Improvements in Dressing Bags.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 21st July, 1892-Accepted, 27th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dressing Bags.
I, WILLIAM CANDLAND of 36 Pentonville Road, in the County of Middlesex,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention has for its object improvements in dressing bags whereby greater
convenience is obtained than with dressing bags of the ordinary construction.
"
Instead of dividing the head or cap of the bag longitudinally, and hinging each
half thereof along the side of the bag, I divide the head or cap transversely
and hinge each half thereof to the end of the bag, and I fit the same with
runners or guides to receive "standards" arranged to carry all the fittings
usually placed in a dressing bag, except, in some cases, the cutlery board, so as to
leave the body of the bag completely free, or nearly so, for the reception of clothing
or other articles it is desired to carry. I also provide the two halves of the head
or cap with quadrant stops to prevent strain thereon when opened out, and which
are of such form as to enable the two parts of the head or cap to assume a position
at such an angle as to give a better view of the contents and readier access thereto.
I also, in some cases, form the frame of the body of the bag of a vertically
convex shape at the upper part, and I shape the two parts of the cap or head to
fit the same.
The cutlery board may be fitted in a pocket at one end of the body of the bag,
or it may be arranged in one of the "standards" carried in the head or cap.
By dividing the head or cap transversely as above described, the tendency of
the mouth to gape is avoided, thereby enabling the usual costly and troublesome
side bolts to be dispensed with, whilst the fittings carried thereby are more secure
against injury and are not liable to become displaced on the bag being turned
upside down, in addition to which I am enabled to apply an outside pocket to one
or both sides of a shallow bag.
By fitting the "standards
in the head or cap as above described, I am also
enabled to apply fittings to both sides of the "standards," which advantage also
enables me to afford better protection to the breakable fittings.
Dated this 21st day of October 1881.
WM. CANDLAND,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dressing Bags.
I, WILLIAM CANDLAND, of 36 Pentonville Road, in the County of Middlesex,
Manager, 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 invention has for its object improvements in dressing bags whereby greater
convenience is obtained than with dressing bags of the ordinary construction.
Instead of dividing the head or cap of the bag longitudinally and hinging each
half thereof along the side of the bag, I divide the head or cap transversely and
hinge each half thereof to the end of the bag and, in some cases, I fit the same
with " runners or guides to receive "standards" arranged to carry all the fittings
usually placed in a dressing bag except, in some cases, the cutlery board, so as to
leave the body of the bag completely free, or nearly, so for the reception of clothing
"
[Price 8d.]

page_text: or other articles it is desired to carry. I also provide the two halves of the head
or cap with quadrant stops to prevent strain thereon when opened out, and which
are of such form as to enable the two parts of the head or cap when opened
out to assume a position at such an angle as to give a better view of the contents
and readier access thereto.
I also, in some cases, form the frame of the body of the bag of a vertically
convex shape at the upper part, and I shape the two parts of the cap or head
to fit the same.
The cutlery board may be fitted in a pocket at one end of the body of the
bag, or it may be arranged in one of the "standards" carried in the head or cap.
By dividing the head or cap transversely as above described, the tendency of
the mouth to gape is avoided, thereby, in some cases, enabling the usual costly and
troublesome side bolts to be dispensed with, whilst the fittings carried thereby are
more secure against injury and are not liable to become displaced on the bag being
turned upside down, in addition to which I am enabled to apply an outside pocket
to one or both sides of a shallow bag.
By fitting the "standards" in the head or cap as above described, I am also enabled
to apply fittings to both sides of the "standards," which advantage also enables me
to afford better protection to the breakable fittings.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed, aided by the accompanying drawings, more fully
to describe the same.
Figure 1 is a plan or top view and Figure 2 is a side view of a dressing bag con-
structed according to my invention and showing one half of the head or cap open
and the other half thereof closed.
Figure 3 is a side view and Figure 4 is an edge view of one of the "standards"
carried by the head or cap, and
Figure 5 is an edge view of such "standard" opened out so as to stand on a
table.
Figure 6 is a side view and Figure 7 is a top or plan view of a bag constructed
according to my invention, but showing a modified form of handle and fastenings
for the head or cap.
In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
a represents the body of the bag and b¹ the two parts of the head or cap,
which latter, instead of being divided longitudinally as heretofore, is according to
my invention divided transversely of the same and hinged at b6 to the ends of
the dressing bag. I also provide the two halves bb¹ of the head or cap with
quadrant stops e c to prevent strain thereon when opened out, and such stops are
of such length as to enable the two parts of the head or cap when opened out to
assume a position at such an angle as that represented at Figure 2, so as to give a
better view of the contents and readier access thereto.
In Figures 1 and 2 I have represented the handle d as fixed transversely of the
bag and a lock e fixed to the frame of the part 6 to lock with hasps, or a link
plate fixed to the frame of the part b¹.
The parts of the head of the dressing bag represented at Figures 1 and 2,
are fitted with runners 63 to receive "standards "f, one of which is shown separately
at Figures 3, 4, 5, which are provided with pockets and loops to carry the fittings
usually placed in a dressing bag except the cutlery board, which is placed in a
pocket a' at one end of the body of the bag. If desired however the cutlery board
may be arranged in one of the "standards” ƒ. By fitting the "standards" in the
head or cap of a dressing bag as represented at Figures 1 and 2, I am enabled to
apply fittings to both sides of the "standards," which advantage also enables me to
afford better protection to the breakable fittings.
By dividing the head or cap bb' of a dressing bag transversely as shown, the
tendency of the mouth to gape is avoided, whereby, when using a handle fixed as
shown at Figures 1 and 2, 1 am enabled to dispense with the usual costly and
troublesome side bolts, whilst, when placing the fittings in the head or cap, the

page_text: breakable fittings are more secure against injury and are not liable to become
displaced on the bag being turned upside down. Also, by dividing the head or
cap transversely, I am enabled to apply an outside pocket a³ to one or both sides
of a shallow dressing bag.
In the dressing bag represented at Figures 6 and 7, the frame of the body is
represented of a vertically couvex shape at the upper part, and the lower edges of
the two parts bb' of the head or cap are made to fit the same. Also, in Figures 6
and 7 I have represented a handle d fixed longitudinally of the dressing bag to a
bar d fixed to the part 6 of the head, and in such case I make the bar à' to extend
partly over the part 6¹ and I form such extension to clip over a rib b* fixed to the
part band with a socket in its outer end to receive the bolt of the lock e.
By this arrangement the handle is placed in a more convenient direction for use
and it assists in holding the two parts of the head firmly together. With
this form of handle I preferably use side bolts g g to further securely connect the
two parts 6 6 of the head together. This mode of dividing the head or cap of
a dressing bag may also be used with a dressing bag in which the fittings are
arranged in the body of the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvements in dressing bags substantially as herein shown and described
and for the purpose stated.
2. In dressing bags, a head or cap divided transversely and having the two
parts thereof hinged to the ends of the bag, substantially as herein shown and
described.
3. In dressing bags, a head or cap divided transversely of the bag and fitted with
carrying the fittings, substantially as herein
slides to receive the "standards
shown and described.
4. In dressing bags, the construction of the upper edge of the body frame of a
vertically convex form, and the construction of the lower edge of the head or cap
to fit the same, substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 21st day of July 1892.
Dated t 218 Qay of Jy 1992.
WM. CANDLAND,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.