US844059A - Newspaper-receptacle. - Google Patents

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No. 844,059. PATENTEZD FEB. 12, 1907.

' M. D. TURTELOT.

NEWSPAPER REGEPTAGLB.

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MARY DELLE TURTELOT, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

NEWSPAPER-RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

Applicati n filed September 26. 1905. Serial No. 280.196.

To all 10700711, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY DELLE Tnu'rn LO'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented new and. useful Improvements in Newspaper-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to receptacles; and its primary object is to provide a novel and highly useful device of this character which may be secured to a door or door-frame to receive a newspaper and protect the same from snow or rain and which is provided with a coin-chamber for the reception of the neosary coin for the payment of the newspaper and from which the coin may be readily re moved by the deliverer of the newspaper and none other.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a newspaper-receptacle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a cential longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical central sectional view through the coin-chamber of the receptacle, the door used to close said chamber being removed. Fig. 4 is view in end elevation of the receptacle, and Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the door used to close the coin-chamber.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals, 1 designates the base, and 2 the body, of the receptacle, the same being constructed, preferably, from single blanks of sheet metal. The base 1 is of elongated formation and is provided along its longitudinal edge with openings, through which pass the means for securing the receptacle in ap- The body 2 is of a length equal to that of the base 1 and is semicircu lar in cross-section. The opposite longitudinal edges of the body 2 are provided with securing-flanges 3, said flanges being provided with openings alining with openings in the base 1. The body 2 is detachably secured to the base by means of screws 4 or other fastening devices passing through openings of the flanges and also through openings in the base, said fastening means being also utilized for securing the receptacle to a suitable support. When the body 2 is secured to the base 1, a space is provided.

therebetween for the reception of one ormore newspapers. One end of the recepta ole is fully open, while at the other is arranged a coin-chamber 5, said coin-chamber being provided by means of a partition 6, arranged adjacent one end of the receptacle and transversely thereof.

The body 2 is provided with an opening 7, arranged to communicate with the chamber 5 to permit of coins being inserted in the chamber. The coin-chamber 5 opens out of one end of the receptacle, and the open end thereof is closed normally by means of a door 8. The base 1 is provided with lateral projections which are rolled to provide knuckles 9, as is fully illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. A pintle 10 is passed through the members 9 and has its ends projected through the body 2, said ends being upset to secure the pintle in applied position. One edge of the door 8 is provided with a projection rolled to provide a hinge-barrel 11, said hinge-barrel engaging the pintle 10 and positioned intermediate the members 9, whereby the door 8 is hingedly secured in applied position against displacement. The members 9 serve to prevent any vertical movement of the door on the pintle 10, whereby the same may be readily closed. This manner of hingedly connecting the door 8 to the receptacle permits the door to be swung flush with the edges of the body 2 and base 1, whereby this end. of the receptacle has the appearance of being permanently closed and not closed by means of a door. The slot 7is positioned at such a point that it cannot be readily observed, and thereby and in view of the door 8 it is hard to detect that the receptacle is provided with a coin-chamber. The door 8 is secured in closed position by means of any suitable construction of lock 12.

It is apparent from the above description, taken in connection with accompanying drawings, that I provide a receptacle which may be readily secnrcdto a door or doorframe in convenient reach, that one or more newspapers may be readily inserted in the same and protected from snow or rain, and that the receptacle is provided with a coinchamber which cannot be readily detected as such, and from which the coin may be readily removed by the deliverer of the newspaper. It is further apparent that I provide a receptacle Which is simple and durable'of construction and Which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively small cost.

Changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of construction may be made Within the scope of the .claim Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the ad vantages thereof.

Having fully described and illustrated my invention, What I claim is A structure of the character described comprising a base-plate, a semicylindrical body portion having open opposite ends and also provided With opposite side edge marginal flanges, means for detachably securing said flanges of the body portion to the base-plate and also to a support, a hinged door for closing one of the openings, a partition arranged near said door, forming a coin-receptacle between said door and said partition, a newspaper-receptacle arranged on the other side of said partition, said body portion having an opening in its upper side Which serves to communicate With the coin-receptacle, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of tWo Witnessses.

MARY DELLE TURTELOT.

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