US97713A - Improved key-guard - Google Patents

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liniidiatr @wat @Wina 'To all whom tt may concern.-

1 BETER c. SMITH, `orA BROOKLYN, NEW YoRnAssIcNoRTo HIMsEL'F AND.

ROBERT DONAHUE, OF `SAME PLAGE.

team` Panama. carla-"daad December 7, 1869.

IMIPROYED KEY-GUARD.

Thel Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the namev Be it known `that I, PETER Gr. SMITH, of Brooklyn,

in the-county of Kingsand` in the State of NewI I York, `have invented certain new and useful Improve- `menta in Key- Fastener; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to .the lletters of i reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.-

` Thefnature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of, a key-fastener, by the use of which keys may befastened `on the inside,

in such a' manner that it will be impossible for anybody totur'n it from'tlle inside.

In order to enable others `skilled inthe art to'which my invention appertains, to makeand use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and opa eration, referring' to th'e annexed drawings,.in which- Figure l is a perspective view, and 4 Figure 2, a side view of my invention. 1A Arepresent two jaws., pivoted together at their upper ends, and sb bent that when closed they shall `open on the inner side.

Theend of said box, at the foot-of the jaw, is provided with a semicircular notch, c, as seen inpfig. 1.

` When a door islocked onthe inside, thejaws A A are placed over the door-knob, and the boxes B` B fitted over the handle of the `key',' and closed, the key` passing through the now circular hole a a.

The boxes B B are then fastened together by a ring, l), whichis pivoted to one of them, and is placed may be hinged 'to the jaws'A A, and I intend so to The boxes B B may also be open at theouter sides,

4or even at the ends, if so desired, and the fastening,

instead of being by means of a ring, as above mentioned, may be a catch or any other suitable means,

by which the same object may be accomplished. Havingthus fully described my invention,

ters Patent, is-L A key-fastener, composed, ofthe jaws A A and boxes B B, constructed and fastened together sub-y What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letst'antiallyin the manner and for the purposes herein p set forth; y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 8th day of October,` 1869.

. PETER G. SMITH.` Witnesses:

` 70. L. EVERT,

J. M. MASON.

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