IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO TAGS OR MARKING TICKETS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Lloyd Wise, of Chandos Chambers, Adelphi, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO TAGS
OR MARKING TICKETS." A communication from abroad by Thomas Philip
Marston, of New York City, in the State of New York, United States of
America
Sealed the 1st June 1877, and dated the 6th March 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Lloyd Wise at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th March 1877.
sex.
WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of Chandos Chambers, Adelphi, in the County of Middle-
"IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO TAGS OR MARKING TICKETS." A cominuni-
cation from abroad by Thomas Philip Marston, of New York City, in the State of
New York, United States of America.
I provide a tag or ticket of proper parchment, Bristol board, or the like, with a
metallic fastener of such form and so applied that it engages itself sufficiently with
the tag to keep the parts together prior to their attachment to the goods, and is
ready to stiffly and strongly engage the whole with a piece of cloth or analogous
material to which it is desired the tag shall be secured.
I make the fastener of sheet brass, tinned iron, or analogous thin metal, cut by
dies or otherwise, and bent so as to form two strong prongs or claws from the
material which is near the middle of the fastener. Each of the prongs is not only
bent at right angles to the body of the fastener but is barbed.
In applying the fastener to the body of the tag the prongs are thrust so that the
points protrude through holes in the body, either produced by the prongs themselves
or by an instrument previously applied. The barbs are so placed that when the
body of the fastener is forced into contact with one face of the tag the barbs shall
have passed quite through the thickness and present themselves on the other side.
In the passage of the barbs through the holes in the tag either the material of the
tag or the barbs or both yield a little by their elasticity to allow them to pass.
The compound tag, composed of the body and its fastener, with the claws and
barbs thus arranged, may be applied very readily to any suitable goods. The
prongs or claws may be bent down by the thumb and finger or by any other

page_text: appliance, when they have been thrust through the cloth, leather, or other material
on which the tag is used.
Many modifications may be made; thus, for example, more than two prongs may
be used on each fastener, and more than one fastener may be used on each tag, if
desired.
It is believed that the fastener may be held with sufficient force for many pur-
poses with only one barb. Two barbs may in some cases be formed with advantago
on each prong.
This tag may be used with some success by applying the fastener to the body at
the moment of use, keeping the parts previously separated, but it is much preferred
to attach the fastener to the body in the manufactory and to send out the
bodies and fasteners thus properly applied together. They may be packed in small
boxes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Lloyd Wise in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st
July 1877.
sex.
WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of Chandos Chambers, Adelphi, in tho County of Middle-
"IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO TAGS OR MARKING TICKETS." A communi-
cation from abroad by Thomas Philip Marston, of New York City, in the State of
New York, United States of America.
I provide a tag or ticket of proper parchment, Bristol board, or the like, with a
metallic fastener of such form and so applied that it engages itself sufficiently with
the tag to keep the parts together prior to their attachment to the goods, and is
ready to stiffly and strongly engage the whole with a piece of cloth or analogous
material to which it is desired the tag shall be secured.
I make the fastener of sheet brass, tinned iron, or analogous thin metal, cut by
dies or otherwise, and bent so as to form two strong prongs or claws from the
material which is near the middle of the fastener. Each of the prongs is not only
bent at right angles to the body of the fastener but is barbed.
In applying the fastener to the body of the tag the prongs are thrust so that the
points protrude through holes in the body, either produced by the prongs themselves
or by an instrument previously applied. The barbs are so placed that when the
body of the fastener is forced into contact with one face of the tag the barbs shall
have passed quite through the thickness and present themselves on the other side.
In the passage of the barbs through the holes in the tag either the material of the
tag or the barbs or both yield a little by their elasticity to allow them to pass.
The compound tag composed of the body and its fastener with the claws and
barbs thus arranged may be applied very readily to any suitable goods. The
prongs or claws may be bent down by the thumb and finger or by any other
appliance when they have been thrust through the cloth, leather, or other material
on which the tag is used.
The accompanying Drawings form a part of this Specification and represent
what my foreign correspondent considers the best means of carrying out the
Invention.
Fig. 1 is a face view of the fastener in the act of being cut to form the claws and
barbs. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same after the claws and barbs have been cut
and fully bent in their proper positions. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same after
the fastener has been applied to the body. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same and
of the goods to which it is attached after the tag has been properly applied thereto.
Fig. 5 is a face view of the tag equipped with the fastener.
Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the Figures.
A is a piece of parchment, pasteboard, Bristol board, thick paper, or other material
forming the body of the tag. I prefer to cut it in dies in a rectangular form with

page_text: rounded corners. B is the body of the fastener, b, b, are claws, and b², 6², are barbs.
The fastener B, b, b, being cut and bent as indicated, is attached to the body A by
simply thrusting the claws b with their barbs b¹ through the body. The operation
will be facilitated by previously pricking holes in the body A. But care must be
taken that the holes be not too large; they must not allow the barbed portions to
return except with great effort.
In practice the fasteners are never subjected to any force tending to separate
them from the body; very slight barbs will suffice to hold them, but I prefer about
the proportions indicated.
Many modifications may be made by any good mechanic; thus, for example, more
than two prongs may be used on each fastener, and more than one fastener may be
used on each tag, if desired.
It is believed that the fastener may be held with sufficient force for many pur-
poses with only one barb. Two barbs may in some cases be formed with advantage
on each prong.
This tag may be used with some success by applying the fastener to the body at
the moment of use, keeping the parts previously separated, but it is much preferred
to attach the fastener to the body in the manufactory and to send out the
bodies and fasteners thus properly applied together. They may be packed in small
boxes.
Having described the nature of the said Invention and explained the manner of
carrying it into practical effect as communicated to me as aforesaid, I hereby declare
that what I consider to be novel and original and therefore claim as the Invention
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the tag described
having a metallic fastener attached to the body by the barbs b² on the prongs or
claws b thrust through the body, the whole adapted to serve as and for the purposes
herein specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Lloyd Wise, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord Ono
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
Witness,
H. T. WALKER,
Chandos Chambers,
Adelphi,
W.C.
W. LLOYD WISE. (L.S.)