GB275882A - Improvements in or relating to closures for water or the like bags - Google Patents

Abstract

275,882. Reach, M. B. Jan. 26, 1927, [Convention date]. Cooling appliances.- A watertight closure for a water or ice bag, as described in Specification 270,256, [Class 125 (iii), Stoppers &c.], and having an elongated neck adapted to be folded on itself, is effected by rolling the neck upon itself. The folded or rolled neck is held under either compression or lateral tension by tabs secured to it. To the lower end of an elongated neck 2, Fig. 1, comprising thicker portions or cross-bands a, b, c separated by thinner parts 14, 15, there are secured tabs 16 adapted to be folded over a metal stiffening plate 19 to secure it to the cross-band c. Each tab is formed with a slit 20, through which an end of the plate 19 is passed, and a perforation adapted to be passed over a stud 18 on the plate to secure the folded tab to it. The upper cross band a of the neck is rolled over or folded on to the middle band b and the two bands are then folded on to the face of the band c opposite the plate 19 ; perforated ears 23 on the band a are brought around the neck and secured to the studs 18 and longer ears 22 on the band bare secured above the ears 23 on the studs 18, each ear 22 being secured to both studs 18. In modifications, the plate 19 is secured in an elastic pocket on the neck 2 or a flexible strap, secured to short extensions on the neck, replaces the tabs 16. In another construction, tabs 16<a>, Figs. 10 and 11, formed with reduced necks, are threaded through slots 27 in a plate 19<x> having curved ends 27 conforming to the shape of the neck. When the bag is to be filled with ice, the plate 19<x> is slipped along the necks of the tabs 16<a> to allow the neck to be distorted for its passage.