Improvements in Travelling Trunks.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1892-Accepted, 13th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Travelling Trunks.
We, Baron FERDINAND VON LILIENCRON, of No. 11, Christian Strasse,
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, Gentleman, and CARL PIEPER, of No. 3, Hindersin
Strasse, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to travelling truuks, and its object is to provide means for
allowing any desired piece of clothing to be taken from the trunk without removing
other pieces, and to be put speedily into the place allotted therefor. Moreover
the parts of the trunk are so constructed and combined that in open state it is
available as wardrobe.
For this purpose the front wall of the trunk is hinged to the top wall, so as to
form a lid capable of being turned up and laid backward upon the said top wall.
Lengthwise within the trunk and close to its top is fixed a bar serving to hook
thereto hangers for the clothes, which consist in two bars connected at one end
by a link and having at the other end a clasp or other like device for locking them
together after a piece of clothing has been laid over the lower bar. When all
the hangers with the clothes thereon have been hooked to the fixed bar, they are
pushed to one side and the clothes are secured by straps if desired.
To the inside of the aforesaid lid is attached a box for linen and the like, which,
when the lid is turned back on the top of the trunk, preferably presents its open
side in front. In view of allowing this box to pass easily into the trunk when
the lid is to be closed, the fore portion of the top of the trunk to which the lid is
hinged, is disposed to form a hinged flap, and for practical reasons a narrow hinged
strip is inserted between the lid and the flap.
Within the trunk various compartments may be arranged by the side and below
the one designed for the suspended clothes, and, in view of keeping off dust when
the trunk is open to serve as wardrobe, a curtain may be attached to the top of the
linen-box.
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J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Travelling Trunks.
We, Baron FERDINAND VON LILIENCRON of No. 11 Christian Strasse,
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, Gentleman, and CARL PIEPER of No. 3 Hindersin
Strasse, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of our invention and in what manner the same is performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to travelling trunks, and its object is to provide means for
allowing any desired piece of clothing to be taken from the trunk without removing
other pieces, and to be put speedily into the place allotted therefor. Moreover,
the parts of the trunk are so constructed and combined that in open state it is
available as wardrobe.
For this purpose the front wall of the trunk is hinged or otherwise flexibly
connected to the top wall, so as to form a lid capable of being turned over and
laid backward upon the said top wall. Lengthwise within the trunk and close to
its top is fixed a bar serving to hook thereto hangers for the clothes, which consist

page_text: in two bars connected at one end by a link or hinge and having at the other end a
clasp or other like device for locking them together after a piece of clothing has
been laid over the lower bar. When all the hangers with the clothes thereon have
been hooked to the fixed bar, they are pushed to one side and the clothes are
secured by straps if desired.
To the inside of the aforesaid lid is fixed a box for linen and the like, which,
when the lid rests on the top of the trunk, preferably presents its open side in front.
In view of allowing this box to pass easily into the trunk when the lid is turned
down, the fore portion of the top of the trunk to which the lid is hinged, is disposed
to form a hinged flap, and for practical reasons a narrow hinged strip is inserted
between the lid and the flap.
Within the trunk various compartments may be arranged by the side and below
the one designed for the suspended clothes, and, in view of keeping off dust
when the trunk is open to serve as wardrobe, a curtain may be attached to the top
of the linen-box.
In the annexed drawing is shown a trunk carried out according to our invention.
Fig. 1 is a front view of the trunk in open state, the box and partition wall 4,
Fig. 2, being removed.
Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line y y Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line z z, Fig. 1, with the lid turned down partly.
Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the trunk on line y y, Fig. 1, but in closed
condition.
Fig. 5 is a side view and Fig. 6 an end view of one of the clothes-hangers,
showing the bars locked together.
Fig. 7 represents the bars unlocked and spread apart.
Fig. 8 is a view of a modified locking-appliance.
Fig. 9 is a front view of the trunk in closed state.
Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, a is the body of the trunk, g the lid of the same, o³ the
flap formed by a portion of the top wall, and o' the strip inserted between and
hinged to the parts y and o", and which enables the lid to be turned over completely
and to be laid flat on the top of the trunk, as shown by Fig. 2, in spite of any
strengthening bars arranged on the outside of the trunk body and the lid. To the
inside of the lid g is fixed the box gl having its open side in front when it is in the
position represented by Figs. 1 and 2, this side being at the top when the trunk is
closed, as illustrated by Fig. 4.
When the lid is turned over as stated the compartment or recess a¹ formed by
the top and bottom of the trunk and two side walls (one of which in the trunk shown
by the drawing as a partition wall) is exposed to view. From one of these side walls
to the other and secured thereto extends the bar (Figs. 1, 2 and 4) to which the
clothes-hangers are to be hooked. The said hangers are composed of the bars d and d',
Figs. 5, 6, 7, the link c connecting the bars together at one end, and a locking-
device at the other end, comprising an oblong ring e on bar d, and a like ring e
pivoting on bar d', the ring e¹ being narrower than ring e, so that it may be passed
through the same and turned down, as represented in Figs. 5 and 6, the bars being
under these conditions locked together; 2 is the hook by which the hanger is
suspended to the fixed bar b. When the trunk is to be packed, the hangers are
unlocked the bars d d are spread apart, as shown in Fig. 7, the coats, trousers, &c.,
are hung over the bar d', and the bar d is turned over again and fastened by the
locking-device, whereupon the hanger with the clothes thereon is hooked to the
bar b. For preventing the clothes from shifting about during transport, they are
pressed together to a suitable extent by means of a board f, Fig. 1, also hooked to
the bar b, and finally secured by the straps f¹.
The modified locking-device shown by Fig. 8 consists in a hook P secured with
one end to the bar d and engaging with its other end in a notch cut into
the bar d', the parts being released or engaged by shifting one bar lengthwise
relatively to the other.
At the bottom of the main trunk-compartment a' the partition-wall q is placed,

page_text: serving as retaining wall for a removable box l, Fig. 2 and 4, and by the side of
the room allotted for this box there is a compartment k, Figs. 1 and 3, having the
saine height as the box l. Now, in order to allow the box g', attached to the
lid y, to be brought into its place above the box and the compartment k, the afore-
said flap o' is arranged, which enables the lid g and the box g to be raised together
with the flap o from the position in which these parts are shown in Fig. 3, until the
box gl is with its lower edge above the box and compartment, and consequently
free to be turned fully into the trunk.
For depositing sundry articles, the trunk is provided with the fixed compart-
ments m,
from the box g' is separated off a portion g² furnished with a hinged
cover, and near the top of the main compartment a¹ are fixed to the side walls
thereof, ledges r, Fig. 1, on which a box p', Figs. 2 and 4, may be pushed in against
the hooks of the clothes-hangers. When the trunk is closed, the box ¹ closes the
compartments a' and m and keeps the box p¹ and the box together with its cover
in their places, while, on the other hand, the open side of box y¹ is closed
by the flap o, and the cover of box is retained by the box p¹ and the hanger-
bars d d¹.
For concealing the contents of the trunk when serving as wardrobe, there is
attached to the top of the open side of box g¹ a curtain i, composed of a piece of
cloth as upper part and a thin board as lower part, the said curtain being adapted
to be easily pushed into the box g' on top of the articles contained therein.
Fig. 2 dotted lines indicate the curtain in the state after having been let down.
In
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is-
1. The combination, with a trunk having a lid g formed by its front wall and hinged
to the top-wall, of a barb fixed lengthwise in the trunk and adapted to hook thereto
clothes-hangers, substantially as described.
2. The combination, with a trunk having a lid g formed by its front wall and hinged
to the top-wall, of a bar b fixed lengthwise in the trunk and adapted to hook thereto
clothes-hangers, and buckling-straps attached to the trunk and adapted to be slung
around the clothes carried by the hangers, substantially as specified.
3. A trunk consisting in the combination of a trunk-body a lid g formed by the
front wall of the trunk and having a box gl fixed to it on the inside, and a flap o
forming a portion of the top-wall; the said lid g being hinged to the flap o², which
in turn is hinged to the body of the trunk, substantially as specified.
4. A trunk consisting in the combination of a trunk-body, a lid g formed by the
front wall of the trunk and having a box g' fixed to it on the inside, a flap c² forming
a portion of the top wall, and the strip o', the lid g, the strip c¹ and the flap c
being hinged together, while the flap o is hinged to the body of the trunk,
substantially as described.
Dated the 4th day of July 1892.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.