IMPROVEMENTS IN HINGES to be as follows:-
Year: 1885

page_text: I, HENRY SANS, of 65 Teesdale Street, Old Bethnal Green Road, in the County
of Middlesex, Chairmaker, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN HINGES to be as follows:-
"
My invention relates to a construction of hinge such as will enable a box lid,
trap door, or the like to be opened indifferently in opposite directions as may be
required. The hinges may be made single or double. They are intended to be
applied at opposite edges of a lid or trap door,-so that if the one edge thereof
be raised, the lid or door will turn upon the hinges at the opposite edge, and
vicê versa.
Each hinge comprises a plate intended to be fastened to the lid or door and
provided with a projection or projections that may be in the form of a short arm
or finger with a knob or enlargement at its free end. Another plate forming part
of the hinge is secured to the box or frame or part against which the lid or door
closes. This plate is made with a hole or holes through which can pass the pro-
jection or projections of the first named plate, which enters or enter a recess or
recesses when the lid or door is closed. Arranged to slide in suitable guides
through the secondly mentioned plate there is or are a device or devices that may
be in the form of a tube or plate made with a slot or opening larger near the lower
end than above it.
The arrangement is such that if the first mentioned plate be tilted the enlarged
end or ends of its projection or projections will pass through the larger part or
parts of the corresponding slot or slots in the sliding device or devices,―then a
smaller part or parts of the projection or projections will enter the narrower part
or parts of the slot or slots as the lid or cover is opened wider. Thus the pro-
jection or projections of the plate fastened to the lid or door will serve to hold the
lid or door to the slotted device or devices which will move upward until arrested
by a suitable stop or stops-when this occurs the lid or door will be wide open
and will be held so by the hinge or hinges without the use of tapes or other means
such as are ordinarily employed to prevent the falling backward of an open box lid
trap door or the like. Assuming the lid or door to be shut, then if the edge having
the binge or hinges applied thereto be raised, the hinge or hinges will not impede

page_text: the opening of the lid or door as the projections of the plate or plates attached to
the lid or door will pass out of the recesses and through the holes in the plate or
plates attached to the box frame or part against which the lid or door bears when
closed. Hinges according to my invention as above set forth may be constructed in
various forms.
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100K
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields,
Applicant's Agent.
Improvements in Hinges.
I, HENRY SANS, of 65 Teesdale Street, Old Bethnal Green Road in the County
of Middlesex, Chairmaker, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN HINGES and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
"
My invention relates to a construction of hinge such as will enable a box lid,
trap door, or the like to be opened indifferently in opposite directions as may be
required. The hinges may be made single or double. They are intended to be
applied at opposite edges of a lid or trap door, so that if the one edge thereof
be raised, the lid or door will turn upon the hinges at the opposite edge and
vice versa.
Each hinge comprises a plate intended to be fastened to the lid or door and pro-
vide with a projection or projections that may be in the form of a short arm or
finger with a knob or enlargement at its free end. Another plate forming part of
the hinge is secured to the box or frame or part against which the lid or door closes.
This plate is made with a hole or holes through which can pass the projection or
projections of the first named plate, which enters or enter a recess or recesses when
the lid or door is closed. Arranged to slide in suitable guides through the secondly
mentioned plate there is or are a device or devices that may be in the form of a tube
or plate made with a slot or opening larger near the lower end than above it. The
arrangement is such that if the first mentioned plate be tilted the enlarged end or
ends of its projection or projections will pass through the larger part or parts of
the corresponding slot or slots in the sliding device or devices, then a smaller part
or parts of the projection or projections will enter the narrower part or parts of the
slot or slots as the lid or cover is opened wider. Thus the projection or projections
of the plate fastened to the lid or door will serve to hold the lid or door to the slotted
device or devices which will move upward until arrested by a suitable stop or stops;
when this occurs the lid or door will be wide open and will be held so by the
hinge or hinges without the use of tapes or other means such as are ordinarily
employed to prevent the falling backward of an open box lid, trap door, or the like.

page_text: Assuming the lid or door to be shut, then if the edge having the hinge or hinges
applied thereto be raised, the hinge or hinges will not impede the opening of the lid
or door as the projections of the plate or plates attached to the lid or door will pass
out of the recesses and through the holes in the plate or plates attached to the box
frame or part against which the lid or door bears when closed. Hinges according
to my invention as above set forth may be constructed in various forms.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig. 1 is a side view
of a hinge according to my invention the box to which it is shown applied being in
section. Fig. 2 is a view at right angles to Fig. 1 partly in section. Fig. 3 is a
similar view to Fig. 2 illustrating the relative positions of the parts forming the
hinge when the lid of the box is partly raised. Fig. 4 is an end view of the hinge
shown closed. Fig. 5 is a plan or top view of that portion of the hinge which is
secured to the box body. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line y. y Fig. 4.
Fig. 7 is a transverse section of a box having hinges according to this invention at
two opposite sides thereof, the lid of the box being shown open. Fig. 8 is a view
partly in section at right angles to Fig. 7.
a is a plate and b a projection arm or finger secured thereto; these constitute the
portion of the hinge that is according to my invention fastened to a box lid or door.
6 is a knob or enlargement at the free end of the projection b. c is a plate forming
a part of the hinge that is secured to the box or frame or part against which the
lid or door closes. d is a hole in the plate c through which the projection b passes
into a cavity or recess e formed in the wall of the box f, when the lid f¹ is closed.
g is a device capable of sliding through a guide or opening in the plate c. In the
example shown in the drawings this device is in the form of a tube provided with
a slot i the lower end of which is enlarged at ¹ to admit of the knob 6' on the pro-
jection 6 passing into the tube. The width of the remaining portion of the slot is
such as to admit of a smaller part of the projection b moving upward or downward
(as the case may be) therein when the lid f¹, to which it is attached is being opened
or closed. is a stop or flange on the tube g to limit the movement thereof in one
direction through the plate c whilst movement in the opposite direction is limited
by the stops or pins g² g² on the exterior of the tube coming in contact with the
under surface of plate c. The stops or pins g² are arranged to slide in slots or
guides & formed in an extension ¹ of the plate c whereby the device or tube g is
prevented from turning on its axis.
The operation of the hinge is as follows. When the lid of the box is closed the
relative positions of the parts of the hinge are as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. If now
one edge of the box lid be lifted the projections b on the plates a at that edge will
freely pass outward through the holes d in the plates c whilst at the same time the
knobs b¹ on the projections 6 at the other edge of the box lid will pass through the
enlarged portions of the slots i in the devices or tubes g as shown in Fig. 3. As
the box lid continues to be opened wider the sinaller portions of the projections b
will rise through the slots i until the projections or their knobs b¹ come in contact
with the upper portions of the tubes g when upon further upward movement of the
lid the said tubes g will be lifted into the positions shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The
stops or pins g2 being then in contact with the under surface of each of the plates c,
further upward movement of the tubes g is prevented the said tubes then serving
to hold the lid open in the position shown. Either edge of the box-lid may be
lifted at will, the hinges at the edge opposite to that lifted forming pivots about
which the motion takes place. In lieu of providing the plates a and b with one
projection band one sliding tube y respectively the said plates may be provided
with two or more projections and sliding tubes.
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
1. The use as a hinge for a box lid trap door or the like of a projection or pro-
jections attached to such lid or door and a plate attached to the box or frame or

page_text: part against which the lid or door closes, such plate being provided with one or more
devices such as g capable of limited motion through it, and the arrangement being
such that the lid or door may be freely raised at the side that carries the projection
or projections but if the opposite side be raised then the projection or projections
will be caused to engage with the above mentioned moving device or devices which
when the lid or door has been opened fully will arrest and retain it in the open
attitude substantially as described.
2. The improved hinge constructed arranged and operating substantially as
herein before described with reference to and shown in the drawings.
3. The use at two opposite sides of a box lid, trap door, or the like, of hinges of
the kind described above, substantially in the manner and for the purpose explained
with reference to and illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the drawings.
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