US899903A

US899903A - Mail-delivery apparatus.

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Publication number: US899903A
Application number: US34966006A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles E Reid; John Heissenberger
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-12-27
Filing date: 1906-12-27
Publication date: 1908-09-29
Anticipated expiration: 1925-09-29

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'G. E. REID & J. 'HEISSENBERGER.

" Mm. DELIVERY APPARATUS.

APPLIOATIOK FILED DEO.27,- 1906.

Patented Sept. 29

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MAIL DELIVERY APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED 1:30.27, 1906.

8993013. Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

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MAIL DELIVERY APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED D30. 27 1906.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

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CHARLES E.'BEID AND JOHN lEfEISSENBERGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, OH'ARLEs E. REID invention being omitted for the sake of clear SENBERGER, citizens of the ness. Fig. 2-, is a transverse sectional view esiding at New York, in the of the carrier chute taken on line 2-2 .of county of New York and State of New York, Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a sideelevation of the view have invented certain new and useful Imshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is an enlarged sec- Delivery Apparatus, of tional view of the carrier chute and one of tlfe carrier boxes therein, the dotted lines inates to improvements in dicating theopen or discharging position of aratus, and particularly to the carrier box. Fig.- 5, is an enlarged lan vering mail to the tenants view ofthe carrier boxes in the chute an the s of apartment houses or means for causing the automatic discharge of the boxes, parts also broken away and and JOHN HEIS United States, 1'

provements in Mail- Which the following Our invention rel mail delivery ap apparatus for de i on the difi'erentfl other large buildings.

is a specification.

MAIL-DELIVERY nrrnnn'rvs.

Patented Sept. 29, 1 908. Application filed December 2'7, 1906. Serial No. 849,660.

shown in section and the smaller details of the The object of our invention,-is the prbshown in section. Fig. 6, is a detail view in he various floors or prem a building, the entlre vision of a carrier or carriers for delivering elevation to show the manner in which the carrier boxes are connected together. Fig. 7, is a diagrammatical view of the carrier riers being automatic so boxes and the electrical means and connecat no external attentionis necessary to the trons for operating and controlling the same. operation of the device.

We will first describe Another object of -1r invention is the proand then point out the particular details of v of construction, coml ment' of forth.

iigure 1, is a broke 55 co plete mail deliver for use in a three story arrier which may be started at will depositits contents at certain ence to Figs. 1 and 2; the numeral 1, designed points, and which "when the nates the wall of a building, and 2, the varion of the contents has been ous floors of the building. made, will automatically return to the starting point in readiness for the next trip.

A further ob vid the trolled either autom Our invention alsohas for its object, to provide a carrier'or a series of carriers which will automaticall gnly at the prope atically or at Wlll.

y deposit their contents r points so'that there shall v starting,

mple, practical an (1 effective manner, and to these ends our lnv )inatiom: and arrange n front elevation of the uilding, parts being loaded simultaneously,

construction, and now with particular refer- A chute or stack 3, of sheet metal or other suitable material extends through the floors of the building j ect of our invention, is to prothe chute being provided with a longitudina v e means for controllingthe operation of compartment 4, extending its full length, and carriers so that the carriers may be conhaving oppositely-disposed guides orv channel bars 5, on its interior walls. pulley 6, is journaled at the bee. over which passes the rope or cable is connected to the upper one of the boxes or carriers 8, the other side of the cable no mistake in the delivery of the mail to passing down throughthe compartment 4 in the wrong point, and to provide means for the chute, over the guiding l stopping and governthen wound upon the drui rriers. is rotated through a worm gear; connection We aim to accomplish the above results in 11, from the motor 12, thc oppositecnd of the drum carrying a ca ention comprlses a car-v over guiding pullevs 14, and 'rier or a set of carriers, suitablepower mechthe lowermost of the series of boxes. anism for elevating or causing the carriers to thus be seen that by rotating the motor in travel Within certain limits, automatic means the proper direction, the boxes will be raised for governing the travel-of the carriers, and

in providing the carriers with means for the An opening 15, is formed in the front wall automatic discharge'thereof; and the invenof the chute (preferably at the first floor in tion further consists of a mail dclivcr appathe building) to permit ratus embodying certain otherno el eaturcsv examined and loaded, a

cover said opening, and parts substantially Rsherein set the occupants of the building may be arranged upon the door, as sho This opening inthe chute is apparatus arranged size to admit of several of t A supporting pulleys 9, and

ble 13, which passes is connected to or lowered in the chute.

of the boxes being loor 16, is hinged to a suitable index to wn in Fig. 1. referably of a e boxes being and smaller openings therein.

tion.

40 charge its contents.

17, are formed in the chute at each floor or .statibn for the discharge of the mail there through.

The boxes or carriers for the mail or pack- 5 agkps have a front wall or cover plate 18,

ich is pivoted at theupper end at 19, and a rear wall 20, which is likewise pivoted at.

.. 21 and a flap is pivoted in the upper front "edgeofthe box for the insertion of the mail The rear wall has the angular sides 22, and a link 2-3, connects the front and rear walls in parallelism. Pivot'ed to the lower end between the angular sides of the rear wall, is a false bottom 24, and secured to the 5 rear wall and overhanging the point of pivpending pawl 29, which normally rests upon a spring supported abutment 30, or other elastic support, the 1. oint of the pawl when in this position being adapted to engage the lugon the rear wall of the box. The boxes 3b are connected in series by means of the pivoted links 31, and'rollers 32, carried on the sides of the boxes engage the guides on the inner walls of the chute. A tripping pawl as described is arranged in the chute at each station and the pawls of the ditferent stations are offset from each other as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5, and the lug on the back of each box is arranged to correspond with the pawl on the floor at which it is to dis- As the boxes are elevated in the chute, the pawls engage the res ective lugs on the boxes in order, and as s own in Fig. 4 in dotted lines, thepawl forces the rear wall-outwardly, likewise the front wall and the false bottom, which thereby discharges the contents of the box through the opening provided for that purpose in the chute. The boxes continue u wa d after being emptied and the pawls fa downward to their normal position after the boxes have all passed above the pawls in the chute.

The springs close the boxes as soon as they have been acted upon by the pawls.

We will now describe the means for gov- .5s erning the travel of the boxes, and for this purpose, we invite attention to the diagram-. matical view of the connections shown in Fig. 7. Immediately inside the door for de positing the mail in the boxes, is located a switch arm 33, carrying the individual contact points 34 and 35, fed by the feed wires- 36 and 37 respectively, said contact points adapted to be' advanced to the stationary contacts 38 and 39, respectively. Wires 40 c5 and 41 extend from these last-named 0011- tacts'to the field winding 42 of the motor, and wires 43 and 4-4 are fed from said contacts and terminate each in a pair of

contacts

45, 45 and 46, 46, respectively, forming part of a reversing switch. The reversing switch is also provided with two additional sets of

contacts

47, 47, and 48, 48, which are connected by the

conductors

49 and 50, to the armature 51 of the motor. The contact points to the reversing switch may be arranged in radiating lines as shown, and a switch lever 52, centrally pivoted serves to connect the adjappnt sets of points.

When mail is to be deposited in the boxes, the switch arm 33, is thrown to the right in Fig. 7, until the boxes are brought to a level with the opening in the chute. The path of the current is then as follows: through

food wires

36 and 37, contacts 3438, 35 39, respectively,

wires

40 and 41 to the field 42 of the motor, a portion of the current dividing and flowing through conductors- 4-3 and 4st, to

contacts

45 and 46, over the arm of the switch lever to points 48 and 4-7; thence. by

conductors

50 and 49, through the armature 51. This causes the motor to rotate in one, say the forward direction, carrying the boxes upward. When the boxes have all been filled, the door to the opening in the chute is then closed. This door carries on its inner face the two bridging contacts 53 and 54,

adapted to connect the contaets.3438 and.

3539 res eetively, so that when this door is closed, tie circuit is completed, and the boxes are carried upward in the chute, and as they reach the respective pawls at the different stations, the boxes are freed of their contents. When the last box has been discharged, an arm 55, carried by the upper box, en ages the lower end of the reversing switch lever and forces the same upward, thereby-reversing the rotation of the motor and causing the boxes to be lowered in the chute. When the boxes are thus descending and have nearly reached the lower end of the chute, a pawl 56, carried. on the side of one of the boxes, engages the angular extension 57,

on the end of the switch arm and draws the switch arm out of engagement with the contacts thereby breaking the circuit, stopping the motor and allowing the boxes to come to rest in the bottom of the chute, (provided of course'fthat the switch arm was in engagement with the contacts when the door was closed. I This pawl is simply to insure of the switch arms being out of contact the next time the door is opened, and. if the switch arm was not in contact when the door was closed, then the descending .pawl will have no effect on it.) A spring 58 holds the pawl 56 outstanding, that when the boxes are ascending, the pawl has no effecton the switch arm.

A stop 59, carried by the cable is arranged to engage the :eversing switch lever when means for manually controlling the power mechanism to operate the carriers, means 0 erated by one of the closures for startin t e carriers, means for reversing the travel of the carriers and for sto ping the same in their original position, an means for restoring the controlling means to the original position. j

2. In a carrier system, the combination with carriers and a passage-way. therefor,

closures to the passageway, electric motive power for the carriers, electrical COIIDGCUOHS A including a manually operated switch and a 'outward, opening reversing switch, bridging contacts operated by the movement of one of the closures for starting the carriers, means for operating the reversing switch when the carriers have reached one limit of travel, and means for restoring the reversing'switch to the original position when the carriers. have returned to their original osition.

3. The com ination with carriers having ivoted front, rear and bottom walls,-a chute in'whioh the carriers are adapted to-travel, of selective means in the chute to engage the rear wall of certain of the carriers and cause movement of the pivoted walls thereof: v 4ZThe combinationwith a chute, of carriers therein having ivoted walls, selective means in the chute f dr causing discharge of the carriers, an electric motor'and connections for elevatin the carriers, a manuallyoperated contro g switch and automat-o ically-operated reversing swit'ch in circuit with the motor, a door to the chute, and'con-v tacts on, the door to complete-the circuit and cause travelof the carriers,

5. The combination. with a guideway, of

- carriers therein, means for causing dischar e of the contents of the carriers, closures to t e purposes and is thoroughly rehable rear open side, a rear wall way, and means for causing guideway, power mechanism for the carriers, means for manually controlling the power mechanism, means operated by one of the closures for controlling the power mechan-.

ism, 'means for reverslng the power mechanism to sto the carriers in their original position, an means for restoring the controlling means to the original position.

6. A carrier comprisin pivoted at the upper end to close said open rear side and provided with angular side extensions, a pivoted front wall, hnks connected bet een the front and rear wall, a false bottom pivoted between the angular sides'of the rear wall, a depending flange on the rear wall overhanging the ivotal connection of the false bottom, an a spring en aging the rear wall to hold the parts norma 1y closed 7. A series of carriers each consisting of a frame member open in front and rear, a rear wall-pivoted in each carrier to form a closure to the open rear side thereof, a front wall pivoted to each carrier, means connecting the front and rear walls together, a false bot tom in connection with the rear wall, means for holding thewalls normally closed, and links connecting the carriers in series.

8. In combination with a chute, socket members carried by the rear wall thereof,

pawls pivotally mounted in said socket members, cushion supports for the free ends a casing having a of the 'pawls, and carriers contained in the chuteto be acted upon by the pawls.

9. A carriersystem comprising in combination, carrier frames 0 en'm front and rear, a rear. wall pivoted to orm a closure to said open rear sidegwof each carrier, front pivoted walls to the carriers, .means 'connectmg the front and rear walls in parallelism, false bottoms pivoted to the rear walls of the carriers,

means for holding the walls of the carriers normally -closed, means connecting the carriers in series, aguideway for the carriers, means for moving the carriers in the guideoutward opening movement of the carriers.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES IE. REID. JOHN HEISSENBERGEh,

Witnesses:

PAUL TAUSIG, JoHN- F. Honn'rz.