Improvements in or relating to Tickets, Cards, and the like for Indicating the Price or Description of Goods Exposed for Sale or otherwise.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 26th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Tickets, Cards, and the like for
Indicating the Price or Description of Goods Exposed for Sale or
otherwise.
We, EDWIN CHARLES TOMLINSON, of Syston in the Parish of Barkby, in the
County of Leicester, Commercial traveller, and JOHN GUTHRIE GIFFORD, of Bell Vue,
Hollywood, County Down, Ireland, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to tickets cards, and the like articles which contain or
on which are indicated the selling price of goods exposed for sale and the object is to
provide a ticket or card which shall admit of the figures or numerals indicating the
price, being readily altered or varied as may be desirable. On the cards or tickets of
ordinary make the price figures being printed on the face of the card are fixed and
unalterable but by means of our improvements the cards and the price figures are
separate and distinct from each other but of such a form that any desired combination
of figures may be easily and readily attached to the card without deteriorating in any
degree from the appearance of the card itself.
This may be effected in various ways, but by preference the card may contain one
or more perforations or openings of suitable size and shape and in any required
position. At the back of the card may be a pocket or pockets, or the card may be
grooved, recessed, rebated, or treated in any suitable manner in order to render it
capable of receiving a piece or pieces of card or other material upon which the price
figures are blocked; embossed; printed, fixed, or otherwise indicated. These price
figures are placed in the pockets or at the back of the card in such a manner that they
come exactly opposite the openings in the card, and can thus be seen from the front
side or face of the card or ticket.
It will thus be seen that when it is desired to alter the price figures of the card or
ticket it is only necessary to withdraw or detach the figure at the back of the card
and substitute the desired price figures for same.
or
Although we have described these improvements as being applicable to price
"technical" terms
figures it is claimed that descriptions of goods and "trade
applicable to the goods to which the cards or tickets are attached may also be printed,
blocked, or embossed on the face or front of the perforated card when desired. The
portion to which the price or figures are attached or the whole "card"
of cardboard, papier-mache, brass, nickel plate, or any other suitable material.
JT 1000
may be
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Tickets, Cards, and the like for
Indicating the Price or Description of Goods Exposed for Sale or
otherwise.
We, EDWIN CHARLES TOMLINSON of Syston in the Parish of Barkby in the County
of Leicester, Commercial traveller and JOHN GUTHRIE GIFFORD of Bell Vue, Holly-
wood, County Down, Ireland, Manager, 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 :-
This invention has reference to tickets, cards, and the like articles, which contain or
on which are indicated the selling price of goods exposed for sale, and the object is to
provide a ticket or card which shall admit of the figures, numerals or equivalent
indicating the price, being readily altered or varied as may be desirable.

page_text: On the cards or tickets of ordinary make the price figures being printed on the
face of the card are fixed and unalterable but by means of our improvements the cards
and the price figures are separate and distinct from each other but of such a
form that any desired combination of figures may be easily and readily attached
to the card without deteriorating in any degree from the appearance of the card
itself.
This may be effected in various ways, but by preference the card may contain one
or more perforations or openings of suitable size and shape and in any required
position.
At the back of the card may be a pocket or pockets, or the card may be grooved,
recessed, rebated or treated in any suitable manner in order to render it capable of
receiving a piece or pieces of card or other material upon which the price figures or
equivalent are blocked, embossed, printed, fixed, or otherwise indicated.
These price figures are placed in the pockets or at the back of the card in such a
manner that they come exactly opposite the openings in the card, and can thus be
seen from the front side or face of the card or ticket.
It will thus be seen that when it is desired to alter the price figures of the card or
ticket it is only necessary to withdraw or detach the figure at the back of the card
and substitute the desired price figures for same.
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Although we have described these improvements as being applicable to price
figures it is claimed that, descriptions of goods and "trade or "techanical" terms
applicable to the goods to which the cards or tickets are attached may also be printed,
blocked, or embossed on the face or front of the perforated card when desired.
"
The portion to which the price or figures are attached, or the whole "card
may be of cardboard, papier-mache, brass, nickel plate or any other suitable
material.
In order that the invention may be better understood reference is made to the
accompanying drawings in which Figures 1 and 2 are front and back views in
perspective, respectively. Fig. 3 represents one of the detachable strips containing a
numeral, and Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the card on the line a. b; of
fig. 2.
A is the card or plate which may have one or more openings therein and at
the back of which may be pockets B or equivalents adapted to receive and retain
in position detachable strips C bearing written or printed matter which may he
seen through the openings or perforations from the front of the card as indicated
in fig. 1.
The pockets B may either be secured to the back of the card by adhesive or other
means or formed integrally therewith, and the detachable strips may be of greater
length than the pockets so that the upper ends may project above same, and be bent
so as to admit of being more readily placed into and removed from the pocket.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The combination in a card or plate such as A of one or more pockets such as B
or equivalent for receiving a strip or strips bearing written or printed matter
substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The combination in a card or plate such as A of a detachable strip or strips such
as C bearing written or printed matter adapted to be received into one or more
pockets such as B or equivalent at the back thereof in such a manner as to show
through openings in the card or plate corresponding with said pockets substantially as
and for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination with a card or plate A having one or more pockets B of a
detachable strip or strips such as C substantially as and for the purpose described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
4. In a card or plate such as described the combination with a card A having

page_text: openings and bearing upon its face the signatures or indications by which the figures
are identified and provided at its back with pockets, of cards or strips such as C
bearing the requisite figures or equivalent whose denominations are indicated upon
the face of the card, the whole substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
5. The improvements in cards or plates substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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1000
EDWIN CHARLES TOMLINSON.
JOHN GUTHRIE GIFFORD.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicants.
EDWIN CHARLES TOMLINSON.
JOHN GUTHRIE GIFFORD.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicants.