US1249952A - Post-office box. - Google Patents

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G. A HAMILTON. POST OFFICE .BOX.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-7.1916.

' Patented 11 0. 11,1917.

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Be it known that'I, GUY 'A. H MrL'roina citizen of the United Stateafresiding at Leave-nworth, in the. county of Chelan and for arrangement on an attachment to the inner side of the door of apost office box to indicate tov user of thebox, When the box I rent is due and to also look the dooragainst being opened from the outside by the use of a key and to indicate an announcement to the user of the box that the box is closed, the object of my invention being to provide improved devices of this kind which are cheap and simple and which may be readily attached to the inner side of a post-ofiice box door of usual form.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combination, and arrangement of devices, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an-elevation of the inner side of a post-office box door provided with announcing and door locking devices constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention showing one of the announcing devices in normal position out of the way and the other arranged in displaying and door locking position. 7

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view on the plane indicated by the line a-a of Fig. 1 through the door and also through the frame which forms the front side of the boxes, and showing one of the announcingdevices in locking position.

For the purposes of this specification, the front or metal frame of a mail box or series of mail boxes is indicated at 1, the sides of a mail box being indicated at 2, and the door being indicated at 3. The frame, the.

door, and the box are of the usual construction and such as are commonly-employed in post-offices and the door is shown as provided with the usual key operated lock 4, and is also provided at one side with hinges 5 and with a square opening which iscovered by a glass pane 6. In accordance with my invention, I provide a pair of announcing devices or levers 7, 8, which are arranged at opposite sides of the door on the Specification of Letters Patent:

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" Application filed February7,19116." "Serial K1576334 1 inner side thereofand arepivotally connected t'o the door as by means of screws 9, 10, respectively. The screw- 9 'is'near the 'upper end of thean'nouncing' device 7*so that when the latter is turned across the glass opening 6*to display a notice thereon, the pivotal end of saidi'announ'cing' device will not projectbeyond {the "hinged side of the 'door'and hence the door may be opened 'fromQtheoutside by van authorized person having a key'to the lock} jSa'id" announcing device. '7 is provided witha suitable inscription suchas Box rent due, which when announcing device :is' -extended across the glass opening, W111 be displayed to the user of the box. The pivot 10 of the announcing device 8 is spaced from the upper end of said device,

' and said device is of such length that its upper arm 11, when said device is turned on itspivot and arranged across the glass opening 6, will extend beyond the edge of the door opposite the hinges 5 and engage able inscription such as Box closed, which when displayed, indicates to the user of the box that he can no longer use it until after he has paid the rent or made whatever arrangement may be required with the postmaster. The announcing device 8 may be used at any time by the postmaster, when i for any reason he desires the holder of the box to call at the window.

My improved announcing devices are-especially valuable and practical for use in collecting box rents due at the end of each quarter. They enable the use of box rent tags to be dispensed with and effect a great economy in the management of the box by the postmaster and the collecting of therents.

While I have. herein shown and described a preferred form of my invention, I would have it understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion, and construction of the several parts without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the inventioin'whatis claimed is: h g In a postoflice box, aframe having a door opening, a mail box door arrangedto close in said opening and hinged to the frame at one side of said opening,the freeedge of the door and the corresponding portion of the frame being arranged to form a lap joint between the door and the frame hen the door is closed and said door and frame having plane flushginner surfaces, the said I door being provided ith an' opening, and an announcmg device comprls ng a bar pivotally mounted on the inner side oft-he door near"the free edge and upper side of v the latter, bearing directly against the door and provided With an extension at its upper end adapted when said announcing device is in displayed position to project beyond the free edge of the door and engage the corresponding side of the frame and thereby lock the door, the pivot of the announcing device comprising a screw, the arrangement of the announcing device 111 direct contact With the door and the frame servlngto hold the extension o-fthe announcing device fric- GUY A. namnron. Witnesses:

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