US1052805A

US1052805A - Safety-catch for bag-frames.

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Publication number: US1052805A
Authority: US
Inventors: Benno Vom Eigen
Original assignee: Aug Goertz & Co
Current assignee: Aug Goertz & Co
Priority date: 1912-11-16
Filing date: 1912-11-16
Publication date: 1913-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 1930-02-11

Description

B. VOM EIGBN. SAFETY GATCH FOR BAG FRAMES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.16,1912.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

J m wbm TED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

BENNO vom EIG-EN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 AUG. GOERTZ & 00., A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SAFETY-CATCH FOR BAG-FRAMES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENNO VOM EIGEN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and- State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Catches for Bag-Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part" of this specification.

This invention has reference, generally, to improvements in safety-catches for bagframes; and, the present invention relates, more particularly, to a novel means in the form of a safety-holding catch or means for use with the separable friction-knobs employed with that class of bag-frames commonly used with chatelaine bags.

The invention has for its principal object to provide a novel and simply constructed, as well as an easily manipulated holding or locking means for engagement with the shank-plates or elements of the usual separable friction-knobs or button of bag-frame, with a view of providing a safety means which will prevent the accidental separation of the said knobs or buttons from their frictional holding engagement, and will positively retain the said knobs or buttons in their locked relation, until the said holding or locking means is manipulated by the operator, and its holding portion is withdrawn from its engaged relation with the shankplates or elements of the said friction-knobs or buttons.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly evident from the following detailed description of the present invention.

WVith the various objects of the present invention in view, the said'invention consists, primarily, in the novel safety-catch for bagframes hereinafter more particularly set forth; and, the invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, all of which will be more fully described in the following specification, and

5 then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to and which form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bagframe and its closing catch provided with an arrangement of separable friction-knobs or buttons, said view showing in connection with the shank-plates or elements of the closing catch, a safety-lock or catch made according to and embodying the principles of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a topedge view of the central portions of the bag frame-sections, the closing catch thereof, and the safety-work or catch therefor, all of the said parts being made on an enlarged scale, and being represented in their closed relation. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the parts represented in said Fig. 2, the framesections and the closing catch being represented in their closed relation, but the safety-lock or catch being shown in its raised and disengaged relation with the shank-plates or elements of the said closing catch. Fig. 4 is a view similar to that represented in said Fig. 2, showing the frame-sections and the closing catch in their closed relation, but the safety-lock or catch being represented in its disengaged relation with the shank-plates or elements of the said closing catch. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section taken on line 5-5 in Fig. 47, looking in the direction of the arrow w; and Fig. 6 is a face View of the pivot-arm employed in connection with the safety catch, illustrating the separated arrangement of a pair of clamping fingers for securing the shank of a finger-piece to said pivot-arm, the said finger-piece, however, being omitted from said view.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings the reference-characters l and 2 indicate the two hinged frame-sections of any usual construction, and the

referencecharacters

3 and 4 indicate the shank-plates or elements of the closing catch of the bagframe, the said shank-plates or elements being suitably secured upon the upper central surface-portions of the

respective framesections

1 and 2 in the usual and well-known manner.

The respective shank-plates or

elements

3 and 4 are formed with the usual shanks 5-;and 6, and the respective shanks are provided with the usual spherical holding members, buttons or

balls

7 and 8, which, during the closing movement-s of the frame-sections are forced past each other in the usual manner and" spring into the usual frictional holding engagement with each other, as will be clearly evident from an inspection. of the several figures of the drawings,

As shown, in their upper marginal edgeportions,

made with a cut-out receiving portion 9,

and the shank-plate or element 4 is similarly made with a cut-out receiving portion 10, both the said receiving

portions

9 and 10 being preferably of a U-shaped configuration, and under normal conditions, when viewed from the front or rear of the closed framesections, being a trifle out of lateral alinement, as clearly indicated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, and for the purposes to be presently more fully described. One of the said shank-plates or elements 4 is provided near its end-portion 11 with a pivot pin 12 having a portion extending into the space between the two shank-plates or

elements

3 and 4, when the frame-

sections

1 and 2 are closed, and pivotally mounted upon the said extending portion of the pin 11 is a pivotarm 13,whereby the said arm is movably arranged upon the inner face-portion of the said shank-plate or element 4 and in the space formed between the said two shankplates or

elements

3 and 4, when the framesections have been brought into their closed relation. The said arm 13 is formed upon its free end-portion with a pair of clamping fingers (as '14, and the slitted part 15 and arc-shaped marginal edge-portions 16, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the fingers 14 in practice being firmly closed down upon the reduced portion or annular groove 18 of a shank or pin 17, whereby the said pin 17 is securely connected with the said arm 13 and projects laterally from the opposite faces of the said arm. The projecting portions of the said pin 17 provide suitable engaging and locking means, each member being provided upon its free end-portion with an ornamental knob or enlargement, as 19, which serve also as fingerpiece for the manipulation of the pivoted arm 13.

When the two frame-

sections

1 and 2 and the parts of the closing catch provided with the knobs or

buttons

7 and 8 have been brought into their. closed relation, and to guard against an accidental separation of the'said knobs or

uttons

7 and 8 and opening of the frame-sections of the bag, the arm 13 is moved from its raised relation, represented in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 of the drawings, down into the space between the two shank-

plates

3 and 4, with the laterally projecting portions of the shank or pin 17 enthe shank-plate or element 3 is

Y

9 and 10, normally are laterally out of alinement, so that in bringing the arm 13'into its closed or locking engagement with the I do not tering into the respective receiving

portions

9 and 10, whereby the knobs or enlargements 19 are brought into holding engage ment, respectively, with the outer face-por tions of the shank-plates or

elements

3 and 4, as will be clearly seen from an inspection of Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, so that a separation of the parts is impossible, until the arm is again manipulated and brought ,into its raised position, as will be clearly understood. I

As has been stated, the receiving portions shank-plates or

elements

3 and 4, the one portion of the pin or shank 17 will ride upon the edge 20 of the one plate 3, and the other portion of the pin or shank 17 will ride upon the edge 21 of the other plate 4, the result being that the parts are brought into locked or retained engagement with a slight snap, and at f frame-sections f drawn together into their locked engage- I ment with the laterally projecting portions 1 of the said pin or shank 17.

the same time the hinged 1 and 2 are more tightly The device is very simple in its construction and operation, and is very neat in appearance.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the general arrangements and combination of the various parts without departing from the scope of'the invention as set in the foregoing specification and as defined in the clauses of the claims which are to the said specification. Hence, limit my present invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the various parts as described in the said specification, nor do I confine myself to the 'exact details of the construction of the said parts, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim 1. The combination with the hinged members of a bag-frame, and its closing catch comprising a pair of shank-plates and fric tional engaging knobs, each shank-plate being provided with a marginal receiving recess, of an arm pivotally connected with one of said shank-plates, and means carried by said arm and adapted to be brought into separable holding engagement with the receiving recesses of said shank-plates to prevent accidental separation of said engaging knobs.

2. The combination with the hinged members of a bag-frame, and its closing-catch comprising a pair of shank-plates and frictional engaging hooks, each shank-plate being provided with a marginal receiving recess, of an arm pivotally connected with one of said shank-plates, a holding pin connected with and extending upon the oppoappended site sides of said arm, the extending portions of said pin being adapted to be brought into separable holding engagement with the receiving recesses of said shank-plates, and an enlargement upon the free end-portion of each of said extending portions of the said pin, all arranged to prevent accidental separation of the engaging knobs of the closing catch.

3. The combination wit-h the hinged members of a bag-frame, and its closing catch comprising a pair of shank-plates and frictional engaging knobs, each shank-plate being provided with a marginal receiving recess, of an arm pivotally connected with one of said shank-plates, said arm being formed with a slitted end-portion and terminating in a pair of clamping fingers formed arc-shaped marginal edge-portions, a holding pin, said pin being formed with an annular groove with which the arcshaped edge-portions of said fingers register and with which the said fingers are brought into clamped holding relation, so that the remaining shank-portions of said pin extend on opposite sides of said arm, the extending portions of said pin being adapted to be brought into separable holding engagement with the receiving recesses of said shank-plates, and an enlargement upon the free end-portion of each of said extending portions of the said pin, all arranged to prevent accidental separation of the engaging knobs of the closing catch.

4. The combination with the hinged members of a bag-frame, and its closing catch comprising a pair of shank-plates and frictional engaging knobs, each shank-plate being provided with a marginal receiving recess, the said recesses normally being slightly out of lateral alinement, of an arm pivotally connected with one of said shank-plates, and

a holding pin connected with and extending upon the opposite sides of said arm, the extending portions of said pin being adapted to be brought into frictional engagement with the distorted alinement of the marginal edge-portions of the said recesses, so as to bring the said extending portions of said pin into positive but separable holding engagement with the respective receiving recesses, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The combination with the hinged members of a bag-frame, and its closing catch comprising a pair of shank-plates and frictional engaging knobs, each shankplate being provided with a marginal receiving recess, the said recess normally being slight-1y out of lateral alinement, of an arm pivotally connected with one of said shankplates, a holding pin connected with and extending upon the opposite sides of said arm, the extending portions of said pin being adapted to be brought into frictional engagement with the distorted alinement of the marginal edge-portions of the said recesses, so as to bring the said extending portions of said pin into positive but separable holding engagement with the respective rereceiving recesses, and an enlargement upon the free end-portion of each of said extending portions of the said pin, all arranged to prevent accidental separation of the engaging knobs of the closing catch, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of November, 1912.

BENNO VOM EIGEN.

Witnesses:

FRED T. C. FRAENTZEL, FREDK. H. W. FRAENTZEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.