IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO POUCHES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Melbourne White, of Lilford Road,
Stoke Newington, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
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Sealed the 3rd July 1874, and dated the 24th January 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Melbourne
White at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 24th January 1874.
I, CHARLES MELBOURNE WHITE, of Lilford Road, Stoke Newington,
in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO POUCHES," to be as follows:
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My Invention has for its object improvements in tobacco pouches,
and relates to the production of a more perfectly dust-proof and air-
tight-pouch than has heretofore been produced. For this purpose I
construct the pouch with a cap or cover connected thereto below the
mouth or lips, as has heretofore been proposed; but instead of allowing
the extremity or extremities of the mouth or lips to end at that portion
of the pouch where the cap or cover turns over away from the mouth or

page_text: lips I continue them (the mouth or lips) to a short distance beyond said
portion of the pouch, so that when it is desired to close the pouch said
extended portion or portions of the mouth or lips may be folded over on
to the outside of the pouch body, after which the cap or cover may be
turned back again on to the mouth or lips to retain them in their turned-
over or closed position.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Melbourne White in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 24th July 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
MELBOURNE WHITE, of Lilford Road, Stoke Newington, in the County
of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Charles Melbourne White, Her special
license that I, the said Charles Melbourne White, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles
Melbourne White, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time, and at all
times thereafter during the term thercin expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO POUCHES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Charles Melbourne White, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office

page_text: in the various Figures of which similar parts are marked with similar
letters of reference.
In Figure 1 I have shown a front view of a tobacco pouch constructed
with a cap or cover connected thereto below the mouth or lips, as
has heretofore been proposed, and having my improvements applied
thereto.
a is the pouch body; b is the cap or cover, which is shown turned
over away from the mouth or lips; and c, d, are the extended portion
or portions of the mouth or lips shown open or in a position to allow of

page_text: aecess being had to the contents of the pouch. Figure 2 is a sectional
view of this pouch with the extended portions c, d, of the mouth or lips
and the cap or cover 6 in similar positions to those shown at Figure 1;
Figure 3 is a sectional view of the same pouch showing the cap or
cover 6 turned over away from the mouth or lips, and the extended
portions c, d, of the mouth or lips folded over on to the outside of the
pouch body a in their turned-over or closed position; and Figure 4
shows the cap or cover turned back again on to the extended portion
or portions c, d, of the mouth or lips to retain them in their turned-over
or closed position.
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In Figure 5 I have shown a front view of the well-known " Horsey
pouch having my improvements applied thereto. In this Figure the
pouch a is shown open and with the cap or cover 6 turned over away
from the mouth or lips, the extended portions c, d, of the mouth or lips
being shown open or in a similar position to that shown in Figure 1; 1
and Figure 6 is a sectional view of the pouch shown at Figure 5 with
the extended portions c, d, of the mouth or lips in a similar position to
that shown at Figure 2, or in the position they would assume previous
to being folded over on to the outside of the pouch body a.
I have not thought it necessary to show the "Horsey" pouch having 2
my improvements applied thereto in its closed position, as it will be
readily understood by the aid of Figures 5 and 5, that when it is desired
to close this pouch the cap or cover 6 is merely turned back again over
the pouch body a in the usual manner, by which means the extended
portions c, d, of the mouth or lips are folded over on to the outside of
the pouch body a, as shown in Figure 4, and are there retained by means
of the cap or cover 6 bearing upon them until the cap or cover 6 is again
turned over away from the mouth of the pouch to enable access to be
had to its contents.
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Tobacco pouches, constructed as herein shown and described, are more
perfectly dust-proof and air-tight than heretofore, by which means the
tobacco in the pouch is kept moist for a greater length of time than in
pouches of the ordinary construction, and the dust or fine portions of the
tobacco are prevented working out into the pocket of the user.
In the several Figures of the accompanying Drawings I have shown
the back extended lip d to be formed slightly longer than the front
one c; but as this peculiar formation of the lip d is merely to improve

page_text: the outline or configuration thereof I wish it to be distinctly understood
that I do not limit myself thereto, nor to the exact forms or dimensions
of any of the parts herein shown and described, as it obvious that my
improvements are equally applicable to many other descriptions of
tobacco pouches.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode
in which I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that
what I claim as my improvements in tobacco pouches is the application
thereto of extended lips c, d, to fold over on to the outside of the pouch
body a, in which position they are retained by any convenient or
suitable means, substantially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Melbourne White, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of July,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.