US836536A

US836536A - Suit-case lock.

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Publication number: US836536A
Authority: US
Inventors: James Roche
Original assignee: EAGLE LOCK CO
Current assignee: EAGLE LOCK Co
Priority date: 1906-02-12
Filing date: 1906-02-12
Publication date: 1906-11-20
Anticipated expiration: 1923-11-20

Description

No. 836,536. PATENTED, NOV. 20; 1906;

J. ROCHE.

SUIT CASE LOGK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES ROCHE, OF TERRYVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO EAGLE LOCK CO., OF TERRYVILLE, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

SUIT-CASE LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906,

Application filed February 12, 1906. Serial No. 300.631.

ville, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Suit-Case Locks; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in I Figure 1 a view in front elevation of a hasp-lock provided with my improved pushbutton; Fig. 2, a view thereof in vertical central section on the line a b of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a detached view, in inside elevation, of the bolt-mechanism; Fig. 4, a view thereof in inside elevation with all of the parts removed from the case with the exception of the bolt;

Fi 5, a view in vertical section on the line c d of Fi 4; Fig. 6, a detached view in elevation of t e bolt; Fig. 7, a plan view thereof;

Fig. 8, a detached view of the push-button spring.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of hasp-locks commonly known as suit-case locks on account of their use on hand-bags of that form, the object being to produce a lock constructed with particular reference to ease in releasing the hasp after the key has been turned to unlock the lock. With these ends in view my invention consists in a push-button for releasing the bolt of a suit-case lock and in certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

My improvement may be applied to hasplocks constructed in a variety of ways and is not limited to use in conjunction with a hasp-lock of the particular construction de scribed.

As herein shown, I employ a push-button 2, having an annular retaining-shoulder 3, a cone-shaped operating-bevel 4, and a centering-stem 5, which is located at the apex of the said bevel. This button is placed within a suitable boss 6, having a circular central opening 7 and struck outwardly from the center of a lock-plate 8, having a lock-case 9 secured to its back by means of rivets 10 and perforated at its corners I for the reception of rivets 11, bymeans of which it is fastened to the body 12 of the suit-case. The push-button moves back and forth in the said opening 7 of the boss 6, in which it is retained by its shoulder 3. The

boss 6 is located midway between the keyhole 13 and a stud-hole 14, the latter being formed in the lock-plate 8 for the reception of a slotted hasp-stud 15, carried by a hasp 16, operated by a spring 17 and pivotally mounted in a hasp-plate 18, fastened by rivets 19 to the cover 20 of the suit-case. The bevel 4 of the push-button 2 coacts with the lower edge of an opening 21 ,formed in a box-like sheet-metal bolt 21, which has its sides turned inward at a right angle to form guide-

flanges

22 and 23, which bear against the sides of the case 9 and guide the bolt as it reciprocates up and down in the said case,

of the rivets 10, which secure it to the back of the lock-plate 8. The upper end of the bolt 21 is cut away to form a locking edge 25, which enters the slot 26 in the hasp-stud 15, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby the hasp is locked in place. The lower end of the said bolt is formed with a finger 27, receiving a helical spring 28, the lower end of which is set over a pin 29 in the bottom of the case 9, the said spring exerting a constant effort to lift the bolt and keep its edge 25 entered into the slot 26 in the stud 15. The bolt is locked in this position by means of a tumbler 30, located in the bottom of the case 8, swinging on a pin 31 and struck inward to form a projection 32, which is snapped from one side to the other over a corresponding projection struck out of the bottom of the case 9. The lower edge of the said tumbler is cut away to form a notch 34 for the reception of a key applied to thepost 35.

c When the tumbler is thrown from right t left, its arm 36 is moved under the lower edge 37 of the left-hand flange 22 of the bolt, which is then positively prevented from being moved downward and releasing the haspstud, and hence the hasp. When the tumbler is swung from left to right into its unlocked position, as shown in Fig. 4, the bolt is left free to be moved downward for releasing the hasp. If the push-button 2 is pressed directly inward when the tumbler is in its unlocked position, as described, its coneshaped bevel 4 will coact with the lower edge which is formed with ears 24 for the reception of the opening. in the bolt and force the bolt down into its open position, whereby its locking edge will be withdrawn from the slot 26 in the stud 15. The hasp-spring 17 will now assert itself to throw the hasp 16 into its open position in which the stud 15 is entirely disengaged from the lock-plate 8, permitting the suit-case to be opened. Normally the button is maintained in an outwardly-projecting position by means of a flat spring 88, having a central perforation 39 to receive the stem 5 of the button. This spring is diagonally arranged under the bolt 20, and its ends are entered into

slots

40 and 41, located at diagonally opposite corners of the case 9.

The push button above described performs the same function and presents much the same appearance as the ordinary sliding operating-button now employed in suit-case looks; but it is much more convenient and easy to operate, especially with a gloved hand, as it is operated by pressure exerted directly inward at a right angle to the lockplate 8 instead of parallel therewith.

I claim 1. In a hasp-lock, the combination with a lock-plate and a hasp, of a lock-case fastened to the back of the said plate, a bolt located in the said case and engaging with the hasp, a push-button mounted in the said plate at a right angle thereto and coacting with the bolt for disengaging the same from the hasp, and a spring mounted in the said case and located within the said bolt and coactin with the said push-button.

2. In a suit-case lock, the combination with a lock-plate formed with an outwardlyprojecting boss, of'a lock-case fastened to the back of the said plate, a hasp, a bolt located within the said lock-case for engaging with the hasp, a push-button located within the said boss and movable at a right angle to the said plate and coacting directly with the bolt to disengage the same from the hasp, and a spring coacting with the push-button for holding the same in its inoperative position.

3. In a hasp-lock, the combination with a lock-plate and a hasp, of a lock-case fastened to the back of the said plate, a sheet-metal bolt located within the said case and formed with side flanges and an opening a push-button mounted in the plate for operation at a right angle thereto and entering the opening in the bolt which it moves for disengaging the same from the hasp, and a spring located within the bolt and engaging with the pushbutton for holding the same in its inoperative position.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES ROCHE.

Witnesses:

R. J. PLUMB, OTIS B. HOUGH.