US492521A

US492521A - Pocketbook-fastening

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Publication number: US492521A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-02-28
Anticipated expiration: 1910-02-28

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- (No Model.)

J. E. QRTNER. POCKET BOOK FASTENING. No. 492,521. Patented Feb. 28, 1893.

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John EJyJe/s/ Urin/917,

BY ATT'Y.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

JOHN ERNST ORTNER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

POCKETBOOK-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,521, dated February 28, 1893.

` Application filed April 19, 1892. Serial No. 429.752. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN ERNST ORTNER, a citizen 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 Fastenings or Catches for Pocketbooks, dre.; and I 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 letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clasps for pocket-books or other like articles, adapted to be attached to the folding flap, whereby the same can be securely held in place and can be turned back with facilityV and ease; and the main object of the invention is to furnish an improved fastening or clasp for pocketbooks, rizo., which shall be so constructed as to lessen its cost of construction, and which can be readily secured in place on the folding iiap, at the same time producing a neat, compact and serviceable fastening.

The invention therefore consists in certain arrangements and combinations of parts, such as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

In the drawings herewith accompanying, Figure 1 is a front view of apocket-book provided With my improved form of holding catch. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front View of the catch or fastening detached. Fig. 3 is a View of the back thereof, and Fig. 4t is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 1, of the catch with its finger-piece depressed. Fig. 5 is a side View of my improved pocketbook fastening and the catch adapted to lock therewith. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the parts illustrated in said Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a horizontal section of the fastening or lock, clearly illustrating the arrangement of a spring-actuated finger-piece. Fig. 8 is a top view of the catch used in connection with the fastening or lock. Fig. 9 is a transverse vertical section of the same, and Fig. lO is a bottom view of the catch.

Similar letters of reference are employed in each of the above described views to indicate corresponding parts.

As indicated in the above described views, A represents my improved form of fastening device or pocket-book lock secured to the flap b of the pocket book.

The essential features of the fastening or lock, are a face-plate a having a marginal rim a. Said face-plate is secured to a flat backplate c by means of two or more pins o which pass through holes or perforations in the faceplate and the said back plate c and are clinched on the back thereof. Said plate cis provided with an upwardly extending portion c2 formed on its end with a hook c3 which is made to embrace the edge h of the flap b and is firmly clinched or squeezed down upon the same, as will be seen from Fig. l. In the lower portions of the face-plate a and the backplate c, are holes through which I pass a pin c4, as shown in Fig. 5, and which is forced through the flap, as in Fig. 6, and is bent over on thelback thereof, whereby the fastening or lock is firmly and cheaply secured in its position to the flap, as shown. The marginal rim a of the face-plate d is slotted or cutaway, as at a2 and at a3, and in said slots or cut-away portions slides a locking plate d provided with a linger-piece d and a guiding tongue d2 or post at its lower end. Between an under-cut portion d3 and the inner surface of the rim a I arrange a suitable spring e which tends to normally force the finger-piece d from the slot a2, stops d4 being formed on said locking plate d which are normally forced into contact with the inner surface of the rim a and thereby prevent the displacement of said locking plate and the too-far forcing out of the fin ger-piece by the action of the spring e, as will be clearly understood from Fig. 7. As will be seen from said figure, said locking plate d is provided with an opening d5, and from the edge d of said opening extends a tooth or lip i7 having an incline d8, as will be seen more especially from Fig. 6 and said Fig. 7. The catch f adapted to lock with said tooth or lip, is clearly illustrated in said Figs. 8, 9 and 10. rlhe same consists of a plate f provided with a suitable catch-piece f2 and prongs f3 for attaching the device to the body of the pocket-book, as will be understood.

Said catchpiece f2, as will be seen from said IOO figures, is of acylindrical shape, being formed like a cup, and provided with prongs f4 for securing the same to the plate f. In thelower side of said cup-shaped catch-piecef2, the same is provided with an opening or hole f5.

As will be seen from Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the face-plate d is provided with an opening at and the back-plate c with a correspondingly placed opening c5, and the inclined tooth or lip @Z7 projects, when in its normal position, slightly above the lower edges of said openings, as shown in said Figs. 2 and 3. As soon as the cup-shaped catch-piece enters the opening a4 in the face-plate a, its curved surface r 5 f6 is forced against the incline d8 of the lip or tooth C17, which is consequently depressed and forced by the action of the spring e into the opening or hole f5 of the hollow catch-piece, as shown in the section represented in Fig. 6, and-the several parts of the fastening or lockl are firmly held together to secure the flap b tightly down upon the body of the pocketbook. y

In order to separate the parts, to turn back the iiap, all that is necessary, is to push the linger-piece d inwardly and the parts can be separated, the several parts within the casing a returning to their normal positions, adapted for locking engagement, by the action of the spring e, as will be understood. With this form of fastening or lock there are fewer parts and hence very little riveting, and there is no. soldering.

On account of the cup-shaped catch-piece which has no sharp projecting catch-portions, as in the old styles of fastenings as heretofore made, there is no danger of these parts of my'l improved fastening device catching in vthefolds or ythe lace of ladies dresses and hence there is no danger of tearing the dress, andl there is lessdanger of the book catching in; the material of the dress and perhaps being' jerked from the persons hand.

The face-plate a may be left plain or cani be suitably ornamented, as will be evident.

Having thus described my invention, what; I claim isl. In combination, with the flap of a pocketbook a lock consisting of two plates adapted to be arranged on the under side of the iap,l and one of said plates having a hook c3 made to embrace Vthe edge of said flap, an interme-v diate lock-plate d provided with a finger-pieceI extending out from beneath the edge of the; pocket-book flap and a locking tooth or lip` normally projecting above an opening in each of said plates, and a-catch, adapted to lock with said tooth or lip, consisting essentially of a plate f and a cup-shaped catch-piece having an opening or hole in the bottom, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A pocket-book lock consisting of a faceplate a having a marginal rim a', and slots or openings in said rim, a back-plate c secured to said face-plate, an intermediate lockplate CZ, provided with a finger-piece d', a guiding tongue d2, stops d4, and a locking tooth or lip on said plate d, a springe, and a catch-piece adapted to lock with said tooth or lip, consisting essentially of a plate f and a cup-shaped catch-piece having an opening or hole in the bottom thereof, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A pocket-book lock consisting-of a faceplate ct having a marginal rim a', and abackplate c, said plates being secured together by means of rivets or pins c', a hook-portion c3 on said plate c, and a pin c4 extending through said plates a and Ic -for attaching them to the edge-of the flap of a pocket-book as set forth, a depressible finger-piece secured on an intermediately arranged lock-plate having a locking tooth-or lip thereon, 1in combi-nation, with a locking catch adapted to engage with said tooth, or lip, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A pocket-book lock consisting-of a faceplate a having amarginal rim a', and a backplate c, said plates being secured together by means of rivets or pins c', a hook-portion c3 on said plate c, and apinc4 extending through said plates a and c for attaching them to the edge of the flap of a pocket-book as set forth, a depressible finger-piece secured on an intermediately arranged lock-plate having a locking tooth or lip thereon, vin combination, with a locking catch provided with a catchpiece f2 adapted to engage with said tooth or lip, said lock-plate having a guiding tongue d2 and stops d4, and a spring e arranged to cause said finger-piece to be forced from the slot in the rim a of the face-plate, and to cause the normal projection of said locking tooth or lip above the lower edge of an opening 0.4 in said face-plate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have .hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April, 1892.

JOHN ERNST ORTNER.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, WM. H. OAMFIELD, .l r.

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