AN IMPROVED STAPLE CHIEFLY DESIGNED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH A HASP
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake of the firm of Haseltine Lake,
& Co Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for an Invention of
"AN IMPROVED STAPLE CHIEFLY DESIGNED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH
A HASP." A communication from abroad by Granger Smith, of Chicago,
Illinois, United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th February 1882.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED STAPLE CHIEFLY DESIGNED
FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH A HASP." [A communication from abroad by
Granger Smith, of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.]
This invention relates to staples for use with basps and for other purposes, and
has for its objects to enable the staple to be applied with greater ease, to avoid the
dangers of splitting the part to which the staple is applied and of bending or
breaking the staple in applying the same, which accompany the use of staples that
require to be driven, and to give greater security to the staple when applied and
particularly to guard against its removal when used in connection with a hasp and
lock
To these ends the said invention consists in a staple having one long and one
short leg, the longer leg being screw threaded and the shorter leg being provided with
a foot intended to rest on the surface of the part to which the staple is applied and
with an aperture to receive a separate screw.
In carrying the said invention into practice I make a staple with one long screw-
threaded leg and one short leg, the latter being provided with a foot which is
preferably provided with an aperture and countersunk to receive a separate,
ordinary screw. I use a hasp having a slot and eye.
In applying a staple so constructed to a door-post, to be used in connection with
a hasp, the threaded leg is run into the wood until the foot strikes the surface. It
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page_text: is then adjusted so that the staple eye will enter the slot in the hasp, the foot being
brought to the inner end of the slot so as to be covered by the body of the hasp
when in place upon the eye. When a padlock is applied to secure the hasp in this
position over the staple it is evident that the head of the ordinary screw, if
employed is inaccessible, and also that the said screw-threaded leg cannot be turned.
This construction therefore affords much greater security than is found in staples of
the ordinary forms while it is not subject to spreading or liable to split the board
to which it is applied as is the case with staples which require to be driven,
The similar staple applied to the door and used to permanently hold the hasp
thereto by its eye is also arranged with its foot beneath the hasp.
The foot may be let into the wood flush with its face so that the hasp lies flat
over both. This effect is produced by turning in the screw-threaded leg the proper
distance and then bending in the short leg and foot to the proper position.
It is evident that the staple described is easy of application since the eye and
foot afford ample leverage and hold for the hand, or for a rod, or the hasp employed
as a wrench to run in the threaded leg, the said leg being arranged at the outer end
of the hasp slot and in line with the outer part of the eye; moreovor no shoulder is
exposed beneath which a lever or claw can be inserted to draw the screw.
It is obvious that in the use of the staple with a hasp the second screw is not
strictly essential except to prevent the staple from being turned when the hasp is
removed, since the foot extends beneath the hasp and prevents the bending out of
the short leg when the hasp is locked thereon. The ordinary screw is a reinforce-
ment of the screw threaded leg and also operates to prevent the latter from being
broken off by bending outward when the lasp is removed
A Dail may be used in place of the ordinary screw with equal effect, to prevent
rotation of the staple in the absence of the hasp.
If the screw or nail be omitted the staple is held from turning when embraced
within the hasp-slot by reason of the broad bearing of the staple eyo at its base in
said slot.
When the staple is of malleable iron the legs may be joined to give a closed eye
and greater strength.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th
August 1882.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London "AN IMPROVED STAPLE, CHIEFLY DESIGNED
FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH A HASP "A communication from abroad by
Granger Smith of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
This invention relates to staples for use with hasps and for other purposes, and
has for its objects, to enable a staple to be applied with greater ease, to avoid the
danger of splitting the part to which a staple is applied and of bending or breaking
the same when applying it which is frequently the case with staples that require
to be driven; and to give greater security to the staple when applied and
particularly to guard against its removal when used in connection with a hasp and
lock.
The said invention consists essentially in a staple having one long and one short
leg, the long leg being screw threaded, and the short one provided with a foot
to rest on the surface of the part to which the staple is applied the said foot being
provided with an aperture to receive a screw
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a staple constructed according to this
invention.
Figure 2 is a soctional view of two staples with a hasp in position as applied to
a door and post.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of same
Figure 4 shows the foot upon the short leg of the staple let into the face of the
wood, flush therewith.
Figure 5 is a sectional view of a staple showing the eye closed at the
base.
In carrying the said invention into practice instead of two legs of the same
length I make one long leg C with a screw-thread and one short leg D the latter
being provided with a foot E Figure 1 which is preferably formed with an aperture,
and countersunk to receive an ordinary screw F.
In applying a staple so constructed to a doorpost to be used in connection with
a hasp B the threaded leg C is is screwed into the wood until the foot E touches
the surface of the same, being so adjusted that the staple eye a will enter the slot b
in the hasp the foot being brought towards the inner end of the said slot so as to
be covered by the hasp when in place upon the eye. When a padlock is applied
to secure the hasp in this position upon the staple it is evident that the head of
the screw F ordinarily inserted in the aperture of the foot (if employed) is
inaccessible, and also that the said staple cannot be turned. This construction
therefore, affords much greater security than is found in staples of the ordinary
forms, while it is not subject to spreading or liable to split the wood to which it
is applied, as is the case with staples which require to be driven.
A similar staple applied to the door, and used to permanently hold the hasp
thereto by its eye 6 is also arranged with its foot beneath the said hasp as
indicated in Figures 2 and 3. The foot E may be let into the wood level with
its face as shown in Figure 4 so that the hasp lies flat over it. This effect is
produced by screwing in the leg C to the proper distance, and then bending the
short leg D and foot E into position. The advantage of this arrangement is that
no shoulder is exposed beneath which a lever or claw can be inserted to draw the
screw.

page_text: It is evident that the staple described is easy of application since the eye a and
foot E afford ample hold for the hand or for a lever or the like. In the use of the
staple with a basp, the screw F is not strictly essential except to prevent the staple
from being turned when the hasp is removed, since the foot E extends beneath the
hasp and prevents the bending out of the short leg D when the hasp is locked
thereon. The screw F acts as an additional support to the screw leg C and also
operates to prevent the latter from being broken by bending when the hasp is
removed a nail may be used in place of the screw F with equal effect, to prevent
the rotation of the staple in the absence of the hasp.
If the screw or nail F be dispensed with the staple is prevented from turning
when embraced within the hasp-slot by reason of the broad bearing of the staple
eye b at its base in the said slot.
When the staple is of malleable iron the legs may be joined as at a¹ Figure 5 to
form a closed eye, and thus give greater strength.
Having thus fully described the said invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent and the manner of performing the same I wish it understood
that I claim :—
First. The staple above described, having its longer leg C, screw-threaded, and
its shorter leg D provided with a foot E having an aperture to receive a screw F,
substantially as described.
Second. In combination with a hasp, the staple above described, having its
longer leg screw-threaded, and its shorter leg provided with a foot intended to rest
on the part to which the staple is applied, and to be arranged to extend beneath
the basp when the latter is in place thereon, substantially as described.
In Witness whereof I the said William Robert Lake have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Twenty sixth day of August in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty two.