MANUFACTURE of TAGS LABELS AND OTHER ARTICLES IN SERIES
Year: 1884

page_text: I ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention for "MANUFACTURE of
TAGS LABELS AND OTHER ARTICLES IN SERIES" and in what manner the samo
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This Invention will bo described as applied to tags or labels though it is
evidently not confined to these.
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In making tags in series or gangs" that is to say, two or more adhering to
one another by their sides it has heretofore been customary to make a row of
perforations on the line which separates each individual tag from the adjoining
one, these perforations serving to allow each tag to bo torn from its fellows.
This is the method commonly adopted for coupons, cheques postage stamps and
similar articles.
Tags so made, when separated, present a ragged uneven edge and when say four
or six form a row, two edges will be so disfigured on the majority of the tags.
Moreover when the material of which the tags are made is a strong one, say linen,
very stout paper or the like the separation which the rows of perforations produces
is not sufficiently complete and consequently a comparatively speaking considerablo
effort is required when one tag of the series is to be detached for use.
The object of the present Invention is by simple and effective means to overcome
these disadvantages.
According to this Invention a series of tags are cut or shaped in a single sheet
or blank say two, three or more tags in a row,
Each tag which forms part of the blank is completely finished as far as may be
feasible or convenient without detaching it from the rest.
Where each tag ends or abuts against the next one of the series the material is
slotted or cut leaving one or more small bridges or connections uncut between the
two adjoining tags say one bridge-piece at each end.
These bridge pieces need only be very small.

page_text: It is obvious that when a long slot or cut separates the two tags cach one being
detached presents a clean cut edge (except for the trifling extent of the bridge
pieces) and is for all practical purposes as good and neat as if it had been separately
made and finished whilst the series affords all the advantages usually obtained by
making tags in "gangs" or sheets and moreover allows each tag to be more readily &
detached than could heretofore be done when the rows of perforations were used.
In the accompanying Drawings A. A. A are the individual tags, B. B. B. are the
slots, cuts, or equivalent separating the same C. C. C. are the bridge pieces (here
shown at each end only) holding the several tags together.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said 1
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I make
no claim for making tags or the like in sheets or series as this in itself has, as
above stated been previously done but I claim
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1. The method of partially dividing two or more sections of the same piece so
that they are only united by the bridge pieces C and when torn asunder the
divided portions present clean cut edges with the exception of the aforesaid 'bridge
pieces.
2. The herein described manufacture of tags and the like substantially as set

page_text: I ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex
Engineer do hereby declaro the nature of this Invention for "MANUFACTURe of
TAGS LABELS AND OTHER ARTICLES IN SERIES" and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This Invention will be described as applied to tags or labels though it is
evidently not confined to these.
墨蓉
In making tags in series or gangs" that is to say, two or more adhering to
one another by their sides it has heretofore been customary to make a row of
perforations on the line which separates each individual tag from the adjoining
one, these perforations serving to allow each tag to be torn from its fellows.
This is the method commonly adopted for coupons, choques postage stamps and
similar articles.
Tags so made, when separated, present a ragged uneven edge and when say four
or six form a row, two edges will be so disfigured on the majority of the tags.
Moreover when the material of which the tags are made is a strong one, say linen,
very stout paper or the like the separation which the rows of perforations produces
is not sufficiently complete and consequently a comparatively speaking considerable
effort is required when one tag of the series is to be detached for use.
The object of the present Invention is by simple and effective means to overcome
these disadvantages.
According to this Invention a series of tags are cut or shaped in a single sheet
or blank say two, three or more tags in a row.
Each tag which forms part of the blank is completely finished as far as may be
feasible or convenient without detaching it from the rest.
Where each tag ends or abuts against the next one of the series the material is
slotted or cut leaving one or more small bridges or connections uncut between the
two adjoining tags say one bridge-piece at each end.
These bridge pieces need only be very small

page_text: It is obvious that when a long slot or cut separates the two tags each one being
detached presents a clean cut edge (except for the trifling extent of the bridge
pieces) and is for all practical purposes as good and neat as if it had been separately
made and finished whilst the series affords all the advantages usually obtained by
making tags in "gangs or sheets and moreover allows each tag to be more readily 5
detached than could heretofore be done when the rows of perforations were used.
"
In the accompanying Drawings A. A. A-are the individual tags, B. B. B. are the
slots, cuts, or equivalent separating the same C. C. C. are the bridge pieces (here
shown at each end only) holding the several tags together.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said 1
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I make
no claim for making tags or the like in sheets.or-series-as-this-in-itself-has,-as-
above stated been previously-done-but-I-claim-
1. The method of partially-dividing two or more sectious of the same piece so
that they are only united by the bridge pieces C and when torn asunder the 1
divided portions present clean cut edges with the exception of the aforesaid bridge
pieces.