AUTOMATIC FASTENING FOR DOUBLE DOORS
Year: 1884

page_text: HERBERT THORNTON GURNER 24 Thavies Inn Holborn Circus London E.C. in
the county of Middlesex Cabinet Salesman do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for AUTOMATIC FASTENING FOR DOUBLE DOORS to be as follows:-
A semi-circular, or other shaped case of Brass or other metal, containing a hook
which is arranged to revolve on a pivot and is held in position by a simple spring.
A small aperture is made in the left hand door of cupboard and partly covered
with a Brass Plate. The semi-circular portion to be fixed to the article. The
action is sbewn in the accompanying drawings.
Figure I Plan and Elevation of Fastening.
Figure II Ditto Ditto shewing the interior, the doors being open.
Figure III.Plan shewing the interior the doors being closed.
Figure IV Plan and Elevation of Brass Plate. To be made in all sizes as
required.
I, HERBERT THORNTON GURNER of 24, Thaives Inn Holborn Circus, London E.C.
in the County of Middlesex Cabinet Salesman do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for "AUTOMATIC FASTENINGS FOR DOUBLE DOORS" and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object to provide a simple and efficient fastener
applicable where two doors hinged respectively at opposite sides meet edge to edge
as in the case of wardrobe doors and the like.
For this purpose I provide a device hereinafter termed a hook, capable of
limited movement radially and so formed and arranged in relation to the doors
that when one door has been closed the act of closing the other door will cause the
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page_text: hook to assume such a position in relation to the door first closed as to fasten it
and keep it fastened so long as the door last closed is kept shut which may be
effected by a spring latch lock or by locking the door in the ordinary manner.
The hook is arranged and pivotted so that it can be easily moved radially to an
extent limited by suitable stops such as the sides of a socket or recess to which the
hook is pivotted.
The arrangement is such as not, in any position of the hook to prevent the
closing of either doors and is held in this position by a simple spring.
This apparatus is fixed, morticed or otherwise, to the carcase or door case.
There are also two plates supplied one containing a slot intended to be screwed
or fixed to the door that is to be first closed, the door being cut away behind it to
admit of the hook passing through the plate and allowing for its radial action.
The second plate to be fixed to the other door to form a striking plate for the
portion of the hook affected by the said door.
Various shapes may be adopted both for the hook and the socket to which it is
pivotted without departing from the essential features of my invention-It may be
manufactured in metal or other suitable material,
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 illustrates in perspective a fastening according to my invention-Front
view A being the hook which radiates on pivot C. B the socket containing hook
and spring. D pivots regulating the spring.
Figure 2-is-a-back-view-of-the-same.
Figure 3 shews a plate that is to be fixed to the door to be first closed.
Figure 4 The striking plate to be fixed to the other door.
Figure 5 a perspective view of a cabinet showing one method of fixing the
fastener and one of its intended positions.
My invention is so arranged that the usual shrinking and warping of doors does
not counteract its cfficacy, which has been unprovided for in any previous
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The use as a fastening, of a hook capable of limited movement as above set
forth and so formed and arranged that when one door has been closed, the act of
closing another door shall cause the hook to assume such a position in relation to
the first named door as to fasten it and keep it fastened so long as the door last
closed is kept shut substantially as described.
2. The improved fastening as set forth and described with reference to Figures 1
to 4 inclusive for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 5th day of December 1884.

page_text: HERBERT THORNTON GURNER 24 Thavies Inn Holborn Circus London E.C. in
the county of Middlesex Cabinet Salesman do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for AUTOMATIC FASTENING FOR DOUBLE DOORS to be as follows :-
.
:-
A. semi-circular, or other shaped case of Brass or other metal, containing a hook
which is arranged to revolve on a pivot and is held in position by a simple spring.
A small aperture is made in the left hand door of cupboard and partly covered
with a Brass Plate. The semi-circular portion to be fixed to the article. The
action is shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Figure I Plan and Elevation of Fastening.
Figure II Ditto Ditto shewing the interior, the doors being open.
Figure III Plan shewing the interior the doors being closed.
Figure IV Plan and Elevation of Brass Plate. To be made in all sizes as
required.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, HERBERT THORNTON GURNER of 24, Thaives Inn Holborn Circus, London E.C.
in the County of Middlesex Cabinet Salesman do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for "AUTOMATIC FASTENINGS FOR DOUBLE DOORS" and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
My invention has for its object to provide a simple and efficient fastener
applicable where two doors hinged respectively at opposite sides meet edge to edge
as in the case of wardrobe doors and the like.
For this purpose I provide a device hereinafter termed a hook, capable of
limited movement radially and so formed and arranged in relation to the doors
that when one door has been closed the act of closing the other door will cause the
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page_text: hook to assume such a position in relation to the door first closed as to fasten it
and keep it fastened so long as the door last closed is kept shut which may be
effected by a spring latch lock or by locking the door in the ordinary manner.
The hook is arranged and pivotted so that it can be easily moved radially to an
extent limited by suitable stops such as the sides of a socket or recess to which the
hook is pivotted.
The arrangement is such as not, in any position of the hook to prevent the
closing of either doors and is held in this position by a simple spring.
This apparatus is fixed, morticed or otherwise, to the carcase or door case.
There are also two plates supplied one containing a slot intended to be screwed
or fixed to the door that is to be first closed, the door being cut away behind it to
admit of the book passing through the plate and allowing for its radial action.
The second plate to be fixed to the other door to form a striking plate for the
portion of the hook affected by the said door.
Various shapes may be adopted both for the hook and the socket to which it is
pivotted without departing from the essential features of my invention-It may be
manufactured in metal or other suitable material.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 illustrates in perspective a fastening according to my invention-Front
view A being the hook which radiates on pivot C. B the socket containing hook
and spring. D pivots regulating the spring.
Figure 2 is a back view of the same.
Figure 3 shews a plate that is to be fixed to the door to be first closed.
Figure 4 The striking_plate to be fixed to the other door.
Figure 5 a perspective view of a cabinet shewing one method of fixing the
fastener and one of its intended positions.
My invention is so arranged that the usual shrinking and warping of doors does
not counteract its efficacy, which has been unprovided for in any previous
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The use as a fastening, of a hook capable of limited movement as above set
forth and so formed and arranged that when one door has been closed, the act of
closing another door shall cause the hook to assume such a position in relation to
the first named door as to fasten it and keep it fastened so long as the door last
closed is kept shut substantially as described.
2. The improved fastening as set forth and described with reference to Figures 1
to 4 inclusive for the purposes set forth,
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Dated this 5th day of December 1884.