US393163A

US393163A - Hasp-lock

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Publication number: US393163A
Authority: US
Current assignee: Toronto Dominion Bank
Publication date: 1888-11-20
Anticipated expiration: 1905-11-20

Description

O. E. LEE.

HASP LOOK.

(No Model.)

Patented Nov. 20, 1888.

- V WITNESSES,

UNITED STATES ATENT Fries.

CHARLES E. LEE, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

HASP-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,163, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed April 16, 1888. Serial No. 270,791. (No model.)

T0 ,aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. LEE, 2. citizen of the United States, and a resident of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hasp-Locks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, which ing parts in the several figures.

Myinvention has relation to devices for look ing the hasp of a trunk-lid, the cover of a box or crate, or other receptacles upon the staple, and has for its object to lock the hasp and the staple together in a manner which, while both secure and expeditious, yet permits the hasp to be locked or unlocked in a few moments. At the same time the object ofv my invention is to construct a device which shall be inexpensive and yet sufficiently strong and durable to resist the wear and tear of shippingcrates, egg-boxes, &c.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, the letter A denotes the hasp, which is fastened to the lid of the box or crate (shown at B) by the usual hinge and hinge-leaf, Gand D, and provided with the usual longitudinal slot, E, adapted to fit over and receive the staple F.

The lock or locking device consists of a seg ment, G, of iron, steel, or other suitable material, which is provided with a concentric slot, H, so as to form a circular hook, I, the pivot of which is formed by a pin or rivet, J,which is fastened in the hasp above the slot E and in a line with the said slot, and upon which the segment turns freely.

One end of the segment, at a short distance from the inner end of the slot H, is turned up at right angles to form a thumb-piece or projection, K, whereby the segment may be readily turned upon its pivot J for looking or unlocking it.

The operation of this device will readily be understood by reference to the drawings without requiring extended explanation. It will. be seen that when the segment is in the position denoted in Fig. 2-that is to say, when the point of the curved hook I is clear from the staple-the hasp may readily be withdrawn from the latter, so as to open the box or crate, and when the locking-segment is in this position it will also be seen that the thumb piece or projection K, by abutting against the staple, forms a stop or abutment, which prevents the segment from being turned too far. When, on

the other hand, the segment is swung back into the position shown in Fig. 1, the circular hook will enter the staple and engage the same, so that the hasp cannot be withdrawn. Thelooking-segment will remain in this closed position of its own accord, owing to the gravity of the projection K and the adjacent slotted part of the segment,.which operates to keep the de vice in the locked position shown in Fig. 1.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The combination, with a hasp, of the looking device herein described, the same consisting of a segment having a circular hook and corresponding concentric slot and provided near the inner or closed end of said slot with a raised projection or thumb-piece, substantially as and for thepurpose herein shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. LEE.

Witnesses:

HENRY G. FISH, THOMAS D. CORBAN.