Improved Fastening Apparatus applicable to Tailboards of Carts and Vans, Cupboard Doors, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 27th May, 1898-Accepted, 30th July, 1898
DAL VI
Tuation, Tell Apiny 1000
Complete Specification Left, 27th May, 1898-Accepted, 30th July, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Fastening Apparatus applicable to Tailboards of Carts and
Vans, Cupboard Doors, and the like.
We, JOHN DEBOO, of Crown Hill, Croydon, in the County of Surrey, Coach
Builder, and THOMAS HENRY JAMES, of No. 7, Belgrave Road, South Norwood, in
the County of Surrey, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention has reference to an improved fastening apparatus and is par-
ticularly applicable to securing the tailboards of carts and vans, cupboard doors
and similar purposes, and has for object a more simple and efficient fastening than
those heretofore in use.
For this purpose we secure to the rear ends of the sides of the cart or van, or to
the side of the cupboard as the case may be, a metal or other plate, having a longi-
tudinal slot therein in which the catch or fastener works on a transverse pivot.
The base of the catch or fastener is so formed that it is retained in the open or
closed position by means of a spring secured at the back of the longitudinal slot
and bearing upon the base of the catch or fastener. The latch or projecting part
is secured to the tailboard or door in such a manner that it will engage with the
catch or fastener when the latter is in its closed position. When it is desired to
release the tailboard or door the catch or fastener is moved to the open position
where it is retained by the action of the spring.
To prevent rattling a spring may be fixed to the lower portion of the front of
the plate, which will cause the latch or projecting part to press closely against
the catch or fastener when it is in the closed position.
.
Dated this 4th day of April A D 1898
JAMES G. STOKES,
Agent for the Applicants.
Improved Fastening Apparatus applicable to Tailboards of Carts and
Vans, Cupboard Doors, and the like.
We, JOHN DEBOO, of Crown Hill, Croydon, in the County of Surrey, Coach
Builder, and THOMAS HENRY JAMES, of No. 7, Belgrave Road, South Norwood, in
the County of Surrey, Clerk, 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 has reference to an improved fastening apparatus and is par-

page_text: ticularly applicable to securing the tailboards of carts and vans, cupboard and
other doors and similar purposes, and has for its object the production of a more
simple and efficient fastening than those heretofore in use.
According to this invention, to the rear ends of the sides of the cart or van, or
to the side of the cupboard, as the case may be, is secured a metal or other plate,
having a longitudinal slot therein, in which the catch or fastener works on a
transverse pivot. The base of the catch or fastener is so formed that it is retained
in the open or closed position, by means of a spring secured at the back of the
longitudinal slot and bearing upon the base of the catch or fastener. The latch
or projecting part is secured to the tailboard, or door, in such a manner that it
will engage with the catch or fastener when the latter is in its closed position.
When it is desired to release the tailboard or door, the catch or fastener is moved
to the open position, where it is retained by the action of the spring. To prevent
rattling a spring may be fixed to the lower portion of the front of the plate, which
will cause the latch, or projecting part, to press closely against the catch or
fastener when it is engaged therewith.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, Fig. 1 is a sectional eleva-
tion of the improved fastening apparatus, in the line A, 13, of Fig. 2 which shews
a front elevation thereof. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.
a is the side of the cart van or door, to which the metal or other plate b is
secured. c is the longitudinal slot, in which the catch or fastener d works, on
the transverse pivot e. f is the spring at the back of the longitudinal slot cand
is sccured by the screw or bolt g to the metal or other plate b. h is the latch or
projecting part, secured to the tailboard or door i, in such a manner that it will
engage with the catch or fastener d when it is in the closed position. j is the
spring fixed to the lower portion of the front of the plate b by means of the screws
or bolts k. The open position of the catch or fastener is shewn in dotted lines
at L.
It is obvious that fasteners, as described, may also be applied to securing
windows, drawers, boxes et cetera.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is;-
The improved fastening apparatus substantially as shewn in and described with
reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of May A.D. 1898.
JAMES G. STOKES,
8, Dane's Inn, Strand, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.