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US987083A
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  • HENRY 3' WARD, 0F PEORIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WARD-DICKEY STEEL C0,, OF INDIANA HARBOR, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.
  • the invention relates to seals for guarding railway cars, or like structures, from unwarranted opening, and particularly to seals comprising a chambered head and a strap or shackle in loop form having its ends secured to the head, at least one of these ends being automatically secured when thrust into the head.
  • the object of the invention is to guard against tampering with the seal in such a manner that an end of the shackle, after having been released, might be loosely inserted and tend to deceive an inspector by giving the seal its original appearance.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the seal before locking
  • Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the head of the seal
  • Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 2
  • Fig. 4 is a detail plan View of the blank, one fold having been made
  • Fig. 5 is a detail plan View of the blank unfolded.
  • the seal when completed, comprises the head 10 and the shackle 11, all preferably formed of a single piece of sheet metal blanked out as shown in Fig. 5, wherein the shackle is shown at 11 as being attached to what may be called the base plate 12 of the head, the cover plate of the head being shown at 13 and the retaining barb for engagement by the shackle at 14.
  • the barb 14 is folded back on the dotted line 15 to the position shown in Fig. 4.
  • the cover plate 13 is then folded back upon the base plate 12, the fold being across the neck uniting these two portions, which defines the width of the chamber of the head.
  • the side flanges 16, 17 and 18, 19 of the cover and base are now folded together to form a double seam.
  • the flanges 16, 17 are recessed, as shown at 20, 21 near the outer end of the plate 13, and this plate is formed with a projection 22 of the width of the chamber of the head, the barb 14 being formed on the end of this projection.
  • the projection 22 is provided with a pair of lugs 23, 24 which, when the blank is folded on the line 15, register with the recesses 20, 21 and enter into and form a part of the double seam, which closes the side edges of the head, thereby securely interlocking the barb-carrying projection 22 with the base and cover plate and preventing the withdrawal of the barb by cutting away the metal on the line of fold 15.
  • the shackle 11 is shown as having an aperture 27 near its free end for receiving the barb 14 as the seal is locked, the aperture 27 being preferably formed by striking a tongue 25 out of the material of the shackle as in the case of the Wing seal shown in the patent hereinbefore referred to.
  • a recess 26 is formed in the base plate 12 a recess 26, so located as to accommodate the tip of the barb 14 and thereby providing for a sharper inclination of the barb across the chamber of the head without increasing the depth of this chamber as a whole and also carrying the tip of the barb below the plane of the shackle end and insuring a more secure lock.
  • a chambered head comprising a pair of plates having their margins interfolded, a barb having a base portion housed within the head, lugs formed on the base portion of the barb interfolded with the margins of the plates comprised in the head, and a shackle adapted to enter the head and engage the barb.
  • a car seal formed of a single sheet of metal and comprising a strap or shackle, a head at one end of the shackle formed of a base section and a cover section, the one folded over upon the other and having their bered head comprising'a base plate and a cover plate having interfolded margins, a.
  • a chamshackle adapted to enter the chamber of the head, and an intermediate plate constructed for hooked engagement with the shackle, interposed between the base and cover plates and'having one of its margins interfolded with the margins of the base and cover plates.
  • a chambered head comprising a base plate and a cover plate having interfolded margins, an
  • intermediate plate crossing the chamber of the head and having its margins interfolded recessed, a shackle adapted to enter the chamber of the head, an intermediate plate constructed for hooked engagement with the shackle interposed between the base and cover plates, and a marginal lug on the intermediate plate adapted to enter the recessed margin of the base or cover plate and to be interfolded with the margin of the other plate.

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H. J. WARD.
cm SEAL. APPLIOATION IILEIDNOV'. 8, 1909.
987,083, Patented Mar. 14, 1911.
HENRY 3'. WARD, 0F PEORIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WARD-DICKEY STEEL C0,, OF INDIANA HARBOR, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.
CAB-SEAL.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Mar. 14, 1911.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, HENRY J. WARD, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Peoria, county of Peoria, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seals, of which the following is a specification, and which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.
The invention relates to seals for guarding railway cars, or like structures, from unwarranted opening, and particularly to seals comprising a chambered head and a strap or shackle in loop form having its ends secured to the head, at least one of these ends being automatically secured when thrust into the head.
The object of the invention is to guard against tampering with the seal in such a manner that an end of the shackle, after having been released, might be loosely inserted and tend to deceive an inspector by giving the seal its original appearance.
The invention is shown as applied to a seal of the type forming the subject of Let-- ters Patent No. 908,186, granted to John F. Wing, December 29, 1908, and it consists in details of construction as hereinafter pointed out and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the seal before locking; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the head of the seal; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a detail plan View of the blank, one fold having been made; and Fig. 5 is a detail plan View of the blank unfolded.
The seal, when completed, comprises the head 10 and the shackle 11, all preferably formed of a single piece of sheet metal blanked out as shown in Fig. 5, wherein the shackle is shown at 11 as being attached to what may be called the base plate 12 of the head, the cover plate of the head being shown at 13 and the retaining barb for engagement by the shackle at 14. In forming up the head the barb 14 is folded back on the dotted line 15 to the position shown in Fig. 4. The cover plate 13 is then folded back upon the base plate 12, the fold being across the neck uniting these two portions, which defines the width of the chamber of the head. The side flanges 16, 17 and 18, 19 of the cover and base are now folded together to form a double seam. The flanges 16, 17 are recessed, as shown at 20, 21 near the outer end of the plate 13, and this plate is formed with a projection 22 of the width of the chamber of the head, the barb 14 being formed on the end of this projection. The projection 22 is provided with a pair of lugs 23, 24 which, when the blank is folded on the line 15, register with the recesses 20, 21 and enter into and form a part of the double seam, which closes the side edges of the head, thereby securely interlocking the barb-carrying projection 22 with the base and cover plate and preventing the withdrawal of the barb by cutting away the metal on the line of fold 15.
The shackle 11 is shown as having an aperture 27 near its free end for receiving the barb 14 as the seal is locked, the aperture 27 being preferably formed by striking a tongue 25 out of the material of the shackle as in the case of the Wing seal shown in the patent hereinbefore referred to. There is formed in the base plate 12 a recess 26, so located as to accommodate the tip of the barb 14 and thereby providing for a sharper inclination of the barb across the chamber of the head without increasing the depth of this chamber as a whole and also carrying the tip of the barb below the plane of the shackle end and insuring a more secure lock. When the barb 14 has entered the aperture 27, an attempt to withdraw the end of the shackle from the chamber of the head 10, will cause the tongue 25 to become hooked over the widened base portion 22 of the barb. As the barb 14 is securely fastened within the head 10, because of the interfolding of its marginal lugs 23 24 with the margins of the base and cover members 12, 13, this hooked engagement of the shackle with it, effectually prevents the shackle from being forcibly withdrawn.
I claim as my invention:
1. In a car seal, in combination, a chambered head comprising a pair of plates having their margins interfolded, a barb having a base portion housed within the head, lugs formed on the base portion of the barb interfolded with the margins of the plates comprised in the head, and a shackle adapted to enter the head and engage the barb.
2. A car seal formed of a single sheet of metal and comprising a strap or shackle, a head at one end of the shackle formed of a base section and a cover section, the one folded over upon the other and having their bered head comprising'a base plate and a cover plate having interfolded margins, a.
margins interfolded, and an extension of the cover sectlon constructed for hooked engagement with the other end of the shackle olded back into the chamber of the head and having lateral lugs interfolded with the margins of the cover and base sections.
3.'In a car seal, in combination, a chamshackleadapted to enter the chamber of the head, and an intermediate plate constructed for hooked engagement with the shackle, interposed between the base and cover plates and'having one of its margins interfolded with the margins of the base and cover plates. l
In a car seal, in combination,a chambered head comprising a base plate and a cover plate having interfolded margins, an
intermediate plate crossing the chamber of the head and having its margins interfolded recessed, a shackle adapted to enter the chamber of the head, an intermediate plate constructed for hooked engagement with the shackle interposed between the base and cover plates, and a marginal lug on the intermediate plate adapted to enter the recessed margin of the base or cover plate and to be interfolded with the margin of the other plate.
. HENRY J. WARD.
Witnesses: V
LoUIsK. GILLsoN, CHAs. B. GILLsoN.
Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 1
p Washington, D. G.
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