Improvements in and relating to Tags for Laces.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Tags for Laces.
We, WILLIAM PATON, LIMITED, of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Manufacturers,
and JAMES PATON, Managing Director of said firm, do hereby declare the nature
of our invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to metal tags for
the ends of laces, whereby well pointed and finished tags will be produced, and
they will be so secured fast to the laces that they will not come off.
According to our improvements we first clench the cylindrical plain surfaced
tag round that part of the lace which is to form the two ends, and we then pass
same into a machine which simultaneously, pierces a series of the usual holes or
indentations at short spaced distances apart as well as produces longitudinal inden-
tations or channels over these holes, so that the lace is firmly bound to the tag.
The tag is then cut in two parts for each part to form the metal binding end of
a lace.
In the ordinary tag the pricked holes tend to weaken the strength, whereas in
the new tag the longitudinal indentation or channel adds to the strength and
firmly binding the lace to the tag makes it thoroughly fast.
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W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.
We, WILLIAM PATON, LIMITED, of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Manufacturers,
and JAMES PATON, Managing Director of said firm, do hereby declare the nature
of our invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say:-
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This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to metal tags for
the ends of laces, whereby well pointed and finished tags will be produced, and
they will be so secured fast to the laces that they will not come off.
And in order that our said invention and the manner of carrying same into
practice may be properly understood, we have hereunto appended a sheet of
explanatory drawings in which Figure 1 represents a view of an ordinary plain
surfaces metal tag as clenched on to a lace in the first process to form the two
ends. Figures 2 and 3 represent a plan view and sectional elevation of the tag

page_text: after being subjected to our improvements. Figure 4 represents a view of Figure 2
after being cut off for the tag to form the two ends of lace, and Figure 5 is a similar
view showing the tags as pointed ready for use.
Referring to these drawings:-
According to our improvements we first clench the cylindrical plain surfaced
tag a round that part of the lace which is to form the two ends as shown in
Figure 1 in a usual manner, and we then pass same into a machine which simul-
taneously pierces a series of angled holes or indentations a¹ at short spaced
distances apart as well as produces longitudinal indentations or channels over
these holes d as shown in Figures 2 and 3 so that the lace is firmly bound to the
tag a. The tag a is then cut in two parts as shown in Figure 4 for each part to
form the metal binding end of a lace band the ends a³ of the tag a are finally
pointed as shown in Figure 5.
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In the ordinary tag the pricked holes tend to weaken the strength, whereas in
the new tag the longitudinal indentation or channel a² adds to the strength and
firmly binding the lace b to the tag a makes it thoroughly fast.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
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First. The manufacturing of tags for laces; by simultaneously forming holes
and longitudinal channels, substantially as herein set forth.
Second. In tags for laces the forming of longitudinal channels as herein set
forth.
Third Taus for laces formed as horain sot forth
Dated the 5th day of March 1898.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.