Improvements in Bags for Signal Flags and other Signal Accessories.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Sept., 1890-Accepted. 25th Oct., 1890
TROYIDIONAL DIVIFICATION.
Improvements in Bags for Signal Flags and other Signal
Accessories.
I, WILLIAM RAWE WOLFF, trading as S. W. Wolff & Co., of 75 and 76, High
Street, Southampton, in the County of Hants, Flag Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
This invention relates to improvements in bags for signal flags and other signal
accessories.
My improved bag is advantageously made of canvas and is formed with pockets for
receiving, say, 19 international signal flags and pilot jack, also with pockets for ships'
burgee, ensign and signal book, and for coloured representations of signals and
instructions for signalling at sea.
Dated the 23rd day of December 1889.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Bags for Signal Flags and other Signal
Accessories.
I, WILLIAM RAWE WOLFF, trading as S. W. Woolff & Co., of 75 and 76, High
Stree, Southampton, in the County of Hants, Flag Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention 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 improvements in bags for signal flags and other
accessories.
My improved bag is advantageously made of canvas and is formed with pockets for
receiving, say, 19 international signal flags and pilot jack, also with pockets for ships'
burgee, ensign and signal book, and for coloured representations of signals and
instructions for signalling at sea.
In the accompanying drawing-
Figure 1 is a view of my improved signal bag opened out.
Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line x x of Figure 1; and,
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the bag rolled up.
As shewn in the drawing the bag is made with 19 pockets for receiving 19 signal
flags, marked respectively "answering pennant," B, D NO, G, J, L, N, Q, S, V, C
YES, F, H, K, M, P, R, T, W, a pocket for a pilot jack. In addition to the said
marks each pocket is advantageously marked with the representation of the signal
flag which it contains. At the bottom part of the bag are the pockets for containing
the ships' burgee, the ensign, and the "signal book," the said pocket being so marked.
In the space marked a between the two vertical rows of pockets for international
signal flags are printed or otherwise marked the instructions for signalling at sea.
When it is required to signal, the bag is opened out, as shewn at Figure 1, and
the proper flags selected from their respective pockets, and when replaced the bag
with the contents can be rolled up and tied by its cords b, b, as shewn in Figure 3,
into a convenient form for storing away in a small space.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The manufacture and use of the improved bag for signal flags and other signal
accessories hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 23rd day of September 1890.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.