AN IMPROVED SCARF BOX OR HOLDER
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Leslie Fyfe, of Noble Street, in the
City of London, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED SCARF BOX OR
HOLDER."
Sealed the 24th January 1873, and dated the 3rd August 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Leslie Fyfe
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 3rd August 1872.
I, ALEXANDER LESLIE FYFE, of Noble Street, in the City of London,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
SCARF BOX OR HOLDER," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved box or holder for containing
made-up scarves in which the goods may be placed and arranged in a
convenient manner for inspection by customers:
According to my Invention I provide an external case or box of wood
suitably polished or otherwise ornamented, in which is fitted a cardboard

page_text: case or tray containing the articles, both of which are thus protected
from external injury. The mahogany or other wooden show case is
provided with a hinged lid, glazed to allow the contents to be seen, the
cardboard tray being unprovided with a lid, but in it are fixed pro-
jections or blocks of cardboard. to hold the goods in the position in
which they are placed to prevent their becoming disarranged. The
cardboard tray is fitted accurately within the outer wooden show case, so
as to be readily removable therefrom, and admit of its being renewed as
often as required when soiled by use.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alexander Leslie Fyfe in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 3rd February 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDER
LESLIE FYFE, of Noble Street, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Alexander Leslie Fyfe, Her special licence
that I, the said Alexander Leslie Fyfe, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Alexander Leslie Fyfe, 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 "AN
IMPROVED SCARF Box OR HOLDER," upon the condition (amongst others).
that I, the said Alexander Leslie Fyfe, 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.
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page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexander Leslie Fyfe, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that
is to say):
My Invention relates to an improved box or holder for containing
made-up scarves or ties in which the said goods may be placed and
arranged in a convenient manner for inspection by customers.
According to my Invention I. provide an external case or box of wood
suitably polished or otherwise ornamented, in which is fitted a cardboard
case or tray containing the articles, the said tray being thus protected
from injury. The mahogany or other wooden show case is provided
with a hinged lid, glazed to allow the contents to be seen, the cardboard
tray being unprovided with a lid, while in it are fixed projections or
blocks of cardboard to bold the goods in the position in which they are
placed, and prevent their becoming disarranged. The cardboard tray is
fitted accurately within the outer wooden show case, so as to be readily
removable therefrom, and admit of its being renewed as often as required
when soiled by use.
In the accompanying Drawing Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of
the improved scarf box, and Figure 2 a transverse section of same.
2
A is the external wooden case provided with glazed lid B, hinged, as
shown; C is the pasteboard box fitted in case A, but from which it may
be readily withdrawn, as shown in red lines; D are the blocks or
fittings to hold the articles. They are made of pasteboard glued or
otherwise fixed in position in the pasteboard case B, as usual.
A pasteboard box has never thus been fitted in an external case.
When used alone the pasteboard box is generally broken and rendered
unfit for use before the goods are sold out, and the wooden case cannot
be used alone without the inner pasteboard box, because the necessary
fittings D to hold the goods in place cannot be conveniently applied in
the wooden case, which moreover would become dirty. When the
contents are sold the empty pasteboard box is thrown away and replaced
by a full one.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and in what manner

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tion to be protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent
is, the combination with an external case of wood A. of a pasteboard box
or tray C fitted therein, and forming a renewable lining, substantially as
and for the purpose described and shown in the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Leslie Fyfe, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Third day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
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