US116018A

US116018A - Improvement in office-indicators

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Publication number: US116018A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1871-06-20
Anticipated expiration: 1888-06-20

Description

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICEo LEWIS BEGER, OF CHICAGO, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS HISRIGHT TO W. S. GOBBLE, OF SOOTTSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN OFFICE-INDICATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,018, dated June 20, 1871.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that. LLEWIs BURGER, of Chicago, in the county ot' Cook a-nd State of Illinois, have invented a newand Improved Business-Indicator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specilica-tion, in which- Figure l represents a face View ot' my improved business-indicator. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a back view of the face-plate when the same is turned up. Fig. 4 is a detail face View of parts of the face-plate.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new business-indicator for office use, and consists in a novel combination of parts wherebyr the necessary routine information will be given to parties inspecting it when the oftice is closed or open, and means are provided for leaving orders.

A in the drawing represents a sheet-metal box, constitutingthe body of my improved business-indicator. By ears a tat the back ofthe box the same can be suspended from nails or screws on the Wall or door. A small receptacle, b, is formed at the upper end ofthe box A for holding business-cards. A slot, o, is in the upper part of the face of the box A to receive letters, which can be thrown into said main box A. The lower larger part of the face-plate B of the box is hinged at its upper end, as at d in Fig. 1, and carries a clock-dial, O, whose hands e f can be set to indicate the hour until which the office is open or closed. The dial concover and close it While the oftice is open.

tains, behind an appropriate aperture, a small pivoted plate, g, which can be shifted to show the letters A. M.77 or P. M as may be required. Three disks, I), E, and F, pivoted to the back of the face-plate, as shown in Fig. 2, display through appropriate apertures the day of week, month, and nameof month, respectively. The arbors h h of said disks project through the face-plate, and are squared, so that they can be turned, by Ineans of keys, to change the dates. A fourth disk, G, largei1 than the others, and ca-rryin g near its rim various items of information regarding the absence ofthe occupant, is also pivoted to the face-plate B by a pin, h., and displays one such item through an aperture, i', of the faceplate. A plate, H, is hinged to the face B under the aperture t', to I is a writing-tablet or slate held in the grooved back of the box A, so that it can be drawn out for the reception of orders, as indicated in Fig.

A, hinged face- B, dial O, disks I), E, F, and

G, plate II, and slate I, all combined substantially as herein shown and described.

Ihe above specification of my invention signed by Ine this 26th day of January, 1871.

LEWIS BURGER.

Witnesses:

GEO. C. SMITH, WILLIAM H. BERsoN.