IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR FASTENERS FOR BAGS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Moritz Wolfsky at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th January
1864.
I, MORITZ WOLFSKY, of 12, Newgate Street, in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS
OR FASTENERS FOR BAGS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention will be more readily understood by reference to the annexed
Drawings, wherein the lock fastener is represented in its full size.
Figure 1 represents the scutcheon of the lock which closes the box con-
taining all the mechanism of the fastener; Figures 2, 21, and 2", represent
the plate, upon which is fixed the bolt with the pin for the key of the lock;
Figures 3 and 3' represent the bolt at half turn of the lock; Figures 4 and 4¹
represent the button, by the aid of which the half turn is made; Figures 5
and 51 represent the box which contains all the ironwork; Figures 6 and 6¹
represent the front and top of the lock complete and mounted upon the orna-
ment or clasp of the bag.
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In all these Figures the same letter denotes similar parts.
A is the framework in iron, copper, or other suitable metal which encloses
all the mechanism of the lock. It is fixed by two screws a, a¹, upon the top
of the back part B, B, of the clasp of the bag. B, B, is the front part of the
clasp. It holds the staple E into which the bolt of the lock is passed to effect
the fastening at the half turn. In the inside of the box A there is a spring R
which constantly rests upon the top of the bolt P to keep it down. The back

page_text: part of the box A is fastened to the lock A by two rivets a, a¹. C, the frame-
work of the lock, is fixed on the top of the clasp B by means of two small
screws which run through rim C, C. The pin d for the key of the lock is
rivetted upon the upright C and runs through the bolt P as well as the
button E. The stop bolt V is applied against the upright C and rests upon the
two iron pins i and x by means of a spring R which presses above. This bolt
cannot come back because it is prevented by the bar p which presses slightly
against the bolt, the bolt being itself retained by the button E, the two ends of
which e, e, run through the holes e¹, e', of the bolt, and also e¹¹, ell, of the frame-
work C, to which they are rivetted. It will be seen by the above description
that it is necessary first to fix C with the bolt of the lock P upon the clasp B,
and then to place the box A upon the clasp B, and fix it to it with two screws;
then place the button B, to which are rivetted the ends e, e, in the upright of
C, until it shuts the box A, to which it is rivetted at a, a. The lock being
thus fixed the bolt of the lock is raised, when by means of the button B it is
made to slip by pressure of the finger upon the front of the box A. The bag
then opens easily, though it is only shut to the half turn, but when it does not
open, let the key be put in the button by the keyhole, and turning it from
right to left it will slide the bolt V by lifting up the spring R, at the same time
this bolt will pass from the position in which it is seen in Figure 2 to that in
which it is seen in Figure 2¹, and in this case the bolt V being above the
heel v of the bolt of the lock P, this bolt cannot go back or open the bag by
making the button slip. In point of fact the lock is now locked. To open it
it is necessary to take the key and inserting it in the lock by the opening M
the bit of the key is lodged in the notch u of the bolt, then by turning the key
from left to right the bolt slides, disengaging it from the bolt of the lock and
the clasp can then be opened or shut by sliding the button.