US803509A - Hinge. - Google Patents

Description

PATBNTED OCT. 31. 1905.

M. 0. RYAN.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED now. 15, 1904.

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HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 81, 1905.

Application filed October 15, 1904. Serial No. 228,585.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIcHAEL C. RYAN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Oswego, Oswego county, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

This invention relates to certain improvements in hinges, and relates more particularly to sheet-metal two-leaf hinges.

An object of the invention is to provide a sheet-metal hinge which can be produced at a low cost and will be strong and durable and particularly adapted for use on shippingcrates and the like and which can be applied without cutting or rabbeting the edge of the cover and. will not become stiff by reason of rust or accumulation of dirt, but will work loosely and easily even after exposure to the weather.

The invention consists in certain novel features in construction and in arrangements and combinations of parts, as more fully and particularly set forth hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a portion of a crate having my hinge applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hinge detatched. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hinge, the leaves thereof shown separated. Fig. 4: is a longitudinal section of the hinge.

In the drawings, 1 is the rear box or crate wall, and 2 is the box or crate cover.

The hinge consists of two flat leaves or members 3 4:, preferably cut or stamped from sheet metal of the proper gage and stiifness. The hinge-leaves can be formed of any suitable contour and of any desirable dimensions, although I preferably form the leaf 3, which is secured to the crate-wall, of greater Width and thickness than the leaf 4, which is secured on the crate-cover. Each leaf is formed with perforations for receiving securing means or can be otherwise formed for securing when applied for use. The leaf 3 is shown approximately oblong in shape and near one end edge is formed with the transverse slot 5, oblong in shape and extending almost across the width of the leaf and forming the flat narrow transverse end or pintle bar 6, at its ends joined to the body of the leaf by the connecting side bars or ligaments 7 constituting the end walls of the slot and forming end stops. The end of the leaf formed by the connecting portions or side bars 7 and the end crossbar 6 is deflected laterally or oflset from the plane of the body or flat portion of the leaf. In other words, the bars 7 are inclined outwardly and upwardly from the body portion of the leaf to throw the flat end cross-bar 6 outwardly from and to one side of the vertical plane of said body portion when the leaf is applied to the crate. The leaf 4 is shown approximately oblong in shape and formed with a longitudinal upwardly-pressed stiffening rib or embossment 8. This leaf is joined to leaf 3 by having one end turned or looped loosely around the end cross-bar 6, thereby forming the transverse closed end eye or knuc kle 9, embracing bar 6, and passing through slot 5 between the side bars 7. The side bars 7 form abutments or stops'against undue lateral movement of the hinge-leaves with respect to each other. The end of the leaf 4 is bent to form the closed eye 9, round in crosssection and preferably of an internal diameter greater than either the width or thickness of the bar 6, so that the bar 6 is loosely confined within the eye, and the eye and bar are allowed a considerable range of play or loosemess.

The offset or deflection of the end of the leaf 3 permits securing both hinge-leaves in proper contact throughout their lengths with the crate body and cover and throws the joint between said leaves away from the cover edge, so that rabbeting is not necessary, and also permits the hinge to always work freely and loosely without binding or stiffness. The peculiar loose joint thus formed avoids liability of bending and breakage of hinge parts,which so frequently occurs where the hinge is stiff by reason of rust or dirt or because of closelyfitting parts, as in the ordinary pintle or butthinge or where a knuckle closely fits and turns on a pintle-roll. I

It is evident that my hinge can be applied to various devices where hinges are of utility and that various modifications can be resorted to without departing from my invention.

What I claim is l. A hinge consisting of two leaves, one leaf having a narrow flat transverse end pintle-bar and side connecting-bars between said pintle-bar and the body of the leaf, and the other leaf having its end looped loosely around said pintle-bar and forming a transverse closed eye of greater internal diameter than the formingatransverse end eye loosely emlorac- IO Width of said pintle-bar. ing said loar, substantially as described.

2. A hing-e comprising two leaves, one leaf In testimony whereof I aifix my signature having atransverse end pintle-bar formed hy in presence of two Witnesses. 5 a transverse slot cut through the leaf ad a- MICHAEL 0' RYAN.

cent to said end, said end of the leaf being offset to throw said bar to one side of the \Vitnesses:

plane of the leaf-body, the other leaf having B. A. SMITH, its end looped loosely around said bar, and V. M. MELVIN.

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