US639942A

US639942A - Shutter-fastener.

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Publication number: US639942A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Sabold
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1899-08-31
Filing date: 1899-08-31
Publication date: 1899-12-26
Anticipated expiration: 1916-12-26

Description

No; 639,942. Patented Dec. 26, I899.-

J. SABDLD.

SHUTTER FASTENER.

(Application filed. Aug. 31, 1899.

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JOIIN SABOLD, OF BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed August 31, 1899. Serial No- 729 049. (N0 model.)

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Be it known that 1, JOHN SABOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boyertown, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shutter-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. V

This invention relates to improvements in shutter-fasteners for holding windowshutters open, and has for its object to produce a fastener which shall be simple, strong, and durable and which may be operated by a person on the inside without reaching far out.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows an outside view of a portion of a window and two shutters and illustrates one fastener in position to hold the shutter open and the other fastener in position to allow the shutter to be closed. Fig. 2 shows two views of the sliding bar, one view being a side elevation of the entire bar and the other a plan view of one end of the bar. Fig. 3 is a rear side view of the shell or keeper with the back plate removed. Fig. 4 is a front view of the shell or keeper. Fig. 5 is an end view of the shell and shows the back plate in position. Fig. 6 is an inverted plan view of the bottom edge of the shutter and shows the protector-plate in position thereon.

In the drawings, A designates an ordinary window-frame provided with the usual sill a and in the present instance two shutters B B, one at either side, hinged to the frame A.

The fastener comprises a shell or keeper secured to the window-sill and a sliding bar (1 movable in said keeper. The shell 0 is provided with a longitudinal passage e, which extends in a horizontal direction through the same from one side to the other, and the top wall f of said passage has a concave curve from one end toward the other, and the passage is thereby made wider at the center than at the ends. This construction of passage coacting with the curved bar, which will hereinafter be described, causes the projecting end of the bar to deflect upward or downward when the bar is moved, as will be presently pointed out. At the top and bottom the shell is provided with laterally-projecting flanges or ears g, which have holes h to receive screws or nails, by means of which the shell may be seats on the said shoulders 11, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the back plate and the flanges are flush.

The outer or projecting end of the sliding bar 01 has an upward curve 76 and at the extreme end is bent outward slightly, as at Z. The opposite end an of the bar is curved slightly upward, and the extreme end is preferably bent outward at right angles to form a knob m, whereby the bar may be easily operated by hand. The bar intermediate of the curve it and knob is provided with a Wave or a slight upward curve at.

In assembling the parts previous to their application to the window-sill the bar cl is first placed in the passage 6 of the shell and the back plate j seated on the shoulders t over said rod, thereby confining the rod within the shell. The shell is then secured to the sill (see Fig. 1) by means of screws or nails inserted through the holes h, leaving the rod free to slide endwise. As a curved bar is necessary, it is obvious that a passage must be provided which will permit the sliding movement of such a bar. To accomplish this, the passage 6 is made with a concave wall f at one side, which, coacting with the curve in the bar, causes the free end to move upward or downward as the bar slides.

A thin plate 0 is secured by screws on the bottom of the shutter and with an edge projecting slightly beyond the vertical wall thereof. Preferably one end of the plate should project farther than the other end, thereby forming a wedge on the bottom edge of the shutter. The object of thus applying the plate will be explained in the operation.

The operation is simple and as follows: To secure the open shutter back against the wall of the house, the operator need only grasp the end m of the bar 61 and pull same toward the center of the window, the bar sliding through the passage in the shell 0. As the bar is thus drawn the intermediate wave or curve n causes the projecting curved end 7c of the bar to deflect upward, and the outward bend 1 will take against the edge of the protectorplate 0 on the shutter and guide the curved end is against said plate. The continued drawing of the bar will cause the end of the bar to contact harder against the wedge formed by the plate 0, and the shutter will thereby be held tightly against the Wall, as in the case of shutter B. To release the shutter, the movement of the rod is reversed, and when the rod is pushed in a direction away from the center of the window its projecting end 70 will be deflected downward, so as to be a little below the shutter, as in the case of shutter B. The shutter may then be swung to the closed position. As the bar cl is operated in a direction away from the center of the window and the end It deflected downward at the same time the opposite upwardlycurved end an of the bar is raised, and as the bar is pushed forward this upwardly-curved end m binds against the top wall of f of the passage e and acts as a stop to prevent the knob m from contacting with the end of the shell 0 and pinching the operators hand.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a shutter-fastener the combination of a shell having a passage-way; a bar slidable in said passage-way and having an upwardlycurved end, said bar also having intermediate of its two ends an upward curve or Wave, whereby when the bar is moved one Way through said passage-way the curved end will be deflected upward and when moved the opposite way said curved end will be deflected downward.

2. In a shutter-fastener the combination of a shell having a passage-way in a horizontal direction, the top wa11,f, of said passage-way being concave-curved from one end toward the other; a removable back plate, j, covering said passage-way; a bar slidable in said passage-way and curved upward at one end and at the opposite end having a knob or hand operating device, said bar being curved between its ends to cause the projecting end of the bar to raise or lower as the bar slides through said curved passage-way, substantially as described.

3. In a shutter-fastener the combination of a window-frame having a hinged shutter and a sill; a shell having a longitudinal passageway and provided at top and bottom with a laterally-projecting flange for securing same to said sill; a bar slidable insaid passage Way and having its outer projecting end pointing upward to engage the shutter; and a plate secured to the bottom of the shutter with one edge projecting beyond the vertical Walls thereof and forming a wedge, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN SABOLD. Witnesses:

(J. K. LEFEVER, I. NEWTON LICHTEL.