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US1152941A
US1152941A US87909114A US1914879091A US1152941A US 1152941 A US1152941 A US 1152941A US 87909114 A US87909114 A US 87909114A US 1914879091 A US1914879091 A US 1914879091A US 1152941 A US1152941 A US 1152941A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G29/00—Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00 
    • A47G29/12—Mail or newspaper receptacles, e.g. letter-boxes; Openings in doors or the like for delivering mail or newspapers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G29/00—Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00 
    • A47G29/12—Mail or newspaper receptacles, e.g. letter-boxes; Openings in doors or the like for delivering mail or newspapers
    • A47G29/1201—Letter-box assemblies for apartment buildings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G29/00—Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00 
    • A47G29/12—Mail or newspaper receptacles, e.g. letter-boxes; Openings in doors or the like for delivering mail or newspapers
    • A47G29/122—Parts, details, or accessories, e.g. signalling devices, lamps, devices for leaving messages
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21J—FORGING; HAMMERING; PRESSING METAL; RIVETING; FORGE FURNACES
    • B21J15/00—Riveting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21J—FORGING; HAMMERING; PRESSING METAL; RIVETING; FORGE FURNACES
    • B21J15/00—Riveting
    • B21J15/02—Riveting procedures
    • B21J15/04—Riveting hollow rivets mechanically

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  • Fig. 2 arear view or' the same
  • Figure Al a front View of a letter box constructed in1 accordance .with my invention. a portion of the case broken av: y. -l* ⁇ ig". 3 an inside view of the-door.
  • Fig. 4 a sectional view on the line -b of Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale.
  • Fig. 5 a sectional view on the line c-d of Fig. 3 on an enlarged scale.
  • Fig. 6 an end view of one of the hollow rivets, detached.' Fig.
  • This invention relates to an improvement in letter boxes, and particularly to letter boxes which are employed in otlices, apart- 'ment houses and other places, and which consist of a front plate provided with a slot opening into the box, a door for the box and a push button for electric bell or a mouth for a speaking tube.
  • front plates and the doors are usually formed from compara:
  • the object or' this invention is. to, secure the metal parts of a letter box'fin'such a way that rivets will not appear throughthe face-plate or door; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.
  • the front plate 2 may Specification of Letters Patent.
  • casing is provided with ears 9 having perforations 10 adapting the case to set over the hollow rivets which are then upsetso as to irmly attach the casing to the rear4 of, the face plate.
  • Similar rivets 1l are employed for attaching hinge plates 12 to vthen-:ar of the face plate by which the door 4 is secured in position; and attached t the -inner face of the door are similar rivets 13, 14, by which theifock 15 and name-plate slide 16 are secured in place.
  • A By this construction the several parts of a complete letter -box are connected together without rivets which'ex tend through the face plate or door, and these parts can be secured-after the face of the plate and door have been put mari-ing the surface finish of these parts.

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Fig. 2 arear view or' the same,
ARTHUR S. GODDARD, E W'ATERBURY,
CONNECTICUT, Assrenon To WATERBURY* MFG. C0., OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A. CORPORATION.
LETTER-Box.
Application filed December To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ARTHURTS. GODDARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVaterbury., in the county of New Havn'iand State of Connecticut, havefinvented new and useful Improvement ifa 'Letter-Boxes; and I do hereby declare the ifollowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in
Figure Al a front View of a letter box constructed in1 accordance .with my invention. a portion of the case broken av: y. -l*`ig". 3 an inside view of the-door. Fig. 4 a sectional view on the line -b of Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 a sectional view on the line c-d of Fig. 3 on an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 an end view of one of the hollow rivets, detached.' Fig. 'i' a side view of one of the hollow rivets shown as attached to the rear face of the plate or door This invention relates to an improvement in letter boxes, and particularly to letter boxes which are employed in otlices, apart- 'ment houses and other places, and which consist of a front plate provided with a slot opening into the box, a door for the box and a push button for electric bell or a mouth for a speaking tube. These front plates and the doors are usually formed from compara:
which are secured to the plateor to the -door are secured by rivets which extend through the face of the plate and door, these rivets show, and in a sense, mar the appearance of.
the plate and door.
The object or' this invention is. to, secure the metal parts of a letter box'fin'such a way that rivets will not appear throughthe face-plate or door; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.
The front plate 2 may Specification of Letters Patent.
metal, and if theA pafrtfs be oi' any approved rammed sept. 7, 1915.'
26, 1914. Serial No. 879,091.
design. As herein shown it is formed with a transverseslot through which letters ma be inserted into the box, a door 4' by which face ot' the plate at'the desired points hollow f A rivets T having flanges 8 by which the hollow rivets may be hrmly soldered or otherwise i 50 the box is closed, and at the bottom a pushsecured to the rear of the face plate. The
casing is provided with ears 9 having perforations 10 adapting the case to set over the hollow rivets which are then upsetso as to irmly attach the casing to the rear4 of, the face plate. Similar rivets 1l are employed for attaching hinge plates 12 to vthen-:ar of the face plate by which the door 4 is secured in position; and attached t the -inner face of the door are similar rivets 13, 14, by which theifock 15 and name-plate slide 16 are secured in place.A By this construction the several parts of a complete letter -box are connected together without rivets which'ex tend through the face plate or door, and these parts can be secured-after the face of the plate and door have been put mari-ing the surface finish of these parts. A. ,I claimt` shfeet metal letter box plate rately Iformed hollow rivets having flanges which are secured to its rear face and .projecting rearward therefrom, and parts of a letter box secured to the plate by upsetting the outer ends of the said rivets.
In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y
Witnesses J. S. NEAGL, K. M. BROWN.
having sepafinished, with
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US3154332A (en) * 1962-01-05 1964-10-27 Moog Industries Inc Ball joint assembly

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