Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 25th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1888
I, SAMUEL CROPPER of 115 Fore Street in the City of London, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention has for its object the improvement of paper bags, by providing
them with cords, tapes or ribbons at or near the mouths thereof to enable them to be
readily closed and opened and to be carried securely with their contents.
In carrying my invention into effect I preferably employ two cords, tapes or
ribbons threaded through holes cut or punched in any suitable manner in a line
across the bag and near the mouth thereof.
I employ an even number of such holes in order that the cords, tapes or ribbons
which are threaded therethrough may both pass around each end of the bag, thereby
obtaining the greatest possible strength and preventing the bag from tearing at the
holes or perforations.
If desired the mouth of the bag may
and in lieu of passing the cords tapes or
they may be passed through a "hem "
of the bag.
or
be strengthened in any convenient manner
ribbons through holes as before described,
"slide" formed at or near the upper edge
SAMUEL CROPPER.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.

page_text: I, SAMUEL CROPPER of 115 Fore Street, in the City of London, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to he
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained, in and by the following
statement:-
The invention has for its object the improvement of paper bags-by-providing them
with cords, tapes or ribbons at or near the mouths therof to enable them to be readily
closed and opened and to be carried securely with their contents.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side view of a paper bag constructed
according to one form of my invention Figure 2 is a plan thereof with one string
removed in order more clearly to show the arrangement of the parts and Figure 3 is a
side view showing the strings in the act of closing the mouth of the bag.-
Figure represents a paper bag constructed according to another form of my
invention and Figure 5 is a horizontal section thereof taken above the strings and
showing one of such strings removed for the sake of clearness.
The drawings represent, as examples, only, these two methods in which my inven-
tion may be put into practice.
In carrying my invention into effect I preferably employ two cords, tapes or
ribbons a threaded through holes 6' cut or punched in any suitable manner in a line
across the bag near the mouth thereof as represented at Figures 1, 2 and 3.
b
I employ an even number of such holes as shown in order that the cords, tapes
or ribbons a which are threaded therethrough may both pass around each edge 6 of
the bag, thereby obtaining the greatest possible strength and preventing the bag from
tearing at the holes or perforations.
If desired the mouth of the bag may be strengthened in any convenient manner,
for instance it may have a width of paper or other readily flexible fabric cemented
thereto or each hole may be formed through separately strengthened parts or in
lieu of passing the cords, tapes or ribbons a through holes as before described, they
may as represented at Figures, 4 and 5 be passed through a "hem" or "slide"³ formed
at or near the upper edge of the bag either by the folding over and cementing of part
of the bag itself or by attaching suitable separate strips of paper or other material
thereto.
By these means a vendor of goods may place them within the bag band by drawing
the cords, tapes or ribbons a by their ends he may close the mouth of the bag b when
the loops of the cords a will afford the purchaser a secure and ready means of carry-
ing the bag together with its contents.
In some cases I employ only one cord, tape or ribbon a threaded through the holes b'
or "hem oľ "slide" as above described.
"
I would here remark that I do not confine myself to the above described details of
carrying my invention into effect nor do I claim the application of cords, tapes or
ribbons to bags made of other material than paper.

page_text: 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 :-
The improvement of paper bags by providing them with cords, tapes or ribbons at
or near the mouths thereof substantially as herein shown and described and for the
purpose stated.
SAMUEL CROPPER.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.