US254397A

US254397A - Hasp-lock

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Publication number: US254397A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-02-28
Anticipated expiration: 1899-02-28

Description

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G. SMITH.

HASP LOCK.

No. 254,397. Patented Feb. 28,1882.

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rs Patent No. 254,397 oveniber 4, 1881.

istructed to a doorpost, to be used in connection with a hasp, B, he threaded leg i 55 e f es for asps; and Ido jnsted so that the eye a will enter the slot, the. hereby declare that the following' is afull, clear, foot being brought to the inner end ofthe slot, y the body ot the has c upon the ey When a padlock 6o is applied to secure the hasp in th' In applying a stapleso coi NGER SMITH of hereof, reference bein so as to be covered b ompanying drawings, and to the letters ofrefere ereon, which form 1o a part of this specitication is invention relates to position Y ovei the st4 le it is evident that the head of staples'for hasps the screw F, if employed, is inaccessible, and and other purposes, and has for its objects to also that the cr w O cann t be enable the sta et e applied ith greater ease, to avoid th affords much quire to be driven- 'Y ars o which iti pplied, as is the case with staples which re also, togivegreatersecurit quire to 'be diiven 'l' similar staple applied 7o to the staple when applied, an particularly to to the door and sed to permanently hold the 2o guard against its removal when used in coiiliasp thereto by its eye b so arranged with nection with a hasp and lock. its foot beneath the-hasp as clearly indicated o these end sai invention consists, first in a staple havin(r one l in the drawings.

In Fig. 4 the footE is i' z5 shorter legb shown let into the wood tlnsh with its face, so that the hasp lies eing pro vided with foo intended flat over both. This effect is produced by turnto rest on the surface of the part to which the ing in the leg C the proper distance, and then staple is applied, and apertured to receive a ending in the short leg D and foot E to the separate screw; and, second, in the combina position shown. 8o 'on, viith a asp, of a staple having one ofits tis evident that the staple described is rela- 3o legs the longer and screw-thiT aded, and the tively easy. of application, sincethe eye a and ot er and-shorter leg provided with a foot infoot E a r ample leverage and hold for the tended to rest t e surt'aceof the part to hand, or for a ro ,or the asp employed as a which the staple is applied, and beneath the uiench. to run in the threaded leo Said hasp when the latter is in place thereon. leg being arranged a t e outer end of the 35 In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective hasp-slot and in line with the outer part of the view of the more approved forni of the staple eye a, moreover, no shoulder is exposed bedetached. Fig. 2is an elevation ot two staples neath which a lever or claw can be inserted to containing my improvemen ,shown in connecdraw the screw. 9o tion with a asp in place thereon, and the whole It is plain that in the use ofthe staples with 4o applied, as to a door and post. F' is a pera asp thesecond screw, F, is notstrictlyessenspective view of the matters shown in Fi 2. ia except t ig shows theioot upon the short le of the staple let into the fac o prevent'the staple from bein turned when t as e p is removed, since the footE extends beneath the hasp and prevents of the short legD when the hasp is locked th ereon. The screw F is of he screw ,and also lattertrom being broken rd when the liasp is reroo therewi ig. 5 s ows the eye ot' the staple closed 45 at thebase.

is a staple, of which a is the eye. is a hasp, havinga slot, b, and eye b. As shown in Figs. l to 5, screw-threaded leg, and one short leg, D 5o provided with the foot E.

l A nail may be used in place of ably apertured and countersnnk to receive the l with equal effect, to separate ordinary screw, F.

the screw F staple in the ab prevent rotation of thi; sence of the hasp.

1t' the screw or nail F be omitted,the staple described, having one of its legs the longer er leg pro- 15 is held from turning when embraced within and screw-threaded, and the short lot by reason of the broad bearing vided with a foot intended to rest on the part the hasp-s of the staple-eye a at its base in said slot. to which the staple is applied, and to be ar- When the staple is of malleable iron the ranged to extend beneath the hasp when the legs may be joined by the connection a to give latters in place thereon, substantially as dea closed eye and greater strength. scribed. zo Iclaim as my invention ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as 1. rEhe staple described, having its longer my invention l affix my signature in presence leg, G, screw-threaded, and its shorter leg, D, of two Witnesses. provided with a foot, E, apertnred to receive Witnesses: GRANGER SMlTH. a screw,F, substantially as described. M. E. DAYTON,

2. In combination with a hasp, the staple W. C. ADAMS.