Improvements in Holders or Receptacles for the Carriage or Conveyance of Ammunition or for similar purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Dec., 1896-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Holders or Receptacles for the Carriage or
Conveyance of Ammunition or for similar purposes.
I, LOUIS SILVERMAN, of Crayford Works, Crayford, in the County of Kent,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to holders or receptacles for the carriage or conveyance
of ammunition and for similar purposes, the said holders or receptacles being in
the form of knapsacks, pack-saddle hangers, ammunition boxes and the like. The
object of the invention is to so construct such holders or receptacles that they shall
be light and collapsable when empty.
An important feature of my invention consists in constructing the holders or
receptacles of leather or canvas to which the requisite strength and stiffness is
imparted by strips or rods of cane or thin steel.
In constructing a holder or receptacle in the form of a knapsack, that is to say
in a form suitable for attachment to the back of a soldier, I employ a leather or
canvas sheet having longitudinally and transversely arranged strips or rods of caue
affixed thereto by sewing or otherwise. To the lower edge of this sheet is
connected a flap also strengthened with strips of cane, this flap being capable of
folding up against the aforesaid sheet. Leather straps or other supporting pieces
are arranged in such a manner that they will firmly support the said flap in a
position approximately at right angles to the sheet when the flap is turned down.
On this flap the ammunition boxes or other articles to be carried are placed and
supported. The longitudinal edges of the aforesaid sheet are furnished with
flexible side flaps or strips which are also capable of folding up against the sheet.
These flaps serve to prevent the ammunition boxes from shifting laterally. The
upper edge of the sheet may be provided with a flexible end or cover which is
adapted to lie on the uppermost of the ammunition boxes. Conveniently arranged
straps are provided for enabling the holder to be connected to the soldier's back
and other straps are also provided for retaining the ammunition boxes in place
within the holder. The holder may be furnished with suitable pads where it
comes against the soldier's back.
For pack-saddle hangers I employ a sheet of leather or canvas strengthened
with suitably arranged rods of cane, the said sheet being bent longitudinally so
that one half occupies a position approximately at right angles to the other.
Leather straps or stays are provided at intervals for restraining the halves from
bending outwardly beyond their position of right angles when the ammunition
boxes are in place. The straps or stays are so arranged however that they do not
prevent the said halves from being turned inwardly one against the other when so
required. Straps or other convenient means are also provided for retaining the
ammunition boxes or other articles in place on the hanger. If desired triangular
end pieces or gussets may be applied to the ends of the hanger to give strength
thereto and prevent end wise movement of the ammunition boxes. In some cases
I may employ a suitably arranged cover on the hanger for enclosing the ammunition
boxes. Strong eyes are provided for enabling the hanger to be connected to the
pack saddle.
In the case of ammunition boxes I construct them of leather with strengthening
strips of cane or thin steel in place of the ordinary metal framework and I so

page_text: construct the body and cover that the said boxes will be capable of collapsing
when empty.
It will be obvious that my invention is applicable to holders or receptacles of
other kinds than those above stated and also that they can be used for carrying
guns or other articles besides ammunition.
Dated this 3rd day of March 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Holders or Receptacles for the Carriage or
Conveyance of Ammunition or for similar purposes.
1, LOUIS SILVERMAN, of Crayford Works, Crayford, in the County of Kent,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be perforined, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention relates to holders or receptacles for military purposes and chiefly
for the carriage or conveyance of ammunition, the said holders or receptacles
being in the form of knapsacks, pack-saddle hangers, ammunition boxes and the
like. The object of the invention is to so construct such holders or receptacles
that they shall be light and collapsable when empty.
An important feature of my invention is the construction of the holders or
receptacles of leather or canvas to which the requisite strength and stiffness aro
imparted by strips or rods of cane, thin steel, or similar flexible material.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Figure is an elevation as secu from the rear of a knapsack constructed according
to this invention.
Figure 2 is an elevation of that side of the knapsack which lies against the
soldier's back, and
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the knapsack.
Figure 4 is a side elevation,
Figure 5 is a plan, and
Figure 6 is an end view of a pack saddle hanger constructed according to this
invention.
Like letters denote corresponding parts in the several figures.
In constructing a holder or receptacle in the form of a knapsack, that is to say,
in a form suitable for attachment to the back of a soldier, I employ a leather or
canvas sheet A Figures 1 to 3 to which longitudinally and transversely arranged
strips or rods of cane or thin steel B are aflixed by sewing or otherwise for
stiffening the said sheet. To the lower edge of the sheet is connected a flap C
also stiffened with strips of cane or thin steel and capable of folding up against
the aforesaid sheet. Leather straps D or other means are provided to firmly
support the said flap in a position approximately at right angles to the sheet A
when the flap is turned down. On this flap the ammunition boxes or other articles
to be carried are placed and supported. The longitudinal edges of the sheet A are
furnished with flexible side flaps or strips E which are also capable of folding
against the sheet. These flaps serve to prevent the ammunition boxes from shifting
laterally. The upper edge of the sheet A may be provided with a flexible cover F
which is adapted to lie on the uppermost of the ammunition boxes. Conveniently
arranged adjustable straps G connected at their upper ends to shoulder straps H
and at their lower ends to hooks J secured to the side flaps are provided for

page_text: enabling the knapsack to be connected to the soldier's back, and other straps K
are provided for retaining the ammunition boxes in place within the knapsack.
L is a pad fixed to the sheet A to form a soft support between it and the
soldier's back.
For pack-saddle hangers I employ a sheet of leather or canvas A Figures 4 to 6
stiffened with suitably arranged rods of cane, or thin steel, the lower part of the
said sheet being bent to form a shelf C approximately at right angles to the other
part. Leather straps or stays D are provided at intervals for restraining the
shelf C from bending downwardly beyond the position of right angles when the
ammunition boxes are in place. The straps or stays are so arranged however that
they do not prevent the shelf from being turned inwardly one against the other
when so required. Straps K or other convenient means are also provided for
retaining the ammunition boxes or other articles in place on the hanger. If
desired triangular end pieces or gussets may be applied to the ends of the hanger
to give strength thereto and prevent end wise movement of the ammunition boxes.
In some cases I may employ a suitably arranged cover on the hanger for enclosing
the ammunition boxes. Strong eyes M are provided for enabling the hanger to
be connected to the pack saddle.
In the case of ammunition boxes I construct them of leather with strengthening
strips of cane or thin steel in place of the ordinary metal framework and I so
construct the body and cover that the said boxes will be capable of collapsing
when empty.
It will be obvious that my invention is applicable to holders or receptacles of
other kinds than those above stated and also that the holders can be used for
carrying parts of guns or other articles besides ammunition.
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. A collapsable holder or receptacle for military purposes constructed of leather
or canvas strengthened or stiffened by strips or rods of cane, thin steel or similar
flexible material, substantially as described.
2. A knapsack constructed substantially as described with reference to Figures 1
to 3 of the accompanying drawings for the purposes specified.
3. A pack-saddle hanger constructed substantially as described with reference to
Figures 4 to 6 of the accompanying drawings for the purposes specified.
Dated this 3rd day of December 190
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Building's, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.