US1108601A - Safety-box for milk-bottles. - Google Patents

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G. S. MCNEIL. SAFETY BOX FOR MILK BOTTLES.

APFLICA'llUN IZLED Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

2 skiEETS $115211 waaess G. S. MONEIL.

SAFETY BOX FOR MILK BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.9.1913.

1,108,601. Patented Aug. 25, 1914 2 SHEETS-$112111 2 2 f rarll 64/3" we? as 5 e5 UNITED s ra'rns rx'riiiifrorrion GEORGE s. McNEIL, 0F NEWABK, New JERSEY, assi'enon TO census a. MCNEIL,

. f I a or new YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY-BOX FOB. MILK-BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters latent. Patentgd Aug, 25, 1914,

Application and September s, 1913. Serial so. eases.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE S. MGNEIL, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Newark, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Safety- Boxes for Milk-Bottles, of which' the following is a clear, full, and exact descrip tion. I i

The present invention relates to an improvement in safety boxes for milk bottles and the like and has for its object an improved construction for protecting the con tents of the box against theft and unauthorized handling.

A further improved feature of the present construction lies in the fact that the key for opening the ,box and obtaining its contents may be a milk bottle either empty or full, thus causing the householder to insert within the box an empty bottle forebtaining the previously inserted full bottle and facilitating the collection of empty bottles by themilkman.

In the presentembodiment, the box is made for, the particular use of receiving milk bottles, but it is obvious that boxescan be constructed on similar principles for various other articles which it may be desirabl'e to deliver in some accessible place outside of the house. The present safety box is also preferably mounted in an easily detachable manner adj acentthe door of the house and locking means are provided for securing the box as a Whole against removal when said door is closed.

The particular features of a box illustrating one preferred embodiment of -my"invention will be clearly understood from the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the box; Fig. 2 a vertical section of the same through line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing a milk bottle in different stages of its passage therein; Fig. 3 is a plan of the box partly in section, looking from above through line 5 5 or Fig. 4; Fig. 4 is a vertical section through line '-i4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a detail section of the upper end of the box showing the hinge of the lockable cover; and Fig. 6 is a detail in perspective of the unlatehing devices.

Relerring more particularly to the drawings, the box as a whole is indicated at 1. having four closed sides 1 and open through the top at 15 to ,-rovide an outlet for a are mounted various locking and uni itching,

devices to be hereinafter descrihr The box 18 preferably fastened to the of a ,house 2 adjacent to a hinged dr 3, and

for this purpose has detachable fastening means consisting of plate a at itsupper end,

with slots 5 engaging bolts 6, and a tongue 7 at its lower end engaging bail 8. It will thusbe obvious that a vertical movement is required for removing the box from its detachable fastenings. In order to prevent this vertical movement of the box at certain times, a locking device is provided. This preferably consists as shown more particularly in Fig. 3 of a bolt carrier 9 fastened to the house and having a sliding bolt 10 therein with one end adapted to enter a recess-11 of the box 1, the other end protruding. so as to be engaged by the swinging door 3. "A spring 13 normally tends to throw the bolt 10 outwardly so as to free the box 1, but whenever the door 3 is closed as shown in Fig. 3, the bolt 10 engages recess 11 of box 1 and prevents its vertical movementfor removal.

The upper open end of the box 1 is provided with a lockable cover 16 hinged at 17 as shown in Fig. 4. Spring 18 normally tends to throw the cover closed. into its locked position. Above the lockable cover may be a suitable protecting cover 12 if desired. The lockable cover 16 is held locked by locking means which in turn are controlled by unlatchin' devices. These unlocking means and un atohing devices are preferably arranged upon each of the four sides of the box so that the cover is locked at four different places and can only be unloekedby the operation of four different unlatching devices. The number of the locking means and unlatching devices is not important although it is apparent that with a plurality of such devices at difl'erent places in the box, greater diliiculty is presented in opening the box with anything except the proper key, which is the bottle. As each one of the locking means and nnlatc'hing devices similar in construction, a detail description of one will sullice.

A staple 19 on the undersidepf cover 16 is arranged to be engaged by a hook 20. The hook 20 in turn may be the integral part of a longitudinal member 21 extending from the upper to the lower end of the box and pivoted at 22 at one side of the box preferably in the corner as shown in Fig. 6 so' as to be out of the way of a round bottle passing into the box. A spring 25 bearing against the member 21 normally presses hook 20 forwardly so as to engage staple 19.

Extendingbeneath the lower end of member 21 is a transverse member 23 pivoted at 24 to the side of the box. The other end of transverse member 23 also extends beneath a catch member or spring- 26 fixed to the side of a box so as to be engaged thereby when said spring 26 is depressed. The spring catch members 26 mounted adjacent the lower end of the box extend inwardly and upwardly as shown, and are adapted to yield sufiiciently to permit the passage of a bottle therethrough whereupon they spring into place as shown in Fig. 2 for re taining the bottle in the box. Similar catch members 28 are also preferably mounted at the upper end of the box and extend inwardly and upwardly so as to lie adjacent to the neck of an inserted bottle and engage theusual shoulder around the mouth of the same when any attempt is made to remove the bottle downwardly through the open end of the box.

The'nse of a safety box iseflected as follows: Assuming first a full bottle is in serted in the box so as to rest upon the catch members 26 as shown in Fig. 2, the housemust insert another bottle through the open lower end of the box so as to push the first bottle out. The second bottle as it enters the lowerend presses back the springs 26 which in turn actuate the unlatching members 23 and hook members 21 for releasing the locked cover 16. This takes place before the first bottle has reached the dotted line position in Fig. 2 so that by a continuous movement the second bottle may be pushed in the box to expel the first bottle. After the first bottle is withdrawn, the cover 16 drops back into its locked position and the empty bottle can be .obtained by the milkman only by performing a similar opera; tion.

Although I have described and shown a specified modification of my invention, it is obvious that further modifications and changes are included within the scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a swinging door of a milk bottle box dctachably mounted adjacent thereto, means for locking said box in position comprising a bolt recess in said keeper in order to obtain this full bottle box and a sliding bolt mounted in the path of said door so as to be thrust into said recess when said door is closed, and a spring normally tending to withdraw the bolt from its recess.

2. A safe for milk bottles and, the like comprising in combination, a box having a bo-ttle-receiving-space therein with an outlet opening for a bottle, amovable cover for said outlet opening, locking means for said cover, and means operable by a bottle shaped. key for releasing said cover from said loc'k ing means.

3. A safe for milk bottles and the like comprising in combination, a box having a bottle-receiving-space therein with separate inlet and outlet openings for a bottle, a movable cover for said outlet opening, locking means for said cover, and means operable by a bottle entering said inlet opening for releasing said cover from said locking means.

fl. A safe for milk bottles and the like comprising in combination, a box having a bottle-receiving-space therein with separate inlet and outlet openings for a bottle, a movable cover for said outlet opening, locking means for said cover, means mounted at the inlet opening for releasing said cover from said locking means, and catch members for retaining a bottle within said box against movement toward said inlet opening.

5. A safe for milk bottles and the like comprising in combination, a box having a bottle-receiving-space therein with separate inlet and outlet openings for a bottle, a movable cover for said outlet opening, means normally tending to move said cover into closed position, locking meals for said cover, and means operable by a bottle entering the inlet opening of said box for releasing said cover from said forking means.

6. A'sa fe for milk bottles and. the like comprising in combination, a box having a bottle-receiving-space therein with separate inlet and outlet openings for a bottle, a movable cover for said outlet opening, locking means for said cover, and means mou'nte adjacent the inlet opening for releasing said cover from said locking means comprising one or more unlatching members movable in and out of said bottle receiving space. 4

7. A safe for milk bottles and the like comprising in combination, a box having a bottle-rcceiving-space therein with separate inlet and outlet openings for a bottle, a movable cover for said outlet opening, locking means for said cover comprising one or more hook members, means for releasing said cover from said locking means comprising one or more nnlatching members movable in and out of said bottle-receivingspace and having connection with said hook members.

8. A safe for milk bottles and the like comprising in combination. a box having a bottle-receiving-spacc therein, with separate inlet and outlet openings for a bottle, a movopening of said box, said unlatching memable cover for said outlet opening, means bers being movable in and out of said botnormally tending to move said cover into tle-receivlng-space so as to be operated by a closed osition, hook members movably bottle enterin said box.

5 mounte on said box adapted to engage said Signed at ew York city this 23 'dd'qy of 15 cover for locking the same, said hook mem- August 1913.

bm's having extensions located adjacent the GEORGE S. MGNEIL. inlet opening of said box, unlatching mem- Witnesses: bers for disengaging said hook members FLORENCE Jaoxson,

10 from said cover mounted adjacent the inlet ABRAM Bmms'rsm.

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