US815668A - Bag-fastener. - Google Patents

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PATBNTBD MAR. y20, 1906.

fNq. 815,668.

` E. B. WITTE. y

BAG PASTENER. APPLIATION FILED BIA-R. 28,1904.

INVENTOR citizen `of the United States,

' ing drawings, and to ERNST WITTE, or NEWARK,

MEReorr COMPANY, p A

NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE J E. CORPORATION VOF NEW JERSEY.

BAG-FASTENER.

Tov alta/hom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ERNST E. WITTE, a

residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certainnew and useful 4 Improvements in Bag-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,-

clear, and exact ldescription of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanynumerals` of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

i The present invention has reference to improvements in that bag-frames which areY especially adapted to satchels, chatelaine, `and' otherslmilarfbags andthe invention has for its principal object to provide a simple and-cheap construction vas well` as astronglymade bag-fastener Vwhich is more especially adapted for use with the hinged bag --framesections having their marginal edges in abutting relation vwhen the bag-frame is closed instead of the usual overlapping arrangement. r i' Other objects of theA present invention will be evident from the following detailed description of the .device embodying the principles of this invention.

The invention consistsin the novel con-- struction of bag-fastener hereinafter set forth and, furthermore, this invention consists v'in the general arrangements'and combination of parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same,- all of whichwill be fullydescribed in the following specification,

Aof this invention,

and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim, whichare appended tothe said specification-and form an essential. part of` t e same. l l

The invention is clearly illustrated inv the accompanying drawings, in which.-

1 Figure 1 is a side view of a bag-frame having' abutting frame-sections and provided with a bag-fastener embodying the principles and Fig. 2l is a top edge view of parts of the two frame-sections and plan orf top view of the bag-fastener. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the two `frame sections and they bag-fastener, said section being taken on line3 3 in said Fig. 2 and the parts being represented on an enlarged scale and-a spring catch-plate the Specification of IiettersPatent. Application led March 28,1904. Serial No. 260,255.

class of bag-fasteners for Patented March 20, 1906.

said bag -fastener being represented in 'its normal initial position in holding engagement with a catch or holding device upon one of the said frame-sections; and Fig. 4 is a simiin their lactuated and ydisengaged relation with the said catch or holding device to permit of the separable .arrangement of the two frame-sections. Fig..5 is a transverse ,vertical section o f the parts, said section being takenonline 5 l5 in said Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a bottom view of thebag-fastener in its detached relation from the bag-frame sections, and Fig. l'7 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on line 7 'Z in said Fig. 6 looking in the direction ofthe arrow insaid gure. Fig. 8 isa perspective catch-plate and spring detached. therefrom.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the above-described views to indicate corresponding parts. r Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, the reference characters l and 2 indicate a pair of bag-frame sections which are` pivotally connected or hinged at their lower end portions, as at 3, and as clearly illustrated in Fig. l. A V

The preferred form of bag frame with which I intend to use the bag-fastener embodying the principles of the present invention is one in which the frame-sections when lin their closed relation abut along their marginal edges 4 and 5, as clearly indicatedV in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the drawings; but it will be understood that also be used With other forms and constructions of bag-frames, if desired.

The bag fastener or lock consists, essentially, 'of a suitable shell or casing 6 of an desired ornamentation and configuration, the

able end portions'7 and 8, provided with suitable fastening means, as 9, .by means of which the said shell or casing can be secured upon the upper face of one of the frame-sections, as l, with a portionof the shell or casingextending beyond the marginal edge 4 of the said frame-section 1,'so that the said shell the other frame-section 2 when the two framesections are brought into their closed rela-l tion, as clearly indicated the several g.-

lar view withthe various parts represented or casing will also be arranged over the top of view of thecatch-plate and spring connected therewith, and Fig. 9 is a similar view of the lock-casing with the said said shell or casing being made with suit- IOO ures of the drawings. Within the said shell or casing 6 l have arranged a suitable catchplate, which consists, essentially, of a body or plate-like member 10, provided along one of its longitudinal marginal edges, as 12, with ears or lugs 11, which are adapted to be arranged in correspondingly-placed openings 13 in the lower marginal edge 14. of the shell or casing 6. The said shell or casing 6 is made in its oppositely-arranged and longitudinally-extendlng marginal edge 15 with an opening 16, into and through which extends a suitable finger-piece or lift 17, extending from the opposite marginal edge 18 of the said body or plate-like member 10, the said fingerpiece or lift 17 extending in an upward direction directly in front of the said shell or casing 6 and being arranged to provide a suitable closure for the opening 16 in the said shell or casing 6. The said body or platelike member 10 of the catch-plate is provided with a catch or holding-lug-receiving means, preferably in the form of one or more openings 19, with which a holding device, preferably in the form of holding-lugs 20 upon the frame-section 2, can be brought in holding engagement by forcing the said holding-lugs 2() into the said openings 19, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, when the said catch-plate is held in its normal initial and receiving position (indicated in said Fig. 3) by a suitable spring in the manner to be presently described. This spring consists generally of a spring-bar 21, made from wire, the same being clamped in its operative position upon the face of the said body or platelilre member 10 by a pair of clamping or holding lugs 22 and the said spring having at its one end a right-angled member 23, resting upon the face of the said body or plate-like member 10, and said spring being provided at its opposite end with another right-angled member 24,which when the said catch-plate is arranged in its operative position in the chambered shell or easing 6 is brought in forcible engagement with the upper and inner surface or roof 25 of the said shell or casing, and thus causes the said catch-plate in its normal initial position always to rest in the position indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, so that when the two frame- sections 1 and 2 are brought into their closed relation the holding lug or lugs upon the frame-section 2 will ride against the lower rounded portion 26 of the finger-piece, thereby slightly raising the latter, and the said lug or lugs 20 then being sprung in holding engagement with the edgeportions 27 of the opening or openings 19 in the vcatch-plate, in which holding engagement the parts are held by the action of the spring 21 until the catch-plate is raised by exerting pressure against the finger-piece 17 in the direction of the arrow o; in Fig. 4 of the drawings, when the two frame-sections can once more be brought into their separated relation, as will be clearly understood and as is illustrated in said Fig. 4.

From the foregoing description of my invention it will be seen that l have devised a very simple and effective construction of bagfastener in the form of a lock or holdingcatch in which there are but few parts, thereby roviding a construction which is not likely to be forced out of order.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isi v1. In a bag -fastener for a frame having hinged frame-sections, said fastener comprising a chambered casing adapted to be secured to one of said frame-sections, and said casing having an opening in its front side and said casing being also provided with openings 13 in its opposite side, a catch-plate and lugs on said catch-plate, said lugs extending rearwardly from one of the longitudinal edges of the said catch-plate and projecting into and being adapted to oscillate in the open portions 13, Va finger-piece extending Into and through the opening in the front of the casing and in an upward direction in front of the casing to provide a closure to the said opening, a spring, and a holding means connected with the other frame-section for engagement with said catch-plate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a bag-fastener for a frame having hinged frame-sections, said fastener comprising a chambered casing adapted to be secured to one of said frame-sections, and said casinor having an opening in its front side and sai casing being also provided with openings 13 in its opposite side, a catch-plate and lugs on said catch-plate, said lugs extending rearwardly from one of the longitudinal edges of the said catch-plate and projecting into and being adapted to oscillate in the open portions 13, a finger-piece extending into and through the opening in the front of the casing and in an upward direction in front of the casing to provide a closure to the said opening, a spring arranged upon the face of said catchplate, said spring bein provided with rightangled members, one of which lies upon said catch-plate and the other member resting against the inner surface of said casing, substantially as and for the )urposes set forth.

3. ln a bag-fastener for a frame having hinged frame-sections, said fastener comprising a chambered casing adapted to be secured to one of said frame-sections, and said casing having an opening in its front side and said casing being also provided with openings 13 in its opposite side, a catch-plate and lugs on said catch-plate, said lugs extending rearwardly from one of the longitudinal edges of the said catch-plate and projecting into and being adapted to oscillate in the op en portions 13, a finger-piece extendin T into and through the opening in the front of the casing and in an upward direction in front of the casing to IOO IlO

provide aclosure t0 the said'opening, a spring arranged upon the face of said catch plate,

l said spring being provided With right-angled for securing said spring-to-sai catch-plate,

consisting of clamping-lugs* integral With the said catch plate and clamped around said.

spring, substantiallyl as and for the purposes Io' setv forth.

In testimony that Iclaim the invention set lies upon said catchforth above I have hereunto set my hand'this 1904. A ERNST E. WITTE. Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS.

25th day of March,

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