US824094A - Money-box. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

No. 824,094.v

W. E. CLEVELAND.

MONEY BOX. APPLICATION FILED APRA?. 1905.

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Patented June 26, 1906.

Application filed April 17, 1905. Serial No. 256,074.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLARD E. CLEVE- LAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oregon,in the county of Ogle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Money-Boxes, of which the following is a speciiication.

The object of this invention is to construct a money-box in which a register of the sumtotal of the value ofthe coins deposited in the box is exposed to view.

The further object of this invention is to automatically lock the door of the moneybox when the first coin is deposited in the box and to automatically unlock the box when a predetermined amount has been deposited.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation in which portions of the door are broken away to more clearly show the registering-Wheel. Fig. 2 is a front elevation in which the door and registeringwheel are removed and the upper portion of the box in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the casing at the hinge side of the door. Fig. 4 is a partial plan or top view of the money-box. Fig. 5 is an isometrical representation of the slidable cut-off.

The money-box comprises the top 1, bottom 2, and sides 3 and 4, the back not being shown in the drawings. A door 5 has a hinge connection with the side 4 and has an opening 6. To the inner face of the door is secured a plate 7 by the studs 8. The to of the box is provided with two slots 9 andp 10. A stud 11 is pivotally supported by the door and plate 7 and has a cross-bar 12 located outside of the door. To this stud 11 is permanently secured a tumbler or pawl lever 13, provided, in this instance, with three edge notches 14, 15, and 16. To the upper end of this tumbler is pivoted a dog 17, having an upward extension 18. From the plate 7 extend two pins 19. A locking-plate 20 has a lengthwise slot 21, receiving the pins 19, thereby forming a guide for the plate. This locking-plate has its upper end provided with a side hook 22. A spring 23 forms a connection between the lower ends of the tumbler 13 and locking-plate 20, its action being to hold the tumbler against the stop 24 and the locking-plate in its uppermost position, as shown at Fig. 2.

A cut-off plate 25 has a lengthwise slot 26 corresponding in length and width to the slot 9 through the top of the box. This cutoff has one end 27 increased in thickness and also has a knob 28 connected to it, which is located in the slot 10 in the top of the box and also serves to hold that end ofthe cut-off plate in engagement with the ,under face of the top of the box. The other end oi this cut-oil plate is guided by the plate 29. A spring 30 has one end connected to the cutoii plate and its other end to the side 4 of the box, its action being to hold the plate in the position shown in solid lines and to permit it to be moved in the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2.

A registering-wheel 31 has its edge formed with saw-toothed teeth 32 and is mounted on the stud 11 to permit of its rotation independent of the stud. The outer face of this wheel has markings from 0'7 to 495 by iives. To the inner face of the registeringwheel is secured a disk 33, having a notch 34 in its edge. To the outer face of the plate 7 is secured a guideway 35, which guides a plunger 36. A spring 37 has one end connected to the plunger, and its other end is connected to the plate 7, the action of Ithe spring being to hold the inner end of the plun-` ger in engagement with the disk 33,.Y

The operation of the mechanism of my improved money-box is as follows: The cut-off is moved so as to bring its opening 26 under the opening 9 in the top ofthe box. The size of this slot will admit the passage of a nickel, a dime, or a quarter. If a quarter is inserted, it will force the locking-bar 20 down until its hooked end 22 is directly opposite the notch 16 in the tumbler 13. The cut-oil is then moved into its normal position, which will close the slot 9. The tumbler 13 is rocked by turning the bar 12 until the bottom of the notch 16 strikes the hooked end of the locking-bar 20, thereby arrestin its movement. This movement of the tumblger will force the quarter from the upper end ci the lockingbar, and the incline 38 will guide it into the box proper. This movement of the tumbler will also rotate the registering-wheel 31 the distance of five teeth, and through the opening 6 in the door the number 25 will appear. Upon the release of the tumbler the dog 17 will drop into engagement with one of the teeth of the registering-wheel, and each time a quarter is inserted in the box the registering-wheel will be advanced live teeth. Ii a dime is inserted in the box, the locking-bar 20 Will be depressed until its hooked end is opposite the notch 14: in the tumbler, and upon the tumbler being operated the dog 17 Will move the registering-Wheel 31 two teeth. If a nickel is inserted in the box, the lockingbar 2O Will be depressed until its hooked end is opposite the notch 15 in the tumbler, and upon the tumbler being operated the dog 17 Will move the registering-Wheel 31 one tooth. When the registering-Wheel is moved one or more teeth, the disk 33 Will move suihcient to force the plunger 36 out against the action of the spring 37 into a notch in the side 3 of the box, thereby locking the door. When the registering-Wheel has moved one revolution, the notch 34 in the disk 33 Will receive the plunger 36, and the spring 37 will retract the plunger from its engagement With the side 3 of the box, thereby permitting the door to be opened. When the cut-off is in its normal position, the slot 9 through the top ofthe box will be closed. When the cut-ofi is moved into its dotted-line position, so that coins may be inserted through the slot 9, the thickened end 27 of the cut-od Will engage the upper portion 18 of the dog 17 and rock it, so that its hooked end Will become disengaged from the teeth 32 of the registering- Wheel 31. This is made necessary to protect the registering-Wheel from rotating While a coin is being inserted, also to prevent the operation of the Wheel if the locking-plate should be depressed With other means than a cointhat is, the Wheel cannot be operated While the slot 9 is open.

By this construction I produce a moneybox Which registers the sum of the amount of the coins deposited therein, automatically locks and unlocks the door, and Which cannot be. operated except upon the insertion of a coin.

It Will be noticed that the tumbler cannot be operated until the locking-bar is depressed.

I claim -as my invention- 1. In a money-box, the combination of a box proper, a door to the box having an opening, a registering-Wheel provided With indicatmg-numerals, an opening through the top of the box, a slide covering the opening, a dog for moving the registering-Wheel, and held out of engagement With the Wheel When the slide is open, and means for moving the dog to partially rotate the Wheel upon the 1nsertion of a coin into the box.

2. In a money-box, the combination of a box proper, a door to the box having an operiing, a registering-Wheel provided-With indicating-numerals, an opening through the top of the box, a slide covering the opening, a tumbler provided With a series of edge notches, a locking-plate With Which the tumbler engages, said locking-plate capable of a bodily movement to present it before any one ofthe notches ofthe tumbler, and a dog connection between the tumbler and registering-Wheel, the slide in its open position holding the dog out of engagement With the Wheel.

3. In a money-box, the combination of a box proper, a door to the box having an opening, a registering-Wheel provided With indicating-numerals, an opening through the top of the box, a slide covering the opening, a tumbler provided With a series of edge notches, a locking-plate With Which the tumbler engages, said locking-plate capable of a bodily movement to present it before any one of the notches of the tumbler, a dog connection between the tumbler and registering-Wheel, and a s ring connection between the tumbler and locking-plate, the slide in its open position holdiig the dog out of engagement With the Whee WILLARD E. CLEVELAND.

Witnesses F. B. SCHNEIDER, C. D. ETNYRE.

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