IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLE WRAPPERS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Walter Lewis, of Redditch, in the County of
Worcester, Needle and Fish Hook Manufacturers, for the Invention:
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLE WRAPPERS."
Sealed the 12th January 1869, and dated the 28th July 1868..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Walter Lewis at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the-
28th July 1868.
I, WALTER LEWIS, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Needle
and Fish Hook Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLE WRAPPERS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of the improvements. herein-after described in
needle wrappers.
According to one of my improvements I take a piece of paper of the
same width as the ordinary needle wrapper and of a length about one-.
third greater than the said ordinary needle wrapper. One end of the
paper described is provided with a flap or tongue made by cutting away
the sides of the paper. The blank or paper is divided into three parts by
transverse folds or creases, and the said paper is provided with the ordinary

page_text: longitudinal folds or creases.
In the bottom division or part of the
paper and in the middle of the paper a cross slit is made. By folding
the bottom part or division of the paper upon the middle part a pocket
is formed, in which the needles may be placed and held. The needles
are placed loose in this pocket by being passed through the slit described,
the points of the needles resting on the folded edge of the said lower
part or division of the paper, and the heads and upper parts of the needles
being exposed on the outer side of the said folded part of the paper.
The lower part or pocket described may be provided with a flap, by
folding down which the heads and upper parts of the needles may be
covered. The wrapper containing the needles is folded up in the
ordinary way, and is secured in its folded condition by the flap. or- tongue
at the top of the wrapper being engaged in a slit or under a band made
in the middle part or division of the paper wrapper.
According to another arrangement of my Invention I make a wrapper
for holding two or more series of needles in the following manner :-
I take a piece of paper of about the length of the ordinary needle.
wrapper and of a width about double that of the ordinary wrapper. The
paper is divided into three parts or divisions by. longitudinal folds or
creases instead of by cross folds or creases as in the wrapper herein first
described. On one end of the paper a flap or tongue is made. By
folding one of the side parts or divisions of the paper upon the middle
part a longitudinal pocket is made, the other side part constituting a
side flap, which may be folded upon the pocket described. The wrapper
thus made is again divided by cross creases or folds into four or other
number of divisions, in two or more of which longitudinal slits are made,
through which the loose needles are passed as in the first-described
needle wrapper. There is thus formed a needle wrapper, in which two
or more series of loose needles are held in the same wrapper. The inner
folded edge of the pocket described may be provided with a continuous
flap, or two or more flaps, by folding which the heads and upper parts
of the series of needles may be covered. After the needles are put into
several divisions of the longitudinal pocket the flap at the side of
the wrapper is folded upon the pocket, when the latter is folded up at
its cross. folds or creases and fastened by the flap or tongue at the
top or at one end being engaged in a shit or under a band made in the
wrapper.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Walter Lewis in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 25th January 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WALTER
LEWIS, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Needle and Fish Hook
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Walter Lewis, Her special licence that I,
the said Walter Lewis, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Walter Lewis, 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 NEEDLE WRAPPERS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Walter Lewis, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of 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 Walter Lewis, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after described in
needle wrappers.
According to one of my improvements I take a piece of paper of the
same width as the ordinary needle wrapper and of a length of about
one-third greater than the said ordinary needle wrapper. One end of
the paper described is provided with a flap or tongue made by cutting
away the sides of the paper. The blank or paper is divided into three

page_text: parts by transverse folds or creases, and the said paper is provided with
In the bottom division or
-the ordinary longitudinal folds or creases.
part of the paper and in the middle of the paper a cross slit is made.
By folding the bottom part or division of the paper upon the middle
part a pocket is formed in which the needles may be placed and held.
The needles are placed loose in this pocket by being passed through the
slit described, the points of the needles resting on the folded edge of the
said lower part or division of the paper, and the heads and other parts
of the needles being exposed on the outer side of the said folded part of
the paper. The lower part or pocket described may be provided with a
flap, by folding down which the heads and upper parts of the needles
may be covered. The wrapper 'containing the needles is folded up in
the ordinary way, and is secured in its folded condition by the flap or
tongue at the top of the wrapper being engaged in a slit or under a band
made in the middle part or division of the paper wrapper.
According to another arrangement of my Invention I make a wrapper
for holding two or more series of needles in the following manner :-I
take a piece of paper of about the length of the ordinary needle
wrapper and of a width about double that of the ordinary wrapper.
The paper is divided into three parts or divisions by longitudinal folds
*or creases instead of by cross folds as in the wrapper herein first
-described. On one end of the paper a flap or tongue is made. By
folding one of the side parts or divisions of the paper upon the middle
part a longitudinal pocket is made, the other side part constituting a side
flap which may be folded upon the pocket described. The wrapper thus
made is again divided by cross creases or folds into four or other number
of divisions, in two or more of which longitudinal slits are made, through
which the loose needles are passed as in the first-described needle
wrapper. There is thus formed a needle wrapper in which two or more
series of loose needles are held in the same wrapper. The inner folded
edge of the pocket described may be provided with a continuous flap or
two or more flaps, by folding which the heads and upper parts of the
series of needles may be covered. After the needles are put into the
several divisions of the longitudinal pocket the flap at the side of the
wrapper is folded upon the pocket, when the latter is folded up at its
cross folds or creases and fastened by the flap or tongue at the top,
or at one end being engaged in a slit or under a band made in the
wrapper.

page_text: Having explained the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to
describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the manner in
which the same is to be performed.
In making a single needle wrapper according to my Invention I take
the paper blank represented in plan in Figure 1 of the Drawings, and
divide it by transverse creases or folds a, b, into three parts or divisions
marked respectively c, d, e. The top of the upper part c is provided
with a tongue or tuck f, and the bottom of the lower part e is provided
with a flap g. In the bottom division or part e of the blank is a cross
slit or incision h, and in the middle part d is also a cross slit or incision i,
the said slits h, i, being for the purposes herein-after explained. The
blank is creased with the longitudinal creases k, k, similar to an ordinary
needle wrapper. Having formed the blank, Figure 1, I fold the bottom
part e at the transverse crease 6 upon the middle part d in the manner
represented in plan and edge view in Figure 2. By this folding a
pocket marked e² is formed between the parts d and e, in which pocket
the needles to be enclosed in the wrapper are held. The loose needles
are introduced into the pocket e by passing them through the slit or
incision in the part e, the points of the needles resting on the folded
edge of the said part e, and the heads and upper parts of the needles
being exposed on the outer side of the said lower part e, as will be seen
by referring to Figure 2. By folding down the flap g the exposed parts
of the needles are covered, as illustrated in Figure 3. The wrapper,
Figure 3, is now folded up in the ordinary way, that is to say, the side
flaps or parts of the wrapper are folded at the longitudinal creases k, k,
upon the middle part as illustrated in Figure 4. The folded bottom
part e of the wrapper, Figure 4, is next further folded at the transverse
crease a upon the part c, as illustrated in Figure 5, when the folding-up
of the wrapper is complete, the last-described folding bringing the part d
containing the slit i outwards. The parts of the wrapper are secured in
their folded condition by engaging the tongue or tuck f in the slit i,
as illustrated in Figure 6. In order to gain access to the needles in the
packet, Figure 6, it is only necessary to remove the tongue f from the
sliti and unfold the wrapper until it assumes the shape represented
in Figure 2, when the loose needles in the pocket e* of the wrapper
may be removed one at a time from the said pocket through the slit h
without interfering with or losing the other needles.

page_text: The needle wrapper last described may be modified in the following
way I take a paper blank of the form represented in Figure 7, the said
blank being divided by the transverse crease or fold m into two parts,
marked n and o. The said blank has also a longitudinal crease at or
about its middle. The part o of the blank has a cross slit p, and the
part na longitudinal slit q made in it. At the bottom of the part o are
flaps r,, and at the top of the part n are nearly similar flaps 8, 83. At
the side of the blank are tongues or tucks t, t. One of these tongues
is larger than the other to permit of the folding over of its edges ³ for
strengthening it, as indicated in dotted lines. By folding down the flaps
,, upon the blank, as indicated in dotted lines, and then folding
the lower part o of the blank upon the upper part 1, as represented in
Figure 8, a pocket o³ is formed similar to that in the wrapper first
described, the loose needles being passed into the pocket through the
slit p. The folded parts o, n, of the wrapper are secured together at the
folded tonguest by paste or gum. The wrapper containing the needles
is completed by folding down the top flaps 7, 8, upon the exposed parts
of the needles, then folding the side part marked o³ in Figure 8 upon
the pocket o², and finally engaging the side tongue or tuck t in the slit, P
of the part o³, as represented in Figure 9.
In making a compound needle wrapper according to my Invention,
that is, a wrapper to hold two (or more) series or groups of loose
needles, I take a paper blank of the form represented in Figure 10
provided with two longitudinal slits or incisions u, u, and a transverse
slit or incision v, for the purposes herein-after explained. The said
blank is also provided with end flaps w, w, and x, x, and side
tongues y, y. The blank having been creased in the manner repre-
sented in Figure 11, the sides y" of the tongues y are folded over it
for the purpose of strengthening it, and the bottom flaps x, x, are
next folded upon the blank in the manner represented in the said
Figure 11. The lower part marked 2 of the blank, Figure 11, is now
folded at the middle crease z upon the upper part marked 3 so as to
form a longitudinal pocket, which pocket is divided into several
divisions by the vertical creases of the blank as represented in
Figure 12. A continuous flap 4 is left above the folded parts 2, 3, of
the blank. Two of the divisions marked 2*, 2, into which the folded
parts 2, 3, of the wrapper are divided, are provided with slits u, u,
through which the two series or groups of loose needles are introduced

page_text: into the pocket formed by the said folded parts. as. described with
respect to the single wrapper. The folded parts 2, 3, are fastened.
together at the tongues y, y, by paste or gum. The flaps wo are next
folded down over the exposed parts of the needles, and afterwards the
continuous flap 4 is folded down upon the flaps w, as illustrated in.
Figure 13. By now folding the compound wrapper at the vertical
creases represented in Figure 13 the wrapping up of the needles is.
complete, the wrapper being secured in its folded condition by inserting.
the end tongue or tuck y into the slit v, as represented in Figure 14..
Any number of pockets similar to the pockets marked 2* may be made
in the wrapper by increasing the length of the blank, making in it
the required number of slits. or incisions, and creasing, doubling, and
folding the said blank in the manner described and represented.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that
I do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and
illustrated, as the same may be varied without departing from the
nature of my Invention; but I claim as my Invention the improvements
in needle wrappers herein-before described and illustrated in the accom-
panying Drawings, that is to say, making wrappers for enclosing a
single group or two or more groups of loose needles from blanks of
paper or other flexible material provided with slits or incisions for
the purposes described, the said blanks being shaped, folded, and
formed into the said needle wrappers, substantially as described and
illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Walter Lewis, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of January, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.
WALTER LEWIS. (L.S.)