US668207A - Hasp-lock. - Google Patents

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Nu. 668,207. Patented Feb. |9,- I90I.

W. H. lPICKETT.

HAsP Lock.

(Application ledliy 8, 1900.)

4(No Model.)

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WILLIAM H. PICKET'IBVOF WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES W. STONE, OF SAME PLACE, AND FRANK D. MCCOLLUM, OF VVELLSVILLE,

OHIO.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 668,207, dated February 19, 1901.

Application led May 8, 1900. Serial No. 15,919. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. PICKETT, a citizen of the United States, residingat Warren, in the county of Warren and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Latch and Lock, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hasp-locks, the object of the same being to provide an improved 1o construction whereby the use of separable locks for securing hasps in position may be dispensed with.

It is a Well-known fact that when the ordinary padlock is employed for securing a hasp x5 in place upon its keeper it is necessary to remove the padlock from the keeper in order to disconnect the hasp therefrom. There is always danger of losing the padlock, and my invention is designed for overcoming this obzo jection by forming in the hasp itself a lock by which it may be secured to its keeper.-

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be set forth in the claims. In the drawings forming part of this speciiication, Figure 1. is a perspective View illustrative of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the hasp shown in locking engagement with 3o the keeper, and Fig. t is a View of the key.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different views.

The hasp 1 is pivoted at one end to one of the parts with which it is designed to coperate and is formed with a hooked end 2 opposite the point of its pivotal connection. This hooked end is designed to t over a staple 3 or other keeper and to be locked thereto by a locking-bolt e, which is pivoted to the 4o body of the hasp and is adapted to fit within a recess or pocket 5 in said hasp when in its retracted position. The free end of the bolt 4 is provided with a shoulder 6, leading up to which is an inclined or beveled face 7. A coil-spring 8, wholly or partially surrounding the pivot of the boltA., is secured at one end to said bolt and at its other end to the hasp 1 and serves to normally urge the bolt 4L back into the recess 5. As the said bolt when in 5o its retracted position fits wholly Within the recess 5, some means must be provided for moving the same therefrom in order that it may be turned around into its locking plosition across the opening leading into the hooked end 2 of the hasp 1. The means pro- 55 vided by me consists of a pin 9, extending into the recess 5, behind the bolt 4, and adapted to be pressed inwardly, so as to force said bolt out of said recess. The opposite end of said pin 9 may be headed or formed with shoulders in order to prevent the disconnection of the same from the body of the hasp 1. The hooked end 2 of the hasp is hollow and constitutes the lock-casing. In said casing is pivotally mounted at 10 the tumbler 11, 65 having a hook or shoulder 12 upon the lower end thereof, which is designed to cooperate with the shoulder 6 on the locking-bolt 4 for retaining said bolt in its locking position. Adjacent to the shoulder 12 is an inclined or 7o beveled surface 13, which is engaged by the inclined or beveled surface 7 of the bolt 4 for moving the free or locking end of the tumbler 1l outwardly to permit of the engagement between the shoulders 12 and 6. A 75 spring 14 acts upon the tumbler 11 for holding the engaging end of said tumbler containing the shoulder 12 within the path of movement of the bolt 4. The end of the tumbler 11 opposite the shoulder 12 is also formed 8o with a recess 15, in which fits a tooth 16 on the upper end of a tumbler 17, fulcrumed at 18 to the side walls of the lock-casing. rlhe lower end of the tumbler 17 normally bears against the side of a key-hub 19, mounted to turn in the sides of the casing and adapted to be rotated by the key of the lock. Adjacent to the hub 19 is a slot 20, in which the lateral projection on the key is adapted to fit. From the foregoing description it will be 9o observed that when the parts of the device are in their normal positions, unlocked, the bolt f1 lies within and is inclosed by the recess 5 in the body of the hasp 1 and that the shoulder 12 on the tumbler 11 lies within the 95 path of movement of the bolt 4., being maintained in this position by the action of the spring 14 on said tumbler. If the pin 9 be IOO entrance to the opening leading into the hooked end 2 of the hasp. When the inclined wall 7 comes in contact with the inclined wall 13, the engaging end of the tum bler 11 will be moved outwardly against the action of the spring 14 and permit the shoulders 6 and 12 to be brought into locking engagement with each other. When this takes place, the bolt 4 is maintained in its locking position and disconnection of the hasp 1 from the keeper 3 is effeotually prevented. To unlock the hasp, a key of proper size and shape is inserted into the key-hub 19 and turned so that the lateral web or projection on said key will be brought into engagement with the in-` ner edge of the lower end of the tumbler 17. The effect of thiswill be to throw outwardly and upwardly the lower end of the tumbler 17 and throw downwardly the upper end thereof, on whichis formed the tooth 16. Said tooth, however, fitting within the notch or recess 15 in the tumbler l1 engages the upper end of said tumbler, forces the same downwardly, and vthrows outwardly the lower end thereof, thereby disengaging the shoulder 12 on said tumbler from the shoulder 6 on the bolt 4. The instant said bolt is re leased by the means described it is thrown rearwardly into the recess or socket 5 by the action of the spring 8, which is connected thereto. It will thus be seen that the hasp may be readily locked to the keeper with which it cooperates without the use of a padlock or other separable lock and that said hasp may be unlocked from its keeper in a simple and convenient manner.

Having now described my invention, what lI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters position and adapted to be swung therefrom through the said open side and end, and means for retaining said bolt in locking position outside said pocket.

2. The combination with a hasp having a pocket therein and a keeper therefor, of a pivotally-mounted locking-bolt lying within said pocket when in its unlocked position, means for retaining said bolt in locking position outside said pocket, and a spring acting upon said bolt for moving the same from its locking position back into said pocket.

3. The combination with a hasp having a hooked end and a pocket in the body of said hasp adjacent to said hooked end, and a keeper with which said hooked end coperates, of a pivotally-mounted locking-bolt lying within said pocket when in its unlocked position, and meansA for retaining said bolt in locking position outside said pocket and across the opening leading into said hooked end.

4. The combination with a hasp having a hooked end and a pocket in the body of said hasp adjacent to said hooked end and a keeper with which said hooked end cooperates, of a locking-bolt pivoted to said hasp, adapted to fit within and be inclosed by said pocket, means for retaining said bolt in locking position across the opening leading into said hooked end, and a spring acting upon said bolt for moving the same from its locking position into said pocket.

5. The combination with a hasp having a hooked end and a pocket in the body of said hasp adjacent to said hooked end and a keeper with which said hooked end cooperates, of a locking-bolt pivoted to said hasp, adapted to t within and be inclosed by said pocket, means for retaining said bolt in locking position across the opening leading into said hooked end, a spring acting upon said bolt for moving said bolt from its locking position into said pocket, and a movable pin extending into said pocket behind said bolt, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination with a hasp having a hooked end made hollowr and constituting a lock-casing, and a keeper with which said hooked end cooperates, of a pivotally-mountedlocking-bolt on said hasp adapted to be moved across the opening leading into said hooked end and provided with ashoulder on its free end, two cooperating tumblers in said lock-casing, one of which is provided with a shoulder adapted to engage the shoulder on said bolt for maintaining the latter in locking position, a spring for normally maintaining the shouldered end of said tumbler Within the path of movement of said bolt, and a rotary key-hub adjacent to the other of said tumblers, the latter being adapted to be engaged by a key introduced into said hub for the purpose of releasing the interlocking shoulders on the rst tumbler and on said bolt.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. PICKETT. Witnesses:

A. L. PIXLEY, E. H. BnsHLIN.

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