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IMPERIAL A

PATENT OFFICE.

PATENT LETTERING

- M 120888 CLASS 81 c.

PAUL SCHULZE in ERFURT.

of the recipient.

Patented in the German Empire on June 27, 1900.

In recent times it has often become customary for larger deals to be accepted Have letters picked up by employees from the post office.

Here it often happened that the employees, partly intentionally or unintentionally, Letters or postcards got lost. To prevent this at all costs, is the purpose of the present invention.

The same is illustrated on the accompanying drawing, namely:

Fig. Ι a longitudinal section,

Fig. 2 is a cross section and

Figures 3 and 4 details.

The invention consists in a device at post office counters, through which it is the Letters from the post office picking up clerk is dazed to the correspondence arrive, while the post office clerk at any time the device for inserting the letters relevant company is accessible.

Essentially, the facility consists of a box a set up at a special post office counter by every company that has their letters picked up from the post office itself, which, in the case of a larger number of companies, can be arranged in such a way that each box a is, for example, a section of a large cupboard or the like . educates. Each of these compartments or boxes α is provided with a wall formed into a blind b , which can be closed at d on the end face of the box or compartment α facing the audience.

This blind b is guided along the outer bottom c of the box α and, when the lock d is opened, can be pushed back so far that the face of the box α is completely open.

In the cavity of the box α is the actual box e receiving the letters, which is provided on its end facing the officer with a foldable end wall g guided in slots f , which can be closed at the top at h. Only the company owner has this key, while the key to the box α or. to open the blind b receives the clerk picking up the letters.

The letter box e also has a handle k on the upper longitudinal wall i , which is held in place at one end by a spring /. ·

The other end of the handle k is designed as a hook m which, after the company owner has removed the letters , engages in a groove η in the upper longitudinal edge of the hinged end wall g that complete closing by the self-closing lock h is impossible, which as a result of a U.N-

arbitrary pressure against the wall g could happen.

Otherwise, this wall would bezw. G flap completely open.

If the emptied mailbox e is pushed back into the box α , the handle k must first be turned. In this way, the flap is completely free g, now the case e lsi in the box α inserted and the blind b is closed, the flap moves g, since the rear part of the shutter goes down, arranged α under the box Eineiner

effect

Pen ο completely open and the officer can

unhindered

incoming letters

Throw box e (Fig. Ι and 2).

Of course, two boxes are necessary in order to always be able to receive letters. If one is picked up, the other box e picks up the letters.

If the box e is picked up, the clerk first unlocks the lock d and pushes the blind b downwards. As a result, the rear part of the same moves upwards, closes the rear face of the box α facing the official, and in doing so presses the flap g into its lock h.

The employee now pulls out the completely closed box e, which is only accessible to the boss of the company, using the handle s and places the other empty box c in the already. described way in the box α again, whereupon he closes the blind b at d again in the manner mentioned.

Claims (1)

Patent claim: A device at post office counters for the safe storage of such letters which are picked up by employees of the recipient, characterized in that in boxes or boxes arranged at the post office counter and possibly forming a cupboard or the like. Compartments (a), which are to be closed on the outside by a shutter (b) , a removable box (e) for the letters is housed, which is provided with a hinged cover (g) on the front side facing the officer, which is opened when the blinds are closed which, however, automatically closes when the box is removed because the rear part of the shutter (b) , which rises when it is opened, pushes it into a snap lock which can only be opened by the recipient, with the cover being pushed in after the letters have been removed in the box or in the section (a) is kept closed only by a hook (m) of the erected handle (k) , which lid (gj, released by turning the handle when pushing the box (e) into the cabinet (a) , when closing the Blind (b), that is, when its rear part goes down, opens automatically. 1 sheet of drawings.