Improvements in Tobacco Pouches.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1894.
Complete Specification Left, 28th June, 1894-Accepted, 28th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tobacco Pouches.
ROBERT HEYWOOD 56 Grafton Street, Tottenham Court Road London
Financial Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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The improvement is made by stamping out the pouch from a flat piece of rubber
leather or other material in the form of a circle with outer irregular edge similar
in form to a sunflower the centre of same being blocked out to form the bottom of
pouch, the whole admitting of being opened to its widest extent, enabling any one
When not in
to take the tobacco freely from same, as shewn in drawing No. 1.
use the surplus rubber or leather or other material is folded, forming a star upon
the upper surface as shewn in drawing No. 2, the space between the blocked out
bottom and the upper part so folded forming the pouch. The rubber being
moulded or stamped to form the folds and vulcanised when in that position, it
closes automatically and always retains its proper shape. A rubber or metal stud
is attached to the bottom of pouch and projects to the top of same, and this keeps
the whole quite tight when closed.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tobacco Pouches.
ROBERT HEYWOOD 56 Grafton Street, Tottenham Court Road London in the
County of Middlesex Financial Agent do hereby declare the nature of this inven
tion 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 a new form of self-closing tobacco pouch, the object
being to provide a pouch which, though practically self-closing, is so formed that
it can be laid out flat on the table, or other flat surface, when desired for use.
In carrying out this invention, I stamp or cut out from a sheet of rubber
compound, or other suitable material, a circular piece with serrated or irregular
edge.
This circular piece I subject to a moulding action in the well-known manner,
whereby I produce in the centre of the piece a saucer shaped portion, the outer
serrated portion being brought over the core, and folded down, so as to produce a
kind of conventional floral design on the top, in which form the article is
vulcanized in the usual way. When completed, a button or stud with long stem is
secured to the bottom of the pouch in the centre, and the head of this button or
stud is caused to project through a central opening in the conventional floral design,
and serves not only to cover this hole, but also to secure the folds, so that the
contents of the pouch shall not fall out.
In the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 shows, in plan view, the pouch open.
Fig. 2 is a section, taken on the line x, 2, Fig. 1, of the pouch open..
Fig. 3 is a plan view, and
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page_text: preference twelve points, as shown in Fig. 1. The blank will be placed in the
mould, and a metal or other core will be placed in the centre. The serrated portion
of the blank will then be folded down in tangential folds, over the core, as
indicated in the drawings, any suitable appliance being used to hold the folds
during the vulcanizing operation. The central portion A of the pouch will be
saucer-shaped, and of such a height and form that the outer portion will turn
back and open out flat, or comparatively flat, as indicated in the section, and
retain that position naturally.
It will be seen from Fig. 3, that when the pouch is closed, it assumes a
conventional floral design, say, of the marigold order, and it will have, at the centre,
a small opening, by which the contents of the pouch would fall out. To obviate
this, I secure to the bottom of the pouch, in any convenient manner, a vulcanized
rubber or other button, or stud, B, with a comparatively long stem, the head of
which, when the pouch is closed, is passed through the opening in the centre of
the floral design, and covers the opening. At the same time, the button secures
the folds, so that they will not expand under the pressure of the contents of the
pouch.
Instead of the button or stud, I may secure a small piece of rubber (of a
different colour) at the junction of the teeth, as indicated at C, Fig. 1, which
pieces will, when the pouch is closed, fold in half, and overlie one another, thus
completely covering the opening. When I use a metal stud, I may make the stem
tubular, to serve as a receptacle for matches, the head or back being hinged
thereto, to form the lid.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A self-closing tobacco pouch made from a single piece of rubber or other
material, and so formed that the cover portion may be turned back and opened out
flat, and will retain its open position naturally, as shown and described.
2. The combination with a self-closing tobacco pouch, the cover of which is
produced by tangentially folding over a serrated border, to assume a conventional
floral design, of a flat-headed button or stud, to keep the cover closed, when the
pouch is full, as set forth.
Dated this 26th day of June 1894.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.