US668513A - Mail and package drawer. - Google Patents

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Nrrn Tnrns PAUL P. 1. FYFE, OF CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- FIFTHS TO THE CLEAVERS CLUB t MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF

SAME PLACE.

MAIL AND PACKAGE DRAWER.

SPEGIFIGATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,513, dated February 19, 1901.

.Application iled November 16l 1900. b'eral NO- 36:762- (N0 mOleL) To aZZ wwwt t may concer-r1,.-

Beit known that 1, PAUL P. I. FYFE, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of Concord, in the county of Cabarrus and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and Improved Mailand Package Drawer, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

One purpose of the invention is to provide a drawer constructed in two sections, which sections are adapted to slide one in the other, and a casing for the sections of the drawer, which casing is so located in a building that parcels may be placed in a section of the drawer at the outside of the building and removed therefrom at theinside of the building.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide an outside lock for the drawer, which may be a combination-lock and which will connect the two sections of the drawer with the casing, and also to provide a means whereby should a person not having the combination or a knowledge of the lock endeavor to open the drawer from the outside an alarm will be sounded.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the iinproved drawer and its casing. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the improved drawer, its casing, and the wall in which the casing is set, showing the different positions of the drawer in dotted lines; and Fig. is a transverse section taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

A represents a box-casing closed at its top and bottom and at its sides and open at both ofits ends. This box-casing A is adapted to be built in a wall in such manner that one end of the casing will be at the front of the wall and the other end at the back of the wall, asis shown in Fig. 2.

B represents a wall in which the casing is placed.

C represents the outer drawer, and D the inner-drawer, the innerdrawer having sliding movement within the outer drawer. The outer drawer is closed at its front, sides, and bottom, but is open at its inner end, while the inner drawer D is closed at both ends, both sides, and at the bottom. The inner drawer is provided with an attached knob or handle 10, which iS pivoted upon the outer end p0rtion of the said innerdrawer, as is best shown in Fig. 2, and the said knob or handle 10 is adapted to pass through an opening 11 in the front or outer face of the outerdrawer to such an extent that a series of figures or characters 12 is rendered visible. This knob 10 at a point adjacent to the outer face of the inner drawer is provided with a pin le, and this pin may be placed in any'one of a series of apertures 13, produced in said knob, as shown in Fig. These apertures correspond in position to the figures or characters on the knob, so that by placing the pin 14 in the apertures 13 the combination may be changed, as the pin 14 when brought in an upper position will release a latch E, which serves to lock the two sections of the drawer together and the two sections to the casing. The inner drawer D is provided with a knob 15 or a handle of any description, attached in any approved manner to its inner end, whereby the inner drawer-section may be drawn out for the purpose ot' removing its contents.

The latch E above referred to is preferably made of a spring wire or rod of suitable gage, and one member 16 of this wire or rod is se- 'cured in one side of the outer drawer-section C, as is shown in Fig. 3, and extends in direction of the opposing side ot' said drawer-section adjacent to the bottom of the same. At said opposing side of the outer drawer-section the rod or Wire forming the latch Eis bent upon itself to form a coil 17, which is attached by suitable means to the front portion of the said drawer-section, as is also shown in Fig. 3. The wire or rod is then carried from the coil over the lock-knob 10, forminga body portion 18, and this body portion is then curved downward and terminates in a straight portion 19, which passes through a suitable opening in the bottom of the outer drawer-section, as is shown in both Figs. 2 and 3.

A longitudinal recess 23 is made in the bot- IOO tom of the casing A at the front, and in this recess a loop-keeper 2O is located, which loopkeeper is provided with a tail portion 2l, and this tail portion extends down into Vertical openings 22, produced in the bottom of the casing A and in the wall B at the bottom of the casing. These apertures or openings 22 are of such width that the tail portion of the loop-keeper 2() may have longitudinal movement to a greater or less extent. The loopkeeper 2O is adapted to receive the straight portion 19 of the latch E when the lock-knob 10 is in such position that the pin 14, carried thereby, is out of engagement with the keeper, as shown in Fig. 3; but when the figure or character on the lock-knob which is opposite the pin 14C is brought uppermost the pin will engage with the body portion 18 of the latch E and carry the same upward to the dotted position shown in Fig. 3, at which time the straight portion 1i) of the latch will be carried practically within the outer section of the drawer, and the said outer section of the drawer, togetherl with the inner section, may be drawn out to receive a package or parcel of any description; but should the latch E be in engagement with the loop-keeper 2O and a person should attempt to pull the drawer outward the keeper will slide forward to the extent ot the width of the openings or apertures 22, but can move no farther, and the width of the openings or apertures 22 is preferably such that the inner drawer-section cannot be exposed when the drawer is so manipulated.

A contact-plate 24 is placed in the forward wall of the aperture or opening 22 in the wall, as shown in Fig. 2, and this contact-plate is connected with the terminals 25 of an electric circuit, so that as soon as the tail portion of the loop-keeper 20 engages with the contact-plate 24c the electric circuit is closed and a suitable alarm will be sounded. It desired, however, an elbow-lever may be substituted for the contact-plate 2st, and said elbow-lever may be connected by wire in the ordinary way with a jingle-bell.

Small packages or parcels-such as letters, newspapers, tbe-may be introduced into the inner drawer-section through slots 26, made in the forward portions ot' the drawer-sections, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, it being only necessary to pull the drawer-sections outward to a sufficient degree when large packages are to be delivered to the occupants of the dwelling to which the device is attached.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1, A mail and package drawer consisting of a casing and a drawer in telescopic sections mounted to slide in the said casing, the said drawer being adapted to slide out at either the front or the rear of the casing, and a lock connect-ing the two drawer-sections together and connecting the said sections with the casing, as described. A

2. A mail an d package drawer, consisting of a casing and a drawer in telescopic sectionsl mounted to slide in the said casing, the said drawer heilig adapted to slide out either at the front or at the rear of the casing, a lock connecting the two drawer-sections together and connecting the saidsections with the casing, and means for aiording longitudinal play of the locking device, whereby the drawer can be partially opened without its sections being unlocked from each other or from the casing, as set forth.

3. A mail and package drawer, consisting of a casing, telescopic drawer-sections mounted one within the other and adapted to be drawn out from opposite ends of the casing, a combination-knob carried by the inner drawersection and extending through the outer drawer-section, a latch operated by the said combination-knob, and a keeper located in the casing, adapted to receive the said latch when the drawer-sections are to be locked to the casing, as described.

4. The combination, with a casing, of a drawer in two telescopic sections mounted to slide in the said casing, the sections of the drawer being adapted to open out at opposite ends of the casing, a combination-knob pivotally connected with one end ot' the inner drawersection, which knob is loosely passed through the corresponding end of the outer drawer-section, a spring-latch operated by said knob, and a keeper having lateral movement in the casing and arranged to receive the said latch when the sections of the drawer are to be locked together and locked to the casing, as described.

5. The combination, with a casing, of a drawer in two telescopic sections mounted to slide in the said casing, the sections of the drawer being adapted to open out at opposite ends of the casing, a combination-knob pivotally connected with one end of the inner drawer-section, which knob is loosely passed through the corresponding end of the outer drawer-section, a spring-latch operated by said knob, a keeper having lateral movement in the casing and arranged to receive the said latch when the sections of the drawer are to be locked together and locked to the casing, an alarm, and a contact between the said alarm and the said keeper, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL I. I. FYFE.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. LAUGHLIN, DooK M. SEIFIRT.

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