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US 4,058,820 AGranted
Coins organized identification numbering system apparatus and method
OwnerMerritt Leroy Holleninventor
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A device for mounting coins for photographic identification and cataloging employs a base mounted rotating table having angular indicia about the edge thereof and an angular reference indicator on the base. A platform for mounting the coin to be photographed is provided which is mounted on a helicoid axial position adjusting device wherein the platform and adjusting device rotate with the table. A disc is provided having a hole therethrough adapted to fit the outer diameter of the coin, for providing coin centering on the platform. A lens holder is provided which is capable of being placed in a position overlying the platform or in a position remote therefrom. A lens is mounted in the lens holder for rotational movement therein, and a pattern of reticle lines if inscribed on the lens. With the table aligned with the base reference, a coin is placed in a north-south position on the platform, retained by the disc and the lens is placed in the position overlying the platform and the coin. The lens is rotated to orient the array of reticle lines in a predetermined angular position relative to the base reference indicator and the table is rotated to a predetermined angular orientation relative to the base reference indicator. A coded photograph of the coin may be taken through the lens producing an identification photo with reticle lines superimposed thereon, and carrying a code indicating the angular orientation of the reticle lines, the table and the style of reticle array utilized. The method includes orienting a support platform for a coin to be identified relative to an angular reference and thereafter orienting the coin in a predetermined position on the platform. An indentifying reticle display is superimposed on the coin and the reticle display is rotated to a predetermined reticle position. The platform is rotated to a predetermined platform position. A camera is aligned with the angular reference viewing the coin. The coin is photographed and the photograph is identified with indicia signifying reticle display rotation, reticle display identification, and platform rotation so that identifying marks on the coin face are located and recorded for future indentification.
Apparatus for use in a coin print control system comprising a lower support frame for contact with an underlying support surface, a table mounted for rotary movement on said lower support frame, said table having angular location indicia disposed thereon, an angular reference position indicator on said lower support frame for alignment with said angular location indicia to thereby obtain a predetermined initial angular orientation of said table relative to said lower support frame, a platform centrally located on said table for movement therewith, a lens holder hinge mounted to said lower support frame for disposition between a position overlying said platform and a position remote therefrom, a lens mounted in said lens holder disposed for rotational movement therein, and a predetermined pattern of reticle lines on said lens, whereby a coin placed centrally on said platform in north-south orientation relative to said predetermined initial angular orientation and photographed through said lens provides a photograph of the coin with said reticle lines superimposed thereon, so that angular reference is provided for identifying marks on the coin for recordation and future identifying reference.
Apparatus for holding, indexing and displaying a coin for an identification photograph, comprising a base, a table mounted for rotational movement on said base, means for indexing said table relative to a reference orientation with respect to said base, means for mounting the coin centrally attached to said table, a lens, a predetermined reticle pattern on the lens, means for holding the lens for rotational movement therein, said last named means being attached to said base for hinged motion relative thereto into and out of a position overlying said means for mounting the coin, whereby a coin placed on said means for mounting with said lens overlying is photographed to provide an identification photo in which the coin has a predetermined orientation relative to said reference orientation in accordance with said table rotation, and said reticle pattern is superimposed thereon in a predetermined orientation relative to said reference orientation in accordance with said lens rotation.
Apparatus for supporting a coin to obtain a photographic record thereof comprising a support base, a table mounted for rotational movement on said support base, means for indicating the angular position of said table relative to said support base, means for mounting the coin on said table, means for providing a predetermined array of reticle lines, a holder for supporting said predetermined array of reticle lines for rotational movement therein, said holder being disposed for positioning into and out of a position overlying said means for mounting the coin, whereby a mounted coin photographed through said array of reticle lines provides a photoidentification record with the coin oriented in accordance with the rotational movement of said table, and the reticle lines superimposed thereon in accordance with the rotational movement of said means providing the predetermined array of reticle lines.
A method of identifying coins for cataloging, comprising the steps of orienting a support platform relative to an angular reference, orienting the coin in predetermined position on the platform, superimposing an identifying reticle display on the coin, rotating the reticle display to a predetermined reticle position, rotating the platform to a predetermined platform position orienting a camera relative to the angular reference to view the coin, photographing the coin, and identifying the photograph with indicia signifying the reticle display rotation, the reticle display identification, and the platform rotation, whereby identifying marks on the coin face are located and recorded for registration.
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