IMPROVEMENTS IN PACKING NEEDLES, AND. IN DADERIER NEEDLES OR MAKING UP NEEDLES FOR SALE
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Maurice Pollack, of the Firm of A. Sommerville and
Company, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PACKING NEEDLES, AND. IN
DADERIER NEEDLES OR MAKING UP NEEDLES FOR SALE."
Sealed the 24th April 1867, and dated the 1st November 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Maurice Pollack at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st November 1866.
I, MAURICE POLLACK, of the Firm of A. Sommerville and Company, of
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers; do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PACKING NEEDLES,
AND IN PAPERING NEEDLES OR MAKING UP NEEDLES FOR SALE," to be as
follows:-
My improvements in packing needles to be afterwards enclosed in a paper
wrapper or envelope consist in sticking needles into paper, linen, or other
fabric in the manner herein-after explained, by which said improvements the
needles stuck into paper or packed together are made to occupy less space
or are less bulky than the same number of needles stuck into paper or packed

page_text: together in the ordinary way. In sticking needles into paper in the ordinary
way a row or series of needles are stuck into the strip of paper in such
a manner that the whole of the said needles are situated in the same plane.
In packing needles or sticking needles into paper according to my Inven-
tion I so stick the needles into the strip of paper that they are situated in
different parallel planes, that is to say, at the front or back of a row of needles
stuck into a strip of paper I stick another parallel row of needles, each
needle of the last-mentioned row being situated between two adjacent needles
of the first-mentioned row, so that the needles are arranged in the form of a
series of triangles; or instead of two parallel rows of needles as described
three parallel rows of needles may be stuck into the paper: In this case
each needle of the outer rows of needles is stuck between every two adjacent
needles of the inner or middle row, so that the packed needles are arranged
in the form of a series of lozenges. Different.sized needles may be stuck into
paper in the manner described. The packed needles may be enclosed loosely
in. paper wrappers or envelopes, or they may be connected to the paper
wrappers or envelopes in the manner herein-after described.
By packing or sticking needles into paper, linen, or other material according.
to my Invention the needles are packed into a smaller space than they can be
packed when they are stuck into paper in the ordinary way, so that I am
enabled to enclose in a wrapper or envelope a greater number of needles
than usual without increasing or materially increasing the bulk of the
packet.
.
In papering needles or making up needles for sale according to my Invention,
I attach the needles packed together or stuck into paper according to my Inven-
tion, or in the ordinary way, to the paper wrappers or envelopes in which they
are to be enclosed in the following manner :-I provide the strip of paper into-
which the needles are stuck with winged shaped or pointed projecting pieces.
In the paper wrapper or envelope in which the needles are to be enclosed
two longitudinal slits or incisions are made, through which slits the winged
shaped or pointed pieces described are passed, and folded or turned back upon
the paper wrapper or envelope; or the strip of paper into which the needles.
are stuck may have small parallel strips or pieces upon it on either side, which
strips or pieces are passed through slits in the paper wrapper or envelope, and
the said strips are pasted or gummed to the said paper wrapper or envelope;
or the paper wrapper or envelope may be provided with a separate band or
strip of paper pasted or gummed, at its ends to the said paper wrapper or
envelope, under which band the packed needles are passed and retained in
their place by the said band.

page_text: By either of the ways described the packed needles are secured to the
paper wrapper or envelope, which wrapper or envelope is folded upon the
needles in the ordinary way so as to complete the papering of the said
needles.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Maurice Pollack in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 26th April 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MAURICE
POLLACK, of the Firm of A. Sommerville and Company, of Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Maurice Pollack, Her special licence that I, the said Maurice Pollack,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Maurice. Pollack, 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 PACKING NEEDLES, AND IN PAPERING NEEDLES OR MAKING UP NEEDLES FOR
SALE," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Maurice Pollack, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their bands 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 Maurice Pollack, 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, that is to say. :-
My improvements in packing needles to be afterwards enclosed in a paper.
wrapper or envelope cousist in sticking needles into paper, linen, or other.
fabric, in the manner herein-after explained, by which said improvements tho

page_text: needles stuck into paper or packed together are made to occupy less space or
are less bulky than the same number of needles stuck into paper or packed
together in the ordinary way. In sticking needles into paper in the ordinary
way a row or series of needles are stuck into the strip of paper in
such a manner that the whole of the said needles are situated in the same
plane.
In packing needles or sticking needles into paper according to my Invention,
I so stick the needles into the strip of paper that they are situated in different
parallel planes; that is to say, at the front or back of a row of needles stuck
into a strip of paper I stick another parallel row of needles, each needle of
the last-mentioned row being situated between two adjacent needles of the
first-mentioned row, so that the needles are arranged in the form of a series
of triangles; or, instead of two parallel rows of needles as described, three
parallel rows of needles may be stuck into the paper. In this case each
needle of the outer rows of needles is stuck between every two adjacent
needles of the inner or middle row, so that the packed needles are arranged in
the form of a series of lozenges. Different sized needles may be stuck into
paper or fabric in the manner described. The packed needles may be
enclosed loosely in paper wrappers or envelopes, or they may be connected to
the paper wrappers or envelopes in the manner herein-after described..
By packing or sticking needles into paper, linen, or other material according
to my Invention I am enabled to enclöse in a wrapper or envelope a greater
number of needles than usual without increasing or materially increasing the
bulk of the packet.
In papering needles or making up needles for sale according to my
Invention, I attach the needles, packed together or stuck into paper according
to my Invention or in the ordinary way, to the paper wrappers or envelopes in
the following manner :-I provide the strip of paper into which the needles
are stuck with winged-shaped or pointed projecting pieces. In the paper
wrapper or envelope in which the needles are to be enclosed two longitudinal
slits or incisions are made, through which slits the winged shaped or pointed
pieces described are passed and folded or turned back upon the paper wrapper
or envelope. Or the strip of paper into which the needles are stuck may have
small parallel strips or pieces upon it on either side, which strips or pieces are
passed through slits in the paper wrapper or envelope, and the said strips
pasted or gummed to the said wrapper or envelope. Or the paper wrapper or
envelope may be provided with a separate band or strip of paper pasted or
gummed at its ends to the said paper wrapper or envelope, under which band
the packed needles are passed and retained in their place by the said band..

page_text: Or instead of making the strip upon which the needles are stuck separate from
the wrapper it may be made in one piece with the wrapper. By either of the
ways described the packed needles are secured to the paper wrapper: or
envelope, which wrapper or envelope is folded upon the needles in the ordinary
way, so as to complete the papering of the said needles.
Having explained the nature of my Invention I will proceed to describe
with reference to the accompanying Drawing the manner in which the same
is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation, and Figure 2 in end elevation, a
series of needles packed together or stuck into paper according to my
Invention, and Figure 3 is a horizontal section of the same, the needles being
drawn double the full size.
In carrying this part of my Invention into effect I make across the strip
of paper à, into which the needles are to be stuck, two projecting ribs
or ridges c, c, the parts of the said ridges being situated in different but
parallel planes, as will be understood by an examination of Figure 2. I
stick the row of needles marked & through the parts of the ribs or ridges
marked c³, and I stick a second row of needles marked through the outer
parts marked c³ of the ribs or ridges, each of the needles of the second row e
being situated between two adjacent needles of the first row d. Two parallel
rows of needles are thus stuck into the paper, the needles being arranged in
the form of a series of triangles, as represented in the section, Figure 3; or
instead of two parallel rows of needles three parallel rows of needles may be
stuck into the paper, as illustrated in horizontal section in Figure 4. When
three parallel rows of needles are stuck into paper each of the needles of the
outer rows are stuck into the paper between every two adjacent needles of
the middle row, the packed needles having the form of a series of lozenges..
The needles packed together or stuck into paper in the ways described and
represented are enclosed loosely in the paper wrapper or connected to the
paper wrapper in the manner herein-after described or in any other convenient
manner. When the needles packed together in the manner represented in
Figures 1, 2, and 3 are pressed together or flattened, the needles of one row
occupy the spaces between the needles of the other row, or when three rows
are employed, as represented in Figure 4, the needles of the outer rows
occupy the spaces between the needles of the inner or middle row. The
needles by these means are packed into a smaller space than when packed
together or stuck into paper in the ordinary way, and hence a greater number
of needles than usual can be enclosed in a wrapper without increasing or
materially increasing the bulk of the packet.
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page_text: In papering needles according to my Invention I provide the strip of paper
into which the needles have been stuck with winged shaped or pointed pieces
as represented in Figure 5, and marked e. In the paper wrapper 6, represented
in Figure 6, in which the needles, Figure 5, are to be enclosed, I make two
longitudinal slits or incisions f, f, and I pass the pointed pieces e, e, through
the said incisions and fold or turn them back upon the paper wrapper b, and
thereby fix the packed needles to the wrapper; I next fold the sides of the
wrapper upon the middle part, as illustrated in Figure 7, and finally fold the
top and bottom of the wrapper upon the folded middle portion, and engage
the ends together in the ordinary way. The enclosing of the packed needles
is then complete. Instead of the angular or pointed pieces on the sides of the
strip of paper into which the needles are stuck parallel pieces may be used,
which strips are passed through slits in the wrapper and pasted or gummed
to the outer side of the wrapper; or a separate band or long strip of paper
may be passed through the slits or incisions in the wrapper and the ends of
the said band gummed or pasted to the outer side of the wrapper b, as
illustrated in Figure 8, where the paper band or strip is marked g, and the
incissions through which the ends are passed are marked h. The pasted ends
on the outer side of the wrapper are indicated in dotted lines. By passing
the strip carrying the packed needles under the band g it is securely retained
in its place by the said band. The wrapper b, Figure 8, is folded up in the
manner described with respect to Figure 6. Instead of sticking or packing
the needles in a separate pièce of paper and fixing it to the wrapper or
envelope the needles may be stuck or packed in a part of the wrapper or
envelope itself, as illustrated in Figures 9 and 10; in this case I make on the
side of and in one piece with the paper wrapper or envelope i, i, a lateral or
side piece k, into which the series of needles 2 are stuck or packed according
to my Invention or in any other convenient way. The side strip or piece k of the
wrapper, Figure 9, is of a width proper to fold upon the middle part n and
side part m of the wrapper i and the side strip or piece k of the wrapper,
Figure 10, is of a width proper to fold completely across the wrapper. When
the side strips or pieces k, k, have been folded upon the wrappers or envelopes
i, i, the said wrappers are folded at the lines o, o, and p, r, in the
ordinary manner of papering needles..
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit
myself to the precise details herein described, as the same may be varied
without departing from the nature of my Invention; but I claim as my
Invention,―

page_text: Firstly, packing needles or sticking needles into paper, linen, or other
material, substantially in the manner herein-before described and illustrated in
the accompanying Drawing.
Secondly, papering needles or making up needles for sale, substantially
in the several ways herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Maurice Pollack, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
MAURICE POLLACK. (L.B.)