Improvements in Bags or Saoks.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct.. 1895
Complete Specification Left, 6th July, 1896-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1896
Improvements in Bags or Saoks.
I, ORSINI STUART, of 20, Castle Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In bags and sacks more especially coal sacks it is customary in making them to
take a piece of canvas of suitable length, fold it lengthways and scan. the adjacent
edges by sewing them together so as to form the sides, the fabric being simply
folded at the bottom so that the fabric is continuous in the two sides and bottom.
The result is that the side seams are liable to get chafed and worn especially when
the sack 18 hauled up into a vessel, and the seams rub against the vessel's side.
These seams are usually the first portion of the sack to wear out and furthermore
when the sack is full, and the seam gets stretched out the stitching of the two
scains is also exposed inside the sack, against which the coal when being filled into
the sack and emptied also chafes.
Now my invention has for its object to avoid these defects, and I proceed as
follows:-
I take a strip of cauvas jute, or other material of suitable length whose width is
equal to the depth of the sack required to be made, and whose length is sufficient
to make the two sides. This piece is folded in two places to form the two sides or
edges of the sack, and then the opposite and adjacent ends of the piece are seamed
so that this seam shall come near the middle of one face of the sack, the fabric of
the sack being thus continuous round the two sides and one face. The bottom
edge of the piece of fabric is then seamed to form the bottom of the sack, the
opposite edge being left open to form the sack's mouth. The result is the material
at the two sides and one face of the sack 18 continuous, and there being no sean
at the aides, the latter are not liable to get chafed and worn as is the case when
there 18 a seam, and thus the life of the sack is considerably increased. The
bottom of the sack where the seam 1s, may be strengthened by means of a strip of
canvas folded over the bottom and seamed in any suitable manner. This protects
the bottom scam from being worn. The rope forming the handles at the top of
the sack may be carried down both faces of the sack, one of these ropes covering the
Beam on the face and being sewn thereto protects it from getting chafed. Moreover
in cases where the sack is provided with an auxiliary loop or handle near the
bottom I form the loop by folding the rope over, and inserting the loose ends into
the strands of the rope, stitching them to the rope and to the sack, so that there
are no loose or unsightly ends visible.
Dated the 4th day of October 1895.

page_text: I, ORSINI STUART, of 20, Castle Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
Bame is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement
-
In bags and sachs more especially coal sacks it is customary in making them
to take a piece of canvas of suitablo length, fold it lengthways and seam the
adjacent edges by sewing them together so as to form the sides, the fabric being
simply folded at the bottom so that the fabric 18 continuous in the two sides and
bottom. The result is that the side seams are liable to get chafed and worn
especially when the sack is hauled up into a vessel, and the seams ruh against the
vessel's side. These seams are usually the first portion of the sack to wear out
and furthermore when the sack is full, and the seam gets stretched out the
stretching of the two seams 18 also exposed inside the sack, against which the coal
when being filled into tho sack and emptied also chafes.
Now my invention has for its object to avoid these defects, and I proceed in
the manner indicated in the following description, reference being had to the
accompanying drawing, in which :
Figure 1 is a general view of my improved sack ready for use;
Figure 2 a cross section showing diagrammatically the formation of the sack;
Figure 3 a similar view showing a slight modification; and
Figure 4 a detail view of the strengthened piece for the sack bottom.
Referring to these figures 1 take a strip A of canvas or other suitablo material
of suitable length whose width is equal to the depth of the sack required to be
made and whose length 18 sufficient to make the two sides. This piece is folded
In two places a a to form the two sides or edges of the sack, and then the opposite
and adjacent ends a' a' of the piece are seamed so that this seam shall come near
the middle of one face of the sack, the fabric of the Back being thus continuous
round the two sides and one face. The bottom edge of the piece of fabric is then
seamed to form the bottom of the sack, the opposite edge being left open to form
the sack's mouth. The result is that the material at the two sides and one face of
the sack is continuous, and there being no seam at the sides, the latter are not
liable to get chafed and worn as is the case where there is a seam, and thus the
life of the sack is considerably increased. The bottom of the sack where the
seam is may be strengthened by means of a strip of canvas B (Figure 4) folded
over the bottom and seamed in any suitable manner, this protects the bottom
seam from being won. The rope C forming the handles at the top of the sack
may be carried down both faces of the sack, one of these ropes covering the
seam a on the face and being sewn thereto protects it from getting chafed.
I prefer that this rope shall be in one piece by arranging it in the following
manuer, z. Starting from the point E it is carried round the side and bottom
edges of the sack to F, and from thence up one face of the sack to form a handle
at the top, then down to the bottom at G and from thence to F (to form the
handle D) where the rope is interlooped or intertwined and carried up the opposite
face of the sack to form the other handle at the top. From there it is passed
down again to the bottom at G, where the rope 18 again interlooped or intertwined,
finally terminating at H. The ends of the rope at E and H are folded over and
the loose ends inserted into the strands of the rope to form loops stitching them to
the rope and to the sack so that there are no loose or untidy ends visible. I have
described the above way of carrying the invention into effect, but it is obvious
that instead of taking a single strip of canvas I may take two strips of canvas A A
as depicted in Figure 3, whose length, when taken together, is sufficient to make

page_text: the two sides. These pieces are folded in the two places
a a to form the sides or
edges of the sack and then the opposite and adjacent ends a' a' of the pieces are
seamed so that these seams shall come near the middle of both faces of the sack,
the fabric of the sack being thus continuous at the edges.
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. As an improved article of manufacture, a bag or sack of textile material
which 18 made continuous round the two sides or edges whereby the sack is not
liable to get chafed or worn at those parts as is the case when there are seams,
substantially as described.
2. In the construction of a bag or sack, the folding and seaming of the strip or
strips of textile material forming said bag or sack in such a manner that the folds
shall form the sides or edges, and the seam or seams shall come near the middle of
one or both faces of the sack, the material being continuously round the sides or
edges, the rope forming the handles being so carried down and stitched to the faces
or seams of the sack as to protect the seams from getting chafed, substantially as
described.
3. In a bag or sack of textile material covering or protecting the bottom seam
of the sack by means of a strip of canvas folded over the bottom of the sack and
seamed in any suitable manner, substantially as described.
4. The improved manufacture of bags or sacks of textile material substantially
as described and shown on the accompanying drawings.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.