US828423A - Lock for trunks, dress-suit cases, and similar receptacles. - Google Patents

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4PAtmNTED AUG. 14, 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16,1905.

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No. 828,423. PATENTBD AUG. 14, 1906. L. RANSOM. LOCK POR TRUNKS, DRESS SUIT GASES, AND SIMILAR RBCEP'IAGLES.

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LOUIS RANSOM, OF MILTON.l MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY O. KALISH, OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Speoioaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1.906.

Application filed Ju 16,1905. Serial No. 265,617.

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Be it known-that I, Lo'Uis RANsoM, a citi- Zen of the United States. residing at Milton, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locks for Trunks, Dress-Suit Cases, and Similar Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

In closing trunks, dress-suit cases, and similar receptacles when filled to excess much trouble is frequently experienced in forcing down the lid or cover into locking position, jumping or sitting on the lid being often resorted to for this purpose. To overcome this difficulty and avoid the annoyance resultin(T therefrom is the object of my invention, wthich consists in a trunk-lock rovided with a lever adapted to be connected with the trunk-lid after the latter has been nearly closed, whereby said lid may be positively drawn down to close the trunk by a movement of the lever, said lever being adapted to be locked to securely hold the lid in its closed position, as hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the body and lid of a trunk having my improved lock applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar section with the arts in the position which they occupy wen the trunk-lid is closed down and locked. Fig-4 is a section of the locking-lever, showing the construction of the key-operated locking'mechanism carried thereby. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the locking-lever and lockplate, taken in the plane of the locking-bolts.

In the said drawings, A represents a portion of the body of a trunk, and B a portion of its lid. To the body A is secured in any suitable manner the lock-plate 10, formed of a flat plate of sheet metal having a long rectangular opening 12, within the upper end of which is a pivot 14 supporting a lever 14, which is shaped to closely fit said opening and lie flush with the outer surface of the lockplate when closed down therein, as shown in Fig. 3, the lower end of the lever being preferably beveled, as shown, to fit a corresponding bevel on the lower end wall of the aperture l2.

The lever 14 is composed of two flat plates 16 17, riveted together, the outer one having a recess forming a chamber 18 for containing the locking mechanism by which the lever is securely locked within the opening 12 when closed down therein, thereby locking the trunk. Any suitable locking device may bec employed in connection with the lever 14; but that which I prefer to use consists of a pair of transverse bolts 1Q, projecting through openings in the opposite sides of the lever and having beveled ends adapted to catch under the lock-plate, as shown in Fig. 5. These bolts form the lower ends of a pair of arms 20 of the form shown in Fig. 4, their upper rounded ends being fulcrumed in recesses 21 21 in the top plate 16 of the lever in which they are fitted. Each of the arms 20 is provided with a hook-shaped projection 23, said hooks being disposed one above and the other below the key-post, so that a key introduced through the keyhole 24 will engage and act on both of the hooks to withdraw the bolts 1) against the resistance of a U-shaped wire spring 25 placed between the arms 20.

Within an opening 26 in the lever 14 is pivoted a flat hook-plate 27, which extends up beyond the upper end of said lever 14 and is provided at its free end with a hook 28, which when the lever 14 is unlocked and raised or pulled out from the recess in the lock-plate, as shown in Fig. 1, and the trunklid is nearly closed is adapted to enter and catch over the lower edge of a rectangular opening 29 in the lid-plate 30, which is securely fastened to the lid B of the trunk. As soon as the plate 27 has been hooked onto the lid-plate a downward pressure of the hand upon the lever 1.4 will close the same into its recess in the lock-plate and causethe trunklid to be positively drawn down with great force to its proper closed position against any yielding resistance due to the trunk being overiilled, the bolts 19 then snapping under the lock-plate, when the trunk will be securely closed and locked as desired, without any of the trouble and annoyanceheretofore experienced in forcing down the lid by handpressure or sitting or jumping thereupon.

The lever 14 is preferably provided with a spring 31, Figs. 2 and 3, acting on the heel 32 of the hooklate 27, whereby the latter when notengagedJ with the lid-plate is held in an upright position close against the trunk to revent any liability of its catching in the clothing of a person passing by.

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What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A trunk-lock comprising a lock-plate having an elongated opening, a lid-plate, a lever pivoted to said lock-plate and adapted to lie entirely Within said opening when locked to said lock-plate7 a hook pivoted to said lever Within a recess provided in the front face of said lever and adapted to connect said lever With said lid-plate after the trunk-lid has been nearly closed, and means for locking said lever to said lock-plate when the trunk-lid has been closed.

2. In a trunk-lock of the character described, the combination With the lock-plate,

of a lever pivoted to said lock-plate7 means for locking the lever When the trunk 1s closed, a hook-plate pivoted to said lever and eX- tending up beyond the saine and having a hook at its upper end adapted to engage the lid-plate when the trunk-lid is nearly closed, and a spring actingon the heel of the hookplate to retain said hook-plate in an upright position When not engaged with the lid-plate.

I/Vitness lny hand this 14th day of JuneI A.

LOUIS RANSOM. In presence of P. E. T EsoHEMAor-IER, J. E. MALONEY.

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