Improvements in Labels or Tags for Railway Passengers' Luggage or other Articles, and for other purposes or uses.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 9th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 9th Jan, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Labels or Tags for Railway Passengers' Luggage
or other Articles, and for other purposes or uses.
I ALBERT JOSEPH PERRY of 11 Grafton Street Dublin Portmanteau
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to labels or tags for passenger luggage and parcels in
railway travelling or for any other purposes or uses where it is required to identify
or obtain possession of parcels or articles after same have been left in possession of
or in temporary charge of another person.
My present invention is as follows
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I form a tag or label of any suitable shape (for instance of the ordinary oblong
shape) of strong paper cardboard or any other suitable material and perforate same
so that one end thereof (i.e. the detachable end) can be readily torn off at such
perforations when the label is used as hereinafter described.
An eyelet or other suitable means for fastening my improved label or tag to the
article is provided or the attachable end of the label may be made adhesive if
required.
Each end or part of the label or tag has printed or impressed or otherwise
formed thereon one or more corresponding letters of the alphabet or numeral or
other symbol or combination of any of them as desired and on either one side only
or both sides thereof to correspond.
Space is left to put in any address or other written or printed matter (or advertise-
ments) as desired.
The mode of using my labels or tags is as follows
--
In railway travelling:-A label or tag is attached to the passenger's bag or
parcel et cetera and the outer end or detachable part thereof is torn off at the
perforations and retained by the passenger.
The parcel or bag et cetera is then left in charge of the railway officials and only
delivered up by them on presentation of the outer or detached end previously torn
off the label attached to said article and corresponding thereto in the letters
numerals or symbols thereon.
By this means luggage can be readily identified and obtained by the rightful
owner and fraud is thereby prevented.
In a similar manner these labels or tags can be used by shopkeepers or
tradesmen or at "left luggage" offices or "cloak rooms et cetera or other places or
occasions.
"
The labels or tags or the letters or symbols thereon (or both) may be in any
color or colors and the letters or symbols being of a large bold type and brilliant
colors being used-make these labels very conspicuous and easy of identification.
Dated this 10th day of November 1891.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Labels or Tags for Railway Passengers' Luggage
or other Articles, and for other purposes or uses.
I ALBERT JOSEPH PERRY of 11 Grafton Street Dublin Portmanteau
Manufacturer 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 labels or tags for passengers luggage and parcels in
railway travelling or for any other purposes or uses where it is required to identify
or obtain possession of parcels or articles after same have been left in possession of
or in temporary charge of another person.
My present invention is as follows:-
I form a tag or label of any suitable shape (for instance of the ordinary oblong
shape) of strong paper cardboard or any other suitable material and perforate same
so that one end thereof (i.e. the detachable end) can be readily torn off at such
perforations when the label is used as hereinafter described.
An eyelet or other suitable means for fastening my improved label or tag to the
article is provided.
Each end or part of the label or tag has printed or impressed or otherwise
formed thereon one or more corresponding letters of the alphabet or numeral or
other symbol or combination of any of them as desired and on either one side only
or both sides thereof to correspond.
Space is left to put in any address or other written or printed matter. (or
advertisements) as desired.
And in order that my invention may be well understood I have hereunto annexed
a sheet of drawings in which
Figure 1 represents the front of a label or tag made in accordance with my
present invention and
Figure 2 is a view of the back or reverse side.
d is the part to be attached to any desired article and b is the detachable part to
be torn off from d at the perforations at c and having a corresponding sign letter
(or other symbol) to that on both the back and front of the part d.
The space can be utilised for stating the tradesman's name et cetera or for other
advertising purposes.
The spaces 2 to 7 on the front and 8 to 14 on the back of d (or more or less) are
for addresses or advertisements or both and similarly the spaces on the front
and g on the back of 6-the space marked 1 and also the space marked h* having a
corresponding check number therein.
The sign letter "A" is shewn surrounded by diamond shaped shading
representing any conspicuous color or colors and the same on the back at a¹ and
identically the same also at ² on the detachable part--so that whatever the design
and color or colors may be they will all three exactly correspond.
The designs may amongst others include flags or regimental naval or other colors
and thus render these labels specially applicable for military or naval or the like
special purposes.
The mode of using my labels or tags is as follows:-
In railway travelling-A label or tag is attached to the passenger's bag or
parcel et cetera and the outer end or detachable part thereof is torn off at the
perforations e and retained by the passenger.
The parcel or bag et cetera is then left in charge of the railway officials and only
delivered up by them on presentation of the outer or detached end previously torn
off the label attached to said article and corresponding thereto in the letters and
numerals (or other symbols) thereon and corresponding in color or colors also.
By this means luggage can be readily identified and obtained by the rightful
owner and fraud is thereby prevented.

page_text: In a similar manner these labels or tags can be used by shopkeepers or
tradesmen or at "left luggage" offices or "cloak rooms et cetera or other places or
occasions.
"
The labels or tags or the letters and numerals (or other symbols) thereon (or
both) may be in any color or colors and the letters and numerals (or symbols)
being of a large bold type and brilliant colors being used--make these labels very
conspicuous and easy of identification.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A label or tag consisting of one part to be attached to any desired article and a
second part detachable from the first-each of the two parts having an identically
corresponding sign letter and numerals (or other symbol) thereon in combination
with one or more identically corresponding conspicuous colors and suitable spaces for
addresses or other written or printed matter substantially in the manner and for the
purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 9th day of December 1891.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.