US1071991A

US1071991A - Bag-closure.

Info

Publication number: US1071991A
Application number: US71420912A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry Ebert
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-08-09
Filing date: 1912-08-09
Publication date: 1913-09-02
Anticipated expiration: 1930-09-02

Description

H. EBBRT.

BAG GLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9,1912.

1,071,991. Patented sep1;.2,1913.

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BAG-CLOSURE.

Specification od? Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

Application filed August 9, 1912. Serial No. 714,209.

To all whom it may concern f Be it known that 1', HARRY EBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Frederick, in the county of Frederick and State of Maryland, have invented new and useful l Improvements in Bag-Closures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bag closures, more especially to closures for mail bags or pouches and is an improvement on that type of closures which fasten the open end of the bag or pouch tlatwise by means of a cover or top movable longitudinally over the contacting sides of the bag in guide channels provided therefor at the mouth of the bag or pouch.

The object of the invention is to provide a closure of this character which shall be simple and cheap, and which may be quickly slipped into and from its place over the mouth of the bag or pouch and which cannot become detached and lost; and to: this end the invention consists of the novel oonstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described detail and set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying'drawings in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mouth of a mail bag or pouch closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the closure opened toits fullest extent. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view looking down upon the mouth of the ba with the closu-re omitted and the centra portion of the bag or ouch broken away. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the plane of the line 4 4, Fig. 2, of so much of the bag or pouch as is shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the mouth of i a mail bag or pouch and its closure on the tion of a modified fo'rm of the invention. Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view on the4 line 7-7 of Fig. 6, the central portion of the bag or pouch being broken away and the closure omitted. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7 with the closure in its retracted position. Fig.. 9 is a cross-sectional view on the line 9-9 of Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is an enlarged detailed. side view of a modified form of the bag or pouch showing the construction of certain parts.

In the drawings 10 designates the bag or pouch of canvas, leather or other suitable material, having at one end an open mouth normally long and narrow but which may be opened to a greater extent when necessary to fill or empty the bag or pouch.

Surrounding the mouth of the bag or .l pouch 10 is a band or welt 11 of leather or other suitable material in one or more layers, two being shown in the drawings. The .layers of the welt 1l are secured upon the .outer side of the bag around the same by rows of stitching 12, and rivets 13, other `means, however, may be employed for se- 1 curing the welt to the bag if desired. Be-

low the welt 11 and spaced a short distance ,therefrom is a second encircling band 14 wider than the welt which may also be made of two or more layers of leather the outer- ,most layer 15 being wider than the others and extending nearly to the welt 11 so as 'to form a channel 16 between the weltand the band 14 on each side of the bag, see Figs. 4 and 5. The band 14 may be secured f to the bag or pouch 10 in any desired manner, but is here shown as fastenedby a row of stitching 17 near its bottom edge, and by a number of closely spaced large headed rivets 18 the heads of which extend as high .as the top edge of the outermost layer 15 of the band y14 and serve to give a firm ,l rigid support to said layer and prevent that portion of it in front of the channel 16 from being bent or turned outward.

, The inside of the-bag or pouch around the Emouth is reinforced by a number of spaced 'plates 19, preferably of metal, held in place by the

aforesaid rivets

13 and 18 and by other rivets 20 each of which passes through Ithe bottom of the plates and the band 14. The plates 19 serve to hold the welt 11 properly spaced from the band 14 and prevent ythe channel 16 from collapsing when it is vempty.

The mouth of the bag or pouch 10 is elongated as heretofore stated with rounded ends and straight sides close together as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 and provided with a sliding closure 21 in the form of a cap made with a crown 22 of canvas or leather `and a rim 23 of some stiff material, preferably leather, stitched or otherwise fastened on the margin of the two sides and 4one end of the crown, the rim at the sides of the closure being of a size to fit snugly ,and adapted to slide smoothly within the channel 16- at the mouth of the bag. The

crown 22 when the closure -is in place covers the mouth of the bag and overlies the Welt 11, passingV t-hrough a narrow slot 24 on each side of the bag between the welt and the outer layer 15 of the band 14. At its rear end the rim 23 of the cap is curved to fit snugly in the curved portion a of the channel 16 when the bag is closed. The rim 23 is omitted from the forward end of the closure 21, the crown being formed int-o a flap tab 25 bound with leather and provided with a slot to fit over a staple 26 projecting from the band v14 at one end of the mouthl to which a suitable lock 27 and label holder 28 are applied in the usual manner. At the forward end of the closure where the rim 23 terminates there is fastened a transverse strip 29 that abuts at its ends, when the closure is opened, against two stops 30 which project upward over the rim 14 near the open port-ion a of the channel 16 and prevent the closure from being entirely withdrawn from the bag or pouch 10. When the lock 27 and the label holder 28 are removed from the staple 26 and the tab 25 also disconnected from the same, the bag isl readily opened by grasping a loop 31 on the rear of the closure and pulling the same endwise into the position indicated in Fig. 2. In this position the mouth of the bag is fully opened and ready to be filled or emptied.

Instead of formingv the outer layer 15 of the band 14 of leather and stiening it by large headed rivets 18, this outer layer may be made as at 35, Figs. 6 to 10, of a strip of canvas 36 doubled upon itself and enfolding therein a number of metal plates 37 alternating with a number of leather strips 38, being respectively riveted and sewed to the band 14 and the bag 10, as shown most clearly '1n Figs. 9 and 10. Instead of re-V taining the closure on the bag by means of the transverse strip 29 and stops 30, a cord 39 attached at its ends to the ends of the closure 21 and passing freely through an opening 40 in the Welt 11 retains the closure in its place on the bag and permits it to move freely in the channels 16.

What I claim is 1. A bag or pouch having an open mouth,

an exterior marginal welt around the mouth,

a band surrounding the bag or pouch below the welt and spaced therefrom, a strip secured on the outer side of the band on each side of the bag and extending above the same close to the welt, said welt, band and strip together forming a channel nearly closed on each side of the bag, and a closure having side rims fit-ting said channels and slidable therein to permit the closure moving endwise over the bag or pouch.

2. A bag or pouch having an open mouth, an exterior marginal welt around the mouth, a band surrounding the bag or pouch below the welt and spaced therefrom to form a channel, a strip over the band at the sides of the bag extending above the band and close to the welt to nearly inclose said chan-l nel, reinforcing means for preventing the strip from being bent outwardly, and a closure having side rims fitting said channels and slidable therein to vpermit the closure moving endwise over the bag mouth.

3. A bag or pouch 'having an open mouth, an exterior marginal welt around the mouth, av band surrounding the bag or pouch below the welt and spaced therefrom to form a channel, a strip over the band at the sides of the bag extending above the band and close to the welt to nearly inclose said channe-l, a plurality of reinforcing metal strips within the mouth of the bag, a plurality of rivets extending through the band to the reinforcing plates within the bag and having large heads the margins of which extend to the top of the strip on the outer side of said band, and a closure having side rims fitting said channels and slidable therein to permit the closure moving endwise over the bag mouth.

4. A bag or pouch having an open mouth, an exterior marginal welt around the mouth, a band surrounding the bag or pouch below the welt and spaced therefrom to form a channel, a strip around the band extending above the same and close to the welt to nearly inclose said channel, a space being left between the lstrip and the welt, reinforcing means for preventing the strip being bent outwardly, and a closure comprising a cap with side rims fitting said channels and slidable therein to permit the closure moving endwise over the bag mouth, said cap running freely through the space between the strip and the welt as the closure is moved to open and close the bag.

5. A bag or pouch having an open mouth, and an exterior marginal welt around the mouth, a band surrounding the bag or pouch below the welt and spaced therefrom to form a channel, a strip around the band extending above the same and close to the welt to nearly inclose said channel, spaced reinforcing means on the exterior of said strip for preventing the same being bent outwardly, a closure `having side rims fitting said channels and slidable therein to permit the closure moving endwise over the bag mouth, and means carried by said closure for preventing its withdrawal over the bag.

6. A bag or pouch having an open mouth, an exterior marginal welt around the mouth, a band surrounding the bag or pouch below the welt and spaced therefrom to form a channel, a strip around the band extending above the same and close .to the welt to nearly inclose said channel, spaced reinforcing means on the exterior of said strip for preventing the same being bent outwardly, a closure having side rims tting said channel-s and slidable therein to per- In testimony whereof I have hereunto mit the closure moving endwise over the set my hand in presence of two subscribing bag mouth, stops on the rear end of the Witnesses.

mouth of the bag, and meanscarred by the HARRY EBERT. 5 forward end of the closure to abut against Witnesses:

said stops and prevent withdrawal of the THOMAS A. CHAPLINE,

closure from the bag. A. O. CUSHMAN.