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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WALTER H. GODBEY, JR., OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO
GEORGE H. HYATT,:OF TMEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, AND ONE-THIRD TO ANDREW D.
GWYNNE, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
LOCK FOR AUTOMOBILES.1,377,124.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented May 3, 1921.
Application filed August 20, 1918. Serial No. 250,693.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WALTER H. GODBEY,
Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing
at Memphis, Shelby county, and State of
5 Tennessee, have invented and discovered
certain new and useful Improvements in
Locks for Automobiles, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification.
The object of my said invention is to pro-
10 vide an inexpensive and at the same time a
very secure lock for automobiles and one
that is convenient to use, whereby the auto-
mobile may be secured against theft, or
use, while the lock is attached, all as will
15 be hereinafter more fully described and
claimed.
-Referring to the accompanying drawings,
which are made a part hereof and on which
similar reference characters indicate simi-
20 lar parts,
Figure 1 is a top or plan view of the end
of an axle with a portion of a wheel, a por-
tion of the steering gear and the lock, show-
ing the several parts in the position they
25 occupy when the lock is applied,_
Fig. 2 a perspective view showing the
clamp device which forms the main part of
the lock,
Fig. 3 a detail section on the dotted line
30 3-3 on Fig. 1, and_
Fig. 4 a detail sectional view showing a
modified form.
In said drawings the portion marked N
represents the automobile axle; B the wheel
35 spindle bracket ; C the wheel; D the arm
connected with the spindle bracket at one
end and to the steering rod at the other;
and E said steering rod. All of the parts
above named are of any approved construc-
40 tion and arrangement and need no special
description. The bracket B is connected
to the axle A by a pivot 10 in the usual man-
ner and the arm D is connected to said
bracket B on the opposite side of the pivot
45 10 from the wheel C.
The clamp which forms the leading part
of my invention, comprises two members
15 and 16, hinged together by a pintle 17
at one end and having mating flanges 25
50 and 26 through which a perforation 18 ex-
tends at their other ends, in which the staple
member 19 of an ordinary pad-lock 20 may
be inserted. A recess 21 is formed in the
member 15 adjacent to the hinge which isadapted to embrace and hold the arm D 55
near its pivotal connection 22 with the steer-
ing rod E. The opposite ends of said mem-
bers 15 and 16 are formed so that when they
are together they will provide the socket 23
to embrace the axle A. 60
It will be understood of course that the
parts will be shaped to conform to the shape
of the member of the steering gear and of
the axle of the particular car with which it
is designed for use; and may be of some 65
shape that will adapt the lock for use with
any car; and other modifications in the de-
tails of construction may be made without
departing from my said invention.
In Fig. 4 I have shown a lock formed in 70
the flanges 25 and 26, a keeper 27 on the
one part being adapted to be engaged by a
spring latch 28 on the other, and a key 29
provided for unlocking the parts. This is
but one form of lock of many that will 75
readily suggest themselves to those skilled
in the art, and is shown only to illustrate
different types of locks that may be formed
suitable for the purpose.
In use, after the car is stopped in posi- 80
tion where it is desired to leave it for a
time, the wheel is turned, as shown in Fig.
1, so that the axle A and steering lever D
will be in a position to embrace said steer-
ing lever and the socket 23 embrace the 85
axle. The clamp is then placed in a posi-
tion to embrace these parts and the pad-lock
20 applied, or the parts secured by any other
form of lock that may be preferred. It will
thus be seen that the car cannot be used 90
while the clamp is secured as the car will
turn in a circle.
It will be understood, of course, that any
type of padlock may be used.
Having thus fully described my said in- 95
vention what I claim as new and desire to
secure by Letters Patent, is:-
The combination with an axle and steer-
ing arm pivoted and standing normally sub-
stantially perpendicular thereto, of a lock 10'
formed of two hinged jaw members, the up-
per member having a recess formed on- its
free end and a flange extending therefrom,
the lower member having a recess register-
ing with that of the upper member but of 10.
greater depth, the two recesses forming a
housing for the axle, said lower member
provided with a flange extending there-0
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Godbey, Walter H., Jr. Lock for Automobiles, patent, May 3, 1921; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1257787/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.