IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR FASTENING OR LOCKING TRAVELLING BAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES."
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Léon Delair, and Théophile Lyon Alemand, both of 25,
Castle Street, Falcon Square, in the City of London, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR FASTENING OR
LOCKING TRAVELLING BAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Léon Delair and Théophile
Lyon Alemand at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th
March 1877.
LÉON DELAIR, and THEOPHILE LYON ALEMAND, both of 25, Castle Street,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF
Falcon Square, in. the City of London.
AND APPARATUS FOR FASTENING OR LOCKING TRAVELLING BAGS AND SIMILAR
ARTICLES."
This Invention relates to a novel mode of fastening or locking travelling or other
bags; for use as padlocks, and for various similar purposes.
In adapting this species of lock to bags the object has been to so' construct it that
whilst fastening the bag it also forms its handle. It is of simple construction, solid
and durable, and free from deterioration.
The handle, properly so called, is formed of a cylindrical rod bent at its ends, and
in form of a parallelogram, or any other suitable shape; each end is movable and
turns on a screw, hinge, or some equivalent arrangement, to facilitate its adjustment
to the bag as will be hereafter explained; one end is furnished with a hollow
metallic muffle fixed loose at this part and capable of sliding in a groove, or by a
spring, so that when locked it unites the two ends within it.
The lock, which is arranged inside the hollow muffle, consists of a small bolt
turned by a key, and which pressing against the spring catches in a notch made on
a movable metal piece with which the spring is in connection. The two movable
ends are screwed into a metal plate fixed inside the bag on one of the rims of the
frame, which in this case are both made with flat surfaces and box, one within the
other. Having thus fixed the lock, the two hinged or swivel parts are turned so as
to meet the muffle which closes over the ends, and the bag is locked by the key.
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page_text: In unlocking the reverse operation is performed. This same arrangement of fastening,
dispensing with the metal plate and forming the lock of a single piece, one end only
jointed, serves as a padlock by passing it through staples or rings fixed in the door
and post.
Another arrangement of fastening on the same principle is as follows:-The two
ends of the fastening are fixed by screws or otherwise to a metal plate fixed to the
under frame of the bag by means of a screw or rivet head, a slot being made in the
centre of the plate to allow it to slide backwards and forwards; the two ends of
the lock move on hinges, so that they can be raised and lowered.
The upper band of the frame of the bag has two shaped slots cut on it to
admit the ends or sides of the lock, and allow them to be drawn (by means of the
bottom plate which bears them) to one side, when the frame is perfectly closed; the
hinged ends are then united, and the muffle, which .moves by means of a screw
thread cut on the ends, connects and closes them; the bag can then be locked as
usual. In opening, these movements are reversed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Léon Delair and Théophile Lyon Alemand in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 22nd September 1877.
LÉON DELAIR and THEOPHILE LYON ALEMAND, both of 25, Castle Street,
Falcon Square, in the City of London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF
AND APPARATUS FOR FASTENING OR LOCKING TRAVELLING BAGS AND SIMILAR
ARTICLES."
This Invention relates to a novel mode of fastening or locking travelling or
other bags for use as padlocks, and for-various similar purposes.
In adapting this species of lock to bags the object has been to so construct it that
whilst fastening the bag it also forms its handle. It is of simple construction, solid
and durable, and free from deterioration.
In the accompanying Drawings Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent the first two, a bag
handle, and the others a padlock; Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, are details of the lock; and
Fig. 11 the key.
The handle, properly so called, is formed of a cylindrical rod bent at its ends, and
in form of a parallelogram, or any other suitable shape; each end b, b¹, is movable,
and turns on a screw hinge, or some equivalent arrangement, to facilitate its
adjustment to the bag, as will be hereafter explained; one end b is furnished
with a hollow metallic muffle c, fixed loose at this part, and capable of sliding
in a groove or by a spring d, so that when locked it unites the two ends with it.
The lock e, which is arranged inside the hollow muffle c, consists of a small
bolt turned by a key g, and which pressing against the spring c catches in a
notch made on a movable metal piece i with which the spring is in con-
nection. The two movable ends are screwed into a metal plate fixed inside the
bag on one of the rims of the frame, which in this case are both made with
flat surfaces and box, one within the other; having thus fixed the lock, the
two hinged or swivel parts b, b¹, are turned so as to meet the muffle c, which
closes over the ends, and the bag is locked by the key g, Fig. 11. In unlock-
ing the reverse operation is perforined. This same arrangement of fastening
dispensing with the metal plate and forming the lock of a single piece, one
end k, only jointed, serves as a padlock by passing it through staples or rings
fixed in the door and post
Another arrangement of bag fastening on the same principle is as follows:-The
two ends of the fastening are fixed by screws or otherwise to a metal plate fixed to
the under frame of the bag by means of a screw or rivet-head, a slot being made in

page_text: the centre of the plate to allow it to slide backwards and forwards; the two ends of
the lock inove on hinges so that they can be raised and lowered.
The upper band of the frame of the bag has two shaped slots cut on it to admit
the ends or sides of the lock or handle and allow them to be drawn by means of the
bottom plate (which bears them) to one side, when the frame is perfectly closed;
the hinged ends are then united, and the muffle which moves by means of a screw
thread cut on the ends, connects and closes them; the bag can then be locked as
usual. In opening, these movements are reversed.
A modification of the latter arrangement consists in connecting the two movable
ends b, b, as already mentioned, to the upper band c¹ of the bag frame by screw
heads, and by cutting away at d¹ a part of the metal on each side of the movable
branches b, b, of the handle, so that when turned in this manuer they can pass
through the narrow parts c¹ of two corresponding openings fl cut in the opposite
band g of the frame; this is represented by the Figures 12 and 13, and in Fig. 14
the parts b, b¹, are shown to be passed through the openings f¹; they are then turned
sideways and the bag it fastened, the muffle closing the two ends as before, and the
bag may then be locked.
A simplification of the lock consists in cutting one of the ends of the handle with
a slot, of the form indicated by the plan, Fig. 15, and side view, Fig. 16, a small
piece of metal being correspondingly shaped so as to turn by means of the key
and two projections; this small piece or bolt can then slide up to the slot by
drawing the muffle backwards, the spring assisting this movement and re-instating
the piece and closing it over the two ends of the branches b, 6', as before
described.
Although we have described a lock of the simplest description, and which is
admirably suited to the purpose, still we do not confine ourselves to its sole use, as
there are many locks that can be advantageously used.
In witness whereof, we, the said Léon Delair and
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Seventeenth day of September,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
THEOPHILE LYON ALEMAND. (L.S.)