Improvements in Packing Hosiery.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 20th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 26th Sept:, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Packing Hosiery.
I WILLIAM GEORGE DELF of 19 Porthall Road Brighton in the County of
Sussex, Hosier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is for the packing of hosiery and consists essentially of two pieces
of cardboard or any other suitable material of any desired size.
In each of the two pieces of cardboard and on each of the longest sides I punch
two holes close to the edge at any required distance from each other and in each of
the holes I fasten an eyelet to prevent the cardboard splitting when a strain is
brought upon them by the cords or binders.
I now take one long single piece of string, tape or lace, to act as a binder, I
take the two ends of the binder and place them through the two holes on one edge,
from the underside of the top board, I then take the two ends of the binder, pass
I do
them round the edge of the board and through the same two holes as before;
this in order that the binder may be made fast to the top board, I now carry the
two ends of the binder, (which are of equal length,) across the top board and put
them through the two holes on that side in a downward direction, and continue
them through the two corresponding holes of the lower board then underneath to
the opposite holes on the lower board through which they are put in an upward
direction.
In working my invention I place my hosiery or other goods on the lower board
and then put the upper board on the top, draw the two ends of the binder tight,
and secure them by a loop to the binder on the top board.
By this arrangement the boards and binder are so connected that any quantity
of hosiery, can be packed, the bottom board being drawn on the binder to allow for
any thickness of goods.
Dated this 8th day of December 1890.
THOMAS H. MELLOR,
110, St. James's Street, Brighton, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Packing Hosiery.
I, WILLIAM GEORGE DELF, of 19 Porthall Road, Brighton, in the County of
Sussex, Hosier, 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:-
It is well known to those who are accustomed to the packing of hosiery that the
présent system of employing boards and binders in a detached form is very unsatis-
factory by reason of the great waste of time taken up in the packing and unpacking
of hosiery or other goods.
My invention is for the purpose of removing these difficulties, and consists in
using an improved board for the top of the packing in combination with the
ordinary board now in use.
In my Provisional Specification I stated that on each of the longest sides of the
top and bottom boards I punched two holes and placed the binders through them,
I now find that it is inconvenient to have so many holes, I therefore only retain the
two holes on the top board.
In order that my invention may be distinctly understood reference is to be made

page_text: to the accompanying drawings which form part of this Specification and in
which
Fig. 1 shews the top board with two holes on one edge, and the method of
securing the binders to it.
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Fig. 2 is a section_shewing the top and bottom boards and the binder, with
packing between, and
Fig. 3 is a view shewing my improved top board as being used in the process of
packing.
In carrying out my invention I take a board A and on the edge of one of its
sides, I punch two holes B, for the purpose of securing the binders C, and in order
to prevent the holes in the board from splitting when pressure is put on them by
the binder, I insert an eyelet in each hole.
I then take a single piece of string, tape or lace to act as a binder, I take the
two ends of the binder and placing one end respectively through each hole on the
underside of the board, I pass the binders over the edge of the board and through
the same holes again, and by this operation the binder is fastened to the board; I
now carry the two ends of the binder across the top board, passing them under the
bottom board D and securing the same to the binder at the points B, by means of
any suitable knot that can be instantly loosed.
In the packing of hosiery I take the ordinary board upon which I place the.
hosiery or other goods, and afterwards cover with my improved top board, and
fasten the same together with the binder in the manner above mentioned.
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 :
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In the packing of hosiery or other goods the application of a board having two
holes on one of its sides with a fixed binder thereto, used in combination with the
ordinary board, for the purposes set forth in the Specification and illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of August 1891.
THOMAS H. MELLOR,
110, St. James's Street, Brighton, Agent for the Applicant.