IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR TRAVELLING TRUNKS BOXES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Blizard Williamson of the firm of W. B.
Williamson and Sons of the City of Worcester Manufacturers for an Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR TRAVELLING TRUNKS BOXES AND
OTHER LIKE ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Blizard Williamson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd October 1883.
WILLIAM BLIZARD WILLIAMSON of the firm of W. B Williamson and Sons of the
City of Worcester Manufacturers "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR TRAVELLING
TRUNKS BOXES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
"
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My invention consists First in constructing in the manner herein after described
the hasps or staple plates of the fastenings of travelling trunks boxes and other
like articles.
Hasps or staple plates constructed according to my invention are specially
applicable to the fastenings described and claimed in the specification of Letters
Patent granted to William Blizard Williamson the Elder on the 22nd day of
December 1869 N° 3710 but the said hasps or staple plates may be used with
fastenings of the ordinary kind.
I make the hasp or staple plate of two parts namely of the hasp or staple plate
proper and a carrying plate to which it is jointed and by means of which it is
secured to the lid of the trunk or box. The said carrying plate has preferably an
oblong figure and at a short distance from its top and at each end cross semi-
circular depressions are inade by stamping or otherwise. These depressions at the
ends of the carrying plate constitute the end knuckles of a hinge joint and are for
the purpose of receiving the joint pin of the hasp. Between the said depressions a
slot or opening is made for receiving the knuckle or barrel of the hasp. By
introducing the knuckle on the hasp into the middle slot in the carrying plate and
passing a joint pin through the said knuckle and into the end knuckles or
depressions in the carrying plate the hasp is jointed the said plate. The joint pin
may be fixed by soldering it in the said end knuckles or depressions.

page_text: When the hasp is used with the patented fastening before referred to the
carrying plate of the hasp has an opening in it through which the projection
on the sliding bolt protrudes and the hasp has a narrow vertical slot in it through
which the said projection on the bolt passes when the hasp is shut down.
The hasp is secured to the front of the lid of the trunk or box by rivetting or
screwing the carrying plate to the said lid the said lid being provided with an
opening with which the opening before described in the carrying plate is made to
coincide
By constructing a hasp in the manner described it has great strength and its
manufacture is facilitated
My invention consists Secondly in constructing and arranging the lock by which
the hasp is fastened down in the following manner. I place the lock in a case the
upper part of which case is fitted into the moulding on the body of the trunk or
box instead of fixing the lock below the moulding as usual. An opening is made
in the said moulding to receive the upper part of the lock case.
The lock case is
furnished with ears by which it is fixed by screwing or rivetting to the moulding.
The lock case is also screwed or rivetted to the body of the trunk or box below the
moulding.
By arranging the lock in the manner described a shorter hasp can be used with
the fastening than can be used when the lock is fixed below the moulding as usual
and increased strength in the basp is consequently obtained.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Blizard Williamson in the Patent Office on the 12th April
1884.
WILLIAM BLIZARD WILLIAMSON of the firm of W. B. Williamson and Sons of the
City of Worcester, Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR TRAVELLING
TRUNKS, BOXES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
23
My invention consists first in constructing in the manner hereinafter described
the hasps or staple plates of the fastenings of travelling trunks, boxes and other
like articles
Hasps or staple plates constructed according to my invention are especially
applicable to the fastenings described and claimed in the specification of Letters
Patent granted to William Blizard Williamson the Elder on the 22nd day of
December 1869 N° 3710, but the said hasps or staple plates may be used with
fastenings of the ordinary kind.
I make the hasp or staple plate of two parts, namely of the hasp or staple plate
proper and a carrying plate to which it is jointed and by means of which it is
secured to the lid of the trunk or box. The said carrying plate has preferably an
oblong figure and at a short distance from its top and at each end cross semi-
circular depressions are made by stamping or otherwise. These depressions at the
ends of the carrying plate constitute the end knuckles of a hinge joint and are for
the purpose of receiving the joint pin of the hasp. Between the said depressions, a
slot or opening is made for receiving the knuckle or barrel of the hasp. By
introducing the knuckle on the hasp into the middle slot in the carrying plate and
passing a joint pin through the said knuckle and into the end knuckles or
depressions in the carrying plate, the hasp is jointed to the said plate. The joint
pin may be fixed by soldering it in the said end knuckles or depressions.
When the hasp is used with the patented fastening before referred to the carrying
plate of the hasp has an opening in it through which the projection on the sliding
bolt protrudes and the hasp has a narrow vertical slot in it through which the said
projection on the bolt passes when the hasp is shut down.
The hasp is secured to the front of the lid of the trunk or box by rivetting or
screwing the carrying plate to the said lid, the said lid being provided with an
opening with which the opening before described in the carrying plate is made to
coincide.
By constructing a hasp in the manner described it has great strength and its
manufacture is facilitated.
My invention consists Secondly in constructing and arranging the lock by which
the basp is fastened down in the following manner. I place the lock in a case the
upper part of which case is fitted into the moulding on the body of the trunk or
box instead of fixing the lock below the moulding as usual. An opening is made
in the snid moulding to receive the upper part of the lock case. The lock case is
furnished with ears by which it is fixed by screwing or rivetting to the moulding.
The lock case is also screwed or rivetted to the body of the trunk or box below the
moulding.
By arranging the lock in the manner described a shorter hasp can be used with
the fastening than can be used when the lock is fixed below the moulding as usual
and increased strength in the hasp is consequently obtained.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the
manner in which my invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation and Figure 2 in cross section a portion of
a travelling trunk to which a fastening constructed according to my invention is

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applied; Figure 3 represents in elevation and cross section the carrying plate of
the hasp detached; Figure 4 represents in elevation and cross section the hasp
detached and Figure 5 represents in front elevation and side elevation the lock
detached.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 1. 2. 3. 4 and 5.
a is the body of the travelling trunk and b is the lid; c is the sliding bolt
working in the case & made at the upper edge of the body a the ends of the said
sliding bolt when in its fastening position taking into staples near the bottom of
the lid b; c is the perforated projection on the sliding bolt which projection
protrudes through coincident openings ƒ in the bottom of the lid and carrying plate
of the hasp. The sliding bolt and parts connected with it constitute no part of my
invention; g is the carrying plate of the hasp which is fixed by screws and screw
nuts to the lid b; h is the hasp or staple plate jointed to the said carrying plate y.
At a short distance from the top of the said plate g and at each end is a cross
trough or semi tubular depression i made by preference by stamping. The said
depressions i. i constitute the end knuckles of a hinge joint. Between the
depresssions i, i a slot or opening is made (see Figure 3). The top end of the
hasp is coiled or fashioned into a knuckle h² into which the joint pin is passed
in jointing. the hasp to the carrying plate as. hereinafter explained, the said
knuckle being of a size proper to take into the opening k in the carrying plate
of the hasp. By introducing the knuckle h on the hasp into the middle slot or
opening in the carrying plate g and passing the joint pin through the
knuckle and into the end knuckles or depressions ii and soldering the said pin
in the end knuckles the basp his jointed to the plate g as represented.
l
In the currying plate g is an opening f through which the projection e on tho
sliding bolt c projects as before described and the hasp h has a narrow vertical
slot in it through which the end projection e on the bolt passes when the basp is
shut down (see Figure 7). When the hasp and plate h, g are used without a
sliding bolt the opening in the carrying plute g and the slot h³ in the hasp are
omitted.
m is the case of the lock between which and the back plate m² the lock
mechanism is situated. The case m has the configuration best seen in Figures 2
and 5, that is, the flange m³ of the lower part is situated in a different plane from
that of the upper part m so that the said upper part m' may be fitted against the
moulding n of the body a of the trunk, an opening being cut in the said moulding
to receive the back plate m² of the case (see Figure 2). The front lock case mis
fastened to the moulding n and also below the said moulding by screws and scrow
nuts at p. P. P. By arranging the lock in the position represented a short hasp
can be used with the fastening and increased strength in the hasp is consequently
obtained. Figure 6 represents in sido elevation and Figure 7 in cross section a
portion of a travelling trunk to which a hasp constructed according to my invention
is applied in combination with an ordinary lock, the body of the trunk being
without a moulding near its junction with the lid.
The front plate m of this lock is flat instead of a case or box form as, in the
previously described arrrangement and the lock is contained in the back case m
which is fastened to the front plate ni. An opening is made in the body a of the
trunk of a size suitable for the passage through it of the back case m² of the lock
as seen in Figure 7.
The front plate m of the lock is fixed to the body a in the same position as the
lock represented in Figures 1 and 2 so as to permit of the use of a short hasp.
I apply my improvements to boxes and other like articles substantially.in the
manner herein beforo described and illustrated with respect to a travelling trunk.
Having now described the nature of my invention and the manner in which
the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood that I claim as my
invention.
First The improvements-in-constructing the hasps or staple plates of the
fastenings of travelling-trunks, boxes and other like articles herein before described

page_text: and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings; that is to say, providing the
carrying plate to which the hasp or staple plate is jointed with trough shaped
depressions or knuckles i, i and a slot between them and jointing the hasp by its
knuckle to the said carrying plate in the manner before described and illustrated.
Secondly Constructing the locks of travelling trunks, boxes and other like articles
so that the said locks can be fitted into the moulding on the body of the trunk or
box for the purpose and substantially as herein before described and illustrated in
Figures 1. 2. and 5. of the accompanying Drawings,
In witness whereof I the said William Blizard Williamson have hereunto set
my hand and seal this Ninth-day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty four.
WILLIAM BLIZARD WILLIAMSON (L.S.)
Witness, FRANK WHEELWRIGHT
Belle Vue, Richmond Road
Worcester.