Improvements in Woven Bags.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1896-Accepted, 19th Sept, 1896
Improvements in Woven Bags.
We, JESSE ARNOLD KNIGHT, of Enfield, Superintendent, ELISHA HARRIS
HOWARD, of the City of Providence, Manufacturer, both of the County of
Providence, and HENRY HOWARD, Manufacture, of Phenix in the County of
Kent, all of the State of Rhode Island, United States of America, do heieby
declaro the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to bags made by weaving them, complete in a loom,
connected together in the form of a web to be afterwards separated. The
construction of the bag is fully hereinafter explained.
The object of the invention is to produce bags complete from the loom having
only to be separated from each other, with strong woven seams or joints on_all
sides and a small opening at one end to be closed when the bag is filled. The
weak part of the woven bag as commonly made is the end that has to be sewed up
clear across the bag, the long sewed closure not being so close or strong as a woven
seam, and by reducing the space to be closed finally to as small a part of the end
as possible, there is much time saved in closing up the bags when full, and the end
1s much stronger.
The construction of the bags is as follows: In weaving the ordinary woven bags
they me joined end to end in the web, and consist of a certain length of double
woven fabric to form the body of the bag and a narrow stip of the double fabric
woven together in one web to form the bottom of the bag, leaving a raw edge or
an edge without a selvage to make the top of bag when they are separated.
But in my improved way the bags lay lengthways across the web and are joined
together at the sides. They consist of a web of double weaving joined together
at spaces the width of the bag apart by strips of interlocked weaving together of
the double web, which strips form the sides of the bags when they are separated
from each other by tearing or cutting through the centre of the strips.
The end of the bag having the opening is made by weaving the upper and lower
webs together as one for a space extending far enough in from the edge to form the
neck of the opening. This single web is woven along one side of the web except for a
space of about one-thud of the width of each bag, which space is left open by
weaving the upper and lower warps separate from each other with selvages on both
portions. The bags are then separated by tearing or cutting them apart on lines,
and short cuts are made in from the edge near the sides of the openings. They
are then tuned the other side out so as to bing the edges of the strips on the
inside of the bag. These short cuts are for the purpose of separating the neck
portion that it may be turned out. After the bag is filled the neck of the opening
is folded once or twice as may be preferred and secured by a row of stitches which
makes a very strong closure.
To render the wear of the strips more even and regular than they would be if
they contained all the filling of the upper and lower webs, one-half of the welt
threads are turned back at the inner edge of the strip, and when the bags are
reversed these threads of the wett forin a selvage on the outside that strengthens
hat part of the bag.
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page_text: Improvements in Woven Bags.
We, JESSE ARNOLD KNIGHT, of Enfield, Superintendent, ELISHA HARRIS
HOWARD, of the City of Providence, Manufacture, both of the County of
Providence, and HENRY HOWARD, Manufacturer, of Phenix in the County of
Kent, all of the State of Rhode Island, United States of America, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same 15 to be
performed, to he particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
staternent:-
This invention relates to bags made by weaving them, complete in a loom,
connected together in the form of a web to be afterwards separated.
The construction of the bag is fully explained in the specification and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing in which
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Figure 1, represents three of the bags joined in a web as they come from the
loom.
Figure 2, 15 an edge view of the web showing the opening in the ends of the
bags
Figure 3, shows one of the bags separated from the web with the wrong side out
as they are woven.
Figure 4, represents the bag turned right side out as it is when used.
Figure 5, shions the bag filled and the opening closed.
Figure 6, is a view of the opening in the end of the bag.
Figure 7, is a diagram showing the difference in weaving the strip or top of the
bag and the body.
The
The object of the invention is to produce bags complete from the loom living
only to be separated from each other, with strong woven seams or joints on all
Bides and a small opening at one end to be closed when the bag 18 filled.
weak part of the woven bag as commonly inade is the end that has to be sewed up
clear across the bag, the long sewed closure not being so close or strong as a woven
Beam, and by reducing the space to be closed finally to as small a part of the end
as possible, there is much time saved in closing up the bags when full, and the end
18 much stronger.
The construction of the bags is as follows: In the loom when woven the bags lie
lengthways across the web and are joined together at their sides, as shown in
Figure 1. They consist of a web of double weaving joined together at spaces the
width of the bag apart by strips a, a, of interlocked weaving together of the two
webs, which strips form the sides of the bags A, A, when they are separated from
each other by tearing or cutting through the centre of the strips as indicated by
the dotted lines, in Figue 1, the bottom of the bag being formed by the close
woven sides at the bottom of the figure.
The end of the bag having the opening d, is made by weaving
the upper
and
lower webs together as one for a space extending far enough in from the edge to
form the neck of the opening d. This single web v, is woven along one side of the
web except for a space of about one-third of the width of each bag, which space is
left open by weaving the upper and lower warps separate from each other with
selvages on both portions. The bags aro then sepainted by tearing or cutting
them apart on hnes a, a, Figure 1, and short cuts are made in from the edge on the
dotted lines c, c, Figure 3, near the sides of the openings d. They are then turned
the other side out so as to bring the edges of the strips a, a, and u, v, on the inside
of the bag, indicated by the dotted lines in Figures 4 and 5. These short cuts c, c
are for the purpose of separating the neck portion that it may be turned out as in
Figure 4. The neck of the opening of the bag is seen in Figure 6, showing

page_text: portions of the scams u, on the inside. After the bag is filled the neck of the
opening d, is folded once or twice as may be preferred and secured by a row of
stitches n, see Figure 5, which makes a very strong closure.
To render the closed strips of the top more uniform than they would be if they
contained all the filling of the upper and lower webs, the alternate weft threads are
turned back see Figure 7 at the inner edge i, Figure 1, of the stup v, by not
changing the position of the warp threads at every alternate returu of the
shuttle, and when the bags are reversed these threads of the weft form a selvage
on the outside that strengthens that part of the bag.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1 As an article of manufacture, a bag having the webs composing the same
woven together along the sides and bottom, and the top thereof woven together
for a portion of its width, whereby an open mouth is formed, substantially as
described.
2. As an article of manufacture, a bag having the webs composing the same woven
together along the sides and bottom, and the top thereof woven together for a
portion of its width, whereby an open mouth is formed, the mouth being surrounded
by a neck projecting from the top of bag, substantially as descubed.
Dated thus 6th day of July 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.