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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ROY B. SCOTT, OF DENTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JOHN B.
NICHOLAS, OF SAME PLACE.
MAIL-BAG FASTENING.
SPEIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,294, dated March 18, 1884.
Application filed October 18, 1883. (No model.)
'o allZ whon it 7naIjU concern :. are connected at one end by the staple k, hasp
Be it known that I, RoY B. SCOTT, of Den- m, and a lock, 1, the bag will be securely fast-
ton, in the county of Denton and State of ened, and that the operations of fastening and
Texas, have invented a new and Improved untastening the bag can be very quickly per- 50
5 Mail-Bag Fastening, of which the following is formed by swinging the chain b on its pivot-
a full, clear, and exact description, staples c. The chain b will have a pivot stud,
My invention consists of a chain fixed to n, at the end opposite to the staple m, for be-
one side of the bag so as to swing on the lower ing pivoted to the ear-lug o or connected with
edge, and having hooks, or, it may be, curved any suitable fstening device. 55
Ic or straight studs, which are made to pass I may substitute studs having heads and ar-
through eyes of the two sides of the bag and ranged to extend directly through the bag from
around or through another chain on the other the upper edge of chain b and through holes
side of the bag, making a very simple fasten- of the chain i, which chain may then be shifted
ing that is equally secure as the staple fasten- along the bag-before connecting the hasp k 60
15 ing now in use and much more readily manua- with chain b-to draw the chain along the
factured, as hereinafter fully described. studs and secure it under the heads of the
Reference is to be had to the accompanying studs by narrow slits extending along it from
drawings,forining part of this specification, in the holes through which the headsof thestuds
which similar letters of reference indicate cor- pass through the chain, this chain h in that 65
20 responding parts in all the figures. case not being riveted to the bag, but secured
Figure I is a side elevation of the bag, show- by staples, allowing it to slide along the side i
ing the chain having the fastening-hooks, and of the bag a short distance. In either case the
being arranged to swing up and down on its fstenings will beinserted and withdrawn from
lower edge to insert and withdraw the hooks. the eye-holes of the bag by swinging the chain 70
25 Fig. 2 is an elevation of the reverse side of b on its pivot-connections with the bag. which
the bag. Fig. 3 is a top view; and Fig. 4 is a is the essential feature of my invention.
detail in section on line xx of Fig. 1, and on Having thus described my invention. what I
an enlarged scale. claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters
On the side a of the bag I arrange the chain Patent, is- 75
30 b on staples c, for a pivot whereon the said 1. The combination, with a mail-bag having
chain may turn on its lower edge freely, and eyes in the upper margin of its mouth, of a
I attach the curved hooks d to the chain, said chain hinged at its lower edge to the bag. and
hooks being connected to the chain by a provided with fastening devices projecting
straight shank, e, transverse and parallel to through the said eyes, substantially as herein 80
35 the chain, and extending upward therefrom shown and described.
when the chain is swung up to the position for 2. The chain b, pivoted to the part a of the
fastening the bag to the eyes f along the up- bag, and having hooks d, in combination with
per margins of both parts of the bag. From the parts a and i, and with the chain h, at-
these shanks e the hooks are formed in a half- tached to the part i, said parts a.and i of the 85
40 circle, and again pass through eyes g of both bag having eyes f and g, substantially as de-
parts of the bag below the chains, also pass- scribed.
ing around the chain h, attached to the side i ROY B. SCOTT.
of the bag, and riveted to it at j. The eyes
f and g are to be suitably bushed or eyeleted, Witnesses:
45 for substantial construction and durability of J. T. B-RTORFF,
wear. It will be seen that when the two chains C. J. SHAPARD.
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Scott, Roy B. Mail Bag Fastening., patent, March 18, 1884; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170722/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.