US866053A

US866053A - Line-fastener.

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Publication number: US866053A
Application number: US34776306A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ferdinand Ohliger; John Skramovsky; Henry F Wilke
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-12-14
Filing date: 1906-12-14
Publication date: 1907-09-17
Anticipated expiration: 1924-09-17

Description

No. 866,058. P.ATENTED SEPT.1'7, 1907.

F. OHLIGER, J. SKRAMOVSKY & H. F. WILKE. 1

, LINE FASTENER. APPLICATION PI LED 1350.14, 1906.

WITNESSES: INVENTORS v a a. m

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND OHLIGER, JOHN SKRAMOVSKY, AND HENRY F. WILKE, OF ELIZABETH, NEW

JERSEY.

LINE-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed December 14,1906. Serial No. 347,763.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FERDINAND Onnrenfr, .ToHN SKRAMQVsKY, and HENRY F. WILKE, citizens of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Line-Fasteners; and we 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 letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a line fastener that is adapted to be placed on a line to tighten or slacken it, and: make it longer or shorter as required, and is one that the tension on the rope, when it increases binds the fastener more tightly to the rope, and also provides a ready means for manual operation to release the rope when it is under tension.

The fastener provides, also, means for guiding the rope so that the fastener does not become twisted or tilted to an unreasonable extent on the line, and that provides a stiff structure that is not apt to give way.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in operation on a line, and shows it in its gripping position. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the fastener removed from a line or rope, and being shown in its relaxed or released position. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3, 3, in Fig. 2.

The fastener comprises two members, one of the members having a side wall 10, and being provided, on one end, with an eye 11 which is arranged at right angles to the wall or plate 10, and the wall 10 has on the other end a right angled plate 12 which is provided with a pair of

perforations

13 and 14. The functions of the eye and the perforated plate will be described hereinafter.

At the lower edge of the plate, intermediate of the ends and extending transversely therefrom, is a curved shelf 15 that has a wall 16 parallel with the wall 10, and this structure furnishes an open-ended socket. A second member 17 is arranged in this socket, and is pivoted therein by a suitable screw or rivet 18 that has I on its lower end an eccentrically arranged portion 19, and on the other end a loop 20. When the device is secured to a line, the line has one end secured to the loop 20, preferably by means of suitable clips 21 which are made of metal and are tapered on their outer surface and are furnished split, as at 22, and these clips can be fastened around the rope, at any point, by a few blows from the hammer. The one end that is fastened in the loop 20 is then passed out through the perforation 13 in the plate, and then the line passes over the usual suitable elements on which it is supported, and the other end comes in through the eye 11 and is passed between the portion 19 of the member 17 and the shelf 15, and then can be guided through the eye 14. Any tension on the rope will operate on the two ends of the members 17, on one end on the loop 20, and then on the portion 19 by its engagement with the shelf 15, through the medium of the line, and thus the more tension the rope receives, the tighter will the fastener be gripped to it. When the line is to be released, the end of the rope passing out through the perforation 14 can be pulled, or the loop 20 can be operated by the thumb, and the whole structure relieved of any tension.

This form of fastener, by leaving the rope through the suitable guides, keeps the fastener in alinement, and makes a neatly finished structure.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

A line fastener comprising a member having a side wall, an eye on one end, and a plate on the other end having a pair of perforations therein the member having a socket between the eye and the plate, and a second member having an eccentric portion pivoted in the socket, and a pro FERDINAND OHLIGER.

. JOHN SKRAMOVSKY.

HENRY I WILKE.

Witnesses WM. 11. CAMFIELD, E. A. PELL.