An Improvement in all kinds of Trunk Locks, suitable for Tin, Iron, Wood, Metal, or Leather Trunks.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 8th July, 1895-Accepted, 10th Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in all kinds of Trunk Locks, suitable for Tin,
Iron, Wood, Metal, or Leather Trunks.
ALEXANDER JOHN BATES Lock Manufacturer Glen Villa St. Mark's Road
Wolverhampton do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A metal plate used on the back of locks as Drawing No. 1 which has a projection
marked Figure A which is the improvement claimed Figure B without the projec.
tion A is the plate as now in use Drawing No. 2 is to show the use I make of
projection A by bending or rolling same over I form it into a staple to receive a
rod or padlock.
Drawing No. 3 shows the front plate of a lock with hole to receive the staple A
as in Drawing No. 2.
Drawing No. 4 shows staple A passed through the hole as in Drawing B ready
to receive the rod or lock.
Dated this 7th day of September 1894.
ALEXANDER JOHN BATES,
Glen Villa, St. Mark's Road, Wolverhampton.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in all kinds of Trunk Locks, suitable for Tin,
Iron, Wood, Metal, or Leather Trunks.
1, ALEXANDER JOHN BATES, of Glen Villa, St. Mark's Road, Wolverhampton,
in the County of Stafford, Lock Manufacturer, 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:-—
This invention relates to the construction and arrangement of the hasp, padlock,
or like staple of a trunk lock my object being to make a more secure and effective
staple than those at present in ordinary and general use with trunk locks.
In order that my invention and the method of carrying the same into effect may
be the more readily understood I append hereunto a sheet of explanatory drawings
to be hereinafter referred to ;-
Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figure 2 a side or end elevation representing
a lock with my improved staple, and having a hasp secured thereto.
Figure 3 is a front elevation and Figure 4 a sectional end elevation illustrating
the lock without the hasp.
Figure 5 is a front elevation and Figure 6 an end elevation of the back plate of
the lock having the staple formed therewith.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
The body or case A of the lock is stamped or formed from brass or other
mctal in the ordinary manner and preferably provided in its interior with the
usual locking or securing mechanism. The back plate B has a projecting piece,
forming part of the plate itself, which I bend over and make to the shape of
a staple or loop such as B'. A hole or aperture is formed through the upper

page_text: part of the lock body A to permit of the protrusion of the staple or loop B' L
the manner illustrated at Figures 3 and 4. An aperture in the hasp C permits
of its being passed over the staple B₁ as shown at Figures 1 and 2 to be secured
thereon by means of the locking mechanism within the lock body A, additional
security being sometimes provided by the addition of an independent padlock, or
a sliding bolt or bar passed through the staple.
I use my combined back plate and staple in combination with varying forms
of locks, sometimes employing a box or case such as A without internal locking
mechanism, and making such other modifications as may be necessary to suit
varying requirements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. In trunk locks the use of a back plate having a staple or loop formed
therewith substantially as and for the purposes herein described.
2. The combination of a lock case or box with a staple or loop formed from
a projecting portion of the back plate substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
THIS OVE
1000.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.