US340459A - Bag and satchel frame - Google Patents

Description

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W. ROEMER.

BAG 0R SATGHEL FRAME.

No. 340,459. Patented Apr. 20, 1886.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM ROEMER, OF NFHVARK, NEWV JERSEY.

BAG AND SATCHEL FRAME.

QJPEQIPIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,459, dated April 20, 1886.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM RoEMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at N ewark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag and Satchel Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

The various objects'of this invention are to produce a more ornamental finish to the point of junction of the bag-leather and the frame when the leather is secured to the outside of the frame; to enable the workmen to stitch the bag covering or leather to the said frame with greater facility, and to support the edge of the leather and cause the same to slope downward and away from the frame, producing a better appearance and preventing the creasing and breaking of the leather at the frame.

The invention consists of a bag or satchel frame which is indented or grooved to receive the edge of the bag-leather, the bottom or lower edge of the said frame flaring outwardly under the bag-leather, and provided with perforations, through which the stitches pass, substantially as illustrated in the drawings.

The several features of the invention are described in the following specification, and the parts mentioned are indicated in the drawings by reference-letters, the essential features of the invention being embodied in the clauses of the claim. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bag-frame to which a portion of the leather or bag material is secured. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken midway between the sides through the frame, &c.; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the frame and bag-leather, indicating the relation of all the arts.

A in the drawings designates the frame-sections, and B the leather or material of which the bag is composed.

0 indicates the ordinary covering of the metallic frame-sections.

The frame consists of the straight overlapping tops a a and the grooved downwardlyprojeeting sides o the upper side of the said groove being formed by a projecting bead, as indicated in the drawings, and the lower edge or bottom, a, of which projects outwardly and downwardly, and when the leather is adjusted in the groove extends under the edge of the leather, and gives it the slope indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. In the sides a, or the outwardl y-proj ecti n g portion a thereof, are formed perforations a through which the stitches pass that hold the leather to the frame, the perforations being preferably oval or oblong,to enable the awl or needle to be more easily inserted therethrough.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be apparent that the outwardly-projecting portion a allows the needle to be inserted with great case, since there is nothing beneath to catch or interfere with the passage of the needle, and also I more working-space is provided for the hand in drawing the needle through the perforations.

The flaring edge of the flange not only supports the edge of the leather and causes it to take the proper slope, but also prevents the creasing and splitting of the leather at the bottom of the frame, which occurs when secured thereto after the old manner. Moreover, the bag is more securely attached to the frame, as the pull upon the stitches is not so direct, and greater resistance is secured.

\Vhile the perforations are considered to be preferable, as they permit the leather to be stitched to the frame, still the bag material may be secured to the frame by riveting or in any suitable manner.

I am fully aware that it is not broadly new to form a grooved bag-frame and secure the bag-leather in the groove; but in the device to which reference is made the frame is an ordinary one, in the sides of which an angular groove is formed and the leather secured therein by means of a metallic strip held in place by rivets. The difficulty attending this construction is, that the leather is creased and is liable to break at the frame, producing the efiect which my invention is intended to overcome. My construction provides a support to the edge of theleather by means of the outwardly flaring portion, and effectually prevents the breaking of the leather, besides possessing other advantageshereinbefore set forth. The said flaring portion preferably projects outwardly beyond the upper edge of the frame, although it may stop at the said edge or in a line therewith.

Having thus described my invention, I de- 5 sire to claim the following:

1. A bag or satchel frame having grooved side sections adapted to receive the edge of the bag material which is secured to said side sections, the upper side of said groove 10 being formed by a projecting bead, and the lower side projecting downward and outward under the bag material, for the purposes set forth.

2. A bag or satchel frame having grooved r 5 sides provided with perforations therein, to or within which the bag material is secured on the outside by stitches passing through the said perforations, the upper side of said groove being formed by a projecting bead, and the 20 lower side projecting downward and outward which the stitches or rivets pass that secure 30 the bag material to the frame, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of December, 1885.

\VILLIAM ROEMER. v

WVitnesses:

FREDK. F. CAMPBELL, CHARLES H. PELL.

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