Improvements in and relating to Labels.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st Apr.. 1895-Accepted, 4th May. 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Labels.
ALFRED CHARLES VICE 7 Peter Gate Nottingham Stationer's Assistant do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in and relating to direction labels, my
object being to obtain a label which may be readily attached to the article without
the use of string or other means except such as are provided on the label itself.
According to my invention one end of the label is in the form of a cross so
designed that when bent over the string or handle of the article, the end of the
cross may be fastened to the body of the label, while the arms of the cross are
arranged to bend over the shaft of the same and be fastened thereto, or the end of
the cross may be made long enough to be threaded through slots in the body
of the label.
The label and the cross shaped end may be of the same material in which
case the back of the cross is preferably strengthened by an additional thickness,
and the label is fastened to the article by gumming or pasting the parts of the
cross when they have been folded. The cross shaped end may be of thin metal to
which the body of the label is attached.
Dated this 29th day of June 1894.
W. H. POTTER,
Patent Agent, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.
ALFRED CHARLES VICE 7 Peter Gate Nottingham Stationer's Assistant 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 which relates to improvements in direction labels has for its
object the production of a label which can be attached to a package without the
use of means other than those provided by the label itself.
According to this invention one end of the label is in the form of a cross so
arranged that when bent over the string or handle the end of the cross may be
fastened to the body of the label and projecting arms or pieces on the shaft of the
cross be bent over the same.
In order however that this invention may be understood there is attached bereto
one sheet of drawings showing in Fig. 1. a label in which the end for attaching to
the package is of the same material as the body of the label, and in Fig. 2 a label
in which the end for attaching to the package is made of metal.
The label a shown in Fig. 1 is made of any of the materials usually employed
and the end for attaching to the package is shaped as shown. This end consists
essentially of an enlarged portion & neck c, and arms d and is so proportioned that

page_text: when folded back on to the label the edges e coincide with the edges f. To do
this the neck is bent over the string or handle as about a line g between the body
of the label and the arms d. After being thus bent the arms d are folded on to
the front of the neck c and secured thereto by gum, or by similar means. By
preference the piece b is also gummed so that it can be stuck to the body of the
label, and the neck is strengthened by a piece of paper or linen indicated by the
dotted lines h. h.
The body of the label a shown in Fig. 2 is made of any of the usual materials
and has attached thereto a thin piece of metal so shaped that when bent as about
a line the arms may be folded over the neck m. The metal piece may be
attached to the label by rivets, eyelets or any other well known means.
In some
cases there is a projection on the end of the metal piece and an opening in the
neck for the projection to pass through when folded.
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
1. A label of the kind herein referred to, in which the end of the same is so
formed that when folded upon itself it may be attached by gum or the like to the
body of the label and with arms or projections so arranged that when the end has
been folded they may themselves be folded the neck of the same substantially as
herein described.
2. A label of the kind herein referred to in which a piece of thin metal attached
to the body of the label by any well known means is provided with arms or
projections so arranged that when folded upon itself the arms may be wrapped
round it substantially as herein described.
Dated this 30th day of March 1895