Saving box
AssigneeTenyo Co., Ltd.
InventorTooru Suzuki
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Abstract
A savings box comprises a main body and a control box. The main body is provided with a coin slot and shutter plate. A magnet is fixed on the shutter plate and another magnet is fixed on a control member (slider) provided inside the control box. The coin slot is closed by the shutter plate while the control member (T-bar) is placed at the first position due to the reaction between the two magnets. When the T-bar is moved to the second position with a coin placed on the shutter plate, that is, in the coin slot, the reaction between the two magnets will cause the shutter plate to turn and leave under the coin slot, thus the coin falls into the main body of the savings box. The coin is automatically accepted into the main body synchronously with the operation of the T-bar.
Claims12
A savings box, comprising:
- a main body having a coin slot formed therein;
- a control box disposed apart from said main body;
- a shutter plate pivotably provided in said main body to close and open said coin slot;
- a control member provided for said control box and which can be moved between a first and second positions;
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- a pair of magnets one of which is fixed on said shutter plate and the other is on said control member, said magnets being adapted to rotate said shutter plate to a place where it closes said coin slot when said control member is placed at the first position while rotating said shutter plate away from said coin slot when said control member is moved to the second position, so that said coin slot will open, thus a coin set in said coin slot falling into said main body through said coin slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.