US838355A - Combined butt and lock gage. - Google Patents

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PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906.

J. M. HEALING.

COMBINED BUTT AND LOOK GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17. 1906.

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COMBINED BUTT AND LOCK GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed July 17, 1906. Serial No. 326.543.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH MONTGOMERY REALING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Daytona, in the county of Volusia and State of Florida, have invented a new and Improved Combined Buttand Look Gage, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improved measuring and marking'means combining in a single device a square, a bevel, and a marking-gage, all of which are brought together in a novel and useful manner, so that the efi'ectiveness of one does not impair the efficiency of the others, but are designed to cooperate with each other. A tool of this kind is particularly useful in hanging and trimming doors, marking off butt and lock lines, affording the use of a try-square, also a depth-gage in door operations, as will be made apparent hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improved device complete. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view through the stock, taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the device on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, with the blade removed; and Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the device.

The device comprises a stock 1, mainly constructed of metal, with parallel edges, having an upper end 2, beveled on an angle of forty-five degrees, and a square cut-out portion 3 at its center, primarily for the purpose of insuring lightness. The stock 1 is slotted parallel to its faces, extending almost its entire length, for receiving a blade 4, said blade being graduated on both sides and constructed with a depending graduated extension 5, providing means whereby the device may be used as a square. The extension 5' has an opening 6 of rectangular formation with its edges parallel to the edges of the extension, affording a handheld for grasping the blade to adjust it at the desired position in the stock. The length of the extension 5 is substantially equal to the length of the slotted portion of the stock which is designed to receive it and is adapted to be held therein by means of a screw 7, threaded through the bottom end of the stock, and having an eye 8 at its outer end, by which it may be conveninto this end of the stock.

iently operated, said eye being seated in a recess 9 in the bottom end of the stock when the screw is screwed up in place. If the extension 5 is to be withdrawn from the stock to a point where the screw 7 will be unable to clamp it in place, a bent pin 10, having a slotted end 11 for engaging the under edge of the blade 4, is employed, as shown in Fig. 2. This pin when in place is positioned between the blade and the screw 7 and the latter tightened to bind the blade against movement. When the pin 10 is not in use, it is inserted in alining holes through the bottom end of the stock and in an enlargement 12, formed thereon, the bend in the pin affording a binding action when in said holes, thereby preventing its accidental displacement. When the pin is to be withdrawn from its holder, a notch 13, substantially midway of its length, is designed to form a means by which the pin may be forced out with the fingernail or other device.

hen the blade 4 is held in the stock, as shown in Fig. 2, it may be em loyed in laying oil lines at right angles to eac 1 other and parallel to the edges of the stock and also indicating the point at which the keyhole of a lock and hole for the knob-bar of the same are to be bored, holes 14 in the extension 5 being for this purpose and are spaced apart a distance equal to that in several of the standard locks in general use.

At the upper end of the beveled end 2 of the stock is secured a projection 15, at right angles thereto, and in a central plane of the stock designed to cooperate with the projecting angle of the block 4 and also with two projecting scribing-points 16, placed at diametrical points on a screw-head 17, threaded A set-screw 18, let into a recess in the opposite edge of the stock, binds on the screw 17 and holds the scribing-points 1.6 in adjusted relation. This device will be found useful as a marking-gage when a single line is to be scribed on the edge of a door or the like from either side.

It is apparent that when the screw 17 is turned until the scribing-points 16 are out of alinement with the extension 15 the scribingpoints will travel in two paths, ermitting the use of one scribing-point for either right 01' left hand work, as may be desired. This construction will be found useful in marking oll' butt-lines where the same are joined to hanging stiles of frames.

Although I have described the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the scope thereof is limited by the annexed claims only.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a measuring and marking device, a slotted stock, and a blade having an extension projecting at right angles thereto adapted to be adjustably held in the slot of the stock, said extension having an opening roviding a handhold for adjusting the b ade and adapted to be passed through the slot of the stock.

2. In a measuring and marking device, a slotted stock, a blade having an extension projecting at right angles thereto slidably mounted in the slot of the stock, means for holding the extension in the slot of the stock, and means coacting therewith for holding the blade in the slot of the stock.

3.. In a measuring and marking device, a slotted stock, a blade adapted to slide in the slot of the stock, an extension projecting from one side of the blade, a screw for pressing on the extension and holding it in the slot of the stock, and a pin adapted to be ressed by said screw for holding the blade xed in the slot of the stock when the exten sion is withdrawn therefrom.

4. In a measuring and marking device, a slotted stock, a blade slidably mounted in the slot of the stock, an extension projecting from one side of the blade, a screw threaded into the end of the stock, adapted to press on the extension and hold it in fixed relation to 5 the stock, and a bent pin cooperating with the screw to press on the blade and hold it in the stock when the extension is withdrawn therefrom.

5. In a measuring and marking device, a 0- slotted stock, a blade slidably mounted therein, an. extension projecting from one side of the blade, a screw for pressing on the extension and holding it in fixed relation to the stock, a bent pin cooperating with the 5 screw for holding the blade in fixed relation to the stock when the extension is withdrawn therefrom, and a holder in the stock for containing the pin when not in use.

6. In a measuring and marking device, a 50 stock having a beveled end, a blade adapted to be adjustably secured thereto, a projection at-right angles to the bevel end of the stock,

a screw threaded into the bevel end of the stock, having scribingpoints projecting 55 therefrom, means for ad usting the screw, and means for holding it in adjusted relation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH MONTGOMERY REALING.

I/Vitnesses:

W. L. DIGGETT, F. J. NIVER.

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