An Improved Fastening for Bags, Portmanteaus, and the like.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 16th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 20th Jan., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for Bags, Portmanteaus, and the like.
We, ARTHUR BARBER of 20 Manchester Road, Bradford, Portmanteau Maker, and
GEORGE WALKER of 21 Saint Pauls Road, Manningham Bradford (both in the
County of York) Outfitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention consists in an automatic locking device which comes into operation
when the bag or portmanteau is suspended by its handle.
To carry out this invention the lugs (by means of which the handle is attached to
the frame of the bag) are formed hollow, and in each of these lugs is fitted a small
sliding bolt. From the bottom of each of these sliding bolts projects a strong flat
pin or stud which when brought into operation engages in notches or slots formed in
the two frames of the bag thereby locking them together.
In order to bring the sliding bolts into operation one of the ends of the bolt is
turned upwards forming a hook which is engaged by means of a pin passing through
each lug and moving in a horizontal slot formed in the lug.
The pin referred to is that which is ordinarily employed to fasten the handle to
the bag.
When the sliding bolts have been drawn into locking position by raising or putting
strain upon the handle, the pin which engaged the sliding bolt passes up into a vertical
slot clear of the bolt and the bag remains locked, until the ends of the handle are
pressed outwards thereby releasing the bolts.
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WM. JAS. BAKER,
Town Hall Chambers, Bradford,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: An Improved Fastening for Bags, Portmanteaus, and the like.
We, ARTHUR BARBER of 20, Manchester Road, Bradford, Portmanteau Maker, and
GEORGE WALKER of 21, Saint Paul's Road, Manningham, Bradford, (both in the
County of York), Outfitter 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 :-
Our invention consists in an automatic locking device which comes into operation
when the bag or portmanteau is suspended by its handle.
To carry out this invention the lugs (by means of which the handle is attached to
the frame of the bag) are formed hollow, and in each of these lugs is fitted a small
sliding bolt. From the bottom of each of these sliding bolts projects a strong flat
pin or stud, which when brought into operation engages in notches or slots formed in
the two frames of the bag thereby locking them together.
In order to bring the sliding bolts into operation one of the ends of the bolt is
turned upwards forming a hook which is engaged by means of a pin passing through
each lug and moving in a horizontal slot formed in the lug, or we may form or fix a
short stud to the under side of this pin, one end of which stud fits into a slot formed
in the sliding bolt. The pin referred to is that which is ordinarily employed to fasten
the handle to the bag.
When the sliding bolts have been drawn into locking position by raising or putting
strain upon the handle, the pin which engaged the sliding bolt passes up into a
vertical slot clear of the bolt and the bag remains locked until the ends of the handle
are pressed outwards, thereby releasing the bolts.
When it is necessary to employ more than two of these fastenings, we fit one end
of a small horizontal rod to the Hat pin or stud herein before mentioned, to the other
end of this rod is fixed a similar flat pin or stud, which works in a guide secured to
the side frame in such a manner that when the stud or pin operated by the handle is
engaged in the notch or slot, the other pin or stud will be in a similar position.
In order to enable our invention to be fully understood, we will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 represents a
side elevation of one of our improved fasteners, showing the position when secured.
Figure 2 represents a section of the same. Figure 3 represents an end elevation of
our improved fastener, partly in section, and Figure 4 represents a side elevation,
partly in section, of our improved fastener showing the position when open.
Similar letters refer to similar parts in all the figures.
The side frame of the bag is represented at A to the top side of which is fixed the
lug B by means of the screws and nuts C, such lugs B having L shaped slots D
formed in the sides, through which slots passes the pin E formed to the ring F to
which is fixed the handle G. When the handle is released the pin E falls down into
the recess H formed in the sliding bolt J, which bolt J can then be adjusted to the
position shown in Figure 4. The Hat pin or stud is then released from the notch or

page_text: slot K fixed to the other side frame. When it is necessary to fasten the bag, the
handle is raised, the pin E is thereby caused to travel horizontally towards the top of
the shaped slots D, such pin E carrying the sliding bolt J, with the flat pin or
stud L with it, which pin or stud L thereby becomes engaged with the notch or
slot K. The flat spring M is for the purpose of keeping the sliding bolt J in a
suitable position whilst being adjusted.
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:-
1. The general arrangement of a fastener for bags, portmanteaus and the like,
particularly as described and represented in the accompanying drawings.
2. In fastenings for bags, portmanteaus and the like, the lugs B formed hollow,
having slots D formed on their sides, in combination with the sliding bolt J actuated
by means of the pin E for the purpose particularly as described and represented in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Fifteenth day of December 1887
FRANK JAS. WALWORTH,
Town Hall Chambers,
72, New Market Street, Bradford,
Agent for the Applicants.