US413931A - Alfred fellows - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

' A. FELLOWS. HAME FASTENBR.

No. 418,931. Patented Oct. 29(18539.

" UNITED STATES ALFRED FELLOWS, or

PATENT OFFICE.-

HAM EV-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,931, dated October 29, 1889.

' Application filed April 19, 1889. SerialNO. 307,759. (No model.)

To alt whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED FELLows,'a citizen of the United States, residing at Lansing, in the county of Leavenworth and Stateof Kansas, have invented a new and useful Hame-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hame-fasteners.

The object of the present invention is to produce a hame-fastener of simple and inexpensive construction, capable of being quickly and convcnientlyadjustable to fit varioussized collars, and adapted to be readily operated and to be held in its locked position by its pressure against the collar.

The invention consists in the constructionand novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hame-fastener embodying my invention, and showing the relative position of parts preparatory to locking. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, portion of the casing being broken away to show the position of the parts when locked. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the adjusting-screw.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A designates the casing, which is composed of the two sides a and the integral hame-hook a, which unites the sides a at one end of the casing, and is adapted .to en-, gage one of a pair of hames in the ordinary manner. The sides a of the casing are provided with a series of adjusting -l1oles a which are adapted for the reception of a screw B, whereby the position of a lever C, which is pivot-ed between the sides a. by said screw B, may be adjusted to enable the hamefastener to fit varioussized collars. The holes a in the rear side of the casing are threaded to engage the threaded endb of the adjusting screw B, the other end I) being enlarged and formed into a thumb-piece to facilitate the turning of said screw.

The lever C is provided with a slot 0,

through which the adj ustin "-screw B passes,

and has its end a curved to adapt it to engage a somewhat similarly-curved end e of a metal strap E, which is designed to be attached to a hame by a hook 6', formed at the opposite end thereof.

The lever O is adjusted by means of the screw B to adapt the hame-fastener to larger or smaller collars, and the curved end 0 of the lever is brought into engagement with the curved end e of the strap E, and the parts are locked by throwing the free end of the lever up against the hooked end e of the strap, after which the pressure exerted by the hamefastener upon the collar will hold the parts locked until the lever is swung back.

v From the foregoing description and the ac- 6 5 compan yin g drawings the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will readily be understood.

What I claim is In a hame-fastener, the combination, with the casing provided with a hook at one end designed to be secured to one of a pair of hames and having parallel sides a, provided with a series of adj usting-holes, the lever pivoted intermediate of its ends between the sides a and'having'a curved end 0 and the adjusting-screw, of the metal strap designed to have one end connected to the other hame and having its other end curved to engage the curved end of the lever, substantially as described.

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

VVitn esses:

R. L. IsHAM, E. B. MERITT.

ALFRED FELLOWS.

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