US1078557A - Car-door seal. - Google Patents

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J. W. RUMSEY & W. H. SHBASBY.

' CAB DOOR SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED T11R25, 1913.

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JAMES W. RUMSEY AND WILLIAM H. SHEASBY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

Application filed'February 25, 19 13. i Serial No. 750,534.

To all whom, it may concern: 7

Be it known tliatwe, JAMES W. RUMsnY and WILLIAM, H. SI-IEASBY, citizens of the United States, and residents of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of 1llinois,'have inventedcertain new and useful Improvem cnts in Car-Door Seals, of which the following is a full and clear specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in w h1ch it Flgurel s a front elevatlon of a freightcar door lockwit-h our seal in place, the sealing devices being shown in vertical section;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the sealing rivet; Fig. 4c is an end elevat1on thereof; and Flg. 5 1s a horizontal transverse section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2. l

The object of this invention is not only to extremely simplify the sealing means but also provide a sealing means which will render it impossible to open the car door withoutabsolutely destroying the seal, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

A further object is to provide a sealing device which when once broken will be impossible of renewal or restoration to even a semblance of its original appearance, thus doing away with a very serious trouble incident to the use of practically all the seals now on the market, this trouble being due to the scheme of restoring the sealing device to at least a semblance of its original self 7 after it has been broken by evil disposed per sons, this restoration of the seal giving to it an appearance of integrity and thus delaying investigation until it is practically too late to trace the crime, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing a designates a part of a car door, 6 a keeper or lock stop fastened thereto, 0 a lock bolt carried by a handle (Z pivoted at e to a lock casing f, these parts being preferably constructed as shown in my copending application Serial Number Yd-7,965. The handle (Z, when the bolt 0 is in looking relation depends and lies in a channel formed in the casing f, and when the door is to be unlocked the handle (Z is swung upwardly on its pivot e. The handle (Z is provided with: a slot 9 near its lower end and when it is in its locked position a lug h aflixed to the lock casing f (this casing being rigidly carried by the door) projects through this slot 9 and extends beyond the outer face of the handle. A corresponding lug i is carried by the handle and so located thereon that when the handle is in its locking position said lug 2' will lie closely along side the lug h. The inner wall y'of the lug 2' lies aptally throughthe stationary lug h is a hole which at the end adjacent the lug z' is laterally enlarged.

The sealing device consists of a soft metal rivet Z adapted to substantially fit the hole or passage through the lug h and having its inner end split or notched or otherwise so constructed as to spread laterally when the rivet is forced against the anvil lug i. Ad-

jacent to the outer end of the rivet" is integrally affixed a flange or disk m, this disk being set back from the outer end ofthe rivet so as to leave a part a projecting beyond the disk and centrally from the same. To seal the lock handle in its locking posi tion it is simply necessary to hammer the rivet inwardly against the anvil-lug suflioiently to spread the inner end of the rivet laterally to the enlarged part of the rivethole. This action will bring the flange is against the outer face of the stationary lug 7i and thus lock the handle down. The projecting part it serves as a hammering head, enabling the rivet to be driven home without breaking or disfiguring the disk m, thereby enabling the outer face of this disk to be used for the reception of the scaling insignia, as shown in Fig. 2. To unlock the door it is simply necessary to swing the han dle outwardly and upwardly with sufiicient force to shear off the head of the rivet, this head consisting of course of the disk m and the hammering head a.

The lugs h and '5 are also provided with registering holes for the reception of the wire of the ordinary seals now extensively used, the object of this provision being to enable the door to be locked in the usual manner should the car he on a road not equipped with our special sealing device.

As shown in Fig. 6 the blind or anvil lug may be provided with a conical projection 0 which will assist in the spreading of the abutting end of the rivet. When this projection is used it will be understood of course that the stationary lug It will need to be provided with a notch 79 to permit the passage of this projection when the handle is raised.

Having thus described our invention,what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a car door sealing means, a stationary member 011 the door, a movable locking and unlocking member mounted on the door a pair of lugs one mounted on each of said members, said lugs lying side by side when the door is locked, one of said lugs having an anvil face and the other of said lugs beingprovided with a hole or passage registering with said face, and a sealing rivet of soft metal having a spreadable inner end and a projecting outer end, said projecting end being provided with a seal receiving disk.

2. In a car door sealing means, a stationary member on the door, a movable locking and unlocking member mounted on the door,

a pair of lugs one mounted on each of said members, said lugs lying side by side when the door is locked, one of said lugs having an anvil face and the other of said lugs being provided with a hole or passage registering with said face, and a sealing rivet of soft metal having a spreadable inner end and a headed outer end, the headed end consisting of a disk adapted to fit against the adjacent face of the lug and a projecting 3o knob.

3. In a device of the class set forth, a stationary member carried by the door and carrying a rigid lug having a passage formed through it, a movable locking member carried by the door and having an anvil face adapted to lie across one end of said hole and a shearing edge lying close to the opposite face of said lug and adapted to sweep the face of said lug, and a soft metal seal- 40 ing rivet adapted to be driven into said passage against said anvil face, the inner end of the rivet being adapted to be spread to lock the rivet in the hole and the outer end of the rivet being adapted to projectbeyond the shearing face of the lug.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses this 17th day of Feby. 1913.

JAMES IV. RUMSEY. IVM. H. SHEASBY. Witnesses: V

H. J. Boa, J IV. TAYLOR, Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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