US687693A

US687693A - Car-seal.

Info

Publication number: US687693A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edwin E Mead
Original assignee: ELMER E BAGLEY
Current assignee: ELMER E BAGLEY
Priority date: 1901-08-20
Filing date: 1901-08-20
Publication date: 1901-11-26
Anticipated expiration: 1918-11-26

Description

No. 637,693. Patented Nov. 26, l90l.

MEAD. CAB SEAL.

(Application filed Aug. 20, 1901.)

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EDWIN E. MEAD, OF WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ELMER E. BAGLEY, OF \VOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS.

CAR-SEAL...

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 687,693, dated November 26, 1901.

Application filed August 20, 1901. 7 serial No. 72,691- (No model.)

To all whom it may col warn.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN E. MEAD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woodstock, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seals; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as 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 the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in car-seals.

The object of the invention is to construct a car-seal which cannot be opened or tampered with without destruction of the seal or indications of the tampering.

A further object is to construct a cheap and efficient seal from a single piece of tin or similar thin metal without soldering or riveting.

With these and other objects in view my invention is hereinafter described and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the seal is made. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 illustrate successive steps in folding the blank to form the seal. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section with the loop or bow of the seal disengaged. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section with the bow in engagement.

' Referring more particularly to the drawings, the blank is composed of a body portion 7, a loop or bow portion 8, and a portion 9, extending from the body portion on the opposite edge from the loop. The end of the loop is provided with a perforation 10, through which is adapted to pass a tongue 11, struck up from the body 7. Extending from the body portion are

portions

12 and 13, which are adapted to be folded around the body portion, in a manner to be described, to form the casing Within which the free end of the loop is retained. The portion 12 has a boss 12 impressed therein, and the portion 13 has a boss 13 therein. When the parts are folded, the

barb 11 of the tongue 11 lies within the boss 12, as seen in Figs. 5 and 6, and the end of the portion 9 lies within the boss 13.

In forming the seal the portion 9 is bent over upwardly and down upon the spring-tongue 11. The portion 12 is then bent downwardly under and against the body 7 in the form shown in Fig. 2 Then the portion 13 is bent over upwardly on the line 13 to the position shown in Fig. 3, in which position the outside edge of the extension 14 is flush with the edge of the body portion 7 atthe line 12. Then the portion 7 and the extension 14 are folded upwardly and over upon themselves to form a seam, which closes the casing, as shown in Fig. 4.

The tongue 11 is struck up from thebody of the seal, as hereinbefore stated, and at its end is turned downwardly and backwardly to form the barb 11, which extends through the perforation formed by the striking up ofthe tongue.

In operation the end of the loop 8 is inserted in the casing under the portion 13 and passes under the end of the portion 9. As the end of the portion 9 lies in the boss 13, this operation is not prevented. The end of the tongue yields to the insertion of the loop and when the perforation 10 is reached springs up therein. The loop is then retracted,whereby its end 8 is caught under the tongue behind the barb 11. It will be seen that in this position it cannot be disengaged or unlocked except by forcibly bending the tongue backward or otherwise destroying the seal. Neither can it be disengaged by the introduction of any blade or other instrument.

The seal is preferably formed of sheet-tin or tinned. metal. It will be seen that no sol dering or riveting is necessary to construct it.

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

1. Acar-seal comprisingabodyportion havin g a barbed tongue struck up therefrom, two portions attached to and folded respectively under and over the body portion, an end por tion folded over the end of the tonguein yielding Contact therewith, and a loop portion tion, adapted to engage under the tongue and 10 having a perforation, adapted to engage the behind the barb. tongue. In testimony whereof I a-ffix my signature 2. A car-seal comprising a body portion 7, in presence of tWo Witnesses.

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12 and 13 connected thereto and adapted to respectively fold under and over the body EDWIN MEAD portion,the tongue 11 struck up from the body Witnesses: portion, a backwardly-projecting barb on the OWEN G. MEAD, tongue, and a loop portion having a perfora- G. E. STILL.