Improvements in Devices for Fixing Labels to Sacks and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 31st Dec., 1892-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Fixing Labels to Sacks and the like.
I, RICHARD WOOD, of Priory Works, Tonbridge, in the County of Kent, Rick
Cloth, Sack and Tarpaulin Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in devices for fixing labels to sacks and
the like, and is particularly applicable for readily fixing to coal sacks, metal labels
bearing an indication of the weight of the contents, although it is applicable to all
kinds of labels which it is required to fix to receptacles of thin material to the
interior of which access can readily be had.
In carrying my invention into effect, I form a hole in the centre of the label
and provide a stiff disc, e.g., of metal, also perforated in the same way, as well as
a suitable rivet or clip. The latter may be of the same type as the well known
double fanged paper fastener. The label is held to the sack on the outside and the
disc to the inside and opposite to the label. The clip is then passed through
label, sack and disc, and the shank or fang secured by rivetting or pressing them
outwards.
Dated this 6th day of April 1892.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Fixing Labels to Sacks and the like.
I, RICHARD WOOD, of Priory Works, Tonbridge, in the County of Kent, Rick
Cloth, Sack and Tarpaulin Maker, 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 improvements in devices for fixing labels to sacks and
the like. It is particularly applicable for readily fixing on sacks, metal labels
bearing an indication of the weight of their contents.
In order that this invention and the means by which it is to be carried into
practical effect may be thoroughly understood, I will describe it and them in detail,
referring in so doing to the accompanying figures which are to be taken as part of
this Specification and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a sack of coals labelled according to my invention.
Fig. 2 is a detail plan on an enlarged scale illustrating the method of fixing or
attaching a small label to the sack.
Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a detail plan on an enlarged scale illustrating the method of fixing or
attaching a large label to the sack.
Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.
a is the sack. bis the label upon which the weight of the contents is marked.
These labels may be of any shape and are preferably made by stamping them out
of sheet metal. c is a stiff plate. It is preferably made of metal for the purpose
of securing the necessary degree of stiffness in it. It is of the same shape as the
label and a little smaller than it but not much smaller so that the said label may
be supported throughout its entire surface against all bending strains. Both label
and disc are perforated in corresponding positions and are held to the sack, the
former on the outside and the latter on the inside, by a rivet or fastener d. This

page_text: may be of any suitable type. I prefer to use one of the same or similar con-
struction to that of the well-known two fanged paper fastener. The fangs d' are
passed through both the label and the disc from the front and bent over the
latter.
I find that one rivet is sufficient, if it is passed centrally through the label and
disc, to hold the edge of a small label, e.g., one for a hundred weight coal sack, up
to the sack, but a large label, e.g., one for a 2 cwt. coal sack, requires two rivets,
and these should be passed through label and disc, one above and the other below
the geometrical centre, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. This arrangement brings both
rivets sufficiently near the edge of the label on two opposite sides thereof to keep
them down to the sack, and their being above and below, instead of being right
and left of the geometrical centre, prevents the bulging of the sack side leading to
the label standing away therefrom.
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 combination of label, supporting plate and rivet or rivets with a sack,
as set forth.
2. The improved device for fixing a label to a sack, consisting of back plate and
rivet or rivets, as set forth.
mhan 1000)
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.