Improved Means for Attaching and Securing Metal Mounts to the Edges of Leather Goods, such as Note Books, Pocket Books, Purses, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 25th May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 7th Feb., 1900-Accepted, 31st Mar., 1900
PROVIDIONAL
Improved Means for Attaching and Securing Metal Mounts to the
Edges of Leather Goods, such as Note Books, Pocket Books, Purses,
and the like.
I, WILLIAM JOSEPH DOWNES, of the Firm of T. J. Smith, Son and Downes,
76, Newgate Street, London, Manufacturing Stationers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to dispense with the pins rivets and other
similar fastenings heretofore employed for securing metal mounts to the edges
of leather goods such as note books, pocket books, purses and the like.
To effect this the leather edge or edges to be protected by the mount or
mounts is or are tooled so as to form one or more grooves or channels round the
same while the mount or mounts consist of a series of separate sections of metal
of any convenient size and shape which are fitted to such tooled leather edge
or edges in such a manner that the latter remain flexible.
To effect this the various metal sections are first bent or doubled over into a
convenient shape and then fitted on the tooled leather edge or edges, small
interstices or spaces being left between the various sections of the mount.
Such metal sections are then tooled over in order to force their lower edges
into the grooves or channels formed in the leather edge or edges as above stated,
and by this means the lower edges of each metal section become firmly embedded
in, and securely attached to the leather, while owing to the interstices or spaces
existing between the various metal sections, the leather edges retain their
flexibility.
Improved Means for Attaching and Securing Metal Mounts to the
Edges of Leather Goods, such as Note Books, Pocket Books, Purses,
and the like.
I, WILLIAM JOSEPH DOWNES, of the Firm of T. J. Smith, Son and Downes,
76, Newgate Street, London, Manufacturing Stationers, 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:-
The object of this invention is to dispense with the pins and other similar
fastenings heretofore employed for attaching and securing metal mounts to the
edges of leather goods.

page_text: To effect this the edges to be protected are tooled so as to form one or more
grooves therein, while the mount, (which may either be continuous or consist of
a series of metal sections of any convenient size and shape) is placed on such
edges, and then tooled over on each side so as to force the edges thereof into the
grooves in the leather edges and embed the metal edges in the leather.
Or the preliminary operation of grooving the leather edges may be dispensed
with, and the edges of the mount may be embedded therein by tooling in the
manner already described.
When the mount consists of a series of metal sections as shewn in the accom-
panying drawings, such sections are bent into shape to fit over the leather edges.
while preferably, but not necessarily,-when so fitted, interstices or spaces are
left between them so that the leather edges remain flexible.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan of the cover of a pocket book
and Figure 2, a section of a portion of such cover fitted with a metal mount
according to my invention. Such mount consists of a series of metal sections a
each of which is clamped on the cover by lateral grooves b, b',-Figure 3 is a plan
of one of such metal sections before it is bent into shape, and Figure 4 is a
sectional view shewing the same bent into shape and fitted over the leather edge
ready for being secured thereon by tooling in the manner herein before described.
My invention is applicable to note books, pocket books, purses leather bags,
photographic frames, music rolls, and leather articles generally.
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
The improved means for attaching and securing metal mounts to the edges of
leather goods without pins or other similar fastenings all substantially as herein-
before described and shewn.
ELT & Co.,
Registered Patent Agents,
43, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London, Agents for Applicant.