US1188216A - Fastening means for car doors and windows. - Google Patents

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W. L. STANLEY.

FASTENING MEANS FOR CAR DOORS AND WINDOWS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 191's. RENEWED mum. ms.

" Patehted June 20,1916.

WALTER L. STANLEY, OF NGRFOLK, VIRGINIA.

FASTENING MEANS FOR CAR DOORS AND WINDOWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, 1916.

Application filed. July 6, 1915, Serial No. 38,232. Renewed May 16, 1916. Serial No. 97,960.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WALTER L. STANLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Fastening Means for Car Doors and Windows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fastening means for car doors and windows, the object being to provide a fastening with a seal which must be broken before the car door or window can be opened, thus betraying any clandestine entrance to the car.

It consists in a bolt adapted for use in connection with a hasp, and it has the double function of fastening the hasp and holding the door against the car body.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a portion of a car body and door showing my improved fastening means applied; Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary horizontal view; Fig.3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the fastener; Fig. 4 is a top plan view; and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectionon the line 55 of Fig. 2.

A, represents the car body, and numeral 1 indicates the car door. The fastener is secured to the car body, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with one edge in line with the door opening, and the hasp 2 is fastened preferably by means of a staple 3 to the car door 1.

The numeral 41 represents the casing of the fastener, and 5 is the bolt fitted and adapted to slide therein, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5.

The casing has an inwardly-projecting stud 6, and the hasp has the usual slot 7 to receive this stud, and a socket 8 in the bolt conforms to and fits the end of the hasp when the bolt is projected over the edge of the door 1, as shown in Fig. 2, thus tending to hold the hasp and preventing its rattling, and consequently greatly lessening the wear which wouldotherwise result. The enlarged clearance space 21 in the outer end of the bolt 5 is provided to allow the hasp 2 to be placed over the stud 6 when the bolt is withdrawn or in its normal position.

The bolt carries a gravity-pin 9, which normally rests on the bottom of the casing 4, as shown in Fig. 3, but which drops into an opening 10 in the bottom of the casing when the bolt is projected to the position shown in Fig. 2, "as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 5. This gravity-pin 9 is entirely concealed, as

shown in Fig. 5, so that access to it cannot be gained without breaking the seal.

be of glass,'clay, or any other frangible material, and bearing a legend, as shown in Fig. 3, such as the railroad, car number, and the like. 1 i

The seal 11 is dropped in place through a slot 12 at the top when the bolt is drawn back to the position shown in Fig. 3, and the groove 13 which receives the seal is in registry withthe slot 12, and the seal 11 is held in position when the bolt 5 is moved outward by being covered by the sealed top of the casing 4:.

The bolt is moved by means of the knob 14 working in the slot 15, see Fig. 1. Y

An open slot 16 straddles the stud 6, and

its closed inner end stops the further outreleased. 7

While my invention is shown connection with a sliding-door, as illustrated in Fig. 1, it is-just as applicable to a hinged door, and in that event it is necessary to swing the hasp 2 up out of the way, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and then drop it through the open slot 18 in the top of the casing, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and thence over the stud 6. 7

To easily assemble the parts, the rear end of the casing 4: is left open as shown, but the bolts 19 which secure the fastener to the car body at one end are purposely .in its direct path where they preventthe bolt from sliding out. Other- bolts 20, 20, at the top and bottom are used to securely fasten the fastener in place.

This improved fastener is simple, easy and inexpensive to make, and is especially well adapted to the fastening of car doors and The I seal is indicated by the numeral 11, and may windows where it is preferred to use some form of hasp as the main fastening 1. A fastener for car doors and windows, comprising a casing, a bolt, and a concealed gravity-pin carried by the bolt, and which automatically fastens the bolt when in one of its positions.

2. A fastener for car doors and windows, comprising a casing, a bolt, and a concealed gravity-pin carried by the bolt, and which automatically fastens the bolt when in one of its positions, and frangible means car ried by the bolt over the gravity-pin which must be broken in order to gain access to v the pin.

8. The combination with a hasp, of a fastener comprising a casing having a stud upon which the hasp is adapted to be placed, and a bolt slidably fitted within the casing, said bolt having a socket which receives the end of the hasp over the stud and holds it thereon, and means carried by the bolt for automatically looking it when in position to hold the hasp on the stud.

4-. The combination with a car body and door and a fastener carried by the car body, and a hasp by the door, the fastener comprising a casing and a bolt slidably mounted therein, said bolt adapted to hold the hasp on a stud on the casing when the bolt is projected over the edge of the door,whereby the door is held in place against the car body and the hasp upon the stud.

5. The combination with a car body and door and a fastener carried by the car body, and a hasp by the door, the fastener comprising a. casing and a bolt slidably mounted therein, said bolt adapted to hold the hasp on a stud on the casing when the bolt is projected over the edge of the door, whereby the door is held in place against the car body and the hasp upon the stud, and means carried by the bolt for automaticallyfastening it.

6. The combination with a car body and door and a fastener carried by the car body,

and a hasp by the door, the fastener com- 5 prising a casing and a bolt slidably mounted therein, said bolt adapted to hold the hasp on a stud on the casing when the bolt is projected over the edge of the door, whereby the door is held in place agalnst the car body and the hasp upon the stud, means carried by the bolt for automatically fastoning it, and a seal also carried by the bolt which is locked therein when the bolt is projected and must be broken in order to gain access to release the automatic locking means.

7. A fastener for car doors and windows comprising a casing having an inwardlyprojecting stud on its inner wall and having a horizontally-disposed open slot, and an opening through which the seal is shown 011 its outer wall, the casing open at opposite ends, of a bolt slidably fitted within the casing provided with a groove for the seal and having an open slot at one end which WALTER L. STANLEY.

Gopiea of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 13.0.

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