Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 12th Jan. 1895
I JOHN SOLOMON VIVIAN BICKFORD of Camborne, Cornwall, Merchant,
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 relates to a tag for boot and other laces, and has for its object to
provide a device which can be easily applied by any person to the end of the lace,
thus serving in place of the ordinary tags when they come off, as is frequently the
case.
The tag I propose to employ consists of a length of thick wire, attached to a
short length of thicker wire or other similar arrangement. The tag is fitted to the
end of the lace by wrapping it round the thick wire or rod, and then winding the
thin wire round, thus securing the parts together firmly.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are three forms of tag before being fitted to the lace, Fig. 4 is a
cross section of one of these forms,
Fig. 5 shows a tag applied, Fig. 6 is a cross section of the same, and Fig. 7 shows
another form of tag applied.
A is the length of thin wire of ductile material with as little spring as possible,
having fitted to it according to Figs. 1 and 2 a short length B of thicker wire to
which it is soldered. In Fig. 2 the thin wire is wound round B at a and the
extremity is continued to pass the part B, forming the extension a¹. According to
Fig. 3 instead of employing the thicker wire or short rod, to form the rigid portion,
a small strip of metal B' is employed wrapped round the thinner wire, which is
fixed in the channel as shown clearly in Fig. 4. As shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 the
end of the lace C is lapped round the rigid part B or B' and the wire A is then
wound round this as shown, fixing the parts properly together.
The end of this wire and the extension a¹ are twisted together to form the point a²
shown in Fig. 5, or this point may be formed by the end 6 of the rod B which may
be tapered for this purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
(1.) A new or improved tag for laces consisting of a length of fine wire, having
a short thicker portion or rod, fitted to the lace by wrapping the end of the latter
round the rod, and winding the wire round the lace, substantially as and for the
purposes specified.
(2.) An improved tag for laces formed from a length of fine wire, with a short
rigid portion or rod fixed to it, fitted to the lace by wrapping the end of the latter
round the rod, and theu winding the wire round the lace, leaving a double end.
which is twisted to form a point, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
(3.) In the tag for laces of the kind described, forming a rigid portion, of a thin
strip of metal rolled round the wire and soldered to it, substantially as and for the
purposes specified.

page_text: (4.) The improved tag for laces, fitted to the lace substantially in the manner
described and shown in the accompanying drawings, and for the purposes
specified.
Dated this 7th day of December 1894.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.