IMPROVE- ANDOMIZED
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John King, of Endell Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Bag Frame Maker, and Alfred Watson, of Ely Place, in the
City of London, Commercial Traveller, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
ANDOMIZED Rice"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John King and Alfred
Watson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 4th November 1865.
We, JOHN KING, of Endell Street, in the County of Middlesex, Bag Frame
Maker, and ALFRED WATSON, of Ely Place, in the City of London, Com-
mercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FRAMES AND FASTENINGS OF CARPET AND OTHER BAGS," to
be as follows:-
The
Our improvements in the frames and fastenings of bags consist in the
application of a hinged flap of metal or other suitable material to the outer
half of such frames. It is hinged throughout the length of the straight part
of the frame and falls down so as to embrace it when the bag is closed.
hasp or part receiving the bolt of the lock or fastening is on the hinged flap
and enters through the inner half of the frame, and is secured therein by the
lock, which is fixed on the outer half of the frame as usual. By this means,
although locked only in the middle as usual, a rigid gripping of the two parts
of the frame is maintained throughout the length of the hinged flap, which

page_text: prevents the frames gaping, as they usually do when bags are full, and
even breaking of the frames which sometimes occurs. The frames and
fastenings so constructed are much stronger, more secure, and entirely
prevent the abstraction of anything from the bag when closed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John King and Alfred Watson in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 4th May 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
KING, of Endell Street, in the County of Middlesex, Bag Frame Maker, and
ALFRED WATSON, of Ely Place, in the City of London, Commercial Traveller,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said John King and Alfred Watson, Her special licence that we,
the said John King and Alfred Watson, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as we, the said John King and Alfred Watson,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE FRAMES AND FASTENINGS OF CARPET AND OTHER BAGS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said John King and Alfred Watson, our
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said John King and Alfred Watson, do
hereby declare the nature of our said 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 Sheet of Drawings
hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say):-

page_text: Our improvements in the frames and fastenings of bags consist in the
application of a hinged flap of metal or other suitable material to the outer
half of such frames. It is hinged throughout the length of the straight part
of the frame, and falls down so as to embrace or enclose the inner half of
the frame when the bag is closed. The hasp or part receiving the bolt of
the lock or fastening is on the hinged flap, and enters through the inner half
of the frames, and is secured therein by the lock which is fixed on the outer
half of the frame as usual. The hinged flap may be otherwise fixed in the
closed position. By this means (the two parts of the frame although locked
only in the middle as usual) a rigid gripping of the two parts of the frame is
maintained throughout the length of the hinged flap, and prevents the frames
gaping as they usually do when bags are full, and even the breaking of the
frames which sometimes occurs. The frames and fastenings so constructed
are much stronger, more secure, and entirely prevent the abstraction of any
thing from the bag by the springing open of the frames when closed.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents in side view, and Figure 2 in plan, the mouth-opening
part of a carpet, leather, or other bag, furnished with a frame constructed and
fitted according to our Invention; while Figures 8, 4, and 5 represent the
frame separately; Figure 3 being a side view of the frame with the hinged
flap thrown up; Figure 4, a transverse section of Figure 3; while Figure 5
shows a plan with the frame opened.
In bag frames fitted with our Invention there need be little or no alteration,
a, a, being the inner half, and b, b, the outer half of the frame, all as usual,
the Invention consisting in applying the metal flap c to the frame b, said flap
being represented separately at Figure 6, showing end and side views. This
flap we make, by preference, of a piece of iron formed thin on the one edge,
and thick on the other; near the thick edge I punch holes d, d; through
which holes I insert flat loops e or double pieces of metal (brass by preference),
the one end passing under and the other over the rim of the outer frame b, b,
and rivetted thereto by a through rivet f. I apply four (more or less) of
such metal loops, which form a continuous hinge for the flap c, and connect
it securely with 6; other forms of hinge may be adopted as, for instance, the
flap may consist of a double piece of sheet metal with hinge knuckles formed
throughout its length, corresponding knuckles being formed of a double piece
of sheet metal rivetted on the inside of the outer frame.b, a joint pin being
pushed throughout the length of the knuckles will connect the parts, and form
an ordinary hinge. This kind of hinge (see Figure 7), however, we think more
.

page_text: troublesome to make, and not so well adapted for the purpose as that repre-
sented in the other Figures of the Drawings. After punching the holes d, d,
To
in flap c we round the parts to form joint pins to work in the loops e.
the flap c we fix the staple or part g which enters the lock or fastening, that
being fixed to the outer frame 6 as usual. In closing and securing this!
frame the two parts a and b are brought together, the flap c is then folded
down upon frame a, and enclosing it between the flap and frame b, the
staple g at the same time passes through hole h in a and enters the lock,
where it may be secured by a bolt thrown by a key, by a spring catch, or other
fastening. Thus the part a of frame will be secured to part 6 throughout the
whole length, or nearly so, and so strengthen and improve the closure and
fastening of the frame and bag.
b
Figures 8 and 9 represent the application of the hinged flap to what are
termed square-mouthed bags, Figure 8 being an end view of the frame closed
with the flap c down, while Figure 9 shows the frame extended as in opening
the mouth of the bag. The inner and outer frames a and b being connected by
joint pieces m, m, all in the same plane as well understood; the flap c is
applied to this frame precisely in the same manner as above described with
reference to the Drawings, with the exception that the lock is fixed on the
inner half of the frame instead of to the outer half as before shown.
Figure 10 represents an end view of a frame for a wide-mouthed bag, having
the flap c applied thereto to secure it when closed. The dotted lines show the
position of the frame and flap when the bag is opened, and as will be readily
understood.
Having described the nature of our Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I declare that what we claim as our Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the applica-
tion of the flap or part c hinged or jointed to the frames of carpet and other
bags as and for the purposes herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John King, for myself and on behalf
of the said Alfred Watson, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
Fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.
JATTK7 VINO