IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ENVELOPES. FOR THE PROTECTION OF BOTTLES AND SUCH LIKE.
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Noad, of Pelley Road, Plaistow, in the
County of Essex, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF ENVELOPES. FOR THE PROTECTION OF BOTTLES AND SUCH
LIKE.
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Noad at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th November 1873.
I, JAMES NOAD, of Pelley Road, Plaistow, in the County of Essex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ENVELOPES FOR THE PROTECTION OF BOTTLES
AND SUCH LIKE," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object to employ wood as a material from
which to construct envelopes for the protection of bottles and such like
when packed for carriage in place of employing reeds or straw as is now
usual. For this purpose I take pieces of deal or other wood and cut
them into splints or strips of about 1/8th of an inch in thickness more or

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less, the strips I cut to two different lengths, one length somewhat
exceeding the height of the bottles to be covered, and the other about
equal to the height of the body of the bottle. These strips I weave or
tie together with warps of wire or twine or such like material, the long
and the short strips being tied together alternately, the portion of the
envelope which is to surround the body is thus formed of twice the
number of strips as the part which is to surround the neck. The strips
around the neck are embraced by a loop of wire or twine secured to one
of the strips, and which can be readily slipped up or down upon it so as
to be enabled quickly to tighten or loosen the strips around the neck,
three pairs of warps are by preference employed to tie together the
several strips, one pair near the bottom end of the envelope, another pair
near the opposite end of the shorter strips, and the third pair inter-
mediate between the other pairs. The strips are placed into hoppers at
the two sides of the warps, the long strips on one side and the short
strips on the opposite side. The strips are one by one delivered from
each hopper into a trough from which when the shed in the warps is
open they are pushed by a pusher actuated by a cam into another trough
which lies between the warps, this latter trough having slots cut trans-
versely across it for the warps to pass through. When a strip from one
side of the loom has thus been inserted, and the warps have been crossed
a strip is similarly inserted from the opposite side and so on in
succession, thus the long and short strips are inserted alternately. The
strips are lifted out of the troughs in the shed by means of the lower
warps as the warps commence to change, so that the strips can readily
be beaten forward by the batten. When a sufficient quantity has been
woven to form an envelope a blank rod or strip may be inserted into the
warps so as to separate it from the next envelope; this blank strip may
be subsequently withdrawn and the warps severed, and their ends tied
together so as to form the woven material into envelopes suitable for
covering bottles, or other provision may be made for leaving between the
several widths, a sufficient length of warp for the purpose of tying
.together..
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Envelopes constructed as above described from strips of wood woven
together may readily have any desired device printed upon them by
means of an elastic roller. Envelopes for covering jars and such like
max also be constructed in a similar manner.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Noad in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 29th May 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
NOAD, of Pelley Road, Plaistow, in the County of Essex, Engineer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-..
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Noad, Her special license:
that I, the said James Noad, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said James Noad, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ENVELOPES FOR THE PROTECTION OF BOTTLES AND SUCH
LIKE," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James Noad,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing, under my,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 James Noad, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object to employ wood as a material from
which to construct envelopes for the protection of bottles and such like
when packed for carriage in place of employing reeds or straw as is now
usual. For this purpose I take pieces of deal or other wood and cut
them into splints or strips of about 1/8th of an inch in thickness more or
less, the strips I cut to two different lengths, one length somewhat

page_text: exceeding the height of the bottles to be covered, and the other about
equal to the height of the body of the bottle. These strips I weave or
tie together with warps of wire or twine or such like material, the long
and the short strips being tied together alternately, the portion of the
envelope which is to surround the body is thus formed of twice the
number of strips in the part which is to surround the neck. The strips
around the neck are embraced by a loop of wire or twine secured to one
of the strips, and which can be readily slipped up or down upon it so as
to be enabled quickly to tighten or loosen the strips around the neck,
three pairs of warps are by preference employed to tie together the
several strips, one pair near the bottom end of the envelope, another pair
near the opposite end of the shorter strips, and the third pair inter-
mediate between the other pairs.
In the annexed Drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a bottle envelope
constructed according to my Invention; a, a, are the splints or strips of
wood (I use deal by preference), and b, b, are the warps of twine or wire
by which they are connected together.
Figure 2 shews a wine bottle with the envelope around it. The
splints are clasped together around the neck by means of a loop c of
twine or other material.
Figure 3 shews an elevation partly in section, and Figure 4 a plan of
a cylindrical pot clothed with a similar envelope; in this case the splints.
are bent inwards at both ends.
Figure 5 is an elevation, and Figure 6 is a plan of the machine I
employ to produce these envelopes; a, a, a, are three hollow spindles
carried in suitable bearings, they are geared together by toothed wheels
a¹, a¹, and are driven by the wheel 6 which is rotated in any convenient
manner; c is a bobbin, there is one to each spindle, and twine or fine
wire is wound upon it. The twine or wire is drawn from the bobbin, it
is passed through the spindle and through the eye d mounted on the.
disc e, which is fixed upon the spindle end. The twine or wire is then
passed over a peg f¹ upon a slide to which a counterpose f³ is attached,
and the twine or wire is then taken back and attached at g to the disc e;
h is a clip for holding the twine or wire fast when all is arranged. The
spindles à are now rotated at each half turn, one of the splints or strips
¿ is introduced by hand into the angles or shed between the twines or
wires, and on the next semi-rotation of the spindles it becomes secured.

page_text: When a sufficient length of the fabric has been produced it is cut off,
and the ends being fastened together a cylindrical envelope such as is
shewn in Figure 1 is obtained.
Envelopes constructed as above described from strips of wood woven
together may readily have any desired device printed upon them by
means of an elastic roller.
Envelopes for covering jars and such like may also be constructed in a
similar manner.
What I claim is the construction of envelopes for the protection of
bottles and such like, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Noad, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.