An Improved Standard or Carrier for, and Form of, Garden and other Labels.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 10th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 10th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 21st Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Standard or Carrier for, and Form of, Garden and
other Labels.
We, FREDERICK REVANS CHAPMAN, of Leith Street, in the City of Dunedin,
in the Colony of New Zealand, Barrister-at-Law and CLARA JANE CHAPMAN,
of the same place, Gentlewoman, wife of the said Frederick Revans Chapman, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
Our invention relates to labelling appliances for horticultural and botanical
purposes, and consists of improvements in the labels and in the means of supporting
them in position so that the inscriptions may be properly presented to view.
The invention comprises a rigid standard or 1od of any suitable material but
preferably of a length of galvanized iron or steel wire, or of two Buch wires twisted
together and having rigidly affixed to it a double hook or pair of books adapted to
support the label in position, the hooks being turned either up or down and
preferably recurved towards the standard or rod as more fully described hereafter.
The invention also comprises labels specially designed to be used with such
standarde.
The standard may be made as above described or may be branched so as to take
a better hold in the ground, or may be made with chips or other appliances, or may
be capable of being bent so that it may be fixed on the edge of a flower pot, or on
the branch of a tree, or upon a stake or any part of a horticultural stand, frame, or
like object. The pair of hooks may either be formed by the ends of a short
length of wire which is twisted round or attached by a binding wire to the upper part of
the standard, the attachment being rendered permanent by soldering, or in the case
of a standard formed of two wires twisted together the hooks may be formed
integrally therewith by leaving the ends untwisted and shaping them so as to form
the double hook or pair of hooks required. The hooks are adapted to enter a pair
of holes in the label which may be made of sheet zinc or other metal gencially
used for the purpose, and when suspended on the hooks may either be pendent in &
vertical plane or be held at such an inclination as to present the inscription on the
label more fairly to view, according to the position in which the label is to be
displayed, the double hook ensuring the proper alignment of the label under all
Circumstances. The hooks are of such form that the label when hooked on and
suspended therefrom will not be easily detachable and will not be liable to be
blown off by a high wind, and when the label is intended for permanent application,
as for instance to trees in botanical gardens, the wardly and especially the
downwardly curved points of the hooks may be bent towards the standard or rod so
ns to render the removal of the label impossible, except by means of pliers, and
the hooks may even be thus permanently closed by soldering after the label has
been affixed.
When it is desired to support the label at an angle so as to present it moro
fairly to view, the hooks may be clenched upon the label after being passed
through the holes therein or in any extension thereof, so as to grip the label firmly
and the ends of the hooks may hist be flattened so as to be more easily bent and
clenched against the surface of the label, and the hooks after being so clenched
may be further secured to the label by soldering, so that the label will be igidly
held by the hooks at the desued inclination

page_text: In addition to, or instead of, the label boing thus supported at an angle by the
hooks, it may be stayed to the standard by means of a stiut for med either of a
real wardly directed extension of the lower part of the plate itself having a hole in
it through which the standard is passed, or the strut may be made of a V- or
other shaped wire soldered or otherwise affixed by its ends to the rear of the label
near the lower part, the wire being formed into a loop through which the standard
1s passed. In affixing the label to the standard, the latter is first passed though
the hole in the strut and the label is then suspended on the books at the head of
the standard which may either be left open or be recurved or clenched so as to
partially or wholly close them. Instead of the label being supported in an inclined
position by the hooks alone, or by means of a strut, as last described, the standard
itself may be bent backwards at the upper part and the label may be held in
position against this inclined part of the standard so as to be properly presented to
view, either by the books being clenched, as above described, or acting in
conjunction with a clip affixed to the standard in position to embrace the lower
edge of the label,
The standard with double hook used with a label containing two holes presents
the following advantages.
It enables the gardener without trouble or delay to place is label at any
desired angle, to admit of its being read most conveniently, and to readjust the
angle;
It is more handy than any ordinary form of label; the use of thin wue for the
hooks rendeis it readily adjustable to labels of various shapes with varying
distances between the holes, and with all sizes of holes, while by compression the
hook may be used as a single hook, or one hook may be dispensed with; the
appliance with a single hook is not, however, claimed as a novelty;
It is so constructed that accident will not knock off, and wind will not blow off,
the label though only a light label be used, and neither of these causes will alter
its position of presontment, which owing to the use of the double hook is always
direct, and when the special form of label is used it furnishes an entuely novel
appliance in the shape of a cheap adjustable label;
The standard thus furnished with the double hook may be used with nearly all
the known forms of label now in the market, especially light zinc labels, and even
for suspending cards and temporary labels for almost any purpose.
It is obvious that the use of a standard such as this enables the gardener to
place his label at any convenient distance from the object to be indicated, instead
of attaching it thereto by menus of wire or string passed through the holes in the
nanner now in usc. It is also obvious that such a standard may be shifted according
to convenience, without loss of time, and so used that there is no risk of its being
obscured by foliage or growth. It is very convenient for marking bulbs and
plants which from their being soft or thorny cannot be labelled by means of an
attached label. It is equally convenient for marking seeds or annuals. It will be
seen that it is light, easily stored, and very manageable. It is also cheap and
practically indestructible.
Dated May 10th 1895
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.

page_text: An Improved Standard or Carrier for, and Form of, Garden and
other Labels.
We, FREDERICK REVANS CHAPMAN of Leith Street, in the City of Dunedin
in the Colony of Now Zealand, Barrister-at-Law, and CLARA JANE CHAPMAN of
the same place, Gentlewoman, wife of the said Frederick Revans Chapman, do
hereby dela e 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.-
Out invention relates to labelling appliances for horticultural and botanical
purposes and consists of improvements in the labels and in the means of supporting
them in position so that the mscriptions may be properly presented to view
The invention comprises a rigid standard of rod of any suitable material but
preferably of a length of galvanized non or steel wire ot of two such wines twisted
together and having a double hook or pair of hooks adapted to support the label in
position, the hooks being turned either up or down and preferably recurved towards
the standard or 1od as more fully described hereafter.
The invention also compuses labels specially designed to be used with such
standards.
The accompanying drawings shiew various examples of standarls and labels.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the standard with recurved hooks carrying a
label
Figure 2 is a similar view, the hooks being doubly curved 20
effectually prevent the label being blown off by the wind.
as to moic
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the standard with the hooks recurved and
inverted so as to be capable of being closed by their points being pressed past the
standard.
Figure 4 is similar to Figure 1, the hooks not being recmi ved.
Figure 5 shews the hooks flattened and pressed down upon the face of the label
so as to support it at an angle Figure 6 shews the same with the standard bent to
Support the label at an angle
Figure 7 shews a twisted wire standard with double hooks as
ID Figme 1
developed from the head of the standard. Figure 8 shews the same with books as
in Figure 3.
.
Figure 9 shews the special form of stayed label formed of a plate bent at any
suitable angle.
Figure 10 shews the label stayed by a wire strut.
Figure 11 shows a modification of Figure 6.
The standard a may be made as above described, or may be branched so as to
take a better hold in the ground, or may be made with chips or other appliances, or
may be capable of being bent so that it may be fixed on the edge of a flower pot or
on the branch of a tree or upon a stake or any part of a horticultural stand, fiame,
o like object. The pan of hooks bb may either be formed by the ends of a short
length of thinner wire which is twisted round the upper part of the standard a or
attached thereto by a binding wire, the attachment being in either caso rendered
permanent by soldering.
In the case of a standard formed of two wires twisted together as in Figures 7
and 8 the hooks may be formed integially therewith by leaving the ends untwisted
and shaping them so as to form the double book or pair of hooks required.
The hooks are adapted to enter a pair of holes c c in the label which may be
made of ebeet zinc or other suitable metal or material generally used for the
purpose and when suspended on the hooks may either be pendent in a vertical plane

page_text: or be held at such an inclination as to present the inscription on the label more
fairly to view according to the position in which the label is to be displayed, the
two books bb engaged in the two holes cc ensuring the proper alignment of the
label under all circumstances. The hooks are of such form that the label when
hooked on and suspended therefrom will not be easily detachable and will not be
liable to be blown off by a high wind. When the label is intended for permanent
application, as for instance to tices in botanical gardens, the points of the hooks
may be bent inwards or towards the standard or rod so as to so fat close the mouths
of the books as to render the removal of the label impossible except by menus of
phers, and the hooks may even be thus permanently closed by soldering after the
Inbel has been affixed
The form of hook shewn in Figmies 3 and 8 which is inverted or has the points
turned downwards, is specially adapted to be easily closed by pressure of the thumb
upon the bend of the hooks so as to force the points of the hooks towards or past
the standard a and render the label incapable of being removed.
When it is desued to support the label at an angle so as to present the
inscription upon it more fanly to view the hooks may be clenched upon the label as
shewn Figure 5 after being passed through the holes cc in the label or in any
extension thereof so as to gup the label firmly, and the ends of the hooks may first
be flattened so as to be more easily bent and clenched against the surface of the
label and the hooks after being so clenched may be further secured to the label by
soldering so that the label will be rigully held by the hooks at the desnod
inclination.
Instead of the label being supported in an inclined position by the hooks alone
as last described, the standard a may itself be bent backwards at the upper part as
ehewn at ein Figure 6 and the label may be held in position against this inclined
part of the standard so as to be properly presented to view either by the books
being clenched as above described or acting in conjunction with a clip affixed to
the inclined part of the standard in position to embrace the lower edge of the label
as in Figure 11
In addition to, or instead of, the label d being thus supported at an angle by the
hooks it may be stayed to the standard a by means of a strut o as in Figures 9
and 10 the stint being formed either by an extension of the lower part of the
plate d itself bent backward as in Figure 9 said strut having a hole in it through
which the standard a 18 passed, or the strut g may be made of a V- or other shaped
wire as in Figue 10, soldered or otherwise affixed by its ends to the rear of the
label d near the lower part, the wire being formed into a loop h¹ through which
the standard a is passed. In afhxing the label to the standard the latter is first
passed through the hole in the strut and the label is then suspended on the
books which may either be left open or be recurved or clenched so as to
partially or wholly close them.
The standard a with double hook
the following advantages
used with a label having two holes presents
The label may be placed at any angle at which it may be read most conveniently,
The books being made of thin we are readily adjustable to labels of various
shapes with varying distances between the holes and with all sizes of holes, or
the hooks may be pressed together and used as a single hook for a label with
one hole,
The label is not liable to be blown or knocked off or altered in position or
presentment to view, especially when the strutted form of label is used.
It is obvious that the use of a staudaid such as this enables the gardener to
place his label at any convenient distance from the object to be indicated, instead
of attaching it thereto by means of wire or string passed through the holes in the
manner now in use. It will also be obvious that such a standard may be shifted
as requned so that it will not be obscured by foliage. It is very convenient for
marking bulbs and plants which by reason of their being soft or thorny are not
adapted to carry an attached label, and also for marking seeds or annuals.

page_text: Пaving now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim 15-
1. The improved standard or carrier provided with double or twin hooks as
described, adapted to support a garden label having two holes to receive the hooks
substantially as specified.
2. The combination, with the standard or carrier having double or twin hooks
as described, of the improved garden label having a rearwardly directed strut
formed in one with, or attached to, the label and adapted to be connected to, and
to bear against, the standard so as to support the label in an inclined position as
specified.
Dated this 10th day of February 1906
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.