AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR PAPERING AND PACKING NEEDLES, PINS, AND SIMILAR SMALL ARTICLES FOR SALE
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Walker, of Alcester, in the County of
Warwick, and of Gresham Street, in the City of London, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR PAPERING AND PACKING
NEEDLES, PINS, AND SIMILAR SMALL ARTICLES FOR SALE."
Sealed the 23rd February 1869, and dated the 31st August 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Walker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
31st August 1868.
I, HENRY WALKER, of Alcester, in the County of Warwick, and of
Gresham Street, in the City of London, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR PAPERING AND PACKING
NEEDLES, PINS, AND SIMILAR SMALL ARTICLES FOR SALE," to be as follows :-
I stick the needles, pins, or other similar small articles on paper or fabric,
or on paper and fabric combined by any well known method, which leaves
one or more portions of the material on which they are stuck raised on

page_text: the needles, pins, or other articles, and upon the raised portions I print
or affix a label to indicate the size of the needles, or pins, or other
articles, the name of the maker, the place of manufacture, a trade mark,
or any other letters, figures, or designs that I may find necessary or
convenient to describe or to ornament the contents. I also use some-
times a band of paper or other material across the needles having a
similar label or printing upon it for the purpose before described; or I
print upon the paper or fabric on which the needles or other articles are
stuck in such a manner that the end or side being folded over shews
the name or trade mark, as before described. The articles put up in
this manner are then placed in any ordinary wrapper or case to which
they may be attached and held in place by gum or other adhesive matter
or means which attach the band, or the paper, or fabric on which they
are stuck to the outer paper or wrapper.
I do not confine myself to any number of needles or pins to be stuck
and put up in the manner described, nor to the number or size of folds
or leaves containing the needles or other articles, but I put up any
convenient quantity on either one or more folds in an outer case, and
each fold may contain any quantity I may desire to stick upon it.
Another of my improvements consists in putting up these leaves of
stuck needles, pins, or other small articles in a book form, either by
attaching them together by one side, or by either end of the leaves, and
then either putting over them a case of ordinary construction or not, as
may be desired.
Another of my improvements in putting up needles, pins, and other
small articles for sale applies to those cases called "synoptical," in which
a row of needles is placed with the heads upward and held together by
cardboard, paper, or other material. These cases I make by taking a
piece of cardboard or other suitable material longer than the usual
length required for an ordinary sized case so as to permit of the central
portion being folded upwards to take one or more rows or folds of
needles, and I prefer that these rows or folds should be of different
lengths, the lower rows in front and increasing in height to the back,
so that each row may be seen at one view, or that the heads of all the
rows may be visible at one time.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Walker in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 25th February 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE. PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
WALKER, of Alcester, in the County of Warwick, and of Gresham
Street, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirty-first day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Henry Walker, Her special licence
that I, the said Henry Walker, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Walker, my executors, ad-
ministrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR
PAPERING AND PACKING NEEDLES, PINS, AND SIMILAR SHALL ARTICLES FOR SALE,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Walker,
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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Walker, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:_
My improved method for papering and packing up needles, pins, and
other similar small articles for sale I carry out in the following
manner :-I stick needles, pins, or other similar small articles on paper
or fabric, or on paper and fabric combined by any well-known method,

page_text: sometimes do not stick the needles, pins, or other similar small articles,
but I put them in loose.
Another of my improvements in putting up needles, pins, or other
similar small articles for sale, applies to needle cases and to such as are
called synoptical needle cases, in which a row of needles is placed with
heads upwards, and held together by cardboard, paper fabric, or other
material. These cases I make by taking a piece of cardboard, paper, or
other suitable material longer than the usual length required for an
ordinary sized case, so as to permit of the central portion being folded
upwards, to take one or more rows or folds of needles, and I prefer that
these rows or folds should be of different lengths, the lower rows of
shorter needles being in front, and increasing in height to the back so
that each row may be seen at one view, or that the heads of all the
rows may be visible at one time, which may be understood by the
Drawing which is shewn without the outer fold or case.
By another of my improvements in needle cases, and in such as are
called synoptical cases, I form flaps which cover the oval openings at the
tops, the manner of making which will be readily understood by the
Drawings.
I am well aware that pins have been stuck on circular printed cards,
which plan forms no part of this Invention.
Having explained the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to
describe, with reference to the accompanying Drawings, the manner in.
which the same is to be performed.
Fig. 1 shews needles stuck in the ordinary manner with the raised part
of the fabric upon the needles, to which I have attached a label. A is
the band or raised part; B, the label; C, a piece of paper intended to
partly cover the needles; D, the outer paper or wrapper for the same.
In Fig. 2 needles are stuck in the same manner, but with two raised
portions of the fabric upon the needles, upon each of which a label is
placed. E, F, shews the additional label.
In Fig. 3 the needles are stuck on lines, forming in outline a diamond
upon which a label is placed.
Fig. 4. The needles are stuck in lines, forming in outline other designs,
either of which, Figs. 3 and 4, can be used with or without labels, or the

page_text: fabric printed or not. By using these methods, separately or combined,
I obtain very great variety of designs..
Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8. The needles are stuck in the ordinary manner, with
raised portions of the fabric upon the needles, upon which an ornamental-
shaped label is attached.
The letters A, B, C, D, refer to the same portion of each of the
illustrations from Fig. 1 to Fig. 8.
Fig. 9 shews a needle book of 4 leaves without the outer cover, which
it is not necessary to shew. In this case the needles are arranged one
row above the other, the shortest row being in front, and graduated to
the back which is the highest.
Fig. 10 shews a synoptical needle case made by doubling up the
central part where the needles are held.
Fig. 11 shews a needle case with flaps cut, each of which forms a
recess into which a paper of needles is placed.
Figs. 12 and 13 shew two designs for sticking pins. A great variety
of other designs of sticking can be used in addition to the method herein
shewn.
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 do :
not limit myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated in
the Drawings, as the same may be varied without departing from the
nature of my Invention; but I claim as my Invention the improvement
in putting up needles, pins, and other similar small articles for sale, that
is to say, printing on fabric or paper on which the needles, pins, and
other similar small articles are stuck, or attaching labels thereto of any
convenient material, for the purpose of shewing a maker's name, place
of manufacture, a trade mark, a number, or any ornamental designs ;
also, putting up these small articles in a book form or in glass tubes or
bottles, metal tubes or cases, to secure them against the action of air or
moisture; also the method of making needle cases, all of which are
herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
I claim no machinery for the purposes and objects shewn herein and
described, but I use existing methods, all of which are well known,
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making only such alterations therein as the nature of this Invention may
require.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Walker, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
Witness,
THOMAS BOWKETT,
Alcester.
H. WALKER. (L.S.)