AN IMPROVED LABEL OR TICKET FOR THE MANU- FACTURERS OF CLOTH OR CLOTHING
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine,
Lake, & Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVED LABEL OR TICKET FOR THE MANU-
FACTURERS OF CLOTH OR CLOTHING." -A communication from abroad
by Halmeagh Van Geasen, of New York, United States of
America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 2nd May 1874.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED LABEL OR TICKET FOR THE
MANUFACTURERS OF CLOTH OR CLOTHING," a communication, to be as
follows:-
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The object of my Invention is to provide manufacturers of cloths and
clothing with a label or ticket, which may by a simple movement be
quickly attached to the cloth in the roll or bundle, or to garments when

page_text: made without the stitching heretofore necessary, and without injury to
the fabric, thus effecting a saving of time and labor.
And the said Invention definitely consists in combining an upper and
under plate, sheet, or layer with a suitable sized wire secured between
said layers, and having outwardly projecting points passing through the
under sheet or layer, which points by being pressed into the fabric and
bent back in the same will securely hold the ticket in place as desired.
Upon the face or upper surface of the ticket may be printed or
otherwise marked size, quality, price, and other particulars necessary.
The wire has its ends bent outwardly and sharpened to form points;
the bridge portion of the same remains between the two layers or sheets
of the ticket, which are pasted together in finishing.
Heretofore it has been the custom to stitch the tickets to cloth with
needles and thread, consuming considerable time.
This improved ticket is applied quickly, and hundreds may be secured,
where but a few could be attached in the old way. The saving of time
in a single day will amount to a considerable sum if represented in
money.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 18th September 1874....
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Robert Lake, Her special
licence that I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Robert Lake,
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

page_text: 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 IMPROVED
LABEL OR TICKET FOR THE MANUFACTURERS OF CLOTH OR CLOTHING," a .com-
munication to me from abroad by Halmeagh Van Geasen, of New
York, United States of America, upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, 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
Patent.
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, 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, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawing forming a part of this Specification:
The object of my Invention is to provide manufacturers of cloths and
clothing with a label or ticket, which may by a simple movement be
quickly attached to the cloth in the roll or bundle, or to garments when
made without the stitching heretofore necessary, and without injury to
the fabric, thus effecting a saving of time and labor.
And my Invention definitely consists in combining an upper and.
under sheet, plate, or layer with a suitable sized wire secured between
said layers, and having outwardly projecting points passing through the
under sheet or layer, which points by being pressed into the fabric and
bent back of the same will securely hold the ticket in place as desired.
Upon the face or upper surface of the ticket may be printed or
otherwise marked size, quality, price, etc., as nescessary.

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Fig. 4 is a view of the interior surface of the under sheet, the upper
layer or sheet removed, exposing the wire.
Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of a ticket (on an enlarged scale)
shown as attached to cloth.
Fig. 6 is a transverse section of a ticket (on an enlarged scale)
showing ticket against the cloth, through which the points are passing,
but not bent back.
a represents the upper surface of the ticket, upon which the numbers
and other designating marks are printed; b represents the backing or
under layer; c represents the wire, the ends bent outwardly and
sharpened to form points; the bridge portion of the same remains
between the two layers or sheets of the ticket which are pasted together.
in finishing.
;
Heretofore it has been the custom to stitch the tickets to cloth with
needles and thread, consuming considerable time.
"
The improved ticket is applied quickly, and hundreds secured where
but a few could be attached in the old way. The saving of time in a.
single day amounts to a considerable sum if represented in money...
What I claim is, the improved label or ticket for the use of manu-
facturers of cloths and clothing (designating size, quality, price, etc.,) 2
composed of two layers, sheets, or plates, between which is secured the
head or bridge of the fastening springs or wire c, the points of which.
extend through the bottom layer, and arc adapted to fasten the ticket to
a fabric.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have here- 2
Witnesses,
HENRY JAMES NOONE,
8, Southampton Buildings,
· London.
W. ROB. LAKE. (L.S.).