Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver.
Description:
Patent for a door-bell joined with a tray or card-receiver, which is installed in a door. "When pulled out it will bring said tray outside the door to receive a card, letter, or package or any mail-matter, and when released will carry it inside the door again" (lines 11-15). The bell goes off when the tray, which has a toothed edge that engages the bell-hammer, is released.
Date:
September 22, 1896
Creator:
Key, Joseph H.; Brevard, Horace & Purifoy, William R.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department