US699407A - Mail-service apparatus. - Google Patents

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No. 699,407. Patented' May 6, |902.

G. A. OWEN.

MAIL SERVICE APPARATUS.

(Application tiled Mar. 13, 1899.) (llo Model.)

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Nijniiin STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE ALFRED OWEN, oEsrnINGEi/ELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

MAIL-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters lPatent No. 699,4()7, dated. May 6, 1902. Application nea March is, 1899. Sellano. 708.983. (naman.)

To @ZZ whom/it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE ALFRED OWEN, a citizen of the United States of America,'and a resident of.Springfield, -in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts,phave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mail-Service Apparatus, of which the following. is a full, clear, and exact de` scription. I

rlhis invention relates to new and improved means for transmittingthe individual mail distributed ina post-ofice into respective receptacles or compartments therefor in a conveyer or mechanical carrier for which-are provided means for thesupport, guidance, and propnlsionthereofY to post-stations loicated at suitable intervals or places in the city or town, into which" conveyer portions of the assorted mail for indvidnals are respectively and automatically delivered, and to means whereby the same from the post-station are conveyed through chutes or guide-passages located therein into respectively pro-V vided compartments in a receptacle provided at the basement or lower portion of a'building adjacent the post-station, said receptacle having combined therewith means operated by the conveyer for securing theiele'- vation of said compartment-provided.receptacle, whereby the latter is elevated to the top or upper portion of the building, thereat registering with oriiices of chutes into which the mail-matter is delivered, said chutes leading downwardly to deliver the mail into series of individual letterboxes in the hallway or corridor of each floor of the building or, if de sired, to deliver the mail through these downwardly-directed chutes, which extend to and have their delivery ends in the various ofiices or rooms of the building.

The invention furthermore relates to means whereby when mail comes into one of the corridor-boxes held by the tenant of a given office an alarm may be sounded in suchofiice apprising the occupant of the arrival of his mail therein. l

The invention furthermore relates to the improvements in means and appliances provided for the purpose of enabling persons at any door of thebuilding to mail their letters in mailing-chutes thereat, which chutes lead downwardly to the lower part of the building and deliver into aletter-box vertically below the poststation, and to further means for insuring (by reason of the arrival at and passage through the post-station of the conveyer for the letters to be delivered at such post-l station) also an elevation of the mailing let ter-boxupwardly into theposbstation and the ldischarge ofits contents automatically into a compartment in the conveyer in Which such mail will be'conveyed to the post-ofiice as the conveyer returns thereto for outward transmission. Y

In Letters Patent of the United States issued to me July 2, 1901, No. 677,423, there 'are fully and clearly described the construction of the conveyer andthe arrangement of the severaly series of compartments therein for the individually-assorted mail and of a compartment for the reception lof mail to be bronghtback to the post-office, the means for the support, guidance, and propulsion of thefconveyer, and the post-station into and throughwhich the conveyer passes and momentarily tarries, and the arrangement of upwardly-open and downwardly-leading chutes with which the compartments in the conveyer register, and meansfor securing the anto`- matic discharge of that portion of the mail in the conveyer which it is designed to deliver -into the corresponding` or matchingchutes in the post-station, andin said application I have furthermore described a mailing-box vertically un'der the post-station and means for insuring the automatic elevation thereof to the level of the conveyer and for the automatic discharging of the promiscuous mail therein into the conveyer; and in extension of the invention set forth in the said application for Apatent iiled as a'foresaidthe present invention and improvements are conjuncti'vely employed, and repetitions of the vdescription and mannerof operation ofthe subject-matter of the aforesaid application will be considered unnecessary herein, for reference may be had to the specification and drawings in that application for a full and complete knowledge thereof. i

Vhile the post-station may have the several chutes upwardly opening and downwardly extending and leading to or terminating in individual lock-boxes `in the post-stm tion, as heretofore described by me in my Sov ICO

former application, there are in accordance with the present invention essentially in the post-station, either solely orinl addition to the post-station letter-box chutes, series of upwardly-opening and downwardly-extending chutes, with the upper orifices of which the self-discharging compartments in the conveyer match or register, these leading to the compartment-provided elevator aforementioned at the lower-part of the building, the 'latter carrying the mail upwardly automatically and deliveringit into the chutes which letter-boxes for the .upper door.'

have their orifices at the top of the building and which lead therefrom downwardly to and for delivery at the various doors.

The invention consists in various combinations of parts and appliances andthe constructions lthereof', allsubstantially as hereinafter fully described in conjunction with Vthe accompanying drawingsand as set forth and 'covered `in and by the claims.

.In the drawings, Figure-l illustrates in perspective and partial vertical sectional View a post-station located at the edge of a sidewalk of Va thoroughfare adjacent abuilding, the trackway on which the couveyer is sustained and electrically or otherwise propelled, the conveyer being shown as approaching the post-station, and this viewfurthermore and more particularly illustrates the series of chutes in the building, all having their upper ,ends or orificesterminated above the upper floor and extending downwardly therefrom in succession to the lower stories or'iioors, and

vthis view by dotted lines further indicates the vertical walled or tubularwayup and down in whiclrthe,delivering-elevator for the various mail for the several floors is movable. Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation through the lower portion of the building adjacent, which is shown the poststation, v.and showing the arrange- -rnent of the several chutes through which the mail received from the conveyer is guided to the elevator, which: latter also is positively shown,asar.e also thehoistwayand suspensiony cable therefor, `there being-also shownin this view, partially .insection., the chute yunderstoodas leading from the top of the building to the lowerl story and terminating -in doorprovided lock-.boxesor individual mail-re- .ceptaclesrandthis- View still further illustrates the relation of the letter-box for receiving; the promiscuous' matter mailed in 'the building through vthe mailing-chutes downlwardlyleading thereto. r Fig. 3 is a cross-section and plan. view horizontally-through the post-station as seen.onv the line 3 3,.Fig. 2, indicating the relative position of the box for promiscuous, mail to .be raised and lowered ,at the timeof arrival of lthe .conveyer in the post-station. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view attheupper part ot' the building, more particularly showing the Weller hoistway and mail-.elevatorand-thechutes for the set of Fig.5 is a Asectional-viewV on line 5 5, Fig.A 4, showingthe vorifices of the several series of the chutes for the five stories, downwardly-extended portions of such chutes and the letter-boxes for those of the upper story being indicated in dotted lines, as is also the upper part of the mailing-chute provided in common to all of the floors of the building. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the elevator. Fig. 7 is a perspective View showing upper portions of the post-station and its doors, the conveyer uuderstood as having arrived and stopped therein, and most particularly illustrating the means whereby the eonveyer automatically operates the elevator in the hoistway in the building. Fig. 7 is a sectional view `vertically through the letter-box provided below the post-station and which is adapted to be elevated within said4 station, said View illustrating the operating means for the letter-boxv door. Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation, illustrative of an arrangement whereby the mail of the parts when the elevator is in its lowered' position and Fig. 1l the changedrelation when the'elevator is'in .its uppermost position.

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Fig. 12is a horizontal sectional and plan view l as seenbelow the section-line 12 12, Fig. l1. Figs. land 14 are perspective' views illustratingdetails of construction to be hereinafter referred to. l

Similar. characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the views.

In the drawings, A represents the conveyer; 55, the elevated trackway on which the conveyer. runs and is propelled electrically or otherwise.

C represents one ot the post-stations, of which in the course ot the elevated trackway there may be many, and D represents the letter-box at the lower part or under the poststation for receiving lthe promiscuous mail which may be mailed through a chute from the-post-station Ain the street and, as here shown, also -receiviugmail from a mailingchute200 in the vbuilding 162, adjacentsuch station. l

The post-station has-the series of chutes d with the orifices at their upper ends in arrangement corresponding to those of thecompartments in. the conveyer having the auto- -matic discharging means, as described in the aforesaid application, the said chutes leading downwardly from the upper part of the post station throughv which `the vconveyer passes and have their courses detiected downwardly and transversely toward the building, extending thereto at a point in'the basement, orsome suitable part thereof,- and having their IIO lower ends terminating in orifices or discharging-openings (Z2, corresponding to or matching with the open-front compartments 164 in the elevator 165, which is movable in the vertical tubular chute or well 166, eX- tending to the top of -the building, said elevator being controlled by the suspension-cable 167, passing upwardly from its co'nnection with `the elevator over and around the sheave 168, thence downwardly to the bottom of the building around the sheave 170, and thence upwardly guided by the sheaves 172 to and around the guide-sheaves 173 in the post-station and extended longitudinally along the inverted- U -shaped track to connection at 174; with a sleeve 175, which has a lon-l gitudinally-sliding movement on the rod or:` bead 130, which is comprised in or provided, at one of the depending` edges of the side wall of the track.`

94 indicates the movable arresting device, 4in the post-station :for the conveyer cooper-f ating with the screw device 90, actuatedV by, the motor of the conveyer for displacing saidj movable arresting device, leaving the 'motori free to have its 4propulsive movement after` having been stopped momentarily at the station, as heretofore described in said applica-` tion. `There is also provided on thetop ot"` the motor-propelled conveyer a tripping-` catch 176, having the spring 177 and movable across the line of the abutment-pin '17S on the aforesaid sleeve.

There is at a considerable distance xforwardly beyond the post-station on the side of the track the incline or cam 179.

180 represents a buffer-springlocated at the rear end of thesleeve 175;`

Now it will be understood that when the conveyer A has come intothe. post-station and beenv automatically stopped to deliver its mail whichis to be discharged therefrom at this given post-station and has thereafter proceeded on its journey the tripping device 176, bodily carried by the conveyer by reason of its 4engagement'with. the abutment-stud 17S, will carry said stud and the sleeve forwardly endwise a sufficient distance before the device 176 is tripped by' the incline 179 and disengaged from the stud 178 and will thereby exert such a draft :on Vthe cable :167 for the elevatorl asto move the same from its position at the bottom to the 1top fioor of the building., whereupon the inwardly-open orilices of its compartment 164, which, as shown, are in five series, will register with and discharge into the mouths of the five series of` chutes 182, outwardly opening. above the upper loolof the building, said series of chutes beingnumbered 41 to 5,1espectively, in Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings, the fifth series of chutes terminatingor delivering at the `fifth fioor, 4.the next at the `fourth `floor, and `so -on down to the first floor.

AsV shown in Figs. ,1 ande, the outwardlyopening orifices ofthe chutes 182 extend inwardly and downwardly at an angle, continuing in an easy curve downwardly and forwardly and terminating in series of letterboxes 183, understood as beingin the corridor or other suitable place inthe building,iand these letter-boxes have key-locked` doors 184, so as to be accessible only by the tenants of the respective offices or rooms corresponding to which the boxes are provided.

As shownin the drawings, for the service of a building of five'fioors there are five series of the chutes d in the post-station. The elevator has correspondingly a like number of series of the compartments,.and the compartments of each series therein correspond in number and arrangement to the orifices of the chutes both in the post-station and the building. v:

The bottoms of thecompartments in the elevator are downwardly inclined, as shown in Figs. Zand 6, and their ends toward the building are open, as well as their endstoward the post-station, the said elevator being fitted to slide closely yet freely. in the vertical passage 166 therefor. 4

The chutes 182 in lieu` of extending toiand terminating in individual l corrider letterboxes 183, as described and illustrated lin Figs. 1, 2,4, and 5, may, as shown in.Fig..S, all or some thereof extend-in downwardlydivergent courses to enter the offices on'the Various floors,.said Fig.' S indicatingthe deliveryend 286 of one of the chutes to discharge the mail directly` onto a desk intheV office.

Of course the arrangementwmay be `that some of the chutes will deliver intofoflices and others to corridor letter-boxes on` a given floor, this manner ofdouble servicelbeilng indicated in.Fig.ftl.`

In Fig. 9, 1S3shows in section-and.*perspective view one ofthe corridor letter-boxes having the slanting bottomzand thellightspringplate 186, onto which aletter in coming into IOD IIO

fyingthetenants of the office of thefarrival .the bell after a letterhas been reeeivedlft-herein, but where there is no one `present to 'take it fromthe box.

The letter-box D, locatedqbelowthc poststation,is vertically movable fin a well` orway .194 therefor, bein g provided with lthesuspension-cable 107, operated throughythesliding sleeve 129i automatically by the conveyer in substantially the same manner as described in my said former application, so that whenl the convey'er arrives at the station this letterbox D will have been elevated opposite the conveyer and will discharge'the promiscuous mail therein through the side openings in the conveyer having the inwardly spring-closed opening doors 82. The devices operating to this end are specifically slightly different from those formerly illustrated and will bepointed out as follows: On the conveyer is the abutment or stud 196, which engages the shoulder 197 of the spring-plate 198, carried by the sleeve 129, to which the cable 107 for said letter-boxD is connected. The wedge or camA 135 is provided on the side of the track at its part within the post-station C. The letterbox being in its lowered position, the sleeve 129 will have been slid along 'the bead 130 rearwardly relative to the post-station. The conveyer approaching the post-stationV has its stud 196 to engage the shoulder 197 of the spring-plate, bodily moving the latter and the sleeve 129 endwise forward, exerting such a draft on'the cable 107 as to raise the letterbox to the level of and alongside the conveyer, and the elevating movement of theletter-box insures that its rod 106, which operates its door to permit the discharge of the letters contained therein therefrom, in its abutment against'the fixture or bracket 117`in the poststation insures, relatively to the rising letterboxI), adepression of the operating-rod opening the letter-*box door, and this opening of the door insures theinward swinging of one or more of -the spring-closed door-sections 82 of the conveyer, so that the promiscuous mailmatter mailed into said box may be discharged intothe compartment or receptacle therefor, lettered a in my preceding case and all as fully described therein.

The letter-box D, as shown in Fig. 7, has its door 10-1, which is hinged to swing outwardly, provided with a lever 105, radially extended from the hinge, and with this lever is engaged the vertical rod 10G, upwardly extended through a perforation in the top of the letter-box, and terminates above said top.A

The elevation of the box to the position shown in Fig. 7 brings the rod 100 against the abutment 117, thereby causing the letter-box door to be swung and forced against one of the spring-,closed door-sections 82 of the conveyer, leaving the contents of the letter-box freed to be discharged into the conveyer. F A s the conveyer thenproceeds the impingement of the spring-plate on the incline 135 causes the disengagement of the shoulder 197 from the stud, whereupon the box D will fall by gravity and the sleeve 129 will be rearwardly returned to its normal position. I have illustrated in combination with the said letter-box D, having an opening 199 at its side toward the building, a chute 200, which leads downwardlyon an incline to said opening 199, said chute in continuation of said inclined part (illustrated in Fig. 2) continuing upwardly through 4the several doors of the building and having mailing-openings 202 at each iioor, the mailingopening 202 in the chute at one of the floors being indicated in Fig. 5.

In order to provide means whereby the letters or other mail-matter in the compartments 165 of the elevator 164 may not slide therefrom While the elevator is at its lowermost position or in any position intermediate between the post-station chutes d and the mouths of the vbuilding-chutes 182, appliances are combined with the elevator and its hoistway, such as shown in Figs. 10 to 14, inclusive.

The side of the elevator toward the building has provided therefor the curtain 205, for which the roller 206 is mounted in suitable brackets under the bottom of the elevator, said curtain extending upwardly therefrom and provided at its upper end with the rod or rock-shaft 208, having the hook arms or catches 209 and the abutment-studs 210. The ends of the shaft 20S move in the guideways 211.

The elevator has at its rear side, hear its lateral edges at its top, the notches or catchshoulders 212, and in the hoistway are the blocks or abutment pieces 213 above the chutes 182, and there is likewise another similar pair of abutments 214, provided in the hoistway, near the lower end thereof, opposite the discharging ends of the post station chutes d. The curtain becoming drawn upwardly relatively to the rear side of the elevator on the descent of the latter, by reason of member 210 striking abutment 214 and finally having the catch 209 engaged into the notch 212,so remains as a rear wall for preventing the escape of the letters from the elevator while the latter remains lowered and while in transit upwardly, and until the curtain has been withdrawn, which occurs when the elevator is brought opposite the mouths of the chutes 182 in the upper part of the building, the release of the catches for the withdrawal of the curtain being accomplished by the aforesaid members 210 coming into contact against the abutments 213, insuring the swinging of the catches 209 from the notches 212, the curtain then being drawn downwardly by its spring-roller. The curtain is again raised and temporarily confined on the next descent of the elevator, as described.

To insure that in the descent of the elevator it will come to just the proper position for its compartments 164 to ymatch with the mouths d2 of the post-station chutes d, the adjustable abutment 220 is provided, as shown in Figs. 2 and 10.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy 1.y In a mail-service apparatus, in combination with the post-station having mail-receiving chutes with upwardly-opening ends, the conveyer for delivering assorted mail into said chutes, of an elevator having series of compartments to `which the chutes respectively-lead, adapted to be elevated in a build- IIO ing, and receiving chutes or passages into which the assorted mail from the said elevator is respectively delivered.

2. In a mail-service apparatus in a building, the series of chutes all Ahaving adjacent series of receiving-mouths at an upper door in the building, the several series of each successively being downwardly extended to different floors as described, in combination with an elevator having series of mail-coinpartments corresponding to the said series of chutes and means for elevating said elevator for delivery opposite the mouths of the several chutes.

3. In a inail-service apparatus, a building having a series of chutes all having adjacent receiving-mouths at an upper part of the building, the several series of each leading downwardly to the lower stories and having lock-boxes at their lower terminals, in combination with the elevator normally located at a lower part of the building and adapted to be elevated to a position .opposite the mouths of the several series of chutes, and having compartments corresponding in number and arrangement so as to register with said mouths, substantially as described.

4. In a mail-service apparatus, a building having a series of chutes all having adjacent receiving-mouths at an upper part of the building, the chutes of the several series leading downwardly to the successively lower stories and extended to within ditt'erent apartments in the building as described, in combination with the elevator having the several series of mail-receiving compartments, normally located at a lower part of the building and adapted to be elevated to a position opposite the mouths of the several series of chutes, substantially as described.

5. In a inail-service apparatus, in combination with the post-station having mail-receiving chutes with upwardly-opening ends, the conveyer for delivering assorted mail into said chute, of an elevator having series of compartments to which the chutes respectively lead, adapted to be elevated in a building, receiving chutes or passages into which the assorted mail from the said elevator is respectively delivered, and means actuated by the movable conveyer for elevating said elevator.

G. The combination withthe elevator and means by which it is elevated in a building, of the series of chutes 182 having open mouths at the upper ends thereof corresponding to compartments which are provided in said elevator, said chutes extending from their mouths in a downwardly-inclined direction, and terminating in letter-boxes at their lower ends.

7. In a mail-service apparatus, of the character described, the combination with the elevator having the series of compartments 164 the partitions of which are obliquely arranged, of a series of chutes in abuilding having their upper ends open and in arrangement to register with that oi' said compartment, said chutes being extended from their mouths inclining downward and continued to within separate apartments in the building, substantially as described.

8. In a mail-service apparatus, in combination with the post-station having the series of chutes d, the elevator 165 having compartments to which said chutes lead, the trackway and the conveyer movable thereon, an elevating-cable connected to said elevator 165, a movable part longitudinally sliding on t-he trackway to which said cable is connected and provided with an abutment, a movable device provided on the elevator adapted to engage said abutment, and means for trippingsaid engaging device,after a given movement of the elevator in its forward direction suflicient for elevating the said elevator, substantially as described.

9. In a mail-service apparatus of the character described,the combination with the poststation having series of upwardly-open chutes, the trackway 55 having the cam or incline 179and having, longitudinallymovable along said trackway, the sleeve 175 provided with the stud 178, the elevating flexible connection or cable 167connccted to said sleeve, the conveyer provided with the movable tripping device 177 adapted to engage said stud 178 and having the member 176 to be impinged against by the said incline 179, substantially as described and shown.

10. The combination with a building having several Series of chutes 182, all having openings adjacent each other at another part of the building, said chutes leading downwardly from said opening for conducting respective mail-matter to'be introduced therein to different locations in the building, a well or vertical passage-way in the building extending from the lower portion thereof below the ground upwardly to the upper ends of said chutes, the elevator normally located in the lower end of said well having the several series of compartments therein, opening both outwardly and inwardly, a post-station having chutes in arrangement as described located outside of the building adjacent thereto, said chutes extending downwardly inclined and terminating opposite and next to the outwardly-opening compartment of said receptacle, and means for elevating the latter, for the purpose set forth.

1l. In combination with a building having a mailing-chute, extending from upper floors downwardly tothe lower part ofthe building and thence continued downwardly inclined outside of and below the building, a mail-receiving box into which said chute delivers, a post-station thereabove, a trackway and a conveyer movable along it, and means actuated by the conveyer for elevating the said mail-receiving box into the upperpart of the post-station whereby it may deliver its contents into the said conveyer, substantially as described.

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12. A building having several series of mailchutes provided at their upper ends which are located in proximity in an upper part of the building with receiving-openings, said chutes extended downwardly to dierent oors in the building, substantially as described.

13. Abuildinghavingseveral series of mailchutes provided at their upper ends which are located in proximity to each other at an upper part of the bnildingwithmail-receiving openings, said chutes extended downwardly to different stories in the building, and one or more thereof entering for the delivery of the mail into respective apartments in said building, substantially as described.

1 4. In a mail-service system of the character described, in combination, a post-station, the letter-box D thereunder, a mailing-chute in the building leading downwardly and discharging into said letter-box, the suspensioncable for the box, the trackway, the movable part or sleeve 129 to which the cable is connected, the conveyer having an abutment, the device on said sleeve adapted to be engaged by the abutment of the conveyer, and means for automatically disengaging the said parts, substantially as and for the purposes s et forth.

15. The combination with a post-station, theIetter-box D and the trackway, of a building having a chute for conveying mail from the building into said box, of the conveyer movable along said trackway past the poststation, and means operated by the conveyer for bringing said box in proximity thereto, whereby the box may be discharged of its contents into the conveyer.

16. In a mail-service system, in a building, the series of chutes 182 having receivingmouths located at an upper part of the building, in'combination with the elevator having the series of mail-compartments corresponding to said chutes, a movable Wall for tem vporarily closing the compartments at their ends toward said chutes in the building, means for raising and lowering the elevator, and means for operating the movable wall for the elevator, as and for the purpose set forth.

17. In a mail-service system, the combination with the building having the hoistway and chutes 182, of theielevator having the compartments substantially as described, and a curtain, movable across the side of the elevator which is toward said chutes, for opening and closing the compartments, means operating on the descent of the elevator for drawing the curtain across and closing the compartments, and means operative on the raising of the elevator for withdrawing said curtain leaving the compartments open for mail-delivery discharge into the chutes.

18. In a mail-service system of the character described, the combination with the building, having the chutes 182 and the hoistway, of the elevator 165 having the compartment 164 and provided with the curtain 205, the springroller 206 therefor, and the shaft or rod 208 provided to the curtain and having the catch members 209 and the studs 210, the abutments 213 and 214 located in the hoistway and the notches or shoulders 212 being provided in the conveyer, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

19. The combination with the building having series of chutes 182 with a receivingmouth located at an upper part of the building, the hoistway and the post-station chutes having their discharging ends terminating in the hoistway at a lower part of the latter, of the elevator 165 having the compartment 164, means for raising and lowering the elevator, and an adjustable stop for limiting the descent of the elevator wherebyits lower position may be such as to insure its compartments matching with the discharging-mouths of the post-station chutes, substantially as shown.

Signed by me at Springfield, Massachusetts, this 16th day of January, 1899.

GEORGE ALFRED OWEN.

Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLoWs, M. A. CAMPBELL.

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