Improvements in Locks or Fastenings for Wine Cases and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Locks or Fastenings for Wine Cases and the like.
We, WILLIAM CHAPLIN, Wine Merchant, and CHARLES EDWARD GRAHAM,
Cellarman, both of 10, Villiers Street, Strand, in the County of London, dc
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object to provide improved means for locking or
securing wine cases and the like.
In carrying out our invention we attach to the body of the box or case one,
two, or more rings or staples in such positions that when the lid is closed down
the said rings or staples will project through or into slots formed in the said lid.
Upon the lid we arrange a bolt or bar which is capable of being moved longi-
tudinally in order to pass it through the said rings or staples. The said bar
works in guides on the lid, which prevent it from being displaced or lost, and
is provided with a ring or handle by means of which it may be operated to dis-
engage it from the staples, and adjacent to the bar we form a recess into which
the said ring or handle can be turned and in which it may be held against
fraudulent displacement by means of a seal.
The box or case may have one, two or more of our fastenings applied to it
according to requirements.
We, WILLIAM CHAPLIN, Wine Merchant, and CHARLES EDWARD GRAHAM,
Cellarman, both of 10, Villiers Street, Strand, in the County of London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
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page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Our invention has for its object to provide improved means for locking or
securing wine or other cases, boxes and the like.
In carrying out our invention we attach to the body of the box or case one,
two, or more rings or staples in such positions that when the lid is closed down
the said rings or staples will project through or into slots formed in the said lid.
Upon the lid we arrange boits or bars which are capable of being moved longi-
tudinally in order to pass through the said rings or staples. The said bolts or
bars work in guides on the lid, which prevent them from being displaced or lost,
and are provided with rings or handles by means of which they may be operated
to disengage them from the staples, and adjacent to the bolts or bars we form
recesses into which the said rings or handles can be turned to avoid accidental
displacement and in which they may be held against fraudulent displacement
by means of seals.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
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Figure 1 is a vertical section through a case having our improved means for
fastening applied to it;
Figure 2 is a plan of the same; and
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.
a is the body of the case and 6 the lid. c is a slotted plate or staple affixed
to the body a and arranged in such a position that when the lid is closed down
its upper end projects and forms, or has formed in it, an eye or slot which
projects above the top of the lid through a hole or slot in the latter.
is the bolt which is adapted to engage with the staple cand e is a loop
formed upon the said bolt and serving as a handle for operating the same. fis
a block or piece of wood having formed in it a groove or channel g in which the
bolt d can slide, the said block f being nailed or otherwise secured to the lid b.
h is a recess formed in the block f and serving to allow of the handle e of the
bolt being turned down so as to lie below the level of the top of the said block f,
the said recess h being of such a width that when the handle is turned down
the said bolt cannot be moved sufficiently in a longitudinal direction to disengage
it from the staple
An extension lot i is formed on one side of the recess h
for permitting the handle when in an upright position to be moved back
sufficiently far to disengage the bolt d from the staple c.
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After the box is closed and secured by the bolt the handle of the latter being
turned down into the recess h the said handle may be secured by a seal placed
in the recess; in practice, however, we prefer that the handle should at all times
be left exposed and be held against movement by means of a piece of tape, string
or the like such as passed through the loop and lying in a groove in block f
the string or the like being secured by a seal k introduced into a recess 7 adapted
to receive it. With this arrangement in order to open the case it is only necessary
to cut the tape j to release the bolt instead of having to pick away the seal as
would be necessary if the seal was directly applied upon the handle e.
It is to be understood that one, two, or more of our improved fastenings may
be applied to a box or case according to requirements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
or the like
1. The improved lock or fastening for wine and other cases
consisting of a bolt adapted to slide in suitable guides upon the lid of the box
and to engage with a staple secured to the body of the box, the said bolt being
provided with a handle which can he turned into a recess and held by a seal,
substantially as described.

page_text: 2. The combination with a wine or other case or box of means for locking or
fastening the same and securing the lock or fastener against fraudulent move-
ment, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 14th day of December 1898
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.