Improvements in Fastenings for Bags or Receptacles of Various kinds.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 17th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 3rd Feb.; 1888.
Improvements in Fastenings for Bags or Receptacles of Various
kinds.
We, DUNCAN GRAHAM, of 116 Union Street, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Bag and Portmanteau Manufacturer, and JAMES YOUNG FULTON, of
279 Cumberland Street, Glasgow aforesaid, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature
of this Invention to be as follows, that is to say :—
This Invention has for its object, to render bags or receptacles of various kinds
more secure against thieves, by combining with the handles or corresponding parts,
improved locking devices depending on the positions of those parts but allowing the.
bags or receptacles to be closed without special special manipulation in whatever
positions the parts may be.
In carrying out the Invention, in the case for example of a lady's hand bag, the
mounting or metal end piece of the flexible loop-like handle is jointed to a hollow lug
or projection fixed or formed on one of the mouth frames of the bag; and within the
hollow lug the handle end piece has on it a curved incline or wedge which is arranged
to act on a projection or turned-up end on a narrow sliding piece or bolt which
extends under cover to the usual lock or fastening at the middle of the bag mouth.
A small spring is connected to the sliding piece or bolt tending to move it into the
locking position; and when not drawn to the side by the handle cud piece this sliding.
piece or bolt engages in a notch in the tongue which is fixed to one side of the bag
mouth and is inserted into the lock when closing the bag. The lock is made with the
usual spring bolt and any suitable unlocking device; and the tongue which is bevilled.
on both sides pushes aside both bolts, which spring back into the notches in the sides
of the tongue as soon as it is pushed in far enough. With this arrangement whilst
one bolt can be withdrawn in the ordinary way the other can be withdrawn only. by
putting the handle in a particular position, namely in a turned down position the
wedge on the handle end piece then drawing back the sliding piece or bolt. When
the handle is turned up into the position it has when the bag is carried or suspended
by it, then the bag remains locked or fastened by the bolt connected to the handle even
if the ordinary bolt is withdrawn by means of the button or other part arranged to
act on it. Both of the handle end pieces may be arranged to act on the same sliding,
piece or bolt or on separate similar parts.

page_text: In the case of travelling or other large bags or receptacles the locking devices
connected with the handle end pieces instead of being combined with the middle
lock or fastening may be arranged to act on locks or fastenings further from the
middle than the handle ends themselves. Or one or each of the handle end pieces
may be arranged to act on a small spring latch projecting directly downwards
from it so as to engage with a tongue formed or fixed on the other mouth frame
opposite the handle end, the tongue being made with a bevilled point to push aside
the latch when the tongue enters the latch entering a notch in the side of the tongue
as soon as the tongue is pushed in far enough.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings for Bags or Receptacles of Various
kinds.
Wo, DUNCAN GRAHAM, of 116 Union Street. Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Bag and Portmanteau Manufacturer, and JAMES YOUNG FULTON, of
279 Cumberland Street, Glasgow, aforesaid, Mechanic, 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, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object, to render bags or receptacles of various kinds
more secure against thieves, by combining with the handles or corresponding parts
improved locking devices depending on the positions of those parts but allowing the
bags or receptacles to be closed without special manipulation in whatever positions the
parts may be.
In carrying out the Invention the metal end piece of the handle of the bag is
jointed to a hollow lug fixed or formed on one of the mouth frames, of the bag the
part of the end piece within the lug having on it a curved incline or wedge which
acts on the end of a bolt extending to the usual lock or fastening at the middle of the
bag mouth or to fastenings further from the middle than the handle ends themselves
or the handle end piece may act on a small latch projecting directly downwards from
it. The bolt or latch is provided with a spring which tends to move it into the
locking position. With this arrangement whilst the usual bolt or fastening can be
withdrawn in the ordinary way the other can be withdrawn only by turning down
the handle the wedge then withdrawing the bolt or latch froin the tongue which is
fixed to one side of the bag mouth. When the handle is turned up into the position

page_text: it has when the bag is carried or suspended by it, then the bag remains locked or
fastened by the bolt or latch connected to the handle even if the ordinary bolt is
withdrawn by means of the button or other part arranged to act on it. Both of the
handle end pieces may be arranged to act on the same sliding bolt or latch or on
separate similar parts.
And in order that the said Invention and the manner of performing the same may
be properly understood we hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings to be
hereinafter referred to and showing examples of our improved fastenings and slight
variations in the details. In these drawings the same reference numerals and letters
are used to mark the same or like parts wherever they are repeated.
Figure, 1, is a sectional side elevation figure, 2, a sectional end elevation, and
figure, 3, a sectional plan of parts of the mouth frame of a bag with the fastening as
applied on the top and in connection with the usual lock. Figures, 4, and 5, are
respectively a sectional side elevation and plan showing the fastening as applied on
the underside of the mouth frame. Figures, 6, and 7, are similar views showing the
fastening as extending outwards from the handle end. Figures, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12,
will be hereinafter referred to.
In the modification shown in figures, 1, 2, 3, which is very suitable for a lady's
hand bag or other small receptacle the lower end of the mountings or metal end
pieces, 13, 14, of the flexible loop-like handle, 15, which are made disc shaped are
entered through a slot into and centered on a pin, 16, in hollow lugs or projections, 17,
which in this case are in a piece with the usual lock or fastening, 18, at the middle of
the bag mouth, these parts, 17, 18, being fixed by pins to one, 19, of the mouth
frames, 19, 20, of the bag. The disc-shaped part of one, 13, of the handle end pieces
has on it a curved incline or wedge, 21, which is arranged to act on a projection, p,
or turned-up end on a narrow sliding piece or bolt, 22, which extends to the usual
lock, 18, at the middle of the bag mouth under cover of the part connecting the
hollow lug, 17, with the lock, 18. A small spring, 23, is connected to the ordinary
bolt, 25, of the lock, 18, as well as to the bolt, 22, and tends to move both bolts into
the locking position; and when not drawn to the side by the handle end piece, 13,
the locking end or bit, q, of the bolt, 22, engages in a notch, in the tongue, 24,
which is fixed to the other mouth frame, 20, of the bag and is inserted into the
lock, 18, when closing the bag. The lock is made with the usual spring bolt, 25,
and with a well known unlocking device, and the tongue, 24, which is bevilled on
both sides pushes aside both bolts, 22, 25, these, however. springing back into the
notches in the sides of the tongue, 24, as soon as it is pushed in far enough. The
usual spring bolt, 25, can be withdrawn in the ordinary way without permitting the
bag to be opened the locking bit, y, of the other bolt, 22, still remaining in the notch
in the side of the tongue, 24, and this bolt, 22, can be withdrawn only by putting the
handle, 15, in a particular position, namely in a turned down position as shown in
figure, 2, the wedge, 21, then drawing back the bolt, 22. This bolt, 22, instantly
resumes the locking position on the handle, 15, being turned up into the position it
has when the bag is carried or supported by it.
In the modification shown in figures, 4, and 5, the sliding bolt, 22, also extends to
the usual latch, 18, at the middle of the bag but on the underside of the mouth
frame, 19, instead of on the top as in the modification just described. It is enclosed
by a thin metal cover, 26, and a separate spring, 23, to move the bolt, 22, into its
locking position is applied being attached to a small hook at one end of the bolt.
The hollow lugs, 17, of which only one is shown and the lock, 18, are also in this case
made separate.
Figures, 6, and 7, show a modification very suitable for travelling or other large
bags or receptacles, one hollow lug, 17, and accompanying locking devices only being
shown. These devices instead of being combined with the middle lock or fastening, 18,
are arranged to act on locks or fastenings further from the middle than the handle
ends (13, 14) themselves.
Figure, 8, is a plan of the bolt, 22, showing the spring, 23, which tends to keep it
in its locking position as working in a slot in the bolt, 22, itself.

page_text: Figure, is a sectional elevation of the hollow lug, 17, and shows the application
of a helical compression spring, 23, placed on the pin, 16, so as to act on the
projection, p, of the bolt, 22. the action being the same as in previous modifications.
Or the spring, 23, may be entirely dispensed with the bolt, 22, being withdrawn from
and moved into its locking position by two cams, 21, formed on opposite sides of the
disc-shaped part of each handle end piece (13, 14) and acting alternately on two
projections, p, formed on the bolt, 22, in this modification as shown in figure, 10. Or
the disc-shaped part of each handle end piece (13, 14) may be arranged to act through
the cam, 21, on a small spring latch, 27, projecting directly downwards from it so as
to engage with a tongue, (24) formed or fixed on the other mouth frame (20) opposite
the handle end as shown in figures, 11, and 12, the tongue being made with a bevilled
point to push asido the latch, 27, when the tongue enters, and the latch, 27, entering
a notch in the side of the tongue as soon as the tongue is pushed in far enough.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what inanner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1-A fastening for a bag consisting of a locking bolt fitted to slide or move in or
upon one mouth frame of the bag and to engage with a notched or hooked tongue
upon the other mouth frame, the said bolt being actet on for opening by a laterally
acting circular cam or wedge which is turned by turning down the handle of the bag
tho fastening remaining locked by the action of a spring or of a reversed cam or
wedge as long as the handle is in the turned-up position for carrying the bag; and
the said fastening being combined with a common bag lock at the middle of the
mouth frane, substantially as herein before described.
2-The modified fastening suitable for large bags in which a lateraily acting cam or
wedge is combined with a bolt extending towards the outer end of the mouth frame
substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to figures, 6, to 10, of the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this Sixteenth day of January 1888.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicants' Agent.