US794336A - Hame-fastener. - Google Patents

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PATBNTED JULY 11, 1905.

E. G. BENNETT. HAME FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. Z4, 1905.

UNITED STaTEs Patented July 1 1, 1905.

PATENT EEicE.

EMMETT G. BENNETT, OE CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO VILLIAM M. PRINCE, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

HANlE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of I etters Patent No. 794,336, dated July 11, 1905.

Application filed April 24, 1905. Serial No. 257,159.

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Be it known that l, EMMETT G. BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in llame-Fasteners; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,.refe1ence being had to the annexed drawings, .makinga part of this specification, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has reference to that class of haine-fasteners comprising two slidable and adjustable plates each provided with means at'their outer ends for engaging the hame thereto and a spring-actuated device for .holding the plates in their adjusted. position, said device carried by one of the plates adapted to engage perforations in the other plate to hold the two plates stationary.

The construction above described is embodied in my former patent of August 19, 1902, N o. 707,497, and the present invention is designed as an improvement thereon whereby the spring-actuated device is rendered more effective and the general construction of the haine-fastener materially improved.

The invention consists in a hame-fastener constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of the llame-fastener embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a detail perspective view of the inner plate to which the spring-actu-` ated dog is connected; F ig. 3, a sectional elevation in detail of the inner and outer plates, the spring-actuated dog, and means for engaging it with the spring.

ln the accompanying drawings, A represents the outer plate, and B the inner plate, comprising the fastener, each plate at its end having a suitable hook or other fastening meansCD,respectively,withwhichthehames may be engaged. The plate A is formed double to present sidewalls a, the lower edges j which telescopes the outer plate, instead of being made solid is fornied double to present side walls d, similar to the outer plate of the fastener. In forming the plate B double instead of one solid piece of metal the plate is rendered much lighter with an equal amount of strength and provides a more serviceable and neater-appearing haine-fastener.

The plate l) has an elongatedopening c, through which projects the end of a suitable dog E, the projecting end of said dog engaging one of the perforations c, which holds the two plates in their adjusted position with relation to each other to lengthen or shorten the llame-fastener, as circumstances require. The dog E has a bifurcated body f and a thumb-piece or other similar means by which it may be conveniently operated, as indicated at g, and the dog is pivotally connected to the plate B by a pivot-pin L 0r by any other preferred means found most desirable. The bifurcated body f of the dog E forms a seat for one end of a coiled spring F, the other end of said spring engaging with a guide 'L' upon the end of a tongue G, said guide extending at substantially a right angle to the tongue, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The bifurcated seatj' of the dog E and the guide i upon the end of the tongue G provides an effective means for holding the spring in position and enables it to successfully operate in actuating the dog E, the tongue being made in tegral with the plate B and bent down to close the space between the side walls d to hold the side walls separated. and prevent frictional. contact with the bifurcated body of the dog.

In describing the several details of construction of the haine-fastener it is evident that the invention is subject to many modifications and changes without departing from the essential features thereof and such as would come within ordinary mechanical judgment.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hame-fastener comprising two telescopic plates provided with means at their ends for engaging the llames, one of said plates having a plurality of perforations and' thereto, said dog extending up through an opening in the plate and adapted to engage with the perforations in the outer plate, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A haine-fastener comprising two telescopic plates with suitable means at their outer ends for attaching the hames thereto and having perforations and an opening respectively, the inner one of said plates having a double wall, a tongue integral therewith extending down between the walls and terminating in an inwardly-extending guide, a suitable dog pivotally connected to the inner plate and having a bifurcated body, and a coiled spring seated in the bifurcation and engaging the guide of the tongue, substantially as and for the purpose described.

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

EMMETT G. BENNETT. Witnesses M. E. RossIGNoL, T. J. PAmusr-I.

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