AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR CLOSING THE MOUTHS OF SACKS, BAGS, AND OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Ley and John Pinker, both of Liverpool,
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in the County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
FASTENING FOR CLOSING THE MOUTHS OF SACKS, BAGS, AND OTHER LIKE
RECEPTACLES."
Sealed the 26th November 1872, and dated the 2nd September 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Ley and John
Pinker at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 2nd September 1872.
We, WILLIAM LEY and JOHN PINKER, both of Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR CLOSING THE MOUTHS OF SACKS, BAGS,
AND OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES," to be as follows:-
Our Invention for an improved fastening for closing the mouths of
sacks, bags, and other like receptacles, relates to fastening or closing the
mouths of sacks, bags, or other like receptacles by a mechanical fastener in

page_text: contradistinction to fastening or closing the mouths of the before-men-
tioned receptacles by stitching, binding, or tieing as now generally
practised.
A mechanical fastener constructed according to our Invention consists
of, by preference, a piece of sheet metal bent or drawn in the form of a
trough or gutter, so that it will slide over the roping which is attached to
the mouth of the sack, bag, or other like receptacle, the gutter or trough
being of such guage as to clasp or grip the double diameter or roping
which is formed by the two sides of the mouth of the receptacle coming
together. The gutter or trough is bent inwards and slightly belled out
so as to slide over the double material forming the two sides of the sack,
bag, or other like receptacle, thus bringing the two sides together when
the fastener is drawn over the roping. The ends of the fastener are
slightly belled outwards to enable the fastener to be drawn over the
roping. At one end there may be a finger piece or loop to enable the
fastener to be drawn on. There is also a guard or small diaphragm at
one end to prevent the fastener being drawn away entirely from the
roping.
Fasteners constructed according to our Invention may be composed
of metal, wood, or other suitable material, and are especially applicable
to closing the mouths of grain or corn sacks, but are applicable also to
any other like receptacle.
The method of applying our fastener may be thus stated:-The sack,
bag, or other like receptacle being filled with the material to be con-
tained therein, and the roping on the sides of the mouth of the sack,
bag, or other like receptacle being brought together, the fastener or
trough being of the size to guage the double diameters of the rope, is slid
over the rope, the diaphragm or guard being placed between the roping
acts as a guide and keeps the roping on the respective sides of the trough.
The fastener thus closes the mouth of the receptacle and thus dispenses
with the necessity of stitching, binding, or tieing.
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When the sack has to be emptied the fastener is merely drawn to one
side and the receptacle emptied. The fasteners may be used over and
over again on the same or new sacks, provided the guage of the roping
be always the same.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Ley and John Pinker in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 1st March 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
LEY and JOHN PINKER, both of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto us, the said William Ley and John Pinker, Her special
licence that we, the said William Ley and John Pinker, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said William
Ley and John Pinker, our executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "An Improved FasTENING FOR CLOSING THE MOUTHS
OF SACKS, BAGS, AND OTHER LIKE RECEPTACLES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said William Ley and John Pinker, our executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said William Ley and John Pinker,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our Invention for an improved fastening for closing the mouths of
sacks, bags, and other like receptacles, relates to fastening or closing the
mouths of sacks, bags, or other like receptacles by a mechanical fastener
in contradistinction to fastening, or closing the mouths of the before-

page_text: mentioned receptacles by stitching, binding, or tieing as now generally
practised.
A mechanical fastener constructed according to our Invention consists
of, by preference, a piece of sheet metal bent or drawn in the form of
a trough or gutter, so that it will slide. over the roping which is attached
to the mouth of the sack, bag, or other like receptacle, the gutter or
trough being of such guage as to clasp or grip the double diameter or
roping which is formed by the two sides of the mouth of the receptacle'
coming together. The gutter or trough is bent inwards and slightly
belled out so as to slide over the double material forming the two sides of
the sack, bag, or other like receptacle, thus bringing the two sides together
when the fastener is drawn over the roping. The end of the fastener.
is slightly belled outwards to enable the fastener to be drawn over the
roping. At one end there may be a finger piece or loop to enable the
fastener to be drawn on. There may be also a guard or small diaphragm
at one end to prevent the fastener being drawn away entirely from the
roping."
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The beforegoing being the nature and object of this our Invention,
we will now refer to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, which further
illustrate our fastener for closing the mouths of sacks, bags, and other
like receptacles.
Figure 1 represents side elevation of a fastener constructed according
to our Invention; Figure 2 represents a section of same; Figure 3
section of same clasping rope or mouth of sack; Figure 4 represents
a sack with fastener withdrawn; Figure 5 represents a closed sack with
fastener in position.
A, fastener; B and B¹, roping of sack; C, sack; D, guard.
The method of applying our fastener may be thus stated :—The sack,
bag, or other like receptacle C being filled with the material to be con-
tained therein, and the roping B and B' on the sides of the mouth of
the sack, bag, or other like receptacle being brought together, the
fastener or trough A being of the size to guage the double diameter of
the rope is slid over the rope, the diaphragm or guard D passing between
the roping acts as a guide and keeps the roping on the respective sides
of the trough A. The fastener A thus closes the mouth of the receptacle
and thus dispenses with the necessity of stitching, binding, or tieing.
When the sack C has to be emptied the fastener A is merely drawn

page_text: to one side and the receptacle emptied. The fasteners may be used over
and over again on the same or new sacks, provided the guage of the
roping be always the same.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and how the same may be carried into practical effect, we
would have it understood that we do not confine ourselves to the exact
proportions or style of the fastener as shown in the Drawings, as the
same may be considerably varied without departing from our Invention,
but what we claim as new and secured to us by Letters Patent as afore-
said is, the improved fastener for closing the mouths of sacks, bags, and
other like receptacles, substantially in the manner herein-before described
and set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Pinker, on behalf of myself
and Co-inventor, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
Twenty-eighth day of February in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
Witness,'
FREDERICK JOHN CHEESBROUGH,
of 15, Water Street,
Liverpool.
JOHN (L.s.) PINKER.