Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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Tb~ present invention r~lates to a ooin counting and pack-
aging de~ice which i9 particularly userul as a portable device for eount-
ing and paokaging coin~ in bank~, loan associations~ commerci~l o~ta-
blishments and other places of bu~lne~s hhere coina of var~ou~ denomina-
tions are handled during daily bu~ine~3 transactions. It i~ p~rticularly
useful for saving time and labour whlle providing error-proor counting
and e~fieicnt packaging means.
~ riefly, the deviee herein de~cribed i~ simple, practicsl
and efficient and o~ such con~truckion that it can be ma~ produced rrom
pla~tic materials, ~etal or any other ~uitable material o~ sub3tantial
rieidity that can be formed lnto a hollow tube.
Xnown means for counting and pa¢kaging coins vary from
sophistieated eombination coln sorting, counting and packaging machines
~hich usually inelude expensive and eomplicated meohanioal and~or elec-
trical eompon2nts to the ~ell known hand counting ~nd manual NTapping of
coins in paper sbeet or tube wrapper~. This latter method i~ relatively
310w ~nd tedious as it u~ually necessitate~ mentPl counting o~ the coins
prior to packaging as well a~ m~nual dexterity when handlin~ and wrapping.
In accordance with the pr~sent invention, a device i8 pro-
vided which eliminate~ thQ need for mental counting of the coins prior toor durinK ~rapping and also provid~s a simple means for packaging with a
substantial reduotion in the manual d~xterity required on the part of the
packagerO More particularly, the pre~ent invention contemplates the u~e
of a device comprising~ in it~ slmpl~st ~orm, a hollow tubul~r body of
~ubstantially circular ¢ro~s-section having an open scoop at ~ receiving
end and a coin stopper at the other end; the tubular body being adapted
to recei~e coins of a predetermined denomination. The tubular portion
bet~e0n the 9COOp and the ~toppsr constitute~ sslf-counting ~ean~ ~hen
the t~be i5 filled ~ith coln~. Wrapping i~ acoomplished by ~nserting a
tubular paper or pla~tic ~rapper over the coins in the tubular body 3uch
that the tube ~rapper overlsps both ends of the coin ~t~ck a~d wlth the ;~
U90 of finger pre33ure, folding the o~erlapping end3 of the tube ~r~pper
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to form a co~pact packag~ of coins. ;-
Other objects ~nd advant~ge3 will beco~e apparent from
the detail~ of construction and operation a~ more fully hereinafter
described with refsrenco to the acco~panying drawing~ in which: ~:
Figur~ 1 is a view in per~pectlve of a coin counting and
packaging device according to an ex~mple embodlment o~ the pres2nt
invention;
Figure 2 i8 a cross-sectional viaw of the device taken
along line 2-2 of Figure l; ::
Figure 3 i9 another cro~s~sectional vie~ of the device
taken along line 3-3 of Figure 2;
Figure 4 i~ a further cros~-æectional view t~k~n along line
4-4 of Figure 2 show$ng the stopper end portion o~ tha deviae; and
Figure 5 i9 a cross-sectional view of a ~uitable stopper
taken long line 5-5 of Figure 4. :
In oporation, the device of the present ~nvontion i8 held :~
in ones hand at or on about the coin chamber portion 14 and at a po~itive
angle to the horiæontal such that the ~ooop 16 is at a slightly higher ~:
elevation th~n the coir chamber 14. Coins of the s2me denomlnation are ~ :
20 then fed into scoop 16 at random and by simply shaking or sli~htly vibra- ;~
tin8 the de~ice, the coins advan¢e into ¢h~mber 14 and generally tend to
align themselve~ at right angl0s to the longitudinal axi~ Or ~he device to
form a column of coi~s. Slot 28 provide~ a visual mean~ for ensuring pro-
per alignment of the ¢oins in chamber 1~. Once the chamber 1~ appears to
be filled, the device i8 brough~ to a vertical position at ~hich point the
coin column is vlsually compared again~t edge 18. An~ coin e~tending
beyond edge lô into 9COOp 16 is simply re~oved latorally of the devi¢e,
wherea~ if the coIu~n doe~ not ~xtand to edBe 18, coins are simply added. ~ :
It c~n be ~een therefor~ that once length ~ ha~ been set ~or Q pre~cribed
number of coins, a full chamber constitutes the exact number of coins
required without the need o~ manually count~g them, thus con~tituti~g
~elf counting mean~. .
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Coins are generally packaged in paper tubea or in sp~cially
d~signed p~per ~heets in which the coin~ are roll~rapped. Th0 devic~ of
the pre~ent invention ha~ been conceived to m~ke u~e of these well-known
and com~0rcially av~lable wrapping mediums without the need for manual}y
rolling the coins therein. Of course other wrapping mcdiums msy be used
without departing from the ~cope of the present invention.
In essence, once the coin chamb~r 14 i~ full, ~nd thus co~- ;
taining the prescribed number of coins, the device 1~ tilted to a near
hori~ontal po3ltion to cause the coins to lie at an angle to the longitudi-
n 1 a~is of chamber 14. It will be appreciated that in this ~anner, the
effective cros~-sectional area o~ the coin column is reduced, and will
~acilitate the quick and simple insertion of the coin wrappi~ medium
thereover.
In the ca~e where paper tubes are u~ed, these are inaerted
over the coin column in ch~nber 1~ until the leading end of the tube -~
reache~ flange 20 of ~topper 18 through ~pace 24 as previously describ~d.
It will be seen, therefore, that the leading portlon Or the tube ocoupylng
~pace 24 will in effect overlap the coin colwnn by a length equal to the
length of the protruding portion of stopper 18. Similarly the lag~ing end ;~
of the ~rapping tube ~ill overlap the coin column at the oppo~ite end by
3ubstsntially the same amou~t. Thi~, in ePPect, constitutes ~alf-centering
mean~ for the wrapping medium.
By me~ns of finger slot 30, fing~r pressure m~y be applied
to the overlapping portion of the lagging ~nd of the tube wrapper and thus ~ ^-
fold a portion thereof over the coin column. The partially Nrapped coin
column can then bs displeced to~ard scoop 16 by tilting the devics and
again using finger pres~ure on the overlapping portion of the leading end
of the tube wrapper to fold it over the coin col~mn to form a c~npact
3taok of ~rappod coin~.
In the case ~here paper ~heets are employed, the~e can be
pre~rolled into 8 tube having an outer difimeter ~lightly le~s than that of
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coin chamber 14. The Yor~ed tube is then inserted into chamber 14 where-
upon inherant 3tra~3es in the rolled tube wlll cause it to con~onm to the ~ :
inner diameter of the coin chamber. ~he ~me procedure employad with ~h~
tube wrappers can be used to complete the wr~pplng process.
It wlll be understood by tho~e skilled ln the art that .;
different size devices are contemplated for use to acoomodate different ;:
coin denoninationq.
It will also be obvious to tho~e skilled i~ the ~rt that ~ -
the inner diameter of the device must be at least ~lightly larger than the
diameter of the coins to be counted and packaged.
It will further be understood that a notch or oth~r similsr
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means inscribed o~ the tubular body or 9COOp may be used to denote a fbll ~; :
¢hamber instead oif edge 18. ,~;
A190~ othor forms of ~topper means ma~ be used without
departing from the scope of the pre~ent invention. :.
Purtha more, the present invention cont~mplates a device
which may be u3ed for ~elf-co~nting and packaging of articles other than -~
coins s~ch as poker chips or other disc-like articles.
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