IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE PACKING OF FRILLING .FRINGES AND OTHER LIKE GOODS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Mac Callum of Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE
EMPLOYED IN THE PACKING OF FRILLING .FRINGES AND OTHER LIKE GOODS 33.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Mac Callum 'at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd October 1883.
JOHN MAC CALLUM of Manchester in the County of Lancaster
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE PACKING OF FRILLING FRINGES AND
OTHER LIKE GOODS
This Invention relates partly to further improvements in the apparatus for
which provisional protection was granted to me bearing date the 26th September
1883 No 4580 wherein coils of frilling are contained inside a box or skeletou frame
and lappings of the same are wound outside the said box or frame the object of the
present improvements being the facilitating the unpacking or withdrawal of the
inner coils of frilling or other goods from their packing boxes without interfering
with or disturbing the outer coils or lappings of the same.
For this purpose I
provide a special opening in the centre of the lid or cover or bottom or both of the
box containing the coils inside and the lappings outside such opening being
provided either with fixed raised sides or with moveable flaps which when turned
upwards will protect the adjoining lappings from injury in the act of withdrawing
the inner goods through the said opening. The opening may be made by simple
cuts or slits in the box so disposed as to form two flaps which turn outwards when
the aperture is open for use but lie flat and may be covered with a protective
label when the goods are packed. By this arrangement the neatness and regularity
of the outer lappings and coils need not be interfered with in gaining access to the
goods in the interior of the box. Or the said opening may be made in the bottom
of an ordinary box or case containing one or more layers of coiled frillings in
conjunction or not with a card or reel containing lappings of the said frillings so
that on withdrawing the frilling of the coils through the said opening the upper
coils or the lappings on the card as the case may be may remain undisturbed. The
said opening may be protected by a spring or other lid or cover readily opened or
closed in order to exclude dust.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Mac Callum in the Patent Office on the 22nd April 1884.
JOHN MAC CALLUM of Manchester in the County of Lancaster "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE PACKING OF FRILLING FRINGES AND
OTHER LIKE GOODS."
My said invention relates chiefly to further improvements in the apparatus to be
employed in the packing of frilling fringes and other similar goods for which
Letters Fatent were granted to me bearing date the 26th September 1883 N° 4580
and has for its chief object the affording facility for the withdrawal of any required
length of the inner packed frilling or other goods in the said apparatus without
interfering with or disturbing the neatness of appearance of the outer lappings of
the said goods arranged for display of the pattern.
For this purpose I provide a special opening in the centre or other convenient
part of the top or bottom, or both, of the box or internal receptacle or space
containing the inner packed goods such opening being provided either with fixed
raised sides and a spring hinged or a sliding or other lid or cover or with side
closing flap or flaps which when turned outwards in the act of opening will form a
shield or shields for protecting the edges of the adjoining outside lappings from
injury when drawing out any portion of the inner packed goods through the said
opening. This opening may be made by simple cuts or slits in the top or bottom!
of the box whereby a side tap or flaps is or are produced which are bent or turned
outwards when the aperture is to be opened for use but lie flat when the
aperture is closed, and may be covered with a protective label before dispatching
the goods.
If desired the said opening may be formed in the bottom of a packing case or
box of sufficient depth to contain one or more tiers or layers of frillings coiled on
their edges inside it and a separate loose card or reel (placed over such coils)
containing single lappings of the said frillings neatly arranged thereon for the
display of the pattern facility being afforded by the said opening for withdrawing
any required length of frilling from the coils beneath the loose card or reel without
derangemet of the lappings of the goods thereon.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to the several
figures on the explanatory sheet of drawings hereunto annexed the same letters of
reference indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 of my drawings is a longitudinal vertical section taken along the
line 1-2 in figure 2 of my said apparatus for packing frilling fringes and other
similar goods with my present improvements applied thereto. Figure 2 is a
corresponding plan of the underside or bottom of figure 1. Figure 3 is a transverse
vertical section taken along the line 3-4 in figure 1. Figure 4 is a longitudinal
vertical section of a skeleton or open frame or reel having my present improvements
applied thereto.
The parts in these figures which correspond to those referred to in the specification
to my said former patent are indicated by similar letters of reference and need not
therefore be further described here.
fis the special opening for the ready withdrawal as required of the inner packed
goods such opening being shown in my drawings as being made in the bottom of
the receptacle or space containing the said goods. It may be simply formed by
outs or slits f1f1 (see figure 2) so arranged as to leave a flap or flaps g g which
when closed lie flat and may be covered if desired by a gummed trade-mark or

page_text: other label but when required to be opened for the withdrawal of a length of the
frilling or other goods the label will be broken and the flap or flaps g bent or
turned outwards as shown in figures 1, 3 and 4 thereby leaving an aperture f
through which any length of the inner packed goods can be drawn out without
disturbing the arrangement of the outer lappings. The contiguous edges of the
outer lapped goods on either or both sides of the opening are protected from injury
by the presence of the said flaps or shields as is clearly shown in figure 2. Having
withdrawn the required length of goods the aperture can be readily closed again to
exclude dust by pressing down the flap or flaps g to their original position.
Figure 5 is a detail vertical section and figure 6 a plan of a portion of the bottom
of the box or inner chamber or receptacle showing the before mentioned opening f
as provided with fixed raised sides h h for keeping the edges of the outside lappings
of the goods away from the said aperture which is here shown as fitted with a
hinged lid or cover i kept closed by an india rubber or other spring k but it is
obvious that a sliding lid or cover maintained closed if desired by a rubber or other
spring may be employed.
Figure 7 is a vertical longitudinal section of a frilling packing case or box
provided with the said withdrawal aperture in the bottom thereof. a is the body
of the packing case or box containing one or more tiers or layers of frilling coiled.
on edge and a loose card or reel a¹ having a separate length of the said goods
neatly wound or lapped singly thereon for the display of the pattern placed over
the said coils. The said opening or aperture f through which any desired length
of frilling can be readily withdrawn from the coils without disturbing the lappings
on the card or reel, may or may not be provided with a self closing or other lid or
cover to exclude dust as herein before described.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
invention and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original
and therefore claim as the invention secured to me by the hereinbefore in part
recited letters patent is :-
First. The application and use of a special opening provided or not with a self
closing or other lid or cover and with one or more protective sides or. flaps, to and
in the top or bottom or both top and bottom of the inner receptacle or chamber of
a reel constructed for the packing and displaying of frilling fringes or other similar
goods for the purpose of facilitating the withdrawal of the inner packed goods
without disturbing the outer lappings wound round the reel.substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by figures 1 to 6 of my drawings.
Second. In apparatus for packing frillings and similar goods wherein one portion
or length of such goods is coiled on edge for preservation and another portion or
length is lapped or wound round a card or reel for display of the pattern, I claim
the application and use of a special opening in the packing case or box for
facilitating the withdrawal of any required length of the goods coiled therein
without disturbing the neatness of the lappings intended for display substantially
as herein before described and illustrated by figure 7 of my drawings.
In witness whereof I the said John Mac Callum have hereunto set my hand
and seal this Eighteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty four.
JOHN MAC CALLUM (L.S.)