US925828A

US925828A - Clamp.

Info

Publication number: US925828A
Application number: US46884708A
Authority: US
Inventors: Thomas Newton; Henry Jourdan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-12-22
Filing date: 1908-12-22
Publication date: 1909-06-22
Anticipated expiration: 1926-06-22

Description

T. NEWTON & H. JOURDAN.

CLAMP.

APYLIGATION FILED DEC. 22, 1908.

925,828, Patepted June- 22, 1909.

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' THOMAS NEWTON AND HENRY JOURDAN, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1909.

Application filed December 22, 1908. Serial No. 468,847.

To allwhom 'it may concern:-

I of which the following is a ull, clear, and

exact description.

Our invention relates to clamps, and has for its object to provide a clamp for leather and other goods, in which a member is provided with a flange at one end and arms to which are pivoted a movable member havmg a flange which is adapted to engage the flange on the first named member, there being shoulders on the pivoted member against which a spring presses to hold the piv otedmember firmly in an open or closed position, the spring, being secured to the first named member.

Still other objects of the invention will ap ear in the following complete description. n this specification We will describe the preferred form of our invention, but it will e understood that we do not limit ourselves thereto, as we consider ourselves entitled to all forms and embodiments of the invention.

which may be held to fall Within the scope of the appended 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 both the figures, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the in ventlon; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the clamp showing one of the arms broken away.

By referring to the drawings, it will be 46 seenthat a member 1 is provided, which has a flange 2 substantially at right-angles thereto, and arms 3, one at each side, the arms afit'h. first? time er may h being also disposed substantially at rightang'les to the member 1, the flange and the arms being disposed in the same direction. The rear of the member 1 is bent downwardly so that the front and rear of the bottom. of the member form an obtuse angle, but it will be understood that this is a mere matter of construction and that the device may be manufactured with the member 1 substantiall flat. The arms 3 extend forwardly, and at a short distance behind the plane of the flange 2, a member 4 is pivoted "to the arms'3, themember 4 having a flan e 5 which is adaptedto engage the inner si e held between the flanges. The member 4 extends rearwardly from trunnions 7, b

which it is pivoted to the arms 3, for its in l width a short distance, and a tongue 8 then forms a continuation of the member 4, the tongue being integral with said member. To the member 1 is secured a leaf spring 9, said spring having bifurcated arms 10 between which the tongue 8 is disposed, the

bifurcated arms 10 ressing against the rear of the member 4. n the rear of the member 1 there is an orifice 11 by which the clamp may be secured or be supported.

In using our invention, the tongue 8 is lifted upwardly, which throws the flange 5 rearwardly and away from the flange 2, and the material 6 may be inserted over the flange 2 until it strikes the arms 3, where they join the member 1. 8 is lifted upwardly, the rear portions 12 of the member 4 are raised and the bifurcated arms 10 press against them to hold the member 4 in this position. \Vhen the material 6 has been inserted in the clamp, as has been described, the tongue 8 is pushed downwardly, which causes the rear portions 12 of the member 4 to move from substantially a perpendicular position to horiz'ontal one, and as they reach the latter position the bifurcated arms, which continue to engage them, press down against the rear portions 12 of the member 4 to hold them yieldingly in this position, but with sufficient force to keep the flange 5 pressing against the mate rial 6, which separates it from the flange 2.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1, In a clamp, a member having a flange and arms disposed substantially at rightangles thereto, a second member pivoted to the arms, the pivoted member having a When the tongue flange which is adapted to be disposed in close proximity to the flange on the 'first named member, the pivoted member extending rearwardly a short distance beyond its pivoted portion and having a rearwardly extending tongue which is less in. width than the pivoted member, the pivoted member having rear portions at either side of the tongue, and a leaf spring secured to the first named member, the spring having bifurcated arms which rest on the rear of the pivoted member one at either side of the rearwardly extending tongue.

2. In a clamp, a member having'a flange [sides disposed at right angles thereto, a sec- 7 end member pivoted tothe arms, the pivoted" member having a. flange, whichis adapted to be disposed in close proximity to the flange -5 on the first named member, the saidmembers extending rearwardly beyond their ivoted connection, the first named memer extending a relatively greater distance in from its rear terminal the's rin havin bifurcated arms, rest on the rear of the pivoted member, one at either side of the H that direction, a, real-wildly extending 1 0 tongue secured to the second member, which is less in width than the aeallxiinmmlla, the second member having 1w he wm-n. at, hither side of the tongue, 1 leaf spring, a surig'ce'of which is secured ainst the upper side of the first named mem er at a distance two subscribing Witnesses. h

i THOMAS X NEWTON.

me! 4 HENRY JOURDAN.

Witnesses:

ADAM Tj DAVIS, LEWIs BENNETT.