IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDERS FOR WINDING SILE, COTTON, JUTE, AND OTHER THREADS, TWIST, AND FINE WIRE, AND IN THE MODE OF ARRANGING SUCH ARTICLES FOR THE PURPOSE OF RETAILING THE SAME
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Melville Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDERS FOR WINDING SILE, COTTON, JUTE, AND
OTHER THREADS, TWIST, AND FINE WIRE, AND IN THE MODE OF ARRANGING
SUCH ARTICLES FOR THE PURPOSE OF RETAILING THE SAME."-A com-
munication from abroad by François Ernest Vaquez-Fessart,
Merchant, of 13, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris.
Sealed the 28th May 1869, and dated the 7th December 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Melville
Clark at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 7th December 1868.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDERS FOR WINDING SILK,
COTTON, JUTE, AND OTHER THREADS, TWIST, AND FINE WIRE, AND IN THE MODE
OF ARRANGING SUCH ARTICLES FOR THE PURPOSE OF RETAILING THE SAME," to
be as follows:-

page_text: This Invention relates to an improved mod of winding silk, cotton,
jute, and other threads or twist used for sewing and other purposes, or it
may be fine wire for the purpose of retailing the same.
The improved winder consists of a flat card or plate A of thin wood or
metal provided on each edge B with spaces or hollows corresponding
with each other so as to produce as many divisions D as there are spaces
in each edge. The winder is to be made of varying thickness and
dimensions, and also with a greater or less number of divisions so long
as there are two or more. The winders may also have distinguishing
colors for indicating the size and quality of the silk or other thread.
The silk or other threads are to be wound on the divisions of the winder
in lengths varying according to the size. The winding may be effected
either by hand or machine. These winders when made of card will
enable-each-length-of-thread--to-be-sold-separately-by-dividing-the-card-
with the aid of scissors at each interval E. The end F of the winder
serves for affixing a printed label indicating the quality and size of the
silk or other thread, as also the number of yards contained in each of
the divisions. Each interval E may also indicate the quality and number
of yards and the price at which each division is to be retailed; the
winders may also bear printed notices of various kinds which are
uncovered when the silk or other thread is unwound therefrom.
The improvements thus consist in winding certain quantities of silk
and sewing and other thread, twist, or fine wire on cards in the manner
described for selling purposes, by cutting up the cards into as many parts
as there are divisions of the same. The object, more especially, attained
by the adoption of this mode is that silk threads more particularly may
be sold in certain lengths, and of guaranteed quality. In this manner
there will be no longer any need to increase the weight during the
dyeing for the purposes of sale by weight, as is now the case, which
impairs the strength of the silk or thread. It has been found that the
cost of wood reels and of winding, is too great for retailing small
quantities of silk of the value of but one penny or three half-pence.
But this method, including the cost of the card, would cost less, than
putting the silk into skeins. Each card being of the same dimensions
it is simply necessary to reckon the number of turns of the silk or other
thread to find the exact length of the same.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,.
filed by the said Alexander Melville Clark in the Great Scal Patent.
Office on the 29th. May 1869..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDER
MELVILLE CLARK,. of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, send greeting..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me,. the said Alexander Melville Clark,
Her special licence that I, the said Alexander Melville Clark,.
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Alexander Melville Clark, 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 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDERS FOR WINDING
SILK, COTTON, JUTE, AND OTHER THREADS, TWIST, AND FINE WIRE, AND IN THE
MODE OF ARRANGING SUCH ARTICLES FOR THE PURPOSE OF RETAILING THE SAME,'
a communication to me from abroad by François Ernest Vaquez-
Fessart,. Merchant, of 13, Boulevart St. Martin,. Paris,. upon. the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Alexander Melville. Clark,
my exccutors 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.
23º
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, do.
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer--
tained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the
Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures
marked thereon (that is to say) :-

page_text: This Invention relates to an improved mode of winding silk, cotton,
jute, and other threads, cord, or twist used for sewing and other purposes,
or it
may be fine wire for the purpose of retailing the same.
This Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, Figure 1
of which shows a front view of the improved winder, the silk or other
thread being shown in red color.
A is a flat card or plate of thin wood or metal provided on each
edge B with spaces or hollows corresponding with each other so as to
produce as many divisions D as there are spaces in each edge. The
winder is to he made of varying thickness and dimensions, and also
with a greater or less number of divisions so long as there are two or
more. The winders may also have distinguishing colors for indicating
the size and quality of the silk or other thread. The silk or other
threads are to be wound on the divisions of the winder in lengths
varying according to the size. The winding may be effected either by
hand or machine. These winders when made of card will enable cach
length of thread to be sold separately by dividing the card with the aid
of scissors at each interval E. The end F of the winder serves for
affixing a printed label indicating the quality and size of the silk or
other thread, as also the number of yards contained in each of the
divisions. Each interval E may also indicate the quality and number
of yards, and the price at which each division is to be retailed. The
winders may also bear printed notices of various kinds, which are
uncovered when the silk or other thread is unwound therefrom.
Figure 2 shows a modified arrangement of the winder which is
perforated at intervals to enable one or more lengths of silk or other
thread to be detached without the necessity of cutting the card as
beforc.
The improvements thus consist in winding certain quantities of silk
and sewing and other thread, cord, twist, or fine wire on cards in the
manner described for selling purposes by cutting up the cards into as
many parts as there are divisions of the same. The object more
especially attained by the adoption of this mode is that silk threads
more particularly may be sold in certain lengths and of guaranteed
quality. In this manner there will be no longer any need to increase
the weight during the dyeing for the purposes of sale by weight, as is
now the case, which impairs the strength of the silk or thread. It has

page_text: been found that the cost of wood reels and of winding is too great for
retailing small quantities of silk of the value of but one penny or three
half-pence; but this method, including the cost of the card, would be
less expensive than putting the silk into skeins. Each card being of the
same dimensions, it is simply necessary to reckon the number of turns
of the silk or other thread to find the exact length of the same.
Having described the nature of this Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to
be protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,-
The improved mode herein described of winding silk and other
threads, or cords, or fine wire for the purpose of retailing the same in
lengths instead of by weight as usual.
I also claim the use of winders of cardboard or other suitable material
when arranged in the manner shown and for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, havo
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of May,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
ninc.
Witness,
JAMES DAISH,
53, Chancery Lane,
London.
A. M. CLARK. (L.S.)