IMPROVEMENTS IN POUCHES, PURSES, BAGS, OR CASES FOR TOBACCO, SPONGE, AND OTHER ARTICLES."
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Tribe, of High Holborn, in the County of
Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN POUCHES, PURSES,
BAGS, OR CASES FOR TOBACCO, SPONGE, AND OTHER ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Tribe at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd May 1871.
I, JAMES TRIBE, of High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
POUCHES, PURSES, BAGS, OR CASES FOR TOBACCO, SPONGE, AND OTHER ARTICLES,"
to be as follows:-
.
The Invention has for its object improvements in pouches, purses,
bags, or cases for tobacco, sponge, and other articles. For this purpose
I form the body of the bag, pouch, purse, or case with a mouth, or with
lips which are separate or distinct from the cover, but instead of running

page_text: a cord around the edge of the mouth or lips as with ordinary bags to
close them, I connect to the bag, pouch, or case below the mouth or
lips an india-rubber cap or cover, which may be drawn over the mouth
or lips of the bag, pouch, purse, or case, and thereby effectually cover
and protect the contents thereof. By these means, in the case of a
tobacco pouch, the dust or fine tobacco is prevented escaping therefrom,
whilst less material is required in the construction of such pouches,
purses, bags, or cases for holding a given quantity than has heretofore
been generally required, and a better shape may be given thereto.
Instead of forming the cover entirely of india-rubber the main part of
such cover may be formed of any suitable material, and india-rubber
gussets may be employed connecting the sides of the cover to the body
of the pouch, bag, or case.
.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Tribe in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
2nd November 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
TRIBE, of High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-fourth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said James Tribe, Her special licence that I, the
said James Tribe, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said James Tribe, my 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, usc, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN POUCHES, PURSES,
BAGS, OR CASES FOR TOBACCO, SPONGE, AND OTHER ARTICLES," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said James Tribe, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the

page_text: 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 I, the said James Tribe, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
The Invention has for its object improvements in pouches, purses,
bags, or cases for tobacco, sponge, and other articles. For this purpose
I form the body of the bag, pouch, pursc, or case with a mouth or with
lips which are separate or distinct from the cover, but instead of running
a cord around the edge of the mouth or lips as with ordinary bags to
close them, I connect to the bag, pouch, or case below the mouth or
lips an india-rubber cap or cover, which may be drawn over the mouth
or lips of the bag, pouch, purse, or case, and thereby effectually cover
and protect the contents thereof. By these means, in the case of a
tobacco pouch, the dust or fine tobacco is prevented escaping therefrom,
whilst less material is required in the construction of such pouches for
holding a given quantity than has heretofore been generally required,
and a better shape may be given thereto. Instead of forming the cover
entirely of india-rubber the main part of such cover may be formed
of any suitable material, and india-rubber gussets may be employed
connecting the sides of the cover to the body of the pouch, bag, or
case.
And in order that my Invention may be more clearly understood and

page_text: or bag I prefer to form circular, as shown in the Drawings, but it may
be made of other desired shape, and I carry the lips a¹, a², up above the
point a³ at which the india-rubber cap or cover bis attached to the body
of the pouch or bag a. It will be seen by reference to the Drawings
that I form the parts a, a, and 6 of pieces cut to the shape required,
and cemented together edge to edge so as to form apparently a con-.
tinuous piece of rubber, the lip a² being formed of a separate piece
cemented on the inside of the pouch or bag. The lips a¹, a², may,
as shown at Figures 2 and 3, be turned over to only a small extent,
whereby when the pouch or bag has the cap or cover 6 drawn over the
lips a, a, such lips will be kept close together, as shown at Figure 3,
thereby preventing any dust or fine particles falling out of the pouch
or bag; but if desired the lip a¹ may be turned down to a considerable
extent, as shown at Figures 4 and 5, so as to form a second or internal
cap or cover to pass over the lip a², the cap or cover 6 passing over both
the lips a¹, a, as shown at Figure 5. These pouches or bags are both
suitable for containing tobacco or other dry material, but although the
pouch or bag shown at Figures 2 and 3 may be used for sponge or other
damp articles, that shown at Figures 4 and 5 is the preferable form for
such purpose.
b
At Figure 6 I have shown a side view of a purse having my improve-
ments applied thereto. Figure 7 is an end view thereof when open, and
Figure 8 is an end view when closed. In this case the cap or cover b
is connected to the purse a at the part a³ below the mouth or lips of the
purse; but such cap or cover instead of being formed entirely of india-
rubber is formed mainly of leather or other non-elastic material, and
is provided with india-rubber gussets 6', which are stitched or otherwise
fastened to the cap or cover b at the lines ; or in some cases the
india-rubber may pass entirely across the front part of the cap or
cover b, and be stitched or otherwise fastened only to the back thereof,
the india-rubber being fixed or placed between the face and lining of the
cap or cover b.
At Figures 9, 10, and 11 I have shown similar views of a cigar case,
the cap or cover 6 of which is formed in a precisely similar manner to
that described with respect to Figures 6, 7, and 8.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode
in which I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that

page_text: what I claim is, constructing pouches, purses, bags, or cases for tobacco,
sponge, and other articles with the cap or cover connected thereto below
the mouth or lips, which are arranged in manner and for the purpose
substantially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Tribe, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-one.
JAMES TRIBE. (L.S.)