US827482A - Mail-box. - Google Patents

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2 EERSTE-SHEET 1.

PTENTED U'LT 3l. 1906,

VAN BURN.

No, PATENTE) JULY 3l, 1906. J, H. VAN DGRN;

y MALL Box. APPLZUMIOR Mmm JMJ. so. 1905.

. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

mi @es which the wings p plate J', by which the door may be lockt This single door P, with its single lock S, et v'- erns the access both to the package-rocco acle and the letter-receptacle. The lett r-receptacle is provided with a supplement door R, pivoted at its lower edge and having the usual wings r to provide a chute for removing the letters and to accidentally prevent the dropping ot them when the packages are removed.' The lower edge of the plate J' is iianged outwardly, as shown at j', to form a weather protection for the upper edge of the doors and' also a shoulder against and r may abut and limit the outward movement thereof.

This mail-box, having both the letter and package openings in front and the exit-opening for the two receptacles also in front, may be placed in jogs in buildings or in any pocket large enough to receive the box. The box is therefore much more adaptabltv than if. the package and letter entrances or the exit were on different sides of the box. By having the letter-rece tacles small and located within the box an above the bottom of the package-receptacle not only is the space allotted to packages and letters properly proportioned, but access to the packages from the vfron't is rendered possible by reason of the bottom of the letter-receptacle being' raised above the bottom of the package-receptacle. By having a common door to both receptales vbut one lock is necessary, which saves time in opening the box. Moreover, the carrier can tell at a glance when he collects letters whether there are also packages to be collected.

I claim-- '1. ln a mail-box, the combination, a package-receptacle having an entran(fe-opening, a

letter-receptacle located within the packagereceptacle and having its bottom above the bottom ot' the package-reeeptacle a distanceI at least as great the 'smallest' distance across the package opening, there being' an entrance-opening to the letter-receptacle on the iront side thereof and an exit-openingr on the front side of the box for the lct ter-receptacle and l'or the packe,gc-receptacle and a common door overlapping the exit-openings ot both receptacles. f

. 2. ln a mail-box, in combination, a package-receptacle having a rigid bottom and having' an entrance-opening ucar the upper end thercol' and an exit-opening iu the lower portion oll its l'ront side, a door l'or closing said last-mentioned opening', a letter-receptacle located within the I)aclorg'e-receptacle a sullicicnt distance above the bottom there.-

oi to enable the removal oll any package inserted through the package-opentng, there being a iront exit-openingr l'rom the 'letterrcceptaclc, and an exit-door tor the packageopening overlapping the exit-opening ol' the let ter-rccejitacle,

age-receptacle having an opening in the lower portion of its front'side and door for closing said opening, a letter-receptacle located within the package-receptacle and above the bottom thereof but extending below the upper end of said opening, whereby the exit-door for thc package-opening overla )s the letterbox and a supplementary door lor the letterb'ox adapted to swing outwardly through said opening.

4. In a inail-box, in combination, a package-receptacle having a pivoted admissiongate near its upper end, a letter-receptacle carried within the package-receptacle on the forward side thereof and above the bottom thereof. a letter-gate above the letter-receptacle on the vforward side oi the package-re- .ceptacle and in frontof a connnon exit-door for both rece )tacles pivoted near the lower end of the package-receptacle on its iront and when closed standing vertically and overlapping the letter-receptaele,`

5. ln a inail-box, in combination, a cornparativel \T large package-receptacle having tacle, each of said receptacles raving its own entrance-o. nening, the entrance to the package-receptzicle being above the entrance to the letter-receptacle and there being space behind the letter-receptaele through which packages may pass from the package-opening to the bott in of the'box, the bottom of said letter-receptacle being' located above the bottom of the packagti-receptacle a distance across the paclmge-opening, there being an exit-opening to the paekage-receptacle beneath the letter-receptaele, whereby any )ackage deposited in the i aelmge-receptacle nav be removed beneath the letter-recepac e, and a doorior closing said exit-opening. t5. lu a mail-box, the combination of a comparativelv' large package-receptacle, a comparat ively small letter-receptacle within the package-recept'acle on the iront side thereol' and above the bottom thereof, a pivoted gate l'or the iiaclorge-receitacle, a plate extending from such gate to the front oll the box, a hood secured to the underside of such plate and extending downward into the let ter-receptacle, and a letter-gate operating in such hood.

T. ln a mail-box, the combination with a stationary side and bottom, ot' a package-receptacle fillingr most ol` the box and extending l'rom the bottoni to the top and from l'ront to bach. there being an o )ening' into said package-recept:1t-le near the ower end of t the l'ront, a door lor said opening pivoted on a t horizontal pi\ ot on tbe li'out side. ol' the box, land a letterreceptacle located within the box at the trout side thereol` and above the 3. ln a mail-box, in combination, a pack-- the gate thereof, and" a rigid bottoni, a connmratively small letter-lV receptacle located within the package-recepat'. least as great as the smallest distance.

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. door for the letter-receptacle, an exit-door for angle-bars bent into the form of an inverted bottom thereof, said letter-rece taele having its exit on the front side of the 0X, there being entrance-openings to the two receptacles.

8. In a Inail-box, the combination of a package-receptacle, a letter-receptacle, -located Within said package-receptacle, a hood located above said letter-receptacle, an exitthe package-receptacle, the former door overlapping the latter, and a single look for both doors. y

9. In a mail-box, in combination, a pair of U and thus constituting four corner-posts,

each angle-bar being iat near its edges and intermediately bulging from one flat edge to the other, and Walls for the boX having their edges Within the bulging portion of the anglebar,v said Walls being held in place by rivets passing through the Hat portion of the anglebars, vone of said Walls substantially abutting the other within the bulging portion of the angle-bars. l

In testimony lwhereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

` vJAMES H. VAN DoRN.

Witnesses:

. E. B. GILGHRIST. E. L. THURsToN.

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