US97572A - Cornelius walsh - Google Patents

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coRNELIUs WALSH, or

Letters Patent No. 97,572,

NEWARK, N-Ew JERSEY.

dated .DecembeeA 7, 1869.

- YIMPRovmvrnn'r 1N TRUNK-Heers.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same I, CORNELIUS WALSH, oi` Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trunk-Hasps; and do hereby describe the same.

Nature and Objectsof` the Invention.

- My improved hasp is of the class in which the staple is thrown and held clear of thelock, when released,

to facilitate opening the trunk, when unlocked, and to prevent the hasp from striking the trunk in closing.

My invention relates to the simplication .and cheapening of the manufacture, and the provision of a spring, capable of being readily renewed, when, from wear, it may become inoperative.

The invention consists in the adaptation of the parts of the haspfor the reception of' a rubber cushion, as the spring, and the 'provision of such cushion.

The invention further consists in the provision of a -bent lip on the cap-plate, which, engaging with the lprojection'of the leaf, prevents the latter being raised too f a'r, as hereinafter. described.4 i

Descr/option of Drawmgs.

In the accompanying drawingsi Figure 1 represents a .perspective under-side view of my improved hasp, detached, and

Figure 2, a' longitudinal section oftheV same.

In iig. 1, a cap-plate, employed to `cover and support the cushion, is represented as partly broken away, to expose the cushion. In fg.'2, the position of the haspproper in the locked condition ofthe trunk is represented iu dotted lines.

. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts inthe two figures.

General Description'.

The hasp is composed of a face-plate, a., and a leaf or hasp proper, b, hinged together by a pintle, c, traversing intermeshing' lugs on each, and respectively provided with holes (l, for the reception of attachingscrews or tacks, and with a staple, e, for the engagement of the lockfbolt, as is common.

The attaching-plate c is, however, further provided in its under side with a` cavity or recess, j, of requisite capacity, and any suitable form, -having an open side toward the leaf or hasp proper b, in which cavity, before the attachment of the said'piate, a cushion, g, of

India rubber, or similar elastic substances, is introduced, being confined by a cap-plate, h, attached by screws 'i t', passingthrough and into holes j, in the faeeplate.

For the engagement ofthe cushion g, the leaf' or hasp proper b is constructed with a projection, k, at its nate it.

The 'cushion g is adapted to engage with the eccentric projection 7.: ofthe hasp proper, in its raised con dition, to support it, being compressed in forcing the Staplev into the lock, and acting by its resiliency to again'raise the hasp on the staple being released.

renewal by removing the face-plate, and taking out the screws z'. It may be make capable of adjustment 'by tightening said screws.

ably project from their face, the hasp proper b being supported laterally by the engagement of its roar end with a corresponding recess, l, in the contiguous edge of the face-plate a, in its closed condition.

m is a bent lip, provided onthe cap-plate h, which, engaging in a slot, 1n', catches against a shoulder, shown in lig. 2, when the leat or hasp proper is raised, thus prevent-ing the hasp from being. thrown back too far, and allowing only so much backward movement ofthe same asis necessary for opening the trunk. The form of the parts ct bis, of course, ii'ariable. l

/ I do not claim, broadly, the use oa spring to throw up or out the lower portion of a.truuk-hasp; but

I do claim, as ne\vp l. The cushion g, coniined within a suitable socket in the upper part of the hasp, and bearing downward as set forth.

2. Thecombination, with the-face-plate a and hasp proper b, ofthe recess f, cap Il., screws tj, and projection k, formed and arranged as described, for the reception of an elastic cushion, g, by which to elevate and support the hasp propen'when released, as set forth.

3. The bent lip m, catching against a shoulder on tion of the hasp, as described;

CORNELIUS WALSH.

Witnesses:

THOMAS NUGENT, A. BLoMQvIs'r.

lower rear edge, forming a lever, through which to act- The cushion is readily accessible for adjustment or The lugs for hinging the parts a htogether, prefer- V against a shoulder, k, on the lower part, substantially the projection k, acting as astop, to .limit the eleva-

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