IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPER AND SUCH LIKE BAGS
Year: 1888

page_text: WALTER BROOKS of Sheepcote Street Birmingham Timber Merchant and Saw
Mill Proprietor do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
PAPER AND SUCH LIKE BAGS to be as follows:
My Invention consists in fixing pieces of Wood or other rigid or strengthening
material to both sides of the upper part of paper & such like Bags, the said strengthening
pieces occupying about one third of the width of each side of the Bag and centrally
placed. These strengthening pieces are secured by folding & glueing the material of
which the Bag is made over them or by other suitable means, they also have two holes
pierced through them, the holes being a suitable distance apart, through these holes a
piece of cord is threaded & knoted at the ends or otherwise fastened & thus forming a
loop on each side of the mouth of the Bag. A Bar of Wood or other material is
attached to one of the loops for the purpose of carrying the Bag. The centre part
only of each side of the Bag being stiffened by the strengthening pieces enables
the remaining portion to be readily folded inwards in a gusset like form & the loop
to which the Bar is attached being passed through the loop on the other side draws
the two sides together & closes the mouth of the Bag. The strengthening pieces
to which the cord loops are fastened sustains the weight of the Bag & its contents
when in use.
Dated this 57th do 1000

page_text: I WALTER BROOKS of Sheepcote Street Mills Sheepcote Street Birmingham in
the county of Warwick Timber Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My Invention consists in fixing pieces of wood or other rigid or stregthening
material to both sides of the upper part of Paper & such like Bags; the said
strengthening pieces occupying about one third of the width of each side of the
Bag and centrally placed. These strengthening pieces are secured by folding &
glueing the material of which the Bag is made over them or by other suitable means,
they also have two holes pierced through them, the holes being a suitable
distance apart, through these holes a piece of cord is threaded & knoted at the ends
or otherwise fastened & thus forming a loop on each side of the mouth of the Bag.
A Bar of Wood or other material is attached to one of the loops for the purpose of
carrying the Bag. The centre part only of each side of the Bag being stiffened by
the strengthening pieces enables the remaining portion to be folded inwards in a
gusset like form and the loop to which the Bar is attached being passed through the
loop on the other side draws the two sides together & closes the mouth of the Bag and
for the better fastening of the same Holes are provided in the centre of the strength-
ening pieces through which the ends of the cord forming one of the loops may be
threaded and tied over the upper edge of the Bag. The strengthening pieces to
which the cord loops are fastened sustains the weight of the Bag & its contents when
in use.
As modifications the strengthening pieces may be formed of wire with eyes formed
thereon for fastening the cord loops thereto and for tying the mouth of the Bag; or
the same may be formed with sheet metal or other suitable material folded double on
the upper edge, the cord loops being fastened in the fold & Holes provided in the centre
for tying the mouth of the Bag.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure I represents the outer view of one side of a Bag constructed according to
my Invention.*
Figure II represents the inner view of the same.
Figure III represents the outer view of the opposite side of the Bag.
Figure IV represents the inner view of the same.
Figure Vis a section on line A. B.
Figure VI represents the strengthening piece of wood or other rigid or strengthening
inaterial.
Figure VII represents the strengthening pieces formed of wire.
Figure VIII represents the strengthening pieces formed of sheet metal or other
suitable material.
Figure IX represents a Bag with strengthening piece formed of wire fixed
thereto.
Figure X represents a Bag with strengthening piece formed of sheet metal-fixed
thereto.
Figure XI is a perspective view of the Bag when filled shewing the loops interlocked
for carrying.

page_text: The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts of Figures 1 II III IV V
VI VII VIII IX X XI of the Drawings.
A is a strengthening piece of wood or other rigid or strengthening material centrally
placed & glued in a fold of the upper edge of the Bag.
B is the upper edge of the Bag folded inwards to receive the strengthening
piece A.
CC are holes in the strengthening pieces for attaching cord loops thereto.
D is a hole in the centre of the strengthening pieces for the purpose of tying the
mouth of the Bag.
F is a cord loop threaded through the holes C C & knoted or tied on the inner side
of the Bag.
G is a cord loop threaded through a hollow bar of wood or other material and also
threaded through the holes CC & tied on the inner side of the Bag leaving ends (K) of
sufficient length to be used for the purpose of tying the mouth of the Bag by threading
them through the holes D and tying thein over the upper edge of the strengthening
pieces A.
When the Bag is filled the loop G & the bar attached thereto is passed through loop F
& thus interlocks the two loops, draws the mouth of the Bag together & forms the
handle for carrying.
H is a hollow bar of wood or other material through which the cord forming the
loop G is threaded thus forming a handle for carrying the Bag.
When in use the hollow bar H spreads the loop to which it is attached to a sufficient
width to enable the fingers to be passed through and thus prevents the Bag spinning
or twisting while being carried.
I I are the sides of the Bag which may be folded inwards in a gusset like
form.
A 1 (figure VII) is a strengthening piece formed of wire with eyes formed at the
ends (N) for fastening the cord loops thereto and an eye in the centre (M) for tying
the mouth of the Bag-in modification of A.
A (figure VIII) is a strengthening piece formed with sheet metal folded double
on the upper edge (P) for fastening the cord loops thereto and a hole (S) in the centre
for tying the mouth of the Bag-in modification of A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
I. Fixing a strengthening piece of wood or other rigid or strengthening material
to the upper part of the sides of Paper Bags, substantially as herein described & set
forth and shewn in Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 & 6.
Fixing wire or metal strengthening pieces to the upper part of the sides of Paper
Bags substantially as herein described & set forth & shewn in Figures 7. 8. 9 & 10.
II. The mode of arranging the cord loops F and G for the purpose of carrying a
Bag when filled, substantially as herein described and set forth and shewn in
Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 & 11.
III. The mode of arranging the holes D and the ends of the cord forming loop G
for the purpose of tying the mouth of the Bag substantially as herein described & set
forth and shewn in Figures 2. 5. 11.
IV. The hollow bar H through which the cord forming the loop G is threaded thus
spreading the loop and preventing the Bag spinning or twisting and for the greater
convenience of carrying the Bag when filled and in use substantially as herein described
and shewn in figures 1. 2. 5 & 11.
1000