IM- PROVEMENTS IN CASES OR RECEPTACLES FOR NEEDLES, PINS, CARDS, STAMPS, PHOTOGRAPHS, CIGARS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Newhall, of Astwood Bank, in the County
of Worcester, Needle Case Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN CASES OR RECEPTACLES FOR NEEDLES, PINS, CARDS, STAMPS,
PHOTOGRAPHS, CIGARS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
Sealed the 9th July 1867, and dated the 17th January 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Newball at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
17th January 1867.
I, RICHARD NEWHALL, of Astwood Bank, in the County of Worcester,
Needle Case Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES OR RECEPTACLES FOR NEEDLES, PINS, CARDS,
STAMPS, PHOTOGRAPHS, CIGARS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as follows,
that is to say:-
My improvements consist in so forming the cases or receptacles for the
description of articles above enumerated, that such cases may be in part self-
acting by means of a spring. To effect this I form an outer case or envelope
of any suitable material and ornamented in any variety of style, open at one
end or side for the reception of an inner case or pad, which contains the
articles required to be enclosed; this inner case or pad I form by taking a
piece of cardboard, or other suitable material cut to a size which when

page_text: doubled equally shall fit exactly the length and breadth of the outer case or
envelope; one half of this inner case I fold back or again divide into two parts
forming a folded or hinged flap; I then attach a spring to the inside of the
outer case near the bottom end, which spring may be a strip of india-rubber
or a coiled wire spring or of other suitable form, and the other end of this
spring I connect to the hinged or folded flap near the joint. To the
corresponding or entire half of the inner case at the upper end I provide the
means for drawing out the inner case which may be a loop, tassel, cord, or
other suitable appliance. Upon drawing out the inner case by means of the
loop or tassel the resistive force of the elastic spring is brought into action,
and when the inner case has been drawn outwards as far as the line of the
joint of the hinged or folded flap piece a break down outwards takes place
from the fact of the flap piece being no longer supported vertically by the
outer case, and by the contractile force of the elastic spring, thus when open
the force of the spring draws back the jointed part of the inner case over the
edge of the outer one and exposes to view the articles contained, between the
two parts of the inner case and so retains them until the two parts of the inner
case being brought together by the action of the thumb and finger the contractile
force of the spring draws back the inner case within the outer one or envelope.
The inner case may consist of several pads or flap pieces if desired, and by
fitting a socket piece at the bottom of the inner case to receive cigars, or other
like articles of more bulky form, the Invention may be applied to such purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Newhall in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th July 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
NEWHALL, of Astwood Bank, in the County of Worcester, Needle Case
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Richard Newhall, Her special license that I, the said Richard Newhall,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Richard Newhall, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-

page_text: after 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CASES OR RECEPTACLES FOR NEEDLES, PINS, CARDS, STAMPS, PHOTOGRAPHS,
CIGARS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Richard Newhall, by an instrument in writing under my
band and scal, 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 Richard Newhall, 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, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in so forming the cases or receptacles for the
articles above enumerated, that such cases may be in part self-acting by
means of a spring, to effect this an outer case or envelope is formed to receive
an inner case, and an elastic spring is connected to both cases in such
manner as to keep them opeu whilst requisite, and to withdraw the inner
case within the outer when required to be closed.
This will be more readily understood by referring to the accompanying
Drawings in which Figures 1, 2, and 3, illustrate the application of the
Invention to a case or receptacle for cards or photographs; Figure 1 is a
front elevation closed, Figure 2 a transverse section also closed, and Figure 3
a front elevation with the parts open.
(a) is an outer case or envelope, of any suitable material and ornamented
in any variety of style, open at one end or side for the reception of an inner
case or pad (b) which as seen at Figure 3 contains and holds the cards or
photographs desired to be enclosed.. This inner case or pad (6) I form by
taking a piece of cardboard or other suitable material, cut to a size which
when doubled equally shall nearly fit the length and breadth of the outer
case or envelope as shewn, one half of this inner case (b) I again fold back
or divide into two parts forming a folding or hinged flap (61), I then attach
a spring (c) to the inside of the outer case near the bottom end, which
spring (c) may be a strip of india-rubber as shewn in the section Figure 2,
or a coiled wire spring, or of other suitable form, the other end of this spring
(c) I connect to the hinged or folded flap (1) near the joint. To the

page_text: corresponding or entire half of the inner case (b) at the upper end is provided
the means for drawing out the inner case (6) which may be a loop (d) as
shewn, tassel, cord, or other suitable appliance. Upon drawing out the
inner case (b) by means of the loop (d) the resistive force of the elastic
spring (c) is brought into action, and when the inner case (b) has been drawn
outwards as far as the line of the joint of the hinged or folded flap piece (¹)
a break down outwards takes place, from the fact of the flap piece (6') being
no longer supported vertically by the outer case (a) and by the contractile
force of the elastic spring (c), thus when open the force of the spring (c)
draws back the jointed part (61) of the inner case (6) over the edge of the
outer case (a) and exposes to view the cards or other articles contained
between the parts of the inner case (b) as seen in Figure 3, retaining them
until the parts of the inner case (6) being brought together again by the
action of the thumb and finger the contractile force of the spring draws back
the inner case (6) within the outer one or envelope (a.) Figures 4, 5 and 6,
are intended to shew a needle case constructed according to my Invention;
Figure 4 is a front elevation of the case closed; Figure 5 also a front
elevation but shewing the inner case (e) withdrawn; Figure 6 is a transverse
section with the parts in a similar position; in this view will be seen the
jointed or folded flap piece (e¹) of the inner case (e) drawn back over the
edge of the outer case (f), it may be remarked that several pads or flat
pieces if desired may be used in this description of case, and that whilst the
surface of the inner pad or pads is arranged with pockets calculated each to
receive a quarter paper of needles, and numbered according to the size of the
needles, the edges of such pad or pads may be cushioned or otherwise formed
to receive pins.
Figures 7, 8, and 9 represent the mode by which I render my Invention.
applicable to cigar cases, in this instance the inner case (9) is of a box form
as shewn, the one half of the front side being jointed or hinged to fold back
and form a flap (h) as already described. As indicated in dotted lines in
Figure 9 a socket piece containing a series of holes to receive the cigars or
other articles of bulky form may be if necessary inserted in the inner case (g).
By slightly extending this description of case in length, and arranging a
counterpart of the box (g) to work in a similar manner at the bottom of the
outer case (g), a receptacle may be formed for a cigar tube, a small pipe, or
matches or other lights.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, I claim, without
limiting myself to these precise details, the various improvements in cases
or receptacles to be employed for the purpose of containing or inclosing

page_text: articles of the description named in the title, or others thereto analogous, as
herein more fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Newhall, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
RICHARD NEWHALL. (L.S.)