INFROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF POCKETS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF BAGS FOR CONTAINING CASH, SAMPLES, OR FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Gustav Kottgen, of the Firm of Cleff Brothers,
of Barmen, in the Kingdom of Prussia, for the Invention of "INFROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF POCKETS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO
APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF BAGS FOR CONTAINING CASH, SAMPLES, OR
FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES."
Sealed the 16th May 1865, and dated the 22nd November 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Gustav Kottgen at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd November 1864.
I, GUSTAV KOTTGEN, of the Firm of Cleff Brothers, of, Barmen, in the
Kingdom of Prussia, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF POCKETS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO
APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF BAGS FOR CONTAINING CASH, SAMPLES, OR FOR
OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists principally in weaving pockets for garments, and
bags for cash, samples, or other similar purposes in one piece in the loom
without any seam whatever.
In carrying out my Invention, I employ a double set of warp threads,
wound-upon two warp beams or rollers and in weaving pockets or bags, the
harness through which the warp threads pass is to be so operated upon by
the ordinary treadles as to weave two distinct cloths except at such parts where
the seam of the pockets or bags would be, at which parts.the two sets of

page_text: warp threads are so interwoven or crossed with the weft as to form a single
cloth.
In weaving pockets or bags where the form is rectangular the ordinary
loom is employed, but for curved or other irregular forms the jacquard or
other some similar arrangement must be employed. The piece of double
cloth being woven, tied together as aforesaid round the outline of the pockets
or bags, the latter only require to be cut out round the said outline and they
are ready for use, being perfect pockets or bags without any seam whatever.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Gustav Kottgen in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd May 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GUSTAV
KOTTGEN, of the Firm of Cleff Brothers, of Barmen, in the Kingdom of
Prussia, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second-day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Gustav Kottgen, Her special licence that I, the said
Gustav Kottgen, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Gustav Kottgen, my 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 law-
fully 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 MANUFACTURE OF POCKETS. WRICH IM-
PROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF BAGS FOR CONTAINING
CASH, SAMPLES, OR FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Gustav Kottgen, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, 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 I, the said Gustav Kottgen, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, and on reference to the accompanying Sheet of Diagrams,
that is to say:
This Invention consists principally in weaving pockets for garments, and
bags for cash, samples, or other similar purposes, in one piece in the loom
without any seam whatever.
In carrying out my Invention I employ a double set of warp threads
wound upon two warp beams or rollers, and in weaving pockets or bags the
harness through which the warp threads pass is to be so operated upon by the
ordinary treadles as to weave two distinct cloths except at such parts where the
scam of the pockets or bags would be, at which parts the two sets of
warp threads are so interwoven or crossed several times with the weft as to
form a single cloth or closely woven seam at that part.
In weaving pockets or bags where the form is rectangular the ordinary loom
is employed, but for curved or other irregular forms the jacquard or some other
similar arrangements must be employed. The piece of the double cloth being
woven, tied, or seamed together as aforesaid, round the outline of the pockets,
or bags, the latter only require to be cut round the said outline and they are
ready for use, being perfect pockets or bags without any seam whatever.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "Improvements
in the Manufacture of Pockets, which Improvements are also applicable to
the Manufacture of Bags containing Cash, Samples, or for other similar
Purposes," I will now proceed to describe more in detail the manner in which
the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical effect; and in
order that the same may be distinctly understood, I have annexed hereunto a
Sheet of Diagrams which will explain to the practical weaver the arrangement
of the warp threads and the method of working the treadles in the ordinary
loom for weaving coat or waistcoat pockets or bags, the outline whereof is
rectangular.
By a simple contrivance on the loom, the treadles work, first, as is repre-
sented on pattern 1, transfer themselves to pattern 2, thence to pattern 3,
then back again to pattern 1, and the pocket is finished.
Pockets for trowsers, or bags having a curved or irregular form must (as
above mentioned) be woven in a jacquard loom, but as the method of weaving
them will be perfectly evident to the practical weaver from the foregoing, I have
not considered it necessary to give a Diagram illustrative thereof. A piece of
double cloth having thus been woven of any required length, and tied or seamed
together at intervals in the process above described, so as to form pockets or
bags therein, it will only be necessary to cut out the same round the outline

page_text: of the seams and the pockets or bags will be ready for use. These pockets or
bags woven entirely in the loom in one piece possess this advantage, that
having no seam (sewn either by hand or by machine) articles placed in them
are not liable to be lost, whereas when sewn in the ordinary way, it is well
known that the seams after a certain time are liable to open, thus often causing
the loss of the contents. The cost of sewing is also dispensed with and the
article is thus produced both stronger and cheaper than hitherto.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention for "Im-
provements in the Manufacture of Pockets, which Improvements are also appli-
cable to the Manufacture of Bags for containing Cash, Samples, or for other
similar Purposes," together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be
performed or carried into practical effect, I would remark in conclusion that
I claim as my Invention, the manufacture of pockets or bags, without sewing
by weaving a double cloth tied or seamed together at intervals as above
described, which merely require to be cut out round the outlines thus formed
when they are ready for use.
In witness whereof, I, the said Gustav Kotigen, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand cight hundred and sixty-five.
GUSTAV KOTTGEN. (L.s.)