IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HOLDING PARCELS AND OTHER ARTICLES WHILE BEING TIED OR OTHERWISE ACTED ON
Year: 1871

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LETTERS PATENT to Charles Henry Gardner, of West Harding Street,
Fetter Lane, in the City of London, Manufacturer, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HOLDING PARCELS AND OTHER
ARTICLES WHILE BEING TIED OR OTHERWISE ACTED ON." -A communi-
cation from abroad by Marie Amelia Mauger, of Reade Street, New
York, in the United States of America.
Sealed the 19th March 1872, and dated the 21st September 1871.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Henry Gardner
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 21st September 1871.
I, CHARLES, HENRY Gardner, of West Harding Street, Fetter Lane,
in the City of London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HOLDING PARCELS
AND OTHER ARTICLES WHILE BEING TIED OR OTHERWISE ACTED ON," communi-

page_text: cated to me from abroad by Marie Amelia Mauger, of Reade Street,
New York, in the United States of America, to be as follows:-
An apparatus is constructed, according to this Invention, for holding
parcels and other articles while being tied and for other purposes, in
such manner that they, while being tied, finished, acted on, or treated,
may be freely turned and still properly held. In this apparatus spring
jaws with swivel buttons or studs between which the packages or articles
are held are used. The jaws are opened by treadle mechanism or other
apparatus to release and receive the packages or articles. The spring
jaws may be in one piece or separate, but the spring power is so arranged
as to draw the upper ends together and thus hold the faces of the swivel
studs or buttons together; such studs or buttons turn on or with fastening
pins, and they may be covered with caoutchouc or other adhesive fabric
or material. When the jaws are opened the package. or article is placed
between the button or studs and held by the spring power. It can be
turned with the buttons or studs, which notwithstanding the pressure
will readily revolve and bring each edge of the package or article within
convenient reach and in convenient position for being folded, tied,
handled, finished, or otherwise manipulated or treated. The jaws are
secured to a frame or table, and one of them may be connected with a
lever, treadle, or other contrivance or connection in order to be moved.
or opened.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Henry Gardner in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 21st March 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
HENRY GARDNER, of West Harding Street, Fetter Lane, in the City of
London, Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,.
give and grant unto me, the said Charles Henry Gardner, Her special.
licence that I, the said Charles Henry Gardner, my executors, adminis-.

page_text: trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Henry Gardner,.
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.
APPARATUS FOR HOLDING PARCELS AND OTHER ARTICLES WHILE BEING TIED OR
OTHERWISE ACTED ON," communicated to me from abroad by Marie Amelia.
Mauger, of Reade Street, New York, in the United States of America,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Charles Henry
Gardner, 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 Charlès Henry Gardner, 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 thereof, reference being had to the
accompanying Drawings and to the letters and figures, marked thereon,
that is to say :-
An.apparatus is constructed according to this Invention for holding.
parcels, packages and other articles while being tied and for other purposes,
in such manner that they, while being tied; finished, acted on, or treated,.
shall be freely turned or moved, and while being so turned or moved
they shall be still properly held..
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In this apparatus spring jaws are used with swivel buttons or studs,
between which the packages or articles are held. The jaws are opened
by treadle mechanism or other equivalent mechanical apparatus to
release and receive the packages or articles. The spring jaws may be in
one piece or separate, but the spring power is so arranged as to draw the;
upper ends together and thus hold the faces of the swivel studs or,
buttons together, such studs or buttons turn on or with fastening pins,
and they may be covered with. caoutchouc or other like adhesive fabric or
material. When the jaws are opened the package or article is placed
between the buttons or studs and, held by the spring power. The
package or article acted on can be turned with the buttons or studs,,
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page_text: which, notwithstanding the pressure, will readily revolve and bring cach
edge of the package or article to be treated within convenient reach and
in convenient position for being folded, tied, handled, finished, or other-
wise manipulated or treated. The jaws are secured to a frame or table
and one of them may be connected with a lever, treadle, or other
contrivance or connection in order to be moved or opened.
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and one of them may be connected with a lever, treadle, or other
contrivance or connection in order to be moved or opened.
A weight may be substituted for the spring power. .
I now proceed to describe, with reference to the accompanying
Drawings, apparatus constructed according to the Invention.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus constructed according 1
to this Invention. Figure 2 is a side view of same on a reduced scale.
Figure 3, a detailed transverse section of the upper ends of the jaws.
The Invention consists in the arrangement of a pair of spring jaws
provided with swivel buttons or studs, between which the packages or
other articles are held. The jaws are opened by the action of treadle or 1
other equivalent mechanism-to release the completed package or article
and to receive the package or article to be tied, or finished.
A, B, are spring jaws, or jaws with spring connections or appur-
tenances. These jaws are connected in one piece or together, or made
separate as may be desired, but in either case they are so contrived that 2
the spring power has a tendency to draw the upper ends together. To
the ends of the jaws are secured on their inner sides, swivel buttons, or
studs C, C, which are exactly in line, so that their faces are held together
by the spring pressure in the manner illustrated and indicated in Figure
3. The buttons or studs turn either on or with their fastening pins a.. 2
These pins can be covered with india-rubber or other fabric of adhesive
character.
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The package or article D to be retained or manipulated is placed
between the buttons or studs by spreading or opening the jaws so
that it will be securely held by the spring power: It can be turned with 3
the buttons or studs, which notwithstanding the pressure will easily
revolve, and each edge of the parcel or article to be retained can there-
fore be brought within convenient reach for folding, handling, finishing,.
or being acted on. The jaws are secured to a frame or table E. One of
the jaws may, by a cord 6 or other equivalent means, be connected with 3
a lever or treadle F, so that the jaws may be conveniently opened.

page_text: In place of the spring power, weight may be used on the jaws with
equal effect according to this Invention.
In the packing of various kinds of merchandise, such as tobacco,
medicines, toilet goods, playing cards, hardware, and other goods, the
use of this apparatus is of great advantage, as it enables the attendant to
use both hands and therefore work with more than even twice the
ordinary rapidity. The same advantages are gained when this apparatus
is used for holding books, boxes, playing cards, or other articles to be
finished or acted on at the edges.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same may be performed, I declare that I claim, as the
improvements in apparatus for holding parcels and other articles while
being tied or otherwise acted on, the employment of jaws provided
with swivel buttons or studs and caused to open and close, substantially
as and for the purpose herein shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Henry Gardner, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this 20th day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
20 Witness,
E. EDMONDS,
68, Fleet Street,
London.
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C. H. GARDNER. (L.S.)