IMPROVE- MENTS IN INDIA-RUBBER AND OTHER POUCHES, AND IN ELASTIC BAND OR RING FASTENINGS FOR POUCHES
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Horsey, of Greek Street, in the County of
Middlesex, India-rubber Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN INDIA-RUBBER AND OTHER POUCHES, AND IN ELASTIC BAND OR RING
FASTENINGS FOR POUCHES."
Sealed the 19th October 1858, and dated the 21st April 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Horsey at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
April 1858.
I, JAMES HORSEY, of Greek Street, in the County of Middlesex, India-
rubber Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN INDIA-RUBBER AND OTHER POUCHES, AND IN ELASTIC BAND OR
RING FASTENINGS FOR POUCHES," to be as follows:-
My Invention, as far as relates to pouches, consists in manufacturing them
with an india-rubber or elastic cover, which being turned over that part of the
pouch containing the tobacco or other material, effectually protects the same,
and prevents any portion thereof from protruding or getting out at the edges,
as now takes place in the pouches at present made.
Though I prefer to form both pouch and cover in india-rubber and in one
piece, I do not limit myself thereto, as the pouch itself may be of one
material and the cover only of india-rubber or other elastic material united'
thereto, and the india-rubber may be in more pieces than one, cemented or

page_text: otherwise held together. In closing pouches constructed according to my
Invention, the cover is turned inside out, and is made to hold the pouch and
its contents inside of it:
As far as relates to the band or ring fastenings, my Invention consists in
forming on india-rubber rings or bands, whether made of india-rubber alone
or of elastic web or cloth, one or more bands or tabs, by preference of india-
rubber or elastic web, but they may be of leather or other material; or I
employ, in combination with an elastic ring or band, a split ring of metal.
I form a button-hole or slot in the tab, and connect it to the article by a button,
stud, binding screw, spring ring, or other means. Where the ring or band has
to be applied to an article made of india-rubber, such, for instance, as a
tobacco pouch with a flap, I attach a button or stud to the flap of the pouch,
and pass the slot or hole in the tab over the button, or vice versâ ; or I bind
the edge of the flap with cloth or other fabric, and pass the split ring through
the flap behind the binding.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Horsey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st
October 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
HORSEY, of Greek Street, in the County of Middlesex, India-rubber Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said James Horsey, Her special licence that I, the said James Horsey, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James
Horsey, 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 therein 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 INDIA-RUBBER
AND OTHER POUCHES, AND IN ELASTIC BAND OR RING FASTENINGS FOR POUCHES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James Horsey, 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

page_text: nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Horsey, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, that is
to say:-
My Invention, as far as relates to pouches, consists in manufacturing them
with an india-rubber or elastic cover, which being turned over that part of the
pouch containing the tobacco or other material, effectually protects the same,
and prevents any portion thereof from protruding or getting out at the edges,
as now takes place in the pouches at present made.
I prefer to form both pouch and cover in india-rubber and in one piece, as
illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed Drawings, Figure 1 being a
plan view of the pouch opened out, and Figure 2 a plan view of it closed.
But I do not limit myself thereto, as the pouch itself may be of one material,
and the cover only of india-rubber or other elastic material united thereto, and
the india-rubber may be in more pieces than one, cemented or otherwise held
together.
In closing pouches constructed according to my Invention the cover is
either turned inside out and is made to hold the pouch and its contents, inside
of it, or is doubled and fastened by a ring or otherwise, or has the portion
containing the tobacco pushed within the other portion or cover.
In Figures 3 and 4 I have shewn a plan view and section respectively of a
modified form of my pouch as one example of the manner in which my
Invention may be varied, but I much prefer the form shown in Figures
1 and 2.
As far as relates to the band or ring fastening, my Invention consists in
forming on elastic rings or bands, whether made of india-rubber alone or of
elastic web or cloth, one or more bands or tabs, by preference of india-rubber
or elastic web, but they may be of leather or other material; or I employ, in
combination with an elastic ring or band, a split ring of metal. I form a
button-hole or slot in the tab, and connect it to the article by a button, stud,
binding screw, spring ring, or other means.
Where the ring or band has to be applied to an article made of india-
rubber, such, for instance, as a tobacco pouch with a flap, I attach a button
or stud to the flap of the pouch, as shewn in Figures 5 and 6 (which need no

page_text: detailed description), and I pass the slot or hole in the tub over the button,
or vice versâ; or I bind the edge of the flap with cloth or other fabric, and
pass the split ring through the flap behind the binding; or I permanently
cement an elastic ring or band to the flap of a pouch by means of a tab like
that shewn in Figures 7 and 8, which is attached to the flap by dissolved
india-rubber or other suitable adhesive material.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I do not limit myself to
any form of contour in manufacturing my improved pouches; but I claim,-
First, the manufacture of pouches either wholly or in part of india-rubber,
and with an india-rubber or elastic cover capable of being turned over the
portion containing the tobacco, or (which is essentially the same) the manu-
facture of elastic pouches composed of two similar or nearly similar parts, and
capable of being fastened either by turning one part over the other or by an
elastic ring, or in any other suitable manner, as herein-before described.
Secondly, the employment as fastenings for pouches of elastic rings or
bands connected to the pouches by means of tabs, which are themselves
connected immediately to the pouches by means of studs, buttons, binding
screws, spring rings, or a suitable adhesive material, as herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Horsey, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of October, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-eight.

page_text: In the Matter of a Patent granted to JAMES HORSEY, of Greek Street,
in the County of Middlesex, India-rubber Manufacturer, on the
Twenty-first day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight,
for his Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN INDIA-RUBBER AND OTHER
POUCHES, AND IN ELASTIC BAND OR RING FASTENINGS FOR POUCHES."
DISCLAIMER AND MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATION proposed to be
entered by the said James Horsey at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents for Inventions, pursuant to an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth
years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled
"An Act to amend the Law touching Letters Patent for Inventions,"
and also to an Act passed in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth years of the
reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, entitled "An Act for
amending the Laws for granting Patents for Inventions."
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, the said
ames Horsey, send greeting.
WHEREAS since the date of the said Letters Patent, and of the filing of
e Final Specification thereof, I have been advised that it was doubtful if
ere were sufficient novelty of Invention, at the date of my said Letters
atent, in that part of my said Invention relating to elastic band or ring

page_text: fastenings for pouches to enable me to support the validity of the said Letters
Patent for the same, I am therefore desirous of disclaiming, from the title of
my said Letters Patent, from the Specification thereof, and from the claim, all
those words, and from the Drawings accompanying the said Specification, all
those figures relating to the said elastic band or ring fastenings as hereafter
set forth: And whereas I have been further advised that the meaning of the
words occurring at lines twenty-four and twenty-five, page 3, of the printed
copy of the said Specification is obscure: And whereas I have also been
advised that the words "or (which is essentially the same) the manufacture of
"elastic pouches composed of two similar or nearly similar parts, and capable
"of being fastened either by turning one part over the other or by an elastic
ring, or in any other suitable manner," contained in the first claim in the
said Specification, may bear a meaning and construction different from what
was intended.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Horsey, do hereby disclaim from
the title of my said Letters Patent the words "And in elastic band or ring
fastenings for pouches." And I do hereby disclaim from the Specification
of my said Letters Patent the word "either," occurring at line twenty-three,
page 3, of the said printed copy of the said Specification; also the words
following, in lines twenty-four and, twenty-five, page 3, of the said printed
copy, "or is doubled and fastened by a ring or otherwise, or has the portion
containing the tobacco pushed within the other portion or cover;" and the
following words, commencing at the thirtieth line of page 3 of the said printed
copy of the said Specification, "As far as relates to the band or ring fastening,
"
my Invention consists in forming on elastic rings or bands, whether made
"of india-rubber alone or of elastic web or cloth, one or more bands or tabs,
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means.
by preference of india-rubber or elastic web, but they may be of leather
" or other material; or I employ in combination with an elastic ring or band
a split ring of metal. I form a button-hole or slot in the tab and connect
it to the article by. a button, stud, binding screw, spring,. ring, or other
Where the ring or band has to be applied to an article made of
india-rubber, such, for instance, as a tobacco pouch with a flap, I attach a
"button or stud to the flap of a pouch, as shewn in Figures 5 and 6 (which
"need no detailed description), and I pass the slot or hole in the tab over the
"button, or vice versâ; or I bind the edge of the flap with cloth or other fabric
" and pass the split ring through the flap behind the binding; or I perma-
nently cement an elastic ring or band to the flap of a pouch by means of a
tab like that shewn in Figures 7 and 8, which is attached to the flap by
"dissolved india-rubber or other suitable adhesive material." And I do
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page_text: bereby disclaim from the Drawings accompanying the said Specification and
referred to therein, Figures 5, 6, 7, and 8.
And I do hereby also disclaim from the claims in the said Specification the
words, "or (which is essentially the same) the inanufacture of elastic pouches
"composed of two similar, or nearly similar parts, and capable of being
"fastened either by turning one part over the other, or by an elastic ring.
"or in any other suitable manner;" and the words, "Secondly, the employ-
"ment as fastenings for pouches of elastic rings or bands, connected to the
pouches by means of tabs, which are themselves connected immediately to
"the pouches by means of studs, buttons, binding screws, spring rings, or a
"suitable adhesive material, as herein-before described."
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And in order that the said Specification may read correctly, I do hereby
further disclaim the words, "as far as relates to pouches," occurring in line ten,
page 3, of the said printed copy of the said Specification, as well as the word
"them," occurring in the same line, and of introducing the word "pouches" in
lieu of the word "them." I do hereby also disclaim the word "First,"
preceding the claim in the said Specification.
I do therefore hereby alter the title of my said Letters Patent, the said
Specification thereof, and the Drawings accompanying the same in the terms
shown herein-after, and in the accompanying Drawings by striking out there-
from the words and figures respectively erased by a red ink line drawn through
them, and by adding to the said Specification the word written in red ink,
(that is to say):-
"TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
HORSEY, of Greek Street, in the County of Middlesex, India-rubber Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said James Horsey, Her special licence, that I, the said James Horsey, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James
Horsey, 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 therein 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 INDIA-RUBBER
AND OTHER POUCHES, and in Elastic Band or Ring Fastenings for Pouches," (and
which title as altered by my Disclaimer is in these words, "Improvements in

page_text: India-rubber and other, Pouches,") upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said James Horsey, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly 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 within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Horsey, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed,
that is to say :-
My Invention, as far as relates to pouches, consists in manufacturing them
pouches with an india-rubber or elastic cover, which being turned over that
part of the pouch containing the tobacco or other material effectually protects
the same, and prevents any portion thereof from protruding or getting out at
the edges, as now takes place in the pouches at present made.
I prefer to form both pouch and cover in india-rubber, and in one piece, as
illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed Drawings, Figure 1 being a
plan view of the pouch opened out, and Figure 2 a plan view of it closed,
but I do not limit myself thereto, as the pouch itself may be of one material,
and the cover only of india-rubber or other elastic material united thereto,
and the india-rubber may be in more pieces than one, cemented or otherwise
held together.
In closing pouches constructed according to my Invention the cover is
either turned inside out and is made to hold the pouch and its contents inside
of it or is doubled and fastened by-a-ring or otherwise, or has the portion-containing
the tobacco pushed within the other-portion-or-cover.
In Figures 3 and 4 I have shewn a plan view and section respectively of a
modified form of my pouch as one example of the manner in which my
Invention may be varied, but I much prefer the form shown in Figures 1
and 2.
As far as relates to the band or ring fastening, my-Invention-consists in forming
on elastic rings or bands, whether made of india rubber alone or of elastic web, or
eloth, one or more bands or tabs, by preference of india rubber or elastic web,-but 3
they may be of leather or other material,-or-Iemploy-in-combination with-an elastie
ring or band a split ring of metal, I form a button hole or slot in the-tab,-and
connect it-to-the-article-by a button stud, binding serew, spring, ring, or-other
means.

page_text: Where the ring or band has to be applied to an article made-of-india-rubber,
sueb, for instance, as a tobacco pouch, with a flap, I attach a button or stud to the
Aap of the pouch, as shewn in Figures 5 and 6 (which need no detailed description)
and I pass the slot or bole in the tab-over the button or vice versâ ; or I bind the
edge of the flap with cloth or other fabrie, and pass the split ring through the flap
behind the binding, or I-permanently-cement an elastic-ring or band to the flop of a
pouch by means of a tab like that shewn in Figures 7 and 8, which is attached to
the flap by dissolved india rubber or other suitable-adhesive-material.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I do not limit myself
to any form of contour in manufacturing my improved pouches; but I
claim,
First, the manufacture of pouches either wholly or in part of india-rubber,
and with an india-rubber or elastic cover, capable of being turned over the
portion containing the tobacco er-(which is essentially the-same) the manufacture
of elastie pouches compesed of two similar or nearly similar parts, and capable of
being fastened either by turning ono-part-over-the-other er-by an elastic ring, or in
any other suitable-manner, as herein-before described.
Secondly, the employment, as fastenings for pouches, of elastic rings or bands
connected-to-the-pouches by means of tabs, which-are-themselves connected imme
diately-to-the-pouches by means of studs, buttons, binding serews, spring rings, or a
suitable-adhesive material, as herein before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Horsey, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourth day of August, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty two