Improvements in and connected with Fasteners or Locking - Devices for Trunks, Boxes, Purses, Carriage Covers, and other Articles or Objects.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Fasteners or Locking - Devices
for Trunks, Boxes, Purses, Carriage Covers, and other Articles or
Objects.
I, THEODOR STÖCKIGT of 17, Johannisstrasse, Erfurt in the Empire of
Germany, Master Saddler, do hereby declare the nature of this invertion and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object an improved fastener or locking device which is
more particularly suitable for trunks or travelling boxes, but may also be used
with advantage for other purposes, such, for instance, as purses, pocket books,
carriage covers, etcetera.
On the accompanying drawings-
Figures 1 to 4 show a front view, a side view and two longitudinal sections
respectively of the fastener;
Figures 5 and 6, a front view and lateral section respectively of the fastener
secured by means of a lock;
Figures 7 and 8 are a front view and a section of a fastener, more particularly
suitable for carriage covers and the like;
Figure 9 shows the front view of a box fitted with this fastener, which box is at
the same time provided with an automatic opening device ;
Figures 10 and 11 are crossed sections of the closed and opened box ;
Figure 12, the cross section of a modified form ;
Figures 13 to 15 are a front elevation and a vertical and horizontal section of the
device serving for automatically opening the box.
The fastening device consists essentially of a bracket or case a into which a
fastening bolt & fits, this latter being arranged on the part c. The parts a and c, as
a whole, form a regular shaped body. The fastening bolt has a channel or
depression d, whilst the part a has a fastening lever turning on a pin. When the
bolt bis shot, this lever frests with the projection 9 (which is on its underside) in
the depression d of the bolt and thus holds the latter fast.
The fastening lever f may be fixed in its closed position by means of a lock or
other suitable safety device; such arrangements are shown in Figures 5 to 8.
Figures 5 and 6 show a fastener which is more particularly applicable for
fastening travelling trunks, and in which the fastening lever is provided on its
underside with an eyelet h. An ordinary case lock is arranged in combination
with the above described fastener, the bolt i of this lock being capable of being
pushed forward by means of a key inserted in the key hole k, in such a way that it
engages in the eyelet of the lever f, and in this way prevents the fastener
from coming open unintentionally. In the fastener shown in Figures 7 and 8,
the securing is not effected by means of a lock, but by means of a vertically
adjustable bolt m on which a spring / presses, this bolt m rests, with a tongue
arranged thereon, in the eyelet h of the fastening lever f.
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The fastening device, hereinbefore described, which as already stated is
particularly applicable for travelling trunks, has the advantage that, on shutting
the lid of the box, the latter is automatically fastened by the entrance of the
fastening bolt 6 into the part a, and only requires to be locked by means of
some suitable arrangement.
In order to facilitate the opening of the box, a device is arranged, as shown
in the box depicted on Sheet 2 of the accompanying drawings, which device
automatically opens the box. This device which is shown in Figures 13 to 15
consists of a pressure block or pin n which is revolubly arranged at a suitable

page_text: place in the hinge frame o of the front or side wall of the lid p, and of a
pressure spring in the lower part of the box, which spring is arranged in
a sheath or holder s. The pressure spring is provided with a head block t
on which the pressure pin n rests when the box is closed, and thus compresses
the spring y.
If the box arranged in this manner be unlocked, the compressed spring a forces
the pin n upwards, and causes the lid to open automatically.
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. A fastening device consisting of a bolt 6 for insertion in a bracket or case a in
the hollow or recess d of which bolt a projection g of a fastening lever f, which is
movably arranged in the part a, engages.
2. A fastening device of the kind described in Claim 1, in combination with a
lock, the bolt i of which engages the lug or eyelet h arranged on the fastening
lever.
3. A fastening device of the kind described in Claim 1, in combination with a
securing device consisting of an adjustable bolt m acting under the pressure of a
spring, which bolt rests with its tongue in the eyelet h of the fastening lever f.
4. A fastening device of the kind described in Claims 1 to 3 for trunks or boxes,
in combination with a device for automatically opening the lid of the box, consisting
of a pressure pin n arranged in the lid p and a spring 9 inserted in the lower part
of the box e opposite the pin n, which spring is provided with a head or support
piece t and will be compressed when the box is shut, but will force up the pin n
when the box is opened.
Dated this 5th day of August 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.