Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 16th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 30th Nov. 1888
I, WILLIAM HENRY SAINT AUBIN of Bloxwich in the County of Stafford,
Mechanician and Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My improvements consist first in throwing or turning out the shackle of Pad Locks
by means of the action of the bolt, as follows:-
The pin upon which the key revolves is in the centre of the lock, and the bolt
swings upon a stump in the lower part of the lock plate.
On the left hand side. and near the gating of the bolt wherein the key works, I
employ a forked slot which grasps a stump or pin in an extended part of the shackle
below the joint pin upon which it turns, the same being situated on the left hand side
instead of as in the ordinary way-upon the right, so that in throwing the bolt to
the right with the key in the act of unlocking the forked slot which grasps the stump
or pin in the extended part of the shackle pulls the same and causes the shackle to
turn out of the lock to the left.
On the right hand side of the lock and nearly opposite the beforementioned stump
or pin in the extended part of the shackle 1 fix a pin in the lock plate, upon which I
employ either levers or an ordinary tumbler, and in either case I employ a stump in
the bolt which in the act of unlocking moves either in the racks of the levers or serves
as a stump upon which the tumbler falls when the bolt is shot to the left, and retains
the bolt and shackle in a locked position. The use of the key in throwing the bolt to
the left may if desired be dispensed with inasmuch as either the tumbler or levers
when the shackle is out may remain in a raised position, and by pressing the shackle
in the lock the stump in the same is moved to the left, when the tumblers or levers fall
and abut against the same, the locking action being automatic.
Second employ a shackle moving out of the lock vertically. This shackle has a
long side and a short one which are bent parallel to each other.
In this lock as in the former I employ a bolt swinging upon a stump in the right
hand side of the lock plate, the key pin being also in the centre of the lock.

page_text: On the left hand side I employ a short bolt which has two slots therein moving
upon two stumps. The lower part of the long side of the shackle has a groove in it
which lies in a vertical fork in the short bolt which is operated in a similar manner to
the former by the swinging bolt, only that the gating of the bolt is on the left hand
side, so that in turning the key to the right or left, the shackle is shot out or drawn
in, and this too may be either secured by a tumbler or levers, and automatically locked
by pressing in the shackle.
Inasmuch as this invention may be open to some minor modifications without
departing from the principle I do not strictly confine myself to the precise details
herein specified.
1000

page_text: I WILLIAM HENRY SAINT AUBIN of Bloxwich in the County of Stafford,
Mechanician and Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My improvements consist first in throwing or turning out the shackles of Pad locks
by means of the action of the bolt as follows:-
The pin-A Fig. 1-upon which the key revolves is in the centre of the lock or
thereabouts, and the bolt--B-swings upon a stump-B-in the lower part of the
lock plate.
On the left hand side and near the gating-A-of the bolt wherein the key works,
I employ a forked slot-C-which grasps a stump or pin-D-in an extended part of
the shackle E-below the joint pin-F-upon which it turns, the same being
situated on the left hand side instead of as in the ordinary way upon the right, so that
in throwing the bolt to the right with the key in the act of unlocking, the forked
slot-C-which grasps the stump or pin, D-in the extended part of the shackle pulls
the same and causes the shackle to turn out of the lock to the left.
On the right hand side of the lock and nearly opposite the beforementioned stump
or pin D-in the extended part of the shackle I fix a pin-G-in the lock plate,
upon which I employ either levers-H-or an ordinary tumbler, and in either case
I employ a stump-I—in the bolt, which, in the act of unlocking, moves either in the
rack of the levers-Hor serves as a stump upon which the tumbler falls when
the bolt is shot to the left, and retains the bolt and shackle in a locked position.
The use of the key in throwing the bolt to the left may if desired be dispensed with
inasmuch as either the tumbler or levers when the shackle is out may remain in a
raised position as shewn in dotted lines, and by pressing the shackle in the lock the
stump-I-in the same is moved to the left, when the tumbler or levers-J-fall and
abut against the same, the locking action being automatic.
Second I employ a shackle-K-Fig. 2-moving out of the lock vertically. This
shackle has a long side--and a short one-M-which are bent parallel to each
other.
In this lock as in the former I may or may not employ a bolt-swinging upon a
stump on the right hand side of the lock plate, the key pin-P-also being in the
centre of the lock or thereabouts.
On the left hand side I employ a short bolt-Q-which has two slots shewn in
dotted lines therein moving upon two stumps.
The lower part of the long side of the shackle has a groove-R-in it which lies in
a vertical fork-S-in the short bolt-Q-which is operated in a similar manner to
the former by the swinging bolt, or gated in the ordinary way as shewn only that the
gating T. of the bolt is on the left hand side, so that in turning the key to the right or
left, the shackle is shot out or drawn in, and this too may be either secured by a
tumbler--or levers, and automatically locked by pressing in the shackle.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1-The throwing or turning out of the shackles of pad locks by the improved
locking device substantially as herein described and illustrated by Fig. 1-of the
accompanying drawings.
2-The improved locking device for shooting out the shackles of pad locks vertically,
substantially as herein described and illustrated by Fig. 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
W. H. ST. AUBIN,
Applicant.