An Improved Pocket Pincushion.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 10th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1896
An Improved Pocket Pincushion.
We, THE ANGLO SWISS CONDENSED MILK COMPANY, of Cham, in the
Republic of Switzerland, Condensed Milk Manufacturers, and ALFRED WILLISON
of 39 Hanging Ditch, Manchester, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an improved pincushion adapted for carrying in the
waistcoat or other pocket and possessing the advantage of being very cheap to
manufacture, strong and lasting, of material well suited for the reception and
retention of the pins, occupying but little room in the pocket, and also offering
facilities for use as an advertising medium.
According to our invention we make the sides of each pincushion of metal
discs, either plain or preferably embossed or otherwise with some ornamental device
or pattern or an advertisement or the like, and between such pair of metal discs
we place a disc or a broad ring, that is to say, a disc with its centre cut away, of
similar or nearly similar size, of felt, and we cement rivet or otherwise fasten the
three discs together concentrically. A convenient method of fastening them
together is to coat both sides of the felt with a suitable cement, liquid glue answers
well for the purpose, and placing them in position leave them under moderate
pressure to dry.
The pins are to be inserted in the felt disc so that their points penetrate towards
the centre and their heads rest on its circumferential edge.
Felt is peculiarly well suited for the use and is superior in respect of the ease
with which it is penetrated and its power of retaining the pins, to any of the
materials heretofore in use for this purpose.
The metal discs forming the outsides may be of any quality, and made, for
instance, where cheapness is the principal object, from the waste pieces of metal
occurring in certain manufactures, or when quality is the object more sought, they
may be made of one of the precious or other metals and embossed, engraved,
engine turned or otherwise decorated.
Dated the 11th day of April 1895
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicants.
We, THE ANGLO SWISS CONDENSED MILK COMPANY, of Cham, in the
Republic of Switzerland, Condensed Milk Manufacturers and ÁLFRED WILLISON
of 39 Hanging Ditch, Manchester, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to an improved pincushion adapted for carrying in the
waistcoat or other pocket and possessing the advantage of being very cheap to
manufacture, strong and lasting, of material well suited for the reception and
retention of the pins, occupying but little room in the pocket, and also offering
facilities for use as an advertising medium.
According to our invention we make the sides of each pincushion of metal discs,
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page_text: either plain or preferably embossed or otherwise with sotne ornamental device or
pattern or an advertisement or the like and between such pair of metal discs we
place a disc or a broad ring, that is to say, a disc with its centre cut away of felt of
similar or nearly similar size, and we cement rivet or otherwise fasten the three
discs together concentrically. A convenient method of fastening them together is
to coat both sides of the felt with a suitable cement, liquid glue answers well for
the purpose, and placing them in position leave them under moderate pressure
to dry.
The pins are to be inserted in the felt disc so that their points penetrate towards
the centre and their heads rest on its circumferential edge."
Felt is peculiarly well suited for the use, and is superior in respect of the case
with which it is penetrated and its power of retaining the pins to any of the
materials heretofore in use for this purpose.
The metal discs forming the outsides may be of any quality, and made, for
instance where cheapness is the principal object from the pieces of metal occurring
as a waste product in the manufacture of tins for condensed milk, or when quality
is the object more sought they may be made of one of the precious or other metals
and embossed, engraved, engine turned or otherwise decorated.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation of our
improved pincushion. Fig. 2 is a front or edge elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a
transverse section and Fig. 4 is one of the pieces of felt.
In these figs. a a are the pieces of sheet metal used to form the sides. b is the
felt which may be either a disc or ring, the latter is represented in the drawings
and is preferable because it affords more space for the points of the pins near the
centre where they are liable to meet and cross or to become somewhat crowded by
reason of their radial arrangement as shewn in Fig. 4 in which the pins c c c are
shown in the felt.
The metal discs are most conveniently attached to the felt by cement which must
be of a kind which adheres both to the felt and the metal and for this purpose we
prefer to use shellac dissolved in the smallest practicable quantity of alcohol and
used without any addition but in a very thick tacky state.
These pin cushions offer facilities for use as an advertising medium and the
metallic discs a are well adapted to be printed, stamped, embossed, or otherwise
decorated, or charged with printed pictorial or other matter, or a trade mark,
together with or without added matter, name, address or description or otherwise
and we prefer to emboss the said discs by stamping them with the matter or device
as this can be done very cheaply and does not wear off in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is :
1. The improved pin cushion consisting of two discs of metal with a disc or
ring of felt between them substantially as herein before described and for the
purpose set forth.
2. Constructing pincushions substantially as herein before described with printed
pictorial or other matter of the nature of advertisements or otherwise printed
stamped embossed or otherwise produced on the outer surface of the metal discs
substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.
Dated the 2nd day of January 1896.
ANGLO-SWISS COND. MILK Co.,
London,
M. BILSON, Manager.
ALFRED WILLISON.