An Improved Fastening for Boxes.
Year: 1895

page_text: An Improved Fastening for Boxes.
I, HENRY HERMAN CHILTON. of Alexandra Street, Wolverhampton, in the
County of Stafford, Manufacturer, do, hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:---
My invention relates more especially to travelling trunks; tourist boxes, and
bonnet boxes; but is applicable to any box whatever which it is desirable to
securely fasten. I will however describe it in its application to travelling trunks,
when its adaptibility to boxes generally will be obvious.
A fastening constructed in accordance with my invention consists mainly of two
parts an improved loop or hasp fixed securely in any suitable manner to the lid
of the trunk, and a modified padlock fixed firmly in any suitable manner to the
body of the trunk.
The improved hasp is formed of a triangle, a quadrilateral, or a circle, made of
any suitable material and of sufficient strength for its purpose.
It is mounted on
the lid either by passing through a loop fixed thereto, or (in the case of the
triangle or quadrilateral) by having a channeled strip of metal fixed over one side
of the said triangle, or quadrilateral, such strip receiving the said side in its
channel, with sufficient freedom to allow the hasp to work easily, and being fixed
by any convenient means to the lid. The hasp thus formed, is shaped in relation
to its plane in a manner adapted to the character of box involved, and to the
purpose it (the hasp) is intended to serve in engaging the modified padlock I shall
now describe.
According to my invention the padlock is formed with an extended back, which
may be of any suitable design, such back being employed to fix the padlock in a
vertical (preferably) position on the trunk body.
The padlock
fixed in such a position that the padlock arm, or staple, can
engage the bottom end of the improved hasp above described, the said bottom end
of the hasp being shaped in relation to its plane in a manner that allows the arın
or staple of the padlock to engage it.
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The triangle, quadrilateral, or circle, of metal, as above described forming the
movable part of the hasp, is preferably continuous; that is-without joint-as no
other construction gives equal strength.
Dated this 26th day of September 1895.
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H. HEKMAN CHILTON,
An Improved Fastening
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I, HENRY HERMAN CHILTON, of Alexandra Street, Wolverhampton in the
County of Stafford, 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:-
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My invention relates more especially to travelling trunks, tourist boxes, and
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bonnet boxes, but is applicable to any box whatever which it is necessary to
securely fasten. I will however describe it in its application to travelling trunks
when its adaptibility to boxes generally will be obvious.
A fastening or lock constructed in accordance with my invention consists mainly
of two parts, a hasp fixed securely in any suitable manner to the lid of the trunk
and a combined lock and padlock fixed firmly in any suitable manner to the body
of the trunk.
In practice the form of hasp which I find most suitable is a perfectly plain one
formed of sheet or cast metal, and having no loops to engage in a look bolt, but
simply a rectangular hole near its bottom end to pass over a loop or staple on the
combined lock and padlock.
My combined lock and padlock consists of a padlock shaped somewhat like an
ordinary trunk lock, and having an enlarged or extended back plate which enables
the said combined lock and padlock to be fixed securely to the trunk body in.the
same manner as is done with the ordinary trunk lock body. The upper part of the
extended back plate carries the loop or staple referred to in connection with
the hasp. This loop or staple is of a length to fill up completely the hole in the
hasp when the latter is passed over it, and is of a height to project beyond
the hasp sufficiently (when the latter is pressed home) to admit of the passage and
re-passage of the padlock shackle through the loop and over the hasp.
Having thus indicated the nature of my invention I will now more particularly
describe it in reference to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference
marked thereon. The same letters occurring in the two figures indicate corre-
sponding parts.
Figures 1 and 2 are elevations of a trunk lock made according to my invention
and shown in a position exactly corresponding to that which it occupies on a trunk.
Figure 1 shows the fastening closed and. Figure 2 shows it partly open. A is the
part of the hasp which fixes to the trunk lid and B the movable part, the two
being hinged together in the usual manner at C. The lower part of the hasp has
a hole D cut in it, through which protrudes the staple E, which is fixed to the
main or back plate of the lock, F. G is the lock body fixed to the plate For
stamped or cast in one piece with it, and contains the lock mechanism.
It will be seen on reference to the figures that the lock resembles an ordinary
padlock furnished with the padlock shackle H, working in the usual manner on a
pivot. But instead of hanging loosely from a separate staple through which its
shackle is looped and to which it secures the hasp, the lock is furnished with an
extended or enlarged back plate F, bearing its own staple E. By this means the
combined lock and padlock can be securely fixed to the trunk body either by
riveting, or with screws, or with screws and nuts.
The manner in which the lock acts will now be obvious. In Figure 1 the lock
is fastened. The dependent part of the hasp B has been brought down over the
staple E and the shackle H has passed through the staple E and over the hasp B
into a closed position, ready to be secured by a turn of the key. The only function
of the lock mechanism is to secure the shackle H which receives no part of the
strain due to travelling. The whole of such strain is borne by the hasp B and the
staple E, the latter being massively formed and well secured to the back-plate F.
The whole object of the shackle H is thus to prevent the hasp from coming
forward and thus disengaging itself from the staple E. In Figure 2 the shackle H
is shown in its opened position, withdrawn from the staple E. The dependent
part B of the hasp is ready to be disengaged from the staple E. K is a small lever
formed on the shackle H to enable it to be easily worked backwards and forwards
'through the staple E and into the lock body. For securing greater rigidity the
staple E is made to fit the hole D in the hasp pretty closely as to length, though
the said hole is considerably wider than the staple. to allow for any lateral
inaccuracy either in the trunk lid, or in the hasp, or in the fixing of the lock
or hasp.

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. The combined lock and padlock F G, substantially as herein described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. Forming a padlock with an extended back to enable it to be fixed though
retaining its character as a padlock, substantially as herein described and illustrated
by the accompanying drawings.
3. Providing a combined lock & padlock as described with its own staple
substantially as herein described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
4. Providing the padlock shackle used in conjunction with my combined lock
and padlock with a lever K to enable the said shackle to be actuated with the
greater ease, substantially as herein described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
5. The general arrangement, for the purpose set forth, of hasp and combined
lock and padlock, substantially as herein described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
ليم
1904
H. HERMAN CHILTON.