US1571159A

US1571159A - Sealing lock and door starter

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Publication number: US1571159A
Application number: US532514A
Authority: US
Inventors: Posson Edward
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-01-28
Filing date: 1922-01-28
Publication date: 1926-01-26
Anticipated expiration: 1943-01-26

Description

Jan. 26 1926- 1,571,159

l E. PossoN SEALING LOCK AND DOOR STARTER Filed Jan. 28, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 da Zzzwgfdpmoh jaa. 26 1926.

E. POSSON SEALING LOCK AND DOOR. STAR'TER Filed Jan. 28, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 sie Patented Jan. 26, '1926.

NETE@ EDWARD POSSON, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SEALING LOCK AND DOOR STARTER.

Application filed January 28, 1922.

.To all wlzom t may concern.'

s Be it known that I, EDWARD PossoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sealing Locks and Door Starters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for operating the doors of railway cars and the like, where it is desirable to use means for effecting a positive movement of the door and lfor securing the locking mechanism -in position.

The rincipal object of the invention is to provide means for locking the car door either in closed or partially open position. A further object is to provide improved operating mechanism for effecting a posi tive initial openingI movement of the door and a positive final closing movement thereof. further object is to provide improved door ,operating mechanism in combination with improved means for locking it in position on'the car wall. Other objects relate to 'various features of construction and arrangepient which will appear more clearly herematter.

The nature of the invention will be understood fromlthe following specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which one embodiment is illustrated.

ln the drawings-- Figure l shows a partially enlarged side elevation of a car wall and car door with the invention applied thereto;

2 shows a horizontal section, taken en the line 2--2 of Fig. 1, illustrating a top plan view of the invention.

F 5:5 is a detail sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking-in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view, take-non the line 4 4 of Fig. 1, lookingin the direc.-V tion of the arrows;

Fig. 5 shows a perspective view door-operating lever;

Fig. 6 shows a partial side elevation of a railway car having the present invention applied thereto;

Fig. 7 is a detail vertical section, taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. l, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the locking bracket or casing which is Secured to the door iamtb; and.

l of i the Serial Noi. 532,514.

Fig. 9 shows a perspective view of the locking bolt.

The invention is shown in connection with a car door 10 vadapted to close the usual door opening in the side walls 11 of a railway car. The upper edge of the door travels in a guldeway 12 secured to the car wall, and the'lower part of the door has brackets or hangers 13 secured thereto and carrying rollers which travel on the horizontal track 14 and support the door in its movement. Handles 15 are secured to the door for permitting convenient operation thereof. The door is also reinforced by horizontal bars 16", which are secured thereto adjacent its upper and lower edges. The leading edge of the door is adapted to seat against a door jamb 18, which is secured to the outer side of the usual door post 19, extending vertically at the side of the door opening. The face 18a of the door jamb is offset from the inner face of the door post, so that the edge of the door is adapted to overlap the door post, as shown at 20. The inside sheathing 21 and the outside sheathing 22 of thev car wall are secured to the door post in the usual manner, and a filler plate 23 is inserted between the outside sheathing and the door jamb, as shownparticularly in Fig. 2. A metal plate 24 is secured to the outer face of the door jamb 18 and extends vertically thereof, being arranged to project beyond the face 18a of the door jamb, thus forming a vertical guideway to receive the leading edge of the door.

The door 10 is operated by a lever 25, having an aperture 26, which is pivotally -engaged by a pin 27 which p asses through the outer flange 28a and the inner plate 281 of the bracket 28. This bracket is secured to the car door by means of rivets29, and the plate 28b of the bracket is preferably seated on the outerv side ofthe horizontal reinforcing bar 30, which extends longitudinally of the door throughout itsy width,as shown in Fig. 6. y The aperture 26 in the lever 25 is A vertical flange 37 exten-ds inwardly from the lever adjacenttheaperture 32, and two other flanges 37 extend inwardly from the lever adjacent the aperture for purposes hereinafter described.

The lever is adapted to engage a locking bracket or casing 40, which seats upon the outer side of the plate 2 4, secured to the door jamb. This bracket comprises a base plate 41, which seats upon the verticalplate 24, being provided with a downwardly extending flange 4la and a laterally extending flange4lb which have

apertures

42 and 43 therethrough respectively, adapted to be. engaged by bolts4 and 4,5, respectively, which extend inwardly through theV door jainb and through the door post. This bracket is further provided with two outwardly extendingy bosses; 46' and 47,V which have vertical. alining apertures, 48Y and 4t?, of rectangular cross section, extending therethrough, These bosses are spacedapart vertically to-l'eavean intervening; slot, or notch 50 adapted to receive the lever 25, andthe alining apertures 48l and 49' are adapted to` receive a, vertically slidable locking member 5l,lwhich may engage either-one of the apertures 32 or 313 formed, through the lever.

The lockingy member 5l has` an outwardly turned' flange 52 atv the upper end, thereof,

which overlaps the upper boss-.46 and limits the downward, movement o't', the bolt. The

locking member is also provided with a, longitudinalslot 53,. adaptedy to bey engaged1 by the bolt 54 which extends through. apertures 55 in they walls of the boss 46 and.

thence horizontally through the door post and jamb, as shown in Figs. 4` and' 7.. The

base plate 41 ofthe casing 40has a vertical flange 56 projecting outwardly from the inner edge thereof between the bosses 46l and'47.

Zhen the aperture 321 in the lever 25 is engaged by the locking member 51 the flange 37 of the lever engages the inner side 56a ofthe flange 56, thus-.holding the door against movement and releasing the, strainy upon` the locking member 51.. their the aperture 33 in the lever Luvis engagedby the locking member 5L, thus lioldinglthe door in a partially o penv position, ther 'flanges 3S., ofthe lever engage tlieopposite sides ott-he. flange 5 6, and' thus. piovide av rigid connectionbetween the casing 4Q" and the locking lever when the door is in tllat; pQStiOll- The locking member may` he secured in its downward position by means ofthe usual` car seal 5,7which engages the slots. 5.8 in the side walls of; the bpss47, and a similar slot 59 which passes through the lower part. ot they member 5l. TheA lower portion -ojt the locking4 member is. also provided with an aperture 6.0,,whichintersectsthe slot 59, and an opening- 61 is provided in the, outer wall off the boss: 47'toV register, with the opening when the member 5l is in its lower position, so that access can be had to the )arts of the car seal within the boss 47, for convenience in removing the parts ot a broken seal, for example. A more secure locking of the member 5l may be etl'ected by means of a padlock 62 which is adapted to engage registering apertures in the

ears

63 and 64, which are formed on the casing 40 and the member 5l, respectively.

The positive opening and closing movementsot the door, when it is near the door post, are ettected through the upwardly extending arm 65l ot the lever 25. This arm extends between the flanges 66 of a rod 67, andy is pivotally connected thereto by means of a bolt or rivet 68. The web 69, which unites the tlanges 66, is V-shaped in cross sectiomas shown in Fig. l, so that it engages the inclined arm 65 and prevents the downward swinging of' the rod (il. This rod is provided.` with an enlarged head 67a having;

a notch or recess cut in the-under side thereof, adapted to engage the boss 7l formed on the upper part of the casing 40 around the aperture which is engaged by the bolt 54. Then the notch in the rod engages this boss an operating connection is 'formed between the rigid door post and the pivot of the lever 25, so that when rthis lever is swung outwardly from the notch 50 ot the casing 40, after upward movement ot the lockingA member 5l to the extent permitted by the slot 53, the pivotal movement ot thc lever thenV operates to eliect a positive movement` oli the door toward or away 'l'rom the door jamb.

When the door is in apartially open position the rod 67 is supported in position .substantially parallel. to the lever 25 by a V- shaped web 69resting on the arm 65 oi the lever. Then the door reaches a position near the door post, the rod 67 can be swung up 'ardly from the lever to cause the notch 70' thereof to engage the boss 7l, whereupon anupward swinging of the lever will effect a positive movement of the door toward the door jamb. In a similar way the downward swinging of the lever, with the notch 70 engaging the boss 7l, will effect a positive movement oi'' the door away from the door jamb.

Although l have shown and described one form ot' the invention for purposes ot' illustration, it will be unuerstood that it may be constructed in various other embodiments without departing 'from the scope oit tu appended claims.

1.,In an operating and locking mechanism for a door member having a trame membei` associated therewith, the combination with an operating element movably mounted on one ot said members; ot means swingable in a plane substantially parallel. tothe plane lll of the door for detachably connecting said ojperating elem-ent to the other member; and independent means for locking said operating element to said last named member in a plurality of positions to hold the door either in partly open or tightly closed position.

2. In an operating and locking mechanism for a door member having a frame member associated therewith, the combination with an operating element movably mounted on one of said members; of means for detachably connecting said operating element to the other member; independent means for locking said operating element in a plurality ot different positions to hold the door member either in partly open or tightly closed position; and means associated with said operating element and said detachable means for maintaining the latter in predetermined position when the door is partly open.

In combination, a frame member, a door, an operating member secured to said door, a locking member engaging said operating member for connecting it to said frame member, said operating` member having` a part projecting therefrom, and means attached to said frame member for engaging said projecting part.

4. In combination, a frame member, a door, an operating member secured to said door, a locking member engaging said operating member for connecting it to said frame member, said operating member having a pair of flanges projecting therefrom, and a plate secured to said frame member and adapted to project between said fianges when said operating member is engaged by said locking member.

5. In combination, a frame member, a door, an operating member connected to said door and having a plurality of apertures therethrough, a lug projecting from said operating .member adjacent each aperture, a casing connected to said frame member, a locking member mounted in said casing and adapted to enga-ge any one of said apertures in said operating member, and a flange projecting from said casing and adapted to engage the lug adjacent the engaged aperture.

(i. In combination, a frame member, a door, an operating member pivotally mounted on said door and having an aperture therethrough, a casing secured to said frame member, a lookin member slidably mounted in said casino' and adapted to engage said aperture, said casing and said locking inember having apertured parts to be engaged by a padlock.

7. In combination, a frame member, a door, an operating leverconnected to said door and having an aperture therethrough, a casing mounted on said frame member and having a recess adapted t0 receive said operating member, and a locking member slidably mounted in said casing and adapted to engage the aperture in said lever, said locking member and said casing having alining apertures adapte-d to receive a car seal, said casing and said locking member having other apertured parts adapted to receive a padlock.

8. In an operating and locking mechanism for a door member having a frame member associated therewith, the combination with an operating element movably mounted on one of said members; of rigid means for detachably connecting said operating element to the other member; and independent means for locking said operating element to said last named member in a plurality of different positions to hold the door either in partly opened or tightly closed position.

9. In an operating and locking mechanism for a door member having a frame member associated therewith, the combination with an operating element movably mounted on one of said members for opening and closing said door member; of means for locking said operating element in a plurality of different positions to hold the door member either in partly opened or tightly closed position, said means including a bracket having elements between which said operating member is adapted to be disposed and a locking pin co-operating with said bracket and said operating element.

10. In an operating and locking mechanism :for a door member having a frame member associated therewith, the combination with an operating element movably mounted on one of said members; of means for detachably connecting said operating element to the other member whereby said door member may be moved in an opening or closing direction; and means for locking said operating element to hold the door in tightly closed position, said means being arranged to lock said operating member subsequent to its movement in a door opening direction to lock the door member in partly open position.

In testimony whereof, I have Subscribed my name.

EDWARD POSSON.