Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Tags or Labels, and Means for their Attachment.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1898 — Accepted, 2nd July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Tags or Labels,
and Means for their Attachment.
I, GUSTAF LIBERT REENSTIERNA, of 60, State Street, Boston, in the County of
Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, United States of America, Mechanical
Engineer, 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 to improvements on tags of the kind usually termed
ready made stringed ones adapted to be tied or attached to bundles or packages etc.
as will hereinafter be more fully shown and described, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings, where;-
Fig. 1 represents a top plan view of my improved tag having its tying string
or strings projecting beyond one of its ends.
Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 represents a detail plan view of a kind of metal fastener which I use for
additionally securing the strings to the tag;
Fig. 4 represents a top plan view of my improved tag having its tying string
or strings projecting beyond two of its opposite ends for the purpose of tying up
bundles, packages etc.
Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal section on the line 5-5 shown in Fig. 4, and
Fig. 6 represents a perspective view showing the application of the double
ended stringed tag to packages, bundles etc.
Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different
parts of the drawings.
The improved tag is composed of two layers, sheets or thicknesses A, B, of paper,
paste-board or suitable textile or fibrous materials, between which is enclosed
one or more strings, tapes or wires C, C, preferably arranged parallel with two
of the edges of the tag as shown. The sheets A, B, are cemented together and
to the strings or tapes C by means of suitable paste, cement or adhesive material,
so as to cause the strings, tapes or wires to be firmly secured to and between the
sheets A and B.
By the use of the strings, tapes or wires secured to the tag body, the latter is
prevented from being torn apart or rendered useless during the transportation
of the goods.
In practice I prefer to use in connection with such stringed tag, a suitable
metal fastener 1 shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, which is provided with a slot d through
which the tapes, strings or wires C, are passed, after which said fastener is bent
over and closed against opposite sides of the tag as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and
when in position on the tag, it serves to prevent the strings, tapes or wires from
being torn apart at their junction with the tag while tying it.
I wish to state that I do not desire to confine myself to the use of such fastener,
as it may be dispensed with altogether, or if so desired, any suitable or well known
fastener may be employed without departing from the essence of my invention.
It is sometimes desirable to secure the improved tag on the outside of a bundle,

page_text: box or package E as shown in Fig. 6, and for such purpose I make my improved
tag as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 with one or more tapes, wires or strings extending
beyond two of the opposite sides or edges of the tag, so that such tape, string or
wire may be used for tying up a box or package and at the same time holding
the tag attached to the latter as represented in Fig. 6.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The herein described tag, consisting of two sheets or layers cemented or
otherwise secured together by adhesive material, combined with one or more
tapes, strings or wires adhesively connected to and arranged between said sheets
or layers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The herein described tag consisting of two sheets or layers cemented or
otherwise secured together by adhesive material, combined with one or more tapes,
strings or wires adhesively connected to and arranged between said sheets or layers,
and a fastening device arranged at the junction of the tag and the tapes, strings
or wires, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. As a new article of manufacture, a tag and package tying device combined,
consisting of a tag composed of two layers adhesively connected together, and a
tying tape, string or wire arranged between said layers and having its ends pro-
jecting beyond said tag, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
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HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to the Applicant,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to the Applicant,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.