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V 0. H. PARMEN TER, v GOMBINED -DO0E PLATE, LETTER BOX, AND BELL PULL. No. 264,561. Patented Sept. 19, 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. PARMENTEB, F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE HALF TOG. v. BLAOKMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED DOOR-PLATE, LETTER-BOX, AND BELL-PULL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,561, dated September 19, 1882.

7 Application filed January 31, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. PARMEN- TER, of Oakland, Alameda county, State of California, have invented a Combined 'Door- Plate, Letter-Box, and Bell-Pull; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof. 4 My invention relates to a combined doorplate, letter-box, and bell-pull; and it consists 10 in a box placed upon the inside of the door,

to which access from outside is had by pulling out a drawer or chute fitting through the door, the front of which is adapted to receive a name, and which, by its movement, rings a '15 bell or gong, by means of suitable intermediate mechanism, all of which will hereinafter be more fully described, reference being made to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section. 2: Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the device. I Let A represent a section of a door, having an opening, a. To the door, upon the inside, is secured abox, B, access to which from the inside may behad by adoor in the box or by any suitable means. Upon the inside of the box are inclined guides G 0, between which slide the side arms of the drawer or chute 1), which extends through the opening a. The 0' bottom of this drawerxloes not'extend its length, and is not intended to receive the letters, but simply to act as a guide for them when the drawer is pulled out. Any suitable spring will keep the drawer closed. 1 have here shown 3 5 a spiral spring, I).

The front 01 of the drawer is made in any suitable ornamental shape for a door-plate, and is provided with a projection, a, underneath for a finger-hold to pull it out. This 40 front I adapt for a door -plate-, as follows: Its center is cutout, as shown, thus making it a frame, and a piece of glass introduced, behind which a card, having. the name thereon, is

titted and a back plate, E, placed behind the 5 card, as in framing a picture.

The plate E and. the inclinedfbottom K of the drawer I prefer to make in one piece, and in order to hold them in place I make grooves e in thesides of-the drawer D and small studs 0 upon the ends of the bottom, which, by

fitting the grooves 6, hold the bottom and back plate, E, in place against the card in front.

I By slipping the back plate, E, off'another card may be substituted. Thus when one tenant removes from a house he will take out his card, and the new tenant insert his own.

In order to prevent the drawer D from being pulled out too far, I have a stop, m, upon the inside of the door, against which a cross piece, F, upon the drawer may be adapted to strike and prevent the drawer from moving farther.

Within the top of the box B is a gong, G, which is struck by a hammer, H, pivoted to a support, as shown, and held against the gong 6 by a spring, h. V

in a support, f, extending from the crosspieces F, upon the sliding drawer, is pivoted a trigger,-J, with its heavier end down, so that it will always stand erect and ready to engage with the depending end of the hammer. H when the drawer is moved out, by which means the gong is'struck.

The operation of the device is as follows:

A postman passing catches sight of the name in the door-plate, and, having a letter to drop, catches hold of the door-plate, and pulls the drawer I) out. He then drops the letter into the drawer, and it is guided by the bottom into the box B, intowhich it falls. In opening the drawer to insert the letter the trigger J trips the hammer H and rings the gong Gr, thus giving notice to the inmates of the house.

I am aware that the combination of devices I have shown is not new, and I do not claim such broadly; but 7 What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A combined door-plate, letter box, and bellpull, consisting of the box B, adapted to be sc- 9c cured to the inside of a door, and a sliding drawer or chute, D, adapted to be pulled out and having a front, d, and back plate, E, adapted to receive and exhibit acard, and the inclined bottom K, attached to the back plate, and the gong G, adapted to be rung by means ofthehammerHandtrigger J when thedrawer is pulled out, substantially as herein described and shown. p r

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand. it

' CHARLES H. PARMENTER.

Witnesses:

O. D. COLE, J H. BLooD.

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