IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR FASTENINGS FOR BAGS, PORTEMONNAIES, & OTHER LIKE ARTICLES HAVING METAL FRAMES
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Francis Riesbeck & William Becker, both of
Aldermanbury, in the City of London, Manufacturers, for the Inven-
tion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR FASTENINGS FOR BAGS, PORTEMONNAIES,
& OTHER LIKE ARTICLES HAVING METAL FRAMES."
Sealed the 29th July 1862, and dated the 1st February 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Francis Riesbeck and
William Becker at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 1st February 1862.
We, FRANCIS RIESBECK & WILLIAM BECKER, both of Aldermanbury, in the
City of London, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR FASTENINGS FOR BAGS, PORTE--
MONNAIES, & OTHER LIKE ARTICLES HAVING METAL FRAMES," to be as follows:-
Locks or fastenings of carpet & leather bags, portemonnaies, and like articles,
are usually secured by spring catches, which are released by pressing on a
suitable knob or projection, which heretofore has been in all cases mounted on.
the principal and outside part of the metal frame, and the same as that to.
which the hand hold has been secured, consequently it is necessary to use both.
hands in the act of opening & releasing the fastening of the bag, the one to
press the knob, and the other to pull the one part of the frame from the other.
while so released.
Now according to our Invention, we mount the principal part of the lock or

page_text: fastening on the outside or main part of the frame, (that to which the hand
hold is attached), but another part thereof on the inner, and as it may be
termed the secondary part of the frame. On this part we place the thumb
knob or piece to be acted on for the release of the catch or lock, consequently
if the bag or other article is held in the one hand, or even hung on the arm
as for carrying or otherwise by the main outside frame, by the simple applica-
tion of the other hand to the releasing knob or piece, the catch can be released,
& that part of the frame simultaneously pulled away from the other, and the
bag or other article so opened with facility.
For this purpose it is simply necessary to apply the hook or staple part of
the catch on the inner frame, & actuate it by a spring also fitted on that frame
so as to induce a tendency to keep it always in the locked position, from which
it is driven by the pressure on the thumb knob or lever, as well understood in
releasing spring catches. The pressure may either be produced by the opposing
pressure of the finger & thumb applied laterally or by simple..pressure on the
knob or movable part in any suitable manner. The main part of the fastening
may be furnished with lock & key, to produce additional security as usual.
This lock or fastening we apply entirely outside the frames, consequently it is
not necessary to cut away any part thereof as usual. The outside plates
of the lock we prefer to form so as to produce a uniform appearance on
each part of the metal frame of the bag or other article.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Francis Riesbeck and William Becker in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 1st August 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, FRANCIS
RIESBECK and WILLIAM BECKER, both of Aldermanbury, in the City of
London, Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of February in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said
Francis Riesbeck and William Becker, Her special licence that we, the said
Francis Riesbeck and William Becker, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Francis Riesbeck and William Becker,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
on others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term

page_text: 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 BAGS, PORTEMONNAIES, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES, HAVING
METAL FRAMES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said
Francis Riesbeck and William Becker, our executors administrators,
or.
by an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, 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 we, the said Francis Riesbeck and William Becker,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Draw-
ings hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is
to say):-
Locks or fastenings of carpet and leather bags, portemonnaies, and like
articles are usually secured by spring catches, which are released by pressing
on a suitable knob or projection, which heretofore has been in all cases
mounted on the principal and outside part of the metal frame, and the same
as that to which the hand hold is secured, consequently it is necessary to use
both hands in the act of releasing and opening the fastening of the bag, the
one to press the knob, and the other to pull the one part of the framic from
the other while so released. Now according to our Invention we mount the
principal part of the lock or fastening on the outside or main part of the frame
(that to which the hand hold is attached,) but another part thereof on the
inner, or it may be termed the secondary part of the frame, on this part we place.
the thumb knob or piece to be acted on for the release of the catch or lock, con-
sequently if the bag or other article is held in the one hand, or even hung on the
arm as for carrying or otherwise, by the main or outside frame, the simple appli-
cation of the other hand to the releasing knob or piece will effect the release of
the catch, and that part of the frame being simultaneously pulled away from the
other, the bag or other article will be opened with facility. For this purpose
it is simply necessary to apply the hook or staple part of the catch on the
inner frame, and actuate it by a spring also fitted on that frame so as to
induce a tendency to keep it always in the locked position, from which it is
driven by the pressure on the thumb knob or lever as well understood in
releasing spring catches. This pressure may either be produced by thẻ,

page_text: opposing pressure of the finger, and thumb applied laterally or by simple
pressure in any suitable manner. The main part of the fastening may be
furnished with lock and key to produce additional security as usual. The
lock or fastening we apply entirely outside the frame, consequently it is not
necessary to cut away a part thereof as usual. The outside plates of the lock
we prefer to form so as to produce uniformity of appearance in each part of
the metal frame of the bag or other article.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of part of the opening frame of a bag
with our improved fastening applied thereto; Fig. 2, a plan of the same,
the two frames in which are shown separated or open a little distance, while
Figs. 3 and 4 show the lock parts detached, Fig. 3 showing the lock fixed
to the outer frame, and Fig. 4 a bolt or thumb knob attached to the inner
or second frame. a, a, is the outer frame; and b, b, the inner one; c, c, is
the lock which is somewhat similar to the locks used for similar purposes, and
need not be described, it is fixed on frame a, a. The part h, h, fixed to 6 is
hollow, and fitted with a sliding rod d. The head e of this rod forms the
thumb knob of the releasing catch bolt f, which latter is fixed in the rod d.
The rod d has a constant tendency to be projected in the direction of the
arrow, by the action of a spring g, best seen in Fig. 4, but it is limited by the
catch bolt traversing in a slot in part h; i is an opposing thumb knob fixed
rigidly to h, which is convenient to resist with the forefingers the pressure
applied by the thumb to knob e in releasing the catch, the catch bolt f
is received in an opening in lock c, taking hold of a rigid part 7 thereof, and
which it continues to hold by reason of the action of the spring 9, as well
understood in spring catches, and this until it is released by pressure exerted
one to throw back the rod d, and catch piece f. It will be observed that
the form of the catch bolt is such that it recedes and forces back the spring
g entering and taking hold of part l, as usual in spring catches; k is the
hand hold for the support of the bag fixed to the outer frame a, a, portmon-
naies, and other small cases or articles of like nature may be held by the lock
part c, no other hand hold being required. Instead of the spring catch piece
f being fitted to slide horizontally with its rod d it may be fitted to move
vertically, or in any other direction, as well understood in fitting the bolts of
similar spring catches, so long as they are so fitted that the pressure or action
required to release the catch is applied to a part affixed to the one frame or
side of the bag or other article, while it is supported or held by the other frame
or side, as herein-before described.

page_text: Having described the nature of our Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, we declare that what we claim as our Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the arrange-
ment and construction of the locks or fastenings of bags, portemonnaies, and
other like articles having metal frames as and for the purposes herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis Riesbeck, on behalf of myself
and the said William Becker, have hereunto set my hand and seal,
this Thirty-first day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two.
FRANCIS RIESBECK. (L.S.)
FRANCIS RIESBECK. (L.S.)