Keeps or Staples for Latches and other Staples, which improve- ments are in part Applicable to the Manufacture of Certain Kinds of Hinges.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 11th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 21st Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 25th Mar., 1887.
Keeps or Staples for Latches and other Staples, which improve-
ments are in part Applicable to the Manufacture of Certain Kinds
of Hinges.
I JONAH BANKS of London Works Clothier Street Willenhall in the County of
Stafford Door Bolt Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be
as follows:
My invention has reference principally to the bolt plates and staples of tower and
barrel bolts and consists in manufacturing the said bolt plates and staples in the
manner hereinafter described the said method of manufacture being also applicable
to the manufacture of keeps or staples for latches and other staples and to butt
hinges.
In making tower bolt plates I make the nearly semi circular bands commonly
called staples in which the bolt or rod slides from sheet metal but instead of connecting
them to the base of the bolt plate by the use of solid rivets as usual I connect the said
staples to the base plate by means of tubular rivets or eyelets which are passed
through holes in the wings or flanges of the staple and also through holes in the
base plate and the said tubular rivets or eyelets are expanded or riveted on the
underside of the base plate. If the rivet or eyelet has a head the riveting is effected
only on the underside of the plate but if the tubular rivet or eyelet is without a head
or has only a small head both its ends may be expanded or riveted. The eyelet holes
left after the riveting serve for the screws to pass through by which the bolt is affixed
to the door.
In making a barrel bolt plate according to my invention I attach the barrel by its
wings or flanges by tubular rivets or eyelets essentially in the way described with
respect to tower bolt plates.
In making the staple fixed on the door frame and in which the end of the shot door
bolt passes I provide the band of the staple with wings or flanges similar to those of
the fower bolt bands described and I connect them to their base plates by tubular
rivets or eyelets in the way described with reference to door bolt plates.

page_text: In making the keeps or staples of latches I make the body of the keep of the usual
form preferably making a corrugation in the middle for strengthening it and I make
on each end of it a wing or flange of the kind before described with reference to bolt
staples and I connect the said body of the keep or staple to its base plate by tubular
rivets or eyelets.
I also apply the same method of manufacture to staples for various purposes.
My invention is also applicable to the manufacture of such butt hinges as are made
from sheet metal and the flaps of which consist of two layers of sheet metal. I
connect the two layers of the flap by means of tubular rivets or eyelets passed through
coincident holes in the said flap and expanded or rivetted therein. The two parts of
the flaps are thereby firmly secured together and the connection of the hinges with
the door and door frame is effected by screws passed through the holes in the rivets
or eyelets.
Dated this lozanth day of Tun 1000
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I JONAH BANKS of London Works, Clothier Street, Willenhall in the County of
Stafford, Door Bolt Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention 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 reference principally to the bolt plates and staples of tower and
barrel bolts and consists in manufacturing the said bolt plates and staples in the
manner hereinafter described, the said method of manufacturing being also applicable
to the manufacture of keeps or staples for latches and other staples and to butt
hinges.
In making tower bolt plates I make the nearly semi-circular bands, commonly
called staples, in which the bolt or rod slides from sheet metal but instead of
connecting them to the base of the bolt plate by the use of solid rivets as usual I
connect the said staples to the base plate by means of tubular rivets or eyelets which
are passed through holes in the wings or flanges of the staple and also through holes
in the base plate and the said tubular rivets or eyelets are expanded or riveted on the
underside of the base plate. If the rivet or eyelet has a head the riveting is effected
only on the underside of the plate but if the tubular rivet or eyelet is without a head,
or has only a small head, botli its ends may be expanded or riveted. The eyelet holes
left after the riveting serve for the screws to pass through by which the bolt is affixed
to the door.
In making a barrel bolt plate according to my invention I attach the barrel by its
wings or flanges by tubular rivets or eyelets essentially in the way described with
respect to tower bolt plates.
In making the staple fixed on the door frame and in which the end of the shot door
bolt passes, I provide the band of the staple with wings or flanges similar to those of
the tower bolt bands described and I connect them to their base plates by tubular
rivets or eyelets in the way described with reference to door bolt plates.
In making the keeps or staples of latches I make the body of the keep of the usual
form preferably making a corrugation in the middle for strengthening it and I make
on each end of it a wing or flange of the kind before described with reference to bolt
staples and I connect the said body of the keep or staple to its base plate by tubular
rivets or eyelets.
I also apply the same method of manufacture to staples for various purposes.

page_text: My invention is also applicable to the manufacture of such butt hinges as are made
from sheet metal and the flaps of which consist of two layers of sheet metal. I
connect the two layers of the flap by means of tubular rivets or eyelets passed through
coincident holes in the said flap and expanded or riveted therein. The two parts of
the flaps are thereby firmly secured together and the connection of the hinges with
the door and door frame is effected by screws passed through the holes in the rivets or
eyelets.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in plan and Figure 2 in side
elevation, a door bolt of the kind called a Tower Bolt, the nearly semi circular bands
or staples of the plate of the said bolt being connected to the base plate according to
my invention; Figure 3 represents a cross section of the same taken through the
line y, y Figure 1; Figure 4 represents one of the semi-circular bands or staples
detached and Figure 5 represents the sheet metal blank from which the band or staple
is made.
a is the rod or bolt proper working in the nearly semi circular bands or staples b, b
fixed to the base plate c. The said bands are made by taking pierced sheet metal
blanks of the kind represented in Figure 5 and bending the blanks at their middle so
as to form bands or staples of the kind represented in Figure 4. The bands or
staples b, b are connected to the base plate c of the bolt (which plate is pierced with
holes at the required places) by means of the tubular rivets or eyelets d, d, one of
which is shown separately in Figure 6 passed through the holes in the wings or flanges
of the staples or bands and also through the holes in the base plate e and rivetted as
best seen in Figure 3. When headed tubular rivets or eyelets are used the shank
ends are passed through the wings of the staples or bands and the said shank ends
riveted or expanded on the underside of the base plate c. When headless tubular
rivets or eyelets are used both ends are riveted or expanded. By the riveting or
expanding of the end or ends of the rivets or eyelets the bands or staples b, b are
firmly connected to the base plate e of the bolt. Any required number of staples or
bands b, may be connected to the base plate in the manner described and
illustrated.
When a barrel is to be attached to the base plate c to form a barrel bolt plate I
attach the barrel to the base plate by passing tubular rivets or eyelets through the
wings or flanges of the barrel and through the holes in the base plate and riveting or
expanding the end or ends of the said tubular rivets or eyelets as herein before
described and represented with respect to the bands or staples of a tower bolt plate.
The holes in the tubular rivets d, & after the fixing operation serve for the screws to
pass through by which the tower and barrel bolts are secured to the door. Figure 7
represents in front elevation and section a staple to be affixed on the door frame for
the end of the bolt a, Figures 1, 2 and 3, or other door bolt to engage in, the said
staple being made according to my invention; Figure 8 represents the base plate to
which the semi-circular band of the staple is affixed; e is the base plate of the staple
ent from sheet metal and pierced with holes as represented and is the nearly
semi circular band, the wings of which are pierced with holes. The band is affixed
to the base plate e by means of the tubular rivets or eyelets d, d passed through the
coincident holes in the wings of the band and in the base plate and riveted as seen in
the section of Figure 7. Through the holes in the tubular rivets d the fastening
screws are passed for attaching the staple to the door frame or post. Figure
represents in front elevation and side elevation (partly in section) a keep or staple for
a latch or for other purpose made according to my invention; Figure 10 represents
the pierced base plate of the keep detached and Figure 11 represents the keep before
it is attached to the base plate and Figure 12 represents the pierced blank from which
the keep Figure 11 is made.
g is the keep strengthened at its middle by the corrugation at h and i, i are pierced
wings or flanges on the ends of the keep g by which it is attached to the base plate k
by means of the tubular rivets or eyelets d, a passed through the coincident holes in
the wings and base plate and riveted as before described with respect to door bolt
plates and staples for door bolts.

page_text: The fixing screws are passed through the holes in the rivets or eyelets d, d.
Figure 13 represents in elevation and Figure 14 in cross section a butt hinge
made according to my invention, each flap of the said hinge consisting of two
layers of sheet metal the said layers being secured together by means of tubular
rivets or eyelets d, d passed through the coincident holes in the two layers of the
flap as best seen in Figure 14; Figure 15 represents in elevation and Figure 16
in cross section the partly made sheet metal flap of the hinge and Figure 17
represents the same in cross section after the two layers have been folded upon
and brought parallel to one another and the said layers perforated. Through the
coincident holes in the two layers of the flap the tubular rivets or eyelets d, d are
passed and riveted for fixing the said layers together the screws for fastening the
hinge to the door and door frame being passed through the holes in the tubular rivets
or eyelets.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention and
the manner in which the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood that I
claim as my invention :-
First The improvement in the manufacture of the plates of tower and barrel door
bolts herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 and 6 of the
accompanying Drawing; that is to say, connecting the staples or nearly semi-circular
bands of tower bolt plates and the barrels of barrel bolt plates to the base plates by
means of tubular rivets or eyelets the holes in the said tubular rivets or eyelets
serving for the passage of the screws by which the bolts are attached to the door
substantially as described and illustrated.
Secondly The improvement in the manufacture of staples for door bolts and
keeps or staples for latches and other staples herein before described and illustrated
in Figures 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 and 12 of the accompanying Drawing; that is to
say, connecting the nearly semi-circular bands or staples, or the angular or other
shaped bands of keeps, to their base plates by means of tubular rivets or eyelets,
the holes in the said tubular rivets or eyelets serving for the passage of the screws
by which the staples and keeps are attached to the door frames and doors
substantially as described and illustrated.
Thirdly The improvement in the manufacture of butt hinges the flaps of which
are each made of two layers of sheet metal herein before described and illustrated
in Figures 13. 14. 15. 16 and 17 of the accompanying Drawing; that is to say,
connecting together the two layers of the flaps of the said butt hinges by means of
tubular rivets or eyelets the holes in the said tubular rivets or eyelets serving for
the passage of the screws by which the butt hinges are attached to the door and
door frame substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this Eighteenth day of February 1887