Improvements in Cases or Receptacles for Carrying Collars and Cuffs.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 9th May, 1892
Complete Specification Loft, 9th May,
1000
Accepted, 10th June, 1862
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cases or Receptacles for Carrying Collars
and Cuffs.
We, LEWIS DAVID DOZIER, of No. 3882 Delmar Avenue, Saint Louis, in the
State of Missouri and United States of America, Cracker Manufacturer, and
EUGENE WALTER HAWLEY of No. 4110 Finney Avenue, Saint Louis aforesaid,
Salesman, 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 :--
The invention relates to a convenient bellows-hinged receptacle for the use of
travellers for carrying laundered collars and cuffs, said receptacle having an inner
compartment with convex ends which will not collapse. The inuer receptacle is
adapted to receive cuffs in a flat condition while the outer receptacle receives
collars folded around the non-collapsible ends of the inner receptacle, which
thus preserve the collars from crushing and creasing. The ends of the inner
compartment are cut away at their base to permit the collapse of the bellows-
hinged bottom of the outer case within the base of the said ends.
Longitudinal partitions are also formed between the walls of the inner
receptacle and the front and back, respectively of the outer case, thus providing
additional pockets.
In the accompanying drawings:
Figure I is a perspective view of the collapsible case, the rigid compartment
therein, and the partition-leaves at each side of said compartment.
Figure II is a like view, with parts broken away to show the construction
and position of the partition-leaves, the rigid bow-ended compartment between
said leaves, and the openings that are cut away at the base of said bow ends
to allow free movement for the collapse and expansion within them of the
bellows-hinged bottom of the outer case..
Figure III is a vertical section and shows the outer case, the partition-leaves
therein, and the rigid compartment between said leaves.
Figure IV is a detail of said rigid inner compartment and shows one of its
bow ends reinforced by a thin metal bow-piece secured to and outside said end,
and
Figure V is a like detail view and shows the metal reinforce bow secured
inside the bow end of said compartment. It also shows the flexible fibre cloth
bottom of said rigid compartment, which flexible bottom is secured to the
bellows-hinged flexible bottom of the outer case.
Referring to the drawings:
1, represents the front, 2 the back, and 3 the folding top flap, of the expansible
and contractile case 4. 5 represents the bellows-hinged bottom, and 6 the
bellows-hinged ends, of said outer case, all of which parts are preferably made
of leather, but may be of any other suitable material.

page_text: The interior of the case, as well as of its compartments yet to be described,
has preferably a lining 7, of colored linen or other suitable fabric, that will
neither hold the dust nor soil the clean articles packed therein.
8 represents a central compartment, which preferably has closed bow ends 9.
This compartment may be made of thin raw hide or any other suitable material
that will not very readily compress, so as to preserve the contour of the collars
that are folded around its bow ends.
10 represents the open portion at the base of each bow end of said compart-
ment 8, which opening allows the collapsing of the bellows-hinged bottom of the
outer case when it is empty or partially empty.
11 represents the bottom of said compartment, which, unlike the body of the
compartment, is preferably of some suitable pliable fabric that is readily secured
to the bellows-hinged bottom of the outer case and expands and collapses with
the same.
12 represents a forward leaf-partition, and 13 a like rear leaf-partition, respec-
tively, on each side of the compartment 8, inside the main case. The bottoms
of said leaf-partitions are respectively secured, preferably, to the bellows-hinged
bottom of the case; but they may be fastened at bottom to either the sides of the
outer case 4 or the interior compartment 8 without departing from the essential
features of the invention.
The
14 represents thin metal bow-plates, that may be secured either outside of the
bow ends of the interior compartment 8 (see Fig. IV) or inside the same (see
Fig. V) to reinforce said semi-rigid compartment, and thus prevent its collapse
under pressure. The whole interior of the case, as also the compartment 8 and
the leaves 12 and 13, are preferably covered with the aforesaid lining 7.
bellows-hinged bottom and ends of the main case may be secured to the body
of said case, as also the bottom of the compartment 8, to said compartment and
to said bellows-hinged bottom of the main case, as also the folding partition-
leaves, and the lining that covers all the interior parts may be secured by any
suitable cement or other adhesive substance.
It
This case is especially adapted for the use of travellers, for the package and
safe carriage of collars, cuffs, handkerchiefs, &c. The interior compartment 8
is preferably intended for the deposit of the cuffs in straight layers-that is,
unrolled. The collars are preferably placed in layers around outside each end
of the said compartment, the rigid bow ends of which preserve the contour of
said collars and prevent any injury to the curve spring-roll of the collar.
will be seen that the external surface of the bow ends of said interior compart-
ment constitute convenient slideways both for the insertion and withdrawal of
the collars, and that turn-down collars, which in the usual collar-box are difficult
to pack without injury to laundered condition of said collars, can be easily
packed in succession outside said bow ends of said compartment and will preserve
the contour of their starch-laundered roll.
The pockets 15 and 16 between, respectively, the folding partition leaf 12 and
the front of the case and the similar leaf, 13, and the back of said case make
convenient receptacles for clean laundered handkerchiefs, laces, &c. One of said
pockets is well adapted for packing away soiled cuffs, handkerchiefs, &c., while
the other can be used for clean articles. After some of the collars have been
soiled one end around the outside of the compartment 8 may be suitably
appropriated for their storage, while the other end is used for the clean collars.
The interior compartment 8, is here shown with two bow ends, which is the
preferred embodiment of the invention but the device may be constructed with
one bow end and with the other end left open, without departing from the essential
features of the invention. The invention is not limited to the invariable use of
metallic reinforce bow-plates 14 at the bow-ends of the central compartment 8
as said compartment may be constructed without the use of such reinforce
plates.

page_text: 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. In a collar and cuff portfolio, the combination of the case 4, having
expanding and contracting bottom and ends, and the internal compartment 8,
having one or more bow ends 9, substantially as described.
2. In a collar and cuff portfolio, the combination of the front and back of
the outer case, the bellows-hinged expanding and contracting bottom and ends
that secure together said front and back, and the internal rigid compartment 8,
with one or more bow ends 9 within said case, the base of said bow ends being
cut away at 10 to allow the free expansion and contraction of its bellows-
bottom, substantially as described.
3. In a collar and cuff portfolio, the combination of the collapsible case
provided with the bellows-hinged bottom and ends, the rigid interior compart-
ment 8, having one or more rigid bow ends 9, the said ends provided at their
base with the openings 10, and the pliable bottom 11 of said rigid compartment,
substantially as described.
4. In a collar and cuff portfolio, the combination of the collapsible case, the
rigid compartment 8 in said case having the bow end 9 and cut away 10 at its
base, the metal bow-plate 14, that reinforces said bow end, and the pliable
bottom 11 of said rigid compartment, substantially as described.
5. In a collar and cuff portfolio, the combination of the collapsible case, the
rigid compartment 8 in said case having one or more bow ends 9 and cut away 10
at their base, and the partition-leaf between said rigid compartment and the wall
of the collapsible case, substantially as described.
LEWIS D. DOZIER,
EUGENE W. HAWLEY,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.