IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR FASTENINGS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Clinton Edgcumbe Brooman, of the Firm of
Robertson, Brooman, and Company, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Patent Agents, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR
FASTENINGS." A communication from abroad by Chretien Goynaud and
Jacques Eugene Dollier, both of Paris, France.
Scaled the 21st December 1866, and dated the 25th June 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Clinton Edgcumbe Brooman
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th June 1866.
I, CLINTON EDGCUMBE BROOMAN, of the Firm of Robertson, Brooman, and
Company, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent Agents, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS
OR FASTENINGS," to be as follows:-
'This Invention consists in what, under one arrangement, constitutes a sort
of padlock, and under a second arrangement, a lock or fastening suitable for
trunks and other purposes.
Hitherto, padlocks have always been independent of the object to which
they are applied. Now the present padlock on the contrary is permanently
attached to the object. This padlock is composed of two main parts which
are respectively attached to the two parts of the article to be locked or
fastened.
The first part of the lock consists of a flap, which when the lock is closed

page_text: overlaps the second part; the overlapping portion carries a box or chamber
formed with a key hole to receive a key which has a bit projecting forwards.
In the box or chamber a bolt or catch is fitted on a pivot or pin behind
the keyhole, and is formed with a notch into which the key bit takes.
The second part of the lock is a simple plate carrying a strap on its outer
face. When the key is turned to the right or left, the bolt or catch turns on
its pin and engages behind this strap or is released therefrom as the case
may be.
In constructing a lock or fastening, according to this Invention, for trunks
and other purposes, tho flap or outer portion of the lock carries the strap on
its inner face, and the end of the flap is bent inwards to take into a slit in the
plate or inner portion of the lock. The keyhole is formed in this plate as
well as a slot or opening to receive the strap on the flap. The box or chamber
in which the bolt or catch is fitted is situated behind or below the inner plate
of the lock. This bolt or catch is formed as before explained with a notch
in which the projecting bit of the key engages to turn the bolt when the lock
is to be fastened or unfastened. On the outer face of the inner plate and
behind the end of the flap I fit a spring having a tendency to press outwards,
so that the bent end of the flap is pushed out of the slit in the inner plate as
soon as the bolt is released from the strap.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Clinton Edgcumbe Brooman in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 22nd December 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CLINTON
EDGCOMBE BROOMAN, of the Firm of Robertson, Brooman, and Company, of
166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent Agents, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Clinton Edgcumbe Brooman, Her special licence that I, the said Clinton
Edgcumbe Brooman,my executors, administrators, and assigns,or such others
as I, the said Clinton Edgcumbe Brooman, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great

page_text: Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR FASTENINGS," (communication to me from abroad,
by Chretien Goynaud, and Jacques Eugene Dollier, both of Paris, France,)
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Clinton Edgcumbe
Brooman, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should paticularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Clinton Edgcumbe Brooman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in what, under one arrangement, constitutes a sort
of padlock, and under a second arrangement a lock or fastening suitable for
trunks and other purposes.
Hitherto, padlocks have always been independent of the object to which
they are applied. Now, the present padlock on the contrary is permanently
attached to the object. This padlock is composed of two main parts, which
are respectively attached to the two parts of the article to be locked or
fastened.
Figure 1 is a face view, and Figure 2 a cross section of one of these
padlocks.
The first part of the lock consists of a flap a, which when the lock is closed
overlaps the second part b; the overlapping portion carries a box or chamber
c formed with a keyhole d, to receive a key represented in Figure 3, which
has a bit e projecting forwards. In the box or chamber c a bolt or catch g is
fitted on a pivot or pin h behind the keyhole, and is formed with a notch f,
into which the key bit e takes.
The second part of the lock is represented in Figures 4, 5, and 6, and is a
simple plate carrying a strap lou its outer face. When the key is turned to
the right or left, the bolt or catch g turns on its pin and engages behind this
strap 1, or is released therefrom as the case inay be.
Figure 7 shews the lock fastened; this lock, therefore, consists of a flap
and a plate, the first having a bolt fitted in a box or chamber, and the other
having a strap, which when the lock is fastened is also coucealed in the box
or chamber.

page_text: In constructing a lock or fastening, according to this Invention, for trunks
and other purposes, the flap or outer portion a of the lock carries the strap
on its inner face, and the end of the flap is bent inwards to take into a slit m
in the plate or inner portion of the lock. This lock. is shewn in front view
in Figure 8, and in vertical section in Figure 9; Figure 10 shows the interior
of the box or chamber c, and Figure 11 is a section of the same. The key-
hole d'is formed in the plate b as well as a slot or opening n to receive the
strap on the flap a. The box or chamber c in which the bolt or catch 9 is
fitted is situated behind or below the inner plate of the lock. This bolt or
catch g is formed as before explained with a notch f, in which the projecting
bite of the key engages to turn the bolt when the lock is to be fastened or
unfastened. On the outer face of the inner plate b, and behind the end of
the flap a I fit a spring p, having a tendency to press outwards, so that the
bent end of the flap is pushed out of the slit m in the inner plate as soon as
the bolt g is released from the strap Z.
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In applying this Invention to belts, dog collars, and other like articles, I
combine the lock with the buckle of the belt or other article, whereby a double
object is attained, viz., the buckle allows of tightening the belt to the desired
degree and the lock prevents the belt being unfastened. Figures 12 and 13
represent the lock applied to a belt. The flap a of the lock is hinged to the
side k of the buckle opposite the tongue n. The locking portion i is fitted on
the flap a, while the strap is on the loop o. When it is desired to fasten the
belt the buckle is fastened in the ordinary manner, then the end of the belt
is passed through the loop o; next the flap is turned on its hinge, so as to
cover the buckle, as shewn in dotted lines; the point of the tongue lodges
in the slot r, and the strap enters the locking portion i. The key is then
inserted into the holes and turned to fasten the lock.
Another method of applying the lock to a belt is represented in side view
in Figure 14, and in plan in Figure 15. In this case it is the strap which
is hinged to the side of the buckle opposite the tongue, and the flapais hinged
to the loop o. The flap a with the loop o forms a movable part, which is
made to slide on the belt. When the belt is buckled it is sufficient for the
purpose of securing it, to lower the flap a upon the buckle to cause the strap
to enter the locking portion and to turn the key. The lock may be permanently
attached to the belt or otherwise, and the lock may be applied either to the
part of the belt which carries the buckle, or the part which is formed with
holes to receive the tongue of the buckle. The particular form of the upper
plate of the lock, as seen in Figure 15, is very convenient, it may be stamped
in one piece.

page_text: And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed I declare that I claim, constructing locks
or fastenings, substantially in manner and for the purposes herein-before
described, and represented in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Clinton Edgcumbe Brooman, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of December,
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
C. E. BROOMAN. (L.s.)