IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR AND OTHER LIKE ÅRTICLES. ARRIENAh MAR Don RIGS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Marshall James, of Aldermanbury, in the
City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR
AND OTHER LIKE ÅRTICLES.
ARRIENAh MAR
Don RIGS
"
Sealed the 25th February 1873, and dated the 27th December 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Marshall
James at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 27th December 1872.
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I, JAMES MARSHALL JAMES, of Aldermanbury, in the City of London,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
LOCKS OR FASTENINGS FOR PURSES, BAGS, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES," to be as
follows:-
For this purpose I employ a covering plate on the under side of which
is fixed a cylinder. Through the centre of the covering plate I pass an
axis, on the outer end of which is fixed a handle, lever, or button, which
fits the surface of the covering plate but stands up therefrom for facility
of use.. The inner end of the axis has fixed thereon a disc in which a

page_text: curvilinear slotted opening is formed, such slotted opening com-
municating at one end with a circular opening of larger diameter than
the slot. The disc is also provided with a projection which acts in a
recess in the cylinder and serves the purpose of a stop, so that when the
handle, lever, or button is turned to the extreme in one direction the
circular opening in the disc will come opposite the opening in the lock
to permit the hasp to pass into it, then by turning the handle, lever, or
button in the opposite direction the head of the hasp is held by the
curved slotted opening in the disc, and the two parts of the lock are held
firmly together.
The hasp consists of a stud or pin fixed to a plate, such stud or pin
having an annular groove or recess formed therein or having on onlanced
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Marshall James in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 26th June 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
MARSHAL JAMES, of Aldermanbury, in the City of London, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of December, in the year
of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said James Marshal James, Her special
license that I, the said James Marshal James, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James Marshal
James, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR FASTENINGS FOR PURSES, BAGS, AND OTHER LIKE
ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James
.

page_text: Marshal James, my executors or adıministrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, 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 James Marshal James, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement thereof, that is to say:―
For this purpose I employ a covering plate on the under side of which
is fixed a cylinder. Through the centre of the covering plate I pass an
axis, on the outer end of which is fixed a handle, lever, or button, which
fits the surface of the covering plate but stands up therefrom for facility
of usc.
The inner end of the axis has fixed thereon a disc in which
a curvilinear slotted opening is formed, such slotted opening com-
municating at one end with a circular opening of larger diameter than
the slot. The disc is also provided with a projection which acts in a
recess in the cylinder and serves the purpose of a stop, so that when the
handle, lever, or button is turned to the extreme in one direction the
circular opening in the disc will come opposite the opening in the lock
to permit the hasp to pass into it, then by turning the handle, lever, or
button in the opposite direction the head of the hasp is held by the
curved slotted opening in the disc, and the two parts of the lock are held
firmly together.
The hasp consists of a stud or pin fixed to a plate, such stud or vin

page_text: same, showing the parts in a similar position to that in Figure 1, but
having the back plate removed; Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 2,
but showing the parts in the position they would assume when unlocked;
Figures 4 are section and face views of the back plate of the lock
or fastening separately; and Figures 5 are edge and face views of
the hasp.
a is a covering plate, which may be made of any suitable shape'; on
the under side of this plate a I fix a cylinder b. Through the centre
of the plate I pass an axis c, on the outer end of which is fixed a
handle, lever, or button d, which is packed with cork or other suitable
material so as to fit firmly against the outer surface of the plate a, but
stands up from such plate a to enable it readily to be rotated when
desired by the fingers, the packing rendering it secure against its
becoming accidentally rotated. On the inner end of the axis c is fixed
a disc e, on which is formed a curvilinear slotted opening e¹, which com-
municates at one end with a circular opening e² of a larger diameter
than that of the slot e¹. The disc e is also provided with a projection e³,
which acts in a recess in the cylinder 6 and serves the purpose of a
stop, so that when the handle, lever, or button is turned to the extremc
in one direction] the circular opening e" in the disc e will come opposite
the opening in the back plate ƒ of the lock to permit the hasp g to pass
into it, then by turning the handle, lever, or button d in the opposite
direction the head of the hasp is held by the sides of the curved slotted
opening e' in the disc e, and the two parts of the lock are thereby held
firmly together.
The hasp as will be seen by reference to Figure 5 consists of a stud or
pin fixed to a plate, such stud or pin having an annular groove or recess
formed therein or having an enlarged head thereto.
I would here remark that I am aware that the parts of locks or
fastenings have been heretofore arranged in a somewhat similar manner
to that herein-before described, but in such case the parts were made to
slide upon each other in a right line instead of moving upon an axis
of motion.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
mode in which I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood
that what I claim is, the peculiar arrangement and combination of the

page_text: parts of locks or fastenings for purses, bags, and other like articles, in
manner substantially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Marshal James, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of Junc, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.