AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLE WRAPPERS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Victor Milward, of the Firm of Henry Milward and Sons,
of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Needle Manufacturers, for the
Invention of AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLE WRAPPERS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Victor Milward at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th March 1879.
VICTOR MILWARD, of the Firm of Henry Milward and Sons, of Redditch, in the
County of Worcester, Needle Manufacturers. "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVE-
MENTS IN NEEDLE WRAPPERS."
My Invention consists of the improvement or improvements herein after described
in needle wrappers, the object of my Invention being to simplify the formation of
the side covering flaps or wings of the wrapper, by the turning back of which flaps
or wings access is obtained to the heads and upper parts of the needles contained in
the said wrapper.
In making a needle wrapper according to my Invention, I take a needle paper of
the ordinary rectangular shape and having the usual longitudinal and cross creases,
but near and parallel to the top cross crease in the paper, that is, that crease at
which one half of the folded paper is doubled upon the other half, I make two sets
of perforations, the said perforations extending only across the side divisions of the
needle paper, terminating at the longitudinal creases.
The needles having been arranged in the paper the side parts are folded upon
the middle parts so as to enclose the needles, the perforated portions of the paper
being presented at the front and near the top of that part of the folded paper
which constitutes the pocket in which the needles are held. The bottom or tuck
part of the paper is next folded upon the pocket part, the said tuck part being
secured by preference upon the lower or pocket part by means of a label, but the
said label need not be used. When the paper has been so folded no portions of the
needles are exposed, the papering being completed by folding or doubling the upper
part or half at the crease above the heads of the needles upon the lower or pocket
part. To obtain access to the needles in the packet the said packet is unfolded, or
its two parts opened from one another in the usual way, and the side pieces or
Prins AJ"

page_text: wings of the upper half of the paper and portions of the side pieces or wings of the
pocket or lower half are separated from the said pocket half by tearing the side
pieces at the perforated portions of the paper herein before described; the said
separated side pieces are then turned back from the middle portion of the paper.
The heads and upper parts of the needles are thus exposed and the needles may be
removed. By closing the separated side pieces upon the upper part of the packet
the heads and upper portions of the needles are again covered and protected, and
the packet is ready for refolding.
By my Invention, the formation of the side covering flaps or wings, when the
packet is opened for use, is effected with extreme simplicity and certainty, and the
risk of tearing more of the paper than is necessary to form the side covering flaps
or wings is avoided.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Victor Milward in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th
August 1879.
VICTOR MILWARD, of the Firm of Henry Milward and Sons, of Redditch, in the
County of Worcester, Needle Manufacturers. "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVE-
MENTS IN NEEDLE WRAPPERS."
My Invention consists of the improvement or improvements herein after described
in needle wrappers, the object of my Invention being to simplify the formation of
the side covering flaps or wings of the wrapper, by the turning back of which flaps
or wings access is obtained to the heads and upper parts of the needles contained
in the said wrapper.
In making a needle wrapper according to my Invention, I take a needle paper.
of the ordinary rectangular shape and having the usual longitudinal and cross
creases, but near and parallel to the top cross crease in the paper, that is, that
crease at which one half of the folded paper is doubled upon the other half, I make
two sets of perforations, the said perforations extending only across the side divisions
of the needle paper terminating at the longitudinal creases. The needles having
been arranged in the paper the side parts are folded upon the middle part so as to
enclose the needles, the perforated portions of the paper being presented at the front
and near the top of that part of the folded paper which constitutes the pocket in
which the needles are held. The bottom or tuck part of the paper is next folded
upon the pocket part, the said tuck part being secured by preference upon the lower
or pocket part by means of a label, but the said label need not be used. When the
paper has been so folded no portions of the needles are exposed, the papering being
completed by folding or doubling the upper part or half at the crease above the
heads of the needles upon the lower or pocket part. To obtain access to the needles
in the packet the said packet is unfolded or its two parts opened from one another
in the usual way, and the side pieces or wings of the upper half of the paper and
portions of the side pieces or wings of the pocket or lower half are separated from
the said pocket half by tearing the side pieces at the perforated portions of the
paper herein before described; the said separated side pieces are then turned back
from the middle portion of the paper. The heads and upper parts of the needles
are thus exposed, and the needles may be removed. By closing the separated side
pieces upon the upper part of the packet the heads and upper portions of the needles.
are again covered and protected, and the packet is ready for refolding.
By my Invention, the formation of the side covering flaps or wings, when the
packet is opened for use, is effected with extreme simplicity and certainty, and the
risk of tearing more of the paper than is necessary to form the side covering flaps
or wings is avoided.
After
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents the needle paper from which
the wrapper is made. The said paper has the ordinary rectangular shape and is
provided with the usual longitudinal and cross creases a, a, b, b, c, c, but near and
parallel to the top cross crease b, b, two sets of perforations marked d, d, are made.
The perforations d, d, extend only across the side divisions e, f, of the paper.
the needles have been placed within the middle part g of the paper in the ordinary
way the side divisions e, f, are folded upon the middle part, as represented in
Figure 2, and the bottom or tuck part of the paper is next folded at the crease c, c,
upon the pocket part e, f, the said tuck h being secured to the said pocket part e, f,
by preference, by means of the label i which is gummed upon the tuck part h and
the lower part of the pocket e, f, as represented in Figure 3. When the paper has
been thus folded, the preparations at d, d, are presented at the front and near the
top of the pocket e, f, in which the needles are held, the said needles being com-
pletely covered. The papering is completed by folding or doubling the upper

page_text: part k, l, of the wrapper at the crease b, b, upon the pocket e, f, as represented in
Figure 4, which shows the completed packet of needles.
When it is required to obtain access to the needles in the packet it is necessary,
first, to unfold the packet, Figure 4, at the crease b, b, as represented in Figure 3,
and then separate the side pieces or wings k, l, which cover the heads and upper
parts of the needles from the pocket part e, f. This is effected by tearing the said
side pieces or wings k, l, at the sets of perforations d, d, and turning back the
separated side covering pieces or wings from the middle portion of the paper, as
illustrated in Figure 5. The heads and upper parts of the needles are thereby
exposed, and a needle or needles may be removed from the packet.
By closing the side covering flaps or wings k, l, upon the middle part of the paper
the heads and upper parts of the needles are again covered and protected, and the
packet may be refolded at the crease b, b.
Instead of using circular perforations as shown at d, d, longitudinal perforations
or straight slits or incisions at a short distance apart, as represented at m, m,
Figure 6, may be employed.
Figure 7 represents the needle wrapper, Figure 6, open, and the heads and upper
parts of the needles exposed by the turning back of the covering flaps or wings k, l,
the said flaps or wings having been formed by tearing the longitudinal perforations,
or slits, or incisions, at m, m, as described with respect to the perforations d, d.
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the number, shape, or
size of the perforations or incisions at the parts where the side covering flaps or
wings are to be made, but I have found that the perforations described and
illustrated answer well in practice.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention
the improvement or improvements in needle wrappers herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, that is to say, forming the side covering
flaps or wings of the said wrappers, by the turning back of which flaps or wings
the heads and upper parts of the needles are exposed by perforating or slitting the
wrapper at the parts described and represented, and tearing the said side flaps or
wings at the said perforated or slit parts, substantially as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Victor Milward, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twelfth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
Witness,
WILLIAM LANE,
Redditch.
VICTOR MILWARD. (L.S.)