An Improved Case or Holder for Garden Labels.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1894-Accented, 29th Sept., 1894
PROVIDIUNAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Case or Holder for Garden Labels.
I, HERBERT VILLIERS RIPPINGILLE, of Sampson Road North, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
My invention relates to an improved waterproof garden label for plants, and my
object is to produce a label of a thoroughly legible character which is at the same
time waterproof and neat and effective in appearance.
My invention consists in forming a case of zinc or other suitable metal or
material provided with a slide in which a paper or card label is slipped; a plate
of mica or other transparent or semi-transparent material is slipped into the slide
above the label to cover it and a projection or projections at the bottom of the
metal or other case is or are folded over to prevent the paper and transparent
material from slipping out.
At the top of the label I turn the metal or other material over to form a rain
shoot which completely prevents the rain from entering at the top of the slide.
I provide also a tag of metal through which a hole is formed to suspend the
label.
I preferably form my label by folding over the metal or other material to form
the slide and I likewise fold over to form the upper rain shoot or protector. I
arrange the lower part of the tag in such manner as to allow rain to drain freely
off. Sometimes for this purpose I provide a point or tapered part of metal as a
termination of the label.
Dated this 27th day of October 1893
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Case or Holder for Garden Labels.
1, HERBERT VILLIERS RIPPINGILLE, of Sampson Road North, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved waterproof garden label for plants, and my
object is to produce a label of a thoroughly legible character which is at the same
time waterproof and neat, and effective in appearance.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figure 1 shows a label in front view full size.
Figure 2 is a transverse section.
Figure 3 shows the metal blank ready to fold over to form the label.
Figure 4 shows a label hanging in position.
Figure 5 shows a larger label suitable for attaching to a tree.
Figure 6 is a transverse section of Figure 5.
My invention consists in forming a case A Figures 1 and 2 of zinc or other
suitable metal or material, provided with a slide in which a paper or card label C
is slipped, a plate of mica B or other transparent or semi-transparent material is
slipped into the slide above the label to cover it, and a projection or projections E
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page_text: at the bottom of the metal or other case is or are folded over to prevent the
paper C and transparent material B from slipping out.
At the top of the label I turn the metal or other material over to form a rain
shoot A', which completely prevents the rain from entering at the top of the
slide.
I provide also a tag of metal as E¹ to suspend the label.
I preferably form my label by folding over the metal or other material to form
the slide, and I likewise fold over to form the upper rain shoot or projector.
The blank I use before folding is shown at Figure 3.
I arrange the lower part of the tag in such manner as to allow rain to drain
freely off. Sometimes for this purpose I provide a point or tapered part of
metal D Figure 4 as a termination of the label. At Figure 4 the label A is shown
as suspended from a plant.
C is
The label A shown at Figures 5 and 6 is of an almost square form, and has tags
or projections E¹ E2, having holes to enable the label to be nailed to a tree.
the paper or card. A transparent or semi-transparent cover is provided such as B
in Figure 2.
my
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A waterproof label for plants, consisting of a case of metal or other material
provided with a slide in which a paper or card label is slipped, and a plate of mica
or other transparent or translucent material above the label, substantially as
hereinbefore described.
2. A waterproof label as claimed in Claim 1, having also a rain shoot and
projections to turn over to hold the label, as hereinbefore described with reference
to the accompanying drawings.
1004
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.