An Improved Line or Cord Fastener.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 14th June, 1895-Accepted, 20th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Line or Cord Fastener.
We JOSEPH JAMES DAY and THOMAS ISAAC DAY of 24 Prince of Wales
Road Kentish Town London N.W. Sanitary Engineers do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a means of fastening the cords used for securing the
tarpaulins required for covering railway waggons and similar purposes and is
also applicable to any other purpose where it is necessary to hold a rope or string
and is an improvement on a line fastener for which Letters Patent were granted to
us on the 2nd July 1886 No. 8702. This invention consists in forming a back
plate with a pivot or bearing in the centre cast to a suitable shape to prevent a
front plate from moving round, and the front plate is so placed on the pivot or
bearing that it works loosely thereon, and is secured on the pivot by a pin
or rivet.
On the outer side of the front plate there are also formed two hooks for the
purpose of enabling the fastener to hold larger ropes as used for secuering bulky
articals.
J. J. DAY.
T. I. DAY.
Al improved Line or coru rastenег.
We, JOSEPH JAMES DAY, and THOMAS ISAAC DAY, of 24 Prince of Wales
Road, Kentish Town, in the County of London, Sanitary Engineers, 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 a means of fastening the cords used for securing the
tarpaulin required for covering railway waggons and similar purposes and is also
applicable to any other purpose where it is necessary to hold a rope or string and
is an improvement on a line fastener for which Letters Patent were granted to
us 2nd July, 1886, No. 8702.
This invention consists in forming a back plate with a pivot or bearing in the
centre cast to a suitable shape to prevent a front plate from moving round, and the
front plate is so placed on the pivot or bearing that it works loosely thereon.
On the outerside of the front plate there are two hooks for the purpose of enabling
the fasteners to hold larger ropes as used for securing bulky articles.
And in order that our invention may be thoroughly understood, we now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of the fasteuer

page_text: We construct our invention with a suitable back plate a and on this said back
plate a we form an hexagonal projection or bearing c centrally and over the
bearing c we place loosely a front plate b which is provided with an hexagonal
opening to correspond with the shape of the bearing c. On the plate b in the front
are two curved hooks f these said hooks are twisted in such a manner that large
ropes may be used for securing large and heavy articles.
Preferably we form in one casting the back plate a and projection or bearing c in
one; also the two hooks fand the front plate in one piece.
After the front plate 6 with the hooks is passed over the projection or bearing c
we thread a washer d over the pin e and is secured by rivetting over the head of
the said pin e as in Fig. 1.
The object of this invention is to hold a large cord firmly in position and to
prevent the said cord from slipping until the cord is released from the hook f.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a line and cord fastener, the combination of the back plate a hexagonal
projection or bearing c washer d pine and the front plate 6 with the two curved
hooks, substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
2. In a line and cord fastener the combination of the various parts of the
apparatus as illustrated in the accompanying drawing and described in the
foregoing Specification for the purpose specified.
Dated this 14th day of June 1895.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicants.