US875864A - Mail-delivery system. - Google Patents

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No. 875,864. PATENTED JAN. 7. 1908.

- 'J.F.STOUT.

MAIL DELIVERY SYSTEM.

APPLICATION TILED JUNE 27.1907.

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MAIL DELIVERY SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27.1907.

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J. P. STOUT.

MAIL DELIVERY SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27.1907.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Y'lON, INDIANA.

Patented Jan. 7, 1908.

Application filed Jiur;2'7.1907- Scrial No. 381.123-

To all whom "it may comm-n:

Be itknown that I,Jou.\' F. S'rou'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at( layton, in the county of Hendricks, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Mail.l)elivery Systems; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact dcscriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the. art to which it appertains to make and use the same, v

The present invention has reference to improvements in mail delivery systems, and it aims to provide an exceedingly ellic-ient apparatus of that nature, designed for operation in rural (listircts, and comprising an elevated track and an electrically-propelled car adapted to travel thereon, the car including a vertically movable front section operable by the occupant of the car when the latter approaches a mail-box, to permit him to deposit mail therein or collect mail therefrom without rendering it necessary to dismount from the car.

To this end the invention consists in the particular details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts all as hereinafter fully described, specifically claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by corresponding reference numerals through out'the several views.

()f the said drawings, Figure l is a front ,elcvatiun of the invention, with the movable section in its normal or raised position, Fig. :2

is an enlargcil vertical section through the car, with the section lowered, Fig. I is an end view of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the carrier of the car, Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragnlental section of one of the wheels of the car carrier.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the numeral 7 designates the supporting posts which are disposed in pairs upon opposite sides of the road and are connected together at their upper ends by the brace rods, as shown, each of the posts of one series having a laterally-projecting bracket 8 secured thereto and provided at its outer end with a depending hunger U, which hangers carry the clectricaily charged trolley wire 10. Beneath each of said brackets and paralleltherewith, is a second bracket 11 carrying at its-outer end an upstanding arm 12, said arms serving as supports for tlietrack 13 upon which the 5 travel. This track is prcfm'ahly in the nature of a cable which is stretcl'ied taut by any desired means, while the wheels which run thereon are carried by shafts l6 journaled 1n the upper ends of front and rear uprights 17 mounted upon the roof of the cigar shaped car and retained in position by brace rods, as shown. The shafts and uprights above referred to, further serve to support an open frame 18 upon which the motor I!) is mounted, which motor is provided with a trolley pole 20 of the usual type, the trolley wheel traveling along the under fare of the wire 10. The shaft 21 of the m0- tor carries a sprocket 22 which is connected by a chain 23 with a similar sprocket 24 on the shaft of the forward wheel 14. The n10- tor is connected in any preferred manner with a controller 25 which is located within t :c car.

formed by a pair of op :ositely-disposed U- shaped rods fastened together centrallyzby cross braces and having their ends provided with openings registering with those formed in the corresponding uprights 17 for the reception of the wheel shafts 16'. The ends of said rods may, in addition, be bolted or otherwise fastened to the uprights.

The car 1:") includes a telescoping section 2o which is disposed at the forward end thereof and is raised or lowered through an opening in the car lloor by the occupant thereof, by means of a block and tackle connection 27 between the roof of the car and the floor of said section, the tackle being provided with a catch 28 of any description adapted to be engaged when the section is in its.ruised position, with a book 29 set into the floor of the section. The desk, and the pigeon-holes for the letters are likewise disposed within the movable section of the car whose forward end is provided with windows 30 alining directly with similar windows 31 with which the front end of the car proper is )I'U\"l(l(.(l. Access to the movable section is bad through a door 32 formed in one of the side walls thereof.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the car is sto ed upon reaching a mail-box, the movabli section lowered, and the. door 32, (which is upon the same side of the car as the mail-box) opencd, whereupon the postman, who is usually the operator of the car, can remove mail from or deposit it in the mail-box without rendering it necessary for him to dismount from the can The rnovable section is then raised and l the car again started,

movable section In order to preventthe wheels of thecarr cerr frame 18 from slipping from thetracr, each wheel shown in Fig. 5, and in the bottom of-each groove is fitted a continuons strip or tread33 of rubber or other anti-slipping material.

The rear compartmentB; of the car serves as a receptacle for such packages as are too large to be inserted in the pigeon-holes in the with-atelescoplngsection adapted to be raised or lowered by the occupant of thecar whenthe latter approaches a mail-box, to deposit mail into or remove mail from the same. a

3. The combination, in a mail delivery systern, of an elevated track, and a caradapted to travel thereupon, the car being provided with a vertically rnovable front section operable by the occupant of the car when the lat-' ter approaches a mail-box, to deposit mail into or'rernove mail from the same. 4. Thecombination, ina mail deliverysystern, oteri elevated track, and a car adapted to travel thereupon, the car being provided with a vertically-niovab1efrom section operable by the occupant of seidsection, w ion the carepproachesa mall-box, to deposit tem, is grooved or flanged, as 1 ground, the cor 0 mail into or remove mail from the same,'said secti on being provided with a door,

5 55 The com ination,*in a mail delivery sysof an elevated track, a car adaptedto travel thereu on, and suspended'above the ground, the 001' of the car having-an opening formed therein, a section disposed Within the car when the latter is in motion, ,and rneai'is o erable by the occupant of, said sectionlfor owering been stopped adjacent a mail-box, to permit mail to be deposited in or removed from the mail-box.

61 The combination, in a mail delivery systern, of an elevated track, a car adapted to travel thereu on,

f the car having an opening formed therein, a section disposed within the car when the latter is in motion, and a the same when the car has andsuspended above the V 01 block and tackle connection betliveen the roof of the car and the floofr of saidsection and operable by {)0 e depositedinjjr' removed from the mail- 7. The combination, ina mail delivery sys tem, of an elevated track and a car adapted to travel thereupon, the car being prov ded with aninclosed telescoping section adapted to beraise'd or lowered by the occupant of the car whenthe latter approaches a mailbox, to deposit mail intoor remove mail from the same.

the occupant of the latter, for lowering said section when the car has been.

sto pe'd adjacent a mail-box, to permit mail: 65

; In testimony whereof, I afiix signa-f I ture, presence of two witnesses. t JOHN F. STOUT.

itnessesz i Roar. 'BAYL'Iss.

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