Improvements in Paper Hand Bags for Carrying Fish, Game, Poultry, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 29th July, 1899-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Paper Hand Bags for Carrying Fish, Game, Poultry,
and the like.
We, THOMAS LEAN ROGERS and WILFRID JOHNSON MEAKIN, trading as Rogers
and Meakin, of The Mitre Paper Warehouse, Union Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth,
in the County of Devon, Paper Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
leather"
Our invention relates to the paper bags used by fishmongers, game dealers and
other tradesmen in packing up purchases in a handy form for convenience of
carriage by their customers without fear of soiling the hands or clothes of the
person carrying the bag or of damage to the edibles or other contents thereof.
In carrying out our invention we construct the body of the bag of a single
sheet of paper of a suitably stout nature (preferably of an air dried paper), there
is thus no seam at the bottom of the bag; along the top edges of the body of the
bag we secure a strip or band of what is known in the paper trade as
board, these bands considerably strengthen and add to the appearance of the bag;
before they are secured to the top edges of the body of the bag it is lined inside
with a grease and waterproof paper which is turned over the top edges of the
paper forming the body, while the fixing of the bands hides the joints between
the waterproof paper and the top of the bag. At the side edges of the bag, the
edges of the grease and waterproof paper are turned over and a strip of suitably
tough paper, preferably of about the same strength as the body of the bag, is
glued or otherwise secured over the whole, down each side edge. To further
strengthen the top edges at each end we glue or otherwise secure a piece of tape
canvas or the like from one strip or band to the one on the opposite side, this
effectually prevents any tearing at the corners.
We provide string or other suitable handles preferably passing through holes
either eyeletted or not as desired at or near the centre of each top leather-board
band, and for convenience in lacing up the top edges of the bag, when the latter
is being used as a covering for articles sent by rail or to any considerable dis-
tance, we may arrange a loose piece of cord or the like between the handle string
eyelets or holes to be also threaded through other holes, eyeletted or not as
desired, along the leather-board bands the last one being at or near the extreme
top corner of the bag and in the leather board band, on each side.
We are of opinion that by using the leather-board bands or strips, eyelets
will not be required.
By constructing the bag as described the string handles cannot tear out if it
become wet or be too heavily weighted, when loaded it closes well having the
firm top edges, does not gape, buckle nor bulge as a many of the bags now used
for the same purpose do.
Dated this 12th day of November 1898.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Paper Hand Bags for Carrying Fish, Game, Poultry,
and the like.
We, THOMAS LEAN ROGERS and WILFRID JOHNSON MEAKIN, trading as Rogers
and Meakin, of The Mitre Paper Warehouse, Union Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth,
in the County of Devon, Paper Merchants, 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:
Our invention relates to the paper bags used by fishmongers, game dealers
and other tradesmen or persons in packing up purchases in a handy form for
convenience of carriage by their customers or other means such as by post, rail,
boat and the like without fear of soiling the hands or clothes of the person carry-
ing the bag or of damage to the edibles or other contents thereof.
In describing our invention reference will be had to the accompanying sheet
of drawings upon which Fig. 1, is a side elevation of a paper hand bag constructed
according to our invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan on line a, a of Fig. 1, greatly, enlarged, shewing the method
of forming and securing the side edges of one form of our improved paper hand
bag.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 6 b of Fig. 1, also greatly enlarged, shewing
the method of forming the top edges of the bag.
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In carrying out our invention we construct the body of the bag of a single
sheet of paper A of a suitably stout nature (preferably of an air-dried paper),
along each top edge of the body of the bag we secure a strip or band B of what
is known in the paper trade as leather" board, or its equivalent, these bands
considerably strengthen and add to the appearance of the bag; before they are
secured to the top edges of the body of the bag it is lined inside with a grease
and waterproof paper C which is turned over the top edges of the paper forming
the body while the fixing of the bands hides the joints between the waterproof
paper and the top of the bag this will be seen clearly on Fig. 3. At the side
edges of the bag, the edges C of the grease and waterproof paper are turned over
and a strip 1 of suitably tough paper, preferably of about the same strength as
the body of the bag, is glued or otherwise secured over the whole, down each side
edge or on the bottom or bottom and sides; this latter form of our invention is not
shewn upon the drawings, but can evidently be adopted to further strengthen the
bag without departing from the spirit of our invention. To further strengthen
the top edges at each end we glue or otherwise secure preferably inside the bag
a piece of tape, paper, canvas or the like from one strip or band to the one on the
opposite side, this effectually prevents any tearing at the corners.
We provide string or other suitable handles E preferably passing through
holes Feither eyeletted or not as desired at or near the centre of each top leather
or other board band, and for convenience in lacing up the top edges of the bag,
when the latter is used as a covering for articles sent by rail or to any consider-
able distance, we may arrange a loose piece of cord or the like between the string
handle eyelets or holes to be also threaded through other holes F, eyeletted or
not as desired, along the leather or other board bands the last one being at or
near the extreme top corner of the bag and in the leather-board band, on each
side; for the sake of avoiding confusion we have only shewn the plain handles
upon Figure 1, but it will be readily understood how the bag may be laced up.
We are of opinion that by using the leather-board bands or strips, eyelets will
not be required.

page_text: By constructing the bag as described the string handles cannot tear out if it
become wet or be too heavily weighted, when loaded it closes well having the
firm top edges, does not gape, buckle nor bulge as many of the bags now used
for the same purpose do.
For ripe fruit or other articles easily crushed we may construct the bag with
an expanding bottom to open out when desired, still retaining the grease and
waterproof paper lining and leather or other board bands, the seam of such a bag
being up the centre of one side thereof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
A paper hand bag for the purposes herein set forth having a grease and water-
proof lining and leather or other board bands on the top edges, the whole being
constructed and arranged substantially as herein described.
Dated this 28th dox of Tul, 1800
W. SWINDELL,
Imperial Chambers, Albert Street, Derby, Agent for the Applicants.