IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES, AND IN FASTENINGS FOR THE SAME
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Clark, of 55, Chancery Lane, in the County
Agent, for the Invention of
PURSES, BAGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
of Middlesex, Engineer and Patent
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
ARTICLES, AND IN FASTENINGS FOR THE SAME."-A communication from
abroad by Ignatz Lindenblith, Purse Manufacturer, of 29, Boulevart
St. Martin. Paris.
Sealed the 10th June 1864, and dated the 28th December 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Clark at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th December 1863.
I, WILLIAM CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said.
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PURSES, BAGS, AND OTHER
SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND IN FASTENINGS FOR THE SAME," to be as follows:--
This Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of porte-
monnaies, purses, cigar cases, bags, reticules, and all other similar
articles of leather, morocco, or other material. These improvements
relate, 1st, to the body of the purse or other article; 2ndly, to the fasten-
ing for the same. I usually make these improved bags, purses, or other
articles of leather, silk, wool, cotton, or other fabric, and fit them with
a metal frame at the upper part to serve as a means of opening and
closing them; these purses or other articles have each two lateral seams.
or they may be ornamented with a braid or edging. According to this
Invention I form the purse or other article of a single piece of leather or
fabric, which I effect by stretching or goffering them either by hand or

page_text: machine, I thus produce pockets of a single piece without seams, and of
any form or dimensions required for the manufacture of purses, cigar
cases, pouches, or other articles. The inner lining may also be similarly
formed of a single piece with or without seams. The improved fastening
is formed of two small catches or hooks, one of which is fixed to each side
of the frame, and also with a bolt which slides backwards and forwards
so as to enter or recede from the catches or eyes, and consequently to
release or close the two parts of the fastening.
In order to render this improved fastening better understood, I have
represented an example in the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 of which
shows a plan of the fastening as opened out to the full extent; Fig. 2
also shows a plan of the fastening partly closed; while Fig. 3 shows a
side view of the frame. The same letters serve for the three Figures.
a, b, jaws or frames to which the fastening is applied, which are hinged
together at c; d, catch or eye mounted on the part a of the frame; e,
second catch mounted on the opposite part b; these two catches are fixed
to the framing in such manner as to fit one beside the other when the
two parts a, b, of the frame are brought together, as seen at Fig. 2; f,
bolt or slide, worked from the outside by a projection g, this bolt may
be arranged in any other suitable manner provided that it enters and
leaves both catches d and e simultaneously in its backward and forward
movement. It will be understood that the bolt engaging in the two
catches will hold the two parts a, b, together, and when withdrawn, they
will be free to open by turning on hinges c.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Clark in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th June 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer and
Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Clark, Her special licence that
I, the said William Clark, my executors, administrators, and assigns,

page_text: or such others as I, the said William Clark, 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 THE MANUFACTURE
OF PURSES, BAGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES, AND IN FASTENINGS FOR
THE
SAME," a comn. to me from abroad by Ignatz Lindenblith, Purse
Manufacturer, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Clark, my executors or admini-
strators, 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 within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Clark, my do hereby
declare the nature of the said 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 Sheet of
Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon (that is to say):-
This Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of porte-
monnaies, purses, cigar cases, bags, reticules, and all other similar
articles of leather, morocco, or other material. These improvements
relate, 1st, to the body of the purse or other article; and, 2ndly, to the
fastening for the same. Bags, purses, or other similar articles of leather,
silk, woollen, cotton, or other fabric are usually furnished with a metal
frame at the upper part to serve as a means of opening and closing them;
these purses or other articles have each at least one or two lateral seams,
which are sometimes ornamented with piping or edging. According to
this Invention I form the purse or other article of a single piece of leather
or fabric, which I effect, by stretching or goffering them either by hand
or machine, I thus produce pockets of a single piece without seams, and
of any form or dimensions required for the manufacture of purses, cigar
cases, pouches, or other articles. The inner lining may also be similarly
formed of a single piece with or without seams. Any kind of fastening
may be used, and formed of any suitable metal or material, although I
prefer the arrangement of this Invention, and herein-after described.

page_text: These articles may also be manufactured partly by stamping and partly
by sewing, as for instance, when making some kinds of purses I may
partially stamp or press up the bottom part, and then make two lateral
seams an inch or so in length.
In the annexed Drawing I have represented the apparatus serving to
form the different articles before enumerated.
Fig. 1 shows a transverse vertical section of a die and stamping punch,
the latter being in side view; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section of
the die; Fig. 3, a plan of the same apparatus; Fig. 4 shows the stamping
apparatus on a smaller scale, the punch being fixed to a balance press;
while Fig. 5 shows a purse so made. The leather inner pockets of purses
having double compartments, may be produced in the same manner by
means of a smaller press of the same kind as that herein represented.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several
Figures seen in different positions.
a, block, in which is an opening b, having the form of the purse to be
made; c, pressing punch, fixed to arm d of the press; e, double thickness
of material, consisting of the leather and lining of the purse, which is
stretched on the die and retained in that position by means of a hinged
part shown dotted in Fig. 2, the raised position being in dotted lines.
This plate or cover is hinged at g, and when clamping the purse, leather
is fixed in a catch or part h; i, i, copper plates applied on the under face
of the elliptical opening of the stretching part f, and also lining the
inside of the die, which plates are intended during the shaping operation
to press out the folds of the leather formed by the gussets of the purse;
j, k, spaces and casing for heating the apparatus; l, horizontal guides,
serving to ensure the central position of the leather in the die, these
guides slide in plates m, being fixed in position by screws n.
I have before stated that the second part of this Invention relates to
the clasps or fastenings of purses or other articles, and which may be
applied to those produced in the manner described. This improved
fastening is formed of two small catches or hooks, one of which is fixed to
each side of the frame, and also with a bolt, which slides backwards and
forwards so as to enter or recede from the catches or eyes, and conse-
quently to release or close the two parts of the purse or other article.
In order to render this improved fastening better understood, I have
represented an example in the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 6 of which
shows a plan of the fastening as opened out to the full extent; Fig. 7
also shows a plan of the fastening partly closed; while Fig. 8 shows a side
view of the same. The same letters serve for the three Figures.

page_text: a, b, jaws or frames to which the fastening is applied, which are hinged
together at c; d, catch or eye mounted on the part a of the frame; e,
second catch mounted on the opposite part b; these two catches are fixed
to the framing in such manner as to fit beside the other when the
two parts a, b, of the frame are brought together, as seen at Fig. 2; f,
bolt or slide worked from the outside by a projection g; this bolt may
be arranged in any other suitable manner provided that it enters and
leaves both catches d and e simultaneously in its backward and forward
movement. It will be understood that the bolt engaging in two catches d
and e will hold the two parts a and b together, and when withdrawn they
will be free to open by turning on hinges c. Instead of having two
catches there may be but one facing the bolt.
small spring of any suitable form to said bolt, which constantly tends
to keep it in the closed position of itself.
In this case I apply a
This improvement is also represented in the Drawings, Fig. 9 showing
a side view of the frame, and Fig. 10 an inside view of same.
a, b, parts of the frame; c, catch fixed to part a of the frame; d, spring
bolt fixed to the other part 6 of same; this bolt is arranged so as to slide
by pressing a button head e on the exterior, and is returned to its normal
position by a suitable spring f; this bolt is bevilled at one end to enable
it to close the two parts a, b, of the frame by simply pressing them
together..
Having described the nature of this Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent, is,-
1st, the manufacture of portemonnaies, purses, pouches, cigar cases,
bags, and other similar articles of all kinds of leather or other suitable
material, which are formed without seams by the application of pressure
as herein-before described.
2ndly, I claim the improved fastening for portemonnaies, cigar cases,
and other articles herein described and represented in the accompanying
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Clark, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Witness,
JAMES DAISH,
53, Chancery Lane,
London:
W. CLARK. (L.S.)