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Year: 1885

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I HENRY HERMAN CHILTON, of 28 Saint Mark's Road, Wolverhampton in the
County of Stafford, Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"A NEW FASTENING FOR TRUNKS, BONNET, DEED AND CASH BOXES; ALSO
APPLICABLE TO OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
I will first describe my invention as applied to an ordinary sheet iron travelling
trunk, when its application to the other kinds of boxes mentioned will be obvious.
To the wire running round the lid of the trunk, I hinge a short plate of any
suitable width, (say about one-and-a-half or two inches) bearing, at its upper end,
a small lock, and having its lower end (that, namely, which extends below the
aforesaid wire when the plate is in position against the lid, as I shall describe
below,) bent outwards from the lid into the shape of a hook. It is usual to
construct sheet iron trunks with a horizontal moulding running round the upper
part of the body, on which moulding the lid rests when the trunk is closed. "On
the top side of this moulding, and exactly opposite to the lower or hooked end of
the plate on the lid, cut a slot to be used in conjunction with the said lower or
hooked end of the plate, as I shall now explain.
When it is desired to fasten the trunk, the lid is shut down, and, simultaneously,
the lower or hooked end of the plate is passed through the slot in the moulding,
this operation being rendered easy on account of the fact that the plate turns freely
on the wire in the lid. The upper end of the plate is then pushed back against
the lid, where the lock already spoken of is received in a slot cut in the lid for that
purpose, and is securely locked in that position. The action of pushing back the
upper end of the plate against the trunk lid, forces the lower or hooked end of the
plate tightly against the inside of the moulding, and thus secures the lid. In
opening the trunk the lock on the upper end of the plate is first unlocked, and the
upper end of the plate is then drawn forward. The plate thus turns upon the wire
running through it, and the lower or hooked end is by this means moved inwards,
and thus disengages itself from the moulding of the trunk; when the lid can be
lifted.
In cases where boxes are made without the moulding above described, a suitable
catch or projection must be fixed inside the body of the box, to engage the above
mentioned lower or hooked end of the plate.

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I HENRY HERMAN CHILTON, late of 28 Saint Marks Road, Wolverhampton in
the County of Stafford, but now of 35 Merridale Road in the same town, clerk, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for "A NEW FASTENING FOR TRUNKS,
BONNET, DEED AND CASH BOXES; ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES,"
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
I will describe my invention as applied to an ordinary sheet iron travelling
trunk, when its application to bonnet, deed and cash boxes, and similar articles,
will be obvious.
To the wire in the front part of the lid of the trunk, I hinge a short plate of any
suitable width, bearing at its upper eud a small lock and having its lower end
(that, namely, which extends below the aforesaid wire when the plate is in position
against the lid as I shall describe below) bent outwards from the lid into the shape
of a hook. It is usual to construct sheet iron trunks with a horizontal moulding
running round the upper part of the body, on which moulding the lid rests when
the trunk is closed. On the top side of this moulding, and exactly opposite to the
lower or hooked end of the plate on the lid, I cut a slot to be used in conjunction
with the said lower or hooked end of the plate, as I shall now explain.
When it is desired to fasten the trunk, the lid is shut down, and, simultaneously,
the lower or hooked end of the plate is passed through the slot in the moulding,
this operation being rendered easy on account of the fact that the plate turns freely
on the wire of the lid. The upper end of the plate is then pushed back against the
lid, where the lock already spoken of is received in a slot cut in the lid for that
purpose, and securely locked in that position. The action of pushing back the
upper end of the plate against the trunk lid forces the lower or hooked end of the
plate tightly against the inside of the moulding, and thus secures the lid.
In opening the trunk, the lock on the upper end of the plate is first unlocked,
and the upper end of the plate is then drawn forward. The plate thus turns upon
the wire running through it, and the lower or hooked end is by this means moved
inwards, and thus disengages itself from the moulding of the trunk, when the lid
can be lifted.
Instead of carrying the lock upon the upper end of the plate, it may be fixed on
the lid, and the plate may carry a loop or loops like those on the hasp of an
ordinary trunk lock, and be secured in the usual manner.
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A series of hooks similar to the lower or hooked end of the plate, may be
arranged on the wire of the lid in such a manner as to pass through a corresponding
series of slots in the moulding when the lower or hooked end of the plate is passed
through its slot. In this case the hooks and the plate would have to be fixed to
the wire, which should be made to turn easily.
Where boxes are made without the moulding above described, a suitable catch or
projection must be fixed inside the body of the box to engage the lower or hooked
end of the plate.
Having thus stated the nature of my invention, I will now proceed to describe
the same more particularly in reference to the accompanying drawings. The same
letters occurring in different figures indicate the same or corresponding parts.

page_text: Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention, and figures 2 and 3 are sections on
line A B of figure 1. C is a short plate of any suitable size, hinged on the wire D
of the lid G of the trunk. E is a lock on the upper end of the plate C, of which
F is the lower or hooked end. A hole K is cut in the lid of the trunk to receive
the lock E. H is the moulding on the body of the trunk, and J is the hole or slot
cut in the moulding H to admit of the passage of F the lower or hooked end of the
plate C. Figures 1 and 2 shew the fastening closed, the lower or hooked end F of
the plate C having been passed through the hole or slot J, before the plate C was
pushed back into its position against the lid of the trunk, and having then been
secured against the underside of the moulding by the locking of the lock E into
the lid. When it is desired to lift the lid, the lock is first unlocked, when the
plate C can be brought into the position shewn in figure 3. The lower or hooked
end F of the plate C is then disengaged from the inside of the moulding H, and the
lid can be raised.
Figures 4, 5 and 6 are illustrations of my invention corresponding to those
already described, but in them the lock E is shewn fixed on the lid instead of being
carried on the upper end of the plate C. In either case a spring or springs may be
arranged in any suitable manner to throw the plate C into the position shewn by
figures 3 and 6, automatically; but in practise it will be found that the elasticity
of lid and moulding is sufficient to render any such device superfluous.
Figures 7, 8 and 9 shew a modification of my invention which may sometimes
be found convenient. The shape of the plate, C is in this case slightly altered, the
part F being arranged so as to catch against the rim L of the body, instead of
catching against the moulding H: while the other part is of a shape which admits
of its being locked into the lock E on the body of the box. The views are disposed
similarly to those illustrating the previous modification, figure 7 being a front
elevation, and figures 8 and 9 sections on line A B of figure 7. Figures 7 and 8
shew the fastening closed. If it is desired to lift the lid of the trunk the lock is
first unlocked when the plate C can be brought into the position shewn by figure 9.
The part F of the plate C is thus disengaged from the rim L and the lid can be
raised.
Figure 10 is a front elevation of another modification of my invention. Here
two hooks FF1 are shewn upon the wire D. The hooks F¹ F' are exactly similar
to the lower or hooked end F of the plate C; and both the hooks F1 F1 and the
plate C are fixed in this instance to the wire D. When the plate C, therefore, is
closed into the lock E or brought forward to allow of the lid being raised, the
hooks F¹ F¹ and the lower or hooked end F of the plate are simultaneously moved
against the inside of the moulding H, or disengaged therefrom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
The method of securing the lids of travelling trunks and similar articles by
means of a hook or hooks, (F and F¹) hinged on the wire of the lid, or turning
thereon, such hook or hooks being held against the inside of the moulding, or
disengaged therefrom, substantially in the manner herein described or in any other
convenient way.