Improvements in Norfolk, Suffolk, and like Latches.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 3rd Nov. 1891-Accepted. 24th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Norfolk, Suffolk, and like Latches.
ROBERT BATEY, 17 Jessamine Terrace, King Cross Road, Halifax, Yorkshire,
Insurance Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows: :-
That the faller to latches is made with a groove or oblong hole in one end of
same and which is carried by and works or moves on a pivot or pin, and by so
doing, the aforesaid faller, besides answering for a latch," answers also as a
sliding bolt, and this as it slides on to the faller catch plate from the door, enters
a staple which belongs to and forms part of the said catch plate, and this is fixed
to door frame, thereby bolting and secureing door to door frame.
Dated this 17th day of April 1891.
ROBERT BATEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Norfolk, Suffolk, and like Latches.
ROBERT BATEY, 17 Jessamine Terrace, King Cross Road, Halifax, Yorkshire,
Insurance Agent, 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 improvements in latches of the Norfolk and Suffolk
kind whereby the faller of the latch is also made to answer the purpose of a bolt.
In carrying out this invention, I make the faller of the latch with a groove or
oblong hole in its inner end. This slides upon a pin or pivot fixed to the door,
and thus not only can the faller be raised or lowered in the usual way, but it can
also be shifted bodily along, and so caused to enter a staple or similar contrivance
on the door frame. The latch cannot then be lifted and thus is made to answer the
purpose of an ordinary sliding bolt. Or instead of making a groove in the end of
the faller, and sliding same upon a pin, the pin can be fixed to the faller and can
slide in a groove made in a plate attached to the door. Or the faller can be made
without groove or pin, and can be carried at its inner end in a saddle or staple
fixed to the door, the said saddle or staple fitting the faller loosely so that the
faller can be shifted along as a bolt, and also raised sufficiently at its other end to
act as a latch. The faller would be fitted with two small stops to limit its motion
in either direction.
Fig. 1. of the accompanying drawing shows a latch constructed according to this
invention.
A is the faller of the latch with a groove or oblong slot B, at its inner end.
This slides upon the pin C. which is fastened to the door D by means of the
plate E. of which it forms a part. When the faller is in the position shown in
Fig. 1. it can be lifted and used as a latch in the ordinary way. But by means of
the knob F. it can be shifted into the position shown in Fig. 2. where it is
prevented from being lifted by the knob G. which forms part of the catch plate
fixed to the door-frame H. It has thus answered the purpose of a bolt, and the
Intch cannot be raised until it has been restored to its former position as shown in
Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. shows the faller carried in a saddle or staple 1. upon the door thus
dispensing with the slot and pin. K and are small stops placed to limit the
motion of the faller.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is―
1st. In latches of the Norfolk and Suffolk kind, constructing the faller with an
oblong slot or hole in the inner end, and sliding same upon a pivot or pin fixed to
the door, substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the
accompanying drawing.
2nd. In latches of the Norfolk and Suffolk kind, constructing the faller with a
pin or pivot at the inner end, and sliding same in an oblong hole or slot in a metal
plate fixed to the door, substantially as described.
3rd. In latches of the Norfolk and Suffolk kind carrying the faller at its inner
end in a saddle or staple fixed to the door, so that the faller may be moved bodily
along, and may also rock in the saddle which thus acts as a kind of pivot
substantially as described and illustrated in Fig. 3. of the accompanying drawing.
4th. In latches of the Norfolk and Suffolk kind, constructing the latch plate
(which is affixed to the doorframe) with either a stud or staple or saddle affixed
thereto, such that when the faller is shifted along to act as a bolt, it is engaged by
the said stud, staple or saddle, and is thus prevented from lifting, substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
5th. In latches of the Norfolk and Suffolk kind, combining the action and nature
of a bolt to the ordinary uses of the faller, without detracting in any way from the
said ordinary uses, substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this Second day of November 1891.
ROBERT BATEY.