US1004476A - Mail-box and carrier. - Google Patents

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H. A. SCHULTZ.

MAIL BOX AND CARRIER.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 111111129, 1010.

Patented Sept. 26, 1.911.

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APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 28,1910.

Patented sept.26,1911.j

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manners HUGO .ARTHUR SGHULTZ, OF DORCHESTER, WISCONSIN.

MAIL-Box ND CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. '26, 191 1.

lApplication led J' une 28, 1910. Serial No. 569,268.

Toall whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO A. SCHULTZ, a .citlzen of the United States, and a resident of Dorchester, in the county of Clark and State of lVisconsin, have invented a new and that it is accessible'to the carrier withoutA leaving the road, and also `accessible from the premises at a substantial distance from ther-cad, the box and its carrier offering no substantial obstruction to travel along the roadbut adapted to swing from a position voverhanging the road to a reversely extending position.

To this end I provide a suitable support, such as a post,` on which I mount a swinging arm or boom, the outer end of which carries the mail box, and the inner end operatively connected with means tending to swing the boom outwardly to the road, the box being protected'at each side by inwardly-yielding blinds, which also relieve the striking object,

as also the boom, ofl shock onimpact.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. b

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mail 'box and carrierconstructed in accordance with my invention, the same being shown in the normal position of use; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary central vertical section of the supporting post and adjacent parts; Fig. 3 is a plan of the carrier and mail box, showing one of the blinds pressed inwardly, in dotted outline, as when struck, and the boom and connected parts swung inwardly, irf dotted outline; and Fig. 4 is a central vertical section through thebox and boom, showing the door of the box inopen position, in dotted outline.

The invention mbre specifically set forth comprises a suitable support, such asa post 5, from the top of which extends a vertical central.'l shaft 6, the post also carrying near the top an annular cam track 7, concentrically and obliquely arranged with respect to the post, and having a' repression 7 at the central port-ion of the low side. At this side of the post is provided a brace S, which is .designed to be anchored in the ground, the post, as shown in Fig. 1, being ordinarily set up to one side of the road, with the depressed point of the track and the brace 8 arranged inwardly. Journaled on the shaft` 6, immediately above the post, is a hub member 9, which rests either directly, or through the intermediary of a washer, as shown in Fig. 2, on a bearing plate 10, fixed to the top of the post. The hub member is provided with oppositely-extending radial lugs 9,

vand a lug 9* extending outwardly and u wardly directly over one of the lugs 9". o one of the lugs 9a is `pivoted to swing in a vertical plane a weight arm 11 having on its outer end portion an adjustable weight 12. Fulcrumed intermediate its length to the 'weight arm 11 is a roller post 13, having a roller 14 at its lower end bearing on the cam track 7, the post being held in an upright position at any point on the track by a link 14, connecting the Fulcrumed to the ot er lug 9a ofthe hub member is an arm or boom 15, constructed of two overlapping sections, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the two sections being sldably and adjustably held by straps 16, 16, which are each fixed to the outer end of one of the boom sections and slidable on the other boom section, one of'the straps, shown to be the inner strap, having a binding screw 17 threaded therethrough and bearing against a clamping-plate 18, as shown in Fig. 4, ar ranged between the two-boom sections.

A tension brace 19 supports the outer porost with the lug 9";

tion of the boom'ar'id extends from the upper intermediate point, this enlargement being shown to be square in cross-section and surrounded by a strap 26, which strap is pro-4 vided with a shank slida'ble within' the box and normally forced inwardly by a spring '27. By this construction, when the box is either' in its closed or open position, as is shown in Fig. 2, one angle or corner'of the enlargement willbe engaged bthe angle of the strap, and the door there y frictionally held from displacement, the door, how-` ever, being readily moved from one position to the other, in which movement the enlargement draws the strap outwardly againstthe tension of the spring.

I The cross-arm` 20,which is shown to be arranged at the rear ofthe mail box, is provided at the upper. sidel near each end-with -the pintle of a spring hinge 28 the other member of the hinge being attached to a blind or shield 29 arranged at one side of the box and normally forced to an outwardly-divergent position against a stop 230 attached to the outer section of the boom, the blinds being of suilicient height and length, as shown in Fig. 4, to fully protect the box. VThe box is provided with the customary signals 31 and 32, which are shown to be respectively carried by the box and by one of the blinds 29, the signals be- 'ing' foldable to an obscured position when not in use. f

rlhe mailbox carrier when properly set up will normally hold the boom and box in position overhanging the road, over which the carrier-travels, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the distance' the box is extended' over the road beingcontrolled by the adjustment of the outer section of the boom. Should one of the blinds -be struck by a vehicle or other object, the blind will yield inwardly under the tension of its spring and cause the boom to swing to one side against the action of the. weighted roller on. the cam track, the weighted roller again returning the boom to normal position when the obstruction has passed. With the box -thus-disposed the lcarrier can deposit or remove the mail mat ter without leaving the road, and the party in removing and depositing the mail for the house can, by grasping the weight arm and swinging the boom with the box to a reverse position have access to the box without going close to the 'main road. This is important in northern sections, as the snow often drifts to considerable depths in the gullies at the side of the road.

Having thus described my invention, I claim yas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

I 1'. vThe combination oal support a boom mounted lto swing on the support, a letter box carried on the outer portion of the boom, and inwardly-yielding blinds carried by the boom and arranged at the opposite sides nf the letter box.

- 2. The combination of a supporting post, a cam track surrounding the post and arranged obliquely thereto, a letter box boom mounted to :swing on the post, a weightedpost, a hub member journaled on the shaft,`

a' letter box boom connected to one side of the hub member, a' weighted arm' fulcrumed to the opposite side .of the hub member to swing vertically, a post fulcrumed' inter-v mediate its length. to the weighted arm ,and having a' roller at its lower end bearing on the cam track, and a link retaining the roller post substantially upright inthe several positions of the boom, operatively connecting the roller post to the hub member.

4. The combination of a support, a letter box boom mounted to swing onthe support,

a cam track surrounding and obliquely arranged to the support below thev boom, a

member movable over the cam track, and a weighted arm ulcrumed teV the boom to swing vertically, and operatively connected to the said member.

5. The combination of a support, a boom mountedV to swing on the support, a letter box carried 4by ,the outer portion of the boom, inwardly-yielding blinds hinged at the opposite sides ofv the letter box, and stops arresting the outward swinging movement of the blinds in outwardly-divergent positions. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

BERT WELLS, MnzroN BLUNE.

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