Telephone Call Box. Page: 4 of 4
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for the removal of the receiver. The guard
is recessed to give space to the ring of the re-
ceiver, and upon the guard is a pin or projec-
tion, b', which comes in contact with a fixed
5 block, c', when the lever reaches nearly the
end of its downward movement, and the guard
thus raised far enough to allow the receiver to
be slipped off.
For call-boxes already in use and which arc
Io provided with crank-handles, the guard may
be applied as shown in Figs. 4 and 4.
d' is the shaft. e' is the crank-handle, as
usual, and T is the guard, attached upon the
handle. The guard is provided with a pin, f',
15 which engages a stop, g', sufficiently to raise
it from the crank-handle just before the crank
strikes the stop, thus allowing the receiver to
be secured in place or removed. The shaft d'
carries a shunt-cam, h1'.
20 In Fig. 4:', which is a front view of the de-
vices shown in Fig. 4, it will be seen that the
pin f' of the spring-guard T rests upon the
stop gl', and in removing the telephone-receiver
from its support, the crank c' is slightly moved
25 in the direction of the arrow.
Fig. 5 shows our guard attachment as ap-
plied to a push-button box. A is the lever,
and T the fixed guard, arranged substantially
as shown in Fig. 1 Tile lever is pivoted at
30 i', and carries an armature before the helices
1'. The armature is carried on the lever by
ileansof an arm, m', and slotted link n', which
allow the lever A to rise after the armature
hit the cores, thereby operating the shunts.
35 The shunting devices are substantially the
same as before described.
In definingour invention with greater clear-
ness, we would state that we are aware of the
arrangement of parts shown in the PatentsN os.
4') 222,201 and 2(9:225, anddo not claim anything
shown therein.Having thus described our invention, we
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent-
1. In a telephone call-box, the combination 45
of the lever A, formed with arms F G, the an-
vils B, C, D, and E, a generator operated by
the movement of the lever, and the circuit-con-
nections, substantially as shown and described.
2. The combination, with the switch-anvils, 50
of a switch, a movable support for the tele-
phone-receiver attached to the switch, and a
guard for preventing the receiver from being
removed from its support until the switch has
been adjusted to the magneto-call terminals, 55
the said telephone-support having a range of
movement from its normal position for receiv-
ing calls, first, down below the guard, to send
a call and permit the dislodgment of the tele-
phone, and then a movement to the opposite 6o
side of its normal position, to make connection
with the battery telephone and transmitter,
substantially as described.
3. The combination, with the switch-anvils,
of a switch, a telephone-receiver support at- 63
tached thereto for movement in unison there-
with, a guard for preventing dislodgment of
the receiver until its support is moved, and a
magneto-generator connected to and arranged
to be operated by the movement of the tele- 70
phone-receiver support when said receiver is
dislodged from its support, substantially as
shown and described.
4. The slotted piece I, in combination with
the lever A and receiver I of the circuit-con- 75
nections, substantially asshown and described.
JNO. 31. ORAI.
HENRY 31. SUTTON.
HElNRY GARRETT.
Witnesses:
CHAS. FRED. TUCKER,
- 1. L. ROmERTSON.
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Oram, John M.; Sutton, Henry M. & Garrett, Henry. Telephone Call Box., patent, January 29, 1884; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170690/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.