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The questions involved will be more clearly apprehended by a consideration of the claims in suit, the following extracts from the several patent specifications, some of the patent drawings, and some of the drawings of the devices of the several defendants:

Thompson Patent, No. 758,340, April 26, 1904.

4. In a savings bank, the combination, with a case, of a plurality of receptacles located within said case, said case having horizontal slots through the vertical wall thereof near its top registering with openings communicating with the individual receptacles through which coins may be inserted, a plate located above the tops of said receptacles, and projections depending from said plate into the open upper ends of said receptacles and extending below the horizontal planes of the openings leading thereinto.

Thompson specifies:

My invention has for its object the production of a portable savings bank, in which shall be provided a series of tubes or compartments for receiving coins, said compartments so arranged that the coins of one denomination are separated from those of another denomination, and provision to lock said coins in the compartments until intentionally removed. The invention consists, essentially, in the provision of a series of tubes engaged together to form one article, provided with means for inserting a coin in each tube, and provided with means for locking the coin therein until it is intentionally removed. C is a plate arranged to fit into the top of the frame A, preferably made of stamped metal, with suitable depressions therein; so that it will fit over the ends of the tubes and hold them in place, as shown at c, Fig. 2.

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1. In a portable savings bank, a core comprising a plurality of rigid vertical flanges spaced apart to form compartments to receive coins, the distance between the flanges of each compartment being greater than the diameter of the coins to be received by such compartment, the adjacent flanges being united at corresponding ends by walls adapted to partially surround the coins.

2. In a portable savings bank, a core comprising a base, a plurality of rigid radially projecting flanges spaced apart to form compartiments to receive coins, the distance between the outer edges of the radial flanges at each side of each compartment being greater than the diameter of the coins to be received by such compartment.

3. In a portable savings bank, a core comprising a horizontal base, a plurality of rigid vertical radially projecting flanges spaced different distances apart to form compartments to receive coins of different denominations, the distance

between the outer edges of the radial flanges at each side of each compartment being greater than the diameter of the coins to be received by such compartment.

4. In a portable savings bank, a core conprising a circular horizontal base and a plurality of rigid vertical radially projecting flanges spaced different distances apart to form compartments to receive coins of different denominations, the inner edges of adjacent flanges being united by curved walls conforming to the peripheries of the coins, and the outer edges of adjacent flanges being spaced apart a distance greater than the diameters of the coins to be received by the compartment between such flanges.

5. In a savings bank, the combination, with a base, of a plurality of rigid vertical flanges supported above the base and spaced apart to form compartments for the coins, the distance between the flanges of each compartment being greater than the diameter of the coins to be received by such compartment, a cover comprising a surrounding side wall and top wall united thereto, said cover adapted to inclose the base and the flanges thereon, and means for de tachably securing said cover to the base.

6. In a savings bank, the combination, with a circular base, of a plurality of vertical flanges supported above the base and spaced apart to form compartments for the coins, walls uniting the inner edges of adjacent flanges, said walls forming a central compartment, a cover comprising a surrounding side wall and top united thereto and adapted to inclose the base and flanges thereon, means for detachably securing said cover to the base, said cover having slots therethrough communicating with the compartments between the flanges and said central compartment.

7. In a savings bank, the combination, with a circular base, of a plurality of vertical flanges supported above the base and spaced apart to form compartments for the coins, walls uniting the inner edges of adjacent flanges, said walls forming a central compartment, a cover comprising a surrounding side wall and top united thereto and adapted to inclose the base and flanges thereon, means for detachably securing said cover to the base, said cover having slots therethrough communicating with the compartments between the flanges and said central compartment, and inwardly yielding plungers carried by the cover and normally obstructing the slots leading to said compartments. 8. In a savings bank, the combination, with a base, of a plurality of vertical flanges supported above the base and spaced apart to form compartments for the coins, a cover comprising a surrounding side wall and top wall united thereto, said cover adapted to inclose the base and the flanges thereon, and a lock secured to the underside of said top and bolt of which engages a slot in one of the walls between the inner edges of the two adjacent flanges. Fisher specifies:

In portable savings banks as at present constructed it is impossible to keep the various denominations of coins separate when they are removed from the bank, and it is therefore necessary for the bank teller to first separate the coins into denominations preparatory to counting them. The primary object of my invention is to provide a portable savings bank in which the various denominations of coins, when the bank is opened, may be kept separate and at the same time be accessible to the teller, so that he may readily count the coins without first having to assort them according to their denominations. A further object of my invention is to provide a portable savings bank which will be simple in construction, inexpensive in manufacture, and convenient in

use.

My invention, generally described, consists in providing in a portable savings bank a core comprising a base having radial flanges spaced apart to partially surround the separate piles of coins of different denominations in the bank, thereby facilitating the adding of the contents of the bank. Reference letter A designates a core preferably formed in an integral casting and comprising a base and a series of radial flanges A', A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, and A7. The radial flanges are spaced apart to correspond with the diameters of the various denominations of coins. The inner edges of the adjacent flanges are united by curved walls conforming to the circumference of the coins of the several denominations. A space a is formed within the inner walls which unite the inner edges of the flanges into which bills may be deposited.

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The manner of using my invention is as follows: The savings banks are locked by the banking house, which distributes the same, and the key kept, so that the banks may only be opened when returned by the depositors. The coins of various denominations are inserted into the proper compartments through the slots B' and are prevented from being removed by the respective plungers C'. When the savings bank is returned to the banking house, the cover is removed, leaving the coins exposed, as shown in Fig. 3. As the various denominations are then in separate compartments, the total amount in the bank may be readily counted by the teller without the necessity of first separating the coins into their different denominations.

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From the foregoing description it will be observed that I have invented an improvement in portable savings banks, consisting in the provision of a core having compartments conforming to the sizes of the coins of different denominations and by means of which the counting of the coins is facilitated when the bank is opened.

Fisher Patent No. 990,534, April 25, 1911.

2. In a savings bank, the combination of a body provided with coin receptacles, a casing comprising a top and depending peripheral wall, said peripheral wall having coin slots in its upper portion corresponding with said coin receptacles, inclined angular form sockets located in the upper portion of said casing near said peripheral wall, and angular form plungers projecting from said sockets and serving as guards for said coin slots.

5. In a savings bank, a casing comprising a top and a depending peripheral wall having coin slots therein adjacent said top, in combination with an inner plate lying adjacent said top and equipped peripherally with slot guards,. and an external plate having clenching lugs extending through perforations in said top and having clenched engagement with said inner plate.

6. In a savings bank, the combination of a body provided with coin receptacles, a casing comprising a top and depending peripheral wall, said peripheral wall having coin slots in its upper portion corresponding with said coin receptacles, slot guard sockets located in the upper portion of said casing near said peripheral wall, and nonrotatable plunger form slot guards received by said sockets and having beyeled end surfaces guarding said coin slots.

7. In a savings bank, the combination of a body having coin receptacles, a casing comprising a top and depending flange receiving said body, a plate within said casing adjacent said top and provided with a central lock casing formed partially integral with said plate, said plate having a central recess in its upper side, a fillet in said recess, and a bolt slidably mounted in said lock casing beneath said fillet.

Fisher Patent No. 990,535, April 25, 1911.

6. In a savings bank, the combination of a body having a plurality of coin chambers open at their outer sides and upper ends, a casing receiving said body and provided near the top of its peripheral wall with coin admission slots corresponding with said chambers, a plate located adjacent the casing top and equipped peripherally with bearings, pivotally mounted spring actuat ed slot guards carried by said bearings, and a centrally disposed locking device carried by said plate.

Fisher Patent No. 1,072,709, September 9, 1913.

1. In a savings bank, the combination, with a casing having a coin slot there in, of a wall provided with a T-slot located near said coin slot, said wall cut away on a plane intercepting the slot, and a plunger entered in said T-slot,

said plunger having its outer extremity guarding said coin slot and having flanges above its lower portion engaging the lateral grooves of said T-slot.

2. A savings bank, comprising a casing having coin slots in its peripheral wall, said casing equipped with guides at its upper wall, said guides having their lower walls cut away and having lateral slots, and plunger form coin slot guards having their outer ends located adjacent the coin slots, said guards having lateral flanges movable in said lateral slots and having also portions projecting below said flanges.

3. In a savings bank, the combination of a body provided with coin receptacles, a casing having a vertical wall provided in its upper portion with coin slots corresponding with said coin receptacles, a plate carried by the top wall of said casing and provided with inclined guides having cut-away lower walls, and T-form plungers movable in said guides and having their outer ends projecting beneath said plate and serving as guards for said coin slots. 5. In a savings bank, the combination, with a casing having a coin slot therein, of a wall provided with an inclined guide slot open at its lower side, and a plunger form slot guard working in said guide slot and having a portion normally projecting through said open lower side.

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Fisher Patent, No. 1,073,847, September 23, 1913.

1. In a savings bank, the combination with a casing having a peripheral wall provided with a coin admission slot, of a resilient slot guard holder, and a slot guard carried thereby and having a pivot portion adapted to effect flexing thereof when the slot guard is swung about its pivot.

2. In a savings bank, the combination with a casing having a top wall and having also a peripheral wall provided with a coin admission slot, of a resilient arm adjacent said top wall and projecting near the peripheral wall, and a swinging slot guard having a pivot portion confined between said resilient arm and said top wall, and adapted to flex said arm when the slot guard is swung about its pivot portion.

5. In a savings bank, the combination with a casing having a top wall and having also a peripheral wall provided with a coin admission slot, of a bent slot guard having a head portion forming an angle with its body portion, and a resilient arm between which and said top wall said head portion is normally confined said head portion being adapted to flex with said resilient arm when the slot guard is swung in the operation of inserting a coin.

Fisher specifies:

Attached to the lower surface of the top member 16 of the casing is a guardcarrying member 19 equipped with the resilient arms 20, 21, which carry the slot guards 22. The member 19 may comprise a stamping of resilient metal. The outer ends of the arms 20 and 21 are located close to the peripheral wall 17 of the casing; and each resilient arm has its end portion provided with a slot or notch 23 adapted to accommodate the arm 24 of the swinging slot guard 22. The shank of the arm 24 is bent at its

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thus affording lugs or pivot portions adapted to rest upon the upper surface of the resilient arm 20 or 21, as the case may be, when the arm or shank 24 of the guard is entered in the slot 28. It will be noted from Fig. 1 that the head 25 of the guard is confined between the outer end of the spring arm 21 and the top wall 16 of the casing, while the arm 24 of the slot guard bears against the vertical wall of the casing, the lower end of the arm 24 guarding the coin slot 18. It will be noted also that the head 25 forms an obtuse angle with the arm 24, so that the spring arm is bent downwardly, or placed under tension.

When a coin is inserted through the slot 18, the guard swings inwardly to the position shown in Fig. 9, in which operation the spring arm is placed under still greater flexure. The inward swing of the arm 24 is limited by the shoulder 26 at the base of the slot 23, and the casing wall, as is evident from Fig. 9. Thus, it is impossible to dislodge the slot guard; and it is evident that after the coin is passed through the slot the guard will resume its normal vertical position, so that coins, once inserted, cannot be removed through the coin slots.

Complainant's Drawing of Bankers' Registering Safe Company's Safe.

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