AN IMPROVED METHOD Of Measuring anD INDICATING THE QUANTITY IN A ROLL OR PACKAGE OF CLOTH OR OTHER LIKE MATERIAL
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine,
Lake, & Co, Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD Of Measuring anD INDICATING
THE QUANTITY IN A ROLL OR PACKAGE OF CLOTH OR OTHER LIKE MATERIAL
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A communication from abroad by Samuel Chancey Talcott, of
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 27th July 1875.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF MEASURING
AND INDICATING THE QUANTITY IN A ROLL OR PACKAGE OF CLOTH OR OTHER LIKE
MATERIAL," a communication, to be as follows.—

page_text: cating in yards, feet, inches, or otherwise, as desired, the number of
yards, feet, or other divisions a bolt or roll of cloth contains.
The object of the said Invention is to afford means for measuring
without the use of an auxiliary measure to disclose the exact length of
the portion measured, and also the remnant left, also to avoid the
necessity of unfolding or unrolling, all of the above objects being effected
without the necessity of opening or unrolling the bolt, thus saving the
wear and tear incident to opening the bolts, facilitating the taking of
inventories, and of making admeasurements.
According to this Invention the piece of cloth has the numbers indi-
cating the yards stamped upon its edge.
The bolt is rolled or folded, commencing-with the end of the first yard,
which is numbered one (1), and the operation is continued until the
other end is reached, upon which is stamped the number of yards the
piece contains, the numbers running regularly from one to the number
on the opposite end of the goods.
The first yard cut is that upon which the last or highest number is
affixed, thus the purchaser has his measure, and the next number upon
the remnant indicates the number of yards it contains. The numbers
may readily be counted by turning down the edge of the goods.
It will be found convenient to print the numbers upon the folds of
folded goods; thus cach number corresponds with the fold, and the
desired section may be removed simply by passing a knife down the
fold.
The numbers may be printed, stamped, stencilled, or otherwise affixed
or wrought on or into the edge of the goods, they may also be affixed
or printed thereon in colors that will "wash out," thus avoiding any
defacement. The numbers may be printed or otherwise affixed on both
sides or edges, or on alternate sides or alternate ends or folds, or the
numbers may be grouped so as to form reverse graduations, the upper
or lower number, as desired, indicating the length from one end, and
the lower or upper number indicating the length from the other end.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 24th January 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-soventh day of July, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Пer heirs and successors,
givo and grant unto me, the said William Robert Lake, Her special
Licence that I, tho said William Robert Lake, my executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Robert
Lake, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with and no others, from time to time and at all times thercafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britam and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN
IMPROVED METHOD OF MEASURING AND INDICATING THE QUANTITY IN A ROLL OR
PACKAGE OF CLOTH OR OTHER LIKE MATERIAL," a communication to me from
abroad by Samuel Chancey Talcott, of Ashtalnla, Ohio, United States of
America, Gentleman, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said William Robert Lake, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying Drawing, which represents a piece of cloth with the numbers

page_text: indicating the yards stamped upon its edge, and in which the vertical
lines represent the yard folds .-
This Invention relates to the measuring of packaged fabrics, and
consists in providing the edge of the material with a graduated measure
indicating in yards, feet, inches, or otherwise, as desired, the number of
yards, feet, or other divisions a bolt or roll of cloth contains
The object of the said Invention are to afford means for measuring
without the use of an auxiliary measure to disclose the exact length
of the portion measured, and also the remnant left; also to avoid the
necessity of unfolding or unrolling, all of the above objects being effected
without the necessity of opening or unrolling the bolt, thus saving the
wear and tear incident to opening the bolts, facilitating the taking of
inventories, and of making admeasurements.
According to this Invention the piece of cloth has the numbers indi-
cating the yards stamped upon its edge.
The bolt is rolled or folded, commencing with the end of the first
yard, which is numbered one (1), and the operation is continued until
the other end is reached, upon which is stamped the number of yards the
piece contains, the numbers running regularly from one to the number
on the opposite end of the goods.
The first yard cut is that upon which the last or highest number is
affixed;
thus the purchaser has his measure, and the next number upon
the remnant indicates the number of yards it contains The numbers
may readily be counted by turning down the edge of the goods
It will be found convenient to print the numbers upon the folds of
folded goods, thus each number corresponds with the fold, and the
desired section may be removed simply by passing a knife down the
fold.
The numbers may be printed, stamped, stencilled, or otherwise affixed
or wrought on or into the edge of the goods, they may also be affixed
or printed thereon in colors that will "wash out," thus avoiding any
defacement The numbers may be printed or otherwise affixed on both
sides or edges, or on alternate sides or alternate ends or folds, or the
numbers may be grouped so as to form reverse graduations, the upper

page_text: or lower number, as desired, indicating the length from one end, and
the lower or upper number indicating the length from the other.
In witness whereof, I, tho said William Robert Lake, have here-
unto set my hand and scal, this Twenty-fourth day of January,
in the year of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-
SIY
Witness,
R. G. BROWN,
8, Southampton Bdgs.,
London.
WA. ROBT LAKE (L.S.)