US270252A - Fastening for car-doors - Google Patents

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(No Mudel.) *SCHARNWEBBR- FASTENING FOR GAR DOORS.

N'0.270,25.2.` Patented.Ja,n.9,1883.

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I A chesp-locks]7 someof which are provided with `screw to push instead of to draw upon the 4horizontal section ot'A the same on the line z e NITED 4STATES d VILLlAM'SGHARNVVEBER, OF.. JEFFERSON, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF T() ANGEL HOB-NER, OF

FASTENING Fo CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

R CAR-DOORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,252, dated January 9, 1883.

Application tiled August 7,1882. (No model.)

To all whom t't may concer/n y Be it known that I, WILLIAM SoIIARNwEB ER, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Jefferson, in the county of Cook and -State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastenings for Gar-Doors; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of` the same.

M y invention relatesto an adjustable fastening for car-doors for the purpose ot' holding` the same wholly shut or partly shut, as desired, and preventing them from jarring open by the movement ot' the car, the fastening also atfcrdg in g convenient means for attaching the car-seal. lt belongs to the class of devices known as a screw adapted to connect the door with the post or jamb through the medium of a nut thereon, and by turning to draw the two more closely together. My device is intended only for sliding doors, and is peculiarin the fact, among others, that it operates by means of a door, being secured to the edge opposite the closing edge and bearing between the door and a stop.

My invention accordingly/,consists in a hasp formed of two parts, serving as nuts forascrew which connects them, so that by turning the screw the two parts may be brought either nearer together or farther apart, as required, one of thc parts being hinged by staples or otherwise to the edge of the door and theother part being provided with a notched lug to enter a hole in a metal plate, setinto the wall linsh with the surface thereof, thus serving as a stop for the lug without oiering any obstructionto the doorin opening'.

ltconsists, also,in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a freight-car door and part of the wall provided with my device, and Fig. 2 an enlarged 0i' Fig. l.

A is the wall of the car, and B the sliding door, opening toward the right.

C is a metal plate, consisting of the body n and two branches, lu., each branch, toward lits end being bent outward to a right angle, as shown at t,forming a shoulder to rest against the edge ofthe door, and then backward, as shown at s,to project over the edge of thedoor. The end of each brauch is provided with an eye, fr, to t upon astaple,q, inthe door. Upon the body o a lug,p, is cast, threaded upon its interior to receive a screw, 0, having a rather A long cylindrical head, a, provided with two holes, m, passing through it at right angles with each other. Projecting vlongitudinally from the head opposite the sciew, and castwith it, but of smaller circumference than the saine,

D is also provided near its onterend with aslot,

j', enlarged'to a circular opening at its center.

E isa third plate, provided with three or more openings, e, in line, each large enough to permit the passage through it of thelug It. This plate is set into the wall of the car iiush with the surface thereof, and secured in place by means ot' screws.

The wall of the car is provided with recesses d under the holes e, but larger than the same in diameter, as shown. Along bolt, c, of the proper diameter to pass through theholes m in the screw-head, is attached to a convenient part of the device by a chain, b, and is provided with a hole toward its lower end to receive a car-seal, a.

The application of my device is as follows:v

The door being shut, the device is turned over to the right and the screw turned until thelug h registers with and enters the lcfthand opening, e. The screw is then turned to the left, (the end of the bolt c beinginserted in the holes m for thispurpose,) thus forcing the shoulder g of the lug h under the edge of the plate E and causing the parts t of the branches to bear against theedge of the door.

1f it is desired to have the door not wholly shut, as is often the case, thelug h may be ICQ caused to enter one of the other holes, e, in the plate E, a block of the proper Width being inserted between the opposite edge of the door f andthe side of the opening for the door to bear 5 against in opposition to the screw. The device beingin the position shown, with the door shut or nearly shut, the car-seal a may bepassed through theholeofthe bolt, thus preventingthe fastening from being undone Without breaking the seal, since the screw cannot be turned with outrstrelnovingthebolt. Whenthedooris to be opened the device is unfastened and turned over on the staples to the positionindicated by the dotted lines` in Fig. 1, the plate D being 15 turned around on the swivel l, and the slot f 'therein passed over a staple, q', in the door. The boltcis then inserted in the staple q', thus holding the device in place out ol' the Way. e A recess should be made in the door 2o near the staple g to receive the lug h..

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In combination with a Wall and slidingv door, a hasp formed of two parts connected 25 together by an adjustingscrew, one of said parts being hinged to the edge o f the door opposite its closing edge and the other being provided with a lug havinga notch in its outer side, and a metal plate with one or more openings to receive the lug secured to the Wall ot' 3o the car -flush with the surface thereof, sub- `stanti-ally as shown and described.

` 2. In combination with the Wall and sliding door of a freight-car, provided with staples and recesses, as shown, the plate G, comprising the body o, branches u, bent to the form shown and itting upon the staples q by means of eyes i', and lugp, having a threaded open-v ing through it,'screw comprising the threaded portion o, head n, having holes m and cylindrical extension l, plate D, having the lug k, with an opening for the parti of' the head, and lug It, having a shoulder, g, plate E, having openings e, and the bolt c, substantially as described.

WILLIAM soHARNWEBER.'

In presence of- EPHRAIM BANNING, THos. A. BANNING.

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