Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd May, 1886.
Complete Left, 3rd Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 11th Mar., 1887.
We, JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS of Great Charles Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, and JOHN HOLT of Cuckoo Road Nechells near Birmingham
aforesaid, Foreman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The principal object of our invention is the making of that portion of the furniture
of bag frames which encloses and carries the lock and fastening mechanism, indepen-
dent of the frame; and also in making the catch slide or catch bolt (which by its to
and fro motion under the bag frame, fastens and unfastens the two half frames) all in
one piece, instead of employing independent bolts moved from, and to the middle of
the frame.
By employing a catch slide or bolt made in one piece, the side fasteners admit of
being placed or disposed at a considerable distance on each side the lock, instead of in
an intermediate position as heretofore practised-By so arranging the fastening
mechanism with the fasteners considerably removed from the lock or middle of the
bag, no end fastenings as are common in bags of the ordinary construction, are
rendered necessary.
The depending loops or cases wherein the catch ends of the slide work, are directly
attached to or made in one piece with the furniture, or enclosing cover of the fastening
mechanism.
In carrying out our invention, we take an ordinary bag frame, suitably pierced,
and upon the top side thereof, the furniture which is made all in one piece is secured
by rivetting or otherwise; that is, the fastening and lock mechanism is carried and
enclosed or covered by a long cap of a little more than the full length of the catch
slide; and at or near the ends, and depending from the underside of this enclosing
cap, fastening cases or loops are situated, and through the middles of these loops, holes
or piercings are inade, wherein the staples on the other part of the bag frame, pass.
The pusher slide for operating the catch slide or bolt, and through which the key
hole passes, is provided on its underside (coming on the inside of the furniture) with
a conducting plate or guide, to which the continuous catch bolt or slide engages, by
means of a snug or stud on the latter engaging with a hole in the former.

page_text: The fastening catch ends of the bolt are turned downwards, and cross the gaps of
the depending loops or cases wherein the said catch ends work. The gaps in the
staple ends which pass through the piercings in the cases are made respectively on the
inside edge of the one, and on the outside edge of the other, so that the sliding
motion of the holt, fastens or frees the staple simultaneously. A snug is formed on
the bolt or slide against which one of the free ends of a flat spring presses, for giving
the return motion of the bolt, on liberating the pusher slide.
The lock mechanism consists of two tumblers, one of the ordinary kind, and the
other sliding, and both disposed on the underside of the enclosing furniture; and in
front of the key hole, and passing centrally up the key holo passage, an ordinary key
stump carried by a base plate is situated. One of the tumblers (sliding) before
named, is provided with a hooked end, which engages (when fastened) with a stud on
the rod of the fastening or catch bolt; thus the tumblers which constitute when in
combination with the other parts, the lock mechanism, are so arranged that one of the
said tumblers, that is, that one which carries the hooked end, is made to slide longi-
tudinally out of the way of the stump or stud carried by the fastening bolt; so that on
the unfastening of the lock to liberate the fastening bolt, the hooked ended tumbler is
made to slide longitudinally by the action of the key, thus removing its hooked end
from out of the way of the stud on the bolt.
The suspending ring loops of the bag are connected to the furniture by simply
passing the open ends through gapped holes made in the underside edges of the
covering cap.
To open the frame or bag when unlocked, press the pusher slide in one direction,
when the catch ends of the bolt (which are at a considerable distance from the lock)
are disengaged from the staples, thus allowing the bag or bag frame to be opened.
Instead of fastening two staple loops as described, more than two may if necessary
he simultaneously fastened and unfastened, by the movement of a single boli or holi
rod, which carries two or more staple catches.
JOHN BOLLIBEE BROOKS.
JOHN HOLT.
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham,
Agent to the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in the Furniture and Fastening Mechanism of
Bag Frames.
We JOHN BOULTBEE BROOKS of Great Charles Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturer, and JOHN HOLT of Cuckoo Road, Nechells near
Birmingham aforesaid, Foreman 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. :-
The principal object of our invention, is the making of that portion of the furniture
of bag frames, which encloses and carries the lock and fastening mechanism,
independent of the frame; and also in making the catch slide or catchi bolt (which
by its to and fro motion under the bag frame, fastens and unfastens the two half
frames) all in one piece, instead of employing independent bolts, moved from, and to
the middle of the frame.
By employing a catch slide or holt made in one piece, the side fasteners admit of
being placed or disposed at a considerable distance on each side the lock, instead of
being at intermediate positions as heretofore practised. By so arranging the fastening
mechanism, with the fasteners considerably removed from the lock or middle of the
hag, no end fastenings as are common in bags of the ordinary construction, are rendered
necessary.
The depending loops or cases wherein the catch ends of the slide work, are directly
attached to, or made in one piece with the furniture, or enclosing cover of the fastening
mechanism.
In carrying out our invention, we take an ordinary bag frame, suitably pierced,
and upon the top side thereof, the furniture which is made all in one piece, is secured
by rivetting or otherwise; that is, the fastening and lock mechanism is carried and
enclosed, or covered by a long cap, of a little more than the full length of the
catch slide and at or near the ends, and depending from the underside of this
enclosing cap, fastening cases or loops are situated, and through the middles of these
loops, holes or piercings are made, wherein the staples on the other part of the bag
frame, pass.
The pusher slide for operating the catch slide or bolt, and through which the
key-hole passes, is provided on its underside (coming on the inside of the furniture)
with a conducting plate or guide, to which the continuous catch bolt or slide engages,
by means of a snug or stud, on the latter engaging with a hole in the former.
The fastening catch ends of the bolt are turned downwards, and cross the gaps of
the depending loops or cases, wherein the said catch ends work. The gaps in the
staple ends which pass through the piercings in the cases, are made respectively on
the inside edge of the one, and on the outside edge of the other, so that the sliding
inotion of the bolt, fastens or frees the staples, simultaneously. A snug is formed on
the bolt or slide, against which, one of the free ends of a flat spring, presses, for
giving the return motion of the bolt, on liberating the pusher slide.
The lock mechanism consists of two tumblers, one of the ordinary kind, and the
other sliding, and both disposed on the underside of the enclosing furniture; and in
front of the keyhole, and passing centrally up the keyhole passage, an ordinary
key-stump carried by a base plate, is situated. One of the tumblers (sliding) before
named, is provided with a hooked end, which engages (when fastened) with a stud on

page_text: the rod of the fastening or catch bolt; thus the tumblers which constitute when in
combination with the other parts, the lock mechanism, are so arranged, that one of
the said tumblers, that is, that one which carries the hooked end, is made to slide
longitudinally out of the way of the stump or stud, carried by the fastening bolt: so
that on the unfastening of the lock, to liberate the fastening bolt, the hooked ended
tumbler is made to slide longitudinally, by the action of the key, thus removing its
hooked end from out of the way of the stud on the bolt.
The suspending ring loops of the bag, are connected to the furniture, by simply
passing the open ends, through gapped holes made in the underside edges of the
covering cap.
To open the frame or bag, when unlocked, press the pusher slide in one direction,
when the catch ends of the bolt (which are at a considerable distance from the
lock) are disengaged from the staples, thus allowing the bag or bag frame to be
opened.
Instead of fastening two staple loops as described, more than two may, if necessary,
be simultaneously fastened and unfastened by the movement of a single bolt or bolt
rod, which carries two or more staple catches.
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
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Figure 1 represents in side elevation, a bag frame made according to
invention. Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, with the catch
slide or bolt in elevation. Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the dotted lines A B
figure 1, showing the lock and bag frame fastening mechanism, and with the said
mechanism in its locked position. Figure represents the same as figure 3, but
with the lock and securing mechanism in its unfastened position. Figure 5
represents in side elevation, end elevation and transverse section, one of the
depending loops or cases through which the staples or staple plates of the bag
frame, pass. Figure 6 represents the tumbler slide, and figure 7 the catch or
locking bolt.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
a is an outer frame, and is an inner frame, the former carrying depending loop
cases e, secured or made in one piece with its frame, while the latter carries staple
fasteners or plates d, riveted or secured to its frame and which said staple fasteners
or plates pass through transverse holes or piercings in the depending loop cases c
and these staple fasteners are secured or fastened by the hanging ends of the catch
bolt or slide e, engaging within the gaps of the said staple plates d. f is a long
enclosing case or cap, wherein, or whereunder, the lock and fastening mechanism is
disposed and at the top of this enclosing case or cap, the pusher slide g, works, and
through a hole in the top of which, the key passes; and which said pusher slide
carries on its underside, a conducting or guide plate 4, with the metal of the frame of
the enclosing cap disposed between them. This guide or conducting plate g, has a
gapped hole at one end, wherein a forked snug on the top side of the catch bolt
engages, and which fork also engages with an underside snug so as to make the
said bolt and slide move together. is a spring, the free end of which, engages
with the said catch bolt, for giving it the return motion, on the pusher slide being
liberated.
In the lock mechanism, is an ordinary tumbler, is the tumbler axis. and
are side gaps in the end part of the said tumbler, which respectively engage upon a
stump of an under tumbler or slide k, and which said last named tumbler admits of
a sliding to and fro movement, but not a rising and falling movement, as the tumbler
above it. This said under tumbler is limited and guided in its motion, by longitudinal
slots, and pins k. is an ordinary key stump, and m is a key, and m² is the key
passage through the bag framing.
The tumbler slide has a hooked end k, which engages (when the bag is fastened)
with the back of the stud et, on the side of the catch bolt e.
To unlock and unfasten a bag frame as represented at figure 3, insert the key
through the key hole m², and upon the stump /, then turn the key from left to right

page_text: as indicated by the arrow, when the bits of the key simultaneously raise the end of
the tumbler from off the stump ², and slide forward the said tumbler slide with its
hooked end away from the shoulder of the stud e, which thereby allows the catch
bolt to slide longitudinally to the required extent, so as to remove its hanging ends
from the gaps in the staple plates. The sliding of which said catch bolt, is performed
by the pusher slide (after the unlocking) which brings the ends of the bolt into the
position as represented in figure 4.
y
To fasten and lock the bag frame, turn the key in the reverse direction as indicated
before, when the tumbler slide is moved from right to left, with its hooked end
abuting against the shoulder of the stud on the side of the catch bolt, when by the
traversing backward of the said tumbler slide, the hanging ends of the locking bolt
are made to engage with the gaps in the staple plates, and with the notch of the
tumbler over the stump of the tumbler slide k, thereby locking the bag, by
holding the said tumbler slide and catch bolt in a fixed position as represented at
figure 3.
The spring
of the tumbler is simply for the purpose of returning the tumbler
into position, for the locking of the sliding tumbler, after it has been thrown to and
fro for locking and releasing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
First. In the locking or fastening bolts of bag frames, consisting of a single
catch or fastening bolt, with hanging ends, and which said bolt works, and is disposed
at the top of the outside frame, and under the frame furniture. The said bolt is also
operated and worked directly from, and by the locking and fastening mechanism,
substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly. Carrying the hanging loops or cases c, wherein the hanging ends of the
catch bolts work, from the inner or undersides of the outer frame a; also making the
shanks of the staple plates d, stays for connecting or securing together the top and
side parts of the inner frame b.
Thirdly. In bag lock mechanism, consisting of a tumbler slide, with a stump k
slots and hooked end, working in conjunction with an oscillating tumbler j
with gaps, at its forward end, and also in conjunction with a single catch or
locking bolt e, having depending ends e, which engage with the gaps of staple
plates, disposed in the same direction, substantially as described and set forth.
Fourthly. The improvements in the construction of the fastening and lock
mechanism of bags, hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing that is to say, carrying upon the outer frame a, a long enclosing or
mechanism covering cap, provided with a slide y, having upon its underside, a lug
or projection, and an under slide ½, and upon which said projection, a forked
snug of a single bolte, with depending ends takes and fits, for the working of
the said bolt, whose ends take into gaps of a staple d; and into the interior
of hanging loops or cases c, with piercings c, and which said loops are connected to
the underside of the outer framing a. The lock mechanism consists essentially of an
under slide k, and oscillating fumbler j, the former working in conjunction with the
shoulder on the bolt, while the latter works in conjunction with the stump /2 of
the tumbler slide k. The whole of the parts being constructed, arranged and
combined, and working in the ways and for the purpose or purposes herein-described
and set forth.