Improvements in or applicable to Portmanteaus, Travelling Bags, and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st Jan., 1891-Accepted, 7th Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Portmanteaus, Travelling Bags,
and the like.
I, MORITZ WOLFSKY, of Tudor Street, Bridewell Place, in the City of
London, Leather Bag Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven
tion to be as follows :-
My invention relates to that class of clips or fastenings for portmanteaus,
travelling bags, and the like described in my Provisional Specification No. 1446
of 1883, which clips or fastenings were so constructed that they could be set free or
undone by a single touch of the finger or thumb without continuous pressure of the
same, the object of the present improvements being to simplify the construction of
the fastenings and to render them more efficient.
According to my present invention I provide one of the parts of the bag-frame
with a spring-hinged arm carrying a pin adapted to be operated by the edge of the
other part of the bag-frame, the said spring-hinged arm being so formed as to engage
with a pin or bolt carried by the spring sliding cover of the fastening or clip when
the latter, in being operated to open the bag, has removed the said bolt from
engagement with the hasp. The bolt is thereby retained in its open position until
the bag is closed when the bag-frame comes against the pin on the spring-hinged
arm and disengages it from the bolt which then automatically shoots into the hasp
and fastens the bag.
It is obvious that where two or more of the improved fastenings are applied to
the frame of a portmanteau or the like having a key-lock the hands of a person
after having undone the fastenings, are entirely free to open the key-lock.
11000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Portmanteaus, Travelling Bags,
and the like.
I, MORITZ WOLFSKY, of Tudor Street, Bridewell Place, in the City of
London, Leather Bag Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to that class of clips or fastenings for portmanteaus, travel-
ling bags, and the like described in my Provisional Specification No. 1446 of 1883,
which clips or fastenings were so constructed that they could be set free or undone
by a single touch of the finger or thumb without continuous pressure of the same,
the object of the present improvements being to simplify the construction of the
fastenings and to render them more efficient.
According to my present invention I provide one of the parts of the bag-frame
with a spring hinged-arm carrying a pin adapted to be operated by the edge of the
other part of the bag-frame, the said spring hinged-arm being so formed as to engage
with a pin or bolt carried by the spring sliding cover of the fastening or clip when
the latter, in being operated to open the bag, has removed the said bolt from
engagement with the hasp. The bolt is thereby retained in its open position until
the bag is closed when the bag-frame comes against the pin on the spring hinged-
arm and disengages it from the bolt which then automatically shoots into the hasp
and fastens the bag.

page_text: It is obvious that where two or more of the improved fastenings are applied to
the frame of a portmanteau or the like having a key-lock the hands of a person after
having undone the fastenings, are entirely free to open the key-lock.
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 drawings in which
Figures 1 and 2 are a side and end elevation respectively of the lock portion of
my improved bag fastening or clip.
Figures 3 and 4 are underside views of the same shewing it in its closed and open
positions respectively.
Figures 5 and 6 are an elevation and plan respectively of the spring-arm with
its pin.
Figures 7 and 8 are an elevation and plan of the hasp or catch portion of the
improved bag fastening.
Figure 9 is a plan of a bag shewing two of my improved clips or fastenings applied
thereto, the bag being shewn partly opon.
Figures 10 and 11 are a transverse section and plan partly in section shewing the
two portions of my improved bag fastening just before being locked together; and,
Figures 12 and 13 are similar views of the same but shewing them locked.
Similar letters in all the figures indicate parts which are similar.
A and B are the two halves of the bag-frame, one of which carries the central
key lock, and the other the hasps or catches for the same in the usual manner.
a is the spring hinged-arm which I provide on the part A of the bag-frame; bis
the hinge-pin or pivot of the same fixed to the plate c, provided with screw-pins d, d
by which the clip or fastening is secured to the bag-frame; e is the spring of the
arma, one end of which spring is attached to the said arm at f, and the other to a
pin g on the sliding cover h of the clip or fastening, the said spring thus serving to
operate both the hinged-arm a and the sliding cover h; i is the pin of the arm a,
the said pin projecting downwards through and working in a transverse slot j in the
plate c.
k is the pin or bolt fixed to the sliding cover h by means of two pins l, riveted
into a plate m on the bolt; the pins 1, pass through and work in longitudinal
slots n, n one of which leads into the transverse slot j. The pin is adapted to
engage with a shoulder o formed in the arm a whereby the bolt k and sliding cover h
are retained in their open position when the latter in being operated to open the bag
has removed the bolt k from engagement with the hasp p fitted on the other part B
of the bag-frame.
The hasp p is advantageously formed with a shoulder g, the edge of which is flush
with the edge of the part B of the bag-frame and which presses against the pin i
when the bag is closed for the purpose hereinafter described.
When closing a bag provided with fastenings or clips of this construction as
shewn in Figure 9 the shoulders g of the hasps or catches p by bearing against the
pini in the manner shewn in Figures 10 and 11 disengage the spring hinged-arms a
from the pins, l' of the bolts k which, with the sliding covers h are then caused by
the springs e to automatically shoot into the hasps p and fasten the bag, the parts
then assuming the position shewn in Figures 12 and 13.
To open the bag it is only necessary to move the sliding covers h into the position
shewn in Figures 1, 4, 10 and 11 whereby the pin of each of the bolts k will also
move until it reaches the shoulder o of the arm a which will then be caused by its
spring to move on its hinge 6 and engage the pins / thereby retaining the bolt k.
The hands of the person will now be free to open the key-lock and this being donc
the bag can be opened.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved cling or fastanin
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page_text: like constructed, arranged and operating substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the various figures of the accompanying drawings.
2. A portmanteau, travelling bag or the like provided with the improved clips or
fastenings hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 31st day of December 1890.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.