Improvements in Locks for Baskets.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 6th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 7th Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Locks for Baskets.
JOHN PERKS Crown Works, Lye, Stourbridge Manufacturer of Nails, and
Basket Ironwork, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The lock which is now in common use for travellers, & other baskets, made
in malleable cast iron, which is very heavy, & easily broken. Weight 1 lb. 10 oz.
My stamped case lock is less than half the weight, & very much stronger, it can
be stamped from iron or steel sheets. Weight 11 oz.
The old cast lock had no key peg, or pin, & could easily be unlocked with any
plain key, & my inventing a key peg, or pin into this lock, makes it more secure, &
not so liable to be picked.
Dated this Fifth day of November 1894
Improvements in Locks for Baskets.
I JOHN PERKS of Crown Works Lye, Stourbridge Manufacture of Locks
Nails and Basket Ironwork 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 :--
My invention has for its object improvements in locks for baskets applicable to
travellers hampers lided skips and other such articles and refers more particularly
to the casing of such locks by which they are made considerably lighter than
hithertofore the saving of nearly 1 lb. on each which I effect being of great
importance by the saving in carriage effected during the life of the lock. My
locks are also less liable to break and are more difficult to tamper with.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise, I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements.
Figure 1 is an elevation of the interior of the lock with the cover plate
removed.
Figure 2 is an exterior elevation.
Figure 3 is a side elevation.
Figure 4 is a vertical section.
In carrying my invention into effect I stamp out the box of the casing A of the
lock from sheet iron or other suitable sheet metal & into which the bolt D and
other mechanism is fitted. Indentations a¹ are formed in the sides of the casing A
to receive the ears of the cover plate B which is fitted thereon and secured by
riveting at 63 or other places as may be necessary. Key holes a² and 63 and bolt
holes a3 and 6' as also holes for riveting are respectively punched in the casing A
and cover-plate B the latter of which is stamped & cut in the manner described
with regard to the casing A. The bolt guide F and stop F¹ are rivetted to the
casing and in some cases to the cover plate B. The lock is secured within the
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page_text: wicker work of the basket by suitable bolts and the and the head H of the catch
bolt is secured to the wicker lid in the usual way. A key peg E is provided to
prevent the lock being so readily tampered with by using other keys and I may
have a double key-peg if so desired. I do not confine myself to the exact mode
of securing the cover plate and other parts as these may be modified without
departing from the nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1st. The improvements in locks for baskets applicable to travellers hampers,
lided skips and other such articles-substantially as and for the purpose herein
set forth and shewn upon the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 3rd August 1895.
JOHN PERKS.