US1102512A - Car-seal. - Google Patents

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E. E. JAMESON, CAR SEAL.

APPLIGATION FILED DEO.19, 1913.

1,102,5 1 2, l Patented July 7, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS COA, PHOTO-LI'II-IQY WASHINGTON, D.C

EDGAR E. JAMESON, OF SUNNY SIDE, MISSISSIPPI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1914..

Application led December 19, 1913. Serial No. 807,715.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDGAR E. JAMESON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sunny Side, in the county of Leflore, State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seals; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the 1nvcntion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to seals, and has particular application to an article of this class adapted especially for use in sealing car doors, and the like.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a car seal which 1s formed of a single blank of metal, and which may be applied in sealing position without the necessity of employing special tools, the seal being manipulated by hand. Furthermore, when once my seal has been applied in sealing position, it is impossible to open or remove the same without destroying it by breaking` or cutting the same.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a car seal which will embody the desired features of simplicity, efficiency,

and safety, and which 'may be manufactured and marketed in quantities at a relatively low cost.

With the above recited objects and others of a similar nature in View, my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

1n the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a seal embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the blank from which the seal is made, the dotted lines indicating the lines o-n which the folds are made. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the blank showing one side folded. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the complete seal as shown in Fig. 1.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates a blank formed of metaland comprising a strip 2, one end of which has an aperture 3 therein, while the opposite end is cut to form the enlarged rectangular plate 4. This plate 4 has formed integral therewith a tongue 5, formed by making the longitudinal slit 6 adjacent one side edge of the plate,

this slit 6 extending from the free end of the plate to a point beyond the transverse central line thereof. As will be seen by reference to Fig. 1, this free end 7 of the tongue extends beyond the free end of the plate 4, and the portion 8 of the tongue is wider than the shank portion thereof or that portion which connects the tongue with the plate, such wider portion being slotted as at 107 to form the spur 11 which is designed to be bent slightly to one side to form a catch, as hereinafter described, the spur being projected opposite to the direction of projection of the tongue 5. The plate 4 is designed to be folded or bent to form the casing of the seal, and in making the casing in the construction of the seal, the side portions of plate 4 are folded inwardly along the longitudinally dotted lines 12 and 13, as shown in Fig. 1.

Before folding the blank along the line l2, the tongue adjacent its point of connection with the plate 4, is bent transversely to form the double or sigmoidal fold 14 and the spur 11 is bent slightly outward, this spur projectingin a direction opposite to the double fold. After the side of the blank carrying the tongue has been folded inward along the line 12, the opposite side portion of the blank is folded over along the line 18, and sealed or soldered as indicated at 15, it being, of course, understood that there is suflicient passage formed through the casing to permit the free or perfo-rated end portion of the strip 2 to be slipped through the casing beneath the tongue and the portion of the plate carrying the same.

The above is a description of the construction of my seal and the manner of applying the same to the car will be readily apparent. In the application to thecar the strip 2 is run through the staples, rings or other securing attachments on the car` and the end portions of the strip having the aperture or slot 3 therein is slipped into and through the casing until the aperture of the strip projects beyond the yfree end of the casing. It will be noted that the tip end of the tongue 5 which projects beyond the free end of the casing is bent slightly to one side, and when the apertured end of the strip has been slipped through the casing beneath the tongue, such tongue is guided by the bent end 16 thereof through the aperture. The strip is then pulled downward to draw the apertured end thereof into the casing and over the tongue, until the wall 1.7 of the slot 3 bears against the bottomv of the section 18 of the double fold 14, when the end of the loop or strip will be locked in the casing', for it will be noted that should an attempt be Inade t0 push the free or apertured end of theV strip out again it will pass beneath the spur l'l and be caught thereby, while likewise the free or apertured end of the strip cannot be drawn through the casing, for it will be caught by the double fold 14k.

It will thus be seeny that I have provided an exceedingly simpleq yet eflicient form of car seal which is cut from a single blank of metal, and which when applied to a car in sealing position, cannot be removed therefrom without destroying, breaking' or otherwise injuring the `seal, and thereby making' it evident that someone has tampered with such s'eal,

y l/Vhat I claim is:

A sealcomprising a strip having an aperture yformed adjacent one end thereof, and af widened section formed at the opposite `end thereof, said widened section having the yopposite longitudinal portions thereof bent inward `upon the body of such section 4'to forni a casing, one of said bent `portions jhavinp; a relatively long tongue formed itherewith, said tongue having.;v a transverseV jfold adjacent oneend, a spur projecting in l a direction opposite tothey mouth of the fold, s'aid tongue being adapted to passI through lthe opening; in the strip when in sealing p0- ;sition. E In testimony whereof, I affix niy signature, in the presence of two witnesses. EDGAR E. JAMESON.`

Wlitnesses" ELI ETHRIDGE,

J. D. DILILARD.

Gvpiesof this. patent may be obtained for ve cents eiacli, by aidi're'sng the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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