US32748A - Post-oeeice distributing-table - Google Patents

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FNT @rlFlQE C. H. BRADLEY, 0F WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

POSTOFICE DISTRIBTING-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 32,748, dated July 9, 1861.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that t, C. H. BRADLEY, of lVest Chester, in the county oit' Chester and State ot Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Post-@Hice Disti'ibuting-'lableg and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, in which-.

Figure l, is a top view of the improved table, a portion ot' the top of which is broken away to show the receiving boxes. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section through Fig. l, in the vertical plane indicated by the red line m, rc, thereon.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

This invention is intended for facilitating the distribution ot mail mattei', in postotlices.

lt consists in arranging in a semi-circular torni a number' of chutes or tubes, inclining outward` and downward, from the top of a table toward the bottoni thereo't; and in combining with these inclined tubes a revolving table,--ha ving large boxes on it corresponding in number to the number of inclined tubes used,arranged horizontally under the tubes, for receiving the mail matter which is passed through these tubeswall as will be hereinafter fully explained.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

ln Vthe zu'coinpanying drawings, A, represents a table mounted on four legs which are ot a suitable height to allow a person to stand and work at the table with comfort.

l, represents a ledge which projects up from both sides and forms the back edge of the table top.

The table ji, may be made round or quadrangulaii` and it this table is made very large the trout edge thereof may be curved inward so that a person standing at it may be able to reach every part of it.

C, C, C, are tubes or chutes, twenty-six in number, which are passed through a semicircular opening made through the table top and arranged side by side. These tubes C, C, are made large enough to receive any ordinary sized package of mail matter, and they arc all of an equal length, these tubes are arranged so as to touch each other at their upper ends and at their lower ends they are separated some distance apart. The tr. ies C, C, C, also incline outward from the top ot' the table and their lower ends are concentric with a common center, or vertical axis a, represented in Figs. l, and 2, ot the drawings.

Surrounding the outer edges of the upper ends of the tribes C, C, is a` semi-circular flange b, having printed, stamped, or engraved on its upper surface the letters ot the alphabet; these letters are arranged so that every tube is known by its letter, and every letter is visible to a person standing in front ot the table. The lower ends of the tubes C, C, are cut so that when they are arranged as described, they will all be in a horizontal plane as shown in Fig. 2, of the drawings.

The vertical axis o, has its upper end bearing in a plate c, secured to the top or" the table A and the lower end oi' this axis a, is stepped in a transverse bar D, extending horizontally across the bottoni of table A. To the vertical axis a., a large semi-circular table or shelt tir, is secured in a horizontal plane, and on top of table G, twenty-six oblong boxes g, g, g, are arranged, all of which radiate from the center a, ot the table. These boxes g, g, g, are intended for receiving the mail matter passed through the chutes, or tubes C, C, C, and for this pui'- pose when the table Gr, is in the position represented in Figs. l, and-2, there will be a box, g, under each tube C. The boxes g, are lettered correspondingly to their re spective tubes C, and a letter dropped into D tube will fall into D box-into F, tube will tall into F box, and so on through the twenty-six letters of the alphabet. The table Gr, is kept in its place when under the table A, by means ot two buttons e, c, shown in Figs. l and 2, which buttons are raised up when it is desired to move the table G, out from under the table A, for obtaining access to the boxes g, g. The semi-circular table Gr, is supported underneath by an inverted conical collar H, which is secured rigidly to the axis a, and to this conical collar the table Gr, is secured.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The mail matter is proniiscuously emptied on the top of table A, between the I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is Combining with the distributing tubes C, C, C, 0n table A, the semi-circular table G, and receiving boxes g, g, g, arranged and operating substantially as herein described and shown.

C. H. BRADLEY.

lVtnesses GEORGE lV. HAWLEY, WVM. lVI-IITEHEAD.

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