Improvements in or connected with Boxes or Cases for Holding Hosiery Goods.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 2nd June, 1891-Accepted, 29th Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Boxes or Cases for Holding
Hosiery Goods.
I, CHARLES EDWARD WRIGHT, of 62 Mapperley Road, in the Town and
County of the Town of Nottingham, Manufacturers' Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
At present considerable difficulty is experienced when it is desired to mend or
darn hosiery goods with material of the same quality, shade, and color as that of
which the original article is composed, owing to such material having to be
purchased from manufacturers or warehousemen other than those by whom the
article had been originally manufactured or sold, and hence it is impossible to
accurately match the quality, shade, and color of the article requiring repair.
Now the object of my invention is to remedy this inconvenience by so constructing
or providing the boxes or cases for holding hosiery goods with means for containing
and readily delivering mending yarn, wool, silk, cotton, or other like material, of
exactly the same quality, shade, and color as that of the article contained in the box
or case.
For this purpose the box or case is constructed or provided with a partition, or
partitions, into which I fit, adjust, mount or place a spindle, reel, spool or card, or
spindles, reels, spools, cards, or the like, capable of being readily revolved, and the
same being held in suitable bearings or supports which may be fixed to or form part
of the box and its partition, or partitions. Or said revoluble spindles, or the like,
may be mounted in adjustably detachable bearings which may, if desired, be readily
removed from the box or case so as to be placed on a table. These revoluble
spindles, or the like, contain or carry the mending wool, yarn, silk, cotton, or the
like, of exactly the same quality shade and color as the article, or articles,
contained in the box or case, so that whenever occasion may arise it would only be
necessary to unwind from the spindles, etc., the requisite length of mending material,
thereby ensuring at all times a proper match as regards quality, color, and shade.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1890.
ERNEST DE PASS,
6, Victoria Street, Nottingham, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Boxes or Cases for Holding
Hosiery Goods.
I, CHARLES EDWARD WRIGHT, of 62 Mapperley Road, in the Town and
County of the Town of Nottingham, Manufacturers' Agent, 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, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures marked
thereon, that is to say:―
At present considerable difficulty is experienced when it is desired to mend or
darn hosiery goods with material of the same quality, shade, and colour as that of
which the original article is composed, owing to such material having to be
purchased from manufacturers, warehousemen, or retailers, other than those by
whom the article had been originally manufactured, or sold, and hence it is

page_text: impossible to accurately match the quality, shade and colour of the artiele
requiring repair.
Now the object of iny invention is to remmily this inconvenience by so constructing
or providing the boxes or eyes for holding hosiery goods, with meins for containing
and readily delivering marling yarn, wool, silk, cotton or other like material, of
exnetly the same qualny, shade, and colour as that of the article contained in the
box or case.
For this purpose the box or case is constructed or provided with a partition, or
partitions, into which I fit, adjust, mount, or place a spindle, reel, spool, or eard (or
*pindles, reels, spools, or card) or the like, capable of being readily revolved, and
the same being held in suitable hearings or supports which may be fixed to, or form
part of the box, and its partition, or partitions. Or sail revoluble spindles, or the
like, may be mounted in adjustable detachable bearings which may, if desired. be
readily removed from the box or case so as to be placed on a table. These revoluble
spilles. or the like, contain, or carry, the mending-wool, yarn, silk, cotton, or the
like, of exactly the same quality, shade, and colour, as the article or articles
contained in the box or ease so that whenever occasion may arise it would only be
to unwind from the spindles, ce, the requisite length of memling
material, thereby ensuring at all times a proper match as regards quality, colour,
and shade.
necessary
And in order that my said invention may be readily understood I will proceed to
describe the same fully with reference to the necompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a box or case constructed according to my
invention.
Figs. 2 and 3 are a side elevation and end view respectively of a detachable
holder for the yarn, wool, etc.
A is the body of the box or case and 13 is the lid. e is a fixed partition which
forms a compartment (provided with a lid e*) for containing the spindle a or the
reel, spool, or card, upon which the mending-wool, yarn, cotton, or the like, of the
same quality, colour, and shade, as the goods contained within the box, is wound.
The ends of the spindl or the like, are carried in the say ports or hearings
and one extremity of the spindle, or the like, is furnished with a hamllefor
enabling said spinille, or the like, to be readily revolved when it is desired to wind
thereon the yarn, wool, or thread.
d, d. are other partitions with which the box or ease A is provided: these
partitions are removable, and while the box or ease is in the hands of the retailer
they lie at the bottom of the box or case, and beneath the hosiery goods, thereby
cumbling said goods to be readily examined. But when the purchaser has purchased
the gooils the removable partitions may be placed into position, as shown at Fig. 1,
and there will thus be formed a number of compartments for containing the hose
when the latter are rolled up in the usual domestic manner. Each of the partitions
may be marked with a number to correspond with the number on the hose, thereby
better ensuring their use in consecutive order so that all the hose shall receive an
equal amount of wear.
is an inner cover or lid, which may be formed as a portfolio, or a pocket, and
which is hinged to the box in any suitable manner. It serves the double purpose
of preventing dust from entering the compartments d³, and for containing any useful
information, or advertisements.
Instead of making the spindle, or the like, upon which the yarn, or thread, is
wound, inseparable from the compartment, it may be made detachable, as shown
at Figs 2 and 3, in which case it may consist of two end pieces commected together
by the pillars or rolls. Between the end pieces the rod or spindle a is mounted
so as to be capable of freely revolving. The end of this rod or spindle is provided
with a dise g, hnving formed therein two holes g, g, which are for the purpose of
enabling the manufacturers to affix said spilles to the forks cf their machines
when filling the spindles with thrend, wool, or yarn. This disc may also serve to

page_text: replace the handle c³ in the arrangement first described for revolving the spindle by
hand.
This construction of holder or spindle may likewise be combined with the box or
case, and mounted in bearings formed in the proper compartment.
If preferred, the yarn or thread spindle or carrier may be made of smaller size so
as to leave space for another compartment, such as e, within the compartment c³,
for the reception of garters, needle-cushion, or other suitable article; or another
compartment may be arranged immediately behind the compartment e', and would
be suitable for the reception of garters, or other articles.
By my invention a box or case for hosiery goods is thus produced which will be
found convenient for containing the goods before sale, so that they can be fully
displayed, and when in domestic use, the box or case becomes a handy "cabinette
and work-box.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what !
claim is :-
1. A box or case for hosiery constructed or provided with means for containing
and readily delivering mending-wool, yarn, or cotton of the same quality colour and
shade as that composing the hosiery articles contained within the box, substantially
as described.
2. The improved case or box for holding hosiery, and carrying a revoluble spool
or reel containing mending wool, yarn, etc. of the same quality, colour, and shade as
that of which the hosiery is composed, and which revoluble spool or reel is furnished
with a handle and is mounted in bearings carried by its compartment, as described
and shown with reference to Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.
3. A revoluble spool or reel for use with a box or case for holding hosiery,
consisting of a spindle mounted in a framework and provided with end flanges, and
with a disc arranged outside the framework for the purpose of revolving the spindle
by hand, or by machinery, when winding the wool, ele. thercon, said spool being
capable of use either in conjunction with, or independently of, the said box or case,
substantially as described and shown with reference to Figs. 2 and 3 of the
drawings.
ERNEST DE PASS,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 6, Victoria Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.