US1222462A - Latch-lock. - Google Patents

Description

J. PI NDROH.

LATCH LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED 050.29. 1916.

1,822,462., Patented Apr. 10, 1917,

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JOHN PINDBOH, OF MULBERRY, KANSAS.

LATCH-LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 111, 191?.

Application filed. December 29, 1916. Serial No. 139,610.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PINDROH, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hiingary, residing at Mulberry, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, ha ve invented certain new and useful Improvements in Latch- Locks, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to a fastening device for doors, gates, and the like, and has for its object to provide a simple and convenient means for application to a dooror gate, particularly double doprs, for holding them closed but which may be readily loosened to permit opening of the gate and which may serve in connection with a padlock to secure the gate againstopening.

With the above as the principal objects in View the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved latch lock applied to a double door or gate,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the parts disassembled in their relatively operative positions.

In the drawings, 10 and 11 indicate portions of two doors or gates, to the former of which is secured by screws or bolts near the meeting edge of the gate and in a horizontal position a bar 12, preferably thickened at the end near the edge 13 of the door or gate to provide sufficient strength for the bar and a firm base for an upright rectangular stem 14 integral with the bar 12 that extends a short distance in a vertical direction, and has continued from its upper end a shorter standard 15 also rectangular or square in cross section which terminates in a cylindrical stem 16 provided with a screw thread as shown.

On the gate 11 is a bar 17 similar to the bar 12 and provided with an upright post 18 the same size and shape in cross section as the post 11 but shorter than the latter post and has formed therethrough below the top from front to rear an opening 19.

The posts 14: and 18 when the bars 12 and 17 are in position extend in a vertical direction and in near relation being separated from each other a short distance only and lying in the same vertical plane parallel to a fiat elongated plate. through which areformed two rectangular openings 21 and 22 spaced apart a distance equal to the distance between the posts 11 and 18 and of a size and shape to fit snugly over said posts, and downwardly upon the bars 12 and 17 being supported by said bars as shown. From the front edge of the link 20 at its center there projects outwardly a finger piece 23 by which the link 20 may be lifted to disengage the opening 22 from the post 18, said link being raised sufficiently high to clear the post 14 is swung about the standard 15 away from the post 18 so that either door may be readily opened. To prevent disengagement of the link 20 from the standard 15 a threaded cap 24 is secured upon the stem 16, the diameter of said cap being greater than the opening 21 and thus the link is prevented from being lifted off the standard.

The operation of the device is evident from the description, it only being necessary to say that when it is desired to secure the link 20 in place on the post 18 and thus prevent the doors being opened, a pad lock is applied to the opening 19 in the post above said link.

This device is simple, can be cheaply made, easily applied and will readily secure doors and gates against opening or swinging apart andis of such nature that the parts may be securely held together by a pad-lock.

While I have shown the use of the device in connection with double doors and gates, it will be understood that the same may be used with a single gate and one of the bars 12 or 17 attached to a gate post, door jamb or the like instead of a cooperating gate.

What I claim is:

1. A door or gate fastening comprising a pair of tapering co-acting bars arranged in a horizontal line with their thicker ends adjacent, one of said bars being attached to the gate to be secured, an upright post on the thicker end of each of said bars, said posts being arranged in parallel, a link adapted to fit over said posts and hold the same together, a finger piece on said link for lifting the same, a standard on one of said posts, about which said link may be turned when disengaged from the opposite post. and means for preventing the disengagement of the link from the standard.

2. A door or gate fastening comprising a bar adapted to be secured to a gate, a similar co-acting bar for attachment to a companion door or gate or to a fixed member, a post of rectangular cross section extending upwardly from adjacent ends of said bars and arranged in parallel, a standard continuous from the upper end of one of said posts having a threaded stem on its end, an opening being formed in the other bar, a link having spaced openings therein of the same shape as the cross section of the posts adapted to fit snugly over said posts when the gate or gates are closed, and a cap nut adapted to be secured on said threaded stem to hold said link against removal from said standard when disengaged from the opposite post.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN PINDROH. Witnesses:

PETER PIERARD, R0131. FRAZER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

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