Year: 1886

page_text: I, MATTHEW HENRY GOLIGHTLY, of 36, Frederic Street, Hartlepool, Durham,
Iron Founder and Engineer, do hereby declare the nature, of this invention to be
as follows:-
My Invention consists in the improved turn-button or fastener as hereinafter
described.
I will first describe my Invention as applied for securing a door.
According to this example of my Invention I provide a metal fixing plate
preferably of circular form having suitable screw holes for its attachment to the
door post. The said fixing plate is provided, preferably centrally, with a hole for
the axis of the turn-button to pass through. I provide a metal turn-button
having an outwardly projecting piece at or near one end thereof. Near to that
end of the turn-button which is farther from its said outwardly projecting piece is
a hole through which and through the said hole in the fixing plate a screw passes
into the door post which screw forms the axis of the turn-button. The long arm
of the turn-button, having the outwardly projecting piece, projects beyond the
fixing plate so as to form a fastening for the door when in its horizontal position
in which position it is maintained by a projecting stop on the fixing plate. By
means of the said outwardly projecting piece the turn-button can be turned
so as to unfasten the door when the said long arm will be pointing upwards a
little beyond the vertical line in which position it rests against a stop on the
fixing plate and so is prevented from falling into its fastened position again until
required.
When applied for securing window sashes, casements or for other purposes
I construct and arrange the parts similarly as above described with reference to a
turu-button for securing a door.
Instead of forming the axis of the turn-button by a screw passing therethrough
and through the fixing plate as above described, an axis may be formed with or
attached to the fixing plate and the turn-buttou arranged to turn thereon.
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page_text: An Improved Turn-button or Fastener for Securing Doors,
Window-sashes, and Casements, and for other similar
Purposes.
I, MATTHEW HENRY GOLIGHTLY, of 36, Frederio Street, Hartlepool, Durham,
Iron Founder and Engineer, .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:-
My Invention consists in the improved turn-button or fastener as hereinafter
described.
I will first describe my Invention as applied for securing a door.
According to this example of my Invention I provide a metal fixing plate
preferably of circular form having suitable screw holes for its attachment to the
door-post. The said fixing plate is provided, preferably centrally, with a hole for
the axis of the turn-button to pass through. I provide a metal turn-button having
an outwardly projecting piece at or near one end thereof. Near that end of the
turn-button which is further from its said outwardly projecting piece is a hole
through which and through the said hole in the fixing plate a screw passes into
the door post which screw forms the axis of the turn-button. The long arm of the
turn-button, having the outwardly projecting piece, projects beyond the fixing
plate so as to form a fastening for the door when in its horizontal position in
which position it is maintained by a projecting stop on the fixing plate. By
means of the said outwardly projecting piece the turn-button can be turned so as
to unfasten the door when the said long arm will be pointing upwards a little
beyond the vertical line in which position it rests against a stop on the fixing
plate and so is prevented from falling into its fastened position again until
required.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a front elevation, Fig. 2 a sectional side
elevation and Fig. 3 a plan of a turn-button constructed according to my Invention
fixed to a door post and securing a door closed, parts only of the door.post and
door being shewn on my drawing; Fig. 4 is a front elevation and Fig. 5 a plan of
the same the turn-button being represented in its " unfastened" position and the
door partly open.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several Figures.
a is the metal fixing plate attached to the door post f by screws passing through
the screw holes b. d is the turn-button having an outwardly projecting part d'at
or near one end and free to turn on the screw e which passes through the hole d³
therein and through the hole into the door post. g is part of the door which is
fastened (see Figs. 1 and 3) by the long arm d' of the turn-button projecting
beyond the fixing plate . When in this position the turn-button d rests against
a stop formed on the fixing plate and as the long arm d is heavier than the
short arm the turn-button is thereby prevented from moving and becoming
unfastened which is the great defect of ordinary turn-buttons. When the turn-
button is turned upwards (see Figs. 4 and 5) so as to unfasten the door g it rests

page_text: against the stop h and thus being a little beyond the vertical line it cannot be
shaken into its fastened position.
Instead of forming the axis of the turn-button by a screw passing therethrough
and through the fixing plate as above described, an axis may be formed with or
attached to the fixing plate and the turn-button arranged to turn thereon. This is
illustrated by Figs. 6 and 7 where an axis is formed by a rivet i which is passed
through the turn-button and rivetted to the fixing plate a.
When applied for securing window sashes, casements or for other purposes
I construct and arrange the parts similarly as above described with reference to a
turn-button for securing a door.
It will be evident that the general form of the fixing plate and turn-button can
be varied without departing from the nature of my Invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1st. The improved turn-button or fastener for securing doors, window sashes
and casements and for other similar purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the accompanying drawing, that is to say, a turn-button having a projection h
on the fixing plate against which the turn-button proper rests when in its fastened
and unfastened positions respectively for the purposes and substantially as described
and illustrated.
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2nd. The combination of a turn-button d, weighted at one side of its axis, with
a fixing plate a having a projection h against which the turn-button proper rests
when in its fastened and unfastened positions respectively substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 30th day of Sentember 1886