IMPROVE- MENTS IN NEEDLE CASES AND. WRAPPERS.
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Bartleet James, of Redditch, in the County.
of Worcester, Needle Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN NEEDLE CASES AND. WRAPPERS.".
Sealed the 16th March 1869, and dated the 23rd October 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Bartlect James.
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 23rd October 1868.
I, CHARLES BARTLEET JAMES, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester,.
Needle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLE CASES AND WRAPPERS," to be as follows, that
is to say:
I form an outer cover. or case and sheath combined made of paper,
silk, or other suitable material so as to fold up and close with a tongue
piece; from the inner side of the body of this outer case, to which it is
attached, passes a strip of ribbon, paper, or other suitable material into
the sheath, where it is attached to the one side of the same, so that upon

page_text: the descent of a packet or case of needles into the sheath it will press
upon and draw down with it into the sheath the material of the strip,
such action tending to bring together and close the parts of the case,
whilst the opening out of the same has a contrary effect, the strip being
drawn out of the sheath, and consequently propelling or forcing upwards
and partially out of the sheath the packet or case of needles, which may
be formed of paper, silk, metal, glass, or other suitable material.
I also propose to arrange a series of cases or packets made as described
in one outer case, the opening or closing of the same having a similar
effect as in the case of a single packet.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Palent,
filed by the said Charles Bartleet James in the Great Scal Patent
Office on the 20th April 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
BARTLEET JAMES, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Needle
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of October, 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 suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Charles Bartleet James, Her.
special licence that I, the said Charles Bartleet James, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Bartlect
James, 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN NEEDLE CASES AND WRAPPERS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Charles Bartleet James, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Scal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Bartleet James, do hereby
declare the nature of my 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 :-
I form an outer cover or case and sheath combined made of paper,
silk, or other suitable material so as to fold up and close with a tongue
piece; from the inner side of the body of this outer case, to which it
is attached, passes a strip of ribbon, paper, or other suitable material
into the sheath, where it is attached to the one side of the same, so that
upon the descent of a packet or case of needles into the sheath it will
press upon and draw down with it into the sheath the material of the
strip, such action tending to bring together and close the parts of the
case, whilst the opening out of the same has a contrary effect, the strip
being drawn out of the sheath, and .consequently propelling or forcing
upwards and partially out of the sheath the packet or case of needles,
which may be formed of paper, silk, metal, glass, or other suitable
material.
I also propose to arrange a series of cases or packets made as described
in one outer case, the opening or closing of the same having a similar
effect as in the case of a single packet.
My Invention will be more readily understood by referring to the
accompanying Drawings.
I form an outer case, wrapper, or sheath combined as at (a), Figure 1,
made of paper, silk, leather, or other suitable material, having its upper
part (a) formed as a tongue piece, and its lower part («²) formed into a
sheath, as shewn, to receive a packet, or case, or tube of needles, which
may be made of paper, silk, metal, glass, or other suitable material,
such, for instance, as Figure 2. (b) is a length of ribbon or paper
secured at its one end to the inner side of the middle portion of the
case or wrapper (a), its other end passing into the sheath (a), and
being fastened to the side (c) of the sheath (a). By this arrangement
upon the insertion of the needle packet or case, Figure 2, into the
sheath (a) the lower end of the same will upon descending into its
place press down upon and take with it the strip (6), such action
gradually closing and bringing together the parts of the outer case or
wrapper (a). Figure 3 shewing the parts so partially closed upon the

page_text: opening of the sides of the outer case or wrapper (a), and consequent
pulling out of the strip (b) from the sheath, it follows. that the con-
traction at such part of the strip (b) will cause it to propel or force
upwards the packet of needles partly out of the sheath (a); the parts so
extended will be seen at Figure 4. The closing and adjustment of the
parts will present a needle case or wrapper similar to Figure 5.
Although I have specified and shewn my improvements as applied
for a wrapper containing a single packet of needles, I propose also
making "synoptical" needle cases, and such as hold more than a
single packet in a similar manner, each packet or case being arranged
with a strip such as (6), and with a similar action when the case is
opened or closed.
Having thus described the nature and object of my said Invention,
I claim, without confining myself to the precise details described or
outlines of the parts as shewn, the improvements in needle cases and
wrappers, as herein described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Bartleet James, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of April, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
CHARLES BARTLEET JAMES. (L.S.)