US686982A - Line-clasp. - Google Patents

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No. 686,982. Patented Nov. [9, 19m. A. w. P. MALINS. LINE CLASP.

(Application filed Mar. 17, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR \V. P. MALINS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

LINE-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 686,982, dated November 19, 1901- Application filed March 17, 1900. Serial No. 9,028. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. P. MALINS, acitizen of the United States of America, having residence and post-oflice address at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Line-Clasps, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where- 1n- Figure 1 is a top view. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a bottom view. Fig. 4 is a View in central vertical longitudinal section on the plane denoted by the dotted line a; a in Fig. 1.

The object of the improvement is the production of a line-clasp having certain features of novelty and advantage.

This line-clasp has four parts-the body, the tongue, the pivot-pin, and the spring. The body has in the main four partsthe side ears on at the center, the strap-loop b at one end, the bar or jaw c at the other end, and the crossbar c. There is an opening through the clasp-body between the ears, and said cross-bar forms the forward boundary of this opening. The bar 0 forms a stationary jaw and constitutes a portion of the boundary of an open-side line-space.

The word line as herein used means a rope or the like, and the words line-space mean the space in which the line lies when it is clasped and held in this device.

The letter 61 denotes the tongue, which is pivoted to the body and normally pressed by a spring e to the clamping position, its movement in this direction being limited by the crossbar c, which serves as a stop and not only prevents the teeth (1 from striking the stationary jaw when the device is not in use, whereby the teeth would be dulled or perhaps broken, but also prevents the movable jaw at the upper end of the tongue from being drawn through the line-space, and thus releasing the line.

The letter f denotes the pivot-pin, which connects the body and the tongue. The tongue has on it and as a part of it two cars 62, which fitwithin and next the ears a, which are upon the body. The pivot-pin fpierces or traverses all these cars. The spring e is a coiled spring. It is coiled about the pivotpin. It has two projecting ends, one of which bears againstthe tongue and the other against the clasp-body. The tongue (I has a face (1 constituting a movable jaw and provided with teeth d Italso has a projection (1 which is so formed, shaped, and located as to close the open side of the line-space in the closed position of the movable jaw, and in that closed position it projects across and lies against or nearly against the end of the stationary jaw c. It will be observed that the projection d when the clasp is in use projects entirely across the line-space and beyond both the end and side of the body. It thus at all operative posit-ions entirely closes the open end of the line-space, and by virtue of its lateral projection beyond the body it may be used as an auxiliary handle, pressure upon which when a thick line is tightly clamped will relieve in part the pressure on the handle of the tongue, thus preventing bending or breaking of the tongue and permitting it to be made thinner and lighter than would otherwise be necessary.

It will be readily apparent that a person by pressing downward on the thumb-piece at the rear end of the tongue will so raise the movable jaw at its front end as to leave the line-space open on the side, the said rear end projecting at an acute angle to the plane of said body beyond spring e and also at an angle to the front end of the tongue, whereby pivotal movement of said tongue is facilitated. Then by releasing the tongue the projection d will close that side of the space which was open. The line, which meanwhile may be inserted inthe line-space, is pinched between the jaws c and (Z and the teeth (1 will take into the line, making the hold a firm one.

I claim as my improvement- 1. Av clasp, comprising a body portion formed with an open-side line-space at one end, a bar formed integral with said body, extending transversely thereto and forming the upper portion of the boundary of said line-space, one end of said line-space being left entirely open for the full width thereof, a tongue pivoted to said body portion, and provided with a suitable clamping-head, a spring for normally holding said head Within said line-space, and a side projection formed on said head adapted to entirely close the open end of said line-space, substantially as described.

2. A clasp, comprising a body portion formed with an open-side line-space at one end, a bar formed integral with said body, extending transversely thereto and forming the upper portion of the boundary of said line-space, one end of said line-space being left entirely open for the full Width thereof,

a tongue pivoted to said body portion, and provided with a suitable clamping-head, a

spring for normally holding said head within said line-space, and a side projection formed on said head adapted to entirely close the open end of said line-space and projecting be- I 5 yond the free end of said bar and spaced therefrom, substantially as described.

ARTHUR W. P. MALINS.

Witnesses:

W. E. SIMoNns, LUITGARD MORBA.

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