IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arnold Budenberg, Mechanical Engineer, and Adolph
Timpè, Leather Bag Manufacturer, both of the City of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, for an invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arnold Budenberg &
Adolph Timpè at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th
April 1882.
ARNOLD BUDENBERG Mechanical Engineer, and ADOLPH TIMPE Leather Bag
Manufacturer both of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
«IM-
PROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR FASTENINGS FOR HAND OR TRAVELLING BAGS
"
This invention relates to hand or travelling bags and has for its object to provido
a more simple and secure locking arrangement, and to facilitate and improve the
fitting up of the bag and of its fastening or lock.
In carrying out our Invention we employ a central lock or fastening and two
side bolts operated by the locking or fastening mechanism, which bolts engage in
two staples near the bend of the top of the bag frame so that by one action the
bag is securely fastened at the centre and near the ends and by turning the key all
the fastenings are locked.
The folding or top portion of the frame of the bag consists of two parts which on
being brought together closes the bag. One of these parts carries the lock and
bolts while the other part carries the hooks which engage with the lock and the
two staples for the side bolts. The fastening consists of a casing which encloses
two small bolts, one at each end of the casing. These small bolts or studs are
provided with springs which keep them constantly forced in opposite directions,
but they may be passed toward the centre of the casing by the action of the
finger and thumb. This casing and its bolts or studs are placed outside the outer
closing portion of the frame. Within the frame and immediately below the casing
is secured the lock and therein the ends of the side bolts.-The box containing the

page_text: lock is provided with slots for the passage of the hooks on the other portion of the
frame and with other slots for the ends of the side bolts. Within the box are two
sliding pieces so formed that they shall engage the hooks and having formed upon
their upper surfaces pins or projections which pass upwards through the frame into
recesses formed in the bolts or studs in the outer casing so that when the aforesaid
bolts are pressed together the sliding pieces in the lock partake of their motion and
the hooks are disengaged-In the lower portion of the box below the sliding pieces
are recesses for the side bolts which pass in opposite directions through the ends of
the box These side bolta are supported further by means of guides fastened to
the underside of the frame near to their ends. When the studs in the outer casing
are pressed together these side bolts are also withdrawn from their staples by the
consequent action of the sliding pieces to which they are secured. The ends of
the side bolts are bevelled in order that they may slide into the Staples when the
bag is closed and the faces of the hooks are also bevelled for a similar purpose.
The act of closing therefore fastens the bag Between the sliding pieces at their
inner ends a space is provided for the reception of a small stop block which fills
the space when the bag is locked and prevents the motion of the sliding pieces and
side bolts By the turning of a suitable key in the lock this stop block is brought
nearer to the middle line of the lock where the sliding picces are recessed so as to
allow their free to and fro motion when the block occupies that position. The top
of the lock box is provided with a projection which passes through the outer
portion of the frame and the outer casing and through this projection the keyway
is formed The outer casing is surrounded and covered at its ends by a cover plate
which as well as the casing itself is rivetted to the frame.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Arnold Budenberg & Adolph Timpè in the Great Seal Patent
Oflice on the 14th October 1882.
ARNOLD BUDENBERG Mechanical Engineer and ADOLPH TIMPE Leather Bag
Manufacturer both of the City of Manchester in the County of Lancaster "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN LOCKS OR FASTENINGS FOR HAND OR TRAVELLING BAGS."
This Invention relates to hand or travelling bags and has for its object to secure
more simple and safe locking arrangement and to facilitate and improve the
fitting up of the bag and of its fastening or lock.
In carrying out our Invention we employ a central lock or fastening and two
side bolts operated by the locking or fastening mechanism, which bolts engage in
two staples near the bend of the top of the bag frame so that by one netion the bag
is securely fastened at the contro and near the ends and by turning the key all the
Fastenings are locked.
In order that our Invention may be more readily understood and carried into
practical effect we have hereunto annexed a sheet of Drawings illustrative of the

page_text: Invention and will now proceed to describe the same reference being had to such
Drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon :—
Fig: 1 is a longitudinal section-Fig 2 a plan showing the improvements and
Fig 3 is a longitudinal section and Fig: 4 a plan showing a modified arrangement.
The folding or top portion of the frame of the bag consists of two parts A and B
which on being brought together close the bag one of these parts a carries the
lock and bolts while the other part 6 carries the hooks or staples c. c which
engage with the lock or with the side bolts d. d. The fastening consists of a
casing e which encloses the two small bolts d. d one at each end of the casing.
These small bolts are provided with springs f. f. which keep them constantly forced
in opposite directions but they may be pressed toward the centre of the casing
either by the action of the finger and thnmb in the example shewn in Figs 3 and 4
or in the example shewn in Figs 1 and 2 by giving the key hole stud g a quarter
turn and then depressing it. In the arrangement illustrated in Figs 1 and 2 the
key hole stud y carries a short pin which works in an L slot h in the top part i
of the lock casing. The key hole stud g is free to move in a circular or vertical
direction within the part i the motion however being limited by the L slot h in
which the pin works. The stud 9 passes within the lock, through the plate
below which it terminates in a slight tango-At the point where the stud passes
through the plate it is reduced in diameter and the plate being between the
shoulder thus formed and the flange the circular motion of the stud is lost but its
vertical motion is imparted to the plate. At the outer ends of the plato / it is
enlarged and slotted out for the reception of the slotted ends r. r of the levers o. o.
through the enlarged portions of the plate pius are rivetted, these pins engage
with the slotted heads r. . of the levers o. o. The levers o. o work upon the
pins p. p. which are fixed in the casing e, the outer ends of the levers at 8. 8 are
rounded so as to form knuckle joints between the levers and the bolts the latter
being provided with semi circular recesses for the reception of the rounded portions
of the levers.
The action of the fastening is as follows. The bag being supposed to be locked
the key t is inserted and the fastening is unlocked. The key being withdrawn,
the stud is turned until the pin occupies the position in the slot shown in
Fig: 1. This being then depressed its downward motion is communicated to tho
plate This downward motion is translated by means of the lovers o. o. and the
knuckle joint S into a horizontal motion in the bolts d. d which are thus
withdrawn from the staples c. c when the bag may be opened.
The locking arrangement consists of a bar u having two vertical projections v. v
the bar being held in its place at the back of the lock by the spring x. The back
part of the plate has formed in it two recesses which adimit the projections v. v
and allow the plate 7 to move vertically when the fastening is unlocked. The key
when turned in the lock slides the bar and its projections into a fresh position
where the projections encounter the solid part of the plate and thus prevent its
vertical motion.
To conceal the slot / from view and to protect the fastening a hollow cover
plate y is rivetted to the frame a.
In the arrangement shown in Figs 3 and 4 a casing 1 carrying the studs 2. 2.
are fixed outside the frame a of the bag. Within the frame and immediately below
the casing is secured the lock 4 and therein the bolts d. d. The box containing
the lock is provided with slots for the passage of hooks on the other portion of the
frame, and with other slots for the passage of the bolts d. d. Within the box aro
two sliding pieces so formed that they shall engage the hooks and having formed
upon their upper surfaces pins or projections 3. 3 which pass upward through the
frame a into recesses formed in the studs 2. 2 so that when these studs are pressed
together by the finger and thumb, the sliding pieces in the lock partake in their
motion and the hooks are disengaged. In the lower portion of the box below the
sliding pieces are recesses for the bolts d. d. which pass in opposite directions
through the ends of the box. When the studs 2. 2 are pressed together these side

page_text: bolts are also withdrawn from their staples by the consequent action of the sliding
pieces to which they are secured.
The locking motion of the arrangement shown in Figs 3 and 4 consists of a
small block which fills a space provided between the inner ends of the sliding
pieces when the bag is locked and thus prevents the motion of these pieces and of
the bolts d. d. By the turning of the key t in the lock the stop block is brought
nearer to the centre of the lock where the sliding pieces are recessed so as to allow
their free to and fro motion. The top of the lock box is provided with a
projection 5 which passes through the outer portion of the frame and the outer
casing and through this projection the keyway is cut-The outer casing surrounds
and covers the key projection 5 and the pins 3. 3 and is as well as the lock box
rivetted to the frame a.
The ends of the bolts d. d are bevelled in order that they may slide into the
staples and the faces of the hooks are also bevilled so that the act of closing also
fastens the bag.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention and the manner in which the
samme may be performed we desire it to be understood that we do not limit
ourselves to the precise details shown and described as the same may be varied
without departing from the nature of our Invention, but that we claim for the
purposes hereinbefore set forth :
First: The combination of the slide bolts d. d and the locking arrangement
substantially as set forth and described and illustrated on the accompanying sheet
of drawings in Figs 1 and 2.
Second The movable key hole stud g with its pin working in a L alot.
Third The levers o. o for the purpose of translating the vertical motion of
the key hole stud into horizontal motion in the side bolts, substantially as set
forth and described and illustrated on the accompanying sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof I the said Arnold Budenberg on my own bohalf and on
behalf of the said Adolph Timpè have hereunto set my hand and seal this
thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty two,