty-five dollars, and for fifty-cent
pieces up to fifty dollars. If the dollar-ring N is omitted, the pin 28 may be on
the counting-ring H, and the computation-ring R may then be inoved directly by
the ring H, the action of the respective parts remaining unchanged. If desired to
open the lock when the counting-ring H has made one complete revolution, there
may be a projection on the ring H, that will come directly into contact with a
projection on the guard-plate 21 to move the same, or it might act against the
projection 26 of the key-hole guard and swing the same. At 48, Fig. 3, I have
represented by dotted lines such a projection as extending out from the ring H.
In Fig. 6 I have represented the counting-ring H as extended downwardly with
the teeth on the conical inclined surface, so that the coin in the receptacle 12 will
rest in the groove between the teeth and tend to run down the incline. Hence as
soon as the coin arrives at the stop 11*, which is upon the vertical stationary
cylinder C, the movement will be arrested and the coin will roll down the incline
and pass through its slot in the cylinder C, the other parts remaining unchanged.
In this case the guards L will be upon the cylinder C
It will be apparent upon reference to Fig. 7 that this coin receptacle register can
be easily adapted to the currency of different countries, and the dial therein
represented shown as having a slot for a shilling, another for a six-penny piece,
three-penny piece, one-penny piece and a half-penny, and the counting-ring His
represented with ninety-six notches, and the computation will be by half-penny
indications, that is to say, when a half-penny is introduced in the slot marked for
it, the dial will be turned two notches and the next number will be indicated upon
the ring 7. If a penny is introduced in its slot the computation-ring H will be
moved equal to four notches, and the second half-penny indication will be apparent
on the number ring 7, and when a shilling is introduced the parts will receive a
half rotation equal to forty-eight teeth of the computing-ring H and twenty-four
half-penny numbers upen the ring 7, and it is advantageous for the ring N to
contain ninety-six numbers representing shillings, and in order that this ring N
may be moved once every half rotation of the counting-ring H the rocker O,
pawl 17, spring 16 are duplicated at opposite sides of the box so that the pin 18
upon the counting-ring H may move the ring N twice during its revolution, there
being one movement given to the ring N for each shilling or coins equal to a
shilling that may be inserted in the box, and the ninety-six shillings represented
upon the ring N will have been introduced into the box when such ring N makes
one complete revolution, the value of the contents being four pounds, sixteen
shillings, and the ring R can be set as before described so that the door of the bank
or receptacle can be opened after any desired number of shillings less than ninety-
six have been introduced into the box.

page_text: I do not confine myself to the precise arrangement of the numbering upon the
respective rings, as the same may be varied according to the amount which the box
is intended to receive before it can be opened, and the positions of the slots and the
numbering will be adapted to the currency of the particular country to which the
box is adapted.
In cases where the bank or coin receptacle is adapted to coins of only one value,
the parts are simplified by using a reciprocating plate, with a slot and coin receptacle
below the stationary slotted top plate, and this receptacle is moved a limited
distance, instead of having a rotary movement, and the counting-ring will be moved
but one notch by the coin as the receptacle is moved.
In this arrangement it is advantageous to have the counting-ring in a vertical
position with a cylindrical rin having the notches in the edge so that the coin may
drop into the notch that is in line with the receptacle and to prevent the counting-
ring from being moved except by the coin, a pawl is used that is unlatched by a
sliding plate between the receptacle plate and top plate that covers the coin slot
before the coin receptacle, coin and counting-ring are moved to bring the coin to
the slot in the diaphragm through which said coin drops into the box. In other
respects the operations correspond to the foregoing description. The numbers for
the counting-dial are upon the face of the counting-ring. The door to give access
may be in the bottom of the receptacle or box, and it can be opened after the
counting-ring has made one complete revolution.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
First. The combination in a toy bank or box, of a stationary plate and a movable
dial-plate containing slots adapted to the reception of coins of different sizes, the
slot in one plate coinciding with the slot in the other plate for the reception of the
particular coin, but the respective slots occupying various angular positions to
the centre of motion, so that the slot in one plate for one coin will not coincide
with the slot in the other plate for a different coin, substantially as set forth.
Second. The combination, in a bank or box, of a counting-ring, a stationary top
plate, a movable dial, coin-slots in the top plate and dial, respectively, coin-recep-.
tacles adapted to receive coins with the edge of the coin in one of the slots of the
counting-ring, and a stop or stops with which the coins come in contact when the
dial and the counting-ring have been rotated a distance corresponding to the com-
putation to be indicated by the counting-ring, substantially as set forth.
Third. A counting-ring having projecting teeth and figures denoting the respec-
tive numbers in succession, in combination with a box having a top plate, a dial
adapted to be moved by hand, there being coin-slots in .he top plates and dials,
respectively, a coin-receptacle connected with the dial, a partition with an inclined
surface upon which the coin rests and a stop with which the coin comes into contact
after the dial has been moved the proper distance, there being an opening through
which the coin passes after its movement has been arrested, substantially as set
forth.
Fourth. The combination, in a money bank or box, of a dial, a top plate to the
money box beneath the dial, a receptacle-plate beneath the top plate and connected
with the dial, coin-receptacles connected with the receptacle-plate and coinciding
with the slots in the dial, a diaphragm having an inclined surface upon which the
lower edge of the coin rests, a counting-ring having teeth with which the edge of
the coin is brought into contact, and stops for arresting the movement of the parts,
substantially as set forth.
Fifth. The combination, with a box or bank and the dial having slots therein and
in the top plate, of a counting-ring having teeth with which the edge of the coin is
brought into contact, coin-receptacles receiving motion from the dial, and segmental
guards, the edges of which coincide with the particular coin that is allowed to pass,

page_text: but which guards arrest the movement of the parts if a coin of a different size is
introduced into the coin-receptacle, substantially as set forth.
Sixth. The combination, with the box or bank for receiving coins, and the slotted
dial and counting-ring notched to receive the coin, of a dollar-ring adjacent to the
counting-ring, a pawl, and mechanism for moving the dollar-ring one notch every
revolution of the counting-ring, substantially as set forth.
Seventh. The combination, with the box or bank and the counting-ring H
notched to receive coins, of the dial slotted for the passage of the coin and the
dollar-ring N, the rocker O, spring 16, pawl 17, and pin 18, for communicating
motion from the counting-ring to the dollar-ring, one notch each rotation of the
counting-ring, substantially as set forth.
Eighth. The combination, with the box or bank and the counting-ring, of the
computing-ring around the counting-ring, a door and lock to the box or bank, and a
key-hole guard and a guard-plate connected to and moving with the computing-ring
and giving motion to the key-hole guard, substantially as set forth.
Ninth. The combination, with the box or bank adapted to the reception of coins,
of a door and lock, a key-hole guard, a counting or computing ring acted upon
automatically, a hook upon the key-hole guard, and a guard-plate connected with
the counting or computing ring, whereby the key-hole guard is held in place over
the key-hole until the computation-ring is moved, substantially as set forth.
Tenth. The combination in a cash receptacle and register, of a counting-ring with
a notched periphery, a coin receptacle, a slotted plate through which the coin is
passed and beneath which the coin receptacle is moved, and a partition or diaphragm,
slotted for the coin to pass through, after the coin receptacle, coin and counting-
ring have been moved to register the value of the coin inserted, substantially as set
forth.
Eleventh. The combination in a cash receptacle and register, of a box for holding
the coins and a door by which access is given for the removal of the coins, a
counting ring, notched at its edge for the reception of the edge of the coin, and
figures upon the counting-ring indicating the values introduced progessively, a
movable coin receptacle, a stationary slotted plate through which the coin is inserted
and beneath which the receptacle is moved and carries with it the coin and counting-
ring, and a diaphragm having a slot through which the coin drops into the box,
substantially as set forth.
Twelfth. The combination in a cash receptacle and register, of a box for holding
the coins and a door by which access is given for the removal of the coins, a
counting-ring, notched at its edge for the reception of the edge of the coin, and
figures upon the counting-ring indicating the values introduced progressively, a
movable coin receptacle, a stationary slotted plate through which the coin is inserted
and beneath which the receptacle is moved and carries with it the coin and counting-
ring, a diaphragm having a slot through which the coin drops into the box, and a
locking mechanism connected with the door and controlled by the rotation of the
counting-ring, so that the door may be opened after the insertion of the stated
amount in the box, substantially as set forth.
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