Improvements in Fastenings for Doors and the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left. 29th July. 1889-Accented 31st Aug
1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings for Doors and the like.
I, JAMES TURNER of Cross Roads, near Haworth in the County of York, Painter
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say :-
It consists of the construction and arrangement of parts so as to form an improved
combination door-chain and bolt or bar by which means the combined objects of a
door-bolt or bar and a door-chain are effected in one article at a cost barely
exceeding that of only one of said bolts or chains.
This I attain by attaching the chain to a loop or ear fixed to the staple attached to
the door's post, the other end of said chain being attached to the sliding piece of
the bolt, the length of said chain being just sufficient to allow said sliding piece
to be withdrawn from its bearings when same together with its staple-part above
described are attached to the door and door's post respectively and when said door
is closed. By this it will be seen that when the bolt is not pushed within its staple
but is merely inserted into its bearings, the door may be opened to the extent allowed
by the chain.
When the chain and bolt are not in use the latter may be inserted into a
supplementary loop by which means the chain is held in a more compact and sightly
position.
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Instead of the bolt, above described, being formed so that it will end abruptly or
in other words parallel throughout its length with its longitudinal axis in the same
manner as those heretofore employed, its outer end is somewhat pointed by which
means, should the door to which it may be attached not close so as to bring said
bolt with its centre exactly opposite the centre of the opening in the staple on the
door's post, it may still be partly inserted as will be well understood.
Bolts formed with their outer-ends-pointed--as above described are applicable
with equal advantage to other than- the improved combination door chain and bolt
hereinbefore described.
Dated this 27th dox of Ontahan 1000
TURNER.
JAMES
Per Samuel Hey,
A
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings for Doors and the like.
I, JAMES TURNER of Cross Roads near Haworth in the County of York, Painter,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say :-
It consists of improvements in the construction and arrangement of parts forming
fastenings for doors and the like, whereby what may be termed a combination door-
chain and bolt or bar is produced at a cost barely exceeding that of an ordinary
door-bolt- with the additional advantage, that it may be employed as a door-chain
as well as meeting the ordinary requirements of a door-bolt.
In order that my said invention may be more readily understood, I have hereunto
appended a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof to which by figures and letters
reference is made in the following description.
Fig. 1 is a front view of my improved fastening. Fig. 2 is a top view of fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of same.
The object of this invention is attained by attaching the chain a to a loop 6 which
is fixed to the staple applicable for attachment in the common and well known
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page_text: manner to the door's post. The other end of said chain a is attached to the sliding
piece d which is arranged to enter the opening made in the bearance e'in the same
manner as is the sliding piece in a common and ordinary bolt. The length of said
chain a is formed to be just sufficient to allow the sliding piece d to be withdrawn
from its bearance e only when the pieces c and e are in the relative positions shewn
by the drawings, said positions being assumed only when the door to which the part e
is attached is closed. By this it will be seen that when the bolt or sliding piece d
is not pushed so that its outer end d' will project beyond its bearance e to enter
the opening in the staple c but is merely inserted into its said bearance e the door
may be opened to the extent that the piece e is allowed by the chain a.to be moved
from piece c.
When the chain a and bolt dare not in use the latter may be inserted into
supplementary loopf (the position of which may be varied as is shewn at f¹ fig. 3)
by which means said chain a is held in a more compact and sightly position.
The outer end of the bolt d is preferably made somewhat tapering or pointed so
as to facilitate its entrance into its staple c should the door upon which it is mounted
by any cause not bring it exactly in line with its said staple c as will readily be
understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A fastening for a door or the like comprising the chain a, the staple c having a
loop attached thereto, the bolt or sliding piece d and its bearance e all of which are
formed and arranged to attain the object set forth substantially as specified.
Dated this 27th day of July. 1880
JAMES TURNER.
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.