US444257A - Letter-box - Google Patents

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(N70 Model.)

U. G. STANNARD.

LETTER BOX.

"Patented Jan. '6

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ULYSSES G. TANNARD, OF MILTON, \VISCONSIN.

LETTER-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,257, dated January 6, 1891.

Application filed October 6, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ULYssEs G. STANNARD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Milton, in the county of Rock, and in the State of WVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mail-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, to be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and subsequent ly claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical transverse section on line 1 l of the succeeding figure and illustrates a mail-box constructed according to my invention and in position for use; Fig. 2,a horizontal section on the line 2 2 of the preceding figure; Fig.

3, a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 1a

detail elevation of certain of the parts.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a portion of a door or other suitable support, and to the outside of this support I rigidly secure a receptacle B, preferably inclined at the top in order to shed rain or snow. This top of the receptacle is provided with eyes I), that serve as supports for a rod 0, and coiled around the rod are the ends of a springwire loop 0, the latter serving as a means for holding newspapers or bulky packages on said receptacle. One wall of the receptacle B has a slot d cut therein, near the top, to serve as an entrance for letters, this construction being common in the art to which my invention relates. That wall of the receptacle farthest from the support A is hung on hinges e to form a door D, having a rectangular inwardly-extended flange f, that, when the door is closed, comes within other flanges g, extending in from the remaining walls and the bottom of said receptacle, and so much of said door beyond the flange f closes against the flanges g, this construction serving as a means to exclude rain, snow, and dust from the aforesaid receptacle.

Extended inward from the door D is a catch E for engagement with an eye F on one end of a rod G, loosely arranged in suitable bearings h and extended through the rear wall of the receptacle and its support, the latter be in g provided with a plate H, having an open- Serial No. 367,162. (No model.)

ing therein that serves as one of the bearings for said rod. That end of the rod adjacent to the inside of the support is provided with a crank I, and this crank is of sufficient weight to automatically return said rod to its normal position after being partially rotated to disengage its eye F from the catch E on the inside of the door D of the receptacle above described, although a weight elsewhere on the rod or a spring may be employed for the same purpose. The plate H on the support A is provided with a lug J, that serves as a stop to oppose the crank I on the rod G when the latter is in its normal position, whereby said door is locked against a pull from the. outside.

To open the door of the receptacle, the operator gives the crank I an upward turn to thereby partially rotate the rod G and bring its eye F out of engagement with the catch E on the inside of said door, and said crank being away from the lug J on the plate H said rod is pushed against said door to start the latter on its hinges.

By the above-described construction and operation it will be seen that the receptacle for letters can onlybe opened from the inside of its support, and if found desirable said door may be provided with a slot 1' for engagement with a lugj on an adjacent wall of said receptacle, this lug being in turn provided with an opening 71) to engage a padlock, (not shown,) whereby additional security for the contents of the aforesaid receptacle is obtained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A mail-receptacle and its support, a door forming that portion of the receptacle farthest from the support and provided with an inwardly-extended catch, and a rotary adjustable sliding rod extended through the support and adjacent wall of said receptacle and provided with an eye for engagement with said catch, substantially as set forth.

2. A mail-receptacle and its support, a door forming that portion of the receptacle farthest from the support and provided with an inwardly-extended catch, a rotary adjustable sliding rod extendedthrough the support and adjacent wall of said receptacle, an eye on the rod for engagement with the catch, and suit able means for returning said rod t its normal position after havingbeen rotarily adjusted to disengage said eye and catch, substantially as set forth.

3. A mail-receptacle and its support, a door formingthat portion of the receptacle farthest from he support and provided with an inwardly-extended catch, a rotary adjustable sliding rod extended through the support and adjacent wall of the receptacle and provided with an eye forengagement with the catch, a weighted crank on that end of the rod adjacent to said support, and a stop opposed to said crank when the latter is in its normal position, substantially as set forth.

4-. A mailrcccptacle and its support, a door forming part of the receptacle nd provided with an inwardly-extended catch, a rotary adjustable sliding; rod extended through the support and adjacent wall of said receptacle, a device carried by the rod for engagement with said catch, and suitable means for preventing; longitudinal movement of the rod when the latter is in its normal position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milton, in the county of Rock and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

ULYSSES G. STANNARD.

Witnesses:

A. W. CRANE, E. P. CLARKE.

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