A Receptacle for Milk applicable for Attachment to the Doors of Dwelling Houses.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 14th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 17th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Receptacle for Milk applicable for Attachment to the Doors of
Dwelling Houses.
I, WILLIAM GREENWOOD, of 228 Liverpool Road, Patricroft, in the County
of Lancaster, Grocer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention relates to a receptacle for milk applicable for attachment to
the doors of dwelling houses, and the chief object of my invention is to enable
the milkman to deliver the milk through the door without necessitating the opening
of the latter.
I accomplish this object by forming a hole or aperture in the door which hole is
preferably closed on the outside by a small hinged or pivoted cover somewhat
similar to an ordinary letterbox cover. The hole is also closed on the inside by a
hinged or sliding cover controlled by a sliding bolt, catch or any mechanical
equivalent in such a manner that it cannot be opened from the outside until the
bolt, catch or other device has been first withdrawn or set to release the cover.
Below the hole and its cover on the inside of the door I fix a bracket carrying a
can or receptacle for the milk.
In operation the occupier would release the inside cover over night, and the
milkman in the morning would then be able by means of a suitably shaped funnel
to deliver the desired quantity of milk through the aperture in the door into the
receptacle on the bracket. As soon as the funnel was withdrawn both the inside
and outside covers would close automatically and the bolt catch or other device
would prevent the inside cover being again opened until the apparatus had been
re-set.
Dated this 23rd day of May 1893.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Receptacle for Milk applicable for Attachment to the Doors of
Dwelling Houses.
1, WILLIAM GREENWOOD, of 228 Liverpool Road, Patricroft, in the County
of Lancaster, Grocer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to a receptacle for milk applicable for attachment to the
doors of dwelling houses, and the chief object of my invention is to enable the
milkman to deliver the milk through the door without necessitating the opening of
the latter.
I accomplish this object by forming a hole or aperture in the door which hole is
preferably closed on the outside by a small hinged or pivoted cover somewhat
similar to an ordinary letterbox cover. The hole is also closed on the inside by a
hinged or sliding cover controlled by a sliding bolt, catch or any mechanical
equivalent in such a manner that it cannot be opened from the outside until the
bolt, catch or other device has been first withdrawn or set to release the cover.
Price 1

page_text: Below the hole and its cover on the inside of the door I fix a bracket carrying a
can or receptacle for the milk.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying sheet of drawings reference being had to
the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figures 1 and 2 are side sectional elevations of a door fitted with a receptacle
for milk according to my invention.
Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are detail views of parts of the apparatus.
In these views the door a is shown with a hole at which is normally closed on
the outside by a small shield or cover pivoted to the door. On the inside a
plate c is attached to the door by screws d or other suitable means.
In this plate c
is a hole corresponding with the hole a¹ in the door a. A movable slide e is
fitted in slideways in the plate c and to the slide e is connected by a pin or stud y a
second slide h which is slotted at and has a hinged piece i connected to it at the
lower end. The parts e and h are enclosed by means of a cover which slides
into the grooved edges of the plate c and has a hole in it wide enough to allow
the hinged part to pass through. The upper end of the slide e is connected by a
spring to the cover j and the lower end of the slide e projects through the casing
formed by the plate c and cover j and is turned up to form a hook e as clearly
shown in the drawings, and also it has a hole e corresponding to a¹ and c¹. When
not in use the slide e and its hook e' are held up by the spring in the position
shown in Fig. 1; but when the milk can or receptacle k is placed on the hook e¹ its
weight draws down the slide e into the position shown in Fig. 2.
The second slide / normally stands as shown in Fig. 1 with its hinged attachment i
covering the hole a' in the door and resting on the lower edge of the cover j.
In operation the occupier would set the apparatus by placing the milk
receptacle on the hook e of the slide e and the milkman in the morning would
then be able by means of a suitable shaped funnel such as m to deliver the desired
quantity of milk through the aperture a¹ in the door into the receptacle on the
hook e¹. As soon as the milkman withdraws the funnel in the pivoted cover falls
back on the outside and the slide h drops and closes the aperture a' on the inside
of the door, the hinged part i standing out in the position indicated by dotted lines
Fig. 2 prevents the funnel being again introduced or the hole a' being again opened
until the apparatus has been again re-set, which is effected automatically by the
spring drawing up the parts e, h and i into the position shown in Fig. 1, when
the filled receptacle is removed; but the funnel m cannot. then be introduced
through the hole a' until the receptacle is again replaced on the hook e¹ whereby
the slide e is drawn down and the hole e therein brought opposite the hole a¹ in
the door.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An attachment to the door of a dwelling house which when set by suspending
a milk can or receptacle therefrom on the inside of the door will enable the
milkman to fill said receptacle from the outside, but which when once used can not
again be filled or tampered with until the apparatus has been re-set all substantially
as herein set forth.
2. The combination and general arrangement of parts constituting a receptacle
for milk applicable for attachment to the doors of dwelling houses substantially as
and for the purposes herein described with reference to the drawings annexed.
Dated thin 12th W
1004
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant.