A SPECIAL AND GENERAL PAPER, CARD, OB FORM HOLDER, SUCH AS FOR ADDRESS CARDS, ENVELOPES, BILL HEADS, AND GENERAL STATIONERY OR LIKE MATTER, AND WHICH SAID INVENTION IS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR HOLDING SPECIAL PATTERNS OR FANCY GOODS NOT OF A BULKY CHARACTER
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Jones, of Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A SPECIAL AND
GENERAL PAPER, CARD, OB FORM HOLDER, SUCH AS FOR ADDRESS CARDS,
ENVELOPES, BILL HEADS, AND GENERAL STATIONERY OR LIKE MATTER, AND
WHICH SAID INVENTION IS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR HOLDING SPECIAL PATTERNS OR
FANCY GOODS NOT OF A BULKY CHARACTER."
Sealed the 6th May 1870, and dated the 9th November 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Jones at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th November 1869.
I, RICHARD JONES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for
"A SPECIAL AND GENERAL PAPER, CARD, OR FORM HOLDER, SUCH AS FOR ADDRESS
CARDS, ENVELOPES, BILL HEADS, AND GENERAL STATIONERY OR LIKE MATTER, AND
WHICH SAID INVENTION IS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR HOLDING SPECIAL PATTERNS OR
FANCY GOODS NOT OF A BULKY CHARACTER," to be as follows (that is
to say) :-
My Invention has for its object a ready adaptation for receiving or
holding printed or other forms or envelopes in bulk, or materials in

page_text: quantities to be used or withdrawn singly as required, and although its
use may be greatly varied or arranged in a combined series for holding
in quantities several special printed or other forms (to which I will
restrict my description), notwithstanding the apparatus is equally
applicable for the holding and ready withdrawal of other like matter or
forms, and consists of a rectangular case made of wood, pasteboard, papier
mache, sheet tin, or other metal, or suitable material of a sufficient
internal capacity not only to hold a number of forms lying one on the
other, but affording additional space for applying a spring or contracting
force at the back, so as to present the invoice or other forms at the front
for withdrawal, which is effected by a slot and finger way formed at the
top part of the case that readily permits by the application of the finger
and thumb the ready bending forward the top edge of the front form
and the drawing of it up from the bulk remaining in the case through
the slot before referred to.
The form or quality of the spring and means of applying the same
may be greatly varied without affecting the character of my Invention.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Richard Jones in the Great Scal Patent Office on
the 9th May 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
JONES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by. Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Richard Jones, Her special license that I,
the said Richard Jones, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Richard Jones, my executors, administrators,
or 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 "A SPECIAL AND GENERAL PAPER, CARD,
OR FORM HOLDER, SUCH AS FOR ADDRESS CARDS, ENVELOPES, BILL HEADS, AND

page_text: GENERAL STATIONERY OR LIKE MATTER, AND WHICH SAID INVENTION IS ALSO
APPLICABLE FOR HOLDING SPECIAL PATTERNS OR FANCY GOODS NOT OF A BULKY
CHARACTER," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Richard
Jones, 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 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 Richard Jones, 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 :-
My Invention has for its object a ready adaptation for receiving or
holding printed or other forms, envelopes, or labels in bulk or like
materials in quantities to be held and used or withdrawn singly.as
required, and although its use may be greatly varied according to the
shape or mode of use or arranged in a combined series for holding in
quantities several special printed or other forms, notwithstanding the
apparatus is equally applicable as before stated for the holding and ready
withdrawal of other like matter or forms, and consists, say, for this purpose
of a rectangular case made of wood, pasteboard, papier mache, sheet tin, or
other metal or suitable material of a sufficient capacity not only to hold a
number of forms lying one on the other, but affording additional space for
applying a spring or contracting force at the back, so as to present the
invoice or other forms at the front for withdrawal, which is effected by
a slot and finger way formed in the case that readily permits by the
application of the finger and thumb the ready bending forward the top
edge of the front or first form, and the drawing of it from the bulk
(remaining in the case) through the slot before referred to.
The form or quality of the case and spring or its equivalent as also
the means of applying the same may be greatly varied without affecting
the character of my Invention, which I will further describe and
illustrate by aid of the Drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a front view of a case arranged for holding five different
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page_text: made of tin, papier mache, or of thin wood, as here represented.
A is the general back part; B, B, the ends, against which the front
graduated divisional parts are placed, marked C, D, E, and F; the latter
for diversity is divided vertically for receiving, say, envelopes shown at G,
and address cards at H. The semicircular recesses formed on the top
edges of these divisional parts are for the better application of the finger
and thumb for the withdrawal of the said forms. The parts marked
J, J, J, J, are attached as here shown to the left-hand side of the case
by hinges marked a, that they may be lifted out from their position for
the forms or matter before mentioned to be readily placed in the
divisional parts when the said parts J, J, may be closed back in their
respective positions and held by hooks and eyes, as here exhibited
marked b. The use of the parts J, J, is twofold; they screen the forms
held below them from dust, and also prevent the upward displacement of
the forms in the act of drawing one or more out as required. These
parts J, J, are also recessed out as at c, like the fronts beneath them, for
the more ready application of the finger and thumb in withdrawing the
forms. Fig. 2 is an end view of Figure 1, with a portion of the end B
removed top and bottom for the better exposition of the internal
arrangement, as for instance, the part J is open, and we will suppose
that the forms, which I will assume to be invoice forms marked K, have
been dropped in the recess, as here shown, and the part J' fastened as at
Figure 1; the said forms are held and pressed against the front C by a
board or plate, principally shown in dotted lines marked L, to which is
secured a metal spring marked d for pressing the board or plate L
against the forms, so that they shall be placed in a position for ready
withdrawal. The divisional parts M and N are represented empty of
forms, but with the back boards for pressing forward such forms (if
applied) shown principally in dotted lines in the part M marked O, and
in section at N marked P, the spring being marked d. The fronts
E and F in this view are also represented in section as taken through
the dotted line f,f, Figure 1. The forms are marked G, and as before
stated may be envelopes; and by showing this part in section I am
enabled to represent a finger, the end of which lies in the hollow of the
part J marked c, and by a slight drawing forward frees the front
envelope from the rest that the thumb may be brought up in contact
with the end of the finger to withdraw it. In this latter example and
by way of diversification, I have represented the plate at the back of the
forms as of thin metal, with a wire or mouse trap spring at the back

page_text: marked e, notwithstanding a cord of india-rubber suitably placed would
effect the same object, and may be used with or without the back
pressing plate.
Fig. 3 represents in a top view the same general arrangement
adapted for lying on a counter for holding various labels or forms,
such as may be necessary in an apothcary's or other shop where a
variety of labels of the same or mixed sizes may be required. The case
is arranged for holding eight different labels marked from 1 to 8; and
Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same taken through the dotted
line 9, 9, of Figure 3. The labels are marked as in the above Figure 3
and 7, and are held up in their position against the front for withdrawal
by a series of small plates marked h, h, clevated by means of the
spring, k, secured to the inside of the bottom, which may be hung by
hinges as at 1, 1, Figure 3, and retained by a hook and eye, as described
in Figure 2, by which means the said labels are applied when required;
and as described and exhibited at Figure 2 a single label may be readily
withdrawn, the hollows m and facilitating this object. The case I
prefer to be divided into rectangular divisional parts, as shown by dotted
lines at Figure 3. Fig. 5 is simply an inside view of the bottom repre-
senting the springs in their position; and it will be evident to any
intelligent person that this case, as Figure 1, may be made not only of
wood but of papier mache, sheet tin, or other suitable metal or material,
and arranged of any desired length, singly or double, as my Invention is
not only applicable for arrangements to suit various forms but may be
restricted for one individual purpose and made out of a flat piece of
metal or other material, as represented at Fig. 6, the parts marked p, p,
being formed from the same and bent over at right angles to prevent the
forms being pulled out in excess of requirements; the saíd forms
marked R are retained in position by the elastic force of a common
mouse trap spring marked O, O, O; or by an india-rubber band which may
be stretched around the whole, or an elastic web passed through openings
as at t, t; or a thin metal spring may be formed and rivetted to the
back or formed in one piece with the back W or otherwise modified, pro-
vided that the overhanging angular stops or shoulders p, p, are used for
preventing the upward displacement of the forms and yet permitting the
ready withdrawal of the one needed. Fig. 7 is simply an end view of
Figure 6.
Figs. 8 and. 9 represent a front and top view of a single circular
label or form holder, nevertheless the same general construction would

page_text: permit of their being arranged in a series. The bottom takes off like the
ordinary cover of a tin box and is marked U to permit the labels to be
inserted; and concentrically with the inside of the bottom is a spiral
spring marked v, terminating with a plate at the top marked 10, which
elevates the bulk of the labels for progressive use, the scalloped portion
of the front of the box, as at y, Figure 8, permitting the thumb to
elevate the top label in the act of withdrawal, which is rendered
free by the partial covering of the top, as at W, Figure 9, exposing
the label marked X.
I could extend and greatly diversify the details, applications, and
construction without affecting the principle of my Invention, as it is
evident that patterns of paper, woven fabrics, or any like thin material
may be held in such receptacles for ready single withdrawal as well as
thin paper labels or forms, as herein-before referred to, not that my
Invention consists in the providing of simple receptacles for holding
such like matter, but in the arrangement and construction of such
receptacles that they may be suspended or conveniently placed for use
according to the purpose or particular trade or business requiring them,
and that the first label or form to the last so placed shall be presented in
the front of the receptacle for withdrawal in such a way that each one
may be individually drawn out without displacing the bulk or remaining
quantity, and which is effected by the means herein described and set
forth, or their equivalents, and which I claim as new and of my
Invention, and wish protected by these my in part recited Letters
Patent.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Jones, havo hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventh day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
Witness,
WILLIAM LOACH,
Clerk to James S. Cockings,
Patent Agent,
Birmingham.
RICHARD JONES. (L.S.)