IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF INDIA-RUBBER AND OTHER TOBACCO POUCHES AND PURSES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Allen Oldroyd, of Leyton, in the County of
Essex, India-rubber Pouch Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF INDIA-RUBBER AND OTHER TOBACCO
POUCHES AND PURSES."
VISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Allen Oldroyd at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th February 1872.
I, ALLEN OLDROYD, of Leyton, in the County of Essex, India-rubber
Pouch Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTUre of India-rubbER AND OTHER TOBACCO
POUCHES AND PURSES," to be as follows:-
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page_text: pouches or purses, whereby increased facility is afforded for uniting the
edges of the india-rubber in putting the parts together.
The Invention also relates to improvements in forming or shaping
india-rubber tobacco pouches and purses so that they are supported in
an erect position upon a comparatively flat base or bottom.
For example in cutting out the parts or pieces of india-rubber for
making up into a tobacco pouch or purse, according to one method of
carrying out this part of my improvements I take four rectangular pieces
of india-rubber, two of which I fold in the centre and place them with
the folded edges together inwards between the two unfolded pieces, the
corners of the two inner pieces corresponding with the corners of the
outer pieces. Then by means of a template or pattern I cut off all the
corners of the rectangular pieces thus arranged at one end, and before
they are separated I apply india-rubber solvent or solution to the edges
which are then readily joined up into the shape required, without
requiring any delicate manipulation in placing the edges together as
heretofore practiced in joining and making up pieces of india-rubber in
the manufacture of such articles.
In like manner other numbers of parts may be similarly arranged and
cut to the required shape and made up as previously described.
Leather or other material may also be cut and shaped in the manner
previously described, according to my improvements, for making up into
pouches or purses by sewing or otherwise.
Another part of my Invention relates to improvements in the con-
struction of the frames for closing and opening the mouths of india-
rubber tobacco and other pouches and purses, and my improvements
only apply to those frames which open by compressing the ends.
Heretofore such frames have been constructed with studs at each end
connected with internal spring catches; now, according to my improve-
ments I dispense with the studs and spring catches, and cause the frame
to close by a snap arrangement acting upon a central frame or bar, the
snap being released by pressing the two ends of the frame towards each
other.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the. conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Allen Oldroyd in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 5th August 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALLEN
OLDROYD, of Leyton, in the County of Essex, India-rubber Pouch
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Allen Oldroyd, Her special licence
that I, the said Allen Oldroyd, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Allen Oldroyd, 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 INDIA-RUBBER AND OTHER TOBACCO POUCHES AND PURSES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Allen Oldroyd, my
executors or administrators, 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 Allen Oldroyd, 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 thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention relates first to the method of arranging and cutting
out the parts or picces of india-rubber for making up into tobacco
pouches or purses, whereby increased facility is afforded for uniting the
edges of the india-rubber in putting the parts together.

page_text: The Invention also relates to improvements in forming or shaping
india-rubber tobacco pouches and purses so that they are supported in
an erect position upon a comparatively flat base or bottom.
And in order that the first part of my improvements may be more
clearly understood and readily carried into practice I will proceed to
describe the Drawing hereunto annexed, which shows the method of
arranging a series of four pieces of india-rubber or other material for
forming or cutting out the parts of a pouch, purse, or bag in accordance
with my Invention.
In cutting out the parts or pieces of india-rubber for making up into
a tobacco pouch, bag, or purse, according to one method of carrying out
this part of my improvements, I take four rectangular pieces of india-
rubber marked 1, 2, 3, and 4, Figure A on the Drawing, two of which
(2 and 3) I fold in the centre (as shown at Figure B), and I then place
them with the folded edges together inwards between the two unfolded
pieces 1 and 4, as shown at Figure C*, the corners of the two inner pieces
2 and 3 corresponding with the corners of the outer pieces 1 and 4, as
shewn. Then, by means of a template or pattern (the form of which
may be varied according to the form of the pouch, bag, or purse required)
I cut off all the corners of the rectangular pieces thus arranged at one
end (or both ends if required), and before they are separated I apply
india-rubber solvent or solution to the edges, which are then readily
joined up into the shape required by first separating the inner surfaces
of the parts at the mouth end of the pouch, bag, or purse, as shown by
the diagram D*, the edges which come together being joined up at a, b,
c, and d, no delicate manipulation being required in placing the edges
together as heretofore practiced in joining and making up pieces of
india-rubber in the manufacture of such articles.
Each part in all the Figures A, B, and C are marked with numbers to
correspond; and Figure D shows a side elevation and plan of the parts
opened and with their edges joined up so as to form them into a pouch,
bag, or purse.
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In like manner other numbers of parts may be similarly arranged and
cut to the required shape and made up as previously described.

page_text: Secondly. I claim the improved arrangement and construction of the
frames for closing and opening the mouths of india-rubber and other
tobacco pouches, bags, and purses, substantially in the manner herein-
before described and shewn in the Drawing hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Allen Oldroyd, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Second day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Witness,
J. G. TONGUE,
Patent Agent,
34, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane, W.C.
A. OLDROYD.
(L.S.)