US157520A - Improvement in catches for trunks - Google Patents

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Y H. c. HUNT.

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HENRY C. HUNT, OF NEVARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CATCHES FOR TRUNKS, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,520, dated December 8, 1874; application tiled September 14, 1874.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. HUNT, of the lcity of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain on trunks for the purpose ot' securing the lid more firmly than can be done bythe lock alone; but it is applicable to all the purposes of a catch Where the parts to be held together approach each other, as do the body and lid of a trunk or box, traveling-bag frames, sliding doors, ladies7 belt-fastenings, Snc.; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an inverted View. Fig. 2 is a plan View with the disk removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional edge view, and Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the catch.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention relates the better to understand and construct the same, I will proceed to describe it more fully.

In Fig. l, B is the base-plate, which is secured to the body of the trunk by means of nails through the holes a in the ears e. B is a plate which is secured to the lid of the trunk, and it is provided with a catch, c, which engages With the catch c when the lid is down. D is a central disk, on the inside of which there is a catch, of, and two pins, P and P', which may be seen more clearly in Fig. 3. The pin P lits in a hole, h, in plate B, and serves as a pivot on which the disk turns. The said disk being secured to the plate B by means of the washer w, between which and the plate B there is a coiled spring, s, which allows the disk to yield to permit the catch to enter when the parts are brought together, one end of the said spring abuts against a shoulder on the plate B, and the other end abuts against the pin P on the disk D, and serves to restore the disk when it is rotated to release the catch. The disk turns on its central pin far enough to allow the catches c and c to pass each other, in

which position the trunk may be opened. is a lug or check on the disk D, which extends beyond the outer edge of the disk and underlaps a portion of the plate B, (which is recessed for that purpose,) and prevents the lower edge ofthe disk from being displaced from contact with the plate B, and it also serves as a stop to limit the rotation of the disk D. On the plate B', and between the lugs L, there is a small rib, o, that comes in contact with the lower edge of the valance of the trunk, and serves as a guide in riveting the plate B to the said valance.

Fig. 2'is a plan view, with the central disk D removed, exposing the catch c, the lugs L, and the hole h. It will be seen that the catch cis perpendicular to the base on its upper and left-haiiid sides, and beveled on the two opposite sides. perpendicular sides of the said catch are twofold: first, to give it a secure hold when in contact with the catch c; and, second, to retain 4 the disk D in an unlatched positionwhen it has been turned for the purpose of opening the trunk. This is accomplished by means of a sm all secondary catch, (not shown in the drawing, but is located just below the catch c on the inner surface of the disk D, and a triile to the left of the catch o,) so that when the disk is rotated (by the application of the thumb and nger to the external projections on the disk shownat 'm in Fig. 3) until the secondary catch L,drops behind the catch c, it remains in that position until the catch cis withdrawn by the raising of the lid, when the disk returns by the action of the spring to its normal or self-latching position. The lugs L (two of which are on the plate B and two on the plate B) interlock, so as to prevent all lateral movement of the parts when closed. The hole h receives the pin P on the disk D, after which the washer w is riveted to the said pin, and thus secures the disk to the plate B.

Fig. 3 is a sectional edge View, showing the plate B removed, and a section of the disk m represents the projections spoken of above; l?, the central pin, surrounded by the coilspring s; P', the pin against which one end of the coil-spring abuts; and r, the raised ring The objects accomplished by the Q ime on the base-plate B, within which the disk D is located. It will be seen that the central part of the plate B is raised above its plane, to give room for the spring between it and the Washer w.

The advantages of my invention are the simplicity, ease, and perfection of its operation, beauty of its design, and cheapness of its production.

It may be made of cast or sheet metal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The central catcl1disk D, having a lateral and a rotary motion, and connected with the base-plate B by means of the pin P, coil-sprin g s, (or its equivalent,) and washer w, in combination with the catch-plate B', (or its equiva- 1ent,) substantially as shown and described.

2. The lug x on the disk D, arranged to engage with the base-plate B, for the purpose of limiting the rotation of said disk and holding its lower edge in contact with the said baseplate, substantially as shown and described.

HENRY C. HUNT. Witnesses:

HORACE HARRIS, J oHN H. Ross.

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