US1458200A - Wall receptacle for receiving deliveries - Google Patents

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June K22, 1923. fl,4,58.2

. W. J. SLOAN WALL RECEPTACLE FOR RECEIVING DELIVERIES File d Nov. 22, 1918 Patented lane 12, lQZZE.

WILLIAM J. SLOAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOE OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK PAULIN, OF CLEVELAND: OHIQ.

WALL RECEPTACLE FOR REGEIVING DELIVERIES.

Application filed November 22, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. SLoAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Wall Receptacles for Receiving Deliveries, of which I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains, to make and use the same.

The objects of the invention are to pro vide a wall receptacle in which fresh milk or cream, or other commodities, can be deposited by the delivery man, and which is provided with inside and outside doors, and when the outside door is closed from the outside, it cannot be openedfrom without, but can be only released from the inside or by closing the inside door, and when the inner door is closed, it cannot be opened from without for the reason that a separate bolt or catch can be employed to retain the same.

The invention comprises locking mechanism for the outer door, which is releasable only by closing theinner door, or from the inside of the house, and it is automatically locked by closing the outer door. In this matter the entrance to the house is protected in case the opening should be large enough to permit a thief to crawl through. The invention consists in a latch member pivoted in the frame of the receptacle and operated by the movements of the inner door in closing the same to engage a catch or keeper on the inner face of the outer door and includes a guard member on the outer door which. prevents engagement of the latch and keeper after they have been separated by closing the inner door, until the outer door has been opened, but when the outer door is afterwards shut, it will be locked in place.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective showing the interior of the wall casing, and the operating means upon the inner and outer doors; Fig. 2 is a similar View showing a modified form of latch.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of the latch upon the inner door.

Fig. l, is a side elevation of the latching parts shown on the inner door.

Serial No. 263,657.

In these views-in Fig, 1, A is a spring pressed latch pivoted in the side wall of the casing and having its extremities bent at an angle thereto at A and A respectively. lVhen the outer door B is closed, the extremity A will first rise upon the catch B and then fall and engage with same, and pivoted guard B will fall upon it. W hen the inner door C is closed, a plate C, pivoted at C thereon will'then engage the extremity A of the latch and turn it upon its pivot or axis and will lift the locking extremity A out of its keeper B and release the outer door. A stop C prevents movement of the plate C as the door closes and .the pivot permits it to pass the latch on the return movement when the extremity A is forced down to the horizontal osition, the pivoted plate C will pass over and beyond it and release the eX- tremity A.

The inner door is always closed at night, and the milk man will always find the outer door released so that he can insert the milk or cream into the casing, and he immediately closes the door, which automatically locks itself by the engagement in a horizontal direction of the latch extremity A with the keeper B as soon as the door is shut. The latch will then automatically raise the guard and pass under it.

It will be observed that when the outer door is shut the latch extremity A will be automatically raised by the catch 13 and dropped into engagement with the catch B, thus enclosing the milk jar in the casing. men the inner door is shut, the depending hinged plate C will engage the outer end of the latch A and raise the latch and release the latch extremity A from the catch 18, so that the outer door can be opened. The guard B will then fall down over the catch B and prevent the latch from engaging with the same until the outer door has been opened, but when the outer door is closed again, the latch A will raise the guard and again engage with the catch, and lock the outer door until the inner door is opened to remove the milk jar and is closed again, when the outer door will be again released.

In Fig. 2 the operation is similar, but the latch is pivoted to swing instead of rotate, and D is a latch pivoted at D intermediate of its ends, upon the side of the frame. The catch D upon the outer door is substantially the same as that shown in Fig. 1 and the pivotedguard D is'the same in action as the one previously described.

The operating member or plate D upon the inner door is the same as the one shown in Fig.- 1 and when the outer door is closed, engages the inclined edge D of the latch and depresses the inner end of the latch and raises the outer end, D so as to release the outer door. As soon as the outer door is released, the guard D will fall and prevent the latch from falling into. the catch until the outer door is opened; When the outer door is again closed, the latch will engage the catch below the guard and lock the outer door again. g V The operating member or plate D is pivoted upon a-base D so that if it passes behind the latch, it will swing on the return movement and permit the inner door to open. The same is true of the operating member shown in Fig. 1.

Bolts or catches of any convenient sort can be employed to keep boththe doors closed and when the inner one is locked, there is no danger of intrusion if the outer door should be left open.

An important advantage found in the use of the pivoted operating plates C and D is that it can be turned back out of possible engagement with the latch member as shown in Fig.3. When placed in this position, it

isnot possible to open the outer door after the inner door has been closed, so that ,no

v) deliveries can be made while the occupants hand this 10th,

of the house are away or do not wish to have deliveries made.

Having described the invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is In a safety wall receptacle, a casing, outer and lnner doors therefor, a keeper having a vertical opening and mounted upon said.

outer door, a pivoted guard adapted to fall over said vertical opening, a latch member pivoted upon one side Wall of said casing andprovided with a latch extremity adapted to engage with the vertical opening in said keeper when the outer door is closed and to pass horizontally under said guard, and an tension adapted to be engaged by said oper ating member when the inner door is'shut and depress the same; sa1d operating memher constructed to pass by said lateral extension after depressing the same and a stop means on said nner door preventing sa1d operating member from swinging on its pivot when the inner' door is closed but releasing the same when the inner door is opened.

' In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my day of July, 1918.

WILLIAM J. SLOAN; In presence of R. W.IJEREMIAH, WM. M. MONROE.

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