IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NOSE BAGS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Morison and Daniel Hurn, both of
Norton Folgate, within the Liberty of the Tower, for the Inven-
tion of IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NOSE BAGS.
Sealed the 11th April 1854, and dated the 12th October 1853.
PROVISIONAL. SPECIFICATION left by the said John Morison and
Daniel Hurn at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 12th October 1853...
We, JOHN MORISON and DANIEL HURN, both of Norton Folgate,
within the Liberty of the Tower, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NOSE BAGS"
to be as follows, that is to say:-
Our said improvenients, which have for their object to render the
said nose bags more durable and less liable to wear and tear and un-
ravelling than at present, consist in a peculiar method of weaving or
preparing a fabric to be employed in the construction of nose bags
from
spun yarns of various descriptions, such as jute, flax, hemp, hair,
& manilla, though we prefer to make use of cocoa nut fibre. And
whereas the fabrics generally woven of these materials are subject at
all times to unravelling and wear and tear of the edges, so that those

page_text: edges which form the rim or border of the opening of the nose bag
require a trimming or facing of leather or other extraneous substance
to prevent their unravelling and presenting a ragged appearance: Our
improvements consist in so weaving or preparing the fabric for the
nose bags that it may present of itself a more finished and durable.
edge, with all the fibres or filaments well bound together, and their
ends turned in and secured so as to terminate in the form of a selvedge
on those edges which are to compose the border or rim of the opening,
and by this means obviating all necessity for the trimmings or facings
of leather or other material, and rendering the bags more durable
than they could have been made by any of the methods hertofore in
use. The attainment of the same object may be in some cases still
further promoted by weaving the bag in one piece so as to dispense with
seams or stitches, at the side edges, & render every part as durable
and secure as the body.
We claim, firstly, the weaving of seamless nose bags; and, secondly,
the weaving of fabric for nose bags to terminate in the form of a
selvedge, as required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said John Morison and Daniel Hurn in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 12th April 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we,
JOHN MORISON and DANIEL HURN, both of Norton Folgate, within the
Liberty of the Tower, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the seventeenth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto us, the said John Morison and Daniel Hurn, Her special
licence that we, the said John Morison and Daniel Hurn, our exécutors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we; the said John-Mori-
son and Daniel Hurn, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with; and no others, from time to time and at all
.

page_text: 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 THE MANUFACTURE OF NOSE BAGS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that we, the said John Morison, and
Daniel Hurn, by an instrument in writing under our hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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 we, the said John Morison and. Daniel
Hurn, do hereby declare the nature of our said 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::>
!
Our said improvements have for their object the construction of
nose bags for feeding horses and other quadrupeds of a texture which
shall render them, more durable, and less liable to wear and tear and un-
ravelling, than those at present in use, and at the same time susceptible
of adaptation to certain other purposes which may be answered by bags:
of the same or nearly the same general configuration as nose bags, but
differing by the addition of certain appendages; among which purposes:
we may mention that of conveying or carrying game, to which objects
our said nose bags can be readily adapted by the addition of loop
leathers; in the manner herein-after described. And the mode in which
we propose to carry into effect the aforesaid objects consists in a peculiar
method of weaving and forming a fabric to be employed in the construc-.
tion of the said nose bags from spun yarns of various.descriptions, such
as jute, hemp, hair, manilla; and cocoa nut fibre & others. And whereas:
the fabrics composed of the above-mentioned' and of the like materials:
which are commonly employed in the,formation of the said nose bags,
are subject at all times to unravelling, and to wear. and tear of the
edges, so that those edges thereof which form the rim or.border of the
opening of any such bag require a trimming or facing of leather, or of

page_text: some similar extraneous substance to prevent them from unravelling.
and so présenting a ragged & uneven appearance: Now these our in-
provements consist, firstly, in so weaving or preparing a fabric for the
construction of the said bags, that it may present of itself a more
finished and durable edge, with all the fibres or filaments well bound
together, and with their ends so turned in and secured as to terminate in
the form of a selvedge in those edges which are to compose the borders
or' rim of the opening, and by this means obviating all necessity for the
trimmings or facings of leather or other similar material herein-before
alluded to, and thereby rendering the said nose bags more durable than
they have been made by any of the methods heretofore in use. And
whereas also in the construction of nose bags from fabrics composed of
any of the materials above enumerated or other similar materials it has
been usual, first of all, to weave such fabrics into lengths in the ordinary
manner, and to form each bag from one or more lengths by sewing or
stitching together the edges of the said length or lengths where it is
proper they should. be doubled in order to form the bottoms or the
sides of the said nose bags, by which method the said bags could not be
formed without seams, which not only diminished the neatness of their
appearance, but at the same time rendered them considerably less
durable by the liability of the fabrics to become loosened or undone at
the said seams: These our improvements-consist, secondly, in dispensing
with the said seams, either at the side edges only of the said bags, or
both at the side edges and at the bottoms. And whereas bags constructed
according to our said improvements under the first and second heads
have a more neat and elegant appearance than those heretofore in use,
and are better adapted to be rendered waterproof by covering or coating
the edges with gutta percha or similar plastic substances: Our improve-
ments consist, thirdly, in constructing nose bags, or bags of the same
texture as our said nose bags, and only differing slightly in their con-
figuration, and in the addition of certain appendages. which may be used
as bags or receptacles for various purposes in which such an appearance
is desirable. And fourthly, our: improvements consist in covering and
coating, where it may be found convenient, the ordinary nose bags at the

page_text: bottoms; with the said gutta perchá or similar plastic material:
But in order that these our said improvements. may be more fully
understood, and more readily carried into effect, we proceed to describe
them by the aid of the accompanying Drawings, reference being had to
the letters and figures thereon marked, that is to, say-Fig. 1, is a
front view of a nose bag of our improved construction without seams or
edgings, and with a facing of gutta percha, which we call our circinate
nose bag; Fig. 2, an end view, and Fig. 3, a back view of the same.
The remaining Figures show a modification of the above-mentioned
bag, by which it may be adapted for carrying game; Fig. 4, a per-
spective view of a circinate bag without facing, opening at the broader
instead of 'at the narrower side, & fitted with loop leathers in the usual
manner for
game bags; & Fig. 5, a top or plan view thereof." In each
Figure the same letters of reference denote similar corresponding parts.
a, a, seamless fabric of cocoa nut fibre or other material as above; b, b,
strap for supporting the bag; c, c, buckle fastenings thereof; d, d,
closing strap and buckle; e, e, gutta percha facing; ff, loop leathers
for suspending the game.
The advantages to be derived from our improved construction of
nose bags consist in their greater durability, as above mentioned, and
in the lower part being rendered waterproof to adapt the nose bag
to receive mixed food or other moist substances. The modification of
the above bag shown in Figs, 4, & 5, enables neat and durable game
bags to be constructed from more economical materials than have
hitherto been employed for the purpose.
Having now fully described the nature of our said Invention, and the
mode in which it is to be performed, we would have it clearly under-
stood that we do not by any means confine ourselves to the precise
details herein-befere mentioned, as the same might be altered without
departing from the general principle of these our said improvements.
But that which we do claim as new and of our said Invention, is, firstly,
the construction of bags for the purposes above described, woven in one
piece with a selvaged opening, so as to give a uniform strength to all
parts thereof by obviating the necessity for a seam or seams, and strength-
ening trimmings; & secondly, the coating of the lower parts of nose-

page_text: bags with gutta peŕchá or other plastic material for the purpose of
protecting and waterproofing theni in the manner described.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Morison and Daniel Hurn;
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this eleventh day of
April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
fifty-four.