IMPROVEMENTS IN PUTTING UP OR PACKING.
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Walker, of Gresham Street, in the City of
London, and of Alcester, in the County of Warwick, Needle Manu-
facturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PUTTING UP OR PACKING.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Walker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st January 1860:
J, HENRY WALKER, of Gresham Street, in the City of London, and of
Alcester, in the County of Warwick, Needle Manufacturer, do hereby declaro
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PUTTING UP OR PACKING
NEEDLES AND OTHER SMALL ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
I arrange small parcels or packages so that one may be removed without
disarranging the others, which I do in the following manner :-I take a picco
of cardboard of the size of the top of the lower portion of a box of any con-
venient size, and I prefer to add to the strength of this cardboard by affixing
a piece of cloth to it by gum or some other adhesive matter. I then punch.
out holes suited to receive small parcels, placing them at short intervals from..
cach other, and varying the sizes and shapes of the holes according to tho

page_text: sizes or shapes of the parcels to be put up in them. I then fix this perforated
cardboard on the top of the box, over which a lid is placed; underneath this
perforated cardboard, and near the bottom of the box, I place another card-
board perforated with holes corresponding with those above it, so that packages
which go through the top holes readily pass through the holes underneath,
and remaining upright without touching each other, any one may be removed
without disarranging the other packages.
Another mode by which I effect the same object is by making strips of
cardboard or paper into pockets, which I use instead of the lower perforated
cardboard, and instead of cardboard, for the purposes described, I sometimes
use metal, wood, scaleboard, or other suitable material; and when the packages
of needles or other small articles aro flat, round, oval, or other shape, I
make the holes of convenient form to receive them, and I pack up some
of the parcels underneath, so as to leave all of them nearer to a level at
the top.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Henry Walker in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 19th July 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
WALKER, of Gresham Street, in the City of London, and of Alcester, in the
County of Warwick, Needle Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing-date-the-Twenty-first day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand-eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Henry Walker, Her special licence that I, the said Henry
Walker, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as 1, the
said Henry Walker, 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
PUTTING UP OR PACKING NEEDLES AND OTHER SMALL ARTICLES," upon the con-
lition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Walker, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of

page_text: 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 Henry Walker, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof (that is to say) :-
This Invention has for its objects the putting up or packing needles and
other small articles in such manner that one parcel or package may be easily
removed without disarranging the others, which I do in the following
manner I take a piece of cardboard of the size of the inside of the lower
part of a box of any convenient size, and I prefer to add to the strength of
this cardboard by affixing a piece of cloth to it by gum or some other adhesive
matter. I then punch out holes suited to receive small parcels, varying the
sizes and shapes of the holes according to. the sizes and shapes of the parcels
to be put up in them. I then turn down the sides, and glue or otherwise fix
this perforated cardboard within the box, and near the bottom thereof, and I
then place another cardboard perforated with corresponding holes above it,
and at the top or near the top of the lower portion of the box, and fix it in a
similar manner, so that the small packages which go through the top holes
readily pass through the holes underneath, and remaining upright without
touching each other, any one may be removed without disarranging the other
packages.
Another mode by which I effect the samo object is by making strips of
cardboard. or paper into pockets or cells, which I use instead of the lower
perforated cardboard.
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood and carried
into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed.
.
Fig. 1 shews a box suited for the ordinary papers of twenty-five needles.
A is the lid of the box, and B is the bottom of the box; C, D, the perforations
in the top cardboard, which correspond with those in a cardboard under it.
Fig. 2 shews. a section of the box on the line a, a, (Fig. 1). The dotted
line C. shews a paper of needles inserted into one of the holes, and the opposite
end d shews: the mode of packing up those parcels, which are shorter than
others; and when the parcels differ much in length I pack up with card-
board accordingly either every row, or otherwise, that the packages may be of

page_text: even height, or, nearly so; and in some instances it is desirable to use only
ono perforated card, and in others two or more. Fig. 8 shews a section
of the box on the line b, b, (Fig. 1); at C is a paper of needles shewn
dotted.
Fig. 4 shews another mode of carrying out this Invention. A piece of
paper, being made adhesive by glue, gum, or some other suitable matter, is
rolled into the shape of one of the perforations on the cardboard (C, D, Fig. 1)
but somewhat larger than the hole, and is then placed underneath it, forming.
a cell or pocket underneath, and a series of these cells so placed side by side
cover the entire surface underneath the perforations in the cardboard. I
affix them to each other at the sides by adhesive matter to the perforated
cardboard above, and to the bottom of the box, or to the packing up before
described, by which means I make the entire number into a firm but 'light
cellular structure.
E is a horizontal section, and F is a vertical section of
one of these cells. Fig. 5 shews a mode of making these cells by strips of
paper, G being a horizontal-section, and H a vertical section of two such cells
fastened together at intervals. Fig. 6 shews a mode of making the cells by
using pieces of cardboard in flat strips, separating them at short intervals by
narrow strips; I is a horizontal section, and J is a vertical section of two cells
so formed. Fig. 7 shews another plan of making the cells by strips of
cardboard, by cutting away at intervals, as i, i, i, letter M, lines of the
thickness of the cardboard, and of half the breadth of the strip used. I
then use cross pieces similarly cut to intersect them at right angles, and the
cuts i, i, i, making room for the uncut portions of the intersecting card-
board to be inserted in them. A series of square or oblong cells is formed,
as shewn-at-K-in-horizontal-section, and at L'in vertical section.
I do not limit-myself to the sizes_of_the_boxes, or to the shape or number
of the perforations or cells, but I make them of suitable dimensions and shapes
for the needles or other small articles to be put up. I sometimes make them
sloping, and sometimes I use simply a perforated cardboard placed on another
not perforated, either with or without a narrow strip placed between them at
the edges, to keep them at a little distance apart.
I also fit up drawers in the manner herein shewn and explained for boxes;
and although, for convenience of description, I have named cardboard and
paper, I wish it to be understood that I use instead thereof metal, wood,
scale board, gutta percha, or other suitable materials, either alone or in com-
bination; and I do not confine myself to the exact details herein described
and represented, as the same may be varied without departing from the

page_text: nature of this Invention; but I claim what is substantially herein set forth
and explained as the nature of my Invention for "Improvements in Putting
up or Packing Neɔdles and other Small Articles.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Walker, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
THOMAS BOWKETT,
Alcester.
H. WALKER. (LS.)