Improvements relating to Fasteners for Lamps, Doors, and other Detachable or Hinged Parts of Carriages and other Vehicles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 17th July, 1900-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1900
Improvements relating to Fasteners for Lamps, Doors, and other
Detachable or Hinged Parts of Carriages and other Vehicles.
We, WILLIAM BURLEY, of Sandford Road, Moseley, in the County of Worcester
Gentleman, and HALLEWELL ROGERS, of the Firm of Howes and Burley, of
Bishop Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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Our invention has for its object the production of neat and convenient fasten-
ing or securing devices for the lamps, doors, and other detachable or hinged
parts of carriages and other vehicles.
In the construction of one type of fastener in accordance with our invention,
for use in securing a dog-cart foot-board, we mount upon each side of the board
at its outer or free end, a plate or bracket having a lateral projection therefrom
with an oval aperture formed through it Upon the front of such projection we
mount a catch piece having a handle or finger piece formed on its closed side
and a socket like aperture in its inner side, the front or outer portion of such
socket having an oval form corresponding with the aforesaid oval aperture through
the bracket, whilst the inner portion of the socket 18 of a circular form, its
diameter being equal to or slightly in excess of the major axis of the oval
aperture
In a suitable position upon each side of the body of the vehicle we fix another
plate or bracket having an oval stud or projection on its front face which 18
engaged, when the foot-board is in its upper and closed position, by the socket
portion of the catch piece herein before described. The stud is suitably cut away
or recessed on each side until the width or diameter of its central portion is 80
reduced as to permit of its being embraced by the minor axis of the front and
oval end of the socket in the catch piece, when such catch piece is rotated
through a right angle after it has been pushed into position on the oval stud
The handle catch piece 18 80 mounted as to permit of its being 1otated or turned
as described, and the parts are so formed and arranged that when the catch piece
18 turned after engagement of the one part with the other, the hinged board shall
be securely clamped in its closed position The 1otary movement of the handle
catch piece is limited by a peg from the bracket projection, such peg entering a
curved slot in the adjacent face of the catch piece
In one modified form of our fastening devices, we cause the oval stud from
the plate or bracket on the body of the vehicle to project through both the plate
or bracket on the hinged board and the handle catch piece, and we make other
modifications in the construction of our improved fasteners to meet varying
requirements
In the application of our invention to the construction of carriage lamps
fasteners, we mount the handle catch' piece, having an oval aperture therein, upon

page_text: the back of the lamp, and the oval stud or like part in any convenient and suitable
position upon the body of the vehicle.
Dated this 30th day of October 1899.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, WC,
25, Cross Street, Manchester, & 13, Temple Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements relating to Fasteners for Lamps, Doors, and other
Detachable or Hinged Parts of Carriages and other Vehicles.
We, WILLIAM BURLEY, of Sandford Road, Moseley, in the County of Worcester,
Gentleman, and HALLEWELL KOGERS, of the Fum of Howes & Burley, of
Bishop Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same 18 to be perioimed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, -
Qui invention has for its object the production of neat and convenient fasten-
ing 01 securing devices for the lamps, doois, and other detachable or hinged
parts of calliages and other vehicles
Un the accompanying sheet of explanatory diawings to be hereinafter referied
to-
Figure 1 is an elevation representing a dog-cart foot board fastener as con-
structed and anlanged in accordance with our invention.
Figure 2 is a sectional plan on the line a b (Figure 1)
Figures 3 and 4 illustrate the angular stud plate alone, and Figures 5 and 6
the catch plate and handle catch piece
T'he same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.-
We mount upon each side of the foot-board A at or near its outer or free end,
a plate or bracket B having a lateral projection B therefrom with an oval aper-
ture formed through it Upon the fiont of such projection we mount a catch
piece having a handle or ingen piece C¹ projecting from it and a socket like
aperture within it. The opening into the socket has an oval form corre-
sponding with the aforesaid oval aperture through the bracket projection B¹,
whilst the inner portion of the socket 18 of a circular form, its diameter being
equal to or slightly in excess of the major axis of the oval aperture
In a suitable position upon each side as D of the body of the vehicle, we fix
another plate on bracket having an oval stud or projection E¹ on its front face
which is engaged, when the foot-board 18 in its upper and closed position, by the
socket portion of the catch piece hereinbefore described The stud is suitably
necked, or cut away or recessed on each side until the width or diameter of its
central portion as e is so reduced as to permit of its being embraced by the minor
axis of the front and oval end of the socket or socket opening in the catch
piece C, when such catch piece 18 rotated through a right angle after it has been
pushed into position on the oval stud The handle catch piece 18 so mounted
as to permit of its being rotated or turned as described, and the parts are so
formed and arranged that when the catch piece 18 turned after engagement of
the one part with the other, the hinged board shall be securely clamped in its
closed position. The closed position is illustrated at Figures 1, 2, and 6, whilst
Figure 5 shows the open position of the catch piece C.

page_text: The rotary movement of the handle catch piece is limited by a peg from the
bracket projection, such peg entering a curved slot in the adjacent tace of the
catch piece, as is represented by dotted unes at Figures 6 and 6
We preferably connect the handle catch piece C to the bracket projection B¹
by spinning the front portion of the latter over the flanged innei end of the
former as illustrated at Figue 2 The closed end of the catch piece C when
made separately may be connected with it by the spinning of one part tightly
over upon the other The rubber or lihe ring F which is slipped over the 100t
end of the stud E' serves as a buffer against the closing movement of the bracket
projection B¹.
In one modified form of our fastening devices we cause the oval stud from the
plate or bracket on the body of the vehicle to project through both the plate
or bracket on the hinged board and the handle catch piece, and we make other
modifications in the construction of our improved fasteners to meet varying
requirements
In the application of our invention to the construction of callage lamp
fasteners, we mount the handle catch piece, having an oval aperture therein, upon
the hinged back or door of the lamp, and the oval stud on like part in a suitable
position upon the lamp body.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
we claim is :-
1 Fasteners for lamps, doors, and other detachable and hinged parts of car-
riages and other vehicles, consisting in part of a handle catch piece having an
oval aperture therein and arranged for ready engagement with and disengagement
from a fixed oval and neched stud, substantially as described
2 An improved fastening device constructed and arranged substantially as
and for the purposes described and as illustrated
Dated this 14th da
U.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, & 25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents for the Applicants