US257334A - Valentin huppe - Google Patents

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(ModeL) v. HUPPE. LO'GK FOR TRAVELING BAGS.

Patented May 2,1882.

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UNiT an STATES PATEN "FF VALENTIN HUPPE, or orrnnciicnournnniim, GERMANY, ASSIGNQRTO HIMSELF AND ADAM runners nnnnnn, OF.SAl\ lE PLACE. v

LOCK FOR TRAVELING-BAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,334, dated May 2, 1882.

Application filed October 15, 1881. (Model) Patented in Germany September 18, 1880, and February 3, 1881, in England November 10, 1880, in Austria. January, 1881, in Hungary January, 1881, and in France January-l3, 1881.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VALENTIN HUPPE, of

Offenbach-onthe-Main, in the Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Looks for Traveling-Bag Frames, of which the following is a specification.

' easily be effected in long frames not embodyingmy invention. The employment of such elongated bolts is not new in itself, andis not here claimed; but the invention consists in various novel features in the construction of the parts of the lock and in the manner of combining said parts, as hereinafter fully described. Inasmuch as the bolts are arranged in halfround metal guides on top of the frame, which metal guides also contain the springs, the frame can be covered and furnished with the lock beforeit is riveted to the satchel or traveling-ba g. Formerly the elongated bolts have been attached inside on the frame, and could only be attached after the frame had been riveted to the satchel or carpet-bag. The bolts also were exposed, so that the ends might come into contact with the contents of the satchel or bag, to

the possible injury of the latter.

Another peculiarity of the lock consists in the combination of two long bolts with the two inner bolts, and also in the construction of the guarding device.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of the frames of abag and aloek embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a plan of said frames and lock, with a portion of the lock-case removed. Fig. 3 represents a plan view, similar to Fig. 2, of the lock alone, showing the parts in a diiferent position. Fig. 4 represents a plan of the exterior of the lock-case. Fig. 5 represents an inverted plan thereof. Fig. 6 represents a transverse section on the dotted line w m, Fig. 1; and Fig.7 represents a similar section on the dotted line 2 2, Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A is the lock-carrying frame; A, the other frame, which carries the staples ,b b" and c c.

B B designate the two long bolts of a half round or any other suitable cross-section, as

seenin Fig. 6, which bolts are guided in co'verings or guides G C of the same cross-section.

The coverings are provided with pins 011 their lower side, by lllOzlllS of which they are riveted to the frameA. The frame A is provided with slots, through which the projections d d upon the bolts B B" reach and-enter the boxes '0 0, attached to the frame A. The staples 0 c of the frame A arem'ade to enter the boxes 0 0. According to this arrangement the projections d d do'not come in contact with contents of the bag or satchel.

The bolts B B are on their ends provided with springs s, which are attached to pins or eyes on the frame A and to the bolts, and tend to pull the bolts outward. After the springs have been fastened to'the bolts and to the pins or eyes the metal guides or coverings c a can be riveted to theframe and the frame and metal coverings coated or covered with leather or other material. This done, the lock is riveted to the frame.

The lock contains the two central bolts, and consists of the plate D, the form of which is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and the two ends conform to the guidesc 0, so that its halt round portionsff overlap the guides 00. On both sides of the partsff are formed webs 0n the lock-plate, by meansof which the lock-plate is riveted to the frame. The central raised portion of the plate I) is furnished with two slots, g 9, into which pins 7c project. These pins are fastened to the elongated bolts B B and rest against the angle-pieces hh, which are in turn attached by means of rivets to the caps E E, respectively, and may be considered as constituting a part of said caps; The rivets which serve to make these connections are enlarged at their central portions, so that the caps E E and the angle-pieces h hare kept at such a distance as to permitthe introduction of the wall of the upper fixed cap, F. The

enlarged central portions of the rivets passthrough the slots 1' i, provided, forthem in the upper wall of the fixedcap F,asshown in Eigs. 4, and 7. The fixed cap F and the caps E E together form the upper part of the lock- 5case. The caps E E are in turn so formed .that they slide over the cap F. These caps are pulled outward by means of the springs s, because the. pins Ida restagaiust the an gle-pieces On the inner sides of the caps E E are projections l l, which are adapted to engage with the staples b b. When *the capsare pressed inwardly by the thumb and forefinger theprojectionsl 1 will be disengaged from the staples b b, andso will'the projections 01 dleave .;.the. staplesc g,-becaus e.thebol ts B B! arecaught by means of the pins 70 Mandthe angle-pieces h h, and move also.

The guardipg deviee or mechanismwhich keeps the four. bolts in aloekedposition rests on theplatc D and is covered by ithe cap F. Said guargtipg mechanism can ,be, moved by means {ot'gthe; keym, andeonsists of apeeuliar-formed 1. bolt,1,the formpfiwhich is. shown in .Eigs. 7 2 and 3. This bolt is providedwith atpiu, 2, whjchproiectsthropgh the plate D,,and againstwhichthe spring3 presses. The springlissup- .ported by thepin' 4, around which itiswou'nd, vand-.by'theedge of plate D, against whichits end @bBfiIS. "The bolt 1 is; guided by small piusrivetedto the plate D. The, .bolt is .provided onits right slde with a notch, s. -A.pin ,mountedton av small bell-crank 0relbow, 6, engages-with the ,n0tch s a nd the bell-crank 0r selbow turnsonthepivot Zonplate D. Inthe position as shown in'Fi g. Z-thebolt, has placed .7 the bell-crank. or elbow in suchv a position-that its. extremeend is. placed in front. of pin k, .whilethe left end of bolt 1 is placed- ,before the pin k. In consequence of this position the caps 4 5'E'Eacan ot be moved in-ward yibec seth ,pins k k are blocked and ean'notbe released without a key. In the position Fig.3 the bolt has been-moved to the r-ightby means of the key m. The bell-crank cis now not in the way of pin k, and both it and the pin 7c are free to move, and in consequence thereof the caps E E can also be moved. Thelockican therefore be opened by pressing the caps inward.

(The capF is providedfon its under edge, where it rests on the plate D, with projections, which, at'terbeing inserted into perforations8 8,'Figs. 2 and 3, are riveted from below. After putting the whole lock together it is placed on the frame in such a manner that the pins 7c is are behind the angle-pieces h h, after which the wholeis fastenedto the. frame A by means .of thefour rivets-9 9, Eigs.; 2, and 3.

In Fig. 3 the slots through which the projections ll pass for the. purposeofentering the staples b b. are designated by the number 10.

What Iclaim as vmy iuwentiomand desireto secure, bytLetters' Patent, is!- 1..I n abag lock,thetcomhination of the elongated bolts B' B,.the springs s, forudrawing them 0utward,'pius 70 70 upon said -bo1ts,.the ,fixed cap F,the apgle-pieces 7th, andlthe pressure-caps. E E, attached toss-aid angle-pieces and adapted tobe pressedeinward'tbr'drawing the'bolts B B inward, .substantiallyas speci- I fled. 4 V1 2. The combinat-ionbf the elongated jbolts B B, the springs s, for drawing them. outward,

,.-the pins k it upon saidbolts,thepressurecaps T E E and their attachedangle-pieces h h,.en- 7 gaging with saidpius, and the bolt 1-,andbellcrank orelbowfi, adapted .to fit-.between-said pins 7." k, vsubstantially-as specified.

. VALE'NTIN HUPPE.

Witnesses i L -QMASQHMANN, LI-BASSE.

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