US1228631A - Umbrella rack and lock. - Google Patents

Description

l. T. WOLFE.

UMBRELLA RACK AND LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED luHE 7. |915.

Patented June 5, 1917.

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IRA T. WOLEE, OF SEATTLE, WSI-IINGTON.

MBRELLA RACK AND LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 5, 191 '7.

Application led .Tune 7, 1915. Serial No. 32,522.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Inn T. VVOLFE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of `Wash ingtolnhave invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Umbrella Racks and Locks, of which the following is a specifi cation.

This invention relates toimprovements in locking racks for umbrellas, and the like.

The objects `of my invention are `the provision of simplified and .efficient locking mechanism for securing an umbrella or other article against theft and of means for preventing the removal of the key from the lock without the introduction of an umbrella within the rack as when such article is to be retained in the rack and safeguarded from loss. j

rQlhe invention consists in the novel construction, of an umbrella lock, the combination therewith of a key release and the adaptation of parts and devices as will be fully described in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and finally set forth in the appended claims.

In said drawings, Figure `1 `is a View in top plan view of an umbrella locking device embodying my invention shown with its cover removed and with the locking jaws in their closed position.

F ig. 2 is an underside view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating the locking mechanism with the jaws in' opened position and with plate 3S, lalso removed. Fig. d is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the jaws in open position.

Fig. 5 is a view in vertical cross-section taken transversely of Fig. 1 with the key removed. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view in front elevation of an umbrella locking rack with which my invention is arranged. Fig. 7 is a view in vertical section taken transversely of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of Fig. 6.

Referring to said views, the reference numeral 5 designates the vertical side parts, and 6, 7, and 8, top, bottom and intermediate horizontal rails, respectively, of an umbrella locking rack.

A plurality of umbrella locking devices is mounted in spaced relation upon the underside of said top rail 6 and consist of pairs of hooked jaw-members `10 extending in opposed overlapping or meeting relation, as

indicated on Fig. 2 beyond the front edge of rail 6 and affording when closed a space 11 for the accommodation of an umbrella handle U. Said jaws are pivotally mounted for limited swinging movements by screws 12 which also serve to screw tie-plate 13 in position, as indicated in said view. Upon the portions 15 extending inwardly from said pivots said aw-members are each provided with opposed notches 16 and at their extremities are formed with opposing abutments 17 with functions to be hereafter described.

1S indicates a locking bar of substantial U-shape having its intermediate portion 20 extending vertically beyond the front edge of said rail 6 when it may be actuated by a person in inserting an umbrella within the locking mechanism by pushing said bar inwardly. Said bar has a leg 21 extending upon the underside of said rail 6 and between the inner ends ofthe aw-members 10 and are slidably retained by said tie-plate 13. Said leg 21 is formed at the sides of its inner extremity with symmetrical projections 22 corresponding with and adapted to enter the respective opposing notches 16 in their outermost position, as indicated in Fig. Il, thereby allowing said jaws to open, and in their innermost position, as indicated in Fig. 2, engaging between the abutments 17 of the jaw-members and thus preventing their outer hooked endsfrom being separated.

Upon the upper side of said rail 6 a sheet metal case 25 is secured having an upturned rear wall 26 and a forwardly protruding ledge 27 formed with lateral upturned lugs 28 upon each side and an intermediate slot 30 through which a tab 31 of a sheet metal cover 32 is protruded and secured to the front of said rail, as at 33, and at the rear Vby spaced screws 35 entered through holes 36 in the said case. Said cover is formed with depending side walls 37 engaged with lugs 28. n

A .plate 38 is secured in spacedrelation with the bottom of said case between which a vibratile locking dog 10 is pivotally mounted at 41. Said dog is `formed with a forwardly extending arm t2 having at its extremity hook-bills 43 and 44 extending in opposite lateral directions, respectively, and with oppositely extending branches a5 and 46 arranged at substantially right-angles to said arm.

The upper leg 19 of said U-shaped bar 18 is slidably received within the case at one side thereof and is formed on its inner side with f a notch 47 adapted to receive and be held by the hook-bill 48 when said dog is pivotally actuated to swing in that direction by the engagement of the leg-end 191 with the branch 45 when the locking bar is pushed inwardly as described in placing an umbrella in the rack.

A key 48 insertible in the casing upon the opposite side of the tab 31 is formed with a notch 50 similar to said notch 47 of the leg 19 to be engaged by the hook-bill 44 when the dog is vibrated in the position indicated in Fig. 3 as wouldbe done in the insertion of the key in the case and the engagement of its end 481 with the branch 46.

The operation of the described apparatus is as follows: Assuming the locking mechanism to be in inoperative position as indicated in Figs. 8 and 4, and an umbrella is to be placed therein to be locked, the lower end of the umbrella is inserted through suitable retaining aperturesin rails 7 and 8, which will be presently more particularly described and the handle of the umbrella pressed againstthe intermediate portion 20 of the locking-bar 18. Such pressure slidably actuates the bar inwardly and veach of its two legs 19 and 21 simultaneously perform their respective functions as follows: As the main leg 21 is pushed in, the inclined faces 51 engage the inner extremities of the notches 16 and force apart the inner ends 15 of the jaw-members whereupon the projections 22 are interposed between the opposing abutments 17 and lock the outer forked ends of the jaws 10 around the umbrella handle, as illustrated at the right hand side of Fig. 8. The other leg 19 of the locking-bar in the meantime has had its extremity 191 projected against the forwardly tilted branch` 45 as indicated in Fig. 3 and forced rearwardly as indicated in Fig. 1 causing the arm 42 to be vibrated correspondingly and release the hook-bill 44 from locked engagement with the key 48 and engage the hookbill 43 within the notch 47 of the leg 19. The umbrella is now locked and the key 48 removably released andthe outward movement of the branch 46 coincident with the described inward motion of the opposite branch impels the key 48 outwardly yof the key-socket and indicates to the operator that the key may be removed,

Whenit is'desired that the umbrella be removed from the rack the key is inserted in the casey and forced inwardly against the branch46 of the locking dog which causes the arm 42 to swing from its connection withV the leg 19 and again engagethe key, while at y the same time the branch 45 forces the leg 19 outwardly and thereby influences the leg 21 in the ysaine direction and thus causes the projections 22 to register with the notches 16 of jaw-portions 15 and permits the jaws 10 to open. Furthermore, a shoulder 221 of said projections engages the outer face 161 of said notches and forces the jaws asunder, as indicated in Fig. 4. In such position the umbrella is released and the locking mechanism is iny inoperative condition ready to receive another umbrella and with the key 48 locked by the engagement of the hook-bill 44 therewith until the inward projection of the bar 18 releases the key.

To safeguard the key from unauthorized removal or theft the following devices are provided: Rigidly mounted in the' racks 6, 7 and 8 is a vertically arranged tube 54 in which a rod 55 is slidably retained. The upper end of said rod is formed or provided with a head 56 directed at right angles to its vertical portion and maintained in for- The lower end 57 of rod 55 is borne upon and depresses one end 58 of a centrally pivoted lever-pan 60 whose other end 61 is directly beneath an upwardly flaring aperture 62 in rail 7 which in turn is directly beneath an aperture formed in rail 8.

In practice the lower end of an umbrella is protruded through said aperture and rests upon the end 61 of said lever-pan 60 whereupon the opposite end 58 isk elevated and raises the rod 55 and the head 56 clear of its engagement with the branch 45 and thereby allows the locking-bar to perform its functions as described. When the umbrella is removed the gravity of the rod 55 causes the head 56 to be seated behind the branch 45 to block the same against movement and the lever end 61 is again tilted upwardly to receive the weight of an umbrella.

Having described my invention7 what I claim is 1. "In an umbrella lock, a xedrail, oppositely disposed locking jaw members pivoted intermediate their ends toy one side of said rail,.each jaw-memberbeing formed with an Aabutment near its inner extremity and with a recess between the abutment and pivot, ya U-shaped locking bar straddling said rail having a head formed on the end of one leg adapted to be interposed between said abutments to receive said jaws in closed position clling said rail and having one leg interposed is outwardly positioned and the jaw-lnem- 10 between the inner ends of the jaw members bers are opened. whereby the same may be helel in open oi1 Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 29th losecl position, the other leg of the U-shaped clay of May 1915. 5 ocking bar having a notch in the side thereoi', a vibratory dog having a lug adapted to IRA T' WOLB E' be received in said notch, and a removable Witnesses: key insertible in said lock and engageable HORACE BARNES, with the vbratory clog When the locking bar PIERRE BARNES.

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

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