Jack Sullivan I recently acquired a nice example of a Sargent padlock with key on eBay. It corresponds to the 1912 patent US1029942 to Page. I thought it was very interesting because of the nature of the shackle & the side-located key action which requires that you push up (or in) before you can rotate the key & open the lock. Within a week I was able to secure on eBay a lock that seemed very similar both in design & in operation. The case. however, is quite different & it bears the date of the patent on the bottom. The keys are also quite differently shaped. Whether these two locks represent an evolution of the basic Page design, I would think the cost of retooling for the different cases & internal parts (the shackle remaining the same) would have been cost prohibitive. Whatever Sargent’s motivation, it is very interesting to be able to own & study two works variant padlocks from the same manufacturer & same basic design Jack
Jack Sullivan Jack Sullivan wroteI recently acquired a nice example of a Sargent padlock with key on eBay. It corresponds to the 1912 patent US1029942 to Page. I thought it was very interesting because of the nature of the shackle & the side-located key action which requires that you push up (or in) before you can rotate the key & open the lock. Within a week I was able to secure on eBay a lock that seemed very similar both in design & in operation. The case. however, is quite different & it bears the date of the patent on the bottom. The keys are also quite differently shaped. Whether these two locks represent an evolution of the basic Page design, I would think the cost of retooling for the different cases & internal parts (the shackle remaining the same) would have been cost prohibitive. Whatever Sargent’s motivation, it is very interesting to be able to own & study two works variant padlocks from the same manufacturer & same basic design Jack I posted this before having both locks in hand. Once I had them both it was obvious that the locks were considerably different & that the larger one (top photos) was a much heavier duty lock than the smaller one. Apparently Sargent developed a family of padlocks based on the Page patent. Here are the approximate size/weights: Smaller Weight = 6 ounces External width of shackle = 1 5/16″ External width of case = 1 11/16″ Larger Weight = 10.5 ounces Shackle width = 1 11/16″ Case width = 2″ The shackles have the same design pattern but are not identical as I had assumed earlier. Jack [unknown]
Jack Sullivan Just sold on eBay (for over $100!) was a third variant of the Page patent design manufactured by Sargent. The reverse is labeled USN and beneath that has been stamped or milled the word ELECTRICAL. The lock location/mechanism, the shackle design are basically the same as the two locks described earlier in this thread. Jack
