US34563A

US34563A - Improvement in fastenings for cartridge-boxes

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Publication number: US34563A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1862-03-04
Anticipated expiration: 1879-03-04

Description

W. z. W. CHAPMAN Cartridge Box.

No. 34,568. Patented March 4, 1862.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM Z. IV. CHAPMAN, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS FOR CARTRIDGE-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,563, dated March 4, 1862.

' for Cartridge-Boxes, Cap-Boxes, and other Articles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of my said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein Figure 1 is a vertical section of a cartridgebox with my fastening applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a separate View of the clasp of the fastening, and Fig. 3 shows the metallic plate to which the clasp attaches.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Several clasps have heretofore been devised and some have been applied to cartridge and cap boxes. However, in consequence of the cost of such clasps or the difficulty of applying the same to cartridge and cap boxes such boxes have almost uniformly been madewithaperforated strap taking over a metallic knob or button. This device is unhandy for the soldier, because when new it is very hard to connect and disconnect the strap, and after long use becomes worn and unreliable.

The nature of my said invention consists in the employment of a clasp formed by a hinged piece of metal with a spring to keep said clasp either open or shut, said clasp being attached to the flap of the cartridge or cap box and the strain being taken by a flange over a plate on the other part of the said article, so as to form a fastening that can easily be worked by the fingers and opened or closed in the act of opening or closing the flap of said box.

In the drawings, a is the cartridge-box, and b the flap of the same. These are to be of any usual character.

c is a metallic plate bent at right angles, so as to set upon the angle of the box.

(1 is a metallic plate upon the other part or flap 1), and from this plate 61 a flange e projects, which, passing over the plate 0 when the flap is shut, takes any strain that may exist to pull upon the flap in the direction of its length, and in order to keep the flap to the side of the box I apply the clasp f, that is attached by the pin 1' and has a toe, as at 1, to take the spring g, that is located behind and attached to the plate (1. This spring and toe 1 act (as with a knife-blade) to retain the clasp f, either on the line of or atright angles to the plate cl, and when turned down at right angles to the plate (1, as seen in Fig. 1, said clasp connects with the plate 0, and for effecting this connection I have shown the pin 2 on the plate 0, and the hole-3 in the clasp f. It will, however, be seen that the hole might be in the plate 0, and a projection on the clasp f, or any other character of connection such as a rib and groove-may be used, as the office of the said clasp f is to retain the flange 6 over the edge of the plate 0.

The object of the flange e is to take the direct strain on the-flap b, and thus relieve the clasp f from all strain except that of keeping the parts together. The same result will be attained by a projecting pin or pins from either of the plates 0 or d, entering an opening or openings in the other plate, although I prefer the flange c.

This fastening is especially adapted to cartridge and cap boxes, because the fastening is strong, cheap, and easily operated, the fingers taking the end of the clasp f and moving the same in the act of opening or shutting the flap, the movements being in the same direc tion as those of the flap, and so easily performed that the box will be fastened with greater regularity than heretofore, thus retainin g and protecting the contents and keeping the box in shape.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The clasp f, formed substantially as specified and applied to the lower part of the flap of a cartridge or cap box and connecting to the bottom of said cartridge or cap box, in the manner set forth, so as to form a fastening that can be worked by the fingers in the act of opening or closing said box, as described and shown. r

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 8th day of October, 1861.

WM. Z. W. CHAPMAN. Witnesses:

LEMUEL W. SERRELL, THOS. GEO. HAROLD.