A Clip for Securing the Ends of Bags, Portmanteaus, Trunks, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 22nd May, 1895-Accepted, 22nd June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Clip for Securing the Ends of Bags, Portmanteaus, Trunks,
and the like.
I JAMES AUGUSTUS JACOBS 1 and 3 Sun Street Finsbury Square in the
County of London Bag and Bag Frame Manufacturer do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to improvements in the fastening of the ends of bags
portmanteaus trunks and such like goods and consists of a plate of brass or suitable
material being fixed on one side the bag frame or portmanteau and having a stump
or pin rising from the same-on the opposite side is a hinged plate in which is a
hole or slot into which the said stump or pin fits thus securing these parts together
- to prevent the hinged piece from rising from the stump or pin a hinged spring
slide is fastened to same part as stump and having on it a suitable tongue hook or
hooks which by means of the spring or slide grips the slotted part thus further
securing the same.
Dated this 22nd day of August 1894.
A Clip for Securing the Ends of Bags, Portmanteaus, Trunks,
and the like.
I, JAMES AUGUSTUS JACOBS, of 1 and 3, Sun Street, Finsbury Square, in the
County of London, Leather Bag Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved clip for securing the ends of bags,
portmanteaus, trunks and the like.
According to my invention I provide a plate of brass or other suitable material
adapted to be secured to one side of the bag, portmanteau or the like. I also provide
a binged plate designed to be secured to the other side of the bag, portmanteau or
the like and adapted to engage with a projecting pin on the first mentioned plate
by means of a hole or slot. The first mentioned plate is advantageously provided
with a hinged spring-slide the hinged part of which is furnished with a hook or
hooks adapted to engage in a hole or slot in the said first mentioned plate and
thereby secure the second plate in position.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing which shews one form of my invention
more particularly adapted to be applied to bags or portmanteaus.
Figure 1 is a plan of my improved clip shewing the same closed :
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1:
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1:
Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2:
Figure 5 is a plan of my clip shewing the same open.

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a is the plate of brass or other suitable material designed to be secured to one
side of the bag or the like and having the pin 6 projecting therefrom, and c, d are
the two parts of the hinged plate, the part c being designed to be secured to the
other side of the bag or the like, and the hinged part & having the hole or slot e
adapted to engage with the pin b. f, f1 are the two parts of the hinged spring-
slide, the part sliding in a slot g in a projection g' on the plate a and the part fi
having a hook adapted to engage with the hole or slot i in a projection g² on the
plate a. j, are springs preferably arranged within the projection g' and adapted
to hold the hook in engagement with the hole or slot i.
It will be obvious. that, when the hinged part-d of the hinged plate is turned
down so that the hole e therein engages over the pin 6 and the plate is closed
down so that the hook thereon snaps into the slot i, the hinged plate will be
prevented from becoming disengaged from the pin b. In order to open the clip it
is only necessary to push the slide sufficiently far to disengage, the hook h from the
slot and to raise the part f¹.
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..A clip for fastening bags, portmanteaus, trunks and the like having a fixed
plate provided with a pin and a hinged plate provided with a hole or slut and
adapted to engage with the pin on the first mentioned plate, substantially as
described.
2. The combination with a clip of the kind referred to in Claim 1, of a hinged
spring-slide adapted to slide on the fixed plate of the clip and provided with a book
designed to engage in a hole or slot in the said fixed plate substantially as; and for
the purpose, described: "
3. The manufacture and use of the improved clip for bags, portmanteaus, trunks
and the like herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 21st day of May 1895.
G. F.. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.