Cart, Waggon, and other Doors.
Year: 1885

page_text: Cart, Waggon, and other Doors.
I, JOSEPH KAYE, of Kaye's Patent Lock Works, South Accomodation Road,
Leeds, in the County of York, Lock Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR
SECURING CART WAGGON AND OTHER DOORS to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in the means employed for
securing the doors of carts and rolling stock waggons, and has for its object, the
arrangement of the apparatus in such a manner, that no knocking is required to
relieve the doors as is now the case with doors secured by pins passing through
staples.
I accomplish my object in the following manner. The cart or waggon doors are
hinged in the ordinary manner, and to the cart or waggon at each end of the cart
or waggon side, I secure a bar, the projecting end of which is formed with a slot
hole, in which I mount a curved lever, that is secured in the said slot hole by a pin
so that the lever is free to work therein.
When it is desired to close the door, the curved levers are lifted up and passed
through corresponding openings formed in the door and faced with metal washers
on the front side: the door being shut, and the bent levers turned down, the top
portions being cam shaped press against the metal washers and effectually fasten
the door.
WAUGH & CHAPMAN,
70, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Cart, Waggon, and other Doors.
I, JOSEPH KAYE of Kayes Patent Lock Works South Accomodation Road
Leeds, in the County of York, Lock Manufacturer 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:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in the means employed for
securing the doors of carts, and rolling stock waggons, and has for its object, the
arrangement of the apparatus in such a manner, that no knocking is required to
release the doors, as is now the case with doors secured by pins passing through
staples.
The doors
My object consists in securing to each side of the cart or waggon frame a bar,
the projecting end of which is slotted or forked, in which is secured by means
of a pin, a lever curved to the radius through which the door moves.
are made with two projecting pieces having holes faced with metal washers, the
holes being in a corresponding position to the slotted or forked bar, and when the
doors are closed, and the levers turned down, the cams at the end thereof rise above
the slotted or forked bars and press against the washer of the cart or waggon door,
thus holding the door secure.
In order to elucidate my invention reference is made to the appended sheet of
drawings.
Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of an ordinary railway Waggon with my
improved door fastener attached. Figs. 2, 3, 4 5 and 6 being details of the same.
To each side of the framework of the cart or waggon as the case may be, I
secure a bar A, the projecting end of which is slotted or forked at B, to receive
the lever C, which is cam shaped at D, and works on the pin E, the latter being
out of the centre line of the bar A.
To the hinged door F, I attach two projecting pieces G, at a corresponding
position to the bars A, having holes therein or when the projections form part
of the door, the holes are faced with metal washers or the bar G may form part of
the hinge. When it is desired to fasten the door F, the levers C, are moved into
the horizontal position as shewn by Fig. 2 and being curved to the radius through
which the door F, moves they allow the holes in the projecting pieces G to pass
over them freeley. The door F, being now closed the levers C, are turned to the
vertical position as shewn by Fig. 3. and in consequence of the pins E, being
placed above the centre line of the bars A, the cams D, rise above the forks B,
press against the metal washers, and thus keep the door secure when it has been
closed. By lifting the levers C, to the horizontal position as shewn by Fig. 2. the
door F, is at once released without any knocking as is the case with doors hold fast
by staples and pins.
In order to keep the lever C in a horizontal or other position in which it may
be set, I bore a hole as shewn at H, in Fig. 6, and insert therein two short bars
having heads formed thereon, between which I compress & spiral spring, that causes

page_text: the heads of the bars to press against the interior surfaces of the slotted or forked
bar B, and thus retain the lever C in any desired position.
It is self evident that my invention is applicable to all doors which are opened
from one side only and require some simple and effectual apparatus to keep them
closed.
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
The lever C, having the cam shaped end D, mounted on the pin E and working
in the fork B, all arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein
set forth.
The means for retaining the lever C in any position in the manner shewn and
described.
Dated this 17th day of Danamho 100K
WAUGH & CHAPMAN,
Agents.