Improvements in or applicable to Travelling and other Bags.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 31st Oct., 1891-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Travelling and other Bags.
I, ERNST PFEIFFER, of 63, Queen Victoria Street, in the City of London,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to me
by Messrs. Huppe & Bender, of Offenbach-on-the-Main, in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturers) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the fastenings for the frames of travelling
and other hand bags, the object of the improvements being to allow of the centre
fastening and the side-slides being opened at one operation, the said fastenings
and side-slides closing simultaneously when the two parts of the bag-frame are
closed together.
In carrying out this invention the centre fastening is of the usual construction;
to each side of the said fastening I adapt a rod or bar, the outer end of each of the
said rods or bars carrying a bolt which passes through a slot in the top of the frame ;
each of the said bolts is provided with a spring or springs which normally keep
the bolts in their closed or locked position. The upper end of each bolt is
connected to a side-slide. The other part of the bag-frame is provided with the
usual catches.
By this arrangement if it is required to open the bag it is merely necessary
to move either the centre fastening or either of the side-slides instead of it being
necessary, as hitherto, to operate the side-slides separately and independently of the
centre fastenings. The bag is closed in the usual manner by pressing the two parts
of the frame together.
The locking of the centre fastening also locks the side-slides.
In a modification the side-slides can be arranged to be opened by the centre
fastening but the centre fastening cannot be opened by operating the side-slides.
Dated the 29th day of September 1891.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Travelling and other Bags.
I, ERNST PFEIFFER, of 63, Queen Victoria Street, in the City of London,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to
me by Messrs. Huppe & Bender, of Offenbach-on-the-Main, in the Empire
of Germany, Manufacturers) and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention relates to improvements in fastenings for the frames of travelling
and other hand bags, the object of the improvements being to allow of the centre
fastening and the side-slides being opened at one operation, the said fastenings
and side-slides closing simultaneously when the two parts of the bag-frame are
closed together.
In carrying out this invention the centre fastening is of the usual construction;
to each side of the said fastening I adapt a rod or bar (or I use a single bar), the
outer ends of the said rods or bars operating bolts, each of which passes through
a slot in the top of the frame; each of the said bolts is provided with a spring or
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page_text: springs which normally keep the bolts in their closed or locked position. The upper
end of each bolt is connected to a side-slide. The other part of the bag-frame is
provided with the usual catches.
By this arrangement if it is required to open the bag it is merely necessary to
move either the centre fastening or either of the side-slides instead of it being
necessary, as hitherto, to operate the side-slides separately and independently of the
centre fastenings. The bag is closed in the usual manner by pressing the two parts
of the frame together.
The locking of the centre fastening also locks the side-slides.
In a modification the side-slides can be arranged to be opened by the centre
fastening but the centre fastening cannot be opened by operating the side-slides.
In order 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 :-
Figures 1 and 2 ȧre respectively a sectional elevation and a sectional plan of a
portion of the frame of a bag having a push-down centre fastening and illustrating
my improvements where the centre fastening is arranged to be opened by operating
the side-slides and rice versû :
Figure 3 is an elevation shewing the modification in which the centre fastening
cannot be opened by operating the side-slides:
Figures 4 and 5 are respectively a sectional elevation and an inverted plan of a
portion of the frame of a bag having a sliding centre fastening and provided with
my improvements.
Referring first to Figures 1 and 2 a is the push-down knob of the centre fastening
which is of usual construction; b, b are the rods or bars which I adapt to each side
of such fastening, the said bars being fitted in a case c fixed to the outer side of the
part d of the bag-frame d, d'. The inner ends of the bars are shewn made with
inclined grooves e, e, Figure 2, in which move projections f, ƒ on a plate y carried by
the push-down knob a.
The outer end of each bar b carries a fork embracing a bolt i which passes
through a slot a¹ in the top of the part d of the bag-frame, the spring k serving to
keep the bolt normally in its closed or locked position.
jj are side-slides on the upper ends of the bolts i.
The movement of the bars b, b is limited by stops and m fixed in the bag-
framed and case c. Springs n, n attached at one end to pins o in the frame d and
at the other end to pins p on the bars bserve, in conjunction with the springs k, to
bring the bars back to their normal position after they have been moved by the
push-knob a or the side-slides j, j.
№ 9. and are usual catches on the part of the bag-frame, the catches 9, 9
engaging the bolts s, s of the centre fastening, and the catches r, r engaging the
bolts, of the side-slides.
The operation is as follows:-
If the centre knob a be pushed down in the usual way to open the centre
fastening, the plate 9 will be lowered and its projections f, f moving in the
grooves e, e will force the bars b, b to slide outwards in the case c, thereby moving
the bolts i, i of the side-slides out of engagement with the catches r,r. In this way
the centre and end fastenings are undone simultaneously and the bag is free to be
opened.
Or if the side-slides; be operated the bolts i, i will draw the bars b, b outwards
and the grooves e, e thereof acting on the projections f, f of the plateg will move the
latter downwards, thereby disengaging the bolts a, s from the catches y, q and the
bag can be opened.
If the centre fastening be locked by means of a key in the usual manner it will be
obvious that the side-slides will also be locked.
The modification illustrated in Figure 3 is similar to that described by reference
to Figures 1 and 2 except that when the push down knob a is operated the
bars bare moved outwards by the plate a pressing against their inclined ends. In
this case, as will be obvious, although the side-slides can be opened by operating

page_text: the centre fastening the centre fastening cannot be opened by operating the
side-slides.
In Figures 4 and 5, the centre fastening t (which is a sliding fastening of
ordinary construction) is adapted to open the side-slides j, j through the medium of
a single bar sliding in guides or sheaths on the part d of the bag-frame d, and
having a projection u provided with a recess v in which is located a pin w carried by
the central slide a. The outer ends of the bar bare formed with forks h, h which
embrace the bolts i, i of the side-slides in a similar manner to that herein before
described so that when either the central slide a or the side-slides j, j are moved in
the direction of the arrows the bolts, s and i, i will be simultaneously moved out of
engagement with their catches 9. 9 and ", r respectively.
Upon releasing the slide or slides the parts are returned to their former or closed
position by means of the springs k, k and k¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvements in or applicable to travelling and other bags hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. The manufacture and use of travelling and other bags having the im-
proved fastenings hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
Dated th
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.