US1826528A - Toy bank - Google Patents

Description

Oct. 6, 1931.

w. c. scHNlER 1,826,528

TOY BANK Filed Feb. lO, 1950 if open position.v

Patented Oct.. 6, 1931 VWILLIAivr c. lscnirrnza, or

PATENT OFFICE l ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-'HALF TO JOHN S. Y IIEMLEY, F ST'. LOUIS, MISSOURI l TOY BANK Application filed February 10, 1930. Serial No. 427,229.

Y, YThis invention lrelates to toy banks, and particularly, small banks of the kind that Y inancial'institutions furnish their customers Y or depositors for the purpose 'of promoting 1;;'5 the saving of money by endeavoring toteach :individuals the habit of frequently deposit- 'ing coins in a small bank,vwhich, after being filled, can be taken by the individual to a financial institution, and there opened by an 13310 authorized person and the contents 'of the bank deposited to? the credit of the individual.

The main object of my invention is tofprovide a toy bank or small bank ofthe general type mentioned, that is compact, inexpensive 2315.150 manufacture and of vsuch design that after Y money has been deposited in same said money can be' removed only by an authorized person, v which'may be the parent or guardian of a child or an oiiicialfof a financial institution.

Figure '1 of the Vdrawings is ai front elevational viewy of a toy bank constructed in accordancey withmy invention.

Figure 2 is a side'elevational view, partly broken away, and showing the drawer in its p Figure 3 is a perspective view of the drawer j of the bank.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view of the Figure -5 is a horizontal sectional View, taken on the line "5-5 of Figure 4.

My improved bank consists'of a housing l f A ,of any preferred shape and constructed from any suitable material. Usually, the housing A will be constructed` of metal and madeof substantially box-shape in general Vloutline. fIn 'the form of my' inventionherein illustrated thetop l and the two sidewalls 2 of Vthe housing are formed from a single piece of metal and the front wall 3 and rear wall l 4 of the housing are formed from separate pieces of metal provided with flanges 5 that are connected in any suitable way'to the piece of metal that constitutes the topand side walls of the housing. A drawer B is slidingly" mounted in the housing A, preferably in a transversely-disposed opening at the upper end ofy the front wall of the housing in W Y such a manner that said drawer can be ino-ved outwardlyV into its open position, as shown 1n Figure 4, by a lock 7 that is governed or con- Figure 2, so as to permit money to be deposlted in the drawer, and 'thereafter moved lnwardly into its closed position, so as to cause the money that was deposited in the drawer B to be discharged from same into f Vthe lower portion of the housing A. Usually,

the drawer B will be equipped with a hinged or pivotally mounted bottom 6, arranged in such a way that when the drawer B is in its open position, said bottom 6 will occupy a horizontal position, and thus co-operate with the vertical walls of the drawer to constitute a money receptacle, and when the drawer B vis moved into its closed position, said bottom 6 will swing downwardly, as shown in Figure 555 4, and thus cause the money in the drawer to be automatically discharged from same In order that money may be removed from the bank only by an authorized person, the housing A is provided with a key-controlled door or closure C, which is herein illustrated as being formed by the bottom of thehousing A,`.said. bottom or closure C being normally maintained in its closed position, shown in trolled by a key 17a.

One of the novel and desirable characteristics of my bank is that the sliding drawer B is mounted in the housing A in such a way that said drawer can be easily opened or closed, but after said drawer has been combined with the housing A, in the operation of manufacturing the bank, it is impossible to remove the drawer from the housing or disassemble the drawer and housing without mutilating the bank, the purpose of constructing the bank in this way being to eliminate the possibility of a dishonest or unauthorized person completely withdrawing the drawerB from the housing A and then shaking the money out of the housing through the drawer opening in the front wall of the housing. In order to attainthis highly desirable result and at the same time produce a toy bank or small savings bank that can be manufactured` ata very low cost, I provide the side members of the drawer B with laterally-projectingvflanges 8 that are'slidingly mounted in flangeways or grooves 9 at the eX- treme upper ends of the side walls 2 of the 100 housing which are formed preferably by forming folds in the piece' of metal that constitutes the'top and sidewalls of the housing adjacent the points where said top and side wallsY join each other. Thus, as' shown in Figure 1, the side edges'of the top 1 ofthe housing Aare joined to the upper ends of the side wallsV 2 byV integral, horizontally-disposed, U-shapedelements 10. that form the grooves or-'flangeways for the laterally-pro-.L jeoting flangesS on the drawer B. When the drawer B is movedv forwardly into its open position-a depending flangeor stop 11 at the rear end of the drawer vstrikesagainst the:

front wall 3 of the housing and arrests the Vforward movement( of the drawer. l In order vtoprevent the drawer B from being tilted downwardlywhen it is in its open Aposition .sufficiently ytoeausethe rear member of the drawer Vto Vclear the top edge of the drawer opening inthe housing in which the drawer slides, I have provided the drawer BY with an anti-tilting device D thatco-aots with the top 1 of the housing A. Yariousmeans maybe used to form the drawer anti-tilting means -ofthe structure,"but one means that I have `found to be efficient and very inexpensive toY construct consists of a strip of metal, preferably spring metal, attached to the rearmember of the drawer B 4and bent so as to form a Vdiverging 'or substantially V-shaped device at the rear end of the drawer, which strikes against the underside of the top 1 of the housing A, and thus prevents the drawer B fromrb'eing tilted downwardly, inthe event an attempt is made to completely remove the drawer or d isassemble it' from the housing by 4 tilting it downwardly whensaid drawer is in its open position. i The transversely-disposed strip or device D -is connected'intermediate Y its endsbyrivets or any vother suitabley means 12 to therear member of thedrawer, as shownY in Figure 3, and the endportions of isaid Y strip are bent rearwardly' away from the rear member of the drawer.

after the drawer B been assembled or '.ar'ranged in operative position inthehous-V Y ing A, the stop 11 and the device D at the rearend of the drawervwill co-operate with the front wall 3 and the topl, respectively,

of ,the housing to: effectively prevent the drawer "from, vbeing completely withdrawn fromthe housingt Due to the fact that the device D is formed from *resilient materialk vor spring material, the end portionsofrsaid f device can nbe pressed inwardly towards the rear member ofthe drawerand heldin such a position during'` the operation of hooking the i stop 11 over the bottom4 edge of the opening over which the Vdrawer slides that the top edge of the Yrearmemberof the drawer will f clear the top edge of the drawerv opening, "thereby enabling the'drawer to be easily rin- VV'troduced into the housing, but vas soon as the ci* Consequently, e

said end portions will spring away from the rear member of the drawer, and thus permanently look the drawer in the housing in such 1 nproportion said bottom in such a way that when the drawer is moved outwardly into its open position, as shown in Figure 2, said .bottom will be held in Noverlappin'grelationship Vwith flanges 14 onthe drawer by the pressure ofthe bottom (Yon the lower edgeV of the. opening in the front wall of the casing in which the drawer slides. v If desired,` the 'frontwall 3 ofthe housing A canbe offset" inwardly adj @Cent the `lower edge n0f `the drawer Openings 3S indicated by the reference 'chara'oterL in Figure 2, so asfto reoeivea Y depending flange or stop-15 on the front membery of the drawerrwhenv the drawer is in its'.`

closed position, as showninFigure 4, there.- jlby causing the front membe'rfofY the drawer to lie substantially flush with the front wall Vof the housing A. rI "he location Vand particuvlar tvpe'of key-controlled door or closure the housing A isV equipped with is immaterial, but when the bottom ofthe housingis made `removablegandv equipped with Va key-controlled lock 7 as herein illustrated, saidu bottom() can -be shaped so as to form a groove or substantially U-shaped parten one'of its edges thatis adapted-to'reoeivel a horizontally-disposed flange 17 d carried by one-of the upright walls ofthe housing, 'foreXample,r

the front vwall 3 andthe lock 7 canbe provided with a bolt orother retaining member 7a, which,rwhen arranged Vin .its operative position,VY as shown in Figure L1,"la1os over a fpart 18 carried bv an opposed upright Vwall of the housing', for eXamplerthe-rear wall,-r`

and thus securely holds the'b'ottomAC its Y.

/olosed position. I f

l Havingthus described my invention', what Iclaim as new and desire;to'seoure by Let- AtersPatent is:

1./A tov bank, comprising` a'housing provided with a closure. equippedv with a lock, a sliding drawer linsaid housingjthat is adapted to haveA money deposited vin same when saidy drawer isin .its ooenvposition, means forcausing the money to be discharged from said drawer when the drawer-is moved into its closed position, means for limiting the outward movementof thedrawer, and an anti-tiltingjdeviee carried bv the rear member of the drawer thatisfadaptedito `co-aet 1 with the 'top of the 'housing to lprevent the Y drawer from being .completely withdrawn from the housing.r

endy portions ofVV the device D are released#d 4 VQ .Alcoy bank, Comprising a cwl'og hou'singls( .v v v ...m

. having a drawer opening in one of its walls f walls adjacent the top of the housing, a sliding .drawer mounted in said opening and provided vwith a hinged bottom, laterally-projecting flanges on the side members of the drawer at the top edges of same, grooves for said flanges located at the junction of the side walls and top of the housing, a stop on the rear member of thedrawer that is adapted to strike against the front wall of the housing when the drawer is moved into its open position, and an anti-tilting device on the rear member of the .drawer that is adapted to co-act with the top of the housing to prevent the ldrawer from being tilted linto a position to disengage said stop from said front wall.

4. A toy bank, comprising a closed housing provided in its front wall with a drawer opening located adjacent the top of the housing, a sliding drawer in said drawer opening provided with means for causing the contents of the drawer to be discharged into the housing when the `drawer is moved into its closed position, co-acting means on the drawer and housing located at the to edge of the drawer and adjacent the top or the housing for sustaining and guiding the drawer, means for limiting the forward movement of the Vdrawer,.and a resilient anti-tilting device on the rear member of the drawer that yco-acts with the top of the housing to prevent the drawer from being completely removed from the housing. l

' 5. A toy bank, consisting of a closed housing provided with atop and side walls formed V.from a piece of metal that is bent to form angeways located at the junction of said top and side walls, a drawer slidingly mountedk in an opening in the front wall of the housing and provided with flanges that are positioned in said flangeways, a -stop on the rear member of the drawer that is adapted to strike against the front wall of the housing ,when the drawer is moved forwardly into its open position, and a substantially V-shaped,

resilient anti-tilting device at the rear end ofl the drawer that is adapted to co-act with the n top wall of the housing.-

6. A toy bank, consisting of a closed housving provided with a top and'side walls formed from a piece of metal that is bent to form ilangeways located at the junction of said top and side walls, a drawer slidingly mounted in an opening in the front wall of the housing and provided with flanges that are positioned in said flangeways, a stop on the rear member of the drawer that is adapted to strike against the front wall of the housing when the drawer is moved forwardly into its open position, a substantially V-shaped, resilient anti-tilting device at the rear end of the drawer that is adapted to co-act with the top wall of the housing, a depending flange on the front member of the drawer, an offset portion on the front wall of the housing for receiving said depending flange when the drawer is closed, and a removable bottom for said housing provided with a key-controlled lock.

WILLIAM C. SCHNIER.

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