IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR ENCLOSING NEEDLES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arthur James, of Redditch, in the County of
Worcester, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MEANS FOR ENCLOSING NEEDLES."
Sealed the 12th July 1858, and dated the 14th January 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur James at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 14th January 1853.
I, ARTHUR JAMES, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MEANS FOR ENCLOSING NEEDLES" to be as follows:-
The Invention consists, first, in forming needle wrappers with a
centre part of length suitable to the length of needles to be enclosed,
and width according to the number of needles to be laid therein, such
wrapper having side and end pieces to be folded over, and thus enclose
the needles, the end pieces being one or both of them so formed that
when not turned over on to the needles one or both ends of the needle
will be exposed. In some cases I form one or both end pieces of the
wrapper with an increased thickness of fabric to give increased stiffness
thereto, and in some cases I apply a band round the wrapper, by which
the folded parts will be held together. Another arrangement consists

page_text: in inserting the needles in a piece of flannel or other suitable fabric on
a strip of paper or other fabric which is sufficiently long to fold over
one or both ends of the needles, the sides or edges being open.
Each of the arrangements of wrappers is enclosed in an outer case,
open at one or both ends.
Another arrangement consists in forming internal wrappers so that
the needles do not lie close to the sides or edges thereof, the object of
which is to facilitate entrance to outer cases.
Another arrangement consists in forming the needle case in two parts,
so that when one part is slided off the other the end of the needles will
be exposed to facilitate withdrawment.
Another arrangement consists in forming. the case or wrapper with a
raised rim, there being a flap or flaps which when raised expose the
needles..
Another improvement consists in forming one or both sides of the
case or holder open or partially so, and passing the needles within or
through a band, which, when a needle is required from the case, is
drawn out till the needle-or-needles required are obtained.
In any arrangement I sometimes pass the needles. through flannel or
other suitable fabric, by which they are better kept in position in the
wrapper or case.
In some cases two or more of the wrappers are combined in the
same case or series of cases. A small tongue may be attached to the
wrappers to aid in withdrawing them from the internal cases.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Arthur James in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 18th July 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I.
ARTHUR JAMES, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the sixteenth

page_text: year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Arthur James, Her special licence that
I, the said Arthur James, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Arthur James, my executors, admi-
nistrators, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MEANS. FOR ENCLOSING NEEDLES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Arthur 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
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 Patcut..
:
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Arthur James, 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 thereof. (that is to say): ...
My Invention consists, of various modes of arranging wrappers or,
cases for enclosing needles. But that the Invention may be fully un-
derstood I will proceed to describe the Drawing hereto annexed.
.".
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1, shows one arrangement of wrapper according to my In-
vention. The needles are to be laid in the quadrangular space d
formed by the dotted line 1, 1, 2, and 3, and the needles may either be,
simply laid on to the wrapper thus formed, or be held in position side
by side by being passed through a strip of fabric hereafter referred to.
When the needles are placed in position on the wrapper they are to be.
enclosed by first folding over the side pieces a, a, at the dotted lines.
1, 1, then the part b, which is to be folded at the dotted line 2, on to
the parts a, a; d, and then the parts c, at the dotted line 3. The parts
thus folded will then have the appearance represented by Figures 2,1

page_text: and 3. Figure 4, shows a slight variation in form of the wrapper, but
which is to be folded over in like manner. In some cases I apply in-
creased thicknesses of paper or other material at the parts b, to c.
Figure 5, shows a sliding band at 7, passed round a wrapper, and which
when slided over the folded parts keeps them together. But in such
case the ends b, and c, must be long enough to overlap each other, as
shown. When one of the folded parts is desired to be raised the
sliding band is slided off that end to admit of this being done. The
peculiarity of the arrangement of needles shown by Figures 1, and 4,
consists in this, that when one of the end pieces is not turned over
on to the needles, the needles will at that end be exposed to facilitate
withdrawal.
Another arrangement of wrapper is shown by Figures 6, and 7, and
consists in inserting the needles through a piece of flannel or other
suitable fabric h, on a strip of paper or other fabric which is sufficiently
long to fold over one or both ends of the needles, the sides or edges
being open. Figure 8, shows a case to receive one or more wrappers,
such as herein described, which case may be open at one or both ends.
Another arrangement consists in forming internal wrappers or cases
so that the needles do not lie close to the sides or edges thereof, the
object of which is to facilitate the entrance of such wrappers to outer
cases; one form of wrapper or case, according to this part of the Inven-
tion, is shown by Figure 9. In this case the needles will only occupy
the space between the dotted lines 4, 4. The end of this wrapper is
hollowed out at 5, to facilitate the withdrawal of the needles. Fig. 10,
shows a case which is open at one end to enclose the exposed ends of
the needles in the wrapper or case, Figure 9; and the forming of such
cases or wrappers in two parts constitutes another peculiarity of the
Invention.
.
Another part of the Invention consists of forming a case or wrapper
with a raised rim to retain the needles placed therein, as shown by plan
and section, Figures 11, and 12, the needles being enclosed by the folding
over of a flap or flaps e.
Another arrangement consists in forming one or both sides of a case
open, and placing the needles through a band, by which, when any are

page_text: required, they may be withdrawn by only partially withdrawing the band
from its case to the extent of the desired needles. Figure 13, shows the
band f, through which the needles are placed on the card y; and Figure
14, shows the enclosing case, the flap h, of which is capable of being
folded over at i, into the position indicated by the dotted lines j, when
the flap h, may be secured by its end being passed under the band m,
or the flap h, may be secured by a band 1, such as shown at Figure 5,
passed entirely around the case, or it may be otherwise secured to pre-
vent the inner case or holder falling out of the outer case. Figure 15,
shows the parts, Figures 13, and 14, together. h, in the different
Figures are tongues or holders to facilitate the withdrawal of the
wrappers from outer cases.
In any of the wrappers I sometimes pass the needles through flannel
or other suitable fabric, by which they are better kept in position in the
wrappers or cases.
Two or more of the wrappers may be combined in the same case or
series of cases.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, I would have.
it understood that what I claim is, the modes of arranging and combining
apparatus for enclosing needles, as herein explained.
In witness whereof, I, the said Arthur James, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this 12th day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
25 Witness,
WILLIAM BROOKES,
78, Chancery Lane.
ARTHUR JAMES. (L.S.)