Certain Improvements in Fastenings for Metallic and other Travelling Trunks, Boxes, Bags, and Portmanteaux.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 19th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 15th Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in Fastenings for Metallic and other
Travelling Trunks, Boxes, Bags, and Portmanteaux.
I, THOMAS ARBLASTER COOKE, of 25, Ludgate Hill, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer and Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvements in fastenings for
metallic and other travelling trunks boxes bags and portmanteaux..
An ordinary kind of fastening for metallic and other travelling trunks boxes
bags and portmanteaux consists of a hasp which is hinged to the front of the lid
and is made near its free end with two inwardly projecting loops which take into
vertical slots in the front of the lock the shut or bolt of the lock being arranged
to move to and fro horizontally to be engaged with or disengaged from the said
loops on the hasp. This kind of fastening is not very secure as when the loops
are made of a separate piece from the hasp and rivetted thereon as is usual it is
very easy to force the hasp away from the loops and open the box.
By my invention I add to the security of the said fastenings and my invention is
carried out as follows:-
According to one part of this invention instead of making the hasp with inwardly
projecting vertical loops as heretofore I form the end of the hasp with an inwardly
projecting horizontal loop which can either be made by bending the end of. the
hasp inwardly at right angles to the body of the hasp and forming a hole
therein or by casting the hasp of this shape or the loop and horizontal hasp can
be formed and fixed together by other means. This horizontal loop engages in
a horizontal slot which according to another part of my invention I form in
the lock case and I arrange the shut or bolt of the lock to move to and fro
vertically to engage in the horizontal loop of the hasp so that when the lid is
secured by the fastening above described the horizontal looped end of the hasp
engages in the slot or hole in the lock case and the shut or bolt passes through
the hole in the loop and secures the hasp. I prefer for the body of the hasp
to be bent or shaped so as to engage under the moulding at the top of the
body of the trunk or box so as to assist in securing the lid and relieve the
strain from the lock.
In order to add to the security of the fastening above described I sometimes
make the hasp long enough so that its inwardly projecting bottom end will
engage under the bottom of the lock the horizontal loop above described being
in this case fixed to or formed with the harp higher up so as to engage in the
borizontal slot in the lock as above described. In this case there has to be a
keyhole in the hasp corresponding with the keyhole in the lock.
When for additional security a padlock is used with the hasp and lock above
described I continue the hasp down below that part which turns under the lock
and in this continuation is a slot through which passes a loop which I form with
or fix to the bottom of the flange of the lock case and which loop may be of the
ordinary kind or as hereinafter described be of peculiar construction passing
through a hole in the front of the trunk or box from the inside thereof. and
through the flange on the bottom of the leek and thus enabling some of, the rivets
by which the lock is usually fixed to the front of the trunk or box to be dispensed

page_text: with. By the construction above described the loop for the padlock does not
project or only slightly projects beyond the face of the lock and therefore the
padlock is not liable to come into contact with anything and be damaged thereby.
Instead of or in addition to the loop for the padlock being arranged below the
lock as above described there may be a similar loop for a padlock passing through
a slot or hole in the hasp immediately above the lock.
The padlock loops above described are by preference shouldered at the base so
that when the portion of the loop in front of the shoulder has passed through the
slot in the hasp the loop can be turned round at right angles and thus fasten the
hasp or the said loops may be made so as not to turn round. When the padlock
loops are made to turn round as above described I prefer to make them with an
enlarged head at one end and a loop or eye for the padlock at the other a portion
between the head and loop or eye being reduced in size forming a neck and the
shoulders for fastening the hasp as stated above. Then in order to fix this padlock
loop to the trunk or box and lock I make a narrow slot in the front of the box or
trunk and another slot in the flange of the lock these slots being at right angles to
each other so that to fix the loop and the lock the loop is first pushed through the
slot in the box or trunk from the inside thereof and through the slot in the flange
of the lock whilst the two slots coincide with each other then the lock is turned a
quarter round to bring the slots at right angles to each other and thus secure the
loop or fastening from coming out but allowing of its turning round to-fasten the
hasp as stated above.
According to another part of this invention instead of making the vertical loop
or loops on the sheet metal hasp separate therefrom and fixing them thereto by
small pips on the loop which pass through holes in the hasp and are rivetted over
as is usual, I make the vertical loop or loops in a piece with the hasp by cutting
and bending inwardly a portion or portions of the hasp at right angles to the body
of the hasp and piercing a hole in this bent portion or bent portions for the bolt of
the lock to engage with or I may make the loop or loops of the hasp of a separate
piece of sheet metal which is bent at right angles when forming one loop or into a
trough shape when forming two loops and secured to the body of the hasp by one
or more rivets or by other means.
In addition to using my improved hasps with single locks as above described I
may also use two or more of the said hasps with what is known as a bar-lock on a
metallic or other travelling trunk box bag or portmanteau. In this case there is a
bar at the front of the trunk box bag or portmanteau which can be moved to and
fro horizontally the two ends of the bar engaging in holes in two lock cases fixed
to the front of the box bag or portmanteau and in a loop or loops in the two hasps
which are fixed to the front of the lid and shut down into holes or slots in the lock
cases the centre of the bar being also provided with a hasp which engages with a
centre lock on the front of the box bag or portmanteau or instead of this central
hasp being fixed to the bar the central hasp may be fixed to the front of the lid
and engage with a padlock loop on the bar and also with the lock which is fixed
on the front of the box bag or portmanteau immediately below the bar. To
unfasten the box bag or portmanteau the centre lock has first to be unlocked so as
to release the central hasp then the bar can be moved endwise in one direction and
release one of the end hasps and then moved end wise in the opposite direction for
a short distance and release the other end hasp when the lid will be free to be
opened; similarly to fasten the box lid or bag or portmanteau one of the end hasps
has to be first turned down by moving the bar end wise in one direction the centre
basp having first been unlocked with the key; the bar is then moved through a
-short distance in the opposite direction so as to release the other hasp when the lid
will be free to be opened. Instead of or in addition to the bar being secured by
the centre lock and hasp as above described one or both of the lock cases with
which the ends of the bar engage may be made with a spring bolt or other bolt to
be operated by a key to engage in a hole or notch in the bar and lock the same

page_text: and thus increase the security of the fastening. The lock for the centre hasp
above described may also if preferred be made as an ordinary self-locking spring
lock for the bolt to pull down and then spring forward again to engage with the
hasp.
My improvement in bending the body of the hasp under the moulding at the
top of the body of the trunk or box so as to assist in securing the lid and so as to
relieve the strain from the lock as above described is applicable to those hasps
which have their loop or loops fixed on in the ordinary way as well as to those
hasps in which the loop is or the loops are made in the improved ways above
described.
Dated this 18th day of January 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in Fastenings for Metallic and other
Travelling Trunks, Boxes, Bags, and Portmanteaux.
I, THOMAS ARBLASTER COOKE, of 25, Ludgate Hill, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer and Merchant, 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:-
This invention consists of the berein-described improvements in fastenings for
metallic and other travelling trunks boxes bags and portmanteaux.
An ordinary kind of fastening for metallic and other travelling trunks boxes
bags and portmanteaux consists of a hasp which is hinged to the front of the lid
and is made near its free end with two inwardly projecting loops which take into
vertical slots in the front of the lock the shut or bolt of the lock being arranged
to move to and fro horizontally to be engaged with or disengaged from the said
loops on the hasp. This kind of fastening is not very secure as when the loops are
made of a separate piece from the hasp and rivetted thereon as is usual it is very
easy to force the hasp away from the loops and open the box.
By my invention I add to the security of the said fastenings and my invention is
carried out as I will now describe by referring to the accompanying drawings.
According to one part of this invention instead of making the vertical loop or
loops on the sheet metal hasp separate therefrom and fixing them thereto by small
pips on the loop which pass through holes in the hasp and are rivetted over as is
usual, I make the vertical loop or loops in a piece with the hasp by cutting and
bending inwardly a portion or portions of the hasp at right angles to the body of
the hasp and piercing a hole in this bent portion or bent portions for the bolt of
the lock to engage with. This part of my said invention is illustrated by Figs. 1
and 2 of the accompanying drawings on which Fig. 1 shews a hasp made in
accordance with this invention and the lock (forming no part of this invention)
with which the said hasp may be used and Fig. 2 shews the sheet metal blank for
forming the basp shewn by Fig. 1.
A is the body of the hasp and a¹ a² are the two vertical loops made in a piece
with the hasp A from a sheet metal blank which has two side projecting
portions a' a' see Fig. 2 at or near its outer end each of these projections being
pierced with a hole 6 of a size for the shut or bolt of the lock to engage with.
These side projecting portions a¹ a³ are as shewn in Fig. 1 bent inwardly at right
angles to the body A of the hasp thus forming two loops for the shut or bolt to
engage with and as these loops a' a³ are made in a piece with the body of the
hasp A as above described the hasp is much stronger and more secure than when

page_text: the loops are made separate and rivetted to the body A of the hasp as heretofore.
It is to be understood that this part of my invention is applicable to all kinds of
sheet metal hasps for the purposes stated whether such hasps are made with or
without the hole e for the padlock eyed to pass through and whether they are
made straight as usual or bent inwardly at e so as to engage under the moulding f
at the top of the body of the trunk or box as shewn in cross section by Fig. 3 to
assist in securing the lid and remove the strain from the lock.
According to another part of my invention I add to the security of the hasp by
making the same long enough to reach below the bottom of the lock and I bend
the bottom of the hasp inwardly so as to engage under the bottom of the lock and
when a padlock is used with this hasp and lock I provide a loop of peculiar
construction which passes through a hole in the front of the trunk or box from the
inside thereof through the flange on the bottom of the lock ready to engage with
the hasp and thus enabling some of the rivets by which the lock is usually fixed to
the front of the trunk or box to be dispensed with. By this construction the loop
for the padlock does not project or only slightly projects beyond the face of the
lock on the trunk or box and therefore the padlock is not liable to come into
contact with anything and be damaged thereby.
This part of my said invention is illustrated by Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the accom-
panying drawings of which Fig. 4 is a front view of a hasp and padlock loop
constructed and arranged in accordance with this part of this invention this view
also shewing the lock with which the hasp is used; Fig. 5 is an elevation of the
hasp looking from the inside of the same; Fig. 6 shews the lock separately and
Fig. 7 is a separate view of the said loop in which the padlock engages.
By an examination of Figs. 4 and 5 it will be seen that the hasp A is made
long enough to reach below the bottom of the lock case G and that the lower
part a of the hasp A is turned inwardly so as to engage under the bottom of the
lock case G and the hasp is then bent downwardly again at a to engage over the
loop H with which the padlock engages. In this form of hasp the loops a¹ a³ which
enter the slots g¹g in the lock case G are rivetted to the hasp A some short
distance above the keyhole 9. In the hasp A there formed a keyhole a³ corre-
sponding with the keyhole g³ in the lock G. In the continuation at of the hasp A
there is a cross slot through which passes a padlock loop which may be of the
ordinary kind fixed to the bottom of the flange of the lock case or to the front of
the trunk or this padlock loop may be of the peculiar construction shewn by Fig. 7
which forms one part of this invention and which is made with an enlarged narrow
head at one end and a loop or eye for the padlock at the other end a portion h
between the head and loop or eye being reduced in size forming a neck and
shoulders for the fastening to bear against the lower part a' of the hasp. In order
to fix this padlock loop H to the trunk or box and lock I make a narrow horizontal
slot (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6) in the front of the box or trunk and a
vertical slot g' in the lock case G these slots being at right angles to each other as
shewn so that to fix the loop H and the lock the loop is first pushed through the
slot in the box or trunk from the inside thereof and through the slot g' in the
flange of the lock before the lock G is fixed and whilst the two slots j 9' coincide
with each other; then the lock G is turned a quarter round to bring the slots j g
at right angles to each other as shewn in Fig. 4 and thus secure the loop or
fastening H from coming out but allow of its turning round to fasten the hasp.
The slot in the hasp is made horizontal so that to fasten the hasp by the loop H
the latter has first to be turned to a horizontal position so that the slot i will pass
over it and then when the loop H is turned to the vertical position shewn by Fig. 4
the shoulders secure the hasp in place.
In addition to using my improved hasps with single locks as above described I
may also use two or more of the said hasps with what are known as a bar lock on
a metallic or other travelling trunk box or portmanteau as shewn for instance by
Fig. 8 to which I will now refer. In this case there is a bar K at the front of the

page_text: trunk box bag or portmanteau which can be moved to and fro horizontally one end
of the bar K engaging in holes in loops and the other end of the bar engaging
in holes in the loops fixed to the front M of the box bag or portmanteau thus
securing the hasps N' N' which are fixed to the front of the lid M' when they are
shut down over the loops 111 as shewn. The bar K is also provided with one of
my improved hasps A which engages with a centre lock G on the front M of the
box bag or portmanteau. Or instead of the central hasp A being fixed to the
bar K the central hasp A may be fixed to the lid M' and engage with a padlock
loop on the bar K and also with a lock G. To unfasten the box bag or portmanteau
the centre lock G has first to be unlocked so as to release the central hasp A and
then the bar K can be moved endwise in one direction say towards the left and
release the right hand hasp N' and then moved in the opposite direction that is.
towards the right for a short distance and release the other end hasp N¹ and
then the lid will be free to be opened; similarly to fasten the box lid or bag or
portmanteau the lock G must first be unlocked and the bar K moved endwise say
towards the right hand so that the hasp N¹ can be turned down; the bar K is
then moved endwise so as to secure this hasp and allow of the hasp N' being turned
down and then the bar K is moved to its central position and the hasp A. is secured
by the lock G. The hasps N' N' are at e bent under the moulding m of the front
of the box or trunk so as to take some of the strain off the loops .
The lock G for the centre hasp A may if preferred be made as an ordinary self
locking spring lock for the bolt to pull down and then spring forward again to
engage with the hasp A which in this case will be made with an ordinary inwardly
projecting horizontal loop at its onter end.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what.
I claim is :-
1. In sheet metal hasps for the locks of metallic and other travelling trunks
boxes bags and portmanteaux, making the inwardly projecting loops of the hasp
with which the shut or bolt of the lock engages, in a piece with the body of the
hasp of two side projections such as a' a pierced with a hole band bent inwardly
at right angles to the body of the hasp substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. A hasp for metallic and other travelling trunks boxes bags and portmanteaux
having the two inwardly projecting loops a¹ a made in a piece therewith in com-
bination with an inward bend e to take under the moulding at the top of the box or
portinanteaux substantially as described and illustrated.
3. In sheet metal hasps for the locks of metallic and other travelling trunks and
boxes bags and portmanteaux bending the lower part of the hasp so as to engage
under the lock case and thus assist in securing the lid substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
4. The improved metal hasp for the locks of metallic and other travelling trunks
boxes bags and portmanteaux having the body of the hasp bent at a³ to engage
under the lock case in combination with the continuation a' made with slot i for
padlock loop and loops a¹ a³ for the shut of the lock to engage with all as herein-
before described and illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings.
5. The improved loop H constructed substantially as and for the purposes
herein before set forth and illustrated by Figs. 4 and 7 of the accompanying
drawings.
6. The combination with a trunk or box and the lock and hasp thereof of the
loop H constructed and applied substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
7. The combination with a trunk box bag or portmanteau of hasps N' N' fixed
to the lid and bent at e to engage under the front moulding, the sliding bar K
arranged to move to and fro in guides fixed to the front of the trunk box bag or
portmanteau so as to secure the hasps N' N* as set forth said bar K being made

page_text: with the central hasp A having its loops a' a' made in a piece therewith to engage
with the lock fixed to the front of the trunk box bag or portmanteau all as
herein before set forth and shewn by Fig. 8 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of October 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.