An Improvement in or Connected with Locks for Trunks, Valises, Chests, Boxes, and the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 8th May, 1889-Accepted, 20th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in or Connected with Locks for Trunks, Valises,
Chests, Boxes, and the like.
I, JEAN JACQUES SAGER, of Berne, in Switzerland, Saddler, do hereby declare the
nature of said Invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improvement in, or connected with, locks for trunks,
valises, chests, boxes, and the like, and it will be readily understood on reference to
the accompanying drawings in which, Fig. 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 a cross
section of my improved arrangement.
My invention consists essentially in the combination of the hasp and staple, on the
one hand, with a strap surrounding the trunk or other article, and, on the other hand,
with a frame for an address label, in which the label is secured by the hasp when the
lock is fastened. The frame A, fixed to the cover of the trunk, contains the address
label A which can only be withdrawn when the hasp (is open, (as shewn in dotted
lines in Fig. 2), the projections c, c, of the hasp C, retaining the label A' when the
hasp is shut.
The staple C¹, of the hasp C, passes through one of the slots d of the strap D
which passes underneath the frame A, and said staple is fastened by means of the
bolt E in the lock B. The projections c, c, of the hasp C, form a sort of groove in
which the strap D lies. These projections, besides preventing the falling out of the
label A¹, as before stated, further prevent the hasp C from being turned inward, as
frequently happens with the hasps now in use.
ERNEST DE PASS, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
68, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in or Connected with Locks for Trunks, Valises,
Chests, Boxes, and the like.
I, JEAN JACQUES SAGER, of Berne, in Switzerland, Saddler, 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, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures marked
thereon, that is to say :-
My invention relates to an improvement in, or connected with, locks for trunks,
valises, chests, boxes, and the like, and will be readily understood on reference to the
accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1, shews a trunk to which my improved lock, combined with a strap, and
means for holding an address label or card, is applied.
Fig. 2 is a front view of the lock detached from the trunk.
Fig. 3 is a transverse central section of the same, in its closed position, and the
strap engaged in a pin or stud on the front of the trunk.
.
Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the upper part of fig. 2, shewing the address label
or card in its frame.
Fig. 5 is a transverse central section shewing the hasp raised or thrown back, the
address label or card as it would appear when being withdrawn from its frame, and
the strap disengaged from the pin or stud.
My invention consists essentially in the combination of the hasp and staple, on the
one hand, with a strap surrounding the trunk, or other article, and, on the other
hand, with a frame for an address label or card, into which the said label or card is

page_text: secured by the hasp when the lock is closed. The frame b, fixed to the cover of the
trunk, contains the address label or card w, which can only be withdrawn when the
hasp is open (as shewn in fig. 5) the projections d', d, on the basp d, retaining
the label or card w, when the hasp is shut. x, x, are spring blades for keeping the
label or card in place in the frame.
The staple e, of the hasp d, passes through one of the holes u of the strap r, which
passes underneath the frame 6, and said staple is fastened by means of the bolt f, of
the lock proper a. The projections d¹, d, on the hasp d, form a kind of groove in
which the strap lies. These projections, besides preventing the falling out of the
label or card, as before stated, also prevent the hasp d from being turned inward as
frequently happens with hasps now use.
S is a pin or stud which traverses the lock proper and is rivetted to the front wall
of the trunk. Its object is to avoid the strain on the strap bearing on the lock. To
this pin or stud S, the strap is hooked, and the lock has only to prevent its being
disengaged therefrom.
In some cases the locks are made having the strap only in the address frame, and
without the pin or stud S; in others, they are made having only the address frame
without the strap.
Having now particularly ascertained the nature of my Invention, I claim:
1. The improved lock for trunks, valises, chests, boxes, and the like, combined with
a strap and means for holding an address label or card, substantially as described with
reference to the drawings.
2. In locks for trunks, valises, chests, boxes, and the like, the combination of the
hasp d and staple e, with the projections d', d², the strap having holes U, the
lock proper a and its bolt f, substantially as shewn and described and for the purpose
specified.
3. In locks for trunks, valises, chests, boxes, and the like, the combination of
frame b, address label or card w, and hasp d with projections d', d², substantially as
shewn and described and for the purpose specified.
4. In combination with the lock proper a, the pin or stud S, on the front wall of
the trunk, or like article, as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 8th day of May 1889