An Improved Fastening for Bags and other similar articles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left: 25th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for Bags and other similar articles.
I, JAMES BEDFORD, Mantle Manufacturer, residing at 53 De Beauvoir Road,
in the Parish of St. John at Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, England, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A slide-bar, attatched to the front part of the frame of a bag, or other similar
article, so that, with the use of one padlock in the centre of the slide-bar, the bag,
or other similar article to which it is attatched can be securely fastened in three
places at once, in such a manner that the ends of the bag, or other similar article,
can not be opened without first taking off the padlock from the centre of the
slide-bar.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for Bags and other similar articles.
I, JAMES BEDFORD, of 53 De Beauvoir Road, in the Parish of St. John,
Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, Mantle Manufacturer, 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 invention relates to an improved fastening for bags and other similar
articles.
I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing,
in which-
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the fastening attached to a bag.
Fig. 2, is the plan of the studs fixed to the opposite jaw or iron frame of the bag.
Fig. 3, is the top or plan of the slide-bar.
Parts of these figs. are broken off for want of space.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
This invention consists of a metallic slide-bar a attached to the front part of the
frame of a bag g or other similar article, so that with the use of one padlock in
the centre of the slide-bar a the bag or other similar article to which it is attached
can be securely fastened in three places at once, in such a manner that the ends of
the bag or other similar article cannot be opened without first taking off the
padlock from the centre projection d of the slide-bar a.
Preferably I rivet loosely two studs, and a centre projecting plate with hole e
rigidly to one side of the frame of bag g as in Fig. 2, and on the opposite or front
frame of the bag g I cut three slots to correspond with the slots e on the slide-
bar a, and one slot at each end of the frame to receive the studs i. On the slide-
bar a above the centre slot e I fix a plate d with a hole c to correspond with the
hole c on the plate h. The slide-bar a is attached to the front frame by the two
studs i the said studs i being riveted in the slide-bar after they are passed through
the slots in the front frame.
In Fig. 1 I illustrate the position of the slide-bar a when the bag is closed and
the studs are turned after passing through the slots e. The dotted lines indicate
a piece of the padlock broken off for convenience. When it is desired to unfasten
the slide-bar a to open the bag, the padlock is removed and the slide-bar a is
pulled in the direction indicated by an arrow into the position noted by dotted
lines and the studs f turned flat ways as in Fig. 2, in order to pass through the
slots e in the front frame.

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. In a fastening for bags, the combination of the movable slide-bar a with
projection d and studs ii operating in slots cut in the frame of the bag, substantially
as herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
2. In a fastening for bags, the combination of the movable studs ff and fixed
perforated projection h attached to a part of the frame of the bag, substantially as
herein described and according to Fig. 2, of the accompanying drawing.
3. In a fastening for bags, the combination of the slide-bar a perforated
projection d and slots e e e, substantially as herein described and according to
Figs. 1, and 3, of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 25th day of October 1892.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.