CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR TRUNKS AND BOXES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Leonard and Charles Phillips, both of the City of
Worcester, Co-partners and Manufacturers, for the Invention of "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR TRUNKS AND BOXES."
Scaled the 29th September 1877, and dated the 2nd April 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Leonard and Charles
Phillips at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd April
1877.
CHARLES LEONARD and CHARLES PHILLIPS, both of the City of Worcester,
Co-partners and Manufacturers. "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR
TRUNKS AND BOXES."
The object of this Invention is, by the means herein-after expressed, to provide a
secure fastening for trunks and boxes, as mentioned in the title, and our Invention
is intended to be applied to those kind of boxes which are constructed of thin
metal.
According to our Invention, the hasp is secured to the lid of the box to which it
is to be applied by means of a hinge, and it is for the most part similar to hasps
now generally used, except that the hinged part of it is extended longitudinally.
On the under side and at the each end of the said hinged hasp we provide two
hooks, which, when the hasp is closed, pass through suitable holes or apertures cut
in front of the lid of the box. Immediately under the hooks we provide suitable
loops or catches.
It will be understood that when the box is closed, and the hasp drawn down and
secured by means of the lock, the said two hooks, before described, pass through the
said holes in the front of the lid, and take into the said loops or catches, and thus
fastening of the box is complete.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Leonard and Charles Phillips in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 2nd October 1877.
CHARLES LEONARD and CHARLES PHILLIPS, both of the City of Worcester,
Co-partners and Manufacturers. "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR
TRUNKS AND BOXES."
The object of this Invention is, by the means herein-after expressed, to provide a
secure fastening for trunks and boxes, as mentioned in the title; and our Invention
is intended to be applied to those kinds of boxes which are constructed of thin
metal, and it may, in some cases, be adopted as a fastening for travelling bags and
portmanteaus.
According to our Invention, the hasp is secured to the lid of the box, to which it
is to be applied by means of a hinge, and it is for the most part similar to hasps
now generally used, except that the hinged part of it is extended longitudinally.
On the under side and at each end of the said hinged hasp we provide two hooks,
which, when the hasp is closed, pass through suitable holes or apertures cut in the
front of the lid of the box. Immediately under the said hooks we provide suitable
loops or catches.
It will be understood that when the box is closed and the hasp drawn down and
secured by means of the lock, the said two hooks, before described, pass through
the said holes in the front of the lid, and take into the said loops or catches, and
thus the fastening of the box is complete.
That our Invention may be better understood, we have annexed Drawings thereof,
which we now proceed to describe.
Fig. 1 is an external front elevation, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line
a, a, of our improved fastening for a box or trunk, in which the revolving bolt of
the hasp is applied outside the box or trunk. Fig. 1 is drawn about half full size,
and Fig. 2 is drawn about full size.
A is the lid, and B is the body of the box or trunk. The hasp C is secured to
and turns with the revolving bolt D, which turns in supports or brackets E, which
are fastened to the front part of the lid of the box. F, F, are two hooks, also
secured to and turning with the revolving bolt D near the two ends thereof.
When the hasp C is closed, as shewn in full lines in Fig. 2, the hooks F pass
through apertures G in the front part of the lid of the box, and engage under
loops or catches H, which are secured to the front part of the body of the box, as
shewn in plan in Fig. 3. The hasp C being then locked, the lid is held down by
three separate fastenings, namely, by the hasp itself and by each of the two hooks
F, F; when the hasp is opened, the hooks F, F, are withdrawn from the loops H
and apertures G, as shewn by the dotted line F¹ in Fig. 2, and the lid can then be
opened.
Figs. 4 and 5 shew our improved fastening for a box or trunk in which the
revolving bolt is applied inside the lid. The external hasp C turns upon an ex-
ternal pin C¹ and actuates the internal revolving bolt D by means of an arm D², which
is secured to and turns with the said revolving bolt D. The arm D' passes through
an aperture in the front of the lid of the box, and is situated immediately under-
neath the hasp C, so that when the hasp C is closed the arm D' is forced into the
position shewn in full lines in Fig. 5, and the hooks F then pass through and
engage in apertures G formed in the front part of the body of the box. The dotted
lines shew the hasp open and the hooks disengaged.
Instead of making separate hooks F, F, and afterwards attaching them to the
revolving bolt D, we sometimes simply bend down the two ends of the revolving
bolt D, so as to form two hooks, as shewn in Fig. 6.
Having now described the nature of our Invention and the manner in which the
same is to be carried into effect, we desire it to be understood that, without limiting
ourselves to the precise details herein-before described, we claim as the Invention

page_text: to be protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent, fastening the lid
of a box or trunk or travelling bag by means of a revolving bolt fitted with hooks,
the said revolving bolt being either rigidly connected with the hasp of the lock, or
being independent therefrom, and the said revolving bolt being applied eithor
outside the lid or body of the box or trunk or travelling bag, or inside the said lid
or body, substantially as herein-before described and shown in the accompanying
Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said Charles Leonard and Charles Phillips, have
hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-seventh day of September,
in the year of our Lord 1877.
CHAS. LEONARD.
(L.S.)
CHARLES PHILLIPS. (LS.)