Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Aug., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 7th May, 1900-Accepted, 9th June, 1900
I, SAMUEL HENRY CROCKER, Engineer, of 31, Furnival Street, Holborn,
London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
:-
My invention relates to improvements in labels, and has for its object to pro-
vide the label with a device by which it may be easily and rapidly attached to the
string around a parcel without the tedious process of tying the label to such
string.
According to my invention I stamp from a sheet of flat metal a blank having
two long arms which are preferably pointed and bent downwards so as to easily
perforate the label and when these arms are pushed through the label and fully
bent back and pressed flat they securely attach my device to the label. A portion
of the metal between these arms is stamped out and bent upwards and then down-
wards again to form a spring tongue piece which is provided at its free end with
a forked or barbed head which is bent upwards. The extremity of this tongue
piece is preferably formed in a convex curve and the barbs point inwardly towards
the bent tongue. This tongue piece is so arranged that the end or head is raised
above the level of the label being bent up in a sloping direction so that when it
is drawn against the string on a parcel it will readily catch against the same and
be lifted up permitting the string to enter behind the barbed head of this tongue
piece from which it cannot return owing to the barbed points and so the device
and the label is securely attached to the string of the parcel from which it cannot
be released without mutilation or violence.
My label can thus be attached to the string of a parcel by simply pulling the.
spring tongue against the string. Owing to the considerable area of the label
secured between the long arms of the fastening device, the same is firmly secured
to a flat piece of ordinary paper used for making labels, but the label may be
further strengthened at that part where the metal device is attached thereto either
by folding over the paper or in the manner commonly employed for this purpose
which enables a strong and effective label to be produced in accordance with my
invention.
Although I have described the spring tongue piece as of undulating shape with
a barbed head, it is obvious it may be made of other shapes such for instance
as an upwardly sloping piece turned over and inwardly at the end for the purpose
before described.
1
P
1000

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Labels.
I, SAMUEL HENRY CROCKER, Engineer, of 31, Furnival Street, Holborn,
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:
My invention relates to improvements in labels, and has for its object to pro-
vide the label with a device by which it may be easily and rapidly attached to the
string around a parcel without the tedious process of tying the label to such
string:
According to my invention I stamp from a sheet of flat metal a blank having
two long arms which are preferably pointed and bent downwards so as to easily
perforate the label and when these arms are pushed through the label and fully
bent back and pressed flat they securely attach my device to the label. A portion
of the metal between these arms is stamped out and bent upwards and then down-
wards again to form a spring tongue piece which is provided at its free end with
a forked or barbed head which is bent upwards. The extremity of this tongue
piece is preferably formed in a convex curve and the barbs point inwardly towards
the bent tongue. This tongue piece is so arranged that the end or head is raised
above the level of the label being bent up in a sloping direction so that when it
is drawn against the string on a parcel it will readily catch against the same and
be lifted up permitting the string to enter behind the barbed head of this tongue
piece from which it cannot return owing to the barbed points and so the device
and the label is securely attached to the string of the parcel from which it cannot
be released without mutilation or violence.
My label can thus be attached to the string of a parcel by simply pulling the
spring tongue against the string. Owing to the considerable area of the label
secured between the long arms of the fastening device, the same is firmly secured
to a flat piece of ordinary paper used for making labels, but the label may be
further strengthened at that part where the metal device is attached thereto either
by folding over the paper or in the manner commonly employed for this purpose
which enables a strong and effective label to be produced in accordance with my
invention.
Although I have described the spring tongue piece as of undulating shape with
a barbed head, it may be made in other forms, such for instance as an upwardly
sloping piece turned over and inwardly at the end for the purpose before described.
The accompanying drawings show my improved label. Fig. 1 is a plan Fig. 2
a side view of the label attached to the string; and Fig. 3 shows the fastener
separate.
As shown the fastener is formed with the two long arms or legs A connected
at the top a and bent at about the middle. The bent ends which may also be
pointed are thrust through the material of the label B and bent down upon the
back securing the fastener firmly at the end of the label. The spring tongue C
stamped out of the metal between the two arms is formed with a neck c bent out
to form a recess in which the string lies when the label is attached to it. The
end or head c¹ of the spring tongue is formed with backwardly extending points
at each side. The head is situated slightly above the sides of the fastener and is
tilted at an angle in side view to engage with the string as above described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
(1) Means for securing labels to parcels and the like, consisting of a clip fixed

page_text: to the label and formed from sheet metal, having a spring tongue bent up to
receive the string and adapted to retain the string under it, substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
(2) An improved clip for securing labels to parcels and the like stamped from
sheet metal consisting of two arms fixed to the label, a central spring tongue
receiving the string, and a head upon the end of the said tongue having back-
wardly extending points engaging the string, substantially as described and for
the purposes specified.
(3) Means for attaching labels to parcels and the like, substantially as described
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 5th day of May 1900.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.