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- JVl 256581 - • CLASS 34 /. GROUP

EMIL KROSCHWITZ in ALTONA a. Elbe.

The breakfast box.

Patented in the German Empire on April 30, 1912.

The invention relates to a letter and breakfast box, in which the front one and the door of the mailbox behind it, which can be folded down in a lower hinge Breakfast box forms, where the two departments adjoining and the locking device locking the mailbox as well as a locking device, that keeps the breakfast box half open, ίο on one and the same side of the box lie and the letter and breakfast box is posted on the door frame in such a way that the locking devices are protected against unauthorized use by the locked apartment door are. The invention consists in the design of these locking devices and in the design of the mailbox.

The drawing shows an embodiment of the subject matter of the invention, namely shows

Fig. Ι the letter and breakfast box in front view,

Fig. 2 in side view, seen from the left of Fig. 1,
3 in a vertical section,

Fig. 4 in a vertical section with accessible for receiving the mail items and the like Breakfast box.

Fig. 5 illustrates the manner in which the letter and breakfast box is attached.

The letter and breakfast box consists of two compartments b, c connected in the lower joint, of which compartment b is so large that it can hold a milk can or milk bottle and baked goods, while the smaller compartment c serves as a mailbox.

According to the embodiment of the drawing , a container d made of tinplate or other suitable material for the milk can or milk bottle and the baked goods is located in department b , so that by removing container d, department b can be emptied easily and without! wasted time can be done.

Access to the rear compartment b or to the container d inserted therein is obtained by folding down the front compartment c . For this purpose, the front compartment c is to be unlocked from the rear compartment b and folded down so far that the use of the mailbox is not impaired. So that when mail is thrown in, the front department c is not accidentally locked against the rear department b and access to the latter can be closed for the milk and baked goods supplier, there is a bolt f on one side wall of the department b that can be rotated about the pin β arranged, which enters with a nose g in an eyelet h on the associated side wall of the compartment c and in the manner shown in FIG. 2 by a tension spring i

is secured. The nose g of the bolt f is designed so that it allows the folding down of the compartment c as soon as a pull overcoming the resistance of the spring i is exerted on it.

As can be seen from FIG. 2, the bolt / ^{1 is designed} as a two-armed lever, the arm k of which touches a contact I when the bolt is rotated and thus closes a circuit which triggers an alarm at a suitable point. This alarm indicates that breakfast has been delivered.

A snap lock in, which engages behind the locking bar η , is used to firmly join the two departments b, c. In the exemplary embodiment, the snap lock m sits on the front department c, but the locking bar η on the rear department b, and these parts act like the known needle locks in that the snap lock m can be released and the lock can be canceled by axial displacement of the lock bar η . The locking bar η penetrates the side of the box having the locking bar f through the side wall and has a ring 0 ο at the outer end. Like. Existing handle. A spring supported in the interior of the box guides the locking rod η back into the locking position.

As a result of the training that the handle 0 is occupied on the side of the box having the latch f and this comes to lie close to the locked door, the security against unauthorized unlocking of the two departments b, c of the letter and breakfast box is required.

The mailbox c can be emptied through a hinged door r having the insertion slot p at the upper end and the inspection slot or slots q at the lower end. This door γ , which can be opened in the upper joint s, is closed by an axially displaceable bolt t , which passes through an eyelet u attached to the lower end of the door and also emerges on the side of the box having the bolt f , where it comes out of the ring ν ο. Like. Existing handle ends.

The letters or the like thrown in through the slot p fall into a container w which, in place of a front wall, carries the transverse band χ through which the thrown mail items are held against falling out when the door r is opened. The container w is mounted vertically displaceably in the compartment c and is guided during this displacement by pins and slot-hole connections y, ζ.

The displaceable mounting of the container w has the purpose of being able to throw larger mail items, such as newspapers and the like, through the slot p in the door r of the mailbox into the container d of the compartment δ. This comes into consideration for the time in which the container d is not used for its actual purpose. By sliding the container w down from the position shown in FIG. 3 into the position illustrated in FIG. 4, the connection between the slot p and the door r of the mailbox and the container w, which is closed at the top, is canceled, but over the upper end wall of the container w away the connection with the compartment b or with the container housed in it Ä .

The letter and breakfast box is opened by common use of the evening, in conformity with Fig. 2 in part, for which purpose to open the door and must be kept open to the latch bar η for releasing the spring-latch m means of the handle 0 enough to be able to pull out far. By inserting the nose g of the bolt f into the eyelet h on the side wall of the compartment c, it is held in an upright position without the possibility of being able to close the compartment b by simply pushing it shut. The milk and breakfast supplier has to fold down the mailbox c in the lower joint α in order to be able to reach the container d set in the department b. '' After removing the empty milk bottle or jug and placing the filled jug after the baked goods have been delivered, turn the letter box back up until the latch m snaps into place. While the mailbox is being folded down, the bolt f sliding out of the eyelet h causes a current connection when it rotates around the pin e by means of the lever arm k and the contact I ; which triggers an alarm that indicates that the milk and baked goods have been delivered.

After compartment b has been emptied, the container w can be pushed so far down in the mailbox that the letters, newspapers and the like thrown in through the slot p fall into compartment b.

Claims (3)

Patent Claims: i. Letter and breakfast boxes secured against unauthorized opening by the closed apartment door, in which the letter box forms the door of the breakfast box behind it, characterized in that both the two compartments (b, c) which can be folded apart in the lower joint (a ) against each other as well as the Door of the mailbox through one each with handle (0, v) towards the apartment door pull-out needle lock of a known type are closed, the door of the breakfast box enclosing the locking needle (s) with a snap spring (m) . 2. letter and breakfast box according to claim i, characterized in that the breakfast box (b) half-open holding bolt (f) when triggered by folding down the letter box (c) is rotated such that by its lever arm (k) and a suitably arranged contact (I) an electric current is closed, which triggers an alarm. 3. letter and breakfast box according to claim 1, characterized in that a displaceable container (w) is arranged in the letter box (c) which can be pushed down so far that the connection between the insertion slot (p) in the door (r ) of the mailbox and the rear compartment (b) or the container housed therein (d) can be produced. 1 sheet of drawings.