Improvements in and appertaining to Label Tabs or Tags and the Attachment thereof to Blocked Goods.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Nov., 1892-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and appertaining to Label Tabs or Tags and the
Attachment thereof to Blocked Goods.
I, JOSHUA DAVIES, of 202, High Street, Dudley, in the County of Worcester,
Wholesale Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to tags or tabs and the attachment thereof to woollen
merchants' or drapers' and similar blocked goods and its object is to produce a .
more convenient tag than hitherto, and also to attach it in a more rapid, secure and
convenient manner than any method now in use.
In carrying my invention into effect I prepare a buckram or other tag label and
attach at one end a short nail or tack or several nails or tacks in such manner that
the said nails or tacks project from the surface of the said label.
The nails or tacks may be secured to the label in any convenient way as by
metal or paper or other thickening strips glued or fastened to one end of the tag;
the heads of the tacks or nails may also be covered by a strip of suitable material
glued or otherwise fastened on,
I prefer, however, to arrange a short metal strip at one end of the tag or label
and to drive two tacks or nails through the label and through small holes pierced in
the said metal strip. I then close in the holes in the metal strip firmly round the
nails or tacks by means of a small hollow punch or by a suitable die in a machine
press. This closing in operation firmly holds the nails or tacks.
My improved tags or labels are principally intended for insertion in and
attachment to woollen merchants' and drapers' blocked goods, and the tacks or nails
are intended for attachment to the centre board on which the goods are blocked.
To insert the label and attach it to the board, which board I would explain forms
the centre upon which the cloth is rolled, I have invented a new tool which I use
-The tool
in conjunction with my new tags or labels in the following manner :--
consists of a flat piece of metal fitted with a convenient handle and it carries on its
under face a flat spring having two slots or slits in one end. The tag or label is
slipped under the said spring between it and the metal, and the tacks or nails slip
into the slots or slits and project therefrom. The ticket is thus held by the tool,
and the tool with the ticket is inserted between the inner surface of the cloth and
the board, the ends of the nails or tacks being pointed towards the board a few
blows are now given to the tool by a hammer at a position projecting beyond the
cloth.
The nails are thus driven into the wood; the tool is then slipped in and withdrawn.
The tacks may be further driven in by the tool after the spring has been slipped
off them before final withdrawal.
The tool may have an additional spring to hold the free end of the ticket when
desired, and the springs may be raised from the surface of the tool by a suitable
wedge or wedges to allow of the easy insertion of the ticket.
Various modifications may be made in applying my invention without departing
from its essential features so long as the tag or label is inserted and the nails
driven in by a tool holding the label by a spring or a clip.
Dated this 1st day of February 1892.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and appertaining to Label Tabs or Tags and the
Attachment thereof to Blocked Goods.
1, JOSHUA DAVIES, of 202 High Street, Dudley, in the County of Worcester,.
Wholesale Draper, 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 :—
My invention relates to tags or tabs and the attachment thereof to woollen
merchants' or drapers' and similar blocked goods and its object is to produce a more
convenient tag than hitherto, and also to attach it in a more rapid, secure and
convenient manner than any method now in use.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings,
Figures 1 and 1 are plans and Figures 2 and 2ª are elevations of my improved
labels or tabs.
Figure 3 is a plan and Figure 4 an elevation of one form of my improved tool or
attaching device.
Figure 5 is an elevation of a modification of my improved tool, and Figure 6 is
an illustration showing the method of attaching my improved labels to a roll of
goods.
In carrying my invention into effect I prepare a buckram or other tag label A
and attach at one end a short nail or tack or several nails or tacks B, B in such
manner that the said nails or tacks project from the surface of the said label.
The nails or tacks B may be secured to the label A in any convenient way as by
metal or paper or other thickening strips C glued or fastened to one end of the tag;
the heads of the tacks or nails may also be covered by a strip of suitable material
glued or otherwise fastened on. I sometimes arrange a short metal strip C at one
end of the tag or label and drive two tacks or nails B, B through the label and
through small holes pierced in the said metal strip. I then close in the holes in
the metal strip firmly round the nails or tacks by means of a small hollow punch or
by a suitable die in a machine press. This closing in operation firmly holds the
nails or tacks. I prefer to arrange a metal strip or bind C Figure 1 having holes
perforated for the points of the tacks to pass through, then to close the metal over
or under the heads B, B of the tacks to prevent them from slipping out as shown
in Figure 2ª.
My improved tags or labels are principally intended for insertion in and
attachment to woollen merchants and drapers' blocked goods such as D Figure 6,
and the tacks or nails are intended for attachment to the centre board E on which
the goods are blocked. To insert the label and attach it to the board, which board
I would explain forms the centre upon which the cloth D is rolled, I have invented
a new tool illustrated in Figures 3, 4 and 5 which I use in conjunction with my
new tags or labels in the following mauner-The tool consists of a flat piece of
metal fitted with a convenient handle G and it carries on its under face a flat
spring H having two slots or slits h, in one end. The tag or label A is slipped
under the said spring H between it and the metal F, and the projecting tacks or
nails B, B slip into the slots or slits h, and project therefrom as shown in dotted
lines in Figures 3 and 4. The ticket is thus held by the tool, and the tool with the
ticket is inserted between the inner surface of the cloth and the board as shown in
Figure 6, the ends of the nails or tacks being pointed towards the board, a few
blows are now given to the tool, by a hammer at a position projecting beyond the
cloth.
The nails are thus driven into the wood; the tool is then slipped in to get free
from the nails and then withdrawn.
The tacks may be further driven in by the tool after the spring has been slipped
off them before final withdrawal.

page_text: The tool may have an additional spring K shown in Figure 5 to hold the free-
end of the ticket when desired, and the springs may be raised from the surface of
the tool by a suitable wedge to allow of the easy insertion of the ticket.
Various modifications may be made in applying my invention without departing
from its essential features so long as the tag or label is inserted and the nails driven
in by a tool holding the label by a spring or a clip.
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. The construction of label tabs or tags having projecting nails or tacks
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction of tools or holders for placing labels or tabs in position,
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in.
the accompanying drawings.
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MARKS & CLERK,
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