Improvements in Hasp Locks for Travelling Trunks, Boxes, and other like Articles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 4th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 12th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hasp Locks for Travelling Trunks, Boxes, and
other like Articles.
I JOSEPH BATES of Scarboro' Works Temple Street Wolverhampton in the County
of Stafford Brass Founder and Lock Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this
Invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of the construction and combination hereinafter described of
the parts of hasp locks for travelling trunks boxes and other like articles whereby the
lock is made more efficient than ordinary hasp locks and additional security in the
fastening of the trunk box or article is obtained together with facility for securing
the trunk or article by means of padlock should the lock be injured or made
inoperative.
The essence of my invention consists in combining with the hasp lock two additional
or supplementary spring bolts working parallel to the sides of the lock case the
bevilled heads or ends of the said spring bolts being situated outside the lock case and
springing through or engaging with two outer staples at the top of the lock case.
The jointed hasp of the lock is cranked or sunk into a lower plane near its free end so
that when the hasp is shut down the sunken part seats itself on the lock plate slots
being made in the cranked or sunk part of the hasp for passing over the staples and
ends of the supplementary bolts. When the hasp is shut down its slots pass over the
staples and their-upper edges bearing upon the bevilled ends of the bolts press them
back which bolts when the hasp is fully shut down snap through the staples and bear
upon the outside of the cranked or sunk part of the hasp and hold down the said hasp.
The fully shooting of the supplementary spring bolts is effected by the action of the
key upon the lock mechanism the said lock mechanism at the same time operating
the ordinary bolts for taking into the ordinary hooks on the underside and near the
free end of the hasp the said hooks passing through slots in the front of the lock case
as usual. The lock is thus locked at four points namely by the ordinary bolts and by
the two supplementary parallel spring bolts the acting ends of which work through
staples outside the lock and bear upon the outside of the sunk part of the hasp. The
four bolts described are preferably made in one piece.
To unlock the lock the key is turned in the ordinary way to withdraw the ordinary
bolts the action of the key at the same time causing the supplementary bolts to be
fully withdrawn from their staples. The hasp is lifted when the bolts are fully with-
drawn by a spring as usual.
The withdrawal of the snapped bolts from their staples is also effected by the
key.
The two supplementary spring bolts are situated so wide apart that an eye or loop
may be conveniently used with the lock for the purpose of fastening the trunk or
article by means of a padlock should the lock be injured or inoperative. The said
eye or loop for the padlock is situated in the middle line of the lock plate and
a slot in the sunk part of the hasp passes over the said.eye when the hasp is shut
down.
The eye or loop for the hook of the padlock being situated in the sunk part of the
hasp is flush with the lock and offers no obstruction and its position with respect to the
supplementary parallel bolts enables the book of the padlock to be easily introduced
into and removed from it.
Dated this 7th dow of June 1889
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hasp Locks for Travelling Trunks, Boxes, and
other like Articles.
I JOSEPH BATES of Scarboro' Works Temple Street Wolverhampton in the County
of Stafford Brass Founder and Lock Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my
invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-.
My invention consists of the construction and combination hereinafter described of
the parts of hasp locks for travelling trunks boxes and other like articles, whereby the
lock is made more efficient than ordinary hasp locks and additional security in the
fastening of the trunk box or article is obtained, together with facility for securing
the trunk or article by means of a padlock should the lock be injured or made
inoperative.
The essence of my invention consists in combining with the hasp lock, two additional
or supplementary spring bolts working parallel to the sides of the lock case, the
bevilled heads or ends of the said spring bolts being situated outside the lock
case and springing through or engaging with two outer staples at the top of the
lock case.
The jointed hasp of the lock is cranked or sunk into a lower plane near its
free end so that when the hasp is shut down the sunken part seats itself on the
lock plate, slots being made in the cranked or sunken part of the hasp for passing
over the staples and ends of the supplementary bolts. When the hasp is shut
down its slots pass over the staples and their upper edges bearing upon the
bevilled ends of the bolts press them back, which bolts when the hasp is fully
shut down snap through the staples and bear upon the outside of the cranked or
sunken part of the hasp and hold down the said hasp. The fully shooting of the
supplementary spring bolts is effected by the action of the key upon the lock
mechanism, the said lock mechanism at the same time operating the ordinary
bolts for taking into the ordinary hooks on the under side and near the free end
of the hasp, the said hooks passing through slots in the front of the lock case as
usual. The lock is thus locked at four points, namely, by the ordinary bolts
and by the two supplementary parallel spring bolts the acting ends of which work
through staples outside the lock and bear upon the outside of the sunk part of the hasp.
The four bolts described are preferably made in one piece. To unlock the lock the
key is turned in the ordinary way to withdraw the ordinary bolts the action of the
key at the same time causing the supplementary bolts to be fully withdrawn from
their staples. The hasp is lifted when the bolts are fully withdrawn by a spring. The
withdrawal of the snapped bolts from their staples is also effected by the key.
The two supplementary spring bolts are situated so wide apart that an eye or loop
may be conveniently used with the lock for the purpose of fastening the trunk or
article by means of a padlock should the lock be injured or inoperative. The said eye
or loop for the padlock is situated in the middle line of the lock plate and a slot in the
sunk part of the hasp passes over the said eye when the hasp is shut down.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents in front elevation and Figure 2
in side elevation partly in vertical section a hasp lock constructed according to my
invention applied to a travelling trunk the hasp being represented shut down and held
in that position by the snapping of the supplementary spring bolts upon the outside of
the cranked or sunken part of the hasp; Figure 3 represents the same view as
Figure 1 with parts removed, after the two supplementary spring bolts have been
fully shot and the ordinary bolts also shot for locking the trunk. In the said figure 3
the front plate of the lock case is represented removed for exhibiting the lock
mechanism and the lower portion of the hasp is also omitted.
_ The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the
Drawing.

page_text: a is the hasp jointed in the ordinary way to the lid a³ of the travelling trunk and b
is the lock fixed on the body 62 of the trunk: a³ is the cranked or sunken part of the
hasp provided with slots a, a' for passing over, when the hasp is shut down, the
staples c, c on the outside of the lock plate and also passing over and pressing back
the bevilled ends of the parallel supplementary bolts d, d of the lock, the said bolts d, d
having a vertical motion. It will be seen by an examination of Figure 1 that the
supplementary bolts d, d are situated on either side of the middle line of the lock and
preferably at the distance apart represented; e, e are the ordinary hooks on the under-
side of the hasp a for the ordinary bolts e, e² of the lock to take into. The four
bolts d, d and e, e² are preferably made in one piece with the bolt plate carrying
them (see Figure 3) the bolt plate being operated upon to shoot the bolts by the
action of the key in the usual way upon the tail plate g of the bolt plate: h is the
lever of the lock and i is the spring acting upon the bolt plate for lifting the supple-
mentary bolts d, d and maintaining them in the normal position represented in
Figures 1 and 2; is an eye or loop for fastening the trunk (or article) by a padlock
should the lock be injured or inoperative. The said eye or loop is situated in the
middle line of the lock and between the two supplementary spring bolts d, d and their
staples c, c, and in the sunken part a³ of the hasp is a slot a³ which passes over the
said eye or loop / when the said hasp is shut down (see Figs. 1 and 2). The eye
or loop for the padlock hook to engage with being situated in the sunken part a³ of
the hasp is flush with the lock and thus offers no obstruction and its position with
respect to the supplementary parallel bolts enables the hook of the padlock to be easily
introduced into and removed from it.
On shutting down the hasp a, its slots a, a pass over the staples c, c on the lock
and the upper edges of the said slots at, a bearing upon the bevilled projecting ends
of the parallel supplementary bolts d, d press them back, which bolts when the hasp
is fully shut down snap through the staples c, e on the lock case and bear upon the
outside of the cranked or sunken part a³ of the hasp and hold down the said hasp as
represented in Figures 1 and 2. By the action of the key upon the lock mechanism
the fully shooting of the supplementary bolts d, d is effected as represented in
Figure 3 to lock the trunk. By the shooting of the supplementary bolts d, d the
ordinary bolts e, e² are also shot the said ordinary bolts taking into the hooks e, e on
the underside and near the free end of the hasp as represented in the said Figure 3.
The lock is thus locked at four points by the ordinary bolts e²e² and by the supple-
mentary spring bolts d, d and the lever h being brought into the position represented
in Figure 3 and the stump on the plate of the bolts engaged in the "gating" in the said
lever as represented in the said Figure 3 the withdrawal or pushing back of the spring
bolts d, d is prevented until by the operation of the key the position of the lever h is
changed. To unlock the lock the key is turned in the proper direction to withdraw
the ordinary bolts e², e².
By the descent of the bolt plate to withdraw the ordinary bolts e², e² the supple-
mentary bolts d d are at the same time fully withdrawn from their staples c, c and the
hasp being released is lifted by the spring k (see Figure 2). The withdrawal of the
snapped bolts d,d Figures 1 and 2 is effected by the turning of the key in the direction
proper to unlock the lock.
Although hasp locks constructed according to my invention are particularly
applicable to the fastening of travelling trunks and boxes yet they may be used for
other like purposes such for example as the fastening of doors and casements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention of "Improvements in hasp locks for travelling trunks boxes and other like
articles":-
First The combination with a hasp lock of two additional or supplementary
parallel spring bolts arranged at a short distance apart and on either side the middle
line of the lock, the bevilled heads or ends of the said spring bolts being situated outside
the lock case and when the hasp is shut down springing through or engaging with two

page_text: outer staples on the lock case and also bearing upon the outside of the cranked or
sunken part of the hasp the said supplementary spring bolts being fully shot or
advanced on locking the trunk or article by the key and their return motion prevented
the several parts being constructed arranged and operating substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Secondly: Making in the cranked or sunken part of the jointed hasp the slots in
which the fixed staples engage and through which the supplementary spring bolts
work substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing.