US1089591A - Deposit and collection receptacle. - Google Patents

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DEPOSIT AND COLLECTION BBCEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.11, 1913.

1,089,591 Patented Mar. 10,'1914.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST E. SCHNELLE, 0F ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

DEPOST AND COLLECTION RECEPTACLE.

Application filed anuary 11, 1913.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST E. SCHNELLE, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Deposit and Collection Receptacles, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The present invention relates to deposit and collection receptacles and more particularly to locking mechanism therefor of the type which is adapted to be set in order to permit the delivery door to be opened once and, after being again closed, locked against further opening, and an object of this invention is to provide a locking mechanism which may be readily attached to deposit and collection recept-acles now in use, having but a few parts which are suitably inclosed against malicious manipulation, and being adjustable to receptacles of different sizes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction which is positive in its act-ion and which is not liable to be rendered inoperative by a jarring action after once being set.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

ln t-he drawings: Figure 1 is a section through a receptacle with the locking mechanism shown in side elevation therein; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the receptacle showing the locking mechanism in plan; Fig. 3 is a section on the line awa, Fig. 2, showing the locking mechanism in locked position; Fig. 4iis a section showing the locking mechanism set with the controlling door open; and Fig. 5 shows a view similar to Fig. 1 with the controlling door closed.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 indicates the casing of a deposit and collection receptacle and 2 the door through which the deposit is to be made. S indicates the keeper which, in this instance, is arranged upon the door 2, but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to this arrangement. This keeper may be located within a rectangular or open-ended boxlike casing 4 which has outwardly-turned flanges 5 on its opposite side walls through Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 741,415.

which the keeper is secured to the door 2. The keeper may be formed in one piece with the casing 4 and comprises an inwardly and upwardly extending lip, its end serving as a shoulder for engagement by the latch to be described and its front face 5a forming an inclined surface on which the latch is adapted to ride to elfect the engagement between said latch and the keeper. The latch 6 is, in this instance, movably supported bv the casing 1, but, it is to be understood, that the invention is not limited to this arrangement, it being only necessary that the latch @and the keeper 3 be mounted upon two dili'erent parts, one upon the door or other movable member and the other upon a casing or suitable support. The latch, in this instance, is pivotally mounted at 7 within an lnclosing casing 8, open at opposite ends and having outwardly-turned tianges 9 along its upper' side walls permitting the attachment of the casing 8 to the top of the casing 1 by means of screws or other fastening devices.

The cross sectional area of the casing 8 is substantially the same as the cross sectional area of the casing 4 so that each forms a substantial continuation of the other when in abutment. The casing 8, when the casing 4 projects from the door 2, is secured to the casing 1 a distance away from the door opening equal to the lengt-h of the casing t. Vith this arrangement, the latch 6 projects from one end of the casing 8 in order that it may coperate with the keeper 3 within the casing t.

To the end of maintaining the latch out of cooperation with the keeper until the door 2 shall have been opened, there is provided a detainer 10 arranged on the part, in this instance the door 2, which carries the keeper 3 and adapted to hold the latch out of cooperation with the keeper until the door is opened. In this instance, the nose of the latch does not engage directly with the detainer as there is provided a controlling member 11 pivoted on a pin 7 to which the latch is pivoted, the latch and the member 11 respectively having cooperating portions 12 and 13 which permit the latch to move away from the keeper independently of the controlling member 11 but which restrain the movement of the latch toward the keeper except when the controlling member moves in the same direction. 1t is apparent that this invention is not limited to making the controlling member 11 independent of the latch 6 as described. The free end of this controlling lever cooperates with the detaining member 10 and to the end that this controlling member may be set into cooperation wit-h the detainer 10 while the door 2 is closed, one of said parts is adapted to yield or move backwardly when the other is moved in the same direction. In this instance, the detainer 10 has such yielding movement and, to this end, it is pivoted at 14 within the housing 4, a spring 15 serving to hold a stop 16 thereon against the bottom of the housing t so that the detainer normally lies in detaining position, that is, after it has been moved away from such position by the movement of the latch, will move again to detaining position immediately prior to t-he setting of the latch.

The shifting of the latch away from the keeper while the door 2 is closed and the resetting thereof may be accomplished in any suitable manner. In this instance, the controlling member is the door 17a which usually opens into the interior of the dwelling in which the receptacle is embodied. Preferably, connection between this door and the latch is established through the medium of a plunger which may be made of two parts connected together in such a manner as to make the plunger eXtensible. One of these parts, indicated at 17 is in the form of a slide movable in the bottom of the casing 8 and below the latch 6, being adapted to shift the latch away from the keeper 3.V

For this purpose, cooperating parts are provided on the slide and the controlling member 11, the slide having a projection 18 turned upwardly therefrom and the controlling member having a projection 19, the opposite faces of which are inclined in order that the projection 18 may pass by the projection 19 when moving in both directions. The shifting and resetting movement takes place when the slide moves from the position shown in Fig. 3, the slide moving, in this instance, under the action of a coil spring 20, one end of which is connected to the slide at 21 and the other end of which is connected to the pin 7. The rear end of the slide is turned upwardly and carries a plate 22 in which is threaded one end of a rod 23 forming the other member of the extensible plunger, the turning of the rod in the plate 22 varying the length of the plunger to accommodate the locking mechanism to receptacles of different sizes. A wear plate 24 may be secured to the door 17a to cooperate with the end of the rod 23.

The operation of the invention will be understood from the foregoing but it may be summarized as follows: Assume that the door 2 is locked, as shown in Fig. 2, and it is desired to set the locking mechanism to permit the door 2 to be opened once and then locked on closing. The door 17a is swung open, permitting the eXtensible plunger to move under the action of its spring 20, thus causing engagement between the portions 18 and 19 which eifects the elevation of the latch 6 and the controlling member 11, and the yielding of the detainer 10 which immediately returns to its normal position in advance of the controlling member 11, holding the latter in the elevated position with the latch 6 out of cooperation with the keeper as shown in Fig. 4. Upon the closing of the door 17a, the projections 18 and 19 only engage slightly and this without affecting the position of the latch which has been set on the opening movement of door 17a. Upon the opening of door 2, the detainer 10 is carried out of engagement with the controller 11 and the latter with the latch drops by gravity so that, on the closing of door 2, the nose of the latch will ride onto the keeper and interlock therewith, holding the door against further opening.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a deposit and collection receptacle, the combination with a casing and a door, of a keeper arranged on one of said parts, a latch movably mounted on the other of said parts, a detainer for the latch mounted on the part carrying the keeper for holding said latch out of cooperation with the keeper, said detainer and latch being separated bodily when the door is opened, in order to free the latch, and means independent of the detainer for cooperating with the latch to shift the latter to cause said latch to cooperate with the detainer while the door is closed.

2. In a deposit and collection receptacle, the combination with a casing and a door, of a keeper arranged on one of said parts, a latch mounted on the other of said parts, a detainer for the latch arranged on the part carrying the keeper for holding the latch out of cooperation with the keeper, said detainer and latch being separated bodily when the door is opened in order to free the latch, and said detainer being movable to permit the latch to be set while the door is closed, and means independent of the detainer' for cooperating with the latch to shift the latter to cause said latch to cooperate with the detainer while the door is closed.

3. In a deposit and collection receptacle, the combination with a casing and a door, of a keeper arranged on one of said parts, a gravity latch mounted on the other of said parts, a pivoted detainer for the latch mounted on the part carrying the keeper and adapted to hold the latch elevated above the keeper, said detainer and latch being separated bodily when the door is opened, in order to free the latch, and means independent of the detainer for cooperating with the latch to shift the latter to cause said latch to cooperate with the detainer while the door is closed.

a. ln a deposit and collection receptacle, the combination with a casing and two doors therefor, of a keeper arranged on one of the doors, a latch arranged on the casing, a detainer for the latch arranged on the door carrying the keeper to hold the latch out of cooperation with the keeper, said detainer being carried bodily with the door out of cooperation with the latch when the door is opened in order to free the latch, and mechanism controlled. by the other door and connected with the latch for setting the latch in cooperation with said detainer to hold said latch out of cooperation with the keeper.

5n In a deposit and collection receptacle, the combination with a casing and two doors therefor, of a keeper arranged on one of the doors, a latch arranged on the casing, a yielding detainer for the latch arranged on the door carrying the keeper, said de tainer being carried bodily with the door out of coperation with the latch when the door is opened in order to free the latch, and mechanism controlled by the other door and connected with the latch for setting said latch in cooperation with the detainer to hold said latch out of cooperation with the keeper,

6. 1n a deposit and collection receptacle, the combination with a keeper and a latch adapted for mounting on two relatively movable parts, of a pivotally-mounted detainer for the latch carried with the keeper, bodily out of coperation with the latch in order to free the latter, and a member connected with the latch for moving said latch away from the keeper and adapted to cooperate with the detainer for holding said latch away from the keeper.

7. In a deposit and collection receptacle, the combination with a keeper carried by one part and a pivotally-mounted gravity latch carried by another part and adapted to drop to coperate with the keeper, of a member coiperating with the latch to cause the latter to move therewith away from the keeper, and to support the latch in such position while said member is detained in a raised position, said member being separate from the latch so that the latter may move upwardly independently of the member, and detaining means arranged to support said member against falling under the action of gravity in order to hold the latch in set position, said detaining means being shifted from beneath said member when the door controlled by the latch is opened.

8. The combination with a keeper and a latch, of a controller engaging the latch to shift the latter away from the keeper, detaining means engaging the controller to hold the latch away from the keeper, said detaining means releasing the controller, when the door controlled by the latch is opened, and means for shifting the controller to shift the latch away from the keeper.

9. The combination with a receptacle have ing a pair of doors and a casing, of a keeper and a latch for one of the doors, one of said parts being arranged on the door and the other on the casing of the receptacle, a controller engaging the latch to shift the same away from the keeper, detainino means for holding the controller in its shifted position until the door controlled by the latch is opened, and a member controlled by the other door to be shifted when said door is opened and having a lost motion connection with the controller, said member shifting the controller into engagement with the detaining means to hold the latch away from the keeper, on the opening of the last-named door, and moving relatively to the controller on the closing of the door so as not to affect the position of the controller with relation to the detaining means.

10. The combination with a receptacle having a pair of doors and a casing, of a keeper on one of said doors, a pivoted latch mounted on the casing of the receptacle, a pivoted controller also mounted on the casing, controlled by the other door and cooperating with the latch to shift the latter away from the keeper, and a detainer moved by the door carrying the keeper to release the controller when said door is opened.

1l. The combination with a receptacle having a pair of doors and a casing, of a rigid keeper on one of said doors, a latch pivoted to swing back and forth on the cas ing of the receptacle, a controller pivoted to swing back and forth about an axis common to the pivot of the latch and having a shoulder adapted to coperate with the latch to limit the movement of the latter toward the keeper, and a member controlled by the other door and cooperating with the controller to shift the latter to move the latch away from the keeper when the last-named door is opened.

l2. The combination with a receptacle having a pair of doors and a casing, of a keeper on one of said doors, a pivoted latch mounted on the casing of the receptacle, a controller engaging the latch to shift the latch away from the keeper, a detainer controlled by the door which is locked by the latch, said detainer engaging with the controller to hold the latch away from the keeper, and mechanism for shifting the controller, said mechanism being controlled by the other door of the receptacle.

13. The combination with a receptacle having two doors and a casing, of a keeper carried by one of the doors, a latch carried by the casing and having a normal tendency to move to latching position, means controlled by the other door for moving the latch away from the keeper, and a detainer for holding the latch in its shifted position, said detainer being moved by the door which carries the keeper.

14. The combination with a keeper and a pivoted latch, of a slidably mounted plunger, a spring for moving said plunger in one direction, a cani having connection with the latch and directly engaged by a portion rigid with the plunger when the latter slides, and a detainer independent of the plunger tor holding the latch in the position to which said latch is shifted by the plunger.

15. The combination with a receptacle having a casing and two doors, of a latch and its keeper for one of the doors, the latch being mounted on the casing, a plunger mounted to slide on the. casing and shifted by the other door in one direction, a spring for moving the plunger in the other direction, and a cam having connection with the latch and directly engaged by a rigid portion of the plunger to shift the latch away from engaging position upon the sliding of the plunger.

16. The combination with a receptacle having two doors, of a gravity latch and its keeper for one of the doors, a plunger for coperating with the latch to shift the latter away from its keeper, said plunger being unconnected to the other door but being located so as to be engaged by the latter, a spring for shitting said plunger as the lastmentioned door is opened in order to shift the latch away from the keeper, and means for holding the latch in its shifted position, said means being movable to free the latch while leaving the plunger in its position.

17. The combination with a receptacle having two doors and a casing, a latch and a rigid keeper for one of the doors, the keeper being mounted on the door and the latch being mounted on the casing, a plunger having a lost-motion connection with the latch and operated when the other door is opened to shift the latch away from its keeper, and means on the door carrying the keeper for causing the latch to Vshift while leaving the plunger in its position so that the latch will engage the keeper on the closing of said door.

ERNEST E. SCHNELLE. Vitnesses:

HAROLD H. SIMMS, ADA M. VVHITMORE.

oyies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patenti, Washington, D. C.

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