US110913A - Improvement in shutter-fasteners - Google Patents

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MPETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D4 0.

IIBENEZER A. cooDEs, or" PHILADELPHIA,v PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 110,913, dated January 10, 11871.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHUTTER-FASTENERS.

Y The Schedule referred to 'in these Letters Patent and-.,maldng part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Ennxnznn A. GooDEs, of the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and' usefi'rlfImf` proveinents in Fasteners' for Doors, Shutters, 85e.; and I do l ereby declare thc following to bea .'elcar and exact description thereof, sufiicient to enable others skilledf'n the art* to which `my inventionV appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part'of this specification, inwhich Figure' 1 is a front' view of the device illustrating my invention.

Figure 2 is a view of the under side thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twoligures. y y

My invention *has for its object the production of a durable andlsimple fastener for doors, shutters, 85e., and consists of a. self-'closing latch, having a rntary motion, .and adapted' to engage one end of a swinging holt,.as hereinafter more fully set forth.

.By this'device I also overcome, the ditiiculty geuerally experienced. from the sagging of the shutter or door, which prevents the bolt from striking the socket.

In the drawingf A A represent the plates which are to be secured to the shutter, door, or other desirablel place.

To oneV of the parts, A, I connect, bya stud, B, a holt, C, which has a swinging motion, and is adapted to extend from said stud, as its .fulcruim s'uiciently over theplat-e A', and have fits/free end engaged by a latch, D. This latch` has va-rotary motion, having the stud B" on the Aplate A' as its i'ulcrum.

The latch is'a fastener for the-bolt 0, and its inner face is cut away to leave a beveled or rounded shoulder, Ijl, while another part is weighted, as at F, or engaged by a` spring inany suita-bleinanner.

The free end of the b'olt C is ronndedor beveled, as shown at G, which end, when the bolt is being closed, will strike the 'shoulder E, and subsequently catch under said shoulder while resting on the stud B2;

To the plat-es A Athcre project catches DD", secured to saidl plates, ythe catch D" serving to support the holt" when thrown haelt, while the other catches DD assist in holding the bolt when thrown forward and closed.

It will be sccn that the weight or spring willalways rctainthe latch D in position, but when the bolt C is swung into place the end of the latter will strike'the of the bolt, vholding it securely so that said bolt cannot be raised except by turning the latch.

-In order to release the bolt the latch D must be turned in the directiiou away from the end ofthe bolt` C, whereby said end is uncovered, and the bolt may then be raised or swung up, thus permitting the, opening of the shutter or door.

When the bolt is locked there Is no opportunity to release it from the outside. It cannot be swung up owing te the latch D. It cannot he for-eed down in consequence of the stud B". Itthis breaks, the catches D' D are reliable. There can be nolongitndinal sliding motion, .owing to stud B in onev direction and the stud B in the other direction, while inward and outward movements are resisted and prevented by the latch I), catches D D', and the stud It will readily be perceive-d that the fastening is protective. in the several ways as described, anzl complishes'its results by simple means.

It is not designed that the bolt O should be supported by the catches D' D', but they are so 4arranged that if the bolt was placed on them it would fall bclow a horizontal line.

rIhe stud B" forms a rest for tile bolt, consequent] y the bolt and latch .occupy the same positions relatively to each' other, even should there be sagging of the shut-ter, door, or wood-work, which sagging causes' great difliculty iu fastening the shutter or door, owing to the holtand its sockets being ontof` line of eacli other, and therefore not registering. Said ditiicnlty is obviated by' this device.` l

Having thus described my invention, What l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

The self-closing latch D, having a rotary motion, and adapted to engage one end of a hinged bolt, substantiall y as and for the purpose described.

The above signed by ine this 30th day of November, 1870.

.EBENEZER A. GOODIES. ."itncsses:I

Jos. S. Bn'ows, J. PLANIIIN'PON.

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