AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR TRAVELLING BAGS AND OTHER SIMILAR RECEPTACLES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Pfeiffer, of No. 2, Walbrook Buildings, in
the City of London, Merchant, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
FASTENING FOR TRAVELLING BAGS AND OTHER SIMILAR RECEPTACLES."---A
communication from abroad by Auguste Schubeus, of Paris, in the
Empire of France.
Sealed the 24th April 1866, and dated the 1st November 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Pfeiffer at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st
November 1865.
I, LOUIS PFEIFFER, of No. 2, Walbrook Buildings, in the City of London,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED FASTENING FOR TRAVELLING BAGS AND OTHER SIMILAR RECEPTACLES," to
be as follows:-
In the interior of a box attached to the outside of one part of the frame
of the bag or other receptacle are two triangular or wedge formed pieces of
metal, which are pressed together by means of two springs, and are capable
of being pushed asunder by pressing on a knob or stud which projects
through the exterior of the box. These two triangular pieces are connected
to two bolts sliding inside the frame, and so constructed as to take hold of

page_text: three hooks or catches which are attached to the other part of the frame.
When the knob or stud is pressed the two triangular pieces (and the bolts
connected to them) are thrust outwards and the hooks are released. A key-
hole is provided in the box and a small bolt inside, which latter when the key
is turned is brought under the knob or stud, and prevents it from being
pressed down until the bolt has been withdrawn by means of the key, and
thus a further security is given to the fastening. It is intended that the whole
of the fastening, with the exception of the knob or stud and the keyhole,
shall be concealed or covered by the morocco leather or other material of
which the bag or other receptacle is composed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Louis Pfeiffer in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 1st
May 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LOUIS
PFEIFFER, of No. 2, Walbrook Buildings, in the City of London, Merchant,
send greeting..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Louis Pfeiffer, Her special licence that I, the said Louis Pfeiffer,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Louis Pfeiffer, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN
IMPROVED FASTENING FOR TRAVELLING BAGS AND OTHER SIMILAR RECEPTACLES," (a
communication to me from abroad. by Auguste Schubeus, of Paris, in the
Empire of France,) upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Louis Pfeiffer, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Louis Pfeiffer, do hereby declare the:
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-.
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following.
statement in writing, and on reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
that is to say:
In the interior of a box attached to the outside of one part of the frame of
the bag or other receptacle are two angular or wedged formed pieces of metal
which are pressed together by means of two springs, and are capable of being
pushed asunder by pressing on a knob or stud which projects through the
exterior of the box. These two angular pieces are connected to two bolts
sliding inside the frame, and so constructed as to take hold of three hooks
or catches which are attached to the other part of the frame. When the
knob or stud is pressed the two angular pieces (and the bolts connected to
them) are thrust outwards and the hooks are released. A keyhole is provided
in the box and a small bolt inside, which latter when the key is turned is'
brought under the knob or stud and prevents it from being pressed down until
the bolt has been withdrawn by means of the key, and thus a further security,
is given to the fastening.
It is intended that the whole of the fastening, with the exception of the
knob or stud and the keyhole shall be concealed or covered by the morocco:
leather or other material of which the bag or other receptacle is composed.
Such being the nature and object of the said Invention for "An Improved:
Fastening for Travelling Bags and other similar Receptacles," I will now
proceed to describe more in detail the manner in which the same is to be
or may be performed or carried into practical effect, and in order that the
same may be distinctly understood I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of
Drawings illustrative thereof, and have marked the same with figures and
letters of reference corresponding with those in the following explanation
thereof, that is to say:-
Figure 1 in the annexed Drawing represents one side of the frame of a
travelling bag with the improvements applied thereto; Figure 2 shows part
of the other side of the frame with the three hooks or catches attached;
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 1, but with the side of the box removed
to show the internal mechanism, and Figure 4 is a plan view with the top of
the box removed.
a, a, is the ordinary frame of the bag, to the outside of which is connected
a box b, b, enclosing two angular or wedge-formed pieces of metal c, c, which
are pressed together by means of two springs d, d, but are capable of being
pushed asunder by pressing on the knob or stud e, e, which projects through

page_text: the exterior of the box, and which is provided with a spiral spring f, f, for
forcing it upwards as soon as the pressure is withdrawn. The two angular
pieces c, c, are connected (by means of pins passing through slots in the
frame a, a,) to two bolts g, g, sliding inside the frame, and formed with holes
or openings h, h, which take hold of the hooks or catches i, i, fixed to the
other part of the frame (see Figure 2). When the knob or stud a, e, is
pressed upon it thrusts asunder the two angular pieces c, c, together with the
bolts g, g, attached thereto (as seen in dotted lines at Figure 1), and thus
releases the hooks or catches i, i, from the bolts. The box b, b, is provided
with a keyhole, and there is a small bolt k, k, inside the same (see Figure 4)
having a pin or stud l, which when the key is turned slides under the knob
or stud e, e, and prevents it from being pressed down until the bolt k, k, has
been withdrawn by turning the key in the reverse direction.
Having now described the nature and object of the said Invention for "An
Improved Fastening for Travelling Bags and other similar Receptacles,"
together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, I would remark in conclusion that I claim as the
Invention communicated to me by the said Auguste Schubeus, the improved
fastening for travelling bags and other similar receptacles as above described
and exhibited in the Drawing annexed, or any mere modification or imitation
thereof, constructed and operating in substantially the same or a similar
manner.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Pfeiffer, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Witness,
BRISTOW HUNT,
Solicitor and Patent Agent,
LOUIS PFEIFFER.
(L.8.)
1, Serle St., Lincoln's Inn.