Improvements in Pouches and like Articles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pouches and like Articles.
I, WILLIAM WILSON HORN, of the Firm of Horn Son & Co., Patent Agent, of
151, Strand, London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a comiannica-
tion to me by Erlanger & Co., of Frankfurt-on-Maine, Manufacturers) to be as
follows:--
This invention relates to improvements in pouches and like articles and refers
more particularly to tobacco pouches which are in the form of a purse and which
have a hinged frame and this invention consists in providing each side of the
frame with a connecting web or the like, which, when the pouch is opened, is
stretched out in such a manner as to prevent the falling out of tobacco or other
contents of the pouch between said sides of the frame. Said webs may be made
of two hingedly connected pieces of metal, celluloid or other material or of a
piece of sheet india rubber or other clastic or pliable material.
Dated this 18th day of December 1896.
HORN, SON & Co.,
151 Strand London Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pouches and like Articles.
I, WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the Firm of Horn Son & Co., of 151 Strand,
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a com-
munication to me from Erlanger and Co. of Frankfort-on-Main), and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:―
This invention relates to improvements in pouches and like articles and refers
more particularly to tobacco pouches which are in the form of a purse and which
have a hinged frame and this invention consists in providing each side of the
frame with a connecting web or the like, which, when the pouch is opened, is
stretched out in such a manner as to prevent the falling out of tobacco or other
contents of the pouch between said sides of the frame. Said webs may be made
of two hingedly connected pieces of metal, celluloid or other material or
piece of sheet india rubber or other elastic or pliable material.
The accompanying drawing illustrates one form of tobacco pouch provided
with the invention.
In carrying out this invention I employ a suitable pouch A having a hinged
frame B of about the usual construction. Each side of said frame B is provided
with a web C which web may consist of metal, celluloid or other plates hingedly.

page_text: connected together at c and hingedly connected to the frame at c¹ so that when the
pouch A is closed the webs will fold together and when the pouch is opened said
webs will open about as shown and prevent any of the contents of the pouch from
falling out at the sides.
Instead of employing hingedly 'connected plates to form the webs as described
1 may employ sheet india rubber or other elastic or pliable material to form
said webs.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
A tobacoo pouch or like article having a hinged frame such as B said frame
being provided at each side with a web C for the purposes and substantially as
set forth.
Dated this 18th day of September 1897
HORN, SON & Co.,
151 Strand (next to Somerset House), London.