New or Improved Fastening for Boxes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 5th Nov., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Fastening for Boxes.
I, JAKOB ALTHOFF, of Gudensberg, near Cassel, in the Empire of Germany,
Machine-locksmith, 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 a new or improved fastening for boxes which is
extremely simple, well adapted to its purpose, and cheap.
The fastening is formed of certain attachments part of which are fixed to the
lid and part to the front of the box. The fixing of the attachments
is effected by making them pointed at their ends, passing the pointed
parts through the front or lid of the box, and then bending or clinching them over
inside the box or lid. The attachments may also be fixed by means of clamps,
hooks, or holdfasts which encompass or surround the attachments and are preferably
made pointed and fixed to the box front or lid in the same way as above described
for the attachments themselves.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a box pro-
vided with fastenings constructed in accordance with my invention, Figures 1,1",
and 1° separate views of parts shown in Figure 1, Figure 2 a side view of the same
box, and Figure 2^ a separate view of a part shown in Figure 2.
The attachment secured to the lid of the box consists of a flat piece of iron b
fixed to the lid n in the manner above described, and bent slightly upwards at
the front end so as to form a kind of spring or more or less elastic or flexible part,
then downwards following the front surface of the box and terminates in an
upwardly bent hook a. Two attachments cd are secured to the front of the box,
one on each side of the hook a; that marked c at one side of the hook a terminat-
ing at its upper end in a loop or eye c forming a hinge-like point of attachment
for the hook f, which engages with the hooked end a of the attachment b. The
attachment marked d at the other side of the hook a has engaging in a hinge-
like loop or eye g formed therein a movable link h, which can be hooked on to the
hook engaging with the hook a of the attachment 6 when the said hook f is
pressed somewhat downwards, which it can be by reason of flexible or elastic
nature of the attachment b. In this position a second loop or eye i connected with
the loop
stands opposite the eye h so that a lead seal, a padlock or other suit-
able locking device can be passed through both to prevent the fastening being
tampered with. The opening of the fastening is effected by pressing the hook f
slightly downwards, and removing or unhooking the eye or loop h therefrom. On
the other hand the closing of the fastening is effected by the reverse operation,
that is to say by pressing the hook f downwards and hooking the eye or loop h
on to it.
When the above described fastening is used the lid n must be hinged at its rear
edge to the box, and this may be advantageously effected by means of hinge attach-
ments consisting of bars fixed to the back and lid of the box preferably in the
manner hereinbefore described by bending or clinching and connected together

page_text: by eyes or loops k as shewn. The corners of the box may be protected by sheet
iron angle pieces, the upper of which, m, may preferably project somewhat above
the sides or ends of the box so as to form a guide for the lid n when the latter is
shut down.
These fastenings can be adapted to any size of box.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
A fastening for boxes with a hinged lid n which consists of a flat iron yielding
attachment b secured on the lid n and extending forward and down in front of
the box where it ends in a hook a, a cross hook f pivotted to the front of the box,
and adapted to engage with the hook a, the said cross hook being secured by means
of a movable eye h, also hinged to the front of the box, and which, in the closed
or locked position of the fastening, can be connected by a lead seal, padlock, or
other locking device to an adjacent eye or loop i, substantially as described.
D
11
100
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+3 1000
OCOT ILI TO
J. ALTHOFF,
Per W. H. Beck,
Agent, 115, Cannon. Street, London, E.C.