IMPROOVED TARPAULING FASTENER
Year: 1885

page_text: I, JOHN KNOX of 5 Railway Terrace South Hylton Sunderland in the County of
Durham Ship Builder do hereby declare the nature of my invention for the
IMPROOVED TARPAULING FASTENER to be as follows:-
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The lock bar is formed of a bar of iron wood or other material, having dovetail
lockings A placed at intervals which can be either solid or otherwise and having
corrisponding dovetail cleats B securely fixed and by inserting the dovetail lockings
into their respective cleats the cover or article is at once secured and for the
purpose of locking same when secured (or otherwise) the bar is increased at one
end in thickness C and a number of key seats fitted, and a corrisponding cleat D
fitted with slot holes through it into which the lock pin E is dropped and padlocked
as shewn at F the lock bar can thus be tightened up to suit any thickness of
tarpauling, locked, and remain under the sole controll of responsible servant of the
company. These bars and cleats can be applied in a horisontal, diagonal, vertical
or any other position and are specially designed for fastening the covers over ships
|·hatches, railway or other waggons or veehicls or covers over any other openinga.

page_text: I, JOHN KNOX of 5 Railway Terrace South Hylton in the County of Durham
Shipbuilder do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVED TARPAULING
FASTENER and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
describbed in, and by the following statement :—
Referring to the drawings which accompany my provisional specification the i
lock bar, is formed of a bar of iron wood, or other material, having dovetail
lockings A, placed at intervals which can be either solid or otherwise, and having
corresponding cleats B, securely fixed on hatch coomings, or on the sides or ends
of waggons, or other veehicls, or other openings, and by inserting the dovetail
lockings into their respective cleats, and driving or tightening up the lock bar, the 1
cover or article is at once secured, and for the purpose of locking same when
*secured, or otherwise, the bar is increased in thickness at one end C, having a
number of key seats fitted, and a corresponding cleat D fitted, having slot bole
through it, into which the lock pin E is dropped, and locked as shewn at F, the
lock bar can thus be tightened up to suit any thickness of tarpaulin, locked, and ]
remain under the sole controll of responsible servant of the company, and cannot
easily be tampered with. These bars and cleats can be applied in any position, and
are specially designed for the safe fastening of covers over ships hatches, railway
or other waggons or veichles, or covers over any other openings."
Having now particularly describbed and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is-
1. A. locked fastener, simple in construction and application.
2. The effective manner in which the tarpaulin or cover is instantly secured,
cannot get adrift in any weather, and not easily tampered with.
3. Dispenses with all loose wedges, pinching pins, cotters, ropes &c. at present
in use..
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4. Cheapness in first cost and durability.
5. The means for safe transit of goods.