IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPERING PROAL
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Shrimpton, of the Firm of Alfred Shrimpton
and Sons, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Needle and Fish
Hook Manufacturers, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPERING
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Shrimpton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
December 1867.
I, ALFRED SHRIMPTON, of the Firm of Alfred Shrimpton and Sons, of
Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Needle and Fish Hook Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PAPERING NEEDLES OR MAKING UP PACKETS OF NEEDLES FOR SALE," to be as
follows:-
According to one of my improvements I stick the needles in a piece of
linen or other fabric in the ordinary way, and I attach the fabric in which tho
needles have been stuck to the paper wrapper in which they are to be wrapped
or enclosed in the following manner :-I take a piece of paper of the same

page_text: width as the paper wrapper and cut therefrom a rectangular piece of the same
size and shape as that portion of the fabric which lies across the middle of
the needles; I place the fabric upon the said piece of paper and pass its four
sides or edges through the said opening. The needles, together with that
portion of the fabric covering their middles, are thus situated on one side or
front of the said piece of paper, and the edges of the fabric lie flat against the
other or under side of the said piece of paper. Those edges of the said piece
of paper parallel with the needles are then gummed or pasted to the edges
of the paper wrapper which is folded upon the needles in the ordinary
manner.
According to another of my improvements I take a piece of paper and place
under it a piece of fabric, I then fold the said paper and fabric at their middle,
the paper being outside, and I pass the needles through the folded paper and
fabric; the paper and fabric are afterwards flattened out and the paper is
attached by its edges to the paper wrapper which is folded upon the needles
in the ordinary way. In this arrangement a band of fabric and paper passes
across the middle of the needles instead of a band of fabric only as in the first
described arrangement.
According to another of my improvements I form by folding two parallel
ridges in a piece of paper through which ridges the needles are stuck in a
'manner similar to that in which pins are-stuck through paper.
The longer
sides of the said piece of paper are then folded upon the middle of the needles
and the ends of the band thus formed are turned under the needles and are
attached to the paper wrapper by gumming or pasting, which paper wrapper
is folded upon the needles in the ordinary way.
By the several arrangements described the needles are firmly secured to
'the wrappers in which they are folded, while at the same time being held only
at their middle they can be readily removed one by one without disturbing
the others.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alfred, Shrimpton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th June 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
SHRIMPTON, of the Firm of Alfred Shrimpton and Sons, of Redditch, in the
County of Worcester, Needle and Fish Hook Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of December, in the year of our

page_text: Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of Her
reign, did for Herself, Her beirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the:
said Alfred Shrimpton,. Her special licence, that I, the said Alfred Shrimpton,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Alfred.
Shrimpton, my executors, administrators, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PAPERING NEEDLES OR MAKING UP PACKETS OF NEEDLES FOR: SALE," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Alfred Shrimpton, 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 immediately after the date of the said Letters.
Patent.
· NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alfred Shrimpton, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after explained in
securing the needles to the paper wrappers in. which they are to be wrapped.
or enclosed.
According to one of my improvements I take a piece of paper of the same.
width as the paper wrapper,, and place under it a piece of fabric. I then.
fold the said paper and fabric at their middle, the paper. being outside, and.
I pass the needles through the folded paper and. fabric.. By this means a:
band of fabric and paper passes across the middle of the needles, the ends of
te needles being exposed. The paper and fabric are afterwards flattened out,
and the paper is next attached by gumming or pasting to the paper wrapper,
those edges only of the paper situated parallel to the needles being attached.
to the paper wrapper. The paper wrapper is finally folded upon the needles.
in the ordinary way.
According to another of my improvements I form by folding two parallel
ridges in a piece of paper through which ridges the needles are stuck in a
manner similar to that in which pins are struck on paper. The longer sides
of the said piece of paper are then folded upon the middle of, the needles,
and the ends of the band thus formed are turned under the needles, and are

page_text: attached to the paper wrapper by gumming or pasting, which paper wrapper
is folded upon the needles in the ordinary way.
By the arrangements described the needles are firmly secured to the
wrappers in which they are folded, while at the same time being held only
at their middle they can be readily removed one by one without disturbing
the others.
Having explained the nature of my Invention I will proceed to describe,
with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the manner in which the same
is to be performed.
In papering needles according to the first described arrangement of my
Invention, I take a piece of paper marked a in Figure 1 of the Drawing,
the said piece of paper being of the same width as the paper wrapper in
which the needles are to be enclosed, and I place under or upon the said
paper a a piece of fabric 6 of nearly the same size; I next fold the said
pieces of paper and fabric a, at the lines c, d, and thereby form a strip of
jiaper and fabric, the paper being outside. The compound strip thus formed
is represented in front elevation and end elevation in Figure 2. I then pass
the needles through the folded edges of the paper and fabric, as represented
in the said Figure 2. I next flatten out the folded strip of paper and fabric,
and trim the superfluous edges of the fabric secured to the paper by the
needles. The compound strip a, b, with the needles e passed through it then
assumes the shape represented in front elevation in Figure 8, section in
Figure 4, and back elevation in Figure 5. In Figure 5 the fabric b is shown
trimmed to the size required. The manner in which the needles are passed
through the paper and fabric a, b, will be readily understood by an examina-
tion of Figures 3 and 4, from which Figures 8 and 4 it will be seen that the
upper and lower portions of the needles are situated at the front of the strip
of paper a, and that the middle of the needles are exposed at the back of
the fabric 6, a strip of paper and fabric at f passing across the middle of the
needles at front, the band of fabric being concealed by the front band of paper.
The strip or band of paper a, Figures 3, 4 and 5, in which the needles are
stuck is connected by its ends to the paper wrapper in the manner represented
in plan in Figure 6 and edge view in Figure 7. The gummed or pasted ends
of the strip of paper a are marked g, h, and the paper wrapper is marked i.
The said paper wrapper is of the ordinary kind, and is provided with the
ordinary creases or folds. The paper wrapper to which the needles are
attached by the strip a is folded up in the ordinary way.
Figure 8 represents the wrapper partly folded; and Figure 9 represents a
packet of needles made by folding up the wrapper Figure 6.

page_text: In papering needles according to the second described arrangement of my
Invention, I take a piece or strip of paper and form in it by folding two
parallel ridges, and I stick the needles through these ridges in a manner similar
to that in which pins are stuck on paper. A piece or strip of paper of the
kind described is represented in plan and end elevation in Figure 10, where
the said piece or strip of paper is marked i, the parallel ridges made thereon
are marked k, and the needles stuck through the said ridges are marked l. I
next take the piece of paper Figure 10, and fold the side pieces m, m, upon the
back of the needles, as represented in Figure 11, and thereby. form a narrow
band, the needles being secured thereto by their middles. The ends n, n, of,
the band Figure 11 are next turned back upon the under side of the paper
band, and the said band carrying the needles is attached to the paper wrapper
by gumming or pasting the back of the said band to the paper wrapper. The
folded ends n, n, of the paper band, Figure 11, may only be gummed or pasted
to the paper wrapper, but if thought desirable the whole of the back of the
band may be pasted or gummed to the paper wrapper. The gum or paste in
either case does not come in contact with that part of the band through which
the needles are stuck.
Figure 12 represents in plan and edge view an ordinary paper wrapper to
which the band Figure 11 is attached; and Figure 13 represents a packet of
needles made by folding up the wrapper Figure 12.
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, as the same
may be varied without departing from the nature of my Invention; but I
claim as my Invention,-
Firstly. The improvements in papering needles or making up packets of
needles for sale herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 9, both
inclusive, of the accompanying Drawings, that is to say, sticking the needles
to be papered through the folded edges of a compound piece or strip of paper
and fabric, opening or flattening out the said piece or strip of paper and
fabric, and attaching the edges of the paper of the said compound piece or
strip to the paper wrapper, substantially as described and illustrated.
Secondly. The improvements in papering needles or making up packets of
needles for sale herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 10, 11, 12,
and 13 of the accompanying Drawing, that is to say, sticking the needles to
be papered through parallel ridges made in a piece or strip of paper, folding
the sides and ends of the said paper upon the back of the needles so as to

page_text: form a band, and attaching the said paper band carrying the needles to the
paper.wrapper, substantially as described and illustrated..
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Shrimpton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal,. this Tenth. day of June, in the year of our, Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
HENRY ASTON,
Redditch.
ALFRED SHRIMPTON. (L.S.),