AN IMPROVED CONTRIVANCE FOR COMPLET nied by the said e CON- TRIVANCE FOR CARRYING CARTRIDGES, AND TO FACILITATE USING THEM
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Gibson Bussey, of Dunn's Passage Factory,
485, New Oxford Street, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturer of
Leather Goods, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED CONTRIVANCE FOR
COMPLET
nied by the said eorge
Son Dussey at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Decla-
ration, on the 9th May 1859, pursuant to the 9th section of the Patent
Law Amendment Act 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
GIBSON BUSSEY, of Dunns Passage Factory, 485, New Oxford Street, in the
County of Middlesex, Manufacturer of Leather Goods, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "AN IMPROVED CON-
TRIVANCE FOR CARRYING CARTRIDGES, AND TO FACILITATE USING THEM," and have
petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and have made solemn decla-
ration that I am the true and first Inventor thereof.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Gibson Bussey, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification under my hand and seal fully
describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention,. and the manner in
what the same is to be performed (that is to say):-
This Invention consists of an endless band of a suitable length and width,

page_text: made of leather or other suitable material; on to this band is fixed a series of
spring holders made of steel, or other suitable material, in such a manner as
to hold a cartridge with sufficient gripe to keep it from falling out of its own
weight, and still sufficiently flexible to allow of the cartridge being easily
drawn out. This endless band is made to revolve on two axles, which axles
are made to revolve between two stiff frames or side pieces, at such distance
apart as will keep the endless band tolerably tight; these stiff sides also form
the sides of the outer case or cover which contains the endless band springs
and cartridges, which case is formed by having the front, back, top, and bottom
covered with a girdle of leather, or other material, which is stitched or other-
wise fixed to the sides, leaving in any convenient place of the sides a sufficient
open space for the finger and thumb to lay hold of the ends of a cartridge,
which is to be moved to an opening left in the girdle or front part of the case
when it is pulled out of the spring holder, and is thus ready for use. In lieu
of an endless band a drum or roller may be used, made to revolve on a centre
axle, so that the case would assume a round instead of an oblong form.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I wish to be understood that I do not limit
myself to the precise detail herein described, as the same may be varied with-
out departing from the nature of my Invention; but I claim as my Invention
the contrivance of holding cartridges by means of springs encircling them
either wholly or in part, and also the method adopted by me of taking them
out of the cases, (even if not held in by springs), which I believe to be more
easily effected in my case than any other.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Gibson Bussey, have hereunto
set my band and seal, this Ninth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred an fifty-nine.
GEORGE GIBSON BUSSEY.
(L.S.)