US858679A - Hasp-fastener. - Google Patents

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v PAIBNTED JULY 2, 1907.

.'r. J. TATUM. HAsP FASTENER. APPLIOATIGN FILED SEPT. 11.1806.

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JOHN J'. TATUM, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HASP-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

` Patented July 2, 1907.

Applicationled September 11, 1906. Serial No. 334,164.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHNv J. TATUM, of Baltimore, Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hasp-Fasteners, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification.

The present invention relates to hasp fasteners for doors, and particularly sliding doors such as those of freight cars; and has for its object the provision of a simple and economical device of this character which is of high elliciency in retaining closed the door to Which'it isattached, and whether said fastener has been sealed or not.

The invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein--4 Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing parts of the door, the structure and door stop,` and the improved device associated therewith; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view; Fig. 3 is a vertical lsectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the fastening parts of the device.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a structure, such as a freight car, 2 is a door, here shown as of the sliding type, and 3 is a Z-shaped door stop which is secured to the car by bolts 4. A door keeper bolt 5 is secured to the door stop 2 by suitable means 6, said bolt being adapted to receive and retain one end of a hasp 7, the other end of which hasp is provided with an elongated opening 8 through which passes a U-bolt 9. This latter is secured to the door2 by providing the leg which the hasp 7 engages with a lag-screw 10 which extends through the rdoor and has a nut lliscrewed thereon. All chance of the U-bolt being wrenched loose to permit the release of the hasp 7-which frequently occurs on freight cars when the short leg 12 of the U-bolt is the one subjected to the strains-is thus avoided. .The head of the keeper bolt 5 is substantially L-shapod in elevation being thus provided with a retaining shoulder 12 (see Figs. 3 and 4) and has its lower outercorner rounded off, or curved, as" at 13. The fastening end of the hasp 7 is enlarged and is provided with an opening 14, adjacent to which is a flange 15 formed at right angles to the body of the said hasp, and which lies adjacent to the keeper bolt 5 when the hasp is in engagement therewith. Compared with the longest length of the head of the keeper bolt 5, the length of the opening 14 is relatively much shorter, so that to engage the hasp with the keeper bolt to retain the door in its closed position, it is necessary to lift said hasp bodily (which is rendered possible by the elongated opening 8), turn the same at an angle to the door and then pass the opening overthe head of the keeper bolt 5 (as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3). The hasp then assumes its normal upright position, the upperA edge of the opening 14 resting on the bottom 14/ of the cut-out portion of the L-shaped keeper bolt. It will be observed that the in Fig. s, and then lifted out of Contact with the said bolt.

Although it is' sullicient under some conditions to merely place the hasp on the keeper bolt as above de? scribed, as for instance on empty freight cars, it is at other times quite desirable and even necessary to prevent the door from being opened without leaving some indication of such action. This is the case, for example, with loaded freight cars 5 and to permit of an expeditious and effective locking of the device a perforation or opening 17 is provided in flange 15 which, when the hasp is in engagement ywith the keeper bolt, registers with a similar opening 18 in said keeper bolt. It is, therefore, an exceedingly simple matter to pass a suitable seal or locking means 19 through the alined perforation's and, when this has been accomplished, it is impossible to enter the car without destroying the seal o1' otherwise affecting the locking means. It will, therefore, be appreciated that the present improved device presents a construction which is not only very simple and' durable, but by which doors of freight cars, which are subjected to the most severeusage, may be rapidly and effectively secured and retained in their closed position; and also that said device after securing the door in its closed position may be rapidly and effectively sealed or locked.

It will, of course, be understood that changes, coming within the scope of the claims, may be made in the construction herein illustrated without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, flange 15 instead of being provided only on one side of opening 14, may be duplicated on the other side thereof; and a pluralityof said openings 14, with associated flanges 15, may be provided on the hasp 7 in order that the door may be secured not only in its completely closed position, but in partially closed positions.

What isclaimed is:

1. ln a fastener of the character described, a keeper provided with a head having' a retaining shoulder, a hasp provided with an elongated opening in one end and means for hinging said hasp, the longest length of said elongated opening being shorter than the longest length of said head.

2. In a fastener of the character described, a keeper having; an L-shaped head, a hasp provided with an elongated opening in one end and means for hing-ing said hasp, the longest length of said elongated opening being shorter than the longest length of said Irshaped hasp.

3. In a fastener of the character described, a keeper provided with a head having a retaining shoulder, a hasp pro` vided with an elongated opening in one end and means for hinging said hasp, the longest length of said elongated opening being shorter than the longest length ot said head, and means for sealing or locking said hasp and head together.

Lli In a fastener of the character described, a keeper provided with a head having a retaining shoulder, a hasp provided with an elongated opening in one end and means for hinging said hasp, the longest length of said elongated opening heilig shorter than the longest length of said head, and said hasp being also provided with a tlange, and means for sealing or locking said flange to said head.

Si. In a fastener of the character described, a keeper provided With a head having a retaining shoulder, a hasp provided with an elongated opening in one end and means for hinging said hasp, the longest length ot said elongated opening being shorter than the longest length of said head, said hasp being also provided with a ilange which latter has a perforation therein adapted to register with a pei'- toration-in the head when said hasp and keeper head are in engagement, and a seal or Olock adapted to pass through said alined openings or perforations.

G. ln combination, a door, a keeper provided with a head having a retaining shoulder, a hasp provided with an elongated opening in one end, the longest; length ol' Isaid elongated opening being shorter than the lonl t length ol said keeper head, and means for hinging s d hasp said means comprising a, U-shaped holt the' same lieing secured to the door by means attached to the leg which the hasp engages.

7. ln a fastener o1' the character described, a. keeper provided with a head having a retaining shoulder, a hasp pro vided with an elongated opening in one end, the longest. length ot' said elongated opening heilig shorter than the longest length ot' said head, means for hinging said hasp. and an elongated opening provided in the hinged end olf said hasp to permit the latter to he moved to engage the iii'sti1nei1tioned elongated opening over the head ol` the keeper bolt.

ln testimony whereof l have ned'tltis slaeiliration in the presence of two suhserilling witnesses.

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