An Improved System to Facilitate the Sending of Samples or Patterns through the Post or by other Conveyance.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1887.
Complete Left, 20th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 11th May, 1888
An Improved System to Facilitate the Sending of Samples or
Patterns through the Post or by other Conveyance.
I EDWARD TOMLINSON, of Percival Street, Clerkenwell, Lithographer & Stationer,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates principally to the sending of patterns of woollen cotton silk
and other like goods preferably those with a pattern or design woven dyed printed or
otherwise ornamented or even plain goods might be treated this way.
To effect this I take a photo of the patterns by any known photographic process or
by lithographs engraving letter press embossing stencilling or by any process for the
purpose of getting as near a fac simile as possible-The above processes can be used
separate or in combination and the designs or patterns are taken or placed upon paper
or other suitable material.
To effect this as regards photograph the pattern required to be reproduced are cut
out and mounted upon sheets of card board or other back board in their proper order
and a photograph is then taken and as many copies as necessary the title prices and a
description can be taken at the same time if necessary say for instance 100 patterns
are required which are all one quality of material 98 say are photographed and the
other 2 are cut but of the actual material and attached to the said sheet so that the
person receiving them can handle the 2 for the quality and the other 98 photographs
represent the patterns by this means an enormous amount of material is saved also
time of mounting the patterns on each sheet it also saves a great deal of time in
inspecting to the party receiving them and saves considerably in the postage and
carriage.
This system would be effectual as regards foreign or colonial postage which has
hitherto prevented the foreign post being used because of the great weight of the
patterns and the cost thereof.
This system is especially applicable to the bespoke and ready made tailoring drapery
or other clothing establishments.
This system would be advantageous in other manufactured articles sold by drapers
and others I prefer always to send one or two of the actual material or article
with the patterns so that the quality can be seen.
Dated this 20th day of May 1887.

page_text: An Improved System to Facilitate the Sending of Samples or
Patterns through the Post or by other Conveyance.
EDWARD TOMLINSON of 45 Percival Street London E.C. Manufacturer 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 :-
This invention relates principally to the sending of patterns of woollen, cotton, silk,
and other like goods preferably those with a pattern or design woven dyed printed
or otherwise ornamented, or even plain goods might be treated this way. To effect
this I take a photo of the patterns by any known photo process or by lithography
engraving letterpress embossing stencilling or by any known process for the purpose
of getting as near a fac-simile as possible.
The above process can be used seperate or in combination and the designs or
patterns are taken or placed upon paper or other suitable material. To effect this as
regards photo the patterns required to be reproduced are cut out & mounted upon
sheets of card board or other back board in their proper order and a photo is then
taken the title prices or description can be taken at same time. Say for instance
100 patterns are required which are all one quality of cloth or material 98 say are
photographed and the other two are cut out of the actual material of suitable
dimensions & attached to the sheet or sent seperate and enclosed so that the person
receiving them can handle & test the quality and the other 98 photos represent the
patterns. By this means saves an enormous amt. of material and a great ait. of time
in inspecting also saving of time in mounting of the patterns & the bunching of the
cloth & saves considerably in the postage and carriage. This system would be
effectual as regards foreign & colonial postage which has hitherto in many cases
prevented it being used because of the weight and cost of the postage of the patterns
thereof. In some cases it would be convenient to cut out & mount minimized peices
or patterns of the cloth on to paper or other material for the purpose of inspection in
combination with the 2 larger peices to test the quality as before mentioned without.
departing from the true character of this as I find in practice in some cases that there
is a difficulty in taking the photos in producing the patterns by the great variety of
blended colors falling one over the other of clearly defining the same also the variety
of changes by new patterns as the season progresses taking the place of the former or
the starting patterns. It may be convenient to send on the test quality samples by
post or otherwise after previously sending the photos or otherwise representations of
the patterns.
By the present system bunches of cloth are sent for selection also to test the quality
which takes much longer to choose from having to turn over each peice seperate
100 patterns can be seen at a glance and inspection made in a few minutes by my
system.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
Firstly the sending of the 2 samples to test quality and say 98 representations of
the patterns more or less or say 98 minimized peices also with 2 test samples for
quality which 98 are sent only for inspection of the patterns.
Secondly great saving in material.
Thirdly
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of time in inspection.
Fourthly saving in time in mounting and easier mounted by being small peices and
Patterns lighter in weight.
Fiftly great saving in Postage and in Carriage as fully described and set forth in