AN APPARATUS OR HOLDER FOR HOLDING PARCELS OF GLOVES AND OTHER GOODS AND PAPERS
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thonias Restell, of the Strand, in the City of
Westminster, Chronometer Maker, for the Invention of "AN APPARATUS
OR HOLDER FOR HOLDING PARCELS OF GLOVES AND OTHER GOODS AND PAPERS."
Sealed the 22nd December 1854, and dated the 5th July 1854.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Restell at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th
July 1854.
I, THOMAS RESTELL, of the Strand, in the City of Westminster, Chrono-
meter Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
APPARATUS OR HOLDER FOR HOLDING PARCELS OF GLOVES AND OTHER GOODS AND
PAPERS" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in employing two rigid plates or surfaces, such as
metal, horn, cardboard, papier mâché, &c., which are united by bands, straps,
or strings of elastic material. The most approved method of fastening the
lower to the upper plate is to attach the ends of the clastic cord to a cross
piece of the same or similar material to that of which the upper plate is
formed, and in this upper plate a groove is made to receive the cross piece,
and thus a flush fastening is effected. 'In this holder, the papers or parcels,
such as gloves, &c., may be placed upon the lower plate, and the top plate
being brought over, the two may be fastened, by bringing up the elastic cord
and cross piece, and dropping it into the groove in the top plate. Where the

page_text: goods would not be injured, the top and bottom plates of the holder may be
permanently connected by the elastic cord, and in such case the goods or
papers to be held would require to be pushed between them. Another modi-
fication of holder is formed by attaching a button to the ends of the elastic
cord, which may be slipped into a slot made in one of the plates to receive it.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Restell in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
5th January 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, TноMAS
RESTELL, of the Strand, in the City of Westminster, Chronometer Maker,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Thomas Restell, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas
Restell, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Thomas Restell, 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, exer-
cise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN APPARATUS OR
HOLDER FOR HOLDING PARCELS OF GLOVES AND OTHER GOODS AND PAPERS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Restell, by an instru-
ment in writing under my hand and seal, 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 Scal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Restell, 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 thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed
(that is to say) -
My Invention consists in employing two rigid plates or surfaces, such as
metal, horn, cardboard, papier mâché, &c., which are united by bands, straps,

page_text: or strings of clastic material. The most approved method of fastening the
lower to the upper plate is to attach the ends of the elastic cord to a cross
piece of the same or similar material to that of which the upper plate is
formed, and in this upper plate a groove is made to receive the cross piece,
and thus a flush fastening is effected. In this holder, the papers or parcels,
such as gloves, &c., may be placed upon the lower plate, and the top plate
being brought over, the two may be fastened, by bringing up the elastic cord
and cross piece, and dropping it into the groove in the top plate. Where the
goods would not be injured, the top and bottom plates of the holder may be
permanently connected by the elastic cord, and in such case the goods or
papers to be held would require to be pushed between them. Another
modification of holder is formed by attaching a button to the ends of the
elastic cord, which may be slipped into a slot made in one of the plates to
receive it.
In the Drawings hereunto annexed I have shewn several methods which I
have adopted for carrying this my Invention into effect, according to the
various purposes to which my improved holders are to be applied. Figure 1
represents, in perspective, an apparatus for holding gloves, hose, and other
similar articles. A is the lower, and B the upper plate; C is the elastic
cord for uniting them together. The method of attaching this cord to the
plates is as follows:-After having drilled through each corner of each plate
a small hole, I pass one end of the cord through the hole a of the upper
plate, and there secure it by means of a knot, or attach it to a small button,
so as to prevent the cord from drawing through. The cther end of the cord
is then passed through the hole b, and carried down and through the hole c in
the lower plate, and then along the under side of the plate and up through
the hole d, from whence it is brought up, and passed along the top plate
again, being retained in its position by means of the notches e and f. From
the notch f, the cord again descends, and is passed through a hole in the cor-
responding corner of the lower plate, whence it traverses along the under side
of the plate, and is finally passed up through the holes g and h, and is then
carried across the end of the upper plate and through the hole i, where it is
secured by means of a knot or button. I form grooves along cach side of each
plate in which the cord lies; it is thereby kept in its proper place, and is also
more effectually protected from wear. That part of the cord between the
notches e and f is capable of being thrown off the upper plate, so as to leave
that side disengaged from cord, in order that the parcel of goods, papers, &c.
may be placed between the plates, after which the cord is again brought up
and dropped into the groove between the notches. When this apparatus

page_text: is used for holding gloves, hose, and other similar articles requiring any
distinctive mark, such may be stamped or otherwise imprinted or attached to
one of the plates, as represented in the Figure. In Figure 2 I have shewn
in perspective the manner in which I construct this apparatus for holding
papers. The arrangement of the elastic cord is similar to that described in
reference to Figure 1, excepting that the cord, instead of being brought up
and passed over the top plate between the notches e and f, (which in this
holder are dispensed with,) it is passed along a groove in the lower plate, and
thereby the front part of the apparatus is left free from cord. For more
effectually holding the papers, I attach to the lower plate a pointed wire A,
which passes up and through a hole in the upper plate. Figures 3 and 4
represent perspective views of a modification of the above arrangement
of apparatus, to adapt it for holding papers, &c. requiring to be carried
in the pocket. The arrangement of the cord is the same in each Figure,
and is as follows:-a is a button to which one end of the cord is
attached; the other end of the cord is then passed through a hole in the
frame of the holder, and carried along and brought through. the hole b
of the same frame, from whence it is passed through the hole c in the
opposite frame, and then along to the hole d, through which it is passed
across to the hole è, and finally passed through another hole f, where it is
secured by means of a button. Figure 5 represents another form of appa-
ratus for holding papers. A is the bottom plate, which is weighted, to give
it solidity; B is the upper plate, which is secured to the lower one by means
of clastic cord, the arrangement of which is readily understood by the dotted
lines, being similar to that already described in reference to Figures 1 and 2.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim, the method of
constructing an apparatus or holder for holding parcels of gloves and other
goods and papers, of two rigid plates or frames, united by means of bands,
straps, or strings of elastic material, substantially in the manner herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Restell, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Third day of January, One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-five
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THOMAS RESTELL. (L.s.)