AN IMPROVED MODE OF PACKING PINS FOR SALE
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Leonard Turney, of Aldermanbury, in the
City of London, Needle Manufacturer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
MODE OF PACKING PINS FOR SALE."
Sealed the 15th March 1859, and dated the 24th September 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Leonard Turney
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th September 1858.
I, GEORGE LEONARD TURNEY, of Aldermanbury, in the City of London,
Needle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED MODE OF PACKING PINS FOR SALE," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is so to pack pins in small parcels, that while
they will not be liable to be spilled, their heads will be readily accessible, and
permit of the facile removal of the pins from the packet. In carrying out this
object, I form a kind of book having leaves of paper (divided by guards) to
receive severally a row of pins; and one side of the cover of this book I extend
so that it shall lap over the edges of the leaves. Into these leaves I insert the
pins in the usual way of sticking pins into paper, and I either close the ends of
the book by pasting down side lappets or otherwise, or I leave the ends open, as
taste or convenience may dictate. Instead of making up the packets with pins
of one kind, which is the usual way, (and that most convenient for the manu-
facturer,) I am enabled to provide with convenience an assortment of pins in
the same packet, and present the heads of all the rows for inspection by merely
folding back the lappet of the cover.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Leonard Turney in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 24th March 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
LEONARD TURNEY, of Aldermanbury, in the City of London, Needle Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said George Leonard Turney, Her special license that I, the said
George Leonard Turney, my executors, admors, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said George Leonard Turney, 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
"AN IMPROVED MODE OF PACKING PINS FOR SALE," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said George Leonard Turney, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, 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 George Leonard Turney, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
The object of this Invention is to pack pins, whether assorted or not, in
small parcels ready for sale, and in such manner that their heads will be
readily accessible, and afford the means for the facile removal of the pins from
the packet.
In order to attain this result, I form a kind of book consisting of a cover
containing leaves of paper for receiving each a row of pins, and into these
leaves I insert the pins in the usual way of sticking pins into paper.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 shews in perspective a closed packet
of pins arranged according to my Invention; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view,"

page_text: shewing the packet expanded. a, a, a, are leaves of paper creased in the
ordinary manner of creasing paper to receive pins, and secured together, and
to a cover b by paste or other suitable means. One side of the cover, it will
be seen, has an extension to permit of its lapping over the edges of the leaves
and giving a sightliness to the packet. The cover may be ornamented by
printing or embossing to improve its appearance, and on the lappet may be
designated the size and quality of the pins. In the leaves a, a, I propose as a
rule (which, however, may be departed from when required) to stick pins of
different qualities or sizes, adjusting the quantity in each packet to certain
determinate weights, so that mixed pins instead of being sold loose, as is now
the custom, may be sold in convenient packets, with the heads of all the rows
presented to view on turning back the lappet of the cover, and therefore
offering great facility for their use, while at the same time the risk of the pins
being spilled is entirely removed. The book may have guards at the back, if
thought desirable, to improve the appearance of the packet by thickening the
back, and the ends may be closed by pasting down side lappets, or the ends
be left open, as shewn in the Drawing.
may
Having now set forth the nature of my Invention of "An Improved Mode
of Packing Pins for Sale," and explained the manner of carrying the same
into effect, I wish it to be understood that under the above in part recited
Letters Patent, I claim the mode herein-before described for packing pins for
sale, whereby the advantage of presenting the heads of all the rows of pins
simultaneously to sight is secured, and a facility is provided to the manufacturer
for making up packets of mixed sizes.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Leonard Turney, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
T. NOLAN,
66, Chancery Lane.
G. L. TURNEY. (L.S.)