US293241A

US293241A - Cash and parcel carrier

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Publication number: US293241A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-02-12
Anticipated expiration: 1901-02-12

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CASH AND PARCEL CARRIER.`

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CHARLES GRANT, Ja., or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.v

CASH AND PARCEL CARRIER- SPECIFICATI'O `forming part of LettersPaterit No.` 293,241, dated February 12, 1884.

' v Application filed January 7, 1884. (No model.) i

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Be it known that I, CHARLES GRANT, Jr., of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have'invented certain Improvements in Cash and Parcel Carrier Systems, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, making part of this specication, in which- Y Figure 1` represents my invention applied to an apartment havinga low ceiling; Fig. 2, the same applied to an apartment having a high ceiling. Fig. 3 is atransverse section of the track enlarged. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of one end of the track, with its locking and elevating devices. Fig. 5. is a horizontal section through the frame which guides the end of the track.

My present invention consists in a track of a cash and parcel railway supported by a ilexible cord, wire, chain, or band rove through pulleys or guide-rolls arranged'in two or more a series of vertical 4wires depending therefrom,

or to a horizontal wire supported by said vertical wires, the lower pulleys being secured to the central xlportion of the track or to devices connected therewith, whereby my said track-support niay be applied to apartments having high or low ceilings.

Hy invention also consists, in combination with an inverted-T or other suitable shape track having a central hollow or tubular portion', of a wire or cord extending longitudinally and loosely through the same, the ends of said wire or cord being connected with the locking and track-inclining devices.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which Ihave carried it out.

VIn Fig. l of the said drawings, Arepresents the ceiling of a low studded apartment,to which section, Fig. 3, provided with a central holy low or tubular portion, b, to the top of which. are secured, at equal distances from each other, a series of similar pulleys, c.

d is aiiexible wire, cord, chain, or-band conducted over the pulleys c and under the pulleys c, and having its ends secured to the ends c e of the track, by whichl arrangement the supporting wire or cord d is free to run over the pulleys, and thus permit the track to be inclined, by means hereinafter to be described. l

Outside of and in close proximitywith the ends of the track are located the frames C C, each provided near its bottom with a stop, h, to limit the downward pitch ofthe track, each frame also being provided near its top with a recess, z', for the reception of the end of a locking-bolt, D, secured to the contiguousend of the track.

Projecting inwardly from the top of each frame C is a pulley, G, over which is led a cord, l, one end of which is secured to the looped contiguous end of a horizontal wire, m, which tits.

loosely in and extendsv longitudinally through the hollow or tubular central portion, b, of the track, the other end of the cord Z being with-` in reach of the salesman or cashier` (as the case may be) located at this end of the track, Figs. 3 and 4'. The locking-bolt D at each end of the track is connected by a short chain, n, with the contiguous end ofthe horizontallysliding wire m; and the salesman or cashier at the lower end of the track may withdraw the bolt at the upper end of the track, when the carrier (not shown) is to be returned, by pulling down on the cord Z at his end, a continuation of the pull causing the elevation of this end of the track, and the consequent descent of 9o ing down from the ceiling or to their junctions with a horizontal wire or rod, r', secured to their lower ends, in which case the horizontal wire or rod also performs the office of preventing the vibration ofthe track. (See Fig. 2.

From the foregoing it will be seen. that the IOC) flexibility of the supporting cord, Wire, chain, or band endows it with the ability to run with perfect freedom through the pulleys or guiderolls, and thus admits of the ready inclination of the track in either direction, as desired. Each side frame, C, is grooved or channeled in order to guide and' keep steady the end of the track. (See Fig. 5.)

1. In combination, alexible supporting Wire, cord, band, or chain, d, tWo series of pulleys or guide-rolls, c c, arranged substantially as described, and a track, B, of a form in crosssection adapted thereto, for the purpose set forth.

2. An inverted-T-shaped track having a series of pulleys or guide-rolls secured thereto,

a series of pulleys or guide-rolls secured to or depending from the ceiling of an apartment, a iieXible supporting cord, Wire, chain, or band, and suitable track-inclining and locking devices, combined and arranged as specified.

3. A track having a central hollow or tubular portion, b, and a horizontal Wire, cord, or