Indicator/Counter Padlocks - United States

	Blank. 2 5/8" high x 2.1" wide 2.2" deep. Cast Brass body. Brass shackle.  Pin tumbler. 3 pins. Flat key. There is a spring loaded cover over the counter. Mfg by: Sargent & Greenleaf.   More... "The Marc Garcia Collection"	7957
	Blank - Douglas Aircraft. 2 5/8" high x 2.1" wide 2.2" deep. Cast Brass body. Brass shackle.  Pin tumbler. 3 pins. Flat key. This lock was used by Douglas Aircraft in the 1940's & 1950's. Mfg by: Sargent & Greenleaf.    More... "The Mike Pitman Collection"	10117
	Blank. Cast Brass body. Brass shackle.  Pin tumbler. Flat key. We did not find a patent for this lock. Jon Flatt wrote: This lock was not made for the Post Office. I worked at a small grocery store when I was in high school. I helped unload the tractor trailer when it came in with groceries. I saw him writing down something just before he opened the back door of the trailer and I asked him what he was doing and he asked me to verify the numbers and initial a book he had. It was this type of lock. "James R. Mundy collection at Railway Mail Service Library, gift of Bob DeWittie" This padlock requires further research	9381
	"ASHFORD'S DETECTIVE LOCK PAT. PENDING". Brass body. Steel shackle. There is a counter on the reverse of the body. There is a hole going through the case and counter wheel to accept a wire seal. Thomas Butler Ashford Patent # 307254. "The Bob Dix Collection"	5675
	"EAGLE LOCK CO TERRYVILLE CT 2" - Prototype. 3 1/4" high x 2 1/4" wide x 3/4" deep. Steel and Brass body. Steel shackle. The Eagle catalog states that this lock was made for the United States Government and that it was waterproof. This lock is #2 of 4 prototypes each with some variation. This lock was never put into production. Make note of the unfinished rivets on the reverse of the body. Designed by: Frank W. Mix. Made for: United States Government. Mfg by: Eagle Lock Co. US Patent #236349. US Patent #219495. US Patent #RE9462. "The Steve Sommers Collection"	4270
	"U.S. CUSTOMS". 3 1/8" high x 1 3/4" wide x 1 1/4" deep. Brass body. Brass shackle. There is a spring loaded cover over the counter. "PAT SEP.30.79 NOV.19.89" is stamped directly under "MARK". Made for: United States Customs. Henry Clarke Patent #220124. William F. Beasley Patent #415187. Beasley Supply Co. Trademark #17360. Mfg by: Beasley Supply Co.	4574
	"U.S. CUSTOMS". 3 1/8" high x 1 3/4" wide x 1 1/4" deep. Brass body. Brass shackle. There is a spring loaded cover over the counter. "PAT. NOV.19.1889 MAY.19.1891 MADE BY SMITH & EGGE MFG. CO. BRIDGEPORT CONN." is stamped on the reverse of the body. Made for: United States Customs. Mfg by: Smith & Egge Mfg. Co. William F. Beasley Patent #'s415187 452433. Frederick Egge Patent #415358. US Patent #499500.	4576
	"U.S. CUSTOMS" - "M.D.T.Co". 3" high x 1 3/4" wide x 1 1/4" deep. Brass body. Brass shackle. There is a spring loaded cover over the counter. "PAT SEP.30.79" is stamped directly under "MARK". Made for: United States Customs, used by  Merchants Despatch Transportation Company. Henry Clarke Patent # 220124. Beasley Supply Co. Trademark #17360. Mfg by: Beasley Supply Co.	758
	"US INTERNAL REVENUE". 3 1/2" high x 2 3/4" wide. Brass body. Steel shackle. There is a glass window over the counter at 12 o'clock on the reverse of the body. "TOWNSEND MAN'FG CO. BUFFALO NY PATD DEC.10.61 JULY.27.69" is stamped on the obverse of the case at 9 o'clock. Mfg by: Townsend Mfg. Co. Eugene M. & James E. Mix Patent #'s 33920 98513. Patent #98513 was antedated from 01/04/1870 to 07/27/1869.	756