Improvements connected with Labelling and Delivering of Passengers Luggage and other Parcels, Goods, and Merchandise.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1893-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Labelling and Delivering of Passengers
Luggage and other Parcels, Goods, and Merchandise.
THOMAS HARRISON BURDESS Saint Annal's Lodge Cinderford Gloucester-
shire, Colliery Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
An improved system of labelling passenger's luggage either by rail road or water,
and delivery to owners at destination, also extended to an improved system of
receiving, labelling, and delivery of parcels, goods and all other merchandise of
whatever description whether carried by rail, road, or water.
1st. Passenger's luggage. Labels to be printed wholly or part in duplicate with
one or more duplicates perforated at either part of main label, with the name of the
starting station, with or without date of train, with numbers or letters or both, one
duplicate of each package to be given to owners of luggage at time or soon after
labelling, the duplicates to be given up in exchange for luggage at destination, or
exchanged for cloak room ticket if to be left in the cloak room. In the event of
passengers losing their duplicates a declaration may be signed by claimants with
address exonerating railway or carrying company when duplicates were presented.
2nd. Parcels, goods and all other merchandise to be labelled at time of receiving
with similar labels to passenger's luggage, carriage paid or to pay to be stamped on
labels and duplicates, or otherwise, with one or more duplicates, one duplicate given
to consignor to forward by post or otherwise to consignee, to exchange for parcels
goods and all other merchandise at destination, in the event of duplicate being lost
or delayed consignee to sign a declaration exonerating carrier from liability, when
duplicate presented, another duplicate of each parcel, goods, or all other
merchandise to be forwarded to carrier's delivery superintendent at destination.
A record of commencing and closing numbers or letters, or both, may be kept for
every train, or day, for both passenger's luggage, and parcels, goods, and all other
merchandise, despatched.
Dated this eth
1005
THOS. H. BURDESS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Labelling and Delivering of Passengers'
Luggage and other Parcels, Goods, and Merchandise.
I THOMAS HARRISON BURDESS of St. Annal's Lodge Cinderford, in the
County of Gloucester, Colliery Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
Improvements connected with labelling and delivering of passenger's luggage
and other parcels, goods, and merchandise.
An improved system of labelling passenger's luggage either by rail, road, or
water, and delivering to owners at destination, also extended to an improved system
of receiving, labelling, and delivery of parcels, goods, and all other merchandise of
whatever description, whether carried by rail, road or water.
1st. Passenger's luggage labels to be printed wholly or part in duplicate, with
one or more duplicates perforated at either part of main label, with the name of
the starting station, with or without date of train, with numbers or letters or both,

page_text: one duplicate of each package to be given to owners of luggage at time or soon
after labelling, the duplicate to be given up in exchange for luggage at destination,
or exchanged for cloak room ticket, if to be left in the cloak room, in the event of
passengers losing their duplicates, a declaration may be signed by claimants, with
address, exonerating railway or carrying company when duplicates were presented.
2nd. Parcels, goods, and all other merchandise, to be labelled at time of receiving
with similar labels to passenger's luggage, carriage paid or to pay to be stamped
on labels and duplicates, or otherwise, with one or more duplicates, one duplicate
given to consignor to forward by post or otherwise to consignee to exchange for
parcels, goods, and all other merchandise, at destination, in event of duplicates
being lost or delayed consignee to sign a declaration exonerating carrier from
liability when duplicates presented, another duplicate of each parcel, goods, or all
other merchandise to be forwarded to carrier's delivery superintendent at destina-
tion, a record of commencing and closing numbers, or letters, or both may be kept
for every train, or day, for both passenger's luggage and parcels, goods, and all
other merchandise despatch.
Passenger's luggage labels to be printed wholly or part in duplicate with one or
more duplicates, perforated at either part of main label with the name of the
starting station, with or without date of train, with consecutive numbers or letters,
or both, with or without one or more lines drawn across the perforated part, before
separating from main label, either by pencil or solid or liquid ink, one duplicate of
each package to be given to owners of luggage at time or soon after labelling, the
duplicates or duplicate to be given up in exchange for luggage at destination, or
exchanged for cloak room ticket if to be left in the cloak-room, in the event of
passengers losing their duplicates after sufficient time had elapsed, and on fair
proof of ownership been given, an indemnity may be signed with address
exonerating the railway or carrying company, whenever duplicates were afterwards
presented.
Parcels, goods, and all other merchandise to be labelled at time of receiving,
with similar labels to passenger's luggage, to be wholly printed with copyable ink,
carriage paid, or to pay, to be stamped printed or written on main label and
duplicates, one duplicate given to sender, to forward by post or otherwise to
consignee to exchange for parcels, goods, and all other merchandise, at destination,
another duplicate lengthwise of label, printed and ruled to suit for parcels or goods,
and all other merchandise, with full particulars, of consignment written with
copyable ink, to be copied in a tissue, or letter-press copy book, then handed to
guard of train or conductor of conveyance as a way-bill, to be given up with parcels,
goods, or other merchandise, to parcel's porter or proper official at destination, who
shall paste, gum, or otherwise fix in a book leaving room for consignee's duplicate
to be placed at end of way bill, which consignee's duplicate after being signed
and exchanged for parcel, goods, and other merchandise, will be proof of delivery.
The nature of my invention will be better understood on reference to the
accompanying sheet of illustrations on which are set out the various kinds of labels,
tickets, and way bill, which I propose to employ.
No. 1. is a form of label in duplicate to be used for the transmission of passenger's
luggage, one half of which marked A. is fastened to the luggage in question by
some adhesive compound or other means, the duplicate part marked B. being
handed to the passenger and used as herein previously described.
No. 2. is a form of label in duplicate to be used with parcels, goods, or
merchandise, not necessarily accompanying a passanger but which is forwarded by
train or other mode of conveyance, one half of which marked A, is affixed to the
article to be forwarded, and the other half marked B. to be given to sender to be
forwarded by post or otherwise sent to the consignee, to be exchanged or given as
a receipt for the parcel on delivery.
The part marked C. is the form of waybill which may be employed as part of
the label affixed to the luggage or parcel or separate therefrom in the manner
previously described.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is,
1. In improvements connected with labelling and delivering of passenger's
luggage, and other parcels, goods, and merchandise, the employment of particular
form of labels printed in duplicate and provided with adhesive backs, or other
means of affixing to passenger's luggage, parcels, goods, and other merchandise
together with particular forms of way bills printed and ruled in the manner and
for the purposes substantially as herein described and illustrated.
Dated this First day of July 1893.
THOMAS HARRISON BURDESS.