IM- PROVEMENTS IN HASP3 FOR FASTENING DOORS AND GATES AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS MAY ALSO BE APPLIED TO HINGES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Francis Edgar Martineau, of Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN HASP3 FOR FASTENING DOORS AND GATES AND FOR OTHER LIKE
PURPOSES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS MAY ALSO BE APPLIED TO HINGES."
Sealed the 16th April 1869, and dated the 6th November 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Francis Edgar Martineau
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 6th November 1868.
I, FRANCIS EDGAR MARTINEAU, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HASPS FOR FASTENING DOORS AND GATES AND FOR
OTHER LIKE PURPOSES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS MAY ALSO BE APPLIED TO HINGES,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after described in
hasps for fastening doors and gates, and for other like purposes, and
in hinges for doors and other purposes.
Price 6d.

page_text: In constructing a hasp according to my Invention I bend the ends
of the rod or wire of which the hasp is made at right angles to the body
of the hasp, and thereby form projecting ends or pins. To these ends of
the hasp joint or connect a plate in the following manner:-On one
end of the said plate and on opposite sides projecting ears are made.
By placing the projecting ends or pins of the hasp upon the middle of
the ears of the plate and bending the said cars upon the pins into a
tubular form the said hasp is connected with the plate, the said hasp
and plate being jointed together after the manner of the flaps of a door
hinge. By means of the plate described connected with or jointed to
the hasp the said hasp may be readily secured to the door or gate by
screws passed through holes in the said plate. By constructing hasps
in the manner described great strength and neatness of appearance are
secured.
In constructing hinges according to my Invention I connect the two
flaps of the hinge together by the method described for connecting the
hasp with the plate. On opposite edges of the flaps of the hinge 1 form
eyes or knuckles, and I take pins bent into the shape of the letter U and
insert their branches into the eyes or knuckles of the flaps, and thereby
connect the said flaps together, that is to say, the U-shaped pins are
placed upon the ears from which the eyes or knuckles are made, the
curved parts of the said pins being presented to each other, and the said
ears are then bent into a tubular form upon the said pins, as herein-
before described with respect to a hasp.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Francis Edgar Martineau in the Great Seal l'atent
Office on the 28th April 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, 1. FRANCIS
EDGAR MARTINEAU, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of November. in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Francis Edgar Martineau, Her special

page_text: licence that I, the said Francis Edgar Martineau, my executors, adminis
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Francis Edgar
Martinean, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN HASPS FOR FASTENING DOORS AND GATES AND FOR OTHER
LIKE PURPOSES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS MAY ALSO BE APPLIED TO HINGES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Francis Edgar
Martineau, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention. and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE. that I, the said Francis Edgar Martineau, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed. to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say:
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after described in
hasps for fastening doors and gates and for other like purposes, and in
hinges for doors and other purposes.
In constructing a hasp according to my Invention 1 bend the ends of
the rod or wire of which the hasp is made at right angles to the body
of the hasp, and thereby form projecting ends or pins. To these ends of
the hasp joint or connect a plate in the following manner:-On one
end of the said plate and on opposite edges projecting ears are made.
By placing the projecting ends or pins of the hasp upon the middle
of the ears of the plate, and bending the said cars upon the pins into
a-tubular form, the said hasp is connected with the plate, the said hasp
and plate being jointed together after the manner of the flaps of a door
hinge. By means of the plate described connected with or jointed to
the hasp the said hasp may be readily secured to the door or gate by
means of screws passed through holes in the said plate. By constructing
hasps in the manner described great strength and neatness of appearance
are secured.

page_text: In constructing hinges according to my Invention I connect the two
flaps of the hinge together by the method described for connecting the
hasp with the plate. On opposite edges of the flaps of the hinge 1 form
eyes or knuckles, and I take pins bent into the shape of the letter U and
insert their branches into the eyes or knuckles of the flaps, and thereby
connect the said flaps together, that is to say, the U-shaped pins are
placed upon the ears from which the eyes or knuckles are made, the
curved parts of the said pins being presented to each other, and the said
ears are then hent into a tubular form upon the said pins, as herein-
before described with respect to a hasp.
Having explained the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to
describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the manner in
which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in plan and edge view a hasp constructed
according to my Invention; Figure 2 represents a part of the same;
and Figure represents the parts of the hasp in position to be jointed
or connected together.
a is the hasp; b is the plate to which the said hasp a is to be jointed;
and is the ordinary staple passed through the loop of the hasp 'to
receive the padlock, as usual. In constructing the hasp, Figure 1,
1 bend the ends of the rod or wire of which the hasp a is made at right
angles, so as to form projecting ends or pins marked ², . 1.take a
plate of the form represented in Figure 3, and marked b, the said plate
having on one end and on opposite edges projecting ears marked 6, the
said cars being slightly turned up. By placing the projecting ends or
pins a, a, of the hasp a upon the middle of the ears ,, of the plate b
and bending the said ears into a tubular form upon the said pins, as
represented in Figure 1, the said hasp a is securely connected with the
plate b, the connection being effected by a joint similar to a hinge joint.
The eyes or knuckles made by bending up the cars b, b, are marked ba, b,
in Figure 1. Holes are made in the plate b, and by means of screws
passed through the said holes the hasp can readily be secured to the door,
or gate, or other article. By moving the hasp a upon its joint 63, &, the
said hasp may be raised from or engaged with the staple e for unfastening
or fastening the door, gate, or other article to which the hasp is con-
nected by the plate b.
Figure represents in plant and edge view a small hasp constructed
according to my Invention, in which instead of a staple a thumb plate d

page_text: turning on the centre & is used for fastening or unfastening the hasp.
The parts of the hasp, Figure 4, are marked with the same letters as
corresponding parts of the hasp Figure 1.
e, f, are the two flaps
projecting ears e², f. are
Upon these ears U-shaped
Figure represents in plan and edge view the two flaps of a hinge
connected together according to my Invention, and Figure 6 represents
in plan the parts arranged for hinging together.
of the hinge, on the opposite edges of which
made, the said ears being slightly turned up.
pins g,, are placed in the position represented in Figure 6, that is to
say, one branch of each pin is placed on the ears e respectively of one
flap, and the other branch of each pin is placed on the other cars /³
respectively of the other flap, the curved parts of the pins being pre-
sented to each other. By bending the cars & , of the flaps e, f, into
a tubular form upon the pins g, g, the two flaps e, f, are hinged to one
another, as represented in Figure 6, where the eyes or knuckles made
by bending up the ears e, f, (Figure 7) are marked e³, f³.
The process, tools, and machinery by which I bend the cars of the
hasp, plate, and flaps of the hinge over or upon the joint pins are similar
to those used in the manufacture of hinges, and I therefore do not think
it necessary to describe the said process, tools, and machinery.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood
that I do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and
illustrated, as the same may be varied without departing from the
nature of my Invention; but I claim as my Invention,-
Firstly. The improvements herein-before described and illustrated in
the accompanying Drawing in hasps for fastening doors and gates and
for other like purposes, that is to say, making the hasp with projecting
ends or pins and hinging or jointing the said hasp to a plate provided
with projecting ears, by bending the said cars into a tubular form upon
the said ends or pins of the hasp, substantially as described and
illustrated.
Secondly. The improvements herein-before described and illustrated
in the accompanying Drawing in connecting or jointing together the
flaps of hinges, that is to say, by bending into a tubular form the pro-

page_text: jecting cars of the flaps upon U-shaped joint pins, substantially as
described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis Edgar Martineau, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of April,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
F. EDGAR MARTINEAU. (L.S.)