US359815A - Door-securer - Google Patents

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(ModeL) 0 J. SARGENT'.

DOOR SEGURER.

Patented Ma1n22, 1887.

UNITED STATES PA'rnNr rricat CALVIN J. SARGENT, OF METHUEX, MASSACHUSETTS.

DOOR-SECURER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,815, dated March 2'2, 1887.

Application filed January 4, 1887. Serial No. 223343. (Model) .Z0 all -whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN J. SARGENJ, of Methuen, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices of a detachable and portable character for fastening or seeming doors in closed position.

It is the object of my invention to provide a device of the nature mentioned which may readily be applied to any door to secure the same in closed position without marring or defacing any part of the door or casing, and which may be conveniently carried about in the pocket of the user.

Among the objections attending devices of this nature are that they are not applicable to door-casings having a peculiar form of molding, or anything but a fiat surface, even with the surface of the door at the point where the fastening is app1ied,and in attaching them the door or casing is more or less marred or damaged. By my improvement these objections are entirely overcome,said improvements consisting in a bolt adapted to engage the mortise or socket for the latch-bolt, or the bolt of the lock,or a mortise orsocket especially provided for the purpose, said first-mentioned bolt extending out from between the door and casing and engaged with a crossbar having an adjustable post connected with each end, one of which posts is adapted to bear on the door and the other on the casing, all as I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same letters indicating the same parts wherever they occur.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my device as applied to a door-casing,a portion of thelatter being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modified construction. Fig. 4is a fragmentary view of another modified form of the device.

In carrying out my invention I provide a preferably flat bolt, (1, having a portion, b, at

one end bent at an angle to the main or body portion, which angular portion 1) is adapted to engage the socket or mortise 0, formed in the casing d,-for the latch-bolt or bolt of the lock; or itmay be a mortise or socket especially provided for the purpose. Toward the opposite end of belt a, I form in the sides or edges thereof, at opposite points, notches c c, for a purpose to be presently explained.

f indicates a cross-bar provided at substantially its center with an elongated slot, 9, adapted to admit thcrethrongh the end of a bolt-,a, when presented in a certain position with respect thereto.

hit represent screwthrcadcd posts, having a screwthreaded connection each with one end of the cross-bar f,so that they maybe adj usted' in any position in said crossbar within the limits of their length. Each of said bolts is preferably headed on each end, and, if desired, the ends designed to bear against door and easing may be slightly cushioned with rubber, fibrous material, or any other sub -stance,while the opposite ends may be so constructed as to facilitate their manipulation to effect their proper adjustment in the crossbar. In the present instance the ends .2 e of the posts, designed to bear against the door or casing, are constructed as washers or rings, upon which the posts proper turn,so that when the posts are turned in against the door or casing they turn on said washers, which remain stationary, and. thus marring of the door is avoided.

In operation, the bolt a will be arranged with its angular part b in the socket c of the casing, in which position the door will be closed,leaving bolt a extending out from between the easing and the edge of the door. The cross-bar f, with the posts h h attached, will then be applied to bolt a by turning it to such position as to admit the outer end of said bolt through slot 9, in which position said cross-bar is slipped on the bolt to such of the notches c as it may be most desirable to have it secured, when the cross-bar will. be turned substantially a quarter-way around, the elongated form of the slot permitting of lateral adjustment of the posts to the desired point, in which position the inner end of one of .the posts will be brought to rest on the door and the other on the casing, the posts being adjusted to accommodate them to any unevenness or variation in the plane of the surfaces of the door and easing or molding on the latter, on which the inner ends of said posts may bear. If the door and. adjacent casing are light and thin, so that the bolta will project outwardfarenough for the cross-bar to be engaged with theinnernotehes, 0, it will be secured at that point; but if a different condition of things exists, so that the bolt a projects outward but a short distance from the door, the cross-bar may be secured in the other notches of said bolt. This provision, and the fact that the posts h h can be adjusted in the cross-bar to compensate for any unevenness of the surfaces on which they are made to rest, adapts the device to doors and. casings of varying form or character,and when secured inpla'ce will effectively hold the door in closed position.

Another point to be noted is thatin my device noneot' the parts is provided with spurs or similar features, which are driven into the door or casing, as is common in most contrivances of this character, and hence marring or damaging any of the parts is entirely avoided.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modified manner of connecting the cross-barf with the bolt. In this instance the outer end of said bolt is provided with a screw-thread, and has a thumb nut, z, fitted-thereto. Ahoie is formedin the cross-bar of a character adapted to admit the screw-threaded part of the bolt thereth rough, after which the thumb-nut i is applied and turned into the desired position.

It is obvious that with .this construction one i form, therein at a proper point after the crossbar has been moved to proper position onathe bolt a.

These different constructions are shown to indicate the changes that may be made inithe form and. arrangemeutof the parts comprising my invention without departing from its nature or spirit.

Having thus described my invention,what I 1 claim is--- A door-fastener consisting of bolta,provided with the angular part b, cross-bar f, detach-- ably connected with the outer end of said bolt,

and screw-threaded osts hh' havin a screwthreaded connection with the ends of said cross-bar, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, this 27th day of December, A. I). 1886.

CALVIN J. SARGENT.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR W. CROSSLEY, G. W. H. BROWN.

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