Improvements in or connected with Purses, Bags, Pocket Books, and kindred Articles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mar., 1397-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Purses, Bags, Pocket Books,
and kindred Articles.
I, EDMUND GEORGE JOHNSON, of the Firm of S. Morlan and Company, of
41, City Road, in the County of London, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in, or connected with, purses, bags, pocket
books, and kindred articles, and it has for its object to provide a neat and convenient
means for carrying a pencil, or pencil-case, upon such articles, and so that the said
pencil, or pencil-case, can be removed therefrom for use, without causing the
opening of the purse or like article.
To this end, I provide one of the jaws of the article, say a purse, with a suitable
number of clips, by preference two, which are hinged or jointed thereto in any
convenient manner, and to these clips I secure, by solder, or otherwise, a tubular
carrier or sheath for the reception of the pencil, or pencil-case, and said sheath is
arranged to lie parallel with the jaw or jaws.
The clips are so shaped that, when the jaws are brought together to close the
mouth of the purse, they can be snapped over the same to securely retain them in
position.
A convenient means of hinging or jointing the clips to that jaw which carries
them, consists in providing or constructing each such clip with a T-shaped
projection which is arranged to engage and work in corresponding slots formed
in the said jaw, and which slots allow the clips to travel outwardly when
freeing these latter from the jaws, the opening of the purse being effected by
pressing backwards the sheath and so causing the clips to release their grip on
the jaws.
Improvements in or connected with Purses, Bags, Pocket Books,
and kindred Articles.
I, EDMUND GEORGE JOHNSON, of the Firm of S. Mordan and Company, of
41 City Road, in the County of London, Manufacturers, 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, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures marked
thereon, that is to say :-
My invention relates to improvements in, or connected with, purses, bags, pocket

page_text: books, and kindred articles, and it has for its object to provide a neat and convenient
means for carrying a pencil, or pencil-case, upon such articles, and so that the said
pencil or pencil-case can be removed therefrom for use without causing the opening
of the purse, or like article.
To this end I provide one of the jaws of the article, say a purse, with a suitable
number of clips, or locking devices, which are hinged or jointed thereto in any
convenient manner, and to these clips I secure, by solder, or otherwise, a tubular
carrier or sheath for the reception of the pencil, or pencil-case, said sheath being
arranged to lie parallel with the jaw, or jaws, of the purse.
The clips or locking devices are so shaped that when the jaws are brought
together to close, say the mouth of the purse, they can be snapped over the same
to securely retain them in position.
And in order that my invention may be readily understood, I will describe the
same fully with reference to the annexed drawings, which show the same applied,
by way of example to a purse, and in which :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, and
Figs. 2 and 3 end views thereof; the purse in these last mentioned figures being
shown in its open and closed positions, respectively.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the
drawings.
a, a', are the jaws of the purse, one of which, say a, is provided with the pencil
carrier which consists of a tube or sheath arranged parallel to the jaws and
secured, by solder, or otherwise, to clips c which form the locking device for the
purse. These clips are hinged to the jaw a and are so shaped that when the jaws
are brought together, to close the mouth of the purse, the said clips snap over them
and securely retain them in position.
As will be seen, the pencil, or pencil-case d, which is inserted in the sheath, and
is retained therein by frictional contact, or otherwise, can be readily withdrawn
therefrom without causing the opening of the purse. To open the purse, however,
it is only necessary to press backwards, that is, in the direction of the arrow, the
pencil carrier b, when the clips or locking device c will leave the jaw a', so freeing
the same and permitting the purse to be opened. To close the purse, it is only
necessary to bring the jaws together and to snap the clips over them.
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section,
Fig. 5 a plan,
Fig. 6 an end view, and
Figs. 7 and 8 enlarged cross sections of a modified arrangement in which the
combined pencil carrier and locking device are shown applied to a pocket inside the
purse, the said carrier being secured, in this instance to a single central clip or
locking device c. This clip is, as before, hinged to one of the jaws a of the purse
and is adapted to snap over and retain the other jaw. It is secured to a hinged
supporting plate c¹ carried by the jaw a, and said plate is provided with a spring
(not seen) so arranged as to impart to the clip or locking device the tendency to
always return to the normal or locking position. The other jaw a' carries a
projection a adapted to enter a slot in the hinged plate c¹.
I also provide a stop to prevent the clip e from moving too far down, and I
cut a slot or recess a³ in the jaw a to receive said stop c, so as to be out of the way
of the free jaw when closing the purse.
The mode of applying my invention to bags, pocket-books, and like articles, is
substantially the same as that described and shown with reference to purses, and
therefore requires no special description.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. Providing or fitting purses, bags, pocket-books, and kindred articles with
means for carrying a pencil, or pencil-case, which may be removed for use without

page_text: causing the opening of the purse, or the like, and which means act, at the same
time, as a locking device for the mouth, or for the pockets, of the purse, or like
article, substantially as described.
2. The construction and arrangement of combined pencil, or pencil-case carrier
and locking device for purses and kindred articles, substantially as described and
shown in the drawings.
3. My improvements in, or connected with, purses, bags, pocket-books, and
kindred articles, substantially as herein before described, and as shown with reference
to the accompanying drawings, and for the purposes set forth.
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London and 54, Market Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.