US1244104A - Hasp. - Google Patents

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ln. w. LEDBETTER.

HASP. APPLICATION min vlune la. 1911.

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

Wmmlm mmllllmn te @Mns @wie RALPH W. Lnnnnrrnza, or BIRMINGHAMIALAAMA, Assren'ojon Aelvis-:rAriF To if JOHN W. MAYNon, onnneiyuNeHAivr, ALABAMA. f

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Application filed June 16, 191'?. Serial No. 175,200. A

To all whom z't may concern# l Be it'known that I, RALPH W.5LEDBETTER, agcitizen of the United States-of America, residing Lat Birmingham,;`inthef county- ,of Jefferson and State4 of nklabarna, have Ainf*- vented certain4 new fand- 'usefulz-1-Improvements in Hasps, of which the following is a .specificationzlI Y l p 'f y y f llhis invention relates tof-hasps. f Mys'ob; ject is .to designa haspl suit-ablefor-u'se on barn ,d oors, car doors, =gates o r Athe like, l and which will have many advantages over the present style of hasp, such asthat it will serve as an ordinarylatch, Vthat `in locked position all the yretainingscrews arezprotectcd so that access-cannot befhadtothem to remove either V.the Alatch or keeper,I that both .a'slidingand a rotary motionfare neef essary to open the hasp, thus preventing: anyV accidental manipulation thereof and making it; safe against cattle, and finally thatJ it com prises the same number of parts-andfcan be produced iatno increasedexpense over the old fashioned type of hasp.

These and othery objects and advantages ofany invention. will be more fullyunder stood by those skilled in the a-rt by reference tothe accompanyingPdrawings, in'whicli only the preferred,embodiment-V of my in- Vention is illustrated,- and i-nwhich -Figure lvshows the haspinlocked lposition. i 'w Fig. 2 shows different operating positions. Fig. 3 isa plany viewg-o'fthehasp with its members ini-locked.position.lf-- Fig.. t'is.- a*y sectional .viewtaken' on the linee-.lofFig. 1.A Similar referencenumeralsrefer to similar partsjthroughout the drawings. As illustrated,-I show a gate or door l having .connected Vthereto the pmetal, plate orf'base 2in whiclra headed pin 3 is riveted,

the pin preferably having a wide heavy head spaced from theplate. This .plate-is` pro-y vided With countersunkscrewVV holes l; nearl eachendlnwhieh receivethe screws gby means of which the plate is secured te the door orz'gatea `A- latch rnemberjdA is per; manently connected tof the plate 2 by-y-the pin :3..having an- Ielongated ,slot4 7 through which the-pinpasses freely so that the vlatch will. slide` ba cknand forth thereon and-willl Y f also swing thereonwas a p.iV.0t. As' the-latch hangs in its open position, see full lines i Specification of Letters Ijatent.

the* 'hase with the latch in g ...,lat'entea octies, 13917.',

Fig-f2; theffscrewholes@vare exposed so that thejscrewsf'canbefins'erted: 5

Thelleepercomprises abas'e plateS' with receive screws.` li105 by'` I means of.' which j' .the plate 'is secured gto the "fd'oorjamb, 'wall "or equivalent' part l l1; *outervendf l2 o'flth'e :keeper fis bent outwardlyfatf r'rgijht. angles neck formed `-between A'substantiall'y equi? d-istantnotches l14.'extending inwardlv from itsftop' and tbottom fedges? jTh'e.' width'of the i notches is' greater- 'than' the 'thickness of terthe-fsame as shownfmore fully'in lligfl'.

The keeper end lf2-has a .hole 1'5 tofreceive a"padlock'r'17; "The free endflofffthe latch 6 is likewise bent voutwardlyfat righ't'angles thereto,l and ikhas a hole'lSxadapted toregister slightly greater thanfth'at `ofthe 4fneck-I 18 Y andthe/width of the'.V sl'otv 19 "exceeds the thicknessof :the-neck A1812;A The'sl'ot ,'1'9 is disposedv the `sa'rnevdista'nce :from the farendA ofthefslot as the'necklfl ofthe keeperis set` from the 'pin' 3,`v this arrangement bringing-the 'slot 19.v whenthe latch is in dotted line position' Fig-2,- over the neck 13 s'o that the' latch v will ,drop there-over until its rnemf` ber 21 rests` on `Lther-neck, in` which position the latch is-'fre'etobesld Vonvthel pin?)v and neck lfto',tlie"left,l Fig, 2, untilitassumes" i, 1

its lockedposition, Fig. 1l', Vwith the pin at the right vha'ndend `of slot 7 a`nd theen'ds 1li-'and 12 abutting. j'It will;V be observed tha-'t the Aend r12 of ,thefkeeper will 'engage and hold the latch so as-toprevent the open-k ing of lthe ygate V,ordoor f eitherY by, swinging outwardly orv by sliding ,andl lthat thisjunc-y tion sis.; obtained regardless of ,the position: offtheneck-l in the slot .20. when thelatchj` member Ql'is above the neck 13. f...

In operation, having mounted the keeper Yso and the latch securing` plate 2 in the manner described and at the proper distance apart, the latch 6 when open, hangs normally in full line position, Fig. 2. To close the latch it is swung upwardly clockwise with the pin as a pivot working at the outer end of slot 7 and is dropped upon the neck 13 of the keeper which enters the slot 19, in which position the latch will remain by gravity, serving as an ordinary door latch or catch. lf it is desired to lock the hasp, the latch is slid to 'the left until its end 16 abuts the keeper end 12, whereupon the alinng openings 13 and 18 will receive the padlock.

he notch is of service only when the hasp must be used in inverted position relatively to thatV shown in F ig. 1. Under such circumstances it is .desirable that as the latch drops by gravity the neck 18 should catch inthe notch23 so that it is not possible for4 the latch to work along the edge of 22 until the slot'19 comes over the keeper neck 13 and lpermits the latch to drop, there# by becoming disengaged. lt will be obvious that when the latch-is disposed as shown in Fig. 1, gravity willhold it in locked position andY it cannot drop away from the keeper asthe slot 19 stands below'the neck 13, hence no notch is needed in the member 2l. From .they foregoing it willbe obvious that my hasp latch is available both for right and lett hand use. 1t will be noted that all of the screw holes e and 9 are completely covered by the latch in its locked position, whereas all are exposed when the latch is in open position. rlfhis arrangement prevents access to the screws to remove either element of the has p.

, Preferably the hasp parts are all made by stamping and bending the ordinary metal used forthe making of hasps and the parts have been designed so that they will possess the requisite strength and durability for the ordinary service required of them.

It will be noted that the heavy headed rivet pin which pivotally connects the latch to its securing plate has its riveted end protected by being disposed on the under side of the securing plate, thus leaving only the heavy head of the pin exposed. This head is made so large and heavy that it can only be filed'away with considerable difficulty. In thus protecting the pivot pin as well as the several screws which hold the parts, I leave nothing exposed by which the hasp can be Yreadily taken off', it being noted in this connection that the riveted end of the hinge pins of the ordinary hasp is exposed and can be readily filed, thereby permitting the hasp to be opened.

- It will also be noted that when the hasp and latch are locked together the parts are held bythe strength of all ofthe fastening screws of both the latch securing plate and the keeper. l Y

Having thusdescribed ymy invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y 1. A. base plate ,carrying a headed pivot pin, a latch pivotally and slid-ably secured Vto the plate by said pin and adapted to rotate freely thereon, an outeturned perforated Vlocking. flange at the free end of the latch, Vthere being a slot in the latch adjacent to perforations in said flanges being' adapted to register and receive 'a lock, substantially as described. f

2. A hasp of the character described, comprising a securingplate, a swinging and sliding/latch member bothrpivotally andslidl ably ,mounted on said securingplateg and having an angled slot opening through" its side Vedge near its free end, whichend 'is bent outwardly and perforated, and a keeper adapted for attachment to av support and having.v an undercut outturned perforated end adapted to be received in said slot in the'latch as the latter is swung to closed position, substantially as described.

3. A hasp of the character described, com-V prising a securing plate, a latchmemberboth pivotally and Vslidably mounted on v Asaid plate, an out-turned locking flange' at'the free end of said latch, and a keeper adapted for'attachment to asupport and havingan out-turned locking flange connected to the keeper by a narrow neck, there being a slot in said'latch in which said keeper neck is adapt-ed to be received, said latch and keeper flangesV having alining holes for a lockand the latch beingV adjustable to bring said outturned members into adjusted position, sub stantially-as described.

ll. A. hasp ofthe Ycharacter described, comprising a securing'plate, a latch member pivoted to said plate and slidably adjustA able relatively thereto, a keeper adapted for attachment to a support and'having an out-turned locking flange connected to the keeper by la narrow neck, there being a slot opening through a side edge of the latchand` extending lengthwise thereof which is adapted to receive said keeper neckand lwhich permits the latch to have a long gitudinalY adjustment about the keeper neck, andoutturned locking flanges onfthe vkeeper and latch which are perforated and adapted to assume juxtaposition when the keeper neck is adjusted to said outer end of the slot, substantially as described. 7

5. A hasp of the character described, consisting of a securing plate provided with a headed pin, a latch plate having'a longitudinalfslot through which said pin passes ius iio

to enter said slot and interlock with the` latch, substantially as described. Y

6. In a hasp latch, a keeper having an undercut locking flange connected thereto by a neck, and a pivoted latch having a slot leading transversely inwardly fromV a side edge and then extending lengthwise thereof to a point near the free end of the latch, the transverse portion of the slot be- 15 ing adapted to swing down over said neck which is adapted to slide freely in the lengthwise portion of the slot, and securing means which permits the latch to slide lengthwise thereon, there being a locking 2el notch in the edge of the lengthwise slot adjacent to the edge of the latch through which said transverse slot opens.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

Vitness Norme WELSH.

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