AN IMPROVED MODE OF ARRANGING OR PACKING PINS AND NEEDLES FOR SALE
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Leonard Turney, of Wood Street, Cheap-
side, in the City of London, Needle and Pin Manufacturer, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED MODE OF ARRANGING OR PACKING PINS AND
NEEDLES FOR SALE."
Sealed the 29th May 1855, and dated the 28th March 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Leonard Turney
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th March 1855.
I, GEORGE LEONARD TURNEY, of Wood Street, Cheapside, in the City of
London, Needle and Pin Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MODE OF ARRANGING OR PACKING PINS AND
NEEDLES FOR SALE" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel mode of arranging pins and needles for
sale, the object being to dispose them in packages of a more convenient con-
struction than heretofore, so that their liability to be spilled and lost will be
removed, while at the same time they will be more easily accessible than at
present, and can be taken up one at a time for use, without disturbing the
other pins or needles in the same package.

page_text: Instead of folding up the needles in thin flat packets, as at present, I lap
paper around them, and set them up on end (in given numbers) in an annular
or other shaped groove or space made to receive them in a small case. When,
therefore, the lid of the case is removed, the needle heads will be exposed to
view, and the needles can readily be taken out one by one without the risk
of their being spilled. The pins I arrange in a somewhat similar manner,
sticking them into a length of paper, which is folded so as to cover their ends
and leave their heads exposed. The folded paper thus charged with pins I
fold back upon itself, placing between each fold a slip of cardboard or other
filling. When I have thus made a package of the required size, I place it in
a box of a capacity suited to receive it, and the pins will then stand up in
rows with the heads exposed to view, and as easy of access as if the pins had
been set in a cushion.
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 28th September 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
LEONARD TURNEY, of Wood Street, Cheapside, in the City of London, Needle
and Pin Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth 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, administrators, 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 ARRANGING OR PACKING PINS AND NEEDLES 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 performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great'

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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):
This Invention relates to a novel mode of arranging pins and needles for
sale, the object being to dispose them in packages of a more convenient.con-
struction than heretofore, so that their liability to be spilled and lost will be
removed, while at the same time they will be more easily accessible than åt
present, and can be taken up one at a time for use without disturbing the
other pins or needles in the same package.
Instead of folding up the needles in thin flat packets, as at present, I lap
paper around them, and set them up on end (in given numbers) in an annular
or.other shaped groove or space made to receive them in a small box or case.
The pins I arrange in a somewhat similar manner, sticking them into a
length of paper which is folded so as to cover their ends and leave their heads
exposed.
In the accompanying Drawing the manner of carrying out my Invention is
represented in several views. The needles I prefer to pack in a cylindrical
box, similar to that shewn at a, Fig. 1, paper being lapped round them
so as to leave their heads exposed to view when the cover of the box is
removed. Having selected a given number of neeilles, I lay them side by side
on a piece of paper, which is creased in the manner indicated by the dotted
lines in Fig. 2, and I then lap over the sides and bend up the end of the
folded paper on to the needles. This paper of needles, which has then the form
shewn at 6, Fig. 2, I roll around a core or filling piece c, made of paper or
other suitable substance (see Fig. 3), and insert the whole in the box, as
represented at Fig. 1. It will now be understood that when the lid of the case
is removed the needle heads will be exposed to view, and the needles can be
readily taken out one by one, as required for use, without the risk of their
being scattered and lost.
I will now explain my improved mode of packing pins. Fig. 4 shews in
edge view, and Fig. 5 in plan view, a strip of paper suitably creased to receive
the pins, which are inserted therein in rows. The pins I severally thrust
through two folds or creases of paper to give them a good hold thereon, and
having filled the paper with pins I fold the paper back upon itself, after the
manner shewn at Fig. 4, whereby the pins are brought into parallel rows with

page_text: their heads uppermost. Between the folds I insert filling pieces of thin wood
or pasteboard, for the purpose of spacing out the rows of pins and facilitating
the removal of the pins singly. I then pass a string round the folds of paper,
as shewn at Fig. 6, and insert the now firm packet of pins in a paper or other
box. For ordinary use I prefer the paper box shewn in end view and cross
section at Figures 7, in front view (with the lid open) and in plan view at
Figures 8. This box consists simply of a strip of pasteboard creased, to form
the lid, tuck, sides, and bottom, the ends being formed by a strip of pasted
paper, which is lapped round the box to connect the sides together. When
required, boxes of an ornamental character may be made to receive the packets
of pins prepared in the manner represented at Fig. 6.
It will be understood that pins packed according to my Invention will, by
reason of their heads being exposed and standing uppermost, afford great
facility to the purchaser in picking them up singly for use.
Having now set forth the nature of my Invention of "An Improved Mode
of Arranging or Packing Pins and Needles 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 of arranging pins
and needles for sale as above described, whereby their withdrawal singly from
the packet may be effected without disturbing the position of the remainder,
or risking their loss by being accidentally scattered or spilt.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Leonard Turney, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Twenty-fourth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
G. L. TURNEY. (L.S.)