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US402623A
US402623A US402623DA US402623A US 402623 A US402623 A US 402623A US 402623D A US402623D A US 402623DA US 402623 A US402623 A US 402623A
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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
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  • rIhe invention consists 'in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, whereby the safety of the contents of the letter-box is more fully assured.
  • Figure l is a vertical section through the letter-box, showing the sliding .receptacle lowered; and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the receptacle raised.
  • the receptacle B is first raised by the bellcrank, as shown in Fig. 2, and the letters are dropped into it.
  • the weight of the receptacle causes it to descend as soon as the bellcrank is let go. It therefore assumes the position shown in Fig. l, and the letters are'automatioally discharged into the receptacle D, from whence they cannot be ,abstracted through the slit a.
  • the combination with the diagonally-arranged hollow receptacle B, having separate openings at its upper and lower ends, of the bell-crank and cord for raising the said receptacle, the plane surface A, having an Opening, c, for the introduction of letters into thereceptacle, and the plane surface C and receptacle D, communicating with the receptacle B after its descent, whereby the letters are automatically discharged therefrom into the said receptacle D, substantially as set forth.

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-(No Model.) E. A. SHARP.
LETTER BOX.
No. 402,623. Patented May 7, 1889.
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EDWARD Asi-ITON sHARP, OE EPwORTH, OOUNTY OE LINCOLN, ENGLAND.
LETTER-BOX.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,623, dated May v, 1889. Application led February 29, 1888. Serial No. 265,756. (No model.) Patented in England October 20, 1886, No. 13,874.
To' @ZZ whom t may concern:
Beit known that I, EDWARD ASHTON SHARP,
residing at Epworth, in the'county of Lincoln, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Letter-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.
English Letters Patent No. 13,374, dated October 20, 1886, have been granted for this invention.
rIhe invention consists 'in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, whereby the safety of the contents of the letter-box is more fully assured.
In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section through the letter-box, showing the sliding .receptacle lowered; and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the receptacle raised.
C is the letter-box, provided with the flat The receptacle B is first raised by the bellcrank, as shown in Fig. 2, and the letters are dropped into it. The weight of the receptacle causes it to descend as soon as the bellcrank is let go. It therefore assumes the position shown in Fig. l, and the letters are'automatioally discharged into the receptacle D, from whence they cannot be ,abstracted through the slit a.
In a letter-box, the combination, with the diagonally-arranged hollow receptacle B, having separate openings at its upper and lower ends, of the bell-crank and cord for raising the said receptacle, the plane surface A, having an Opening, c, for the introduction of letters into thereceptacle, and the plane surface C and receptacle D, communicating with the receptacle B after its descent, whereby the letters are automatically discharged therefrom into the said receptacle D, substantially as set forth. Y
In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
EDWARD ASHTON SHARP.
Witnesses:
ROBERT CAPES, RD. RANDOLPH COGGON, y O'Zerks to Messrs. Parkin 6% C'o., Solicitors,
Epworth, Lincolnshire, England.
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