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Application filed October 18,1888, Serial No. 283,493. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Frank Brabson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jer5 sey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Locks for Drawers, of which tliefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a lock adapted to secure drawers, as set forth in the following to specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which—

Figure lisa sectional side view of a drawer, locked. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a lockingplate. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view, partly 15 in section, of a stop.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates a drawer, and B is the casing of the drawer. A locking-plate C is placed between the drawer 20 and casing, so that the stop D of the plate abuts against the lip or shoulder Lof thecasing·, as shown in Fig. 1. The shackle I of a lock is then secured in a hole II in the plate C and then locked, thus locking the drawer. 25 To enable the shackle I to be placed close to the drawer and casing, the plate Chas a number of holes at different distances from the stop, which are hereinafter termed “graduated holes ” K, Fig. 2, so that the shackle I, 30 when passed through the proper hole K, will sit close to the drawer, even if the device is used at various times for locking drawers made from different thicknesses of material.

The hole II for the shackle is shown formed 35 in a lip G of the plate C, and the stop D is shown as the head of a bolt whose shank E is adapted to enter a hole K in the plate. By having a series of graduated holes K the stop D can be adjusted to suit drawers of various thicknesses of material. Further ad- 40 justment can be secured by making the various faces of the stop D to rest at different distances from the shank E, as seen in Fig.

3, so that by turning the stop D a suitable face of said stop can be brought into contact 45 with the shoulder L of the drawer-casing B. A finger piece or pieces F on the plate C enable said plate to be held in position while the stop D is being properly adjusted.