US1273037A - Spring-fastener. - Google Patents

Description

J. CRANZLER.

SPRING FASTENER.

APPLICATION FiLED JULY 24, 917- 1 273,037 Patented July 16, 1918.

provide a JACOB GRANZLER, on NEW YORK, n. Y.-

SPRING-FASTENER.

v Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Julyie, 1918.

Application filed July 24, 1917 Serial No. 182,468.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it knownthat I, JAcoB GRANZLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring- Fasteners, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in spring fasteners.

The object of my invention is to provide a fastener more especially designed for suit cases, hand bags, boxes and the like, which has .only one part and secured to the case by a single bolt or rivet, whereby a great saving in labor and material in the manu facture and application of the device is obtained.

Another object of my invention is to simple and effective fastener of this character having certain details of structure and combination of parts hereinafter fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a suit case showing my fastener applied and in an unfastened position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastenor showing the clasp in its fastened position.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view'of a suit case showing the fastener applied and fastened.

Fi at is a plan view of a slightly modified orm. I

In the ordinary fastener for hand bags, suit cases and the like, it has been necessary to attach the fastener proper to the body of the suit case and to fasten a second proj ecting member to the flange of the cover to cooperate with the clasp of the fastener, which has required from five to seven bolts or rivets to securely fasten them to the case, which is expensive both in material and labor in manufacture and also expensive in the application of the same to the case. In my improvedfastener one bolt or rivet is all that is necessary to secure the same to the case and which is a great saving in material and labor and also a saving in labor in the application of the same to the case.

Referring now to the drawings 1 represents the base of my improved fastener 2 in which is arranged a spring 3 engaging the pivoted clasp & and adapted to exert a spring tension .on the clasp when in the position shown in Fig. 3 all of which is of the usual structure of suit case fasteners and needs no further description. The base 1 is provided with an opening 5 at its lower end through which passes which has a housing the rivet 6 for fastening the same to the side walls 7 of the body of; the suit case. The opposite end of the base is provided with a tongue 8 which has its outer end bent downwardly as indicated at 9 and spaced from the remainder of the tongue. This downwardly bent portion passes on the inside of the side walls 7' of the case 7 and provided with openings through which the rivet 8 passes and firmly holds the upper end of the base against outward movement as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings. The clasp 4 is provided with a downwardly extending tongue 10 having an inwardly turned lower end forming a stud 11 adapted to enter an opening in the flange of the suit case which I will now describe.

The cover 12 of the suit case has the usual flange 13 around the same adapted to pass on the outside of the side and end walls of the suit case 7 and over the tongue 8 of the fastener. The lower edges of the flange 13 opposite the fasteners are provided with openings 14 through which the inwardly extending stud 11 passes and by means of which the cover is held in the closed position. The opening 14: is of an elongated form and is preferably made in the application of the elongated eyelet 15 to the flange, which prevents the tongue pulling out through the leather or other material of which the case is made.

In the modification shown in Fig. 41 the base and the tongue 16 are made of the same width and the clasp 4 has a round stud 17 carried thereby and in which event a round eyelet 18 is secured in the flange of the cover to cooperate with the round stud 17. The operation of the fastener is the same in both forms, which is as follows:

The clasp is thrown in the position shown in Fi 3 the spring retaining the same with t e stud 11 through the eyelet and its inner end engaging the outer face of the tongue 8 whereby the cover is held against movement. To release the fastener, the

clasp is thrown downwardly withdrawing clasp carried by the plate and a lateral stud the stud from the eyelet allowing the cover carried by the clasp opposite the tongue to be opened. and extending through an opening in-the 15 Having thus described my invention, what cover of the receptacle contacting with the 5 I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettongue.

ters Patent, is:- V In testimony whereof, I affix my signa- In a flastener of thle character dlescriged, ture in the presence of two witnesses. the coin ination wit a receptac e, -'o a c v j plate, a tongue carried by one end of the V JACOB ORANZLER' 10 plate and extending upwardly o'ver the upw Witnesses:

per edge of the receptacle and embracing JOSEPH BUKowITz, the inner face of the receptacle, a pivoted AUG srrA PE K.

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