IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS AND FASTENINGS FOR BAGS, SATCHELS, BOXES, AND OTHER LIKK ARTICLES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Moritz Wolfsky, of 5, Pilgrim Street, Ludgate
Hill, in the City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN LOCKS AND FASTENINGS FOR BAGS, SATCHELS, BOXES, AND OTHER LIKK
ARTICLES."
Sealed the 25th September 1869, and dated the 3rd April 1869..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Moritz Wolfsky at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd April 1869.
I, MORITZ WOLFSKY, of 5, Pilgrim Street, Ludgate Hill, in the City
of London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS AND FASTENINGS FOR BAGS, SATCHELS, BOXES, AND
OTHER LIKE ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a lock so constructed that it combines great
simplicity, neatness, and security with cheapness.
And that my Invention may be clearly understood reference is made
to the accompanying Drawings, the same letters referring to like parts
throughout.

page_text: Fig. 1 shows front view of lock when closed; Fig. 2, a longitudinal
section thro' lock. The plate & with a long alot down the centre
(see also plan, Fig. 3) is attached to the metal frame b, which is to be
fixed to the bag or other receptacle, which plate (a) has a key bolt c
working in the said slot on its under side in connection with catch bolt d,
against which it works, see Fig. 3. fis the catch in frame, see Fig. 6;
g is the casing of lock, which upon being pressed or pushed by the
finger horizontally or on one side acts upon the catch plate (d) and
releases the catch and the bag is opened, and by closing to the frames
the bag or other receptacle is easily snapped or shut; h is the keyhole;
the ward of the key acts upon key bolt (c) for securely locking same;
i is the spring for acting on key bolt.
Fig. 5 is the lock casing (9); Fig. 6 shows top view of lock and frame,
(f) being the catch to close into the lock, as before referred to. The
horizontal or sliding motion of casing (g) (acting in connection with key
bolt (c)) or the movement on one side for opening instead of pressing
down with the thumb as hitherto done is one of the novel features of this
lock. The movement could be either to the right or left as required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Moritz Wolfsky in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 2nd October 1869,
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MORITZ
WOLFSKY, of 5, Pilgrim Street, Ludgate Hill, in the City of London,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Moritz Wolfsky, Her special
licence that I, the said Moritz Wolfsky, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Moritz Wolfsky, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and

page_text: vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN LOCKS AND FASTENINGS FOR BAGS, SATCHELS, BOXES, AND OTHER LIKE
ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Moritz
Wolfsky, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Moritz Wolfsky, do hereby declare
the nature of my said 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 a lock so constructed that it combines great
simplicity, neatness, and security with cheapness.
And that my Invention may be clearly understood reference is made
to the accompanying Drawings, the same letters referring to like parts
throughout.
Fig. 1 shews front view of lock when closed; Fig. 2 shews a longi-
tudinal section through lock, The plate a with a long slot down the
centre (see also Plan, Fig. 3) is attached to the metal frame b which is
to be fixed to the bag or other receptacle, which plate a has a key bolt c
working in the said slot on its under side in connection with catch bolt d
against which it works, see Fig. 3. e is a spring fixed on plate a; fis
the catch in frame, see Fig. 6; g is the casing of lock, which upon being
pressed or pushed by the finger horizontally or on one side acts upon the
catch plate d, and releases the catch and the bag is opened, and by
closing to the frames the bag or other receptacle is easily snapped or
shut; h is the keyhole, and the ward of the key acts upon key bolt c
for securely locking same; i is the spring for acting on key bolt.
Fig. 4, catch bolt d, d,; Fig. 5 is the lock casing g; Fig. 6 shews top
view of lock and frame, f being the catch to close into the lock as before
referred to. The horizontal or sliding motion of casing g (acting in
connection with key bolt c or the movement on one side for opening
instead of pressing down with the thumb as hitherto done is one of the
novel features of this lock; this movement could be either right or left
as required.

page_text: Having now described my Invention, that which I claim and desire to
be secured to me by Letters Patent is, the lock as herein described and as
illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, or any mere modification
thereof..
In witness whereof, I, the said Moritz Wolfsky, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.