spring-latch

A spring-latch lock is easy prey for burglars who are "loiding" experts.

HOME SECURITY BASICS 2009

A spring-latch lock is easy prey for burglars who are "loiding" experts.

HOME SECURITY BASICS 2009

Matthews pressed a spring-latch and led me into a little cabin-like room.

Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900

A simple form of spring-latch is shown by Fig. 196, as you may see, _A_ is

Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Daniel Carter Beard 1895

Fig. 197 shows the inside of the door with the spring-latch, catches and all complete; it also gives details of the wooden catch _A_ with guards _D_ and _C_ and the fastening of the stick in the spool by a peg driven through the end of the stick at

Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Daniel Carter Beard 1895

The stick or peg which runs through the spools and the slot also runs through a hole made for that purpose in the spring-latch, as shown at _F_ (Fig. 197).

Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Daniel Carter Beard 1895

After the stick with the _E_ spool on it has been run through the slot from the outside of the door, thence through the spring-latch _B_ and into the spool _F_, it is fastened there by driving around its end some thin wedges of wood or by allowing it to protrude and running a small peg through the protruding end, as shown by _F_, _G_ (Fig. 197, lower diagram).

Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Daniel Carter Beard 1895

_B_ (Fig. 197) is the spring-latch which is held in place by the spool _F_.

Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Daniel Carter Beard 1895

Of course, you know by now that the hood release on this car must be external, through a spring-latch mechanism above the grille, as it is on vintage cars.

Charlottesville Blogs 2009

"It was fast, Swift -- bolt and spring-latch, both.

The Paternoster Ruby Charles Edmonds Walk