Improvements in or Appertaining to Labels or Tickets for Marking Goods.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in or Appertaining to Labels or Tickets for Marking
Goods.
I, WILLIAM JONES, of 2, Don Chambers, 10, Paradise Street, Liverpool, in
the County of Lancaster, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows;-
This invention has for its object a label or ticket which can be easily affixed
to hosiery, shawls and other articles and either used for the purpose of indicating
or exhibiting the price, quality, make or other required data, or for advertising
purposes or otherwise.
In carrying my invention into effect, I provide a label or ticket made in any
suitable manner, and this ticket is supplied with two or more slender projecting
arms. These are arranged so that they will project from the rear face of the
ticket, and are made flexible so that they can be bent. The arms can also be
turned on their axes so that they will lie flush with the back of the ticket or
label when not in use.
To use the ticket all that is necessary is to turn the arms into a position at
right angles with the back of the ticket, then pass the arms through the material
and bend them on the other side. This prevents the ticket coming off and secures
it firmly on to the material.
The invention will be found very useful in connection with all kinds of fabrics,
which are not injured by the slender arms being inserted through them.
In actual manufacture I prefer to make my label or ticket in two thicknesses
or layers then place the axis of the arms between and fasten the two layers
together by some suitable adhesive material so as to form one piece with the axis
of the arms between.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or Appertaining to Labels or Tickets for Marking
Goods
I, WILLIAM JONES, of 2, Don Chambers, 10, Paradise Street, Liverpool, in
the County of Lancaster, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of
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page_text: this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention has for its object a label or ticket which can be easily affixed
to all kinds of woollen, flaxen, silk, cotton and hemp goods and other articles
and either used for the purpose of indicating or exhibiting the price, quality,
make or other required data, or for advertising purposes or otherwise.
In carrying my invention into effect, I provide a label or ticket made in any
suitable manner, and this ticket is supplied with two or more slender projecting
arms. These are arranged so that they will project from the rear face of the
ticket, and are made flexible so that they can be bent. The arms can also be
bent to lie flush with the back of the ticket or label when not in use.
In order to facilitate description, reference will be had to the accompanying
drawing, in which,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a simple form of my invention;
Figure 1, a cross section of a piece of fabric, showing the method of attaching
the ticket;
Figures 2 and 2 are similar views of a modified form of ticket;
Figures 3 and 3 are back and front perspective views of a ticket showing
another method of attaching the arms to it;
Figure 3 is a plan of a piece of metal stamped to produce the arms shown in
Figures 3 and 3;
Figure 3 shows a similar arrangement produced by bending a metal strip or
wire;
Figures 4, 5 and 6 are perspective views of other forms of the invention.
In actual manufacture, I prefer to make the arms in the form of a two-armed
soft metal staple, and to make my label or ticket in two thicknesses or layers a b
(Figure 1) of any suitable material fastened together by some suitable adhesive
with the axis or intermediate portion of the staple or arms c held between said
layers.
To use the ticket all that is necessary is to turn the arms c into a position at
right angles with the back of the ticket as shown in Figure 1 and then pass the
arms through the material d and bend them flat on the other side as shown
in Figure 1. This prevents the ticket coming off and secures it firmly on to
the material.
Figure 2 shows a form of double ticket adapted to receive the fabric d between
the front and back flaps a e as shown in Figure 2.
In some cases however the arms may be formed by stamping a single piece of
metal as shown in Figure 3" and then bending up the tongues e as shown in
Figure 3. In this case the ends f of the metal may be turned over to nip the
ticket as shown in Figure 3, thus securely holding one to the other. I may
thus dispense with the layer and adhesive described with reference to the
other figures. Figure 3 shows the same arrangement obtained by bending a metal
strip or wire to form arms with ends f adapted to nip the ticket a.
Figure 4 shows a circular ticket, and Figures 5 and 6 show different methods of
arranging two staples on a ticket to obtain four available arms for attachment to
the fabric or material to be ticketed or labelled.
By my invention the arms or staples are securely and neatly attached to the.
ticket or label without piercing the material of the ticket or label.
The invention will be found very useful in connection with all kinds of fabrics,
which are not injured by the slender arms being inserted through them.
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. The improvement in labels or tickets for marking goods, which consists in
providing them with two or more slender projecting arms of metal arranged
one or more at each side or edge thereof without piercing the material of the ticket

page_text: and adapted to be bent at right angles to the ticket or label and passed through
the material to which the latter is to be attached, and then bent flat to nip the
material, substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The combination of a ticket or label made in two thicknesses or layers and a
metal staple or staples secured between said thicknesses or layers by an adhesive
holding the layers together with the arms of the staple or staples at right angles
to the ticket or label, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. The combination of a ticket or label, and a metal strip attached thereto by
having its ends turned over to nip the edges of the ticket or label, said metal strip
having tongues stamped in it adapted to be turned up to form arms at the sides
or edges of the ticket as a means for securing the ticket or label to the goods to be
marked substantially as described.
4. The combination of a ticket or label, and a metal staple attached theret
with its arms at the sides or edges of the ticket by being bent to nip the edges
without piercing the material of the ticket or label, substantially as described.
5. The improved tickets or labels for marking goods constructed and operating
substantially as described and illustrated.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London.