US1482875A - Catch - Google Patents

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Feb. 5, 1924, r

I W. WALKER ET AL CATCH Filed NOV. 23, 1922 INVENTORSI wmmw'wwu w ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 5, 1924.

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WILLIAIM WALKER AND HENRY H. WEBER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNGRS TO ROSENBAND IVIFG'. 00., O1 NEWARK,

JERSEY.

NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW CATCH.

Application filed. November 23, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, i VILLIAM WALKE and HENRY H. WEBER, citizens 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 Catches; and we 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 there on, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates, generally, to improvements in catches of the type known as hasps; and, the present invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel and simply constructed looking or holding catch w iich is especially adapted for use with suit cases, portfolios, music rolls, pocket-books, bags, trunks, and the like.

The present invention, therefore, has for its principal object to provide a novel and simply constructed, as Well as an effectively operating catch of the general character hereinafter set forth, in which the several parts have been reduced to a minimum, and in which the various parts have been assembled in their operative relation, without the use of solder, rivets, screws, or similar fastening devices.

The present invention has for a further object, novel arrangement and construction of a spring, within the main shell of the catch, for operative engagement with a hasp-plate or element, for pivotally and operatively securing said plate or element to said main shell, and at the same time rendering said hasp-plate spring-actuated and spring-controlled.

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

With the various objects of the present invention in view, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel looking or holding catch hereinafter more fully set forth; and, the said invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, all of which will be more fully described in the the following specification,

Serial No. 602,743.

and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claims, which are appended to and which form an essential part of the said specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front face View of a portfolio or brief case, provided with a pair of looking or holding catches showing one embodiment of the principles of the present invention, and the separable members of the portfolio, or other suitable receptacle, as a bag, suit-case, trunk, or the like.

Figure 2 is a rear View, on an enlarged scale,- of the catch, showing the various members of the same in their locked relation; Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, said section being taken on line 3-3 in said Figure 2; and Figure l is a horizontal sectional representation of the catch, said section being taken on line 44 in said Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the main shell of the catch, showing in connection therewith, the arrangement and manner of securing Within said shell, a novel form of spring employed for actuating and controlling a hasp-engaging and locking element of the catch. Figure 6 is a perspective view of the hasp-engaging and locking element: Figure 7 is a side elevation of the said main shell and the hasp-engaging and locking plate connected therewith; and Figure 8 is a perspective View of the hereinabove mentioned sprin Similar characters are employed in all of the said above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, the reference-character l indicates, in general, a catch made according to and embodying the principles of the present invention, the same comprising a main chambered shell, adapted to be attached to the member 3 of the bag-body 2, and another chambered shell, which provides the 'haspengaging member and which is adapted to be attached to the said bag-body, substantially as indicated in Figure 1 of the drawings.

The said main chambered shell, as will be seen from an inspection of Figures 2, 3,

4;, 5 and 7 consists, essentially of a top-plate 4L, bounded along its longitudinally extending marginal edge-portions with rearward- 1y extending wall-flanges, as 5 and 6, with which are connected and extend laterally and outwardly the respective side- fianges 7 and 8, the said side-flanges being, respectively, provided with other rearwardly projecting flanges, as 9 and 10, forming the main side-walls of the said main shell, as will be clearly evident. At one end, the said main shell is formed with an end-wall 11, extending rearwardly from the end-portions of the various members 1, 5 and 6, 7 and 8, and 9 and 10, the said end-wall 11 being provided with a suitably formed retaining means, preferably in the form of an inwardly projecting lug, as 12, for the purpose .to be presently more fully described. At its opposite end, the said main shell is left open, as shown more particularly in Figure 5 or the drawings, the marginal end-portion 13 of the top-plate 4; being formed with an end-lug or projection 14 adapted to enter the other chambered shell, which forms the hasp-plate engaging member, substantially as shown in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings.

The rearwardly extending wall-flanges 5 and 6, as well as the laterally extending side- flanges 7 and 8, and the main side- walls 9 and 10 of thesaid main chambered shell are provided w'th oppositely placed receiving slots or openings, as 15 and 16. At suitable points between the said slots or penings 15 and 16, and the open end-portion of the said main chambered shell, the previously mentioned wall-flanges 5 and 6, are perforated, as at 17, the pressed-out portions of the metal providing within said main chambered shell, inwardly projecting tubular elements 18 and 19 which provide suitable receiving members or bearings, as will be evident. The reference-character 20 indicates a suitably formed spring-member, comprising a pair of arms 21 and 22 connested at one end by the bowed connecting portion 23, which is disposed beneath the previously mentioned end-lug or projection 12, said arms 21 and 22 being provided at the free ends with oppositely projecting end-members 2 1 and 25, extending laterally from said arms into the respective tubular receiving members or bearings 18 and 19, as clearly shown in said Figure 2 of the drawings. As shown in the several figures of the drawings, the arms 21 and 22 of the spring, are preferably of rectangular crosssection, so that each arm will present a flat bearing-surface, as indicated in Figure 1, but such flat surface-portions are not essential, and for that reason the arms of the spring may be of a circular, or other suitable cross-section.

The reference-character 26 indicates a hasp-plate, and the same is made-in the form of an open frame comprising a pair of side bars 27 and 28, and connecting end- bars 29 and 30, the end-bar 29 being suitably provided with a fingerpiece 31, and the end-bar 30 being provided with a cam-member or aw, as 32, adapted to be brought into active engagement with the spring-arms 21 and 22, for maintaining the said hasp-plate in its looking or raised relation with the various members of the catch, as will be evident.

W hen the said hasp-plate is in its active position with relation to the main chambered member of the catch, the end-bar 30 is journalled in the receiving slots or openings 15 and 16, with the main portion of said bar 30 extending laterally across the interior of said main chambered member 01'? the catch, directly beneath the top-plate 1, with the cam-member or jaw 32 bearing firmly upon and being in movable frictional contact with the spring-arms 21 and 22, whereby the said hasp-plate 26 is securely maintained in its assembled and operative relation with the main chambered shell of the catch, as will be clearly evident from an inspection of the several figures of the drawings.

The said main chambered shell of the catch may be suitably secured to the flap 3 of the bag-body 2, or other part of any other receptacle, by means of marginal fastening lugs or tongues, as 33, which are arranged preferably as shown in the several figures 01 the drawings, so as to reinforce and give strength to the attached main shell, and prevent buckling of the same across its topplate at the points where the receiving slots or openings 15 and 16 are located. It will be understood, however, that in lieu of the fastening lugs or tongues 33, other suitable attaching or securing means may be employed.

The previously mentioned hasp-plate engaging member consists, essentially of a top plate 311-, bounded along its longitudinally extending marginal edge-portions with rearwardly extending wall-flanges 35 and 36, with which are connected and extend laterally and outwardly, the respective sideflanges 37 and 38, the said side-flanges being, respectively, provided with other rearwardly projecting flanges, as 39 and 40, forming the main side-walls of the said hasp-plate engaging member. At its one end the said hasp-plate engaging member is formed with an end-wall 41 connected with and extending rearwardly -from the end-portions of the respective members 34:, 35 and 36, 37 and 38, and 39 and 10. At its opposite end, the said hasp-plate engaging member is left open, for the reception of the end-lug or projection 1-1 of the main chambered shell, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, and the purpose of which will be clearly understood from an inspection of said last-mentioned figures of the drawings.

In order to secure the said hasp-plate engaging member to the bag-body 2, or other part of any other receptacle, the said member is provided with marginal fastening lugs or tongues, as 42, which are arranged, preferably, as shown. It will be understood, however, that other suitable fastening means may be employed in lieu of said lugs or tongues 42 for fastening or securing the said hasp-plate engaging member in its operative position upon the bag-body 2, or the like.

As shown in the several figures of .the drawings, when the two main chambered members of a catch have been properly secured in their operative positions to the re spective members of the bag, or the like, when the hasp-plate is swung into its lowered position, so as to embrace the raised portions of the hasp-plate engaging member, as shown in Figures 1, 8 and 4: of the drawings, then the separable parts of the catch will be maintained in their locked relation, the action of the previously mentioned spring against the cam-member or jaw 32 of the hasp-plate being such that the said hasp-plate and the hasp-plate engaging member will be held in their positively locked relation, but when the hasp-plate is raised or lifted from its engagement with the said hasp-plate engaging member, then the action of the spring against the cammember or jaw 32 is such, so that the said hasp-plate will remain in its raised disenaged position indicated in Figure 7, or in the dotted position indicated in Figure 3, so that the two main chambered members of the catch can be brought into their separated relation, as will be clearly evident.

The action and operations of the assembled parts hereinbefore described will readily be understood from an inspection of the several figures of the drawings, and any further description of the same is therefore deemed unnecessary.

We are aware, of course, that some changes may be made in the general arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts, without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the foregoing specification. Hence, we do not limit our present invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts as described in the said specification, nor do we confine ourselves to the exact details of the construction of the said parts, as illustrated in the accompanying drawin s.

We claim 1. A catch comprising a main chambered member, provided with longitudinally extending wall-flanges, a U-shaped spring within said member having its free end-portions respectively secured to said longitudinally extending wall-flanges, means within said chambered member with which the bowed portion of said spring is in retained engagement, a hasp-plate pivotally connected with said main chambered member, a cam-member connected with said hasp-plate in movable engagement with said spring within said main chambered member, and a hasp-plate engaging member provided with means with which the said spring-actuated hasp-plate is adapted to be brought into locked engagement.

2. A catch comprising a main chambered member, provided with longitudinally extending wall-flanges, tubular elements ex tending inwardly from said wall-flanges, a spring within said main chambered member, said spring comprising a pair of side-arms, a connecting bow-portion, and oppositely projecting members at the free ends of said side-arms, said projecting members extending in supporting relation into said tubular elements, means within said chambered member with which the bowed portion of said spring is in retained engagement, a hasp-plate pivotally connected with said main chambered member, a cam-member connected'with said hasp-plate in movable engagement with said spring within said main chambered member, and a hasp-plate engaging member provided with means with which said spring-actuated hasp-plate. is adapted to be brought into locked engage ment.

3. A catch comprising a main chambered lar elements, a supporting lug extending in" wardly from an end-wall of said chambered member with which the bowed portion of said spring is in retained engagement, a hasp-plate pivotally 'cnnnected with said main chambered member, a cam-member connected with said hasp-plate in movable engagement with the side-arms of said spring within said main chambered member, and a h-asp-plate engaging member provided with means with which said springactuated hasp-plate is adapted to be brought into locked engagement.

4. A catch comprising a main chambered member consisting of a top-plate, longitudinally extending wall-flanges projecting rearwardly from said top-plate, each wall-flange being provided with a laterally and outwardly extending flange, and each laterally and outwardly extending flange being formed with a rearwardly extending flange,

within said chambered member with which the bowed portion of said spring is in retained engagement, a hasp-plate having a laterally extending cam-member oscillatorily disposed in said receiving s s and in movable engagement with said spi ing within said main chambered member, and "Asp-plate engaging member provided with means with which the said spring-actuated hasp-plate is adapted to be brought into locked engagement.

5. A catch comprising a main chambered member consisting of a top-plate longitudinally extending wall-flanges projecting rearwardly from said top-plate, each wall-tlange being provided with a laterally and outwardly extending fiange,and each laterally and outwardly extending flange being formed with a rearwardly extending flange, said latter flanges forming the main sidewalls of said chambered member, said wall-fian es and the said laterally and outwardly ex ent.- ing flanges and said side-walls being further formed with receiving slots, tnl a ar re ceiving elements extending inwardly from said wall-flanges, a spring within said main chambered member, said spring comprising a pair of side-arms, a connecting bow-portion, and oppositely projecting members at the free ends of said side-arms, said projecting members extending in supporting re lation into said tubular elements, means within said chambered member with which the bowed portion of said spring is in retained engagement, a hasppl'ate having a laterally extending cam-member oscillatorily disposed in said receiving slots and in movable engagement wi-th the spring vithin said adapted to be brought into locked engagement.

6. A catch comprising a main chambered member consisting oi a toppiate, longitndi nally extending wall flanges projecting rearwardly "from said top-plate, each wall-flange being provided with a laterally and outwardly extending flange, and each laterally and outwardiy extending flange being formed with a rearwardly extending flange, said latter flanges formingthe main sidewalls of said chambered member, said wallflanges and the said laterally and outwardly extending flanges and said side-walls being further formed with receiving slots, tubular receiving elements extending inward .y from said wall-flanges, a spring within said main chambered member, said spring comprising a pair of side-arms, a connecting bow-portion, and oppositely projecting members atthe free ends of said side-arms said projecting members extending in supporting relation into said tubular elements, a supporting lug extending inwardly from an end-wall of said chambered member with which the bowed portion of said spring is in retained engagement, a hasp-plate having a laterally extending cam-member oscillatorily disposed in said receiving slots and in movable engagement with the side-arms of said spring within said main chambered n ember, and a hasp-plate engaging member provided with means with which said spring-actuated hasp-plate is adapted to be brought into locked engagement.

In testimony, that we claim the invention set. forth above we have hereunto set our hands this 20th day of November 1922.

WILLIAM WALKER. HENRY H. WEBER.

Witness FREDK C. FBAENTZEL.

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