Improvements in Hame Fasteners.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Jan., 1890-Accepted, 1st Mar., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hame Fasteners.
I, ALFRED FELLOWS, residing at Lansing, in the County of Leavenworth and
State of Kansas, United States of America gentleman 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 :-
The invention relates to improvements in hame-fasteners.
The object of the present invention is to produce a hame fastener of simple and
inexpensive construction, capable of being quickly and conveniently adjustable to fit
various-sized collars, and adapted to be readily operated and to be held in its locked
position by its pressure against the collar.
The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement
of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and
pointed out in the claim hereto appended.
In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hame-fastener embodying my
invention and showing the relative position of parts preparatory to locking.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation, portion of the casing being broken away to show the
position of the parts when locked. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the adjusting-screw.
Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A designates the casing, which
is composed of the two sides, a and the integral hame-hook a¹ which unites the sides a
at one end of the casing and is adapted to engage one of a pair of hames in the
ordinary manner. The sides a of the casing are provided with a series of adjusting-
holes a² which are adapted for the reception of a screw B whereby the position of a
lever C, which is pivoted between the sides a by said screw B, may be adjusted to
enable the hame-fastener to fit various-sized collars. The holes a² in the rear side of
the casing are threaded to engage the threaded end 6 of the adjusting screw B, the
other end 6' being enlarged and formed into a thumb-piece to facilitate the turning of
said screw.
The lever C is provided with a slot c¹ through which the adjusting-screw B passes,
and has its end 2 curved to adapt it to engage a somewhat similarly curved end e of a
metal strap E which is designed to be attached to a hame by a hook e¹ formed at the
opposite end thereof.
The lever C is adjusted by means of the screw B to adapt the hame-fastener to
larger or smaller collars, and the curved end c² of the lever is brought into engage-
ment with the curved end e of the strap E and the parts are locked by throwing the
free end of the lever up against the hooked end e' of the strap, after which the
pressure exerted by the hame-fastener upon the collar will hold the parts locked until
the lever is swung hack.
From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings, the construction,
operation and advantages of the invention will readily be understood.
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:
In a hame-fastener the combination with the casing provided with a hook at one
end designed to be secured to one of a pair of hames and having parallel sides a,
provided with a series of adjusting holes, the lever pivoted intermediate of its ends

page_text: between the sides a and having a curved end ² and the adjusting-screw, of the metal
strap designed to have one end connected to the other hame and having its other end
curved to engage the curved end of the lever substantially as described.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1890
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.