Improvements in Bags.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 23rd Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 25th Jan., 1887.
I CARL FUCHS of 168 St. John's Street Clerkenwell in the county of Middlesex,
Bag Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in that class of bags known as Gladstone
bags, and the improvements consist in so constructing that part of the frame which
carries the "division" of the bag that the said division can be easily removed from the
bag and replaced as required.
For this purpose instead of fixing the division on the wire of the joint as has hitherto
generally been done, I provide a separate wire adapted to take into eyes or brackets on
the bag frame the said wire being kept in position by a suitable spring catch.
The advantages of making the division removeable are that a larger number of bags
can be packed in a given space for transport, and that the bags can without the division
be used for carrying larger parcels than when the division is in place.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Bags.
I, CARL FUCHS, of 168, St. John Street, Clerkenwell, in the county of Middlesex,
Bag 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 that class of bags known as Gladstone
bags, and the improvements consist in so constructing that part of the frame which
carries the "division" of the bag that the said division can be easily removed from the
bag and replaced as required.

page_text: For this purpose instead of fixing the division on the wire of the joint as has hitherto
generally been done, I provide a separate wire adapted to take into eyes or brackets on
the bag frame, the said wire being kept in position by a suitable spring catch.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe the
same by reference to the accompanying drawings in which figure 1 is a longitudinal
section of a Gladstone bag constructed according to my invention, the division
being shewn in position within the bag; figure 2 is a cross section on line A B of
figure 1; figures 3 and 4 are similar views to figures 1 and 2 except that the division
is removed from the bag; 'figure 5 is an elevation; of the division detached from the
bag; figures 6 and 7 are side views drawn to a larger scale of the eyes or brackets in
which the division is pivotted, and figure 8 is a face view of the spring catch also
drawn to a larger scale. Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts.
A represents the usual metal frame of the bag and B the usual wire forming the
joint; is the division of the bag which I provide with a separate wire a by which
the division is connected to the bag instead of it being fixed as hitherto on the wire B
of the joint.
b, and c, are the brackets on the bag frame A into which the ends of the wire a, are
adapted to take, the bracket b, being formed with an eye and the bracket C, with a slot
for this purpose as shewn in figures 6 and 7 respectively; d, is the spring catch for
keeping the wire a, in position in the brackets, and c, the said spring being formed
with an eye or hole e, which passes onto one end of the wire a, when the wire a, of the
division Ċ is, placed in the brackets as shewn in figure 1; f, in figure 8 is a hole by
which the spring catch is rivetted or otherwise suitably fastened to the bag frame A.
In a bag of this construction the division C being in position within the bag as
shewn in figures 1 and 2, by simply pressing the spring catch d, against the frame A
of the bag it will be disengaged from the end of the wire a, which can then be raised
out of the bracket c; the other end of the wire can then be withdrawn from the eve
of the bracket b, and the division C be taken out of the bag. To replace the division
it is only necessary to place the wire a, in the brackets b, and c, at the same time.
pressing the spring catch d, in the manner hereinbefore stated and the spring catch
being then released the eye thereof will pass onto the end of the wire a, and will
retain the division in its proper position in the bag.
The advantages of making the division removeable are that a larger number of bags
can be packed in a given space for transport, and that the bags can, if the divisions be
removed therefrom, be used for carrying larger parcels than when the divisions are in
place.
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 :-
1. Mounting the divisions of Gladstone bags on a separate wire in such a manner
that the said division can be easily removed from the bag and replaced substantially as
hereinbefore described.
2. The improved bag hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings