Improved Sack.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 15th May, 1896-Accepted, 20th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL DILUITICATION
Improved Sack.
ROBERT CAMPBELL MANN of Ditchingham, in the County of Norfolk and
WILLIAM HORACE MANN of Bungay in the County of Suffolk, Maltsters, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say:-
The object of this invention is the production of a practically waterproof and
airproof sack to protect malt, grain and other substances likely to become tainted.or
damaged by exposure to moist or impure air when packed in ordinary sacks.
Our improved sack is made as follows
There is an outer sack of canvas, sackcloth or other material suitable for making:
ordinary sacks. Inside this sack is a sack lining made of any suitable waterproof
and air-proof material. This .inner sack lining is by preference made with a
separate neck piece constructed of a.separate piece or pieces of suitable waterproof
and air-proof material. The inner sack lining is made of slightly larger girth than
the sack and is rather longer from the neck piece to the bottom than the outer sack
is to its bottom from where the neck piece is attached to the sack; so that none of
the strain from the weight of the contents when the sack is full tends to rupture the
lining.
The lining is secured to the sack,
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(1) Along the bottom of the sack; or at the two corners of the bottom.
(2) At the upper edge of the lower portion of the lining all round the sack.
(3) At the lower edge of the neck piece all round the sack.
(4) At the top edge of the neck piece all round the sack.
It may be desirable in some.cases not to secure the top edge of the neck piece
Hning to the sack; but to leave it loose, so that the neck piece may be folded over.
the contents of the sack, or tied inside the outer sacking. Thus when the sack
itself is tied the folds of the sack-cloth neck would be quite independent of the
lining neck; and so when the sack is hoisted by a chain and slip ring there would
be no strain therefrom upon the neck. piece lining, and that lining would not be.Bo;
likely to damage.
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In shape the sack resembles an ordinary.corn sack and it may be tied at the neck
as an ordinary sack is. If care be taken in arranging the folds at the neck, when
tying, practically no air or moisture can, enter. We have proved that if dry malt:
is placed and tied up in one of these improved sacks the absorption of moisture and
gases and consequent deterioration is practically nil as compared with the absorption
which occurs to malt from the same bulk exposed at the same time and in the same
position and to the same atmosphere tied up in an ordinary sack.
Dated this 16th day of Angust 1895.
THOS. WILKINS,
Agent for Applicants.

page_text: Improved Sack.
ROBERT CAMPBELL MANN of Ditchingham in the County of Norfolk and
WILLIAM HORACE MANN of Bungay in the County of Suffolk, Maltsters,
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, that is to say:
The object of this invention is the production of a practically waterproof and
airproof sack to protect malt, grain and other substances likely to become tainted
or damaged by exposure to moist or impure air when packed in ordinary sacks.
Our improved sack is made as follows:-
There is an outer sack of canvas, sackcloth or other material suitable for making
ordinary sacks. Inside this sack is a sack lining made of any suitable waterproof
and air-proof material. This inner sack lining is by preference made with a
separate neck piece constructed of a separate piece or pieces of suitable waterproof
and air-proof material. The inner sack lining is made of slightly larger girth than
the sack and is rather longer from the neck piece to the bottom than the outer sack
is to its bottom from where the neck piece is attached to the sack, so that none of
the strain from the weight of the contents when the sack is full tends to rupture the
lining.
The lining is secured to the sack,
(1) Along the bottom of the sack; or at the two corners of the bottom.
(2) At the upper edge of the lower portion of the lining all round the sack..
(3) At the lower edge of the neck piece all round the sack.
(4) At the top edge of the neck piece all round the sack.
It may be desirable to some cases not to secure the top edge of the neck piece
lining to the sack; but to leave it loose, so that the neck piece may be folded over
the contents of the sack, or tied inside the outer sacking. Thus, when the sack.
itself is tied the folds of the sack-cloth neck would be quite independent of the
lizing neck; and so when the sack is hoisted by a chain and slip ring there would
be no strain therefrom upon the ueck piece lining, and that lining would not be so
likely to damage.
In shape the sack resembles an ordinary corn sack and it may be tied at the neck
as an ordinary sack is. If care be taken in arranging the folds at the neck, when
tying, practically no air or moisture can enter... We have proved that if dry malt
is placed and tied up in one of these improved sacks the absorption of moisture and
gases and consequent deterioration is practically nil as compared with the absorp-
tion which occurs to malt from the same bulk exposed at the same time and in the
same position and to the same atmosphere tied up in an ordinary sack.
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DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING:
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Fig. 1. is a front view of the sack, with upper part torn to show the make of
the neck.
Fig. 2 is
" a
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section.
i
is the outer sack. "6" is the lower part of the waterproof inside lining.
"c" is the separate neck piece of the lining. "d" are the points at which the
lining "6" is secured to the outer sack "a
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at its bottom. " is the seam by

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
1. An improved sack, being an outer ordinary sack fitted with a lining of thin.
water and air-proof material, said lining being larger than that portion of the said
outer sack into which it is fitted and fixed in order that the said lining may be
relieved of strain, said sack being also fitted with a removable neck piece lining
of similar material to the rest of the lining; substantially as hereinbefore
described.
Dated this Fifteenth day of May 1896
THOS. WILKINS,
Agent for Applicants..