AN IMPROVED TAB FOR MARKING DRAPERY GOODS
Year: 1885

page_text: I ERNEST HARRISON LEDGER Draper &c 5, 6, & 6" Castle Street Shrewsbury do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED TAB FOR MARKING
DRAPERY GOODS to be as follows:-
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This Tab is composed of a strip of paper or Tab Canvas or Parchment cut in an
oblong shape and either used singly or doubled for durability, then a piece of wire,
pointed like a pin, at both ends and bent so as to form three sides of a square, is
passed twice through one end of the Tab and afterwards bent back so as to form a
Hook.
In fixing this Tab it is simply necessary to push the hooked end of the Tab into
the Blocked, Folded, or Rolled goods by means of a paper knife or any similar
article, and when sufficiently far in, pulled, so as to make the hooks stick into the
material and secure the Tab.
For folded or loose goods, the hooks may be clenched by means of pincers in order
to keep the Tab from being removed.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Tab for Marking Drapery Goods.
I ERNEST HARRISON LEDGER Draper of 5 & 6 Castle Street Shrewsbury do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for A COMBINATION STOCK TAB AND
TICKET HOLDER and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The said Combination Stock Tab and Ticket Holder is composed of a strip of
Tab Canvas, Buckram or Parchment. Then a piece of wire, pointed like a pin at
both ends, is bent so as to form three sides of a square, and each point is passed
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page_text: twice through one end of the strip of Tab Canvas, Buckram, or Parchment, and
afterwards bent back so as to form two hooks.
In using the Combination Stock Tab and Ticket Holder as a Tab it is simply
necessary to push the hooked end of the Tab into the Blocked, Folded or Rolled
goods by means of a paper knife or any similar article, and when sufficiently far
in, the paper knife should be removed and the Tab pulled, so as to make the hooks
stick into the material and secure the Tab.
As a Ticket Holder the flat side of the Combination Stock Tab and Ticket
Holder should be glued on to the back of the ticket with the hooks pointing
downwards.
Figure 1. on drawings shows the: shape of the pin before being passed through
the buckram or canvas. The size to be regulated according to the shape and size
of the tab required.
Figure 2. is the piece of buckram, canvas or parchment used for the Combination
Stock Tab and Ticket Holder. The size and shape of the buckram, canvas, or
parchment to be regulated by the class of goods required to be marked and as a
Ticket Holder by the size and shape of the ticket.
Figure 3. shows the combination stock Tab and Ticket Holder completed, with
the pin passed through the buckram, canvas or parchment and the points bent so
as to form the two hooks before mentioned.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. These combination stock Tabs and Ticket Holders do away with the difficulty
of getting the fingers in between the folds of closely blocked or rolled goods to pin
on a tab as was formerly necessary.
2. Also dispensing with the use of Tacks for attaching strips of buckram on to
the boards of closely blocked goods.
3. A great saving of time is effected in using these Tabs.
4. The Tab after being fixed cannot become detached.
5. As a Ticket Holder, it is invisible when attached to the goods, it being glued
on to the back of the ticket.
6. The two hooks enable any one to place the ticket upon the goods in any
slanting position without swinging, this latter being the case with all Ticket
Holders having but one hook.
7. It does not damage the ticket in any way.