US61504A

US61504A - baetle

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Publication number: US61504A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1867-01-29
Anticipated expiration: 1884-01-29

Description

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WARREN S. BARTLE, of Newark, in the county of Wayne, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Fastening for Attaching thc Posts and 'Rails of Bedsteads together; and I do hereby declaro that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to ythe accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part'of this specification.

A hook, a, sectional drawing, is xed to the rail as shown in Figure 1, either by being laid against the rail, and held in place by a lug, B, as shown in g. 1, or bybeing inserted in a hole bored into the end of the rail. This hook enters a mortise in the post, and' engages a bolt or pin, e, iig. 1, which passes through the post.v On the end of the shank of the hook, as seen at a, sectional drawing, and in fig. l, is a screw to which a nut, c, is applied. This nut is made with two d-erently formed sections, one of which is six-sided, as represented in the sectional drawings c, Aand also in iig. 1, for the purpose of engaging the wrench 0l, iig. 1, used in turning it, and for such purpose it may be three or four or more than six sided, or may be round, with slots or recesses in the periphery. The other section, as shown in iig. 1, is cylindrical, and is 'employed to suspend and keep inplacc the wrench when not in actual use. This last-mentionedsection of the nutmay be separate and detached from the other, or may be codibined with the Washer Z7, fig. 1, and be nearly equivale-nt in respect to operation, though not quite as substantial. d, sectional drawing, is a wrench, appended Ato the nut by embracing and being suspended upon the cylindrical section of it, as shown in g. 1. Awrench is provided for every fastening, and is so made as to engage the nut, whatever the forni thereof. b, sectional drawing, and also shown in. fig. 1, is a washer against which the nutturns. .A mortise or recess, as shown in iig. 1, is made in the rail, of snieient length to admit of the action of the nut, but not longenough to permit the wr eneh to become disconnected. i v

The advantages of this fastening over others, are, that a.wrench is provided forlevery fastening; the range of thc'nut on the shank of the hook is so great as to permit the rail to be drawn tight against the post in all cases, and the form and peculiar application of the n'nt keep the wrench appended to it, and always ready to be conveniently applied. v

What I claim as my invention, and desire toV secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the appended wrench c?, and the nut c, with the hook a, all as described and set forth in the foregoing specification.

WARREN S. BARTLE.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN CULvEn, lJorrit Moons.