US1122873A - Seal. - Google Patents

Description

J. L. DINSMOOR.

SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1912.

Patented 1360.29, 1914:

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JOHN I1. DINSMOOE,,0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T HERMAN'N M. HIRSCHBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914..

Original application filed October 15, 1908, Serial No. 457,805. Divided and this application filed June 29;

' 1912. Serial No. 706,544.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, J OHN L. DrNsMooR, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Seal, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a seal, the subject matter of which is a division of a prior application filed by me on October 15, 1908, Serial No. 457,805.

The invention is a two-part seal separate from a shackle, the latter being composed of cord, wire, or other means, whereby the device may be used to-good advantage in fastening packages, parcels or bundles to preclude tampering with the contents thereof.

The new article is composed of two metal parts which are manufactured economically, and these parts are assembled easily and quickly for the purpose of concealing the knot in a cord or the coupled ends of a wire, so that the cord or Wire cannot be removed without giving notice that unauthorized persons have tampered with the package, parcel or bundle.

In a specific embodiment of the invention, one part of the seal is a metal casing wlth an inturned flange, the latter forming a shoulder positioned internally of said caslng. The other part is a disk 'or plate, preferably of spring metal, said part being adapted to snap into the casing for the purpose of closing the open side thereof and of retaining the knotted or united ends of the shackle within the casing.

Other features of the invention, and the advantages thereof, will appear from the annexed detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated diiferent practical embodiments of the invention, but the constructions shown therein are to be understood asillustratwe, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure 1 is :a plan view of a seal .embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 IS a detail plan view of the insertible member of the seal. Figs. 4 and'5 are views plan and vertical cross section, respectively, of another embodiment of the mventlon.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the seal conslsts of two parts A, B which are separate from a shackle C, the latter being in the form of a wire, cord, or other pliable member. Each part A, B of the seal is composed of metal, the part A being a casing, box or cup. Said part A consists of a bottom plate a, a flange a, and a shoulder a all the parts being integral. Part A is a single punching of metal, wherein the flange or rim a is positioned substantially at right angles to the plate a. The free edge of the rim is turned over in a way to produce a shoulder a which is positioned internally of the casing, box or cup. The inturned flange and the shoulder thereof is slitted at a number of points indicated at d so as to make the inturned flange or rim yieldable somewhat to the member B when the latter is inserted.

Member B is a disk or plate, the diameter of which is slightly less than the internal diameter of the chamber within the casing or cup. Said member B is cut or stamped from a single piece of metal, and, preferably, said metalis yieldable or springy in order that it may give under the pressure used in forcing the -member into position within the casing or cup subsequent to the operation of fastening the ends of shackle C. As shown, the rim or flange of the cup or casing is provided with a notch 6, whereas disk 5 is provided with another notch f, the

notches in the cup and the disk providingspaces for the passage of shackle G into and out of the seal when the arts are assembled.

The device is used as ollows :Assuming that the shackle C is a cord, the two ends thereof are tiedtogether so as to produce a knot c, and then the casing or cup A is positioned on the cord so that the knot c is within the chamber of-the cup, one strand of the shackle passing through the notch e in the rim, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The disk 13 is now placed in position upon the inturned edge of rim or flange a, the notch f in the turned .3

the shoulder a, or the slitted inturned rim will yield or give to the passage of the member B, or both the member B and the inturned rim will yieldor give to each other, as a result of which the member B will be forced into the chamber of the member A. Member B occupies a position below the internal shoulder a. of member A so as to be retained therein, and the two members A, B coiiperate in incasing the united part c of the shackle in such a way that access cannot be obtained to the united part without destroying the seal or a member thereof. The shackle passes loosely through the notches e', f, in members A, B of the seal so that the members will not cut or sever the cord during the operation of assembling said members or when the seal is in use, but the knot c in the shackle is so large as compared with the size of the notches e, 7, that it is not possible to pull the shackle or knot thereof through the seal.

The embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 4 and 5 involves a casing A, and an insertible member B, each composed of metal adapted to be assembled in substantially the way heretofore described. Said member A is a casing or cup consisting of the bottom plate and the rim or flange, said rim or flange having an inturned part forming the internal shoulder. Said inturned .partis indicated at g, but instead of stopping at the open part of the cup, said inpart 9 is extended at g to contact with the bottom of the cup. Furthermore, the inturned part is provided intermediate its edges with a groove h forming two shoulders. The inturned part is slitted at i in order to impart a certain degree of resiliency or elasticity thereto. The member B is a disk of spring metal which is adapt: ed to be inserted into the casing in a manner to occupy the groove 72. of the inturned part 9, the inturned part and the member B yielding to the pressure employed to force the member B into said cup or casing; The seal is provided in one of its members with means for the passage of a shackle C therethrough. The member B isshown as having a notch f through which both strands of the shackle are adapted to pass, see Figs. 4 and 5, the knot or united part a of the shackle being confined and concealed between the two members of the seal. Obviously, the shackle may be composed of wire, the ends of which are adapted to be twisted together, or said ends may be united in any desired way, and, furthermore, said shackle may be composed of any material other than those herein described.-

It will be observed that the casing or cup is closed at one side and open at the opposite, and, further, that the insertible memher is adapted to be passed through said open side of the cup or casing in order to introduce said insertible member into the cup or casing in a manner for the insertible member to assume a position below the internal shoulder provided within the cup or casing.

It is apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, that the seal is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, and the parts thereof are assembled easily and quickly. The seal provides a secure means for inclosing the united ends of a cord, wire, or other shackle so as to preclude unauthorized persons from tampering with bundles or parcels, but should the seal be broken or injured, it will afford evidence that the parcel has been opened.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A two-part seal separate from a shackle comprising a casing composed of sheet metaland embodying rigid walls, the boundary wall thereof having an edge portion in-v turned to produce a flange interiorly of the chamber of said casing, said inturned part being slitted to render said flange yieldable, and'a metal member insertible into the easing by pressing it against said flange, the latter being yieldable "for the metal member to pass into the chamber of said casing.

2. A two-part seal one part of which is a metal casing embodying rigid walls, the boundary wall being provided at one edge with an inturned flange positioned interiorly of the chamber of said casing, said flange being provided with a notch for the free passage of a shackle, the other part of said seal being a substantially flatmetal member which is insertible into the chamber of said metal casing by pressing it below the inturned flange thereof, one of said metal parts being yieldable to the other metal part and said flange contacting with said insertible member for retaining the latter in operative position relative to said casing.

3. A two-part seal one part of which is a cup-shaped metal casing embodying rigid walls and open on one side, the boundary wall'of said casing being inturned to pro duce a flange positioned interiorly with respect to the chamber of said casing, the other part being a disk composed of yieldable metal and insertible into the chamber by springing it beneath the interior flange of said casing.

4. A seal composed of two sheet metal parts separate from a shackle, one of said sheet metal parts being a cup-shaped cas ing provided with a ri id boundary wall the free edge of which. is inturned to form a shoulder within the. chamber of said casing,

the other sheet metal'part being insertible into said casing and one of said parts be-' ing yieldable to the other part under the In testimony whereof I have signed this pressure required to insert one part into specification in the presence of tWo subthe other part, said two parts being rescribing Witnesses. tained in a connected condition by the en- JOHN L. DIN SMOOR. 5 gagement with said insertible part of the Witnesses:

shoulder formed by the inturned free edge M. C. RODRIGUEZ, of the Wall of the cup-shaped casing. H. I. BERNHARD.

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