US1042918A

US1042918A - Key-holding chain.

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Publication number: US1042918A
Authority: US
Inventors: John D Houck
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-01-22
Filing date: 1912-01-22
Publication date: 1912-10-29
Anticipated expiration: 1929-10-29

Description

J. D. HOUOK.

KEY HOLDING CHAIN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1912.

1, ,@&2,9 1 8, Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

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WITNESSES I INVENTOR- Specification of Letters intent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

Application mm January 22, 1912. Serial No. 07am.

To all whom-it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D. HOUOK, a citizen of the United States, residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Key-Holding Chains; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the'same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in key holding chains and the ob ect in view is to roduce a simple and eficient device of this nature, embodying various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined 1n the appended claims.

- I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1 is a perspective view of my key holding chain showin the parts assembled. Fig. 2 is a central ongitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of an identification sleeve mounted within one of the barrel sections.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a link chain, and B and C designate two hollow cylindrical barrel sections, each apertured at its outer end. An eye D is swiveled in the aperture at the end ofv the section B- to which one end of the chain is fastened, and E is a screw which telescopes within the section C and has a hook F mounted therein with a shank portion fastened thereto and which shank portion extends through the aperture or slot F in which the hook is adapted to be normally seated when the two barrel sections are held together. The section B has integral threads adapted to receive said screw, forming means whereby the two arts may be screwed together, the hook catc ing in the slot at the end serving to anchor the screw while the barrel section B is screwed tightly against the section C. Said hook is adapted to engage the other end of the chain when theparts are assembled and. be held to the hook in the manner shown and described. A spring T is mounted upon the shank portion of the hook and interposed between The screw with the wire,

designatedby letter N, which is open and .c lindrical ended and adapted to fit within t e barrel portion B and. in which the name or the owner of the chain may be rolled up and inserted therein. If desired, wording, as shown in the drawings, may appear upon the outer circumference of each of the barrel sections, designating that within may be found an identification card.

In assembling the parts, one end of the chain is connected to the swiveled eye D. which is afterward bent to form a hook, has the coiled spring placed over said wire, after which the wire and screw are inserted in the barrel section 0, the wire passing through the slot F, after which a hook F is formed in the wire, thus preventing the screw being withdrawn from the barre section C. The coiled spring normally under tension will tend to hold the end of the hook in the slot F. In order to connect the chain with the hook F, the latter may be withdrawnunder tension of the spring from the slot a sufiicient distance to allow the link to be caught over the hook,

after which the spring will draw the hook back and retain the end of the chain. The identification member N is inserted in the barrel portion B, after which the two barrel sections may be screwed together in the manner shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

What I claim to be new is I 1. Akey chain comprising two separable barrel sections, an eye swiveled to one of said sections, a chain fastened to said eye, a screw mounted in the other section and adapted to engage integral threads upon the section to which the eye is swiveled, a hook fastened to said screw and passing through a slot in the other section and adapted to be attached to one end of the chain, and a spring interposed between the inner end of the screw and the adjacent inner end of the section through which said hook passes, as set forth.

2. A key chain comprising two separable barrel sections, one having a perforation in the end in which an eye is swiveled, the

other provided with a slot in its end, achain' fasteped to eye, a screw having interior froln rotating independent of the slotted threaded connection w1th the section to barrel section when the two sections are dewhich the eye is swlveled, a hopkl having a tached from each other, as set forth.

shank portion fixed to' said screw and ex- In testimon whereof I hereunto aflix my 5 tending through said slot and ted signature in t e presence of two witnesses. 15

attached to the other end of S211 cham, a v JOHN HOUCK coiled spring mounted ugon the shank por- I tion of the hook and a apted to hold the Witnesses: hook in said slot, the marginal edges of Jams A. DONNELLY, 10 which are designed to prevent the hook Wm'r D. ROBERTS.