US560028A - Nut-lock - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
- F16B39/00—Locking of screws, bolts or nuts
- F16B39/22—Locking of screws, bolts or nuts in which the locking takes place during screwing down or tightening
- F16B39/24—Locking of screws, bolts or nuts in which the locking takes place during screwing down or tightening by means of washers, spring washers, or resilient plates that lock against the object
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10S411/00—Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener
- Y10S411/955—Locked bolthead or nut
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- This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in nut-locks; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and definitely pointed out in the claim.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a railjoint, showing my improved nut-lock applied thereto.
- Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section through the rail at the bolt and nut.
- Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the rail, fish-plate, bolt, and nut, the portion of the spring-washer under the nut showing in dotted lines; and
- Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the washer.
- 1 represents ordinary fishplates which are used in making continuous rail-j oints in the construction of railroads and are placed on opposite sides of the rails.
- These fish -plates as now constructed are formed with elongated apertures 2, which are larger than the apertures 3 in the rail 4:, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
- My improved washer is adapted to be used in connection with this ordinary style of fish-plate without in any manner altering the construction thereof and can be used again after the nut has been removed.
- FIG. 5 designates my improved washer, which consists of a single piece of spring-metal wire or other suitable material.
- this washer consists of the inwardly-proj ectin g spud or foot 6, whichis of a length substantially the thickness of the fish-plate, and the horizontal circular portion 7, extending at an angle from the foot 6, and the straight spring end portion 8.
- this washer is formed from a single straight piece and is then bent into the form described.
- This circular portion 7 lying between the nut and plate, forms a bearing-surface or bed for the nut, and the harder the nut is screwed on the firmer will the washer be held in place.
- This spring portion 8 By forming the outer end of the circular portion 7 so that it will extend beyond the sides of the nut I am enabled to bend the spring portion 8 perfectly straight, and this spring portion being at an incline to the base of the nut and beyond the sides thereof the edge of the nut in being set will readily ride up over the spring portion and force the same downward, and when the sides of the nut are parallel with this spring portion this portion will spring up and the nut will be prevented from turningoff.
- Another object in making this spring portion 8 straight is that when in unscrewing the nut this portion is ICO forced down it will rest flush on the face of the fish-plate and be entirely out of the path of the nut.
- a nut-lock consisting of a single integral strip of spring metal forming a Washer, havin g a spiral coiled portion adapted to surround a bolt and bear against the base of a nut, one end of the coiled portion being bent at an angle thereto and adapted to fit into the bolt-aperture of a fish-plate, the opposite end of the coiled portion extending beyond the side of the nut and having a straight-end spring portion extending up from the end of the coiled portion at an acute angle to the plane of the
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Hr GAMBLE.
NUT LOCK. N0. 560,028f Paiented May 12, 1896..
UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE,
I'IOIVARD GAMBLE, OF LEAVENIVORTI'I, KANSAS.
NUT-LOCK.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,028, dated May 12, 1896.
Application filed August 12, 1895. Serial No. 553,999. N model.)
To all whom, it may concern:
Be it known that I, HowARn GAMBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nut-Locks; and I do hereby 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 relates to a new and useful improvement in nut-locks; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and definitely pointed out in the claim.
The aim and purpose of this invention are to construct a nut-lock consisting of a single piece of springwire or strip of metal or other material which can be used with the rails, fislrplates and bolts now in common use and ,can be used again after the nut has been removed, and which is cheaply manufactured and easily placed in position. These objects are obtained by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a railjoint, showing my improved nut-lock applied thereto. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section through the rail at the bolt and nut. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the rail, fish-plate, bolt, and nut, the portion of the spring-washer under the nut showing in dotted lines; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the washer.
In the drawings, 1 represents ordinary fishplates which are used in making continuous rail-j oints in the construction of railroads and are placed on opposite sides of the rails. These fish -plates as now constructed are formed with elongated apertures 2, which are larger than the apertures 3 in the rail 4:, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. My improved washer is adapted to be used in connection with this ordinary style of fish-plate without in any manner altering the construction thereof and can be used again after the nut has been removed.
5 designates my improved washer, which consists of a single piece of spring-metal wire or other suitable material. In the drawings I have shown this washer circular in crosssection, although in practice I may make the washer of other shapes than circularfor instance, rectangular in cross-section. This washer consists of the inwardly-proj ectin g spud or foot 6, whichis of a length substantially the thickness of the fish-plate, and the horizontal circular portion 7, extending at an angle from the foot 6, and the straight spring end portion 8. In practice this washer is formed from a single straight piece and is then bent into the form described.
9 represents the bolt, and 10 the nut on one end of the bolt, the bolt and nut being of the usual and ordinary construction.
In the construction of fish-plates the screwthreaded end of the bolt does not fully occupy the aperture in the plate, leaving a space between the sides of the aperture and bolt, as shown in Fig. 2. In this space I place the spud or foot 6 of the washer,'the bolt passing within the circular portion 7, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. I then apply the nut 10. It will be seen that the circular portion 7 is considerably larger than the diameter of the bolt, so as not to bear against the screw-threads thereof, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3, and toward its outer end this circular portion becomes larger until it reaches beyond the side of the nut and is then bent straight and upwardly at an acute angle to the plane of the base of the nut and parallel with the sides thereof. This circular portion 7, lying between the nut and plate, forms a bearing-surface or bed for the nut, and the harder the nut is screwed on the firmer will the washer be held in place. By forming the outer end of the circular portion 7 so that it will extend beyond the sides of the nut I am enabled to bend the spring portion 8 perfectly straight, and this spring portion being at an incline to the base of the nut and beyond the sides thereof the edge of the nut in being set will readily ride up over the spring portion and force the same downward, and when the sides of the nut are parallel with this spring portion this portion will spring up and the nut will be prevented from turningoff. Another object in making this spring portion 8 straight is that when in unscrewing the nut this portion is ICO forced down it will rest flush on the face of the fish-plate and be entirely out of the path of the nut.
I am aware that it is not broadly new to construct a Washer of spring-wire nor to 0011- struct a Washer having a spring portion 8 embracing the sides of the nut for locking the same; but
hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
A nut-lock, consisting of a single integral strip of spring metal forming a Washer, havin g a spiral coiled portion adapted to surround a bolt and bear against the base of a nut, one end of the coiled portion being bent at an angle thereto and adapted to fit into the bolt-aperture of a fish-plate, the opposite end of the coiled portion extending beyond the side of the nut and having a straight-end spring portion extending up from the end of the coiled portion at an acute angle to the plane of the
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