Year: 1896

page_text: I, RUSSELL THOMAS SHELLEY, of 207 Hallock Avenue, New Haven, Conn., U.S.A.,
Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This my invention relates to an improved lock, more especially applicable for use
in connection with boxes, trunks and the like; but which can also be used for
securing doors, shutters and other articles where an ordinary lock can be employed.
The object of the invention is to provide means whereby the strain which may be
applied to the lid of a box or a locked door or the like is distributed over a larger
surface instead of being taken by the small portion of the lid or door to which the
hasp or the like with which the bolt of an ordinary lock engages, is secured, and
which frequently breaks away when force is applied.
By this invention, I employ a preferably rectangular casing, similar to that of an
ordinary lock, and which is attached to the inside of a box, door or the like prefer-
ably midway the length thereof. A bolt, consisting of a har of metal, is mounted to
reciprocate in the end walls of the casing, and is bent near its middle portion so that
one end is continued in a horizontal plane whilst its other end is bent upon itself and
brought up into alignment with the opposite end of the bolt. A spiral spring is
contained within the casing and has one end attached thereto and its other end
secured to the bolt; the tendency of the spring being to keep the bolt in that position
in which it engages the eyes of plates hereinafter described. A lug depends from
the bolt and is adapted to be engaged by a key inserted into the casing in the usual
manner.
Two or more suitable plates are secured to the meeting edges of the body and lid
of the box or a door and its frame, and have registering eyes which are adapted to
be engaged by the respective ends of the bolt.
Dated this 5th day of June 1896.
PERCY R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicant.
I, RUSSELL THOMAS SHELLEY, of 207 Hallock Avenue, New Haven, Conn., U.S.A.,
Inventor,. 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 certain new and useful improvements in, and especially
to a hinge lock for trunks, chests etc.; and it consists in the provision of a spring
actuated bolt, which is held to the inside of the trunk or chest and forms at each end

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hinge lock, which securely strengthens the cover, and which may be readily
unlocked by means of a key, which is adapted to slide the bolt longitudinally.
To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain, the same consists
further in the novel construction, combination, and adaption of the parts, as will be
hereinafter more fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.
I clearly illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, which, with the
letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which
drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views
in which―
Figure 1 is a sectional view through a trunk, shewing the lock applied thereto.
Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view through the trunk and lock.
Fig. 3 is a detail view of the sliding bolt, shewing the lug against which the
key bears to unlock the lock.
Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A, designates
the body portion of a trunk on chest, and B, the cover hinged thereto.
Secured to the inside of the front, wall of the trunk near its top are the plates C, C,
having each two eyes D. Mounted in the casing E secured to the said inside front
wall of the trunk is a sliding bolt G having one of its ends bent into a hook K, each
end of which bolt is adapted to register with the eyes of the plates C. Secured to
the inner edge of the cover are the eyes L, which, when the cover is closed, rest
between the eyes of the plates C, so that the apertures in the three. eyes on each
side will register. On the lower or under side of the said bolt, at a location substan-
tially in its middle, is the lug R, which extends down in the path of the key, which
may be inserted in the keyhole in the front wall of the trunk. On the upper side of
the bolt is an eye S in which one end of a spring U is secured the other end being
fastened to the inner end of the casing, whereby the bolt is kept in a locking relation
in the eyes of the plates C.
When it is desired to lock the trunk, the key is inserted and turns against the lug
ou the bolt which causes it to slide through the eyes D, thus allowing the cover to
be closed and the eyes carried thereon to register between the eyes D, and when the
pressure is released from the key the ends of the bolt, under the tension of the spring,
will pass through the three eyes on each side of the centre of the box and securely
lock the cover to the body portion, thus forming a hinge lock, and which will prevent
any lateral or lengthwise movement to the cover.
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
A lock for trunks, chests, etc., consisting of a bolt G mounted in the end walls of
a casing E, the said bolt bent, near its middle portion and continued in a horizontal
plane, its end being bent upon itself and in alignment with the opposite end of the bolt,
combined with the plates C and D secured to the meeting edges of the trunk
body and cover, and having registering eyes adapted to be engaged by the
ends of the said bolt, a spring U having one end secured to the end of the casing
and its other end to a hook on the bolt, and a lug R against which a key may bear to
cause the bolt to lock and unlock, substantially as shewn and described.
TERCY R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicant.