US815466A - Door-fastener. - Google Patents

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l APPLIOATIOI FILED LUG. 7, 1905 J. L. PHILLIPS. DOOR PASTBNBR.

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3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- I cio-declare the'following to b e a full', clear,y indexar/t .description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the ,art towliich it appertainst-o make and use the same.

` citizen of'thefUnited States, residin `ester, inthe county ot Monroe and New York, have invented certain newanda JOHN L .lPHiLLiPs or TENT oFFioEJA ROCHESTER. New, YORK.

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No. si'ee To @ZZ whomft't 71cm/ concern.- Beit known that l, JoHN L. 'P1IILLIPs, a

State of uselul Improvements in Door-'Fasten ers; and

My invention relates toimproveinents in fastening` devices for' doors of allkinds, and

.particularly for doors of refrigerators and `re-4 frigorator and produce railway-cars 4and roducecars nowv refrigeratoricars,' and the like may and tightly closed, so as torcnderthem prac- The object of the invention is to provide a siniple,. .comparatively inexpensive ,I and efficient' device of this'cheracter by means of whichtlie doors of stationary refriverators, be' easily tically air-tight, Ship )ers using refrigerator i li`nd it diflicult'to close the oors'in such cars withthe fastenings now their tightly-closed position-. This vnecessi-v in use, t licy cannot apply force to the ldoors until they areabout one-half ofaninch'from tates tlie"po i'indiiig ofthe doors. with a Sledge it 4' With the present invention the-shape, andl several inches.- v The above ai'ido'ther ob |ects,wli1ch'w1ll ap pear as the nature'o my'inven'tion ls'ibetter or other heavy tool, so that they are soonsp and mutilated, and a considerable amountof tinieaiidlabor 1s .unnecessarily consumed.

'construction of the keepers, or of the lateral extensimrupon the. sliding bolts, enable me to'applv, by means of tlie'fa'stenings, considerable force to uiidestood,' are accomplished by means 'of in''drewingsin wliichf-j the. construction illustratedi'n the accompanyigui'e -1 with my improved fastening vdevice 'applied thereto,xtlic device 'being shown in its open unfastened position. Fig. -2 is a Vertical secl tional view through the same, ,the parts being iiil the position sh'own inFig. 1.

similar sectional view, showing thefastemng I device iii .its closed position; Figs. l4 and 5 are perspective views of. the` two keepers.A

Fi 6 is 'a sectional view-similar to'F' 3' showin@ a sliglitlyeniodii'icd and more simple" i I l'oi'iii"olitlieiiiventiou; and Fi` 7 isa detail A 'ltelieri'ingto the drawingsfby numeral, 1

Specification-of Letters Patent. i 'Application naciV August 7,1905.` semi No. 273.160.

U at Roch-r the doors when they. are open e perspective view' of a door Patented March 20, 1906 4denotesniil door or doors, and 2 d'en0tes adoorfreni'e of areirigerator, refrigerator-car, rodimproved fastening device 3 may be use As shown in Fig. 1, vthe device. 3 is mounted nce-car, orany other object upon Whic i in upon one of two hinged doors, which closes the door-openinglin the4 frame 2 and consists oftwoconnected slidable4 bolts 4. and 4f, .I

mounted uponone of the doorsgl, and two 'afne 2 above and belowthe door-o ening.

keepers 5 and 6, which are mounted upon they The bolts 4 4', asshown, are in the orm of; i

metal bars, which have theirv outer' portions central point'between the pivote 8 y8 and the handle 11, 'which also forms alockinghasp for securing `the device in" its closed position. f 8o This is effected by forming the handle-or hasp 11 with a slot to receive an apertured ing 13,

the aperture in which may. be. assed the bail f o a padlock or any other suita lelockingde- .-I'- j I 85 vice., as will be reedl understood;

The outer ends 'ovided with wedge-sha elleejds-15,`vvhich` are' adapted'to enter the eepers 5 6 to force the door ordoors tightly toa"closeel-p.osition and to retain them insiic'h position. These heads 15. are, as shown, in the forni-of lateral exten- .sioli's, which are preferably formed integrally 'the'.bolts 44 treillis-Y.

'provided upon the lowerjbolt 4,'a'nd`through .v

with the bolts or' barslft 4 and have their-.- outer orend faces beveled.,- as shown atA '16... 4The heads or extensions 15ers considerablyl larger :than the 'widthor' thickness. of thenbolts 4 4,so thatawedgingaction is 0b;

tained which Willbefsuflicient to force the.

'door or doorsF tightly closed should they 'be aslightly sprung 'ing be VGIYluck: l f i The upper kee er 5, which. is clearly' shown in Fig'.` 4 of the rawings, comprises a casing' or warped or should the'packadapted to be secured -to the' frame 2b lscrews orthe like, which are passed throng 1 apert'ured iia'n'ges' 18: Within the casing is an' upwardly and inwardly inclined guide or'guideigroove 19, in y antifrictio'n ball o'r 4sph e 20. The inclination of the Guide 1.9 is about the same as that el the beve ed face 6 of the leteralextension vghich is mounted .en e,

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'-17 of substantially'triangular.form, whiclfis-g- .i

- adapted to be engaged by seid fece or sur- 'faces 16 when the holt Li. is inoved upwardly to its closed position. the drawings.)

The lower keeper G (shown in Fig. 5 ol the drawin s) also comprises a4 casing 21 of sub-- (Shown in Fig of wstentie ly .triangular form, which is secured upon the lower portion of the freine 2 by screws o1 the like passed through apertures in en attzichiiiig-flange ln the outer end l of the casing :Z1 is journsled, :is shown :it '23, an entihiction-roller which coasts with the inclined face i6 of tl lateral extension of the bolt 4f'. i This roller 24 rotates :is the bolt 4 is moved downwardly to its closed position and reduces the friction between itA and its keeper 6.

vWhile l preferably/'provide a keeper ol' the form shown in Fic. 5 at the bottom of the door-freine and e 'eeper as sliown'in Fig. 4 at the top of the seme, 'it will be understood that either of these keepers moy be used either at the top or et' the bottom of the frameand that anyl other desired forni of .keeper may he employed in Fig. 6 of 'the i. rewings l employ keepers 5 6 of substantially triangular forni and fess ten them to the top and bottoni of the doorreine f2 by screws or bolts or by any other preferred ineens..Y The keeper 25, clearly showny in Fig. 7 ofthe drerings, has no entifrietion rollers or bells ibut is fida ted to .have its inclined face 26 'eng-rigged by the inclined face of the cnlsrgenient of one of the sliding! bolts 4 fi. The engagement of these 'i inner portions produces the sinne result: :is it an antifriction roller or ball was used, lexcept that not quite; es much force is exerted to close the d o ors'. "ll'vlieii the trinngider-sheped keepers (shown in Figs. 6 and 7 oi' the drewings) are usod,-the lnteriilextensious upon the l 'ends of the sliding bolts 4 may be omitted in order to eheepen the constructioii; but not Suite as good result would be obtained by so oing.

The construction, use, ond edvamtnves of the invention will be readily understmidfroin the foren-eilig description, taken in connection witrthe accompanying drawings. lt will be seen that owing to the provision of the large wedge-shaped extensions o1` heads 15 upon the. sliding bolt Ll und also owing to the large size and peculiar shape of the keepers, which size sind shape permit them to be engaged by the sliding' bolts `vl 4 when the doors are open from two to four inches, the doors may be forced tightly into the door-openingr when the proper force is applied to the levers 9. Hence no beating or pounding upon the doors,.witli its accompanying d ninege to them,

will be required in order to tightly close the Hoving thus described my invention, what l claim ns new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

A fastening device of the el'nirnctei dcscribed conipiising hollow triangular keepers secured et opposite points upon :i door-frame, entilrietion-rollers mounted to rotate in said keepers, s pair o'liolts mounted to slide :ind engage seid' keepers, seid bolts nach having o.laterally-extending :cdgeeslinpcd cnlnrge nient conformxiner in shape to the intm'ior contour of the keepers, and a. lever coi'incctcd to the seid bolts for siinultnnci'insly extending thein, substantially its described.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hond in presence of two subscribing witnessos.

JOHN L. lll'llililPS. lllitnesses:

RAYMoNn (l. lniiinrrs, E. M. Pionniers.`

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