Hasp Locks for Trunks, Boxes, Belts, Collars, and like Articles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th July, 1899-Accepted, 23rd Dec
1800
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Hasp Locks for Trunks, Boxes, Belts, Collars, and like Articles.
I, BENNY BERNSTEIN, of 119, West Seventy-Fifth Street, New York County and
State of New York, United States of America, Gentleman, 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:-
The improved hasp-lock is preferably constructed, as usual, with a rotary bolt
to be operated by a key in unlocking, but in order to adapt it to lock automatically,
an annular rotating plate is employed, either in the keeper or hasp, which, as the
T-head of the rotary bolt enters the keeper, is turned backward in opposition to
the pressure of a spring, and when restored to its original position by the
action of the spring, causes the T-head of the hasp-bolt to engage the keeper.
In unlocking, the rotary bolt can be turned backward by a key in customary
manner.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a hasp-lock and
keeper illustrating one form of the invention, in which a rotary keeper-plate is
applied to the body, showing the hasp-lock retracted and raised. Figure 2 is a
side elevation of the same parts, showing in section the meeting parts of the
body and cover of a trunk. Figures 3 and 4 are rear or inside views of the
rotary keeper and hasp-lock, Figure 3 showing the rotary lock-bolt ready to be
pressed into engagement with the rotating keeper, and Figure 4 showing the
parts locked. Figure 5 is a longitudinal section of the keeper. Figure 6 is an
inside face view of the rotary keeper shown in Figures 1 and 5, but with its casing
removed. Figure 7 is a perspective view of the hasp and lock shown in Figures
1 and 2. Figure is a perspective view of the members thereof separated.
Figure 8 is a perspective view of the inner face of the rotary lock-plate shown in
Figure 8. Figure 9 is an inner face view of the operating parts of the lock,
assembled. Figure 10 is a perspective view of the separate members of the
otary spring keeper shown in Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6. Figure 11 is a front view
of a hasp-lock illustrating the invention. Figure 12 is a front view of the two
members of the same, showing the hasp open. Figure 13 is a detail section of a
portion of the fixed keeper-plate in the plane indicated by the dotted line in
Figure 12. Figure 14 is a view on a larger scale of the inner face of the lock,
rith the face-plate removed. Figure 15 is a view of the outer side of the lock,
ith the outer face-plate removed. Figure 16 is a detached view of a handle-ring
hown in position in Figure 14 and in dotted lines in Figure 15. Figure 17 is an
utside view of a hasp-lock, illustrating the invention as adapted for belts, dog-
ollars and other straps. Figure 18 is a view of the same, showing the hasp open.
igure 19 is a section in the line 9--9 Figures 17 and 20, and showing the hasp
en in dotted lines. Figure 20 is a section on the line 10-10 Figure 19.
igure 21 is a detail view of a rocking keeper ring, illustrating a modification.
B may represent part of the body, and C part of the cover of a trunk. H repre-
nts the hinged hasp of a trunk, L the lock thereon, and K the keeper-socket
the trunk-body B for the reception of the lock-bolt.
ay be of usual form, but instead of the simple annular kaanu
The rotary lock-bolt I

page_text: hasp-lock bolts are commonly caused to engage by the rotation of the bolt by
means of a key, I employ within the socket K, a rotating annular keeper 2
formed with a pair of beveled lips 3 to engage with the projecting lugs 4 of the
rotary T-bolt I of the lock. The annular rotary keeper 2 is held in its normal
advanced position by a wire spring 5, which lies in an annular groove-6 in the
base of the rotary annular keeper, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, the extremities
of the wire spring being turned in opposite directions, so that one end 7 engages
in an aperture 7 prepared for it in the rotary keeper 2, and the other end S in
a similar aperture 8" in the fixed keeper-socket K. The vibratory movement
of the annular keeper 2 is limited by a stud 10 thereon projecting into a notch 11
in the fixed socket flange K¹, see Figures 5 and 10. The fixed socket of the
keeper is preferably made in two parts K and K', which may be fixed together
with rivets or with screws as shown in Figures 5 and 10.
From this description it will be clear that in closing the trunk-hasp, the
lugs 4, 4, of the rotary lock-bolt 1, being themselves suitably beveled on their
engaging faces as shown, will come into contact with the inclined or beveled
lips 3 of the rotary keeper 2, and on the application of pressure to close the
hasp will turn the said "keeper backward against the tension of the spring 5,
and when the hasp is completely closed the spring will restore the keeper to its
advanced position so as to engage the lock. In unlocking, the lock-bolt 1 is
rotated by means of a key in the customary manner, so as to retract the lugs 4
from the lips 3 of the keeper, when the hasp may be withdrawn, or will spring
open in the usual way if a spring be provided for the purpose.
This unlocking operation will be clearly understood by reference to Figures 1,
2, 8, 8 and 9, which show the construction of the hasp-lock to which my
improved spring keeper is adapted. The key X, in the first part of its rotation,
retracts the tumblers T against the pressure of their springs $ so as to release
the lug of the rotary lock-plate L' which carries the tubular lock-stem /',
and is turned by the rotation of the key as far as permitted by the lug 2 work
ing in the concentric slot in fixed plate L3, thereby withdrawing the lugs 4,4,
from the keeper.
The form of the invention shown in the Figures 11 to 16 inclusive has a fixed
annular keeper-plate with inwardly projecting bevel-faced lips and a T-bolt
engaging therewith; said T-bolt being rotably mounted within the hasp in an
independently rotating spring-pressed annular plate L, which plate turns back-
ward in opposition to its spring as the hasp is closed to adapt the hasp to engage
automatically in closing, and may be pressed back by hand by means of a handle,
to release the hasp. Said annular plate may also be turned forward beyond its
normal position, and in this advanced position is locked by a spring catch,
by which the hasp is securely locked so that it can be released only by means of
a key applied to the T-bolt to turn it back independently.
In the form of the invention shown in Figures 11 to 16 inclusive, the annular
keeper-plate 2 (Figures 2 and 3), formed with inwardly projecting bevel-faced
lips 3, is secured in fixed position in the body of the dress suit case, box, or the
like, and the T-bolt t, formed with bevel-faced radial lugs 4 to engage with the
keeper-plate 2, is mounted in a lock-plate L which is rotatable within a housing
on the hasp H. The rotatable lock-plate L is pressed forward by a spring 5
connected by one end to the hasp and by the other end to the plate L, to enable
the lock-plate to turn backward as the T-bolt is pressed into engagement with
the keeper, and causing the bolt to snap automatically into engagement as the
hasp is closed. The rotary lock-plate L is provided with a radially projecting
handle by which it may be turned back to release the hasp when simply caught
and not locked.
In order to provide for locking the hasp so that it cannot be opened without
the use of a key, the rotary lock-plate L is connected to its spring 5 by a slot 5ª,
permitting lost motion and enabling the plate to be turned forward by hand (by
means of an arm or handle projecting rigidly from the rotary lock-plate L)

page_text: beyond the position at which it is normally held by the spring. In this
advanced position the lock-plate L is caught and held by a spring-pressed
stud 12 in the fixed keeper-plate 2 engaging in a hole 13 in the rotary lock-
plate L. The hasp is thus effectually locked, and in order to unlock it, the
5 T-bolt t must be rotated in the plate L by means of a key, to disengage it from
the keeper 2.
The forward turning of the lock-plate beyond normal position in order to
lock it, may be effected by the radial handle first described, but prefer-
ably by a separate radial stud or pin 7 provided for the purpose and projecting
rigidly from the lock-plate L, while the more prominent radial handle for
releasing the hasp when simply caught and not locked, is connected indirectly
to the rotary lock-plate or case by a ring 12 on which the handle is fixed,
and which has a notch working on a pin formed of the upturned end 5" of the
spring 5, which projects through the said notch 13 in ring and into a hole in the
rotary plate L, permitting lost or relative motion between the ring and rotary
lock-plate L, so that the handle being limited on its forward movement by a
slot or notch in the fixed housing of the hasp, cannot be used to turn the lock-
case forward into locked position, but for this purpose the radial arm is used
and turns the lock-case L independently of the ring 12.
The turning of the T-bolt t in the lock-plate L spontaneously or in the act of
snapping the hasp into closed position is prevented by spring-pressed tumblers T
of common form, which are retracted by a key of corresponding form, when the
T-bolt t is rotated backward within the fixed lock-plate L so as to release said
bolt from the keeper 2.
The hasp-lock above described is so constructed that the key cannot be with:
drawn therefrom while the bolt t is in the retracted position to which it is turned
in unlocking. In order to withdraw the key, it must be so turned as to restore the
otary T-bolt t to its normal engaging position. This can be done either with
the 'hasp open or closed. If the bolt is so turned and the key withdrawn while
the hasp is closed, the hasp will be left in locked position, so that it cannot be
opened without the use of the key as before.
position and the key withdrawn while the hasp is open, it leaves the T-bolt in
If the bolt is turned into normal
position to snap into engagement with the keeper by the closing of the hasp,
and the backward rotation thus imparted to the bolt. in closing the hasp .turns
the lock-plate L backward to normal position before the aperture 13 therein
can engage with the stud 12, so that when the hasp is snapped shut, the parts are
in position to permit turning back the lock-plate L by hand to release the hasp,
or until it is again moved forward so as to be caught by the spring-pressed. lock-
ing stud 12.
It will be further understood that the construction of the parts
as above described permits this turning forward of the lock-plate into locked
position, to be effected by means of the key instead of by means of a handle or l¹.
In applying the invention to fasteners for belts, dog-collars and other straps,
be parts are preferably transposed as illustrated in Figures 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21
he T-bolt taking the form of a post projecting rigidly from a plate a, riveted
o one end of the strap s, and formed at its base with a cylindrical boss a¹ to be
nserted in any one of a number of holes s at different distances from the other
end of the strap, so as to regulate the length of the belt or collar.in customary
manner. The head of the post t¹ is formed with bevel-faced lugs 4, 4, as before
escribed, to engage with corresponding inwardly projecting lips 3" on the
nnular keeper-plate 2" which is mounted in the inner face of a hasp h hinged at
ne side of the plate a. The annular keeper-plate 2ª is capable of limited rotary
otion within the hasp, and is held in one direction by a spring 5 which yields
the angular or tangential pressure applied to the keeper-plate 2 by the
eveled lips of the post in closing the hasp, and causes the hasp to be caught
utomatically when snapped shut.
The locking and unlocking devices in all their details, as already described,
ay be used with this form of the invention, but for greater simplicity in hasp-

page_text: locks of comparatively small size for belts, dog-collars and other straps, the
special locking pin and the radial handle 7 for turning the annular keeper-plate
may be dispensed with, so that the hasp will be locked in closing and can only
be opened by means of a suitable key inserted in a key-hole a in the outer face
of the hasp or a key may be dispensed with and the handle used for unlocking,
as illustrated in Figure 21.
;
The hinging of the hasp as shown in Figures 17, 18, 19 and 20, may be dis-
pensed with and said hasp connected permanently to one end of the strap, to the
other end of which the fixed stud is secured.
Either form of the invention above described provides a hasp-lock adapted to
engage or lock automatically, by a relative rotary movement between the hasp
and its keeper when the hasp is pressed shut.
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:-
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1. A hasp-lock comprising in one member a hasp and a spring-controlled
rotary catch carried by said hasp, and in the other member a fixed counterpart
catching device with which the rotary catch carried by the hasp engages auto-
matically in closing the hasp, as explained.
2. A hasp-lock comprising in one member a hasp, a key-operated and spring-
controlled rotary catch carried by said hasp, and in the other member a fixed
counterpart catching device with which the rotary catch carried by the basp
engages automatically in closing the hasp, as explained.
3. A hasp-lock comprising in one member a hasp, a spring-controlled rotary
plate carried thereby and a key operated T-bolt mounted in said rotary plate;
and in the other member a catch-plate or keeper with which the T-bolt engages
automatically in closing the hasp, as explained.
4. A hasp-lock comprising in one member a hasp, a spring-controlled rotary
plate carried thereby, and a locking device with which the rotary plate may be
engaged at will to secure it against rotation, and a key-operated rotary bolt carried
by said rotary plate; and in the other member a catch with which the hasp
engages automatically in closing, as explained.
5. A hasp lock for trunks, boxes and like articles, constructed with a T-bolt
capable of rotation by its stem for unlocking, in combination with an annular
keeper rotating relatively to the T-bolt and engaging therewith automatically by
the action of a spring when the parts are pressed together.
6. In a hasp lock for trunks, boxes and like articles, the combination of a
T-bolt capable of rotation for unlocking, an annular keeper and a spring per-
mitting relative rotations between the keeper and the bolt and causing the parts
to engage automatically when pressed together, as explained.
7. In a hasp-lock, the combination of a hasp H, a rotatable plate L carried
thereby, a spring 5 pressing said rotatable plate in one direction, a locking
device 12 with which the plate L may be engaged at will to secure it against
rotation, a key-operated rotatable bolt mounted in said plate L, and a counter-
part catch with which the hasp engages in closing, as explained.
Dated this 24th day of July 1800
BOULT & WADE
Agents for the Applicant.