Year: 1885

page_text: We, JOEL CADBURY of Gt Hampton Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer and JOSEPH GEORGE ROLLASON of Spencer Street,
Birmingham, aforesaid, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an appliance for the carrying of parcels and other like
objects, without employing string as the means by which the said parcel is
suspended or held while being carried; and the object of our said invention is to
provide a simple and efficient carrier or suspender, that will not be hurtful or tire
the fingers of a person using it.
The carrier or. suspender consists essentially of a short hollow cylinder or tube,
with closed hemispherical ends, and which said tube or cylinder is provided about
its middle, with a depending safety hook or loop, by which latter a parcel or
other object is suspended while the former constitutes a bar, which is held by the
fingers, between which the hook passes.
In carrying out our invention we proceed as follows.
We cut a blank from sheet metal of about the length of the bar to be made and
having at its ends, spike like terminations, which are to form the closed end of the
bar. This blank is then shaped into a cylinder, and the spike like terminations
gathered in so as to form closed hemispherical ends, the division of the turned up
blank coming on the underside of the bar.
At the middle, and on the underside of the bar, two piercings are made, through
which the loop of the safety hook or ring engages. This safety hook consists of a
long depending loop, having a spring tongue on one side, which opens inwards
when pressed in that direction; but when in its normal condition, the tongue
closes the opening formed between itself and a turned up end, which forms the
bottom to the book.
On using the parcel carrier, it is only necessary to pass the string surrounding a
parcel or other object through the aperture covered by the spring tongue, then
pass the shank of the hook between two fingers of the user, with the cross bar
resting or being supported by the said fingers.

page_text: We, JOEL CADBURY of Great Hampton Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, and JOSEPH GEORGE ROLLASON of Spencer Street Bir-
mingham aforesaid, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of said invention
for "A NEW OR IMPROVED PARCEL CARRIER," and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:
Our invention relates to an appliance for the carrying of parcels and other like
objects, without employing string as the means by which the said parcel is
suspended or held while being carried; and the object of our said invention is to
provide a simple and efficient carrier or suspender, that will not be hurtful or tire
the fingers of a person using it.
The carrier or suspender consists essentially of a short hollow cylinder or tube,
with closed hemispherical ends, and which said tube or cylinder is provided about
its middle, with a depending safety hook or loop, by which latter a parcel or
other object is suspended, while the former constitutes a bar, which is held by the
fingers between which the hook passes.
In carrying out our invention we proceed as follows,
We cut a blank from sheet metal of about the length of the bar to be made, and
having at its ends, spike like terminations, which are to form the closed ends of
the bar This blank is then shaped into a cylinder, and the spike like terminations
gathered in so as to form closed hemispherical ends, the division of the turned up
blank coming on the underside of the bar.
At the middle, and on the underside of the bar, two piercings are made, through
which the loop of the safety hook or ring engages-This safety hook consists of a
long depending loop, having a spring tongue on one side, which opens inwards
when pressed in that direction; but when in its normal condition, the tongue
closes the opening formed between itself and a turned up end, which forms the
bottom to the hook,
On using the parcel carrier, it is only necessary to pass the string surrounding &
parcel or other object through the aperture covered by the spring tongue, then
pass the shank of the hook between two fingers of the user, with the cross bar
resting or being supported by the said fingers.
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing
the manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in side elevation a parcel carrier made according to our
invention Figure 2 represents an underside view of the same-Figure 3 is an end
elevation of figure 1, while figure 4 is a transverse vertical section through the
handle part-Figure 5 is a side view of the handle separately or without the safety
hook, and figure 6 is an underside view of figure 5-Figure 7 is the blank from
which the handle figure 5 is made.
a is a short hollow cylinder or tube with closed hemispherical ends a²-b is
a safety hook consisting of a hooked loop, with a spring tongue 6 at its front,

page_text: through which the string of a parcel passes, in connecting the said carrier to
the object to be carried; and which said safety hook is connected to the hollow
cylinder a by the eye portion 63 passing through the opposite piercings a³, as best
seen in the section figure 4.
In forming the hollow cylinder or tube a, we take a blank figure 7, having
piercings a with spike like or scolloped ends a², which said scollops are cut out to
form the closed ends of the bar or hollow cylinder-This blank is then shaped or
turned up into a cylinder, with the scolloped like terminal ends gathered in, so as
to bring their boundary edges into juxta position, thereby forming a hollow bar or
cylinder with hemispherical closed ends.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is-
First. Making the bars or handles of parcel carriers from a blank of sheet
metal, substantially as, and by the process or combination of processes herein
described and set forth.
Secondly. A parcel carrier consisting of a hollow bar or cylinder with hemi-
spherical closed ends and opposite side piercings about its middle; through
which latter, the loop or upper part of a safety or other like hook or suspender
passes and is connected, substantially as described and illustrated.