Improvements in or applicable to Portmanteaus, Travelling Bags, and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th Jan., 1892-Accepted, 20th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Portmanteaus, Travelling Bags,
and the like.
1, GEORGE HONNOR GREGORY, of 3, Park Road, Leyton, in the County of
Essex, Silversmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention relates to clips or fastenings for portmanteaus, travelling bags
and the like, more particularly to those having what are known as square-mouthed
frames, the said clips being designed to secure the ends of the frame of the bag
when the latter has been closed.
According to my invention I provide each end of the bag-frame with a cover or
clip, adapted to embrace and confine the ends of the frame when the bag is closed,
and to free the said ends, when it is required to open the bag.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4. South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Portmanteaus, Travelling Bags,
and the like.
1, GEORGE HONNOR GREGORY, of 30, Wynyatt Street, Goswell Road, in the
County of London, Silversmith, 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 clips or fastenings for portmanteaus, travelling bags
and the like, more particularly to those having what are known as square-mouthed
frames, the said clips being designed to secure the ends of the frame of the bag
when the latter has been closed.
According to my invention I provide each end of the bag-frame with a sliding-
cover or clip. adapted to embrace and confine the ends of the frame when the bag
is closed, and to free the said ends, when it is required to open the bag.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
Figure 1 is an elevation of the frame of a square-mouthed travelling bag with
my clips or fastenings (one of which is shewn in section) applied thereto, the clips
being in their closed position:
Figure 2 is a plan of the bag-frame with the clips, one of which is shewn in
horizontal section taken on the fine A B of Figure 1:
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 1 but shewing the clips opened:
Figure 4 is a plan of Figure 3:
Figures 5 and 6 are respectively an elevation and a plan of a detail.
a and are the two parts of the bag-frame connected together by jointed links
or stays c, e in the usual manner and provided with the usual lock and handle
fittings.
d, d are the covers or clips with which I provide the ends of the bag-frame, each
cover or clip being adapted to slide over a plate e fixed to the part a of the bag-
frame. The clip d is advantageously connected to the plate e by a spring con-
nection carried by the clip d and consisting of a loose-plate (Figures 5 and 6)
acted upon by springs 9, 9 coiled around studs h, h, fixed to the underside of the
Price 8d.1

page_text: top of the clip d and loosely entering holes i, i in the plate which is formed with
depressions j, j engaging in transverse slots k. k in the plate e. A rib projecting
from the underside of the clip passes through and slides in a longitudinal guide
slot m in the plate e and is rivetted to a platen beneath the latter.
By this construction the sliding-covers or clips d, d can be moved into position
to embrace and confine the ends of the bag-frame when the bag is closed, as shewn
in Figures 1 and 2, and can be moved outwards to free the said ends when it is
required to open the bag as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4, the covers or clips
being prevented from moving out of the said positions under slight pressure by the
depressions j, j in the loose spring-plate engaging in the slots k, k in the fixed
plate e.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A portmanteau, travelling bag or the like having each end of the frame
thereof provided with a sliding cover or clip adapted to embrace and confine the
ends of the frame when the bag is closed and to free the said ends when it is
required to open the bag, substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved sliding-covers or clips for
portmanteaus, travelling bags and the like, substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in the several figures of the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 15th day of January 1892.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.