IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR FASTENINGS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HYPPOLITE BESSON, Mechanical Engineer, & I ERNEST NEILD KENT Brush
.Maker, both of 46 Bonner Road, Bethnal green, do hereby declare the nature
of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR FASTENINGS to be as
follows:-
The main objects of this Invention are to fix or join two parts together easily
and firmly and to construct a simple lock or fastening so as to give great rigidity
to two parts brought in proximity by such means and also to fasten and unfasten
readily. This fastening is applicable to fix handles to brushes, lids to boxes, for
indoor locks or bolts, and to all such purposes where rigidity is required.
The Invention consists of a box or plate of a suitable shape to the purpose
applied for; through the said box, lock or plate, a hole or center hole is made, from
which two circular slots are formed, which slots have each of them a circular
opening of a larger diameter than themselves, at diametrically opposite ends; the
slots are each provided in the interior of a lock, box, or at the back of a plate with
an incline or part of a thread of a screw or screws.
The Invention also consists of making an elastic hasp, or spring hasp of metal,
or of the material to be fastened, having two studs-or buttons, each with a head
larger than its stem, fixed to a spring plate or to the object itself, made as a spring;
between and in the center of the studs, or buttons a pin or axis is attached, and
from that said axis, or pivot pin, when entering in the center hole of the lock, box
or plate, the turning of the hasp or lock is done either direct by hand, or by a lever,
or by the object to which the said hasp or lock is attached.
Instead of making, the lock, box or plate with inclines and slots, and the hasp
with studs or buttons, we may use a lock or box with a lateral inside thread,
screw or lateral inclines, having two parts of opposite thread cut away, in which
the hasp, or screw hasp, having also corresponding parts cut away, will fit the said
lock or box; the action of fastening is similar to the one already mentioned.
When greater security is required, we provide one or two spring catches or
bolders at the back of the incline, or at the bottom of the box, having each a
similar circular opening to those of the plate, but are connected to the incline in
such a manner, so as to have their circular openings at the highest part of the
inclines, or at the extreme end of the slots.
In the case of the box having inside lateral screw or incline, wo use on the
spring catch a small projection, which will fall in a recess, made on the screw bolt

page_text: or hasp. The center hole and the circular openings, formed in the slotted box, lock,
or, plate are to permit a hasp to pass freely through them, and to rotate in the
length of the slots; the circular openings in the spring catch or holder, which are
placed at the back of the incline, or bottom of the box, will serve as a holder or
catch, by falling over the heads of the buttons, or in the recess of the hasp, this is
done only when the hasp is turned to its right position, then the buttons, or screw
hasp will be retained until released by a push or key.
When we use a spring catch or holder, placed at the back of the incline of lock,
box, or plate, we make the said axis or pivot of the hasp, or bolt, slide in a hole,
and by this arrangement the said axis will act as a push, or the push can be
replaced by a key, and this push or key is used to force back the spring catch, and
release the buttons or screw hasp. Now, in order to fasten the lock or box, with
the hasp or screw hasp, we take the elastic hasp, either fitted on metal spring, or
fitted on the material to be fastened, acting as a spring, and enter the buttons or
the screw hasp in the lock as already explained, we rotate the hasp in the slotted
grooves, or the screw hasp or bolt in the lateral incline, and compel the buttons to
slide up the incline, or the screw bolt, or hasp to engage with the threads or lateral
inclines. By this movement, the hasp and the lock are brought together, at the
same time the said hasp will, by spring friction, press on the face of the box,
lock, plate, or on the object, and fasten the hasp with the lock, or the two objects
firmly together, but to give extra security, as described before, we rotate the hasp,
buttons, or screw bolt to their extreme positions, when the circular openings, or
projections of the spring catch, or holder, will fall either over the heads of the
buttons, or in the recess of the screw hasp, and will be held in this position,
preventing the rotation of the hasp, and the unfastening of the lock, until the
buttons, or the screw hasp are disengaged from the spring catch or holder, either
by sliding the push or key against it. When this has been done the hasp, buttons,
or screw hasp, can be unscrewed from their respective inclines, or screw, and the
lock will be unfastened: sometimes instead of causing the hasp or screw hasp
to rotate, we may rotate the lock, box, or plate so as to engage each of them with
their respective fixed hasp or screw husp.

page_text: I, HYPPOLITE BESSON, Mechanical Engineer, and I, ERNEST NEILD KENT,
Brushmaker both of 46 Bonner Road, Bethnal Green, County of Middlesex do
hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR
FASTENINGS, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
The main objects of this Invention are to fix or join two parts together easily,
and to construct a simple lock or fastening so as to give rigidity to two parts
brought in proximity by such means, and also to fasten and unfasten readily.
This fastening consists of a box, lock or plate of a suitable shape to the purpose
applied; through the said box, lock or plate a hole or center hole is made, from
which two circular slots are formed having each at diametrically opposite ends, a
circular opening larger in diameter than the width of the said slots. The slots are
each provided in the interior of the lock, box or at the back of the plate with an
incline, or part of a thread of a screw.
The Invention also consists of making an elastic or spring hasp of metal or of the
material to be fastened, having two studs or buttons each provided with a head
larger than its stem, fixed to a spring plate or to the object itself made as a spring;
between and in the center of the studs or buttons, a pin or axis is attached, and
from this said axis or pivot pin, when entering in the center hole of the lock, box
or plate, the turning of the hasp or lock is done either directly by hand, lever, key
or by the object made as a handle to which the said lock or hasp is attached.
Instead of making the lock, box or plate with inclines and slots, and the hasp
with studs or buttons, we use a lock, box or plate with lateral inside thread of
screw, having two parts of opposite thread cut away, in which a hasp or screw
hasp, having also corresponding parts to the one left on the lock, cut away, will fit,
and the action of fastening or unfastening the said lock is similar to the one
already mentioned.
When greater security is required, we provide one or more spring catches or
holders at the back of the incline, or of the box, lock or plate, having small notches,
holes or pins, which are connected with the incline, thread or screw in such a
manner as to fall over small pins, fitted on the screw hasp or in recess or holes
made at the back of the lock; the action of these catches or holders is effected
when the hasp is screwed to its proper position, when the spring catches or holders
will fall over the pins or in the recesses, and prevent any movement either way of
the hasp or lock, until the said catch or holder is released from the hasp or lock by
a push or key.
When a spring catch or holder is used and placed at the back of the incline of
the lock, the axis or pivot pin may be made to slide and act as a push, or can be
replaced by a key, and this push or key is used to force back the spring catch,
and release the pin, recess or hole formed on the hasp, screwhasp or at the back of
the lock.
Now, in order to fasten the lock, box or plate with the spring hasp or screw, wa

page_text: spring, and enter the buttons or the screw of the hasp in the lock, box or plate as
already explained, and rotate the hasp in the slotted grooves, or the screw hasp or
bolt in the lateral thread, and compel the buttons to slide up the incline, or the
screw bolt or hasp to engage with the thread or lateral incline; by this movement
the basp and the lock are brought together, at the same time the said hasp will, by
spring action, press on the face of the lock, box or plate or on the object, and fasten
the hasp with the lock or the two parts of the object together. But to give more
security as described before, we fix a spring catch or holder, which will fall, when
the hasp or the lock is turned or screwed, over small pins or in the recess, and
intercept any movement of the hasp in the lock, and both will be held in this
position until the pins or recess at the back of the hasp or of the lock are dis-
engaged from the spring catch or holder, either by sliding the push or key against
the said spring catch or holder, when the hasp or the lock can be turned or unscrewed
from the incline and the lock will be unfastened.
Sometimes, instead of causing the hasp, screw-hasp or bolt to turn or unscrew,
we make the lock, box or plate to turn so as to screw or unscrew the hasp from
the lock.
Having explained the nature of our Invention, and in order that the said
Invention may be fully understood, we shall now proceed more particularly to
describe the same, and for that purpose shall refer to the several figures on the
annexed sheet of drawing, the same letters of reference indicating corresponding
parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1. and 2 are two views of a stippling brush and fastening, by which the
handle is fitted to the back of the brush: B. is the body of a brush. B¹ its handle,
H the hasp made from the continuation of the handle B¹ of the same material,
and A the lock..
The lock A is fixed to the back of the brush B in a recess by screws, it has a
central hole C¹, from which two circular slots P P with circular openings 01 0¹ are
formed. The slots P P are each provided in the interior of the lock A with
incline K K or part of a thread of a screw, the hasp H is fitted with two studs or
buttons pp provided with heads o, o, slightly smaller than the circular openings
O'O' on the lock A, between and central to these said buttons, a pin or axis C is
fixed to the hasp, slightly projecting over the heads o, o; when fixing the hasp or
handle to the lock or brush the axis C serves to guide the buttons o, o to enter in
the openings O'O', and screw the said buttons o, o in their respective inclines K, K,
Now, in order to fasten the handle to the brush, the studs o, o and the pin C are
entered in the openings O¹ 0' and C¹, then the hasp H is partially rotated in the
alotted grooves P P, which compels the buttons to slide up the incline K K, and
brings the hasp H or the handle closer to the brush, straightening the curvature of
the hasp, which through its friction in contact with the back of the brush will
rigidly fasten the handle to the brush, and to unfasten the handle B' or hasp H
from the lock A or brush B, a slight pressure is applied on the top of the curvature.
while rotating or unscrewing the hasp from the lock A.
It is evident by this arrangement that the handle can be fastened or unfastened
on either side of the brush.
Fig. 3. 4 and 5 represent views of a flesh brush and handle fastened together by
similar means.
In this arrangement the lock A. is made as a box nut with lateral
inside thread K, K. having two parts o¹ o' opposite to one another cut away, in
which the core p of the hasp H having also parts cut away will fit into the lock;
the action of the fastening is similar to the one already described.
Fig. 6 to 12 are different views of an arrangement of our Invention applied to
bolts for indoor locks. In this arrangement the hasp or bolt H is fitted in the
box A, which receives an up and down motion by a knob m, travelling in a spiral
slot m' of the box A¹, the bolt H is also provided with two studs o, o, or they may
be parts of a thread of screw. Two pins or small studs s's are fixed at the end of
the bolt at equal distances from a slot U Fig. 12, which slot is made to connect the
end of the hole in which the push or key his fitted, and made to correspond to the

page_text: shape of the entry piece U1 of the push or key. The shape of the entry piece of
the key may be varied to suit the safety of the locking of the bolt.
To make the bolt elastic, we provide, in a recessed chamber made in the box A¹,
a spring L coiling round the bolt H, and resting on the studs o, o, the spring, when
the bolt is locked-in.the box A, presses against the edges of the box A, and keeps
the studs o, o rigid on the incline K K.
The lock A is made as a box nut, already described, with lateral inside thread
'K, K, having two parts O¹ O', Fig. 9, of opposite thread cut away, in which the
studs o, o engage, when the bolt H is made to slide along its spiral, slot m¹;
the pitch of the thread K K corresponds to the pitch of the spiral slot m¹...In
order to give more security to the bolt, in the interior of the lock A, a catch
plate S is fitted on a central pin C, and supported by a spring 1, the plate S has
two holes 8, 8 corresponding to the small studs a, & fitted at the end of the bolt H,
which, when the bolt has descended, and the studs o, o are screwed to their right
position, will meet the studs 8, 8, and by the action of the spring 1, the catch plate
will fall over the said studs, and retain the bolt in this position, until the catch
plate is pushed off the studs 8, 8 by the push or key h, which, passing through the
hole and slot U, and over the pin.C, will force the catch plate away from the small
studa, 8, 8, and then the bolt will be free to be unscrewed.
Figs. 13 to 17 are views of our Invention applied to boxes, trunks and such
articles. In this arrangement the lock A is fixed to the box, so as to rotate instead
of the hasp; A is the rotating lock, H. the hasp fixed on the lid of the box B. In
this case the hasp has, as in Figs. 1 and 2, two studs p p with heads o, o, and the
hole h is made in the hasp to allow the push or key to reach the lock A. This
lock is similar to the one described in Figs. 1 and 2, it has two circular slots PP,
provided with inclines K. K, and has besides a key hole h¹ with a central pin C, by
which the key is guided. When the lid B is shut down, and the studs p p of
the hasp H correspond to their respective circular openings o¹ o¹, the key is fitted
in the hole h, and the lock A is compelled to turn with the key in the bearings a, a
or metal rings fitted round the hole; by this movement the buttons o, o of the
studs p p slide on the incline K K, the elastic hasp H is brought nearer to the
lock, and presses rigidly against the stud b, and thereby fasten the lid. When
great security is required, the lock A has a double hooked lever S forming the
inside back of the lock, which, when the lock is turned, will engage its hooked
head in staples s¹; also on the inside back of the lock two holes 81, 8¹ are made to
receive two pins 8 8, fixed on an elastic lever N, which will, when the lock is
turned to its proper fastening position, fall in the hole a¹, 81, and secure the lock
either way. In order to disengage or unfasten the lock A, the key h, Figs. 15
and 16 having suitable pins or forked studs u¹ u³, made to correspond to the shape
of the entry hole u, u made through the back plate of the lock is made to slide
into its place through the aperture h³. The forked stud u¹ u' is passed through.
the holes u, u and made to press against the lever N, which lever N with its
pins 8, 8 will be forced away from the holes 81 8¹, and the lock A will be free to be
unscrewed or unlocked.
Figs. 18 and 19 are two views of an arrangement of the fastening applied to
bags, reticules and such like articles. In this case the lock and hasp- are made
similar to the one, described above and illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 6 and 8. The
lock A is made as a box nut with lateral inside thread K, K, having two parts ent
away, in which the core or hasp H having also parts cut away, will fit the lock
when partially rotated in the box A by the knob m; to hold the hasp secure, a
catch plate S is provided in the interior of the lock A, having small pins s, 8,
corresponding to holes 8³, 81, made at the end of the core, bolt or hasp H. The
catch plate S is kept against the bolt H by the action of small spiral spring 7; the
catch is withdrawn from holding the bolt by pulling the knob m², the hasp or bolt
is made elastic by having a spring L coiled round the bolt and resting on the
studs or part of thread o, o.

page_text: Having described the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the
same may be performed, we wish it to be understood that we do not limit ourselves
to details, herein described and illustrated, as the construction of the fastening
may be varied, according to the size or shape of the object to be fastened, with-
out departing from the nature of our Invention, but we claim as our Invention
1. In fastening the use of two circular slots, each provided with an inside
incline or part of a thread of a screw, in combination with an elastic hasp,
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
2. In fastening the use of two lateral threads of a screw having two parts cut
away, in combination with an elastic screw, hasp or bolt, having also parts cut
away, so as to enter in the lock, as substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. The arrangement or combination with the fastening of a catch plate or
holder, which will fall over pins or in recess, and secure fastenings as substantially
as herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.