US416551A - Coin-holder - Google Patents

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11m BIGLBR.

' COIN HOLDER.

Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

UNITED jSTATES FRANK-R. BIGLR, 0F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

com-Horeca SPECIFICATION forming` part 0f Letters Patent No. 416,551, dated December 3, 1889.

'A rApplication filed February 27, 1889.

.To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK R. BIGLER,'of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Coin-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.y l

My invention relates to a device for h'olding coins, and by the means of which, rapid change may be made; and my invention consists of features of novelty hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a coin-holder which overcomes an objection to those heretofore constructed, which are provided with vertical slots to enable the coins to be seen and straightened in their receptacles, While the'coins are liable to fall out of the Lreceptacles through saigslots.

My invention also overcomes another .objection, for Where the coin'fholders are made ot' Wood, as heretofore, the. receptacles are contracted in moist Weather by the swelling of the Wood.

To overcome these disadvantages, I construct my coin-holder of glass or transparent material, which enables .thecoins to be secu in their receptacles without the necessity of providing the usual vertical slots. and at the nation.

same time provides smooth-sided receptacles 'in which the coins are not liable to clog.

In order that my invention may be fully' understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference yto the accompanying drawings, in

which;

Figure I- is a perspective View of lny improved coin-holder. Fig, II is a cross-section taken on the line II II, Fig; I.V vFig III is a longitudinal section taken on the line III' III,L

Fig. I. Fig. IV is a bottom View of the baseplate. g

1 represents a-block of glass or other suitable transparent material." In the block 1 are located a series of holes 2, which are graduated in diameter to receive coins of .different denominations, each hole being adapted to hold I a number of coins of its respective denomibeneath it.

Aeach hole at the same time;

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base-plate may be castor otherwise formed of one piece, if so desired.

4 represents projections of the base-plate which extend in a lateral direction beyond r the walls ot the holes 2, said projections supporting the coins in the holes.

X5 represents a series of U-shaped openings in the base-plate 3, one opening being located beneath each of the tubes 2.

6 represents reduced outwardly-daring portions on the under sidev of the projections 4 around each of the openings 5. (See Figs. II and HI.)

7 represents reduced portions in the front of the block 1, which permit of the passage ofthe coins. l

8 represents screws, by means of which the baseplate 3 is attached to the block 1.

The operation is as 'followsz The block is suitably secured to a receiving Window or counter, the top of the block being on a line with the top of the article to Which it is secured, so that the coins may be readily slid into the holes. The bottom of the block is,v of course, left free for the passage of the hand When it is desired -to remove the coins from the holes for the purpose of making change or otherwise, the fingers are pressed against the under side of the bottom coins, and as the hand is drawn forward the coins will pass through the openings made by the reduced portions 7 block l, the openings being of such a size as to admit of the passage of but one coin from The reduced flaring portions 0 actas a guide to the fingers, S) that as the hand is naturally drawn outward and upward the fingers will slide into contact with the coins.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, a coinholdcr consisting of a block l of transparent' material formed with coin-holes 2 and reduced portions 7, the base-plate 3, having pro` jections l, U -shaped openings 5, and reduced outwardly-flaring portions 6, and the fastenings 8, by which the plate is secured te the block, substantially as described.

FRANK R. BIGLER.

lVitnessos:

JAS. E. KNleH'r, M. H. KNIGHT.

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