IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BAGS OR POUCHES
Year: 1885

page_text: This Specification was, upon the 5th day of November 1886, amended under
Sections 18 to 21 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883.
SAMUEL EDMOND STATHAM 1 Heald Place Moss Lane East Rusholme Man-
chester, Manager for Messieurs Charles Macintosh and Company India Rubber
Manufacturers India Rubber Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BAGS OR POUCHES to be
as follows:-
I join two surfaces of India Rubber or other material or substance of any
thickness or shape in such a manuer at the edges that they form a bag or cushion
filled with air; I then cut open either half at any part or in any manner and
reserve to myself the right of strengthening the slit so made, by surrounding it
with an edging made by pasting a strip of India Rubber round it, by hemming
binding or otherwise supporting it in any manner I may think fit. I then turn
the bag inside out and attach a strip of Rubber or any other material in such a
manner that it covers the slit while remaining unattached at one side. I then
turn back again the bag or Pouch to its original position, thus having obtained a
system of closing admitting ingress while stopping egress of the objects to be placed
in the said bag or Pouch.

page_text: I SAMUEL EDMOND STATHAM of 1 Heald Place Rusholme Manchester Manager
for Messieurs Charles Macintosh and company India Rubber Manufacturers do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC-
TURE OF BAGS OR POUCHES and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
"
This invention relates to the manufacture of bags or pouches for containing
tobacco or other articles, from india rubber, or other suitable material, and consists
of a simple and economical method of manufacturing such bags or pouches so that
ready access can be obtained to the contents thereof, but the accidental egress of
such contents is prevented.
In the annexed drawing I have illustrated and I will now describe for the sake
of example my improved method of manufacturing a tobacco pouch of ordinary
elliptical form, but I desire it to be understood that I do not intend to confine
my invention to pouches of that or any other form, not yet to pouches or bags used
for that purpose, as the same principle of manufacture is equally applicable to bags
or pouches of various other forms and for different purposes.
In carrying out my invention I take two similar pieces of india rubber or other
suitable material or substance of any required thickness and of any suitable shape
(say oval for example) and I join the edges of the two together all round, by
cementing or otherwise, so that they form a completely closed bag or cushion filled
with air as shown on the annexed drawing in plan view at Fig. 1 and edge view
at Fig. 2 the dotted line a, a, in the latter Fig. representing the junction of the
edges of the material.
I then cut open either half at any suitable part in a straight or curved line (say
for instance by a straight slit or incision down the centre as shown at b b Fig. 3)
and I reserve to myself the right to strengthen the edges of the slit so made by
surrounding it with an edging by pasting or cementing a strip of india rubber
or other material round it (as shown at c, c, Fig. 3) or by hemming binding or.
otherwise supporting it in any manner I may think desirable.
I then turn the bag or pouch inside out (see Fig. 4) and attach at one side of
the slit b, b, a strip or flap of india rubber or other material d, d, in such a
way that being attached to only one side of the slit it covers the opening in the
interior as shown, and prevents the egress of the tobacco or other contents until
pushed aside.
I prefer to further secure the ends of this piece by small straps e, e, of cloth or
other suitable material.
The pouch is now turned back again into its original position presenting the
appearance shown at Fig. 3, and is then ready for use.
By this method of manufacture I obtain a simple and effective means of closing
the mouth of the bag or pouch admitting of easy access to the contents thereof
whilst stopping accidental egress of the same.
These bags or pouches can be made over a wooden or other mould which can
readily be removed through the slit or opening b, b, before, or whilst turning them
inside out.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The improved manufacture of bags or pouches of india rubber or other material
by joining the edges of two similar pieces all round so as to form a completely
closed bag or cushion, making a slit or incision in one side, turning the bag or
pouch inside out and cementing or fastening a strip or flap along one edge of
the slit or incision, and lastly returning it to its original position substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
GEORGE DAVIES,
Agent for the Applicant.