Improvements in and connected with Garden Labels.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 29th Mar.. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Garden Labels.
We WILSON JAMES-ASHBURNER of Sunnyside, Douglas in the Isle of Man
Mechanical Engineer, and ROBERT OKELL of King Street, Manchester in the County
of Lancaster, Solicitor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to garden labels and it has for its objects to secure simplicity
of construction and increased durability.
The improvements consist in constructing the label and holder in the following
manner :-
.
For the holder, we take a length of wire or equivalent material and bend it into
two parallel and contiguous loops which may have any convenient size shape or
shapes so that the label may be held between the loops. The loops may be formed
either at the end of or in any other convenient part of the length of wire and are
preferably circular. For the label we employ a suitably shaped sheet, disc, or plate
(preferably of zine) and bulge or indent it over an area corresponding to, or less than
the area of the loops in the holder. The bulge or indentation is preferably produced
after the label has been inserted in the holder and it serves to prevent the removal of
the label therefrom without the exercise of force. When the loops are of circular
shape the label with the bulge or indentation may be removed by a rotary motion and
inserted by turning in the opposite direction.
The unbent portion or portions of the wire forming the holder may be left straight
or be looped or perforated, pointed, screwed or otherwise shaped according as the
holder is desired to be inserted into the earth or attached to a tree or other support.
Dated 20th day of May 1889.
WILSON JAMES-ASHBURNER.
ROBT. OKELL.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Garden Labels.
We WILSON JAMES-ASHBURNER of Sunnyside, Douglas in the Isle of Man
Mechanical Engineer and ROBERT OKELL of King Street Manchester in the County
of Lancaster, Solicitor, 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:
. Our invention relates to the construction of garden labels in a more durable simple
and efficient form than has been hitherto attained.
Our improvement consists in constructing the label in the following manner :-For
the holder we take sufficient length of wire or equivalent material (galvanized iron
wire by preference) and bend it into two parallel and contiguous loops which may
have any convenient size shape or shapes so that the sheet disc or plate upon which
the description of the object to be marked out is placed (and which we shall after-
wards refer to as "the label ") may rest between the loops. The loops may be formed
either at the end or in any other convenient part of the piece of wire or other
material used for the holder and are preferably circular. For the label we employ a
sheet disc or plate of any convenient shape size or material (preferably sheet zinc)
and the label contains a bulge boss or indentation in size equal to or less than the
area of the loops referred to in the holder so that when the label is placed between
the loops of the holder the said bulge boss or indentation prevents the label from
being directly withdrawn from the holder. When the loops are of circular form the

page_text: bulge boss or indentation may be made either before or after the insertion of the label
into the holder. With loops of any other form it should be made after insertion to
give a close fit. The bulge boss or indentation may be formed either by impressing
the label by a punch or die or by the addition of material thereto.
In the case of circular loops the label already containing the bulge boss or
indentation may be inserted into the holder by placing the bulge on the top of the
loop and entering the label between the two parts of the wire forming the commence-
ment of one of the loops whereupon by giving to the label a rotary motion around the
bulge as a centre it can be screwed into any desired position between the loops. The
unbent part or parts or leg or legs of the holder may be left of any convenient length
or lengths and may be left straight or may be looped or perforated pointed screwed or
otherwise shaped according as the holder is intended to be inserted in the earth or
otherwise fixed in position.
We will now proceed with the help of the accompanying drawings to show how
our invention may be carried into practical effect:-
Figures 1 and 5 represent front views of label and holder complete. In Figure 1
the loops have been formed in the length of the galvanized iron wire so as to give to
the label two legs or supports a. and b. the bulge at e being formed near the end of
the label d. In figure
the loops are formed at the end of the galvanized iron wire
forming the support so as to leave the label with one leg or support only a the bulge c
being formed near the centre of the base of the label d. Figure 2 represents an end
view of the label and holder represented in figure 1 showing the legs or supports a
and b and the label d inserted between the loops. Figure 3 represents a sectional
view of the label and holder represented in figure 1 through the dotted line e f shown
in figure 1 the bulge or indentation in the label d being shown at g. Figure 5 is an
end view of the label and holder shown in figure 4 showing the holder a with its two
loops and the label d inserted between them. Figure 6 is a sectional view of the
holder and label shown in figure 5 showing the holder a with its loops the label d and
the bulge or boss at g.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :
1. The combination for a garden label of a holder with loops made substantially a
herein before described with a label containing a bulge boss or indentation to preven
the label from being dislodged.
2. The combination for a garden label of a holder with round loops made sub
stantially as herein before described with a label containing a bulge boss or indentation
so that the label can be removed from or replaced in the holder by a rotary motion a
hereinbefore described.
Dated this 21st day of February 1890.