US355702A

US355702A - Carriage-curtain fastener

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Publication number: US355702A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-01-11
Anticipated expiration: 1904-01-11

Description

(No Model.)

A. W. MITCHELL.

CARRIAGE CURTAIN FASTENER. No. 355,702. PatentedJan. .11, 1887.

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\ UNiTnn STATES ADINWV. MITCHELL,

OF DIALTON, OHIO.

CARRIAGE-CURTAIN FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,702, dated January 11, 1887.

' Application filed July 12, 1886. Serial No. 207.796. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADIN W. lVIiroHELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dialton, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio,

haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Curtain Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and Iouseful improvements in curtain-fasteners for vehicles; and it consists, essentially, of a plate adapted to be attached to either the lower part of the top frame or to the body of the vehicle, and having a spring hasp or loop, the end of the plate having a projecting vlip, and ofa 2 5 portion of a curtain, and also showing the fastener applied to a portion of the top frame or body; Fig.2, a side elevation; Fig. 3, a sectional view; Figs. 4, 5, and 6, views, respectively, of the inside of the fastener, of the outside,

0 and, in section, of the staple or sleeve; Figs. 7

and 8, views, looking at the outside and edge of the fastener, showing modified form of connecting spring with it.

The letter A designates a metallic plate hav 5 ing perforations or other means of attachment to either the body of the vehicle or to a desired portion of the framework of the vehicletop, and provided at one end with alip or pro j ection,B. This plate is provided with a trans- 0 verse pin, 0, near the other end, being bent or otherwise formed into a loop, 1), for the reception of the pin, and with a slot which is occupied by the spiral coils of the spring-hasp E, which are wound around the pin 0. The

4 5 ends of the wire forming the hasp project from the pin C, and lie against the plate, as at F, while the other end constitutes a loop, G. The action of the spiral winding of the hasp is that of keeping the hasp normally in close contact with the adjacent side of the plate when not engaged with the sleeve or staple on the curtain, and with a tendency toward the plate when engaged with the sleeve.

The curtain is provided with a metallic or leather or other sleeve, H, by preference constructed of sheet metal, and having projections I, which serve to pass through the material of the curtain and to connect the staple therewith by being clinched over, as seen in Fig. 6.

If the sleeve is made of leather, it should be stitched to the curtain.

Bypreference the sleeve is provided with a notch, J, within which the lip B of the plate fits, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

In fastening the curtain the sleeveis slipped between the hasp E and'the plate A by lifting the hasp slightly away from theplate. When the notched portion of the sleeve reaches the lip B of the plate, the lip drops into the notch and enters again into thehasp. Thus the connection is formed, the lip resisting any longitudinal strain tending to draw the curtain away from the fastening, and the hasp preventing the disengagement of thelip and sleeve.

In disconnecting the curtain from the fastening it is simply necessary to draw the curtain from the lip B lintil its end clears the sleeve,

when by moving the curtain away from the I lip the latter will slide over the sleeve and the staple from within the sleeve.

' It is noticeable that the necessity for cutting and working button-holes in curtains is avoided, the particular objection to which is their liability to wear larger and larger the longer they are used, and the consequent ac oidental unbuttoning of the curtain from the buttons used in connection with them on vehicles.

There are several ways, it is obvious,of fastening the hasp to the plate, and while the preferred way is that shown and described, as it avoids the use of solder, yet I do not wish to confine myself to that particular way. i

The pin G preferably has a head on one end Which fits against the edge of the plate,while the other end is turned or bent slightly over the other edge of the plate. Thisconstruction prevents the pin from slipping out.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the plate A is shown bent over at K and extended back partly across the bend D, and thecoils of the loop are held within the bend by the portion which -is extended back. The ends of the loop project through the plate at L and bear upon its outer face, so as to prevent the coils from revolving when the loop is sprung up.

I would have it understood that I am aware that pocket-book fastenings have been made with a plate and a yielding or elastic bent bar hinged to that plate. In such instance, however, the plate is not provided with a projecting lip which engages the device to be fastened,"

a portion of which is coiled and the ends of which project beyond the coil, and of a plate having a lip at one end and constructed at the other with a bend into which the coiled portion of the spring is fitted, the projecting ends of the coil bearing against the plate and the other portion of the hasp bearing against the plate on the side next to the lip.

2. The combination, with a plate having a lip and bend, a slot, a pin, and a hasp wound about said pin and constructed to bear normally toward the plate on the side next to the lip, of the metallic sleeve or staple clinched to the curtain and adapted to receive the hasp and to be engaged by the lip.

I11 testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADIN W. MITCHELL.

WVitnesses:

CHASE STEWART, A. WV. ROBINSON.