IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING BAGS AND OTHER BAGS AND CASES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Furse at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th February 1880.
WILLIAM FURSE, of Red Cross Street, in the City of London, Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING BAGS AND OTHER BAGS AND CASES."
My Invention relates to improvements in travelling bags and other bags and
cases, the object being to retain the toilet-cases, trays, or receptacles carrying the
toilet-fittings or other fittings in a perpendicular or upright position at all times,
and even during the opening and closing of the bag or caso.
For this purpose I provide the cases, trays, or receptacles carrying the toilet or
other desired fittings with uprights or head pieces, which are furnished with pivots,
studs, or projecting pins, which enter slots or recesses formed in the T or angle
iron frames of the mouth or jaws of the bag or case, which are for this purpose
specially contrived. These cases, trays, or receptacles, when pivoted, hung, or
suspended within the mouth or jaws of the bag always retain their perpendicularity
or uprightness, no matter whether the bag or case be open or closed, or while being
opened or closed, and when the bag or case is opened they lie within the upper
portions of the mouth or jaws thereof, and while presenting their fittings to the
ready grasp of the user, do not in any way interfere with the interior space of the
bag proper, which is, by means of this Invention, left free for purposes of packing
and unpacking.
The cases, trays, or receptacles carrying the fittings are removeable, and when
removed can be readily replaced by dropping their studs or pins into their corTC-
sponding slots or recesses; further, these cases, trays, or receptacles can be so
contrived as to meet together in the centre of the bag when closed, and so form a
sort of cover for the interior space of the bag proper.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, and of
an Order of the Lord Chancellor, filed by the said William Furse in the Great
Scal Patent Office on the 14th September 1880.
WILLIAM FURSE, of Red Cross Street, in the City of London, Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAVELLING BAGS AND OTHER BAGS AND CASES."
My Invention relates to improvements in travelling bags and other bags and
cases, and has for object to retain the toilet trays, casos, or receptacles carrying the
toilet fittings, or othor fittings in a perpendicular or upright position at all times,
and even during the opening or closing of the bag or case.
For this purpose I provido each end of the trays, cases, or receptacles carrying
the toilet or other desired fittings with standards, uprights, or head pieces, which
are furnished with pivots, studs, or projecting pins, which enter slots or recesses
formed in the T or angle iron frames of the mouth or jaws of the bag or case,
which are for this purpose specially contrived. Or the trays or receptacles may be
attached to a support secured to the frames of the bag or case. These cases, trays,
or receptacles, when pivoted, hung, or suspended within the mouth or jaws of the
bag always retain their perpendicularity or uprightness, no matter whether the
bag or case be open or closed, or while being opened or closed, and when the bag or
caso is opened they lie within the upper portions of the mouth or jaws thereof, and
while presenting their fittings to tho ready grasp of the user, do not in any way
interfero with the interior space of the bag proper, which is, by means of my
Invention, left free for purposes of packing or unpacking.
The cases, trays, or receptacles carrying the fittings are removable, and when
removed can be readily replaced by dropping their studs or pins into their corre-
sponding slots or recesses; further, these cases, trays, or receptacles can be so
contrived as to meet together in the centre of the bag when closed, and so form a
sort of cover for the interior space of the bag proper.
And in order that my Invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into effect, I proceed, aided by the accompanying Drawings, to more fully describe
the same.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a travelling bag with its trays, cases, or receptacles
hung or suspended according to my Invention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of
the same, but with the tray or receptacle removed; Fig. 3 shows in perspective
view the tray, case, or receptacle removed from the bag.
The same letters of reference indicate like parts in all the Figures.
A, A, are the jaws or mouth of the bag, the T or angle iron frames a, a, of which
are provided with slots b, b; B, B, are the toilet trays, cases, or receptacles; they
are fitted with standards or head pieces C, which are furnished with outwardly
projecting pins or studs c, which take and fit into the slots b, b. These pins or
studs act as pivots or centres of support, on which the cases, trays, or receptacles
hang or suspend, and by means of which the said cases or trays aro at all times
caused to retain their perpendicular position even while the slots b, b, on the
opening or closing of the jaws or mouth of the bag revolve, as it were, around
them.
Figs. 4, 5, & 6, refer to another arrangement or modification. Fig. 4 is a
fragmentary perspective view of one end of the jaw of the bag taken from the
inside of the mouth of the bag, the dotted lines show the mouth closed, and the
full lines the mouth open, the tray being however removed in this Figure, in order
that the working parts may be clearly seen. Fig. 5 is an outside end view of the
frame of the bag, one of the jaws being opened, and the other closed, and Fig. 6
shows in perspective viow one of the standards or uprights C to which the toilet
trays are secured, and the projecting pins or studs c by which tho said tray or
receptacle is hung or suspended within the mouth or jaws of the bag.

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In this arrangement, instead of hanging or suspending the toilet tray or case
from slots in the T or angle-iron frames of the bag, I provide the said frames with
forkod brackets or supports d, d, (two for each half frame) and to these brackets or
supports, sockets c, e, for carrying or holding the toilet trays or receptacles B are
pivoted at ex. On the stationary portion, or what is technically termed the
joints" A*, of the frame of the bag to which the jaws are hinged, quadrant arms
E are also hinged, as shown, and these quadrant arms pass through slots a* con-
trived in the inner bar of the T or anglo iron frame. These quadrant arins have
slots formed in them for a suitable portion of their length, and slide over a pin or
stud f* fixed to an upright projecting pieco cx forming part of the socket, the
object of these quadrant arms being to keep the trays perpendicular during the
opening and closing of the bag. The forked bracket or support is provided on
the outer portion of its fork with a slot g, which embraces the pin or stud /* when
the mouth or jaws of the bag are opened to their full extent. This pin or stud acts
as a stop to the socket e, and thus serves to retain the toilet tray or case B firm in
place. The outer side of the projecting piece cx of the socket c is formed with a
flange or angular projection h, which abuts against the inner portion of the fork of
the bracket & when the jaws are opened, and thereby limits the extent of travel of
the socket e carrying the toilet trays or receptacles. The pin or stud f* is
prevented leaving its slot f in the quadrant arm E, by means of a nut or washer'm.
The socket e is provided with a cross bar i, on which the hook-shaped pin or stud c
on the standards C of the toilet tray or receptacle rests.
The socket e, and therefore the toilet trays or receptacles B, being thus arranged
nover depart from their vertical position, notwithstanding the opening or closing of
the mouth or jaws of the bag.
There are in all four such arrangements like the one just described, that is to
say, two for each jaw of the bag or case.
By constructing the trays of such size as to cause their sides to come together
and to touch cach other when the bag is closed, they will form a cover for the
interior of the bag proper.
Although I have described and shown my Invention as applied to a travelling
bag, yet I wish it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the fitting of
such receptacles only, as my Invention may be applied in like manner to boxes or
cases similarly constructed.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same may be performed, I declare that I claim,―
First. Suspending or hanging the toilet trays or receptacles carrying the toilet or
other fittings within the mouth or jaws of the bag or case, in the manner
substantially as herein described and shown, whereby the said trays or receptacles
aro caused to retain their perpendicularity or uprightness at all times, and even
during the opening or closing of the bag or case to which they are fitted or
applied.
Second. The modified arrangement as described and shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6
of the Drawings, for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Furse, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eleventh day of September, in the year One thousand eight
hundred and eighty
WILLIAM FURSE. (L.S.)