US1468823A - Hood latch - Google Patents

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L. MASSUGER ET AL HOOD LATCH Filed Dec. 24. 1921' Sept. 25, 1923.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 25, 1923.

narrastair as teasers LOUIS MASSUGER AND LEON MARQUE, or Bacon LES nnnynnn sjsancn.

HOOD LATCH.

Application filed December 24, 1921. Serial No. 524,642;

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LOUIS MASSUGER and LfioN MAR UE', citizens of the French :Re-

public, residing at Becon Les Bruyeres, De-

such'as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and'use the same.

The present invention relatestoa latch or fastener for hoods of any type, or covers in general; it s obj ect'consists essentially in the provision of a very simple stron clasp or latch which, by virtue of an adjusting device which it includes will not deteriorate through use. This clasp or latch enables the hoods 01: covers to be rapidly looked upon their seatings with a very strong pressure, which may be varied according to requirements. This advantage is especially ap-; preciable in the case of hoods for motor cars and like power driven vehicles, which hoods are often subject to chattering by reason of insufficient retentive pressure. Furthermore".

this improved apparatus is inherently adapted for use as a lifting handle thus avoiding the necessity for applying to hoods or covers a member separately adapted for this purpose.

as will hereinafter be described. The small stirrup is fixed to the vehicle body, either by screws or by other convenient means, in such a manner that it lies within the interior of the hood or cover 1.

The member attached to the movable part of the hood 1 consists of a tubular casing 5 having an oblique base suitably attached to said hood part. The upper portion 5 of this member is bored and tapped to a certain The accompanying Figures 1 and 2 show,

depth, the screw threadbeing left handed ior example; the'lowerporti'on of the part r5is bored to a diameter smaller than the bore of the upper partand it is traversed bytherod or hook 4, which also'tra'versesasuitable aperture & cut in-thehood. Theshankof 'the hook 4*is furnished with a i'igl'it-hand screw thread 6 overa certain portion of its length. hollow cylindrical member or sleeve7, attached at oneof its ends,"to an operating hand wheel 18, is'screw threaded inter-lorly and exteriorlyin suchwiseas toj allow it to be screwed, on the one 'part,ont'o the screw threaded shank'G'of the hooka'fid, v 7 on the other'part, into'the'p'ortion 5. The '70 thread of'this member 7 is, therefore, righthanded for the inner tapping and left handed for the external screw threaded portion.

The operation of the closing device is very simple; the screw threaded portion of the ilOOkl-SQIVGS to regulate exactly the position of this hook in relation to the rod 3 of the stirrup and, when thehood is closed, in order to lock it, it sufiices simply to turn the hand wheel 8 in the desired direction. In order to openit, the hand wheel 8 is turned slightly in the opposite direction. Owing to the structural arrangement employed, only a relatively very slight release of the hook 4: is "required to permit of opening or closing of the hook. A small screw threaded and milled cap 9 closes the upper part 5 of the part 5. It is worthy of remark that, in the case of hoods, the device is also inherentlyco adapted for use as a lifting handle for raising the hood. It will be seen that the exact regulation or adjustment of the position of the hook is 'efi'ected by screwing up or unscrewing this latter in the hollow member which *moves solid with the controlling hand wheel. For locking purposes it is suflicientto actuatethe hand wheel.

It will be apparent to any technician that any modifications indetail may be applied ditions the very precise adjustment, obtained i by the screw threading of the upper partof the hook, could even be dispensed with, as

the adjustment could be effected simply by means of the hand wheel 8, the hook 4: being disposed in suchwise as to be able to slide without turning in the member 5, whilstthe part 7 could turn round the shank or stem of the hook Whilst carrying it along at the same time. I

Claims- 1. A latch for automobile hoods and the like comprising a tubular casing obliquely secured to a movable part of the hood, a hook member longitudinally movable in the bore of the tubular casing and extending through the adjacent hood part, a fixed element adapted to be engaged by said hook member, and a sleeve connected With the hookmember and having a threaded engagement With the tubular casing so that the rotation of said sleeve Will move the hook member longitudinally in the tubular casing.

2. A latch for automobile hoods and the like comprising a tubular casing obliquely secured to a movable part of the hood, a hook member longitudinally movable in the bore of the tubular casing and extending through the adjacent hood part, a fixed element adapted to be engaged by said hook member, and a sleeve having a threaded engagement with the hook member and also having a threaded engagement with the tubular casing so that the rotation of said sleeve will move the hook member longitudinally in the tubular casing.

3. A latch'for automobile hoods and the like comprising a tubular casing secured to a movable part of the hood, a hook member longitudinally movable in the bore of the tubular casing, a fixed element adapted to be engaged by the hook member, and a sleeve threaded in the tubular casing and threaded on the shank of the hook member so that rotation of the sleeve Will. move the hook member longitudinally in the tubular casing.

4:. A latch for automobile hoods and the like comprising a tubular casing secured to a movable part of the'hood, a hook member longitudinally movable in the bore of the tubular casing, a fixed element adapted to be- LEON MARQUE.

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