US511933A

US511933A - Box-fastener

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Publication number: US511933A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-01-02
Anticipated expiration: 1911-01-02

Description

(No Model.)

W. T. AGOTTIER. BOX FASTENER.

No. 511,933. Patented Jan. 2,1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT VILLIAM TALBOT OOTTIER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

BOX-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,933, dated January 2, 1894.

Application filed April 19, 1893. Serial Nc. L70,974. (No model.)

To all wir/0111, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM TALBOT OOT- TIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening Devices; and I do declare the following` to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to an improvement in fastening devices, and although more particularly designed for use upon shipping boxes, and crates for fastening covers, yet it maybe used advantageously on gates, doors,

and other places.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a view of a portion of a shipping box with my improvements applied. Fig. 2, is a sectional view of the improved device taken in the plane indicated by the dotted line as, on Fig. l, and Fig. 3, is a perspective view of the improved staple and its attaching plate, and Fig. 4, is a perspective view of the hasp.

Referring by letter to said drawings:-A, indicates the hasp, which may bel mainly of an ordinary construction, comprising the sections a, and b, hinged together as shown at c. The section a, has the usual screw holes for fastening it to the cover of a box or other article to which the device is to be attached. The section h, is provided with an elongated slot arranged longitudinally as shown at d, and on one side of this slot and near the outer end thereof, on the face of the section b, is a tapering or inclined lug or rise e, and on the opposite 'side of said slot, and at a similar distance from the opposite end thereof is a similar lug or rise which when viewed in elevation have the appearance of wedges. These lugs or rises incline in opposite directions and are designed to serve as stops or tighteners for the staple, as will be presently described.

B, indicates a metallic plate which may be of a rectangular or other suitable form in outline. This plate is provided with a suitable number of holes g, for the reception of screws or other devices for securing the plate to the front wall of a box or the like below the top edge, as shown.

C, indicates a staple. This staple is of a peculiar construction having a flat base h, and depending from this base, in a central manner, is a stud i, which is swiveled in the center of the plate B, as shown at k, so as to allow a space between the outer surface of the plate and the straight under side or base of the staple, slightly greater than the thickness of the hasp section b, so that the staple may turn over said hasp section when in a locked position, andsecure the same upon the plate B. The elongated slot d, in the hasp section b, should be sufficiently large to permit the staple to enter. Ordinarily it is not necessary to employ a lock in addition to the staple, of the construction described, but when it is desired to employ a padlock or the like, the same may be placed in the eye Z, of the staple, after the hasp section ZJ, has been turned over it.

In operation when it is desired to fasten the cover of a box or the like, the staple is turned in the position shown in Fig. 3, of the drawings. The hasp section b, is then turned down over the staple, when the latter is given a quarter-turn, or slightly more than a quarter-turn, until it has been brought into engagement with the wedge-shaped rise on each side of the slot d. It will then be prevented from casually turning around, or allowing the hasp to get over the staple. It should also be observed that by reason of the iat side or base of the staple, the latter will firmly press against the hasp, and hold it firmly against the plate B.

Having described my invention, what I claim is-` The hasp having the section b, provided with the elongated slot, and also having the tapering or wedge shaped lug e, on one side of the slot, and the lug f, on the opposite side,

` and tapering in a direction opposite to that staple and the face of the hasp, substantially of the lug e, in combination with the plate as specified.` 1o B, and the staple C, having the eye, and also In testimony whereof I aix my signature in having the straight base or under side adaptpresence of two Witnesses.

5 ed to bear against the lugs of the hasp, and WILLIAM TALBOT COTTIER.

having the central shank or stud swiveled in Witnesses: said plate so as to leave an interspace be- LEE D. CRAIG,

tween the straight under side or base of the WM. H. DONNELLY.