Improvements in Hand, Travelling, Brief, Gladstone, and like Bags.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 8th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 10th May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hand, Travelling, Brief, Gladstone, and like Bags.
1, JOSEPH ROSENTWEG of 9 Regent Place, Shawlands, Glasgow, Bag-manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in bags and it has for its object the
saving of time and labour in securing the body of the bag to the frame and also at
the same time to give the bag a neater appearance than heretofore.
The invention is applicable to hand, travelling, brief, Gladstone, square-made and
like bags.
At present with these classes of bags, when it is desired to secure the body of the
bag to the frame the leather is made to overlap the frame and is then sewn up
through the frame. This sewing is very objectionable as it involves a good deal of
labour and time and is not durable because of the number of holes made in the leather,
when sewing, weakening the parts sewn ; nor neat in appearance.
In carrying out my invention I secure to that part of the body of the bag which
is to be secured to the frame, preferably, a piece or strip of leather, or the like,
which is or may be sewn to the body so as to form a double piece at that part. The
doubled piece or part is inserted into the frame and rivetted or otherwise secured
thereto on the inside. The piece or strip is now bent over the frame so as to cover
it and is, preferably, pasted or glued in position on the inside, although it may be
sewn or otherwise secured in place. The extra piece or strip covers up the rivets
and gives the bag a neat appearance.
Instead of using a separate covering piece as hereinbefore described the leather
of the body may be made a little larger and the edges be folded back. The doubled
part thus formed would be preferably sewn at its bent or doubled edge. The other
single part is bent over and encloses the frame as before.
The frame is preferably drilled or made with holes in it so that the rivets may
be passed up from below through the frame and be clinched on the top.
Daten its own day of Decem
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hand, Travelling, Brief, Gladstone, and like Bags.
1, JOSEPH ROSENTWEG of 9 Regent Place, Shawlands, Glasgow, Bag-manufacturer
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:
This invention relates to certain improvements in bags and it has for its object the
saving of time and labour in securing the body of the bag to the frame, and also at
the same time to give the bag a neater appearance than heretofore.
The invention is applicable to hand, travelling, brief, Gladstone, square-made and
like bags.
.
At present with these classes of bags, when it is desired to secure the body of the
bag to the frame the leather is made to overlap the frame and is then sewn up through
the frame.
This sewing is very objectionable as it involves a good deal of labour and time
and is not durable, because of the number of holes made in the leather, when sewing,
weakening the parts sewn ; nor neat in appearance.
In carrying out my invention I secure to that part of the body of the bag which is

page_text: to be secured to the frame, preferably, a piece or strip of leather, or the like, which
is or may be sewn to the body so as to form a double piece at that part. The doubled
piece or part is inserted into the frame and rivetted or otherwise secured thereto on
the inside. The piece or strip is now bent over the frame so as to cover it and is,
preferably, pasted or glued in position on the inside, although it may be sewn or
otherwise secured in place. The extra piece or strip covers up the rivets and gives
. the bag a neat appearance.
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Instead of using a separate covering piece as bereinbefore described the leather of
the body may be made a little longer and the edges be folded back. The doubled part
thus formed would be preferably sewn at its bent or doubled edge. The other single
part is bent over and encloses the frame as before.
The frame is preferably drilled or made with holes in it so that the rivets may be
passed up from below through the frame and be clinched on the top.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon :-
Fig. 1 is a side view of a brief bag made in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bag.
Fig. 3 is a view of that part of the frame having the lock on it.
Fig. 4 is a view of the other part.
Fig. 5 is a view of the lock part of the frame showing the leather attached thereto
by small pieces of wire.
Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line x-x, fig. 11, of the other part showing the -
leather body attached by means of rivets.
Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are detail views.
I will now proceed to describe my invention, for the sake of illustration, as applied
to a brief bag, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.
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I secure to the upper part of the body a of the bag, preferably, a piece or strip 6 of
leather or the like (as shown in part cross section at figs. 8 and 9) which is, by
preference, sewn to the body a so as to form a double piece at that part. is the
lining of the bag and the three parts a b and c are shown as sewn together along the
line d. Sometimes as shown at fig. 9 I may sew in an extra piece or strip e between
the piece b and the body a. The doubled piece or part a, b is now inserted into the
frame and may as shown at fig. 5 be secured to the bars or pieces f by means of
wires g; or the doubled piece may be secured to the frame by sewing or it may as
shown at fig. 6 be rivetted in place by rivets h. When the doubled part is secured by
wires the wires are, by preference, made into the shape of a staple such as shown at
fig. 7. The staple is first pressed through the edge of the part 6 and then through the
parts a and lining c being twisted or bent over the bars f, on the inside as shown at
fig. 5. Fig. 12, shows, in cross section, the manner of securing the staples more
clearly. The strip b is now bent over the top of the frame. so as to cover it and is,
preferably, pasted or glued in position on the inside. It may however be sewn or
otherwise secured in place on the inside of the frame. Fig. 10 shows the method of
covering the frame. As will be seen the strip b is first bent back (as shown at
figs. 11 and 12) with the edge lying to the inside of the bag. The strip b is then
drawn tightly over the top i of the frame and bent underneath so as to completely'
enclose the top i. It is then bent downwards and secured to the side j of the frame so
as to partially or wholly enclose it. In order that the strip b may hold in position it
may be pasted or glued before being bent over or the frame may be pasted or glued
for its reception. The piece b may be rivetted to the side; if desired instead of being
glued thereto.
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When the strip b is rivetted to the frame as shown at figs. 6 and 11, the lining c,
body a and strip b are secured together by sewing or otherwise as before and the
triple edge thus formed is pushed into the space k between the side j and top of the
frame as shown. To enable the edge to go in some distance the parts of the edge
opposite the bars f, are cut away to a sufficient depth to receive the bars. After being
pushed into place the triple edge part is rivetted to the top i of the frame as 'shown.
The strip is now bent over the top i and is then bent to the inside so as to
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page_text: completely cover up the rivets and frame being preferably pasted or glued in position
as before.
Instead of using a separate piece or strip 6 to cover over the frame, as hereinbefore
described, the leather of the body a may be made a little longer and the edge be folded
back as shown at fig. 14. The doubled part is sewn at its bent or doubled edge and the
other single part, a, is bent over and encloses the frame.
In some cases the bars f, may be drilled with holes and the leather be rivetted to
them instead of to the top i.
The space k between the top and side pieces i, j, of the frame is, preferably, made
a little wider than usual so as to easily admit the doubled edge.
As shown in section at fig. 13, the strip 6 may be bent over the top i then
underneath and round the side of the frame being secured to the body a by
sewing d. As will be seen the piece b is bent up at its inner end so as to
completely enclose the side ; and it is held firmly in place by the line of stitching.
The stitching which is done through the opening k passes through the piece b three
times and through the body a once.
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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 :-
1. In making bags the improved method of securing the body to the frame,
substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. In making bags, the application and use of a strip or piece of leather or
equivalent material which is secured to the body of the bag and then folded over
the frame so as to wholly or partially enclose it, being secured in position by sewing,
rivetting, pasting, glueing or other equivalent manner, substantially as and for the
advantages hereinbefore specified.
Amil 1800
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.