REGISTERING LABEL AND MEANS OF ATTACHMENT TO BOOTS AND SHOES AT HOTELS AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I MARY WOODS, Governess of St. Ives, in the County of Huntingdon, do
hereby declare the nature of my Invention for REGISTERING LABEL AND MEANS
OF ATTACHMENT TO BOOTS AND SHOES AT HOTELS AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS
to be as follows:—
This Invention is designed for use in hotels &c. where a number of boots have
to be cleaned & to do away with the present unsatisfactory mode of chalking the
boots of visitors.
I. It consists of a spring or screw clip strap cord lace or tape, or other attachment
to grip or hold the boots together &
IL A label or card, plate or tablet of any suitable substance on which can be
placed the number or letter of the room occupied by the guest &
III. An adjustable dial tablet cylinder or tape shewing hours & minutes, so that
the time at which the guest wishes to be called can be marked or indicated.
IV. And the combination of the foregoing or any similar arrangement to effect
the purpose herein described.

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I, MARY WOODS, Governess, of St. Ives in the County of Huntingdon, do
hereby declare the nature of my Invention for A. REGISTERING LABEL & MEANS
OF ATTACHMENT TO BOOTS & SHOES AT HOTELS AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:
This Invention is designed for use in hotels, boarding houses & other
establishments where a number of boots or shoes have to be cleaned daily and
returned to the bedrooms of the owners at the hours required by them, and is
intended to supersede the present unsatisfactory mode of chalking the number of
the room and the hour on the boots themselves, and at the same time to afford an
opportunity, when deemed desirable, of conveying with precision the guest's orders
on this or on other matters to the servants of the establishment.
The Invention consists of a label ticket or dial, or a case containing adjustable
cards, or revolving tapes, or some similar apparatus for indicating or recording
numbers or orders, and may be made of metal, leather, slate, cardboard, wood or
any similar material, or combination of materials so prepared and arranged as to
Show distinctly (1) the number or letter denoting the apartment to which it
belongs; and, (2) the hour at which the boots are required and the owner of them
is to be called in the morning; and if desired it may also be used to convey further
orders, as for instance, for hot water, or a bath, or refreshments, to be supplied in
the chamber or elsewhere.
The label as before described, may be placed loose inside one of the boots or
shoes, when they are placed outside the chamber door, or changed for slippers in
the sitting-room; or may be used in conjunction with a cord, wire, strap or chain,
or other connection, with or without a hook or clip of some kind to attach it to the
boots or shoes, or to one thereof.
;
A Drawing is furnished herewith shewing the label in the form of a dial, to be
made wholly or partly of metal, but it will be obvious that it can be made in a
considerable variety of forms. In the Drawing Fig. 1 shows the front view,
Fig. 2 the back view, and Fig. 3 the side view. A is a clockfaced dial about
4 inches in diameter, with a serrated edge. This dial revolves on a centre pivot.
B is a fixed point fitting into the notches on the circumference of the dial. At
the back of A is C a small tube containing a coiled spring so fixed as to hold the
dial A tightly against B, but so as to allow it to be readily drawn back by the
hand for adjustment. D is a small frame or slide in which a card or tablet of
some suitable material is inserted, on which may be written or printed or engraved
the number of the apartment to which it refers. Thus if the person occupying
room 12 desires to be called at 7 a.m. the dial is drawn back and turned until the
point B is opposite that hour on the dial.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be employed, I declare that what
I claim is,
1. A registering label on which the number or letter denoting a chamber or
apartment is or can be affixed, and containing a dial, tablet, tape, roller or

page_text: opening or more than one such, wherein or whereby the occupant of a
particular apartment can conveniently express or denote his wishes, as
herein substantially described,
2. The combination with the aforesaid label of a clip hook or attachment
whereby the said label may (if preferred) be attached to boots or shoes.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1884.
SAMUEL S. BROMHEAD,
Agent for the said Mary Woods.