US843934A - Bag-fastener. - Google Patents

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No. 843,934. PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907. E, s. BRIOKSON & W. A. HEILMAN BAG FASTENEB.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD S. ERICKSON AND WILLIAM A. HEILMAN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCON SIN, ASSIGNORS TO ROMADKA BROTHERS COMPANY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

BAG-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD S. ERICK- SON and WILLIAM A. HEILMAN, residing in Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bag-Fasteners, of which the following is a description, reference being-had to the accompanying drawings, which are apart of this specification.

Our invention, has relation to an improved fastening for satchels, valises, traveling-bags, and the like.

In the usual form of fastenings for satchels and similar receptacles in addition to the central locking mechanism it is necessary in order to prevent the metallic frame members at the edges of the opening of the satchel from springing apart when the satchel is closed to provide a pivoted loop on each side of the central locking mechanism, the loops adapted to be turned down so'as to embrace the frame members, and thereby hold them securely against springing apart. This construction necessitates each time the satchelis closed the turning down of the pivoted loops in order to properly secure the satchel in its closed position, and likewise requires each time the satchel is opened the turning up of the pivoted loops.

It is, the object of our invention to provide an improved construction wherein the pivotcd loops are-dispensed with and the mere act of closing the satchel will cause the same to be secured not only at the central point, but also 011 each side of the center by the automatic operation of auxiliary fastenings, the members thereof located on the inner sides of the respective members of the metallic frame, and the releasing of the auxiliary fastenings being accomplished by operating the slide of the central locking mechanism, which simultaneously with the re leasing ,of the central locking mechanism causes the auxiliary fastenings to be released.

With the above primary object in view the invention consists of the devices and parts or their equivalents as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the frame of a satchel equipped with our improvements, the said frame being in longitudinal section, but the slide of the central locking mechanism being in full lines, the view looking at what may be termed the rear side of the frame. Big. 2 is an under view of the frame illustrated in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 4 and 5 indicate the frame members of the satchel, which are of right-angular contour in cross-section and are provided with depending legs which are pivoted together at their lower ends, as in the ordinary form of construction, so that the frame members may be swung toward or away from each other. By reason of the right-angular shape of the frame members each is necessarily formed with an inwardly-extending flange. The inwardly-extending flange of the member 4, however, is wider than the flange of member 5, and when the two members are brought together the wide flange of member 4 will overlap the more narrow flange of member 5. On the top and at the center of the flange of member 4 is located the usual central looking mechanism, which is contained within a casing 6. In this casing is fitted the slide 7, which is capable of limited longitudinal movement in said casing and projects upwardly out of the casing, so as to be in position to be operated by the hand. The slide carries within the casing the usual catches 8, (oneofsaid catches being shown in Fig. 1,) and these catches are adapted to be engaged by hooks (not shown) projecting inwardly from lugs upstanding from the frame memher 5, (said lugs and hooks also not being shown.) The said hooks are ada ted to enter slots cut through one side 0 the lockcasing in order to engage the catches. The slide is held in a normal osition by means of a coiled spring 9, and w en the frame members are brought together and the hooks re ferred to are forced through the slots of the lock-casing the slide is forced longitudinally in one direction by the action of the hooks against the catches,'and when the catches are fully inserted the said coiledsprin'g forces the slide back to normal position, so that the catches and hooks are in full locked engagement. When it is desired to release the hooks from the catches, so as to permit of the opening of the satchel, the slide is moved in one direction against the action of the coiled spring, when of course the hooks will be released, and the frame members can then be readily opened. The parts thus far described are old and well known and form no part of our invention.

Our invention resides in the provision of interior auxiliary fastening, which will now be described. This fastening consists in part in providing the slide 7 with a depending lug 10, which projects through an elongated slot 11 in the flange of the frame member 4, and this lug engages with a longitudinal bar 12, arranged against the under side of said flange of the member 4 and is guided in slotted guides 13 13, projecting downwardly from the under side of the said flange. These guides preferably consist of lugs stamped out of the metal of the inwardly-extending flange of member 4 and turned downwardly. The opposite ends of the longitudinal locking-bar 12 may be twisted so as to brin the plane thereof at right angles to the p ane of the main portion of the bar in order to permit said ends of the bar to pass through the slotted guides 13. One end of bar 12 is ex tended somewhat beyond its guide 13, and this extended end is provided with an elongated slot 14. The other portion of the auxiliary fastening-that is, the portion which cooperates with the locking-bar 12consists of hooks 15 15, one of said hooks when the frame members are brought together adapted to enter the slot 14 and the. projection of said hook to engage around the edge of the slot and the other hook adapted to engage over the oppositeend of the locking-bar. Of

course instead of the latter hook engaging over the end of bar 12 it could pass through another slot similar to 14, and the same result accomplished. It is of course obvious that in satchels of considerable length the locking-bar 12 could be extended and more than two of the hooks 15 provided on the frame member 5, adapted to releasably engage the locking-bar.

1n the use of the invention if the frame members are opened and it is desired to close the satchel said frame members are brought together, and when the hooks 15 reach the locking-bar 12 one of said hooks will act against the outer bordering end of slot 14 and the other hook will act against the end of bar 12. This will have the effect of moving said bar in one direction against the action of the spring 9. \Vhen the frame members are fully brought together, the spring 9 returns the locking-bar 12 to its normal position, and consequently said bar is releasably engaged with the hooks 15. When it is desired to open the satchel. all that is necessary to be done is to move the slide 7 against the action of the s ring 9,50 as to bring the end of slot 14 of 100 ing-bar 12 out of engagement with one of the hooks 15 and the end of said locking-bar 12 out of engagement with the other hook 15. The frame members may then be readilv swung to an open position.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that we provide a simple construction which accomplishes all that has heretofore been accomplished by the provision of the separate pivoted loops, and at the same time the improved auxiliary fastening is operated without the necessity of any additional manual manipulation, as is the case with the constructions provided with the pivoted loops.

What we claim as our invention is 1. Ina bag-fastening,'the combination of frame members L-shaped in cross-section pivoted together, the flange of one member overlapping the flange of the other member, dependent guides formed from the flange of the overlapping member, a flat slidable bar the plane of the ends thereof being disposed at right angles to the middle portion mounted on the under side 01 said flange and playing throughsaid guides, said slidable bar provided with a slot near one end thereof, the underlapping flange provided with hook members, one of said hook members adapted to engage the slidable bar through the slot and the other hook member to engage the end thereof, a central mechanism mounted on the outer side of the overlapping flange to lock the two members centrally, and a slide controlling said locking mechanism provided with a lug depending through a slot in the overla ping member, said lug secured to the slidab e bar to release the hook members therefrom, by the same movement which unlocks the central mechanism.

2. In a bag-fastening, the combination of frame members L-shaped in cross-section pivoted together, the flange of one member partially overlapping the flange of the other member, dependent guides cut and bent down from the overlapping flange, said dependent guidcs' provided with vertical slots, a flat slidable bar playing in said slots, the middle portion of said slidable bar being twisted and bent .so that its flat face is at right angles to the ends thereof and in substantially the same plane as the upper edges of the ends, a slot vrovided near one end of the slidable bar, tie other frame member provided with hooks, one of said hooks adapted to engage the slidable bar through the slot and the other hook to engage the end thereof, a central mechanism mounted on lock the two members central and a slide controlling said locking mechanism provided with a lug depending through a slot in the overla iping member, said lug secured to the slidabl e bar to release the hooks therefrom by the same movement which unlocks the central mechanism.

3. A slidable bar for bag-fasteners, comprising a flat slidable bar, the middle portion the outer side of the overlapping flange to of which is twisted and bent so that its upper ing mechanism engaging the middle portion 10 flat face is at right angles to the ends thereof of the bar.

and in substantially the same plane as the In testimony whereof we aflix our signaupper edges of the ends of the bar, said bar tures in presence of two witnesses.

provided with a slot near one end adapted EDWARD S. ERICKSON.

to receive and engage a hook, the other end WILLIAM A. HEILMAN. of the bar also ada ted to engage a hook, the Witnesses:

said bar being a apted to be actuated by ANNA F. SCHMIDTBAUER,

means of a lug depending from a central lock- ALMA- KLUG.

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