US601344A

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Publication number: US601344A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-03-29
Anticipated expiration: 1915-03-29

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No Model.) v H. A. KENNEDY &'F. S. SALISBURY. COMBINED GAR SEAL AND TAG.

"No. 601,344. Paignfi'Mar-i 29, 1898.

MT 55555: I 'N f HENRYAI KENNEDYY I F A KS'SA Y" UNITED STATES ATENT We HENRY A. KENNEDY AND FRANK S. SALISBURY, OF PROVIDENCE, RIIODE ISLAND.

COMBINED CAR SEAL AND TAG SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,344, dated March 29,1898. Application filed April 2 7, 1897. Serial No. 634,069. (No model.)

. T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY A. KENNED and FRANK S. SALISBURY, citizens of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Oar Seal and Tag; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. 7

Our invention relates to a new and improved fastening and tag for securely sealing car-doors; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the parts and also in the manner of attaching the metal tag tothe sealing device, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved fastening device as in use. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the fastening-pin dropped to its limit, the door being open. Fig. eshows a tag adapted to be combined with our fastening device. Fig. 5 is a vertical central section taken through the upper portion of the fasteningpin, enlarged. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the tag in position preparatory to being sealed therein. Fig. 7 shows the tag sealed to the pin; and Fig. Sis a front elevation corresponding to Fig. 1, showing our improvement combined with the usual fastening-pin.

Again referring to the drawings, an indicates a portion of the wall or side of a car to which one member of our improved fastening device is secured, and d designates a portionof the door of the car.

We prefer the form and arrangement shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, wherein Z) designates what may be termed the hasp or strap member, the same being rigidly secured to the car-door d and having its free end drilled to freely receive the fastening-pin p, the saidend extending beyond the edge of the door, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. To the side a of the car and contiguous to the door-frame is secured the bracket 6, the latter being drilled vertically to receive the said fastening-pin p,

the arrangement being such that the strap 19 when in its normal position practically rests upon the horizontal face of the bracket, the holes formed in said members I) c then registering with each other.

The fastening-pin p is adapted to slide upwardly through the bracket until arrested by its head 19. In order to prevent the pin from dropping out and getting lost, its shank may be slotted or grooved vertically, as at g, into which groove the end of a fixed smaller pin or screw f extends. The latter also serves to prevent the pin from axial movement. If

desired, the groove may extend partly around the base of the pin, as at g, Figs. 1 and 3,

thus forming the well-known bayonet-fastening device, the same permitting the pin to be rotated a corresponding degree.

The portion of the fastening-pin which extends above the hasp b is provided with a narrow transverse open-end slot 8 and a hole It," passing through the pin at right angles to and communicating with said slot. We prefer to locate the hole h at or'near the lower end of the slot, substantially as shown in the drawings.

'The tag member t (see Fig. 4:) may be punched or cut from suitable sheet metal,as tin, brass, 850. -Its size and form may be varied, if desired, its thickness being such that it can be readily inserted into the slot 3 of the said pin p. In any event, however, we form a small hole 6 therein near" one end. The said end portion may be notched, thus forming a recess 29, having a width equal to the diameter of the fastening-pin p.

The practical operation of applying our improved fastening device and sealing the tag thereto may be described as follows: The act of closing the door d brings the hasp 17 into position over the end of the fastening-pin mounted in the bracket e. The pin is then hole t of the former then being opposite the hole 77. of the pin, substantially as shown in Fig. 6. Now in order to effectually seal the tag to the pin we introduce a hollow rivet or eyelet, as m, into the hole h by a suitable implement or hand-punch, at the same time forcibly bringing the jaws of the punch together, thus upsetting the ends of the eyelet against the two sides of the tag, as clearly shown in Fig. 7. It will be seen that the distance through the tag and eyelet when thus combined in the hole h considerably exceeds that of the slot 8, thereby not only maintaining the pin 19 in position, but also effectually sealin g it. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) The notched portion t of the tag forms a convenient centering device, so that when it is inserted into the bottom of the slot 8 of the pin the correspondin g side wings t of the tag serve to pre vent the latter from being accidentally displaced sidewise, thereby ihsuring that the tagopening i registers properly with the hole h of the pin. When in use, the bottom end of the tag may rest upon the hasp or strap 1), substantially as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In order to open the door of the car when fastened and. sealed as herein described, the agent upon the arrival of the car at the station to which it is billed seizes the tag between the jaws of a suitable implement and forcibly pulls it from the slot 8, thereby tearing out p or rupturing the hole 11 and thus freeing the tag from the upset eyelet, the latter then lying loose in the hole h of the pin. After the tag has been thus removed the fastening-pin is dropped to the position shown in Fig. 3, followed by sliding the door rearwardly, thus completing the operation.

' We would state that certain changes or variations in the form and arrangement of our combined fastening and sealing device may be made without departing from the spirit of our invention-asfor example, in Fig. 8 we have shown the device applied to a car provided with the usual swinging hasp or strap 1) and passed overa staple e, through which latter the chain-connected pin 19 extends, thus fastening the parts together. The lower end of thepin is slotted and has the tag 15 sealed ther eto,substantially as before described with respect to Fig. 1. In lieu of employing a short tube or eyelet m, having its ends upset to form lateral shoulders, the metal of the tag itself may, by means of a suitable implement,

We claim as our invention and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent 1. In a fastening device for car-doors and the like, the combination of a fastening-pin having a slotted opening formed therein and a hole communicating with said slot, a sealing-tag mounted in the slotted opening of said pin having a hole therein registering with the hole in the pin, and an eyelet or annular rivet mounted in the tag and secured thereto after the latter has been inserted into said slotted part of the pin, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

2. Ina fastening device of the class described, the combination with the fixed and movable members thereof, as e b, of the endwisc-movable fastening-pin 19 passing through said members; the free end of the pin having a longitudinal slot 8 therein and a hole It arranged at substantially right angles to-and communicating with the slot, a sheet-metal tag mounted in the slot of said pin, and an eyelet or annular'rivet passing through the tag and upset to form heads exterior of the tag, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a fastening-pin, of a sheet-metal sealing-tag t adapted to be mounted in said pin provided with an elongated recess i along its edge, a hole 25 formed in the side of the tag contiguous to said recess, and an eyelet or short tube arranged to be secured to the tagafter the latter has been introduced into said pin, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have afixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY A. KENNEDY. FRANK S. SALISBURY. Witnesses:

WM. E. CLARKE, GEO. H. REMINGTON.