Improvements in Letter Boxes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1896
Improvements in Letter Boxes.
I ERNST FRI EDLANDER of 30 Spandauerstrasse Berlin C. in the German
Empire Merchant 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:-
The invention relates to letter boxes which may be used especially for exhibitions
and similar purposes.
In order that my invention may be the better understood I now proceed to
describe the same reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the
letters and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 is an elevation of this letter box and Figure 2 is a section on the
line of Figure 1.
On a base plate a of card board or other similar material is fixed the letter box A
by means of cramps 6 which penetrate the back of the letter box and the plate a
To the door c of the letter box is attached a block d provided with perforated
leaves or sheets adapted to be torn off in such a manner that it can be easily renewed.
Through openings e in the letter box it cau always be easily seen whether anything
has been placed in the letter box. The separate leaves have notes in various
languages printed thereon so that the person using them has only to fill up the free
spaces and to place the leaves into the letter box after tearing them off. As shown
the block d is attached to the door of the letter box by cramps f passing through
holes inade in the blocks and the ends of which cramps are bent over. A pencil
attached to a chain or cord is attached to the letter box and completes the
equipment. Below the letter box and to the back a is fixed a box B for the
reception of address cards and it is preferably held together with the bottom of
the letter box by cramps g.
The box B is provided at its front with a glass plate to allow of easy inspection
and the bottom is placed obliquely and has a slot at its front end which allows
of one card being extracted at one time. In order to allow of the cards being
gripped with ease the front side of the box B and the oblique bottom are provided
with a recess i. The whole arrangement can be fixed to the wall by means of the
loop k and fixing plate k¹.
The advantages of this invention are that interested persons who desire to
address a communication to the firm to whom the letter box belongs can write
such communications and their names and addresses on a leaf of the block d and
place such leaf into the letter box. In this manner the privacy of the com-
munication is preserved as regards third parties. At suitable intervals some
authorised person will empty the box and transmit the leaves contained therein
to his employer. For the use of business friends or other persons and for the
purpose of advertisement the before mentioned box for address cards is
provided.
The essence of this invention consists in the combination of a box having a
transparent front with a letter box to the front side of which is attached, so
that it can be easily renewed, block of perforated leaves which are provided
with printed directions in various languages for making notes entering addresses
and writing communications thereon the block being arranged in such a position
that a person can always easily see from outside through the openings e whether
any leaves have been placed in the box or not.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
-claim is.
An improvement in-letter: boxes consisting, in the combination of a-box B for
address cards etc. with a letter box A to the front side of which is exchangeably
attached a block d of perforated leaves provided with printed directions in various
languages for making notes entering addresses and writing communications
thereon means being provided in the box Asby, which it can be easily seen from
outside if a communication has been placed into the box, substantially as
described..
FELL & JAMES,
Agents for the Applicant.