US1587754A - Car seal - Google Patents

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June 8 1926. 1,587,754

1.; J. BRUNE, SR

CAR SEAL Filed Dec. 5, 1925 feuds J Brun/e 5v.

Patented June 8, 1926. i v

UNITED STTES LOUIS J. BRUNE, SR, 0]? NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

CAR SEAL.

Application filed December 5, 1925. Serial no. 73,519.

gaged hooked members within the chamber of the frangible member for connecting the looped member together, and offset bends on the same sides of the ends of the band as the hooks and forming abutments for preventing insertion of a tool within the frangible member for disengaging the hooks, one of said bends forming means for preventing outward movement of one of the ends of the band. Also to provide struck out lugs in the band adjacent the last named hook for preventing inward movement of said end of the band.

A further object is to provide one end of the band with a reduced portion, on which the chambered frangible member is slidably mounted to a point where its ends can be stamped to shape and then drawn into the chamber of the frangible member before striking out the lugs for preventing longitudinal movement in one direction of said band end. a

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, showing in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the seal,

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the seal, showing the frangible body member in longitudinal section, I

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the interengaged end of the band.

Figure at is a perspective view of one end of the band and the frangible body member, showing the band end in position to be stamped to form.

Figure 5 is a vertical lon itudinal sec tional view through a modified form of seal showing a modified form of interengaging means.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the interengaged ends of the form shown in F igure 5.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the band ofthe seal, which band is provided with a relatively wide portion 2 on which may be stamped any indicia desired, for instance a number and thename of the railroad. The reduced ends 30f the band extend towards each other and are provided with hooks 4 which are disposed within the chamber 5 of the transparent body member 6, and are interengaged. It will be noted the hooks 4 are opposed in relation to each other, therefore it will be seen that when one of the ends is passed through the open end 7 of the transparent member 6 and forced over the other hook t the hooks will interengage with each other. The ends'3 are provided with offset bends 8, which extend to the sides thereof the same as the hooks, therefore it will be seen that it will be impossible for an unauthorized person to insert a tool into the device and disengage the same. Referring to Figure 2 it will be seen that the offset bend 8 at'the inner end of the chamber 5 will prevent outward movement of'the adjacent end of the band which extends through the aperture 9 and is relatively tight therein, consequently the hooks't, after once being hooked, can

not be disengaged. The band end 3adjacent the aperture 9 is provided with struck out lugs 10 which engage the adjacent end of the body member 2 and prevent movement of the body member 6 to a position where the hooked members 4 will be outside theohamher 5.

During the course of manufacture one of the ends 3 is passed through the body member 6 to the position shown in Figure 4, and at which time the portion of the end 3 projecting beyond the open end of the body members is stamped to shape, and then drawn into the body member until the offset bend 8 engages the inner end of the chamber 5, after which the lugs 10 are struck out for holding the body member against longitudinal movement, therefore it will be seen the body member is permanently fixed to one end of, the device, and during a sealing operation the other end of the device is forced into the chamber 5 unitil the hooks 4.1 are interengaged, Refer ring to Figures 5 and G, the structure and operation is substan the, same as in l igures 1 to 4, how i of the ends 3 is provided with a reduced arm 11 which terminates in a spring arm 12, and which arms 11 and 1 2are forced through the aperture 13 ot an eye 14, carriedby the other arm; thereby "positirely intereng'agingthe ends of the band, antl'a's the band has some S -1 mg action the spring arm 12 Will spring Lipwarc'lly a-n'd engage the innerside of the eye let and prevent the e idsbf the band from beingpul1ed"apart. In this form 1 the o lfset bends 8 prevent a tool from be'ing placed into the chamberb for fd isengafgiiig "the I meihl'iersi The body memberfi is p ferably ijcrnie'd from transpar germ-11 f at which allows "an inspector p 21 113 0116 to easily 'see the interi d en'dsfo't the bandf'at all times, and

at't'h same enemy be easily broken' toi.

d1 g the ends ot the bandhvhen'necnd the "same time will easily t p aeinr v lf rpm tl: ab re it' will'beseenthat a car [seal i's profv lded which is simpldi eon struction, thefparts reduced 'toa minimum,

and one 'which maybe cheaply manufao I x.-f1'- I.

hating beeh set forth what new and useful is:. 1

al "comp ingfa-body' me'mber gf'a chamber e'X'te'nclin'igj"entirely there- Ligh, anc ,"e'nds ed by" said"ba1'1d "and extending? opposite] ends 'of the chamber of the body lifiember, interengagchamber, of the body 'fiie111ber," offset bends ver in this form one chamber of: the body member and st 'ruel: out lugs in the last named band end and adjacent theout'e'ren'dot' the body member and forming means whereby inward move ment of said ends in relation to the body member is prevented. I

2. The combination with a car seal comprising a chambered body member, band ends extending into opposite ends of the bodymen'lber', interengaged opposed hooks carried by. the band ends within the cham ber otthe bodymember, offset bends in theends of the band and on theisame sides thereof as-the hooks, -strnck out lugs carri'ed by one"o'l"- the band ends adjacent the eirdofthe body member, said lugs in combinationwith 'one' of the offset bends pre- Venting longitudinal movement ofthebody member in both direct-ionson said band end. car seal "comprising a body member having a: chamber extending 'therethrough BJ ICl OIIS endf of which chamberis relative narrow, bandends extending into opposite ends of therhamber, one 01 said ends'being of substantially the same cross sectional area as the relatively narrow endfot the chamber,'interengaging mean's between the band ends within the chamber, ofl'set obstruction shoulders carried-"by the band ends a'djac it the interel'igaging means, one of said"shoulderscooperating with one end of the body member fonpreventing outward n'rovement ot'said end dfistruck lugs car- 'ried 'by said last named band end and coop- ;eratinfg wlthsaid last named offset bend for preventinglongitudinal movement of the body member on said end.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature. t

1101 13.]. BRUNE, SR.

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