Improvements in Hand, Travelling, and like Bags.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 4th May, 1893-Accepted, 24th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hand, Travelling, and like Bags.
I ERNST PHILIPP HINKEL, of Offenbach-on-the-Main, in the Empire of
Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to hand, travelling, and like bags.
The frames of such bags as heretofore employed have the defect that in the
opening and closing of the same they forcibly bend and strain the leather of the
side parts of the bag, which gives rise to inelegant folds and also destroys the bag
in course of time.
The improved frame obviates this defect. With this frame the side parts of the
bag are not strained in the above-mentioned injurious manner during the opening
and closing, but always remain bent, and it is now the frame which adapts itself to
the various positions during the opening and closing.
This is accomplished by providing the horizontal main part of the frame with
joints in such a manner that it can turn upon its longitudinal axis, and can thus
freely follow the movement of the leather during the opening and closing without
any necessity for either to give up its position relatively to the other, so that they
do not give rise to the formation of folds or the straining of the leather.
In carrying my said invention into effect I connect the horizontal main part of
the frame with the vertical side parts by joints so that it can adapt itself to every
position of the bag during the opening and closing by turning upon its longitudinal
axis. The two side parts are connected by joints as usual.
By reason of the fact that the main part and the side parts of the frame are not
rigidly united with each other to form a single piece bent at two points, I also
obtain a certain advantage in the fixing of the leather to the frame. The fixing
takes place more conveniently and can also be made more durable.
I am aware that in so called mouth bags the main part is likewise connected by
joints with the side parts, but in that case the joints are perpendicular and do not
therefore permit the turning of the main part upon its longitudinal axis, which is
absolutely necessary for the aforesaid purpose, moreover the side parts do not in
that instance extend downwards but inwards, thereby forming large folds, so that
such a frame cannot be employed for leather bags but merely for bags made
of fabric.
1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hand, Travelling, and like Bags.
I, ERNST PHILIPP HINKEL, of Offenbach-on-the-Main, in the Empire of
Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My invention relates to hand, travelling and like bags.
The present invention has for its object the construction of the frames of bags
by the use of which a number of advantages are gained over the frames heretofore
employed.
The frame is composed of two horizontal main parts, to which are pivotally
connected two pairs of vertical side parts, each pair being connected to each other

page_text: at its lowest extremities by a joint or hinge. Each of the main parts consist of
piece of sheet metal, the upper part of which is bent at right angles, the ends being
also bent at right angles, so that the piece thus produced will consist of a rectangular
shaped piece bounded by four surfaces, to the two ends of which main part ar
hinged the end parts of the frame.
These end parts are not made of sheet metal bent to an angle-piece, as ha
heretofore been customary, but are flat members formed of two plane pieces
These have in the first place the advantage that the fixing of the leather to the
same is much easier than with the old construction, and in the second place tha
the fixing of these end parts to the horizontal parts can be effected in an appropriate
manner.
The union between the two parts is effected by the manufacturer of the frame
thus only leaving for the manufacturer of the bag the work of attaching the
leather by a few rivets to all the existing parts. This is cheaper than when the
whole connection of the parts is effected subsequently by the bag maker.
The frames of such bags as heretofore employed have the defect that in the
opening and closing of the same they forcibly bend and strain the leather of the
side parts of the bag, which gives rise to inelegant folds and also injures the bag in
course of time.
The improved frame constructed according to the present invention is designed
to obviate this defect. The side parts of the bag always remain unbent and the
frame adapts itself to the various positions during the opening and closing of the
bag. The parts are so connected that the said main parts can be turned about
the pivot connecting the latter with the end parts or members and can thus freely
follow the movement of the leather during the opening and closing of the bag
without any necessity for the leather to be bent about the lower edge of the main
part, the leather and the main part remaining essentially in the same plane.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a section through the frame in its open position.
Figure 2 is a similar section showing the frame partly closed.
Figure 3 is a plan of the frame when quite open as in Figure 1, and
Figure 4 is a section on the line x x of Figure 3.
In carrying my said invention into practice I connect the main horizontal parts
or members A of the frame with the end parts or members B B by pivots C C the
opposite ends of the two end parts or members being hinged together at D as usual
so that the said frame can adapt itself to every position of the sides of the bag
during the opening and closing, the main parts of the frame being free to turn upon
their longitudinal axes. EE are springs arranged at the joints of the end parts or
members for the purpose of opening the bag when the catch is released.
By reason of the fact that the main parts or members and the side parts or
members of the frame are not rigidly united with each other to form a single piece
bent at two points, I also obtain a certain advantage in the fixing of the leather
to the frame, the said fixing being effected more conveniently and can be made
more durable.
I am aware that in certain kinds of bags the main parts or members are connected
by means of perpendicular joints with the end or side parts or members but in
these bags the side parts or members do not extend downwards but inwards,
thereby forming large folds so that such a frame cannot be employed for leather
bags but merely for bags made of fabric.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. A bag frame, in which the flat end parts or members are connected by
broad joints or hinges and in which the main parts or members are pivoted to these
end parts, the said main parts being bent over a little at both extremities and at
its upper edge, as hereinbefore described and shown in the drawing.

page_text: Second. A bag frame of the kind above described in which the connection of
the main parts and side parts is effected by joints, as herein before described.
Third. A bag frame as described in the second claim, in which the connection
of the main parts and the side parts is effected only along the horizontal axis, so
that said main parts can move about the said axis and adapt itself to the movements
of the sides of the bag as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 4th day of May 1893.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.