US36388A - Improvement in door-plates and card-receivers - Google Patents

Improvement in door-plates and card-receivers Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US36388A
US36388A US36388DA US36388A US 36388 A US36388 A US 36388A US 36388D A US36388D A US 36388DA US 36388 A US36388 A US 36388A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
card
door
plate
plates
slide
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
Publication date
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US36388A publication Critical patent/US36388A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • 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
    • A47G29/126—Lids for access slits

Definitions

  • This invention consists in combining a doorplate and slides with a card-receiver and a clamp arranged in such a manner that a visitor may be inlforined whether the occupant of the house is at home or not, 'and in ease of not being at home admitof the card of the visitor being deposited within the re DCver, sol that the occupant may obtain a knowledge ol' the call upon arriving at home, the invention also admitting of' the application of the card or address of any individual member of thehouse to indicate his or her ab ⁇ sence.
  • A represents a door-plate, which may be of any desired form, ⁇ with the name of the occu pant of the ⁇ house engraved or otherwise marked upon it.
  • a horizontal slide, B whiclnwhen closed, covers the entrance of a card-receiver, G, which isformed by having. a recess made in the Aback of the-plate.
  • this recess or cardreceiver may be formed by swaging the plate so as to leave a beveled flange, a, all around its edge, the edge lof the flange being secu red to the door and leaving a space Abetween the .latter and the main portion orbody of the plate, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.
  • the slide B has engraved on yone side of it the words At Home,77 and Not at Home77 on the opposite side, or other words of similar or like import, the slide ad mitting of being reversed, so that either notice may be exposed, asmay be required.
  • This slide is fitted between suitable guides, b b, at the upper and lower edgesof the orifice c of the card-re-l DCver C.
  • a clamp,D which isforrmed of asmall lever, d, havingits fuleruiiilpin c in a projection, f.
  • a spring, g which bears against the door-plate and has a tendency to keep the ⁇ short end in lcontact with said plate, the
  • the slide B may be withdrawn and the card of the visitor inserted inthe receiver C, the slide beingfthen replaced as before.
  • This card receiver may also be used as a note-receiver,- and should be inspected daily by the occupant or a servant of the household. In cases where an individual member of the family is absent his or her address may be placed inthe clamp D to indicate the absence.
  • a metal slide, E may be fitted overan openlng in the lower part of; the door-plate.
  • This slide may contain the number ofthe house; or it may have the name of the occupant engraved en it, in case the plate be of porcelain. Itmay alsolservc as ,a convenient means for removing the cards or notes from the 'receiver C. t
  • rlhis invention may be constructed at amodl era'tc cost, notmuch above that ofan ordinary doorplate, and will prove a great acquisition toI those who receive many visitors and are in the habit. of making calls,

Description

S. A. A DWIN. DUUR PLATE A GARD RBCEIV No, 36,388. Patent UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
SARAH A. BALDWIN, OF WATERBRY, CONNECTICUT.
VIMPROVEMENT in Doon-PLATES AND cpARD-Rl-:celvnns Specification forming part of, Letters Patent N0. 36,388, dated September-9, 1862.
zontal section ofthe same, taken in the line y y, Fig. 1..
Similar letters of reference indicate corre spending parts in the scveralligures.
This invention consists in combining a doorplate and slides with a card-receiver and a clamp arranged in such a manner that a visitor may be inlforined whether the occupant of the house is at home or not, 'and in ease of not being at home admitof the card of the visitor being deposited within the re ceiver, sol that the occupant may obtain a knowledge ol' the call upon arriving at home, the invention also admitting of' the application of the card or address of any individual member of thehouse to indicate his or her ab` sence.
To enable those skilled in the art to fully un# derstandand construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it. i
A represents a door-plate, which may be of any desired form,` with the name of the occu pant of the` house engraved or otherwise marked upon it. In the upper part of the door-plate there is placeda horizontal slide, B, whiclnwhen closed, covers the entrance of a card-receiver, G, which isformed by having. a recess made in the Aback of the-plate. lf the doorplate be of metal, this recess or cardreceiver may be formed by swaging the plate so as to leave a beveled flange, a, all around its edge, the edge lof the flange being secu red to the door and leaving a space Abetween the .latter and the main portion orbody of the plate, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.
The slide B has engraved on yone side of it the words At Home,77 and Not at Home77 on the opposite side, or other words of similar or like import, the slide ad mitting of being reversed, so that either notice may be exposed, asmay be required. 'This slide is fitted between suitable guides, b b, at the upper and lower edgesof the orifice c of the card-re-l ceiver C.
To the face of the door-plate, and directly over the slide B,there is attached a clamp,D, which isforrmed of asmall lever, d, havingits fuleruiiilpin c in a projection, f. To the inner side of' the longer end of this .lever there is attached a spring, g, which bears against the door-plate and has a tendency to keep the`short end in lcontact with said plate, the
short ends of the lever having a dat jaw, h,
which forms a good bearing-surface to hold a card or address to the plate. (See more par ticularl y Fig. 3.)
If a visitor calls and finds that the occupant is not at home, the same being indicated by the slide B, the latter may be withdrawn and the card of the visitor inserted inthe receiver C, the slide beingfthen replaced as before.
The occupant on arriving at home'and inspecting the receiverl abstracts the `card,andthereby obtains aknowledge of the call. This card receiver may also be used as a note-receiver,- and should be inspected daily by the occupant or a servant of the household. In cases where an individual member of the family is absent his or her address may be placed inthe clamp D to indicate the absence.
A metal slide, E, may be fitted overan openlng in the lower part of; the door-plate. This slide may contain the number ofthe house; or it may have the name of the occupant engraved en it, in case the plate be of porcelain. Itmay alsolservc as ,a convenient means for removing the cards or notes from the 'receiver C. t
rlhis invention may be constructed at amodl era'tc cost, notmuch above that ofan ordinary doorplate, and will prove a great acquisition toI those who receive many visitors and are in the habit. of making calls,
Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters' Patent, is#- 1-. The combination ofthe door-plate A', reversible slide B, and card-receiver (Lui-ranged substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.
2. The clamp D, when applied tothe doorplal'c A and used in connection with the cardrecciver C, for the purpose specified.
SARAH A. BALDWIN.
Witnesses:
Jas. R'. AYREs. STEPHEN W. KELLoee.
US36388D Improvement in door-plates and card-receivers Expired - Lifetime US36388A (en)

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US36388A true US36388A (en) 1862-09-09

Family

ID=2105965

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US36388D Expired - Lifetime US36388A (en) Improvement in door-plates and card-receivers

Country Status (1)

Country Link
US (1) US36388A (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6134429A (en) * 1998-04-10 2000-10-17 Vlsi Technology, Inc. Direct digital down conversion of a 10.8 MHz intermediate frequency signal in the personal handy phone system
US20110055303A1 (en) * 2009-09-03 2011-03-03 Azuray Technologies, Inc. Function Generator

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6134429A (en) * 1998-04-10 2000-10-17 Vlsi Technology, Inc. Direct digital down conversion of a 10.8 MHz intermediate frequency signal in the personal handy phone system
US20110055303A1 (en) * 2009-09-03 2011-03-03 Azuray Technologies, Inc. Function Generator

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
Allwood et al. The effects of source and type of feedback on child witnesses' metamemory accuracy
US36388A (en) Improvement in door-plates and card-receivers
Albrecht et al. Toward increased job satisfaction of practicing CPAs: Areas of professional life that provide a high degree of satisfaction and those in need of improvement
Darian‐Smith et al. Australian‐Asian Sociability, Student Activism, and the University Challenge to White Australia in the 1950s
Wilcox Religion and electoral politics among black Americans in 1988
US500316A (en) Door-indicator
US1251682A (en) Door-releaser.
US175215A (en) Improvement in combined office directories and desks
O'Connor Slavery in the North
US689429A (en) Indicator.
US21703A (en) shaler
US1234566A (en) Baggage-identification check.
US783047A (en) Car-seal.
US810635A (en) Button or check.
Zahs et al. Telephone and mail surveys: Advantages and disadvantages of each
US600304A (en) Edward ii
Randall Supernatural belief and political alienation
US112585A (en) Improvement in electrical alarm-locks
US276980A (en) tenfold-
Neagle Haiti: Opposition Party Coalition Says President's Pledge To Hold Elections Credible
Tyroler Nicaragua: Poll Results On Evaluation Of First Year Of UNo Government
US954719A (en) Sash lock and antirattler.
US854181A (en) Loose-leaf-book back.
US24685A (en) Alarm attachment for tills
US126294A (en) Improvement in fire and burglar alarms