Improvements in Looks and Fastenings for Stable Doors and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1892-Accepted, 13th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Looks and Fastenings for Stable Doors and
the like.
JOHN STEPHEN WALLEY Heath House Whitchurch Salop Farmer & Trainer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An iron mortise door lock with sliding spring bolt, the acting spring being fixed
at the end of the bolt. A hole through the lock is inserted to admit the finger
being put through to slide back the bolt when unfastening whether inside or out of
the door. The fastening otherwise is self-acting. The locking arrangement is
secured by a key to turn an iron nib against the spring bolt, & so prevent it being
moved by the finger or any other process.
The improvement claimed through this invention is practically a self acting bolt
that no objectionable handle or projecting nib is required to open or shut the door
as on all other such fastenings. Less liability to get out of order & no horse can
interfere or unfasten them.
J. S. WALLEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Locks and Fastenings for Stable Doors and
the like.
I, JOHN STEPHEN WALLEY, of Heath House, Whitchurch, in the County of
Salop, 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 is designed to provide a lock or latch for stable and other doors
which will present no projecting handle or parts against which an animal can knock
itself or by which it could unfasten the door.
It consists essentially in constructing the lock with an opening or hole through
the plates which enclose the bolt and a lug or its equivalent upon the bolt by which
it can be operated by the fingers passed into the hole in the lock.
It will be fully described with reference to the annexed drawings:-
Fig. 1. side view of lock constructed according to my invention.
Fig. 2. side view of same with plate removed.
Fig. 3. transverse sectional elevation on line ―y.
In carrying out the invention the lock is constructed with plates A on one or
both sides of the lock to enclose the spring bolt B. The bolt B is made of any
suitable shape with a projecting lug 6 by which it can be moved back and
it is moved outwards by a spring C placed at the end of the bolt. In the plates A
which enclose the bolt B I form a hole D right through the lock through which
the front part of the lug 6 is exposed. The hole D is enclosed at three sides by
a flange or rib d to protect the interior of the lock. A hole D' corresponding to Ď
is cut through the door to give access thereto and to the lug b.
The lock may be made either with a spring holt such as B alone or with a second
bolt E which can by a key be shot against the back of the lug b and the bolt B be
thereby fastened or prevented from being drawn back.
I prefer to apply the invention as shown to a mortise lock to be inserted into
the wood of the door but it may also be applied to other forms of lock which are
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page_text: screwed upon the outside of the door. Any suitable plate or cover may be placed
upon the door to protect the opening D' if desired.
The object of the opening D in the plate A. and D' in the door is to admit the
finger and the lock is operated by drawing back the lug b of the spring bolt B the
bolt being forced out by the spring C.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A lock or latch formed with a hole or opening (such as D) through which the
finger can be inserted and a projecting lug on the bolt exposed through the hole or
opening by which the bolt can be drawn back substantially as described.
Dated this 4th day of July 1892
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.