AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPERING NEEDLES OR MAKING-UP NEEDLES FOR SALE
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Bryan Hinton Smith, of the Firm of James Sunith
and Son, of Astwood Bank, in the County of Worcester, Manufacturers,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPERING
NEEDLES OR MAKING-UP NEEDLES FOR SALE."
Sealed the 18th October 1867, and dated the 6th May 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Bryan Hinton Smith
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the.
6th May 1867.
I, BRYAN HINTON SMITH, of the Firm of James Smith and Son, of
Astwood Bank, in the County of Worcester, Manufacturers, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for " AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN
PAPERING NEEDLES OR MAKING-UP NEEDLES FOR SALE," to be as follows:-
In papering needles or making up needles for sale according to my
Invention, I take two pieces of paper, one of the said pieces of paper being
of the size and form of the papers usually employed in making up packets of
needles, and the other of the said pieces of paper being somewhat less. The
smaller piece of paper is of nearly the same breadth as, but shorter than the
larger piece, and the said smaller piece of paper is attached to the larger
piece near its middle by gum or other adhesive matter. In attaching the:

page_text: smaller piece to the larger it is not placed in the middle of the larger piece,
but one of its shorter sides is brought over one of the shorter sides of the larger
piece, and is attached in that position; the smaller piece of paper thus lies
upon the larger piece with one of its shorter sides coincident with one of the
shorter sides of the larger piece and with its longer sides nearly coincident
with the longer sides of the larger piece and its other shorter side considerably
within the other shorter side of the said larger piece. The papers thus
secured together are folded similar to an ordinary needle paper or wrapper.
The needles are stuck in a piece of linen or other fabric, the piece of fabric
being of such a length that after the needles are stuck in it at about their middle
a length of nearly an inch extends beyond the points of the needles. In
placing the needles in the papers they are laid on that end of the open papers
at which the edge of the smaller paper is within the edge of the larger one,
the heads of the needles projecting beyond the edge of the inner paper. The
sides of the inner paper are folded on the needles, and the folded paper con-
taining the needles doubled near its middle, the heads of the needles being
turned towards the opposite end of the paper to that at which they were
originally placed. By this doubling of the inner folded paper at its middle
the projecting piece of the fabric is folded with it and held in the case which
has been formed. The heads of the needles project from the case, but may
be covered by turning down the folded end of the inner paper; the outer
paper may now be folded on the inner case and the wrapping up of the
needles completed. Packets of needles papered or made up for sale in the
manner described may be enclosed in other ornamental cases if required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Bryan Hinton Smith in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th October 1867.
. TO ALL. TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME; .I, BRYAN'
HINTON SMITH, of the Firm of James Smith and Son, of Astwood Bank, in
the County of Worcester, Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of May, 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
Bryan Hinton Smith, Her special licence that I, the said Bryan Hinton Smith,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said

page_text: Bryan Hinton Smith, 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 "AN IMPROVEMENT OR
IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPERING NEEDLES OR MAKING-UP NEEDLES FOR SALE," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Bryan Hinton Smith, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their bands and seals, 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 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 Bryan Hinton Smith, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:
.
In papering needles or making up needles for sale according to my
Invention I take two pieces of paper, one of the said pieces of paper being of
the size and form of the papers usually employed in making up packets of
needles, and the other of the said pieces of paper being somewhat less. The
smaller piece of paper is of nearly the same breadth as but shorter than the
larger piece, and the said smaller piece of paper is attached to the larger
piece near its middle by gum or other adhesive matter. In attaching the
smaller piece of paper to the larger it is not placed in the middle of the
larger piece, but one of its shorter sides is brought over one of the shorter
sides of the larger piece and is attached in that position. The smaller piece of
paper thus lies upon the larger piece with one of its shorter sides coincident
with one of the shorter sides of the larger piece, and with its longer sides
nearly coincident with the longer sides of the larger piece, and its other shorter
side considerably within the other shorter side of the said larger piece. The
papers thus secured together are folded similar to an ordinary needle paper or
wrapper. The needles are stuck in a piece of linen or other fabric, the piece
of fabric being of such a length that after the needles are stuck in it at about
their middle a length of nearly an inch.extends beyond the points of the needles.
In placing the needles in the papers they are laid on that end of the open
papers at which the edge of the smaller paper is within the edge of the larger
one, the heads of the. needles projecting beyond the edge of the inner
paper. The sides of the inner paper are folded on the needles and the folded

page_text: paper containing the needles doubled near its middle, the heads of the needles
being turned towards the opposite end of the paper to that at which they were
originally placed. By this doubling of the inner folded paper at its middle the
projecting piece of the fabric is folded with it and held in the case which has
.been formed. The heads of the needles project from the case but may be
covered by turning down the folded end of the inner paper. The outer paper.
may now be folded on the inner case and the wrapping up of the needles
completed. Packets of needles papered or made up for sale in the manner
described may be enclosed in other ornamental cases if required.
Having explained the nature of my Invention I will proceed to describe
with reference to the accompanying Drawing the manner in which the same
is to be performed.
.
Figure 1 represents in plan a piece of paper of the size and form usually
employed in wrapping up needles; Figure 2 réprésents in plan and edge view
the said piece of paper, Figure 1, to which is attached a second and smaller
piece of paper, in which smaller piece of paper the needles are enclosed, as
herein-after explained. The larger piece of paper is marked a and the
smaller piece b in the said Figure 2. The smaller paper 6 is attached by gum
or other adhesive matter at the middle part c to the larger paper a, and the
position of the said smaller paper b with respect to the larger paper a will be
readily seen by reference to the said Figure 2. Both papers a, b, are crea:ed
or folded at the horizontal and vertical lines represented. The needles to be
made up in the papers a, b, are stuck in a piece of linen or other fabric d,
represented in Figure 3, a piece marked d2 of the linen or fabric d extending
beyond the points of the needles. In placing the needles stuck in the
fabric d in the papers a, b, they are so laid upon the open inner paper 6 that
the heads project beyond the edge of the said inner paper and rest on the
middle of the lower part of the outer paper a in the manner represented in
Figure 3, the projecting part d2 of the fabric d lying upon the middle
portion of the inner paper b. Leyond the fold at which the points of
the needles are situated. The needles having been laid upon the papers
a, b, in the manner described and represented in Figure 3, the sides 6, 6, of
the inner paper bare next folded upon the needles in the manner represented
in plan and edge view in Figure 4, and the folded inner paper is next folded
transversely at the line or fold e, the heads of the needles being turned
towards the top of the paper or to the opposite end of the paper to that at
which they were originally placed; the inner folded paper b after it has been
folded at the line e is represented in Figure 5. By the last described folding
of the inner paper 6 the projecting piece of linen ds is folded with it, and

page_text: held in the case which has been formed by the folding of the inner paper b.
The beads of the needles projecting from the case f, Figure 5, are covered by
the folding or turning down of the top flap g upon the said heads. After the
inner casef has been made, the sides a³, a³, of the outer paper a are next
folded upon the inner case of containing the needles as represented in Figure 6,
and by finally folding the tucks or ends at, a5, of the said folded outer paper
upon the inner case, as represented in Figure 7, and engaging or tucking the
said ends together, the papering or wrapping up of the needles is completed.
In order to gain access to the needles it is only necessary to open the outer
paper a, and raise the flap g of the inner case f, when the heads and upper
parts of the needles are exposed; the needles may now be withdrawn from the
case, the needles being prevented from falling from the case by the folded end
of the fabric in which they are stuck as herein-before explained. Instead of.
making the inner paper of sufficient length to form, when the said paper has
been folded into a case, a top flap for the purpose of covering the beads and
upper parts of the needles in the case as herein-before described and represented
in the Drawing, the said inner paper may be made so short that when it is
folded into a case there is no projecting flap above the heads of the needles.
This arrangement of my Invention is represented in Figures 8, 9, and 10 of
the accompanying Drawings. Figure 8 representing the two papers with the
needles laid upon the inner paper ready for folding; Figure 9 representing
the inner paper folded upon the needles; and Figure 10 representing the
same after it has been folded transversely, and formed into a case. By an
examination of Figures 9 and 10 it will be seen that the case formed from
the inner paper has no projecting top piece or flap for covering the heads and
upper parts of the needles. The inner and outer papers of the arrangement,
Figures 8, 9, and 10, are folded precisely in the same manner as described
with respect to the arrangement, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, and corre
sponding parts are marked with the same letters of reference.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit
myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated in the Drawing,
as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of my Inven-
tion; but I claim as my Invention the improvement or improvements in
papering needles or making up needles for sale herein-before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, that is to say, combining with and
attaching to the ordinary paper or wrapper employed for making up packets
of needles, a second and smaller paper, substantially as described and illus-
trated, the folding up of the said smaller paper forming an inner case, in which

page_text: the needles are enclosed and secured, the said inner case being afterwards
enveloped in the outer or ordinary paper or wrapper.
In witness whereof, I, the said Bryan Hinton Smith, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
JAMES SMITH,
Astwood Bank,
Worcestershire.
BRYAN HINTON SMITH. (L.S.)