US1014915A

US1014915A - Pin-lock.

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Publication number: US1014915A
Application number: US5728?410A
Authority: US
Inventors: R Steel Leonard
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Publication date: 1912-01-16
Anticipated expiration: 1929-01-16

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

1.014.015. ll.\-L()Cl{. LtxiNAnnlLSnmL, ('leveland. (lhio. Filed July Q0, 11110. Seriul No. 572,894.

[o oll whom it may concern:

lle. it known that l, Lnoxwnn It. Cham.,

u citizen of the United States, residing nt Cleveland. in the county of Cuyahoga and p IQtate of Ohio, have invented new nnd uscfnl improvements in Pin-Locks, of which the following is u specification.

'lhis invention relates to improvements f in lretiring devices for Indies lint pins; |and the primary object of the invcntlon is to provide n device of this class which is extremely simple in construction, which may he. readily nnd ensily positioned upon the hat pin, und which will securely lock the lvoue, lint which at the same time may be easily removed from the pin when desired.

With the nhove, and other objects in view, which will appenr as the description progresses, the invention resides in the novel construction and combination of parte hereinnfter fully described and claimed.

In the accompnnyin drawings there has been illustrated a simp e and preferred embodiment of the improvement, and iu which drawings,

Figure 1 is a side clevntion of a pinloek emstrueted in aceordnnce with thc resent invention. Fig. 2 is n centrnl vertieu transverse Isectional view of the same.

In the conunon formof tins now em iloyed for seeuriug hnts upon hu ies tienda t te in portion of the Same projects n distance lievond the side of the hut, lluel rendering the pin dangerous, oughfare'=. 'l`he pin IS also dnueelous when tht` hut is removed from the liead of the wea rer. such un in eloult rooms, thenlers and the like.

lt is the primnry ohjeet ot' the procent invention to noteet the projecting portion ofthe piu and ut the same time securely loelc the piu upon the hat. 'l`o accomplish these purpose l here provided n hut pin proteetoi und loek eomprisin u sleeve l, au operating or securing mem :er 2. nud an ornomeutnl sleeve il. 'I`he sleeve l eonlpriwu n tuhulur member huving n ledueed exten- Vion t whieh mnv he provided with n thiring mouth 3 nml through whieh the point ol the pin is adnpled to he itwerted. 'lhe especinlly in crowded thor-y upper portion of the ult-eve 1 is enlurved4 as ut t5 nud hm its hore provided wlth thrends 7, the .Huid hore heine of n iodistnutinlly cone-shaped foriiuttlot. no illtu-ztroted in the sectional view ofthe drawings. 'l`he. securing member 2. to which is secured the top 8 is provided with u eeutrul Imre nud hns its exterior formed with serewo ll eorrespondio with the thrends 7 of the member 1. Tie projecting or threaded portion of the securing member 2 is eone-shuped So that the s mne muy he reudilv fitted within elleetively compressed. The member n of 3 the securin element Q is slitted verticallyl 1 and these s ite` nre positioned preferably nt right nngles to ene l other making four in number.

The casing 3 is secured to the head S in env desired or preferred munuer.

1y this nrrungement it will he noted that none. Aof the memhers can heeouic sepnrnted nnd that the easing effectively incluses both the securing member und the enlarged portion of the sleeves.

it iS thou ht that the opernlion of the device will )e nppnrent. it being merely neeesary to imei-t. n pin within the tlnring month 5 of the extension 4 of the melnher l, the seid pin being brought into contact with the inner bore of the securing niember and the reduced extension 4 being held |hvr one hand of the operator und the Sleeve It rotnted thereon will 'uuse the Securing nizinller L. to eo|npre-- and tightly engnul llo' pin.

llnving thufully deserihrd the invention. what l eluim us new iQ:--.

lo :i derive for the [purpose set forth. n hollow olemht-r eolnprist'ng :in enlar ed portion and :i reduced extension. suit ho low uit-rubor lmviug it\l hot-e thretuled and being protided with n eone-e-haped portion nd- ]uerut it juncture with tlu` redueed extension. n seeuriug utelnhrr huving n hollow slitted teni and :i enne-shaped extension. said Vtent heing formed with thrends mlnpted to rngnge with the threads of the hollow tuemlier. the eoue-shnped extension ol the Suid Inelnller uliliing with the liore of the reduced extension of tht' tirol named member. both the bore of the reduced extension und the hure ol' the titled .Klein udupted to receive the point of the hat pin. the redueed extenwion being forno-tt with n flaring end, the securing niemher heiug provided with n hend. und n timing eonueeted willi the hend nlul snr- -ronndingr the enlarged portion of the first nnmcd member. uid eusiug hnviug its end opposite the head reduced und formed with nu opening through which the reduced extension of the Suid tirSt nnmcd lneinhcr projects.

ln testimonyr whereof I nflix my signntnre t in presence of two witnesses. LEONARD R. STEEL.

Witnesses:

.\l.\nr.t. Lawurxer, Joux D. Lmvn.