AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLE CASES OR WRAPPERS
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arthur James, of Redditch, in the County of
Worcester, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT
OR IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLE CASES OR WRAPPERS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur James at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 19th October 1852.
1, ARTHUR JAMES, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLE CASES OR WRAPPERS"
to be as follows:-
I take a piece of paper or fabric of this form a,
the needles therein, fold the sides and bottom of
as to make a case of this form b',
bottom by paste or other micans;
it may be turned over the tops
z.
and placing
the sanie, so
and fasten the said sides and
the top flap is left loose, so that
of the needles and opened at
pleasure. I then place the case b, containing the needles in an outer

page_text: case c,
at the
case b,
с
made of paper or fabric pasted or otherwise fastened
sides and bottom c'; the top c", being left open, so that the
may be placed therein. Tho said case b, may be put in
the case c, either top or bottom first, and a piece (marked in dotted
lines in Figure c, at the bottom,) inay be cut away from c, so as to
facilitate the taking of the inner case from the outer casc. One, two,
three, or more of the cases b, containing the needles may be put in one
outer case c. The needles are stuck on a piece of flannel, and wrapped
in a piccc of thin sheet metal before they are put in the inner case b,
in order to keep them flat or in the same plane. The following sketch
shows in side view the case 6, in the case c, partly withdrawn there-
from
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Arthur James in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 15th April 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, 1,
ARTHUR JAMES, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in the six-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Arthur James, Her special licence
that I, the said Arthur James, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Arthur James, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein

page_text: expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel.
Islands, and the Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT
OR IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLE CASES OR WRAPPERS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Arthur James, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, 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 Arthur James, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performel, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement (that is to say):
My improvements relate to means of arranging and combining cases
or wrappers (formed of paper or other fabric) employed to enclose
needles in quantities consisting generally of twenty-five, in order that
the needles enclosed may be better preserved therein, and more readily.
withdrawn therefrom when required for use.
Heretofore, for the most part, it has been usual simply to lay the
desired quantity of needles on the centre of a quadrangular piece of
paper, the sides of which were first folded over on to them and then
the ends, and considerable inconvenience is experienced from such
arrangement by the needles often falling out in the act of opening the
paper cover, and also by the injury done to the needles by their
coming in contact with the warmth of the fingers; and I would here
state that I am aware that it has been proposed to place needles in a
case or holder with one open end closed by a flap or end, which, after
being folded over the tops of the needles, was passed into a tuck to
retain it. I do not therefore claim the same separately.
In order that the improvements may be understood, I will proceed
to explain the means pursued by mc. I insert the needles to be
enclosed through a piece of flannel or other fabric, so that they may lie
side by side; I then enclose their pointed ends in a piece of thin metal,
which I fold over them so as to prevent the points protruding through

page_text: the wrapper, as shown by Figure 1. I then enclose the needles in a.
case, such as shewn by Figures 2, 3, and 4.
The form of paper or other fabric which I have found to answer well
to produce such case is shown by Figure 5, and the mode which 1
ordinarily adopt to euclose the needles is as follows:-Having placed
the needles in the flannel and piece of metal, I lay them on the centro
portion enclosed by the dotted lines a, a, a, a, (Figure 5); I next fold
over one of the side picces b; then the other, and then the bottom piece
c, and by means of gum or other suitable adhesive material cause these
parts b, b, c, to adhere together; thus forming a sort of pocket to enclose
the needles, as is shewn by Figures 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8; Figures 6, 7,
and 8, representing respectively a front view or section and a back
view of the pocket or wrapper before the part d, is turned over to
enclose the upper ends of the needles. Figures 2, 3, and 4, shew an
edge, a front and back views of the wrapper, with the part d, turned
over the upper ends of the needles.
Cases or wrappers holding needles I place in an outer case such as is
shewn by the sectional and external view, Figures 9, and 10, in order.
to the flap d, being held in its place, and also better to
protect the
needles enclosed. Figure 11, shews an internal case or wrapper of
needles in position within an outer case such as described.
It will be seen that the outer case shown by Figures 9, and 10, is
open at one end and closed at the other, and the mode which I adopt
of forming such case' is to cut'a piece of paper or other fabric to the
form shown by Figure 12, and then fold over one of the portions e, e;
then the other, and the portion f; all which I secure together by
paste or other suitable cenienting material, and thus obtain the required
outer case. To facilitate the withdrawal of the inner caso from the
outer, I apply to such inner case a small tongue g; or the lower and
enclosed end of the outer case may have a. part cut away, as indicated
by the dotted line h, which will enable the inner case to be pushed
up partly out of the outer case, when it may be more easily taken
hold of by the fingers and withdrawn.
Figures 13, 14, and 15, shew a side view, a section, and an end
view of an outer case capable of holding four inner cases or wrappers:

page_text: but such cases may be made capable of holding other numbers of inner
cases, as required.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and the
neans of carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood
that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein shown and
described;
But what claim is the mode of arranging and combining parts
forming needle cases or wrappers, as herein described.
In witness whercof, I, the said Arthur James, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Witness,
JOHN BUGGINS,
Redditch.
ARTHUR JAMES. (L.s.)