IMPROVEMENTS IN WRAPPERS FOR WRAPPING UP OR PAPERING NEEDLES FOR SALE
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Mills Woodward, of Ipsley, in the County of
Warwick, Artist, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WRAPPERS FOR
WRAPPING UP OR PAPERING NEEDLES FOR SALE,"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Mills Woodward at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th January 1880.
JAMES MILLS WOODWARD, of Ipsley, in the County of Warwick, Artist.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WRAPPERS FOR WRAPPING UP OR PAPERING NEEDLES FOR
SALE."
My Invention consists of the improvements in wrappers in which needles are
enclosed, herein after described, whereby needles stuck in or attached to fabric in
the ordinary way are fixed to the paper wrapper without the use of gum or other
adhesive matter, and the risk of injury to the needles by rusting frequently pro-
duced by the adhesive matter commonly employed is avoided.
My Invention further consists of the improved construction of outer wrapper,
herein after described, whereby in opening and closing the said outer wrapper the
needles are protected from contact with the thumb or finger; and, further, of a
modification in which the outer wrapper is dispensed with, and the needles at the
same time enclosed and protected.
In constructing the inner wrapper I form ears or projections at the middle of
each of its longer edges, the said ears having a breadth somewhat less than that of
the cross fold of the fabric, extending across the middle of the needles as they are
ordinarily stuck upon the fabric. The parcel or quarter of needles on their fabric
is placed on the wrapper, and the side ears of the wrapper are tucked or inserted
between the cross fold of the fabric, and the portion of the needles underneath the
fabric. The tucking or inserting of the said ears between the fabric and the
needles secures the parcel or quarter of needles to the inner wrapper.
Instead of ears on opposite sides of the wrapper, an ear on one side only may be
employed. In this case the single ear is of such a length that it not only extends
under the fabric across the whole of the needles, but has a protruding end which
may be turned under and attached to the back of the wrapper by gum. The gum
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page_text: in this case is outside the wrapper, and cannot injure the needles in its inside.
The folding of the wrapper upon the needles is effected in the ordinary way.
In constructing an outer wrapper according to my Invention, I form wings on
the opposite longer sides of the wrapper, one of them being of a circular or other
figure, and sufficiently large when folded over to cover the middle of the body of
the wrapper. The other is small, and serves as an attachment to which the larger
one may be connected by gum. The two wings when connected constitute a band
(which may have an ornamental figure) extending across the outer wrapper. The
inner folding wrapper containing its charge of needles is put into its place in the
outer wrapper by being passed under the said band. The outer wrapper is then
folded in the usual way. In opening the outer wrapper to gain access to the
needles the thumb rests upon the band described, and contact of the thumb with
the needles and the rusting consequent thereon are avoided.
The inner wrapper herein first described may have an ornamental band covering
and holding down its flaps, and at the same time protecting the needles from the
thumb when the wrapper is opened. The ends of this band pass round the edges
of the wrapper, and are secured at its back by gum. This modification possesses
in great part the advantages of an inner and outer wrapper.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said James Mills Woodward in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd
July 1880.
JAMES MILLS WOODWARD, of Ipsley, in the County of Warwick, Artist.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WRAPPERS FOR WRAPPING UP OR PAPERING NEEDLES FOR
SALE."
My Invention consists of the improvements in wrappers in which needles are
enclosed, herein after described, whereby needles stuck in or attached to fabric in
the ordinary way are fixed to the paper wrapper without the use of gum or other
adhesive matter, and the risk of injury to the needles by rusting frequently
produced by the adhesive matter commonly employed is avoided.
My Invention further consists of the improved construction of outer wrapper
herein after described, whereby in opening and closing the said outer wrapper, the
needles are protected from contact with the thumb and finger; and, further, of a
modification in which the outer wrapper is dispensed with, and the needles at the
same time enclosed and protected.
In constructing the inner wrapper I form ears or projections at the middle of
each of its longer edges, the said cars having a breadth somewhat less than that of
the cross fold of the fabric extending across the middle of the needles as they are
ordinarily stuck upon the fabric. The parcel or "quarter" of needles on their
fabric is placed on the wrapper, and the side ears of the wrapper are tucked or
inserted between the cross fold of the fabric and the portion of the needles under-
neath the fabric. The tucking or inserting of the said ears between the fabric and
the needles secures the parcel or "quarter" of needles to the inner wrapper.
Instead of ears on opposite sides of the wrapper, an ear on one side only may be
employed. In this case the single ear is of such a length that it not only extends
under the fabric across the whole of the needles, but has a protruding end which
may be turned under and attached to the back of the wrapper by gum. The gum
in this case is outside the wrapper, and cannot injure the needles in its inside. The
folding of the wrapper upon the needles is effected in the ordinary way.
In constructing an outer wrapper according to my Invention, I form wings on the
opposite longer sides of the wrapper, one of them being of a circular or other
figure, and sufficiently large when folded over to cover the middle of the body of
the wrapper. The other is small, and serves as an attachment to which the larger
one may be connected by gum. The two wings when connected constitute a band
(which may have an ornamental figure) extending across the outer wrapper. The
inner folding wrapper containing its charge of needles is put into its place in the
outer wrapper by being passed under the said band. The outer wrapper is then
folded in the usual way. In opening the outer wrapper to gain access to the
needles the thumb rests upon the band described, and contact of the thumb with
the needles and the rusting consequent thereon are avoided.
The inner wrapper herein first described may have an ornamental band covering
and holding down its flaps, and at the same time protecting the needles from the
thumb when the wrapper is opened. The ends of the band pass round the edges of
the wrapper, and are secured at its back by gum. This modification possesses in
great part the advantage of an inner and outer wrapper.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the
manner in which my Invention may be performed.
Figure 1 represents in plan the inner wrapper provided with a single long
fastening ear or strip according to my Invention for connecting the fabric in which
the needles are stuck to the said inner wrapper; Figure 2 represents in plan and
edge view the wrapper after the fastening car or strip has been folded into a band,.

page_text: and Figure 3 represents in plan, cross section, and vertical section, the manner in
which the folded ear or strip secures the fabric to the inner wrapper; Figure 4
represents the folded inner wrapper ready for the outer wrapper.
a is the inner wrapper having at the middle of one of its longer sides an ear or
strip b. This ear or strip is of such a length that it is capable of being folded into
the band represented in Figure 2, and its free end passed round the edge of the
wrapper, and attached to the back of the wrapper by gum. c is the fabric in which
the parcel or "quarter" of needles are stuck in the usual way, and d is the
cross fold in the fabric behind which the needles are passed in sticking them in the
fabric.
In securing the needles to the inner wrapper a the fabric c is placed on the
wrapper Figure 1 before the ear or strip b is folded, and the said ear or strip b is
tucked or inserted between the cross fold d of the fabric c and the portion of the
needles underneath the said cross fold, as seen in the sections of Figure 3. The
protruding end 63 of the ear or strip b is then turned on to the back of the
wrapper and fixed to the said back by gum. The parcel or quarter of needles on
the fabric are thereby secured to the inner wrapper. As the gummed end 6³ of the
ear or strip b is on the outside of the wrapper, it cannot injure the needles. The
side flaps and end flaps of the wrapper a are next folded upon the needles in the
ordinary way, as illustrated in Figure 4. The inner wrapper containing the
needles is now complete.
Instead of a single long ear or strip at one side of the inner wrapper, a short ear
or strip at opposite sides of the inner wrapper may be used to secure the fabric and
needles to the wrapper.
This arrangement of inner wrapper is represented in Figure 5, where the two
ears or strips are marked e, f.
In fastening the fabric to the wrapper, the said fabric containing the needles is
laid on the wrapper, and the side ears or strips e, f, are tucked or inserted in
opposite directions between the cross fold in the fabric and the needles underneath
the said cross fold in the same way as the single ear or strip 6 is inserted as before
described. When two ears are used no gumming is required to fix them.
Although I prefer to make the single ear or strip or the two ears or strips (by
means of which the fabric in which the needles are stuck is connected to the
wrapper) in one piece with the wrapper, yet the said ear or ears may be made of
separate pieces and attached to the wrapper by gum.
Figure 6 represents an outer wrapper constructed according to my Invention,
and Figure 7 represents the wings of the wrapper made into a band, under which
the packet of needles is passed, as illustrated in Figure 8; Figure 9 represents the
outer wrapper partly folded upon the inner wrapper, and Figure 10 represents the
outer wrapper completely folded.
g is the outer wrapper having wings h, i, on its opposite longer sides (see
Figure 6). The wing h has a circular (or other) figure, and the other wing i con-
sists of a narrow strip and serves as an attachment to which the other wing h may
be connected by gum. The two parts h, i, are connected together so as to constitute
a band, as illustrated in Figure 7, the strip or wing i being gummed to the under-
Bide of the circular wing h.
After the band h, i, Figure 7, has been made the inner wrapper containing the
needles is passed under the band h, i, as illustrated in Figure 8, the inner wrapper
being attached to the outer one by a drop of gum. The outer wrapper is now
folded upon the inner wrapper, as illustrated in Figure 10, and the wrapping up or
papering of the needles is completed. The band h, i, not only serves to secure the
inner wrapper to the outer wrapper, but the part h of the said band also serves to
retain the folded top and bottom flaps of the outer wrapper in their places, the ends
of the said flaps being passed under the said circular part of the band, as illustrated
in Figure 10. The said circular part h has such a size that it covers and protects t
the middle of the wrapper. In opening the outer wrapper to gain access to the
needles in the inner wrapper, as illustrated in Figure 9, the thumb rests upon the

page_text: circular part h of the band, and contact of the thumb with the needles, and the
rusting consequent thereon, are avoided.
In wrapping up or papering needles by means of a single wrapper, instead of by
an inner and outer wrapper, as before described, I attach the fabric in which the
needles are stuck to the single wrapper in the manner described with respect to the
inner wrapper, and I apply to the single wrapper a band formed of two wings for
securing the flaps of the single wrapper and for protecting the needles from the
thumb in opening the wrapper.
This part of my Invention is illustrated in Figures 11 to 20, both inclusive, of
the accompanying Drawings.
Figure 11 represents the single wrapper provided with two side ears or strips k, l,
for fastening the fabric containing the needles to the wrapper; Figure 12 represents
the said fabric and needles attached to the wrapper by the tucking or inserting of
the side ears or strips k, l, between the cross fold m of the fabric and the portion of
the needles underneath the said cross fold; Figure 13 illustrates the manner in which
a band is formed by the tucking or inserting of the side ears k, l, between the cross
fold of the fabric and the needles, the needles and fabric being omitted. Instead
of the two ears or strips k, l, a long single strip, as described with respect to Figure 1,
may be used for securing the needles to the single wrapper.
Figure 14 represents in plan and section the wrapper in conjunction with the
band P. q, q, for holding down the flaps of the wrapper and for protecting the
needles. The said band consists of a circular piece p with side wings q, q, as repre-
sented separately in Figure 15. After the fabric containing the needles has been
secured to the wrapper by the side ears k, l, or by a single ear or strip the detached
band, Figure 15, is placed across the needles in the manner represented in Figure 14,
and its wings q, q, are passed round the edges of the wrapper and folded upon the
back of the wrapper, the folded ends of the wings q, q, being secured at the back of
the wrapper by gumming the paper disc r (represented separately in Figure 16)
upon the back of the wrapper and ends of the wings. The band p, q, q, is thereby
secured to the wrapper. Before the needles are fixed to the wrapper a backing.
piece 8 is laid upon the wrapper, as represented. The ends of this backing piece
serve to cover the heads and points of the needles when the top and bottom flaps
of the wrapper are folded upon the needles; Figure 17 represents the wrapper
partly folded, the side flaps being inserted under the circular middle part p of the
band; Figure 18 represents the bottom flap folded upon the wrapper, and Figure 19
represents a front view and Figure 20 a back view of the completed wrapper, the
bottom and top flaps being secured in their places by being inserted under the
circular middle part p of the band, as represented.
Besides serving to secure the flaps of the single wrapper the circular part p of the
hand also serves to protect the needles from the thumb when the wrapper
is opened, as explained with respect to the compound wrapper herein first
described.
The band of the outer wrapper, Figures 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, and the band of the
Bingle wrapper, Figures 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, as well as the tucks of the
wrappers may have any desired ornamental outline or surface ornament, but in
order that my Invention may be the better understood I have represented the
wrappers without ornament.
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 claim as my Invention
of "Improvements in Wrappers for Wrapping up or Papering Needles for Sale,"―
First. Attaching or connecting the fabric in which the needles are stuck to the
wrapper by means of a single ear or strip at one side, or by means of ears or strips
at opposite sides of the middle of the wrapper, the said ear or ears being tucked or
inserted between the cross fold of the fabric, and the portion of the needles under-
neath the said cross fold of the fabric, substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, whether the method of attachment
described be applied to the inner wrapper of a compound wrapper or to a single

page_text: wrapper, and whether the ear or ears be made in one piece with the wrapper or be
formed of an independent strip or strips connected to the wrapper.
Secondly. Forming on the opposed longer sides of the outer wrapper of the
compound wrapper wings of the kind described and illustrated, which wings when
folded upon the wrapper and connected together constitute a band, that part of the
said band situated at the front of the wrapper having a circular or enlarged part
of sufficient size to cover nearly the whole of the middle of the front of the wrapper,
for the purposes and substantially as herein before described and illustrated in
Figures 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the accompanying Drawings.
Thirdly. The combination with a single wrapper of a band having a circular or
enlarged part situated at the front of the wrapper, the said band serving both to
secure the flaps of the wrapper in their places and to protect the needles from the
thumb when the wrapper is opened, substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in Figures 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 of the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Mills Woodward, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
Witness,
BRYAN HINTON SMITH,
Astwood Bank,
Worcestershire.
JAMES MILLS WOODWARD. (L.S.)