US879098A

US879098A - Hame-fastener.

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Publication number: US879098A
Application number: US34638506A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Wisdom Gonce
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-12-05
Filing date: 1906-12-05
Publication date: 1908-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 1925-02-11

Description

No. 879,098. PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908.

J. W. GONGE.

HAME FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED 10110.5, 1906.

INVENTOH (Jo i272 Wadam 61' once ATTORNEYS JOHN WISDOM GONCE, OF KINDEBHOOK, ALABAMA.

HAME-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

Application filed December 5 1966. Serial No. 346.385.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WISDOM GoNon, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kinderhook, in the county of Jackson and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hame Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a strong, durable and satisfactory lever fastener for hames that will act to draw the hames tight and hold them taut, the construction being such that the fastener can be adapted to hames of different sizes.

It is also a purpose of the invention to provide a simple and economic construction not liable to get out of order or to be affected by ice or snow.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a fastener that will be flexible and which will automatically adjust itself to the collar and the hames, and one that can be attached to or detached from the hames in a convenient and expeditious manner as readily in winter as in summer, but which will not be liable to become accidentally disconnected from. the hames or shaken therefrom.

The invention consists'in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

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 1 is a front elevation of the device and a portion of the members of the hames to which it is applied; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the snap link that acts as a latch; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a second snap link that serves as a keeper for the latch link; and Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken practically on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

A represents the body of the device, which in operation is a lever and will be hereinafter so designated. The said lever A at its outer end is provided with a head 10 and a concavity 11 in its upper edge, extending from the head to a point practically adjacent to the center of the lever as is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the body portion of the said lever A being provided with teeth 12 at its upper edge and the ooncaved surface 11 terminating at the outer tooth as is best shown in Fig. 1.

The concaved portion of the lever A may be termed a neck 13, since it connects the head 10 with the body, and this neck section 13 of the said lever is outwardly convexed, its inner face being concave as is best shown in Fig. 2; and about midway of the neck section 13 of the lever a spur 14 is formed integral with its upper or concaved edge 11. The spur 14 is given an upward and an outward inclination, so that its under surface will be more or less inclined as specified.

The head 10 of the lever A may have a latch 15 of a spring character pivoted thereto, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, which latch is more or less curved so that it can be carried.

up practically beneath the spur 14 and rest at its inner end upon the upper edge 11 of the said neck section 13 as is shown by full lines in said Figs. 1 and 2; and said latch 15, which may be termed a keeper latch, can be carried down to a lower vertical position shown by dotted lines in Fig.-1,'so as to constitute a handle, or a convenient hand-hold for turning the lever A in effecting a release from or an attachment to members to be hereinafter described. I desire it, however, to be distinctly understood, that the latch 1 5 while desirable under some conditions of use, can be dispensed with, without detracting from the essentials of the invention, and also that the character of the latch may be changed.

Usually two snap links B and C are employed in connecting with the lever A one of the links, the link B, is permanently connected with the lever A and may be termed a keeper link, since it is adapted to hold the second link C in engagement with the toothed surface of the lever A, which snap link 0 may be termed a latch link since its prime object is to effect an adjustable connection between the lever A and a hame.

The links B and C differ information.

The keeper link B, which is shown in detail in Fig. 4, has its bowed or closed end 16 downwardly bent, and this end of the link B is received in an aperture 17 produced at the inner end of a lever A as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the said link B being in this manner connected with the said lever having more or less play relatively thereto. The members 18 of the body of the said keeper link B are not parallel, but are curved outwardly or in opposite directions as is lainly shown in Figs. 2 and 4, so that said body members 18 he one at each side of the lever A, removed .by the keeper link B which lies over it.

some distance from the side portions of said lever. The outer body member of the keeper link B is bent downwardly andinwardly, forming a hook terminal 19, which hook terminal 19 in the closed position of the keeper link B engages with the convexed or outer face of the neck 13 and lies below the spur 14 as is also shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The inner body member 18 of the said link B is also provided with a hook terminal 20, corresponding to the hook 19; but the hook terminal 20 is provided with an upwardly and outwardly-directed terminal member 21, the inclination of the terminal member 21 being such as to bring it practically in alinement with the inner edge of the forward body member 18, so that under such formation of the hook terminals they constitute a nearly complete closure; and in the locked position of the keeper link B the hook 20 lies in-engagement with the inner or concaved face of the neck section 13 of the lever A, the inclined terminal of the said hook extending up beyond the concaved edge 11 of the said neck section between the outer tooth 12 and the spur 14. It will be observed that in order to eifect such a closing connection between the lever A and the keeper link B, it is necessary to turn the lever inwardly, which is done through the medium of the keeper latch 15 when in its lower position, and when the lever A is thus turned the spur 14 can be carried up within the space between the

hooks

19 and 20, and at such time the said hooks will effect a positive locking engagement with said lever; but in order to doubly insure such locking engagement the keeper latch 15 is carried upward over the hook 19 and beneath the spur 14 to an en gagement with the upper edge of the neck section 13 to the rear of said spur.

The latch link 0 is provided with a much larger space between its body members 22 than the space between the body members 18 of the keeper link B, and the closed end 23 of the said latch link 0 is its inner end. Said closed end 23 is straight but is given somewhat of an upward inclination, since this end portion 23 of the latch link 0 is adapted to enter a space between opposing teeth 12 of the lever A, to be held in place The latch link C is made wider than the keeper link B in order that the lever A and accomanying keeper link B can be turned in the atch link C when the latter is attached to the hames.

The latch link C is provided with hook terminals corresponding to the hook terminals of the keeper link B; but the order of the terminals of the latch link is the reverse of that provided for the keeper link, namely, the short hook 19 which corresponds to the hook 19 on the keeper link B, is at the end of the inner member of the latch link, while the opposing hook 20 having the extension terminal 21 is at the end of the outer mem ber of the said link C; but the extension terminal 21 of the hook 20 inclines upward and inward so as to be brought practically to an alinement with the inner member 22 of the said latch link C. p

The hook ends of the latch link C are spread apart and in this manner are made to enter the eye 24 of a hame section D, while the hook ends of the keeper link B are made to enter in like manner the eye 24 of the opposing hame member D. Then the space between the hame members D and D is of ordinary width, but two snap links B and C are employed. If, however, the space is wider a third snap link may be used, and said snap link may be connected with the latch link C, but preferably it is carried by the keeper link B, and the hook ends of the added link are made to enter the eye 24 of the hames that the keeper link B is ordinarily designed to enter. The almost complete closure formed by the terminals of the snap links effectually prevents the said links from accidentally leaving or being shaken from the eyes of the hames through which the hooks are passed or with which they engage.

The device is exceedingly simple, it is durable and economic and it is well adapted for the purpose intended and all the parts can be made separately and connected without bolts, rivets or their equivalents, since in applying the keeper link to the lever A such application can be readily made by first entering the shorter or plain hook end 19 at the opening 17 in the said lever.

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

1. In a hame fastener, a toothed lever, and a keeper pivoted to one end of the lever and having spacedmembers terminating in hooks adapted for engagement with an eye of the hames, said hooks closely approaching each other to engage opposite sides of the free end of the lever and having a direct interlocking engagement with said free end.

2. In a hame fastener, a toothed lever having a lateral bend or curve at one end, and a keeper pivoted to the end of the lever opposite that having the curve and having spaced members terminating in hooks adapted for engagement with an eye of the hames, said hooks closely approaching each other to respectively engage the convex and concave sides of the curved end of the lever and having a direct interlocking engagement with said curved end.

3. In a hame fastener, a toothed lever having a lateral bend or curve at one end and a lug on said curved end, and a kee er pivoted to the end of the lever opposite t lat having the bend or curve and having spaced members terminating in hooks adapted for engagement with an eye of the hames, said hooks receiving the curved end of the lever between them and one of them engaging the said lug.

4:. In a hame fastener, a toothed lever having one of its ends longitudinally curved and provided with an outwardly extending spur at the upper portion of its curved end, a snap link pivoted to the end of the lever opposite that which is curved, and a second snap link having adjustable relation to the said lever below the link pivoted thereto, each link at its outer or open end being provided with a diagonal spring terminal, forming a partial closure at the outer end of each of said links, the lever and link carried thereby being free to turn in the adjustable link.

5. In a hame fastener, a toothed lever having a reduced and laterally curved neck and an upwardly and outwardly extending lug on the upper edge of said neck, and a keeper pivoted to one end of the lever and having spaced members terminating in hooks adapted for engagement with an eye of the hames, one of the hooks having an upwardly extending diagonal member, the hooks receiving the neck of lever between them and the one without the diagonal member engaging the said lug.

6. In a hame fastener, a toothed lever having a head at one end and a longitudi-,

nally-curved neck section connecting the head with the body, snap links, one of which is pivoted to the lever at the end opposite that at which the head is formed, the other linkbeing wider and arranged for adjustable engagement with the teeth of the lever below the link carried thereby, each link being provided with hook terminals at its outer end, one of said terminals of each link having an upwardly-extending, diagonal semi closing member.

7. In a hame fastener, a toothed lever having a head at one end and a longitudinally-curved neck section connecting the head with the body, snap links, one of which is pivoted to the lever at the end opposite that at which the head is formed, the other link being wider and arranged for adjustable engagement with the teeth, of the lever below the link carried thereby, each link being provided with hook terminals at its outer end, one of said terminals of each link having an upwardly-extending, diagonal, semi-closing member, which diagonal members of the links extend from opposite sides thereof in opposite directions.

8. In a hame fastener, a toothed lever having a head at one end and a longitudinally-curved neck section connecting the head with the body and provided with an outwardly extending spur, snap links, one of which is pivoted to the lever at the and opposite that at which the head is formed, the other link being wider and arranged for adjustable engagement with the teeth of the lever below the link carried thereby, each link being provided with hook terminals at its outer end, one of said terminals of each link having an upwardly-extending, diagonal, semi-closing member, which diagonal members of the links extend from opposite sidesthereof in opposite directions, and a keeper latch at the head of the lever, adapted for locking engagement with a hook terminal of the link carried by the lever when said link is in looking position relatively to the lever.

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

JOHN WISDOM GONCE.

Witnesses:

I. N. HAoKwoR'rrr, CHAS. W. GONOE.