An Invention for Facilitating the Measuring of Silks, Cloths, Calicoes, Metal Sheets, and all Materials that may be Rolled or Folded Up.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1896-Accepted, 19th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Invention for Facilitating the Measuring of Silks, Cloths,
Calicoes, Metal Sheets, and all Materials that may be Rolled or
Folded Up.
I, ROBERT ELLIS JAMES of 14 Adelaide Street, Swansea, Importer of
American Stoves and Shipbroker do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
A lineal measure scale is stamped printed or otherwise impressed upon one or
both sides of a strip of paper or other convenient material and hereinafter called
the measure strip.
One end of the said measure strip is fastened to one end of the cloth or
whatever material that is to be measured and the two rolled or folded up together
in such a manner that the said measure strip will indicate at a glance the length of
stuff rolled or folded, and again the length unrolled unfolded or cut off at any
future time.
A double or reversed measure scale may be impressed upon the said measure
strip so that the scale may be read either forward or backward.
The lineal measure scale may be impressed upon certain materials that may be
adapted for that purpose, such as rolls of sheet lead, without the insertion of a
separate measure strip.
The advantages claimed for this invention are: That it saves the trouble of
measuring by hand and rule, materials usually sold by measure and saves the
consequent soiling by handling and refolding; it obviates the necessity of unrolling
or unfolding more than the exact length required; it shows at a glance the length
cut off and the length remaining; it supplies a valuable and reliable check upon
employees; it saves time in taking stock; it economises space required for
measuring and economises time and labour generally.
Dated this Twelfth day of June 1896.
ROBERT ELLIS JAMED.
An Invention for Facilitating the Measuring of Silks, Cloths,
Calicoes, Metal Sheets, and all Materials that may be Rolled or
Folded Up.
1 ROBERT ELLIS JAMES of 14 Adelaide Street, Swansea in the County
of Glamorgan do hereby declare 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:-
The object of this invention is to facilitate the measurement of silks, cloths,
calicoes, metal sheets and other materials when it is required to cut off a certain
length of such materials from their rolled or folded condition and also to enable the
length of material remaining to be easily ascertained.
For this purpose I provide a lineal measure scale stamped, printed or otherwise
marked upon one or both sides of a strip of paper or other suitable material and
hereinafter termed the measure strip.

page_text: One end of the said strip is fastened to one end of the cloth or other material
and the two rolled or folded up together in such a manner that the said measure
strip will show at a glance the length rolled or folded and likewise the length
unrolled, unfolded or cut off at any future time.
The measure strip may be marked, if desired, with a double or reversible scale so
that it may be read either forward or backward.
In adapting the invention to metal such as rolls of sheet lead or zinc, the measure
scale may be impressed upon one edge of such material thus dispensing with the
separate measure strip.
In order to illustrate the adaption of my invention I will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawing which represents a roll of cloth or other
material partially unrolled to show the measure strip.
a is the roll of cloth or other material and a the unrolled portion thereof. bis
the measure strip the inner end of which is fastened to the inner end of the
material a by sewing or otherwise.
The strip b is marked in this case, with a double or reversible scale, but it may
consist of a single scale marked on one side and a reversible scale on the other.
The said scale may be divided into yards or other suitable measures, and subdivided
into halves quarters tenths or otherwise.
When required to cut off a certain length of the material say four yards, this
length is unrolled as shown in the drawing. The length is then cut off at the
division marked four, and it will be seen upon again examining the roll that there
are 96 yards still remaining as indicated by the upper or reversible scale.
It will thus be seen that by means of my invention the necessity of measuring by
hand or rule is obviated thereby saving considerable time and trouble.
It also prevents soiling and creasing the material by unnecessarily handling and
refolding, and obviates the necessity of unfolding or unrolling more than the exact
length required.
By the use of my improved measure strip a valuable aud reliable check is laid
upon employees; it also saves time in stock taking, and economises space for
measuring, I may also provide my improved measure strip with a blank space, in
which an employee may mark his initials to serve as a check if necessary or upon
which may appear the manufacturers name or any other desired matter.
The said measure strip instead of being attached to the material only at one end,
may be attached at several points, or wholly along the edge thereof, and in some
cases I may mark the edge of the material with a suitable scale, thus obviating the
use of the separate slip.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. In means for measuring rolled or folded material the use of a measure strip
marked with a suitable scale or scales and attached to the material so as to
be rolled or folded up therewith substantially as described and for the purpose
specified.
2. In means for measuring lengths cut off from rolled or folded material the use
of a measure strip or scale constructed of paper or other flexible material attached
to and of the same length as the rolled or folded material to be measured
substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
3. The improved means or device for measuring lengths of rolled or folded
material substantially as described and shown in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 7th day of July 1896.
J. B. FLEURET,
5 Hatton Garden, London, Agent for the Applicant.