US1131720A - Locking device for automobiles. - Google Patents

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W. L. MGCRAY. LOOKING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 5, 1914.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

WILLIAM L. MCCRAY, F BLUEFIELDA'WEST VIRGINIA LOCKING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Main 16 1915;

Application filed December 5, 1914. SeriaI No. 875,631.

To all tohom it may concern Be 1t known that I, ruman L. MC-CRAY, a citizen of the United citates, residing at Bluefield, in the county of Mercer and State g of \Vest Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locking; DO",

vices for Automobiles, oi whichythe following is a specification,reference. being had therein to the accompanying drawing. 0; This invention relates )articularly to devices for locking the swinging controller lover of automobiles, the general object bef ing toprovide a simple and ellective device p which can be readily attached, even by un- 5 skilled persons, to automobiles in use, and

i which cannot be removed or rendered in- Y aefiective by the hands or small appliances, onin other words, without making it plain any observer that wrong is being done. A other object is to jprovide devices such atl when not holding the controller .lever t ey are practically out of the way, although s ill securely attached tothe'vehicle. itle these objects in view, abar is pivot g5 al y attached to the fixed portionof the vehicle in such manner that while normally .pegdant it may swing into place alongside th lever and be locked thereto to prevent its movement in eithendirection.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the devices in side elevation and in operative position holding; the controller lever against swinging. view of the same devices. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a slide member seen also in Figs. 1

.fied bar and slide. 1.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3,,A represents the 40 controller lever of an automobilmB a por-' tion of the seat or other fixed part, and C a forked bar pivoted near one end to the part B to, swingin a plane substantially parallel to the plane of movement of the leven'so that th'edn-anches of the barmay and 2. Figs. land 5 show in elevation and plan, respectively, a n1odi-' Fig. 2 is a plan-.

be brought uponoppositc-sidcs of the latter. For pivotallyvsupporting the bar, a plate D 1 from fwhich a long staple'E projects perpeii'di 'nlarly, is fixedto thesupport B, preferzibl by screws or bolts which cannot be leunscreiized from their inner'ends. The outer p ortion of the staple'passes through ahole in the bar, at some distance from its end, and forms the pivot. on which the bar swings ireel'v, On the intermediate portion of the stapli i slides a loose plate or guard F, and

the parts are so. proportioned that when the lzar raised to horizontal position its end port on (1 holds the loose plate in such proxiuuty to the plate D that access to the screw or bolt heads is prevented, while if the bar be in vertical position and the plate F be moved outward, the fastenings are accessible.

Upon the forked portion of the bar is mounted a i'rictionally held slide G of genera'l U-shape and preferably of steel. This slide is of such length that when it is moved outward until the web connecting its two branches meets the lever its free ends project beyondthe lever far-enough to permit the hail of a common lock (2 to pass through suitable holes'in both branches of both the slide and the forked bar. The slide-is thus locked to the bar' and the lever is securely held between the lock bail and the web at the inner end ofthe slide so that it can swing in neither direction. Preferably the fork is made long. and provided with bail-receiving apertures'at short intervals, so that the device ma'y. beaised, unchanged, upon different vehicles where the distance of the lever. from a convenient point of support for the lever pivot varies greatly, the slide being moved along the bar until its apertures G rcgister with the proper apertures G in the fork.

- When the lever is to be freed, the lock is removed and the forked bar drops to vertichain I, the chain and its fastening serving nalso tobar removal'ot the slide from the fork. In this case no portion of the device,

unless it be the lock key, when a key lock is cal position, indicated in dotted lines in used instead of a combination lock, can be de- Y tached or lost.

The construction may be varied in different ways while preserving many advantages-0f the invention. For example, a simple bar 0 Figs. 4,5, may replace the forked bar, the slide-Gain such case having one branch replacedby'a'hook G.

What I claim is:

1. In devices of the class described, the combination with a pivoted lover, of a bar pivoted to swinginto position transverse to and alongside said lever and provided with devices to prevent its moving laterally from the lever and to prevent the lever from swinging in one direction. and a lock adapted to engage the bar and prevent the swinging of the lever in the opposite direction.

2. The combination with a pivoted lever, of a normally pendant bar pivoted to swing 'to a position transverse to and alongside the lever, a slide adjustable along the bar and adapted to embrace one side of the lever and obstruct its swinging except inone direction, and a lock for securing the slide to the bar and itself preventing the swinging of the lever in said one direction.

3. The combination with a pivoted lever, of a transversely perforated bar pivoted near one end to swing in the plane of the lever andhaving its end portion forked to embrace the latter, a transversely perforated U-shaped slide mounted upon the fork to prevent the swinging of the lever in one direction, and a lock adapted to secure the slide to the fork and bar the swinging oi the lever in the opposite direction.

4. Clhe combination with a pivoted lever, of a bar provided with a series of transverse perforations and pivoted to swing to a position transverse to and along-side the lever, a transversely perforated slide adjustable along the bar and adapted to embrace one side of the lex'er and. prevent the lateral separation of the two and the swinging of the lever inone direction, and a lock arranged to pass through the perforations in the slide and bar, obstructing the swinging of the lever in the opposite direction and locking the slide to the bar.

5. 'llie combination With a pivoted forked lever, of a plate secured to a fixed support by suitable fastenings, a second movable plate 4 adapted to cover and protect said fastenings, a normally pendant forked lever pivotally supported from the first mentioned plate to swing to position transverse to and embracing said lever and adapted when so swung to hold said second plate in position for protecting said fastening's, a slide adjustable along the forked portion of the bar to embrace oneside of the lever, and a lock adapted to secure the slide to the bar while preventingthe swinging of the lever in a direction away from the side embraced by the slide.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM L. MGCRAY. Vitnesses M. K. HANNON, SAML. W. WILLIAMs.

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