US376805A - Box-fastener - Google Patents

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G. LINDER; & *0." F ARNER;

BOX FASTENE/R.

Patented Jan. 24, 1888.'

UNITED V STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

GEORGE LINDER AND CONRAD FARNER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

BOX- FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION Zormingpart of Letters Patent No. 376,805, dated January 24, 18138.

Application filed .rui ca, 1887. Serial to. 244,012. (No model.)

To all whmw it natty concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE LINDER and CONRAD FARNER, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful ImprovementsinBox- Fasteners; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in a combined box fastener and seal,'and the same is also adapted for fastening and sealing the doors of cars, safes, &o.

The construction of our invention is ex-' case of that class which is used for carrying.

packages of bottles. Fig. 2 represents a bottom view ofour fastening device from theunder side of the cover.- Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the fastening hook and lever and the bracket by which the same is attached to the cover. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of a thin metallic seal by which the fastening device is sealed when locked. Fig. 5 represents a top view of a removable handle which is used in attaching the sealto the. locking mechanism. Like parts are represented by the same reference-letters throughout the several views.

A is the removable cover of the box, which is attached at one end to the box B, as shown upon the left in Fig. 1, by one or more retaining-cleats or cross-bars, O, which engage beneath the inward-projecting edge of the sta-' tionary piece D, and at the other end by our improved locking mechanism, consisting of the angular two-armed lever E, the lever-retaining bracket F, and the keeper J. The lever E is pivoted to the bracket F upon the lugs G G by pin H, and extends downward beneath the cover, and is provided at its lower end with a fastening-hook, I, which hook, when the cover is locked, engages in the stationary retainingkeeper J. The opposite end of the lever'E extends upward through a slot in the bracket F, where it may be reached from the exterior of the box. The retaining-keeper J is rigidly affixed to the box 13 by screws K. i To permit of i a number of boxes being piled one upon an? other without coming in contact with the locking mechanism, an aperture, L, is'provided inthe cover for the reception of the bracket F and lever E, whereby said locking. mechanism,

when secured in placein the locking position,

is all located below the upper surface of the cover, as shown in Fig. 1. When securingthe cover. to the box,-the ends of the cleats 0, two

of which are preferably used, one located at each end of the cover, are inserted beneath the.

cross-piece D, when'the upper-protruding end of the lever E is pressed downward, whereby the hook I is brought in beneath and engages against the lower surface of the keeper J ,whereby the cover A is fastenedto the box and the same cannot be withdrawn without first raising the lever E. When, however, itis desirous to provide for securely locking the covertothe box, to prevent the same from being tampered with without detection, a metallic seal, M, is employed, by which said lever E is rigidly fastened in the locking position in such amanher that it'cannotbe disengaged from the outside of the box without first cutting anddestroying said seal. paratory to being attached, first bent into the U shape shown in Fig. 4, when one of the op? posing ends of the-seal is inserted through the aperture N, formed in the protruding end of the lever E, as shown in Fig. 1, when the two The metallic seal Mis, pre- The'method of fastening the seal is as fol lows: Theseal beinginsertedthrough the aperture N ofthe lever E, from which it is. suspended in a vertical position through the opening in the bracket F, the handle R is then inclined toward the right above the locking""' mechanism, when its lower end is inserted through the aperture 0 and pressed downward" and toward the left inthe position shown in. roo

Fig. 1, when the edge of the apertureLserves as a fulcrum to the handle R, whereby, as the upper end of the handle is pressed downward against the side of the aperture, theinner end of the handle is thrown upward againstsaid metallic seal, whereby the seal is forced upward against the point P, when said point perforates and enters thelower ends oftl1eseal,asindicated in Figs. 1 and 2, and thus holds thelower ends of said seal securely in place. An aperture, S, is provided in the lower end of said handle for the reception of said point P, which point enters said aperture S as the ends of said seal are being forced by said lever up in contact with and around said point. The bracket F may, if desired, be secured to the inner surface of the cover A, beneath the aperture L, by screws; but we preferably secure it in place by the malleable fastening-prongs T T T, east integral with the bracket F. The bracket F being first inserted beneath the cover in the aperture L, the prongs T are bent outward and over upon the exterior surface of the cover, thereby holding said bracket firmly in place.

Havingthus described ourinvention,what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I I 1. In a cover-retainer and seal for boxes and doors, the combination,with the cover or door, of a lever-retaining bracket, F, angular lever E,centrally pivoted to said bracket F upon the inner side of the cover or door and provided upon its inner end with the retaining-hook I and upon its outer end with a seal-retaining aperture,N,seal M, formed of U shaped flexible metal, and adapted, when sealing the lock, to engage upon the downward-projecting lug I downward-projecting lug-P, formed integral with said bracket F, and cover -retaining bracket J, affixed to the inner walls of theinclosure and adapted to engage with the retaining-hook I of the lever E, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a cover-retainer for boxes and doors,

hook I, and keeper J,rigidlyaifixed to theinner wall of the inelosing case or box and adapted to engage said outturned retaining-hook I, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a cover-fastener and seal, thecombination of the bracket F, provided with downward-projecting seal-retaining lug P, lever E. centrally pivoted to said bracket and adapted to engage at its lower end when locked in a retaining-keeper and provided at its upper outer end with a seal-retaining aperture, N, seal M, suspended from said seal-retaining aperture and extending beneath the lower surface of said bracket F, and adapted to engage upon said seal-retaining lug P, and lever B, adapted when sealing said lock to extend downward or inward beneath the inner surface of said bracket F and against said metallic seal,whereby when said lever is inclined at its outer end away from said locking mechanism its inner end is brought in contact with and forces said seal against and around said seal-retaining lug P, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofwe aliix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE LIN DER. CONRAD FARNER.

Witnesses:

JAS. B. ERWIN, O. H. KEENEY.

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