An Improved Cartridge Pouch.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cartridge Pouch.
I, JOSEPH VINER JOHNSON, of 7 Craven Villas, Ealing, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved cartridge pouch, and it has for its object
to so construct the pouch as to prevent the loss of cartridges, by their tumbling
out therefrom, when the user is moving about, or when lying down to fire.
My improved pouch, which is made of leather or other suitable flexible material,
consists of a front portion and a back portion which are united together at their
ends and bottom by means of a flexible gusset of leather, or other appropriate
material, and thus forming an expansible pocket.
The front portion of the pouch is made of greater depth than the back portion,
and the extended part thereof forms a flap which, when the pouch is opened,
constitutes a shield or cover to prevent the tumbling out of the cartridges.
The gusset, at one end of the pouch, is prolonged or carried up to the edge of
the front portion or flap, and is of such a shape as to cause said flap, when the
pouch is opened, to curve or bend inwards and to impinge against the body of the
wearer, and thereby form the shield or cover. At the other or opposite end,
the gusset extends only to the upper edge of the pocket or pouch proper, in order
to allow space for the hand to be readily introduced when it is desired to withdraw
a cartridge.
The back portion of the pouch is formed at each end of the gusset with
extensions, to which loops are secured for the purpose of attaching the pouch to
the waist-belt.
When the flap is folded down to close the pouch, it is retained in place by the
waist belt between which and the back of the pouch it is passed, but if desired,
and as an additional security, any suitable fasteuing device may be provided for
the purpose.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cartridge Pouch.
1, JOSEPH VINER JOHNSON, of 7, Craven Villas, Ealing, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, 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, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :--
My invention relates to an improved cartridge pouch, and it has for its object to
so construct the pouch as to prevent the loss of cartridges by their tumbling out
therefrom, when the user is moving about, or when lying down to fire.
My improved pouch, which is made of leather, or other suitable flexible material,
consists of a front portion and a back portion, which are united together, at their

page_text: Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively cross sections on the lines y, y, and =,=, of Fig. 3,
shewing the shape or arrangement of the gusset.
Fig. 9 is a back view shewing a modified arrangement of my improved cartridge
pouch.
A is the front, and B the back of the pouch, the latter being of slightly greater
length than the former. The front A. is made of greater depth than the back, and
the extended portion thereof forms the flap a. b is the gusset of soft leather, or
other suitable flexible material, by means of which the front A and back B of the
pouch are connected together at the ends and bottom, thus forming, as shewn, the
expansible pocket or pouch proper. This gusset is extended at one end only, of
the pouch, say the left, at ', beyond the mouth or opening of said pouch, and is
secured to the flap a, by stitching. Attached to the portion &' of the gusset, there
may be a second portion or piece, which is stitched to the extended portion 6' of
said gusset and to the upper edge of the pocket or pouch at 6x (Fig. 3). These
two portions ',, form together an L or are approximate to a right angle, as
shewn in Figs. 7 and 8, when the pouch is open and the flap raised to its full extent.
The portion is advantageously cut somewhat shorter than the height of the flap,
and is curved and stitched down to said flap, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3. This gusset,
on the left end, thus forms a wall to that end of the pouch and, at the same time,
tends to cause the flap, when raised, to curve or bend inwards, and to impinge
against the body of the wearer, so as to form a shield or cover to the expansible
pocket or pouch proper to prevent the cartridges tumbling out, either when the
user, is on the move, or when lying down to fire.
e, e, are loops rivetted to the extended lateral portions of the back B, and by
means of which the pouch is carried or supported on the waist belt.
When it is desired to withdraw a cartridge from the pouch, the flap a is raised,
and assumes the position shewn in Figs. 3 and 4; the hand is then inserted beneath
the flap and into the pocket, the entrance for the hand being, in the arrangement

page_text: shewn in the drawings, at the right end upper corner, as the corner on the left
end is closed by the extended gusset.
It is of course obvious that for a left-handed person, the pouch would be so
made that the extended gusset would be arranged on the right hand end.
When it is desired to close the pouch, the flap a is folded over and is inserted
between the waist belt (not shewn in the drawings), and the back piece B; this
will be sufficient for all practical purposes, but, if desired, a fastening device,
consisting of a slotted plate f, fixed to the outside of the flap, and adapted to
engage with a stud g, fixed to the back piece B, may be employed, as shewn in
Figs. 2 and 3.
Fig.
shews a modified arrangement of pouch in which the fastening device
above explained, is dispensed with, and a retaining strip or piece h, forming a loop,
is employed in its stead, and is rivetted to the extended lateral portions of the back
piece B. To close, and keep the pouch closed, it is only necessary to tuck in, or
insert, the flap a between the back of the pocket or pouch and this retaining strip
or piece h.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same may be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A cartridge pouch having a flexible gusset so shaped and arranged as to form
a wall, at one end of the pouch, and to cause the flap, when the pouch is open, to
curve or bend over towards the wearer's body and so act as a shield or cover to
prevent the escape of the cartridges, substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. My improved cartridge pouch, substantially as herein described and shewn
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 10th day of Sentember 1893
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 6, Victoria Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.