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US 5,514,021 AGranted
Coin spinner and savings box with same
AssigneeTenyo Co., Ltd.
InventorShigeru Sugawara
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Abstract
The present invention provides a coin spinner comprising a plate having a coin slit formed therein and in which a coin spinning mechanism consisting of a pair of leaf springs is encased. The plate is used with a savings box body having a coin receiver provided therein and also a transparent portion. Given a spinning force from the pair of leaf springs, a coin having been passed through the coin slit is spun on the coin receiver. The spinning coin is seen from outside the savings box body through the transparent portion.
Claims7
A coin spinner, comprising:
- a plate having upper and lower surfaces, and having formed therein a coin slit;
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- a coin spinning mechanism provided on the lower surface of said plate to impart a spinning force to a coin having been passed through said coin slit from the upper surface to the lower surface of said plate which rotates the .coin about a vertical axis during its natural falling, comprising a pair of leaf springs disposed substantially parallel to each other and intersecting said coin slit obliquely, one end of each leaf spring being fixed, the fixed ends of the leaf springs being at locations opposite to each other across said coin slit.
A savings box, comprising:
- a hollow box body having an upper portion, lower portion and side portion connecting the upper and lower portions;
- a coin slit formed in the upper portion of said box body;
- a coin receiver provided inside said box body;
- a coin spinning mechanism provided on an inner surface of the upper portion to impart to a coin having been passed through said coin slit a spinning force to spin the coin on said coin receiver about a vertical axis, comprising a pair of leaf springs disposed substantially parallel to each other and intersecting said coin slit obliquely, one end of each leaf spring being fixed, the fixed ends of the leaf springs being at locations opposite to each other across said coin slit;
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- a transparent portion provided to said box body and through which the coin spinning on said coin receiver can be seen from outside said box body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.