An Improved Ticket Holder for Application to the Blocks of Textile Piece Goods.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 21st Sept., 1898-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Ticket Holder for Application to the Blocks of Textile
Piece Goods.
I, HAROLD HAINE, of No. 76, Terminus Road, Eastbourne, in the County of
Sussex, Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to such ticket holders for application to the blocks of
textile piece goods as consist essentially of an oblong flat or approximately flat
portion having spring gripping tongues projecting from its longer sides and bent
in such directions relatively to its face that the said tongues are adapted to bear
on opposite sides or faces of and grip the said blocks which are usually of the form
of comparatively thin boards. When the said ticket holder is in place on a block
of the said kind the oblong flat portion of the ticket holder (which portion is
designed for reception of the ticket and is hereinafter termed the tablet) is held by
means of the said gripping tongues in contact with the end face of the block.
In such ticket holders as heretofore made the outer face of the tablet has been
provided with projecting ears for retaining the ticket in place and the spring
tongues have been bowed or curved and so formed that when the ticket holder is
engaged with a block of the kind which it is designed for application to it is held
on the said block mainly or solely by the grip of only those portions of the said
In consequence of the said
spring tongues which are farthest from the tablet.
spring tongues having no bearing or but slight bearing on those portions of the
side faces of the block which are near its end face the ticket holder is not retained
on the said block as securely as is desirable.
According to my said invention I dispense with the projecting ears on the tablet
which thus has a plain surface on which the ticket may be secured by gum or other
suitable adhesive matter. And I provide for grip of the clip on the sides of the
block near the end face thereof by shaping the said spring tongues (which
I will term the main tongues) as hereinafter described and combining therewith
as hereinafter described other spring tongues which I will term the supplementary
tongues.
I make the main tongues flat or approximately flat at and near the ends which
adjoin the tablet and bend them towards each other about midway of their length
and make the remaining portions also flat or approximately flat or with a slight
inward curve.
The supplementary tongues I form preferably from portions of the
main tongues and so that the free ends of the supplementary tongues are in such
positions relatively to the other parts of the appliance that when it is in place on
a block the said ends of the supplementary tongues bear on and grip between them
a portion of the block adjacent to its end face. The block being thus gripped at
one part by the main tongues and at another part by the supplementary tongues
the ticket holder is thereby very securely retained in position on the said block.
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ST... 1000
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Ticket Holder for Application to the Blocks of Textile
Piece Goods.
I, HAROLD HAINE, of No. 76, Terminus Road, Eastbourne, in the County of
Sussex, Draper, 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 such ticket holders for application to the blocks of
textile piece goods, as consist essentially of an oblong flat or approximately flat
portion having spring gripping tongues projecting from its longer sides and bent
in such directions relatively to its face that the said tongues are adapted to bear
on opposite sides or faces of and grip the said blocks which are usually of the form
of comparatively thin boards. When the said ticket holder is in place on a block
of the said kind the-oblong flat portion of the ticket holder. (which portion is
designed for reception of the ticket and is hereinafter. termed the tablet) is held by
means of the said gripping tongues in contact with the end face of the block.
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In such ticket holders as heretofore made the outer face of the tablet has been
provided with projecting ears for retaining the ticket in place and the spring
tongues have been SO formed that when the ticket holder
engaged with a block of the kind which it is designed for application to it is held
on the said block mainly or solely by the grip of only those portions of the said
spring tongues which are farthest from the tablet.. In consequence of the said
spring tongues having no bearing or. but slight bearing on those portions of the
side faces of the block-which are near its end face the ticket holder. is not retained
on the said block as securely as is desirable.
According to my said invention I dispense with the projecting ears on the tablet
which thus has a plain surface on which the ticket. may be secured by gum, or other
suitable adhesive matter. And I provide for grip of the clip on the sides of the
block near the end face thereof by combining with the said spring tongues (which
I will term the main tongues) as hereinafter described other spring tongues which
I will term the supplementary tongues.
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The said supplementary tongues I so form from portions of the main tongues
that the free ends of the supplementary tongues are in such positions. relatively
to the other parts of the appliance that when it is in place on a piece. block the said
ends of the supplementary tongues bear on and grip between them a portion of the
block adjacent to its end face. The block being thus gripped at one part by the
main tongues and at another part by the supplementary tongues the ticket holder
is thereby very securely retained in position on the said block.
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A ticket clip made according to my said invention is illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings the tablet being foremost and shown in face view in Figure 1
with a ticket affixed thereon. Figure 2 is an end view or edge view of the clip.
Figure 3 is a view taken at right angles to that shown in Figure 2 and Figure 4
is a side view of a portion of a piece block having the clip applied to it.
Referring to the said figures a is the tablet, b (see Figure 1 only) is an ordinary
paper ticket which is secured on the outer side of the plain face of the said tablet
by means of adhesive matter. cc are the main spring. tongues. d d are the
supplementary spring tongues and e (see Figure 4 only), is the piece block. On
examination of Figures 2 and 3 it will be seen that the supplementary tongues dd
are produced from the middle portion of the main tongues and it will be under-
stood that the said supplementary tongues may be produced and shaped as required
by stamping between dies as usual in the manufacture of articles from sheet metal.

page_text: I prefer to make the clips from sheet steel and to harden and temper the steel
after the clips have been fashioned as required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my gaid
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed. I declare that what
I claim is:
A ticket holder for application to the blocks of textile piece goods consisting of
a plate having a plain surface for reception of the ticket and spring gripping
tongues such as are hereinbefore termed main spring tongues from which are
formed other spring gripping tongues such as are hereinbefore termed supple-
mentary tongues substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings and for the purpose described.
Dated the Twentieth day of September 1898.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.