US1521099A - Automobile theft-prevention means - Google Patents

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Dec. 30,1924.

A. C. HINES AUTOMOBILE THEFT PREVENTION MEANS 3 Filed March 8, 1924 v INVENTOR.

I BY M ATTORNEYS.

Patented'Dec. 30, 1924.

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AUTOMOBILE THEFT-reevaluation MEANS.

Application filed March 8,1924. Serial No. 697,825.

T all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, ALBERT C. HINES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Theft-Prevention.Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for preventing the theft of automobiles, and particularly to means for preventing the flow of gasoline between the tank and the car buretor.

An object of the invention is to provide a valve of suitable form, positioned in the gasoline feed pipe to the carburetor of the automobile, and mounted in a casing receiving said feed pipe, which casing entirely en closes the valve, and has connected portions extended from the casing enclosing the valve to the instrument board of the vehicle, and 1 connected with a suitable locking means having connection with the valve housed by said casing and its connection, whereby when the valve is in the ofi position, said locking means will prevent unauthorized operation of the same, and the casing disc osing the operation means 01": the valve will prevent access to the connecting and operating connection between the valve and the locking means.

The invention also includes other objects and improvements in the details of construction, and arrangement of parts, which are more particularly pointed out in the fol- V lowing description and claim, directedto a preferred "form of the invention, it being understood, however, that variations may be made in the specific constructionand arrangement of the parts, without departing from the scope of theinvention as described and claimed. 7

In'the drawing, application Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view,

forming a part of this showing portions of the automobile, and the 7 construction forming the present invention applied thereto.

F lgure 2 1s a view of the-face of the combination lock used, for locking the valve' controlling the feed of gasoline to the carburetor. V V Figure fil is a detail sectional view of the valve structure, which is connected in the gasoline feed pipe.

1 indicates the motor of the automobile,

having the usual intake manifold 2, and the carburetor 3 connected therewith, having the usual gasoline feed pipe at, extending to the supply tank, which is not shown. The motor 1, is covered by the usual hood 5, the dash board of the vehicle being indicated at 6, from the upper end of which extends the cowl 7, and at the rear end of which is the usual instrument board 8, positioned for the view of the driver, and for the operating handles of the several instruments mounted therein. A valve 9, is interposed in the gasoline feed pipe, at a position slightly in the rear of the dash board 6, as clearly shown in Figure 1, and is of the usual fork type, having an'operating rod 10, connected thereto, and extending upwardly to a position slightly below the cowl 7. A casing or housing 11 formed of sections, is positioned around the valve 9 for completely housing the same, said casing having suitable openings for the gasoline feed pipe 4, and a tubular extension 12 adapted to receive and guide the operating rod 10 of the valve stem, and also to receive a tubular casing member 13, adapted to completely cover and house the major portion of the operating rod 10 of said valve stem, the upper end of said rod being fitted on the tubular extension 14 of the removable head 15, of a casing 16, adapted to receive the upper end of the operating rod 10 for the va-h'e, and provide a bearing therefor, said operating rod being provided with a suitable gear 17, meshing with another gear 18, within said casing 16. A. shaft 19, is rotatably mounted in the casing 16, and extends through a tubular housing 20, extending at an angle with respect to the tubular housing 13, and through the instrument board 8, being connected at its ends to the combination lock, indicated at 21, which is of any suitable form, adaptother unauthorized person, is prevented 'from operating the valve, when locked by the combination lock member 21, for turning it to the open position.

It will be further noted, that stantially impossible toit is subis substantially necessary to remove the combination 1ock21 from connection with the tube 8, before the housing 16 can be 3 What is claimed is:

Means for preventing the unauthorized use of automobiles comprising a valve adapted to be disposed in the fuel line, a

housing completely enclosing said valve and having opposed openings through which disassemble the parts housing the rods 10, and shaft13, 'when the same are in locked position, as it said feed pipe passes, said valve havinga vertically extending operating stern, said housing being formed with a tubular ex tension providinga bearing for said stem,

a tubular casing, secured on said extension" and enclosing-said operatmg stem, a .gear' casing mountedfoii the upper end of said tubular casing and provided'wi'th bearings, said stem belng rotatable in one of said bearings, a second-tubular casing'mounted 7 on said gear casing and adapted to extend atone end through the instrument board of 7 the vehicle, a lock mounted on-the end of sald last mentioned casing, af shaft rotatably mounted; in said second named tubular casing; and cooperating with said loci; andhaving its lnner .end' proqectlng lntosald' gear casing. meshin ears ca'rriedbythe inner end of said shaftand said stern, said gears being housed'insaid gear casing, and] all of said casings being separate and detachably connected With'each other.'

In testmonyfwhereof I ailix mysig'na- 'ture.

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