An Improved Needle, Pin, and Fishing Tackle Case.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct.. 1888
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1889-Accepted, 31st Aug., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Needle, Pin, and Fishing Tackle Case..
HENRY DOWSON DICKINSON residing at Mount Pleasant Redditch, Worcestershire
Master of School of Art, at Redditch do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The case may be made of Leather, Leatherette, Paper, Felt, Silk, Celluloid Metal,
Wood Vulcanite, or other suitable material. The exterior of the case will be made in
two parts or Plates, rectangular or curved, which, by means of Presses, Rollers, Levers
or other mechanical force, and by the agency of metal Dies, wooden blocks or other
suitable appliance.
A Chamber or receptacle of any shape is formed with a splay, or moulding some
distance from the edge of the case leaving a Flange or border Plate, so that when
the hollowed faces are closed opposite to each other, the Flanges and moulding
form a perfect protection to the contents of the case, which may be further secured
by two inside lids covering the Blocked out Portion of the Case.
The case would be hinged either by the outer material or inserted and attached
hinges, and fastened by metal clasps Elastic, or other contrivance.
HENRY DOWSON DICKINSON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Needle, Pin, and Fishing Tackle Case.
I HENRY DOWSON DICKINSON of Mount Pleasant, Redditch in the County of
Worcester, Art Teacher, 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 :-
The case may be made of Leather Leatherette, Paper, Felt, Silk, Celluloid, Metal
Wood, Vulcanite or other suitable material. The exterior of the Case will be made in
two parts or Plates, rectangular or curved which may be formed by means of Presses,
Rollers, Levers or other mechanical force and by the agency of metal dies, wooden
blocks or other suitable appliance.
A chamber or receptacle is formed with a splay or moulding some distance from
the edge of the case leaving a flange or border plate so that when the hollowed faces
are closed opposite to each other the flanges and moulding form a perfect protection to
the contents of the case, which may be further secured by two inside lids covering the
blocked out portion of the case.
The case would be hinged either by the outer material or inserted hinges and
fastened by metal clasps, elastic or other contrivance.
In order that my invention and the manner of performing the same may be properly
understood and readily carried into effect I append hereunto one sheet of explanatory
drawings to be hereinafter referred to.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved case and Figure 2 is a side elevation
of it. Figure 3 is an end elevation showing the case with the upper portion or cover
standing partly open. Figure 4 is a front elevation and Figure 5 is a sectional
elevation of another arrangement of my case having a flat or ordinary cover or lid :
and Figure 6 is an end elevation with a hinged flat lid shown partly open and Fig. 7
another arrangement.
The case as shown in the accompanying Drawings Figures 1, 2 and 3 I form by
moulding or pressing into a chamber or recess the portion of the material B B¹ and
leaving the outer edges or rims A. A' in the form of flanges, flaps, or splays.

page_text: The method by which I press the hollow or recessed surface I do not limit to any
particular arrangement but employ hydraulic, screw, or lever presses or any other well
known process for bringing the dies or moulding tools together with great pressure
and thus giving the desired shape to the material to be worked up into the form of
a case.
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The edges or rims A. A₁. on one side or end I join or fasten together by means of
any ordinary metal hinge or hinges G, G, or by a strip of material H. Figure 4 that will
yield sufficiently to form a hinge; the opposite edges or rims I keep in contact one with.
the other by means of any well known metal or other suitable.clasp or fastening For
by placing an elastic band around the two portions of the case.
When constructing a case with a flat upper surface or lid, I sometimes, employ metal
hinges G for the upper plate C with a clasp F as in Figure 6 or I attach a strip of
thin flexible material H to the outer edge of the plate or cover D. and to the
rini A of the lower case B as in Figure 4, this cover plate D I then cause to be level
with the outer edges or rim A of the bottom case B by forming a recess E all round
the case for the plate or cover D to lie in.-I embrace the whole case with an elastic
band or place any well known ordinary fastening to the rim to keep the cover plate in
position.
I sometimes form a case by pressing in two blocks or dies into the material and
allowing, the dividing edges to serve as a hinge as shown in Figure 7.
I arrange the needles, pins, or fishing tackle within the recessed portion, B of
cause the outer surfaces to be embossed or otherwiso
my improved case and
ornamented or printed upon either for advertisements or descriptive purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1st. The construction of cases as receptacles for needles pins or fishing tackle, having
recesses formed out of the one piece of material substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2nd. The construction of cases as receptacles for needles pins or fishing tackle,
'having one upper portion recessed to correspond with a similar recessed lower portion
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustratod in
Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
3rd. The construction of cases as receptacles for needles pins or fishing tackle
having a lower recessed portion covered by a flat or plain upper plate substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 4, 5 and 6 of
the accompanying drawings.
ed this 29th day of July 1809.
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for Applicant.