Deposit and collection receptacles – Closures and chutes – Letter box
Patent
1994-01-24
1995-07-25
Saether, Flemming
Deposit and collection receptacles
Closures and chutes
Letter box
232 17, B65G 1104
Patent
active
054354846
ABSTRACT:
A mailbox formed by an upright hollow housing closed by a top door and having a trap door intermediate its height separating the hollow housing into an upper compartment and a lower compartment. The trap door forms a bottom for the upper compartment for supporting mail deposited therein. The top access door is gang connected with the trap door for opening and closing the hollow housing and moving the trap door from a closed position to a downward open position in sequence with the vertical movement of the access door. The housing wall is provided with an outlet door communicating with the lower compartment which is normally closed by a lockable door permitting authorized persons to remove mail or other articles falling by gravity into the lower compartment.
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Rhea Robert K.
Saether Flemming
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