US1445658A - Compartment mail box - Google Patents

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11F eh. 2Q, 1923.

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Application filed April 20, 1922. Serial No. 555,767.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, G'Eonon T. BIFFLE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compart ment Mail Boxes, of whlch the "following s a "full, clear, and exact description.

two classes of letters. and a door extending across the entire width of the box at the rear thereof to permit the removal .ot the bins. r 1

Other objects and advantages of them- VelllllOll will be apparent from the following indicia desired. As shown in the drawings through.

description when taken in, connection. with the accompanying drawing, in which t Figure 1 is tUTfJTOlllZ elevation of the mail box. i

Figure 2 1s a vert cal section .throu 'h the a: box, and a Figure 3 is a horizontal section there- Referring to the drawing more in detail, thenumeral 1 designates the mail box which adapted for use at a street/corner, hotel lobby, railway stations or the like. This box is provided with a horizontal partition 2 which divides the same into upper and lower compaitments S and 4. in theupper COIIllUtLFlLlllGnt are located thebins whose total width equals s1lbstantially the width of the box. Conventional letter chutes or doo s 6 lead to each oil the bins and may carry any 7 the bins complctctv fill the compartment 5 and have their outer side walls in engage ment with. the oi? the box. It this construct-ionit is obvious that the liability f of letters falling between the bins and the walls. oil the hm; entirely removed.

. The lower or 'g iacletrre compartmeot is provided with a chutc 7 in its 50 ll out w...

but is open in the rear, as is also the upper compartment ,closed by means of a; horizontally swinging 3. The compartments are door which is hinged on one side wall of the box and carries a hey-operated lock on its tree edge WVlllPll engages the embossed portion 9 on l1l1dutljutiit wall of thebox.

. bins and also permitting access the proper chutes (i and gravitate to the bins 5, while packages are inserted in the chute 7 anddrop to the floor of the compartment 4. In collecting the mail it is only necessa y tounlock and open the door 8 which gives access to both compartments and permits removal of the bins 5, which may then he empted into the collectors bag.

From the foregoing; description it will be seen that l have provided a mail box which is extremely neat and compact in appearance and vet presents a ready means tor both the-deposit and collection of mail, both letters and parcels.

in accordance with the patent statutes, I have described what I nowbelievc to be the best embodiment of? the invention, but I do not wish to be understood thereby as limiting myselt' or the scope of the invention, as

many changes and modifications may be made without departing from thespirit of the invention; all such I aim to include in the scope of the appended claims.

,lVha-t I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A mail box including a letter compartment, removable bins infisaid compartment, letter chutes in the trout of the box leading to said bins, and a .door at the rear of the be): extending across the entire width thereof. i

2. A mail box including a transverse partition providing anuppcr and a lower com partment, bins in the upper conlpartn'ient, mail chutes leadin to said bins. a door extending across the ear of the box and pen mittinnj the removal of said bins. and a mail chute lcadiiur to said lower compartment.

- 3. A mail box inrlmlingr atrainwerse partition ru ovidingr an upper and a. lower com-- partmcnt, binsin the upper compartment,

mail chutes leading to said bins and to said lower compartment, and a door on the rear of said box permitting the removal of said to the lower compartment.

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