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Description

C. E. SMITH.

HASP FOR TRUNK LOCKS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19. l9l6.

1,1 96,038. Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

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CLARENCE E. SMITH, 0F SHEL'ION, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT N. BASSETT COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF SHELTON, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.

HASP r03 TRUNK-LOCKS.

To all whom it may concern: a J

Be it known that I, CLARENGEE. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shelton, in the town of Huntington, county of F airfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hasps for Trunk-Locks, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention relates to locks for trunks, suit cases and like articles, but more particularly to the counterpart of the lock commonly known in the trade as the hasp, and its object is to provide a device of this character in which the button or stud can be made out of different material from that of the other parts of the hasp, thereby produchasp. I attain this and other objects of my invention in the device set forth in the following description and accompanying drawings in which like reference charactersrefer to corresponding parts.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is afront view of a lock embodying my invention; Fig. 2,

a rear view thereof; Figs. 3,4 and 5, detail views of the various parts of the hasp unassembled; Fig. 6, a side view of thehasp, and Fig. 7, an enlarged longitudinal, sec,- tional view of the extremity of the hasp carrying the button or stud.

' In carrying out my invention I employ a hasp plate 2 provided with side lugs 3 and end lugs 4E. The hasp plate 2 is connected to swing to and from its fastening plate 5 by inserting thelugs 4 under the edge of the metal at the backof the recess 6, the fastening plate 5 being suitably countersunk for this purpose. The lower extremity of the hasp plate 2 is normally held outwardly and at an angle to the fastening plate 5 by means of the flat spring 7 the upper extremity of which is seated under and engages the retaining plate 8 which latter is suitably riveted to the fastening plate 5. The side lugs 3, 3 on the hasp plate are bent in a manner to engage the under side of the metal along the sides of the recess 6 and thereby limit the outward swing of the hasp. The fastening plate 5 is provided with apertures 9, 9 to permit the passage of rivets in attaching the same to the lid of the trunk or like article on which the lock is to be used. The under side of the extremity of the hasp plate is provided with .a projecting button or stud 10, the detail construction of which will mg a more economical, durable and efiicient Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 29, 1916, 2 Application filed January 19, 1916. Serial No. 73,032.

hereinafter be described. The lock pro-per consists of an escutcheon 11 which is provided with a countersunk portion'on its rear side. A plate-like bolt'l2 is seated in this countersunk portion and held in place by the retaining-plate 13. The escutcheon is provided with an aperture l t, a portion of which is overlapped by the bolt 12 so that the upper extremity of the bolt 12 isexposed throughthe aperture for engagement with the slotted stud 10 of the hasp when the stud is pressed into the aperture. The bolt 12 is held in interlocking engagement with the slot in the stud 10 by means of the spring 15 which presses upwardly against the lower extremity of the bolt. -To release the stud 10 the cup-like shield 16, which is fastened to the bolt, is pulled downwardly drawing the upper edge of the bolt out of engagement withthe slotted stud. This permi-ts the hasp to spring outwardly sothat the lock and itscounterpartare disengaged. The escutcheon llis provided with an opening, not shown, in which inwardly'project ing lugs 25, 25 may move vertically. These lugs are passed through the bolt 12 and rigidly secured thereto by swaging down the lugs 25, 25 on the rear side thereof as shown in Fig. 2. The shield 16 is suitably countersunk and provided with a keyhole 17 in which is exposed the extremity of the key pin 18 which may operate any suitable locking mechanism for holding the bolt and stud in interlocking relation. The escutchcon 11 is provided with apertures 19 for the passage of rivets in fastening the same to-the body portion of the trunk or like article on which the locking device is to be used.

With the exception of the stud 10 and the means by which it is attached to the hasp plate 2 all of the partsabove described are old and well known and are shown only for the purpose of disclosing the application of my invention. I will not describe in detail the stud 10 and the manner of attaching the same to the hasp plate 2.

The stud 10 is made in the form of a hollow shell, preferably of steel, and has a bullet-shaped head. In one side of this stud is sawed a slot 20 and its head portion is prois placed against the inside face of the hasp 110 plate so that the aperture 24; in the spring will register with the aperture 25 in the.

pro ecting extremity of the pin is then upset by a riveting operation as shown at 26 and securely holds the hasp-plate, the spring and the stud together. The head of the stud and the exposed rivet 26 may be then ground off to give a smooth finish to enable the stud to readily slip by the edge of the b olt'l2, when the latter enters into interlocking engagement with the sides of the slot 20. Heretofore, slotted studs of this character have usually been made solid and suitably shouldered at their base portions to rivet the same to the hasp plate, thereby forming the exposed head on the outside of the latter integral with thestud. This necessitates the finishing, or plating (when the device is plated), of the hasp after all of the parts have been assembled. These plating and finishing operations have a tendency to take the temper out of the hasp spring, making the latter either worthless in the first instance or of no use after a short period. The use of the solid stud above referred to also necessitates that the stud should be made of the same material as that of the ha-sp plate, which is usually brass or some other costly metal instead of steel or cheaper metal as in my device. Further, in assembling the hasp having a solid stud the 'riveting'operation is on the exposed end of the stud on the outside of the hasp plate, thereby marring or detracting from the finish of the hasp. In'my device, since the stud is made hollow or shell-like, much material is saved and the long time usually taken in the sawing operation of a solid stud considerably reduced. It should be observed also that the riveting operation being at the inner or unexposed end of the stud saves considerable material and time since the diameter of the can be made considerably less than the di Copies of this patent may be obtained for pin 22 yet thesame is susceptible to such modification as may fairly come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A'hasp for sliding bolt locks co1nprising an apertured plate, a longitudinally apertured and transversely slotted stud projecting fromthe inside face of said plate and a rivet pin passed through said plate and stud, the said rivet pin having one end provided witha head which bears against the outside face of said plate and having its opposite end upset against the head of the stud.

2. A hasp for sliding bolt lockscomprisingan apertured plate, ,a longitudinally apertured and transversely recessed stud projecting from the inside face of said plate,

an apertured sheet metal. spring interposed between said plate and stud and a rivet pin passed through said plate, spring and stud, the said pin having one end provided with a head which bears against the outside face of said plate and having its opposite end upset against the head of said stud.

3. Ahasp for sliding bolt locks comprising an aperturedjplate, a hollow stud having its head providedjvith an aperture and having its side wall recessed to form a shoulder for entering into interlocking engage ment with the bolt of the lock, an apertured sheetmetal' springinterposed between said plate and stud, and a rivet passed through the apertures in said plate, spring and stud for fastening the same together, i

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of December, 1915.

" L'A E CE E. SMITH.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. I i

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