Improvements in Direction and other like Labels.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 4th Oct., 1894--4ccepted. 10th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Direction and other like Labels.
I, FREDERICK THOMAS JEFFERSON, of the Firm of Kenrick and Jefferson, of
High Street, West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford, Printers Publishers and
Stationers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has especial reference to labels of the kind commonly called
tag labels, the said labels being principally used for indicating the nature or
contents of the parcels or goods to which they are attached. My improvements are
however applicable to tie-on direction and other like labels.
In tag labels as ordinarily made the label is pierced with a hole at or near the
middle of one of its ends; the string employed for securing the label to the
metal tag is passed through an eye in the metal tag and the ends of the string are
tied. One end of the loop thus formed is passed through the hole in the label
threaded through the loop at the other end of the string and is then drawn tight.
My invention has for its principal objects to more firmly secure the string,
carrying the metal tags to the labels, to avoid the piercing of the said labels and
to so arrange the knot of the string as to obviate the obstruction which is caused
by the knot in attaching ordinary tag labels to the material to which the label is to
be connected.
In making a tag label according to my invention I take a blank of strong paper
preferably of the kind commonly called manilla or of thin cardboard or linen and
fold or double it at its middle. When applied to the label as hereinafter described,
the said blank forms the tab of the label. I take a piece of string threaded through
the eye of a pointed metal tag and the ends of the string being tied the tied part is
engaged with the fold of the tab. Paste or other adhesive material having been
applied to the inner face of the folded tab, the said tab is placed in the desired
position upon the label by passing the edge of the label between the folded parts of
the tab and applying pressure on the sides of the said tab. On the drying of the
adhesive material the tab and string are firmly attached to the label, the knot
of the string being secured in the fold of the tab and the looped part of the string
is without a knot.
Instead of securing the string to the label in the manner hereinbefore described
it may be secured to the said label in the following manner. Having threaded the
string through the eye of the pointed metal tag and secured the ends by tying, I
pass the tag through the label preferably at the point over which the middle of the
tab when secured to the label will be situated and pull the string attached to the
said tag through the hole thus made until the knot comes in contact with the label.
I then take a folded tab coated on its inner face with paste or the like and pass the
tag and string through a hole made in the middle of the fold or crease of the tab.
The tab is placed in its proper position on the label and is secured thereto as
hereinbefore described.
In applying my improvements to tie-on direction or other labels, that is labels in
which the ends of the string secured to the label are tied to the string of or are
otherwise attached to the parcels or goods, I place the middle of the untied piece
of string across the fold or crease of the tab and secure the tab to the label in the
way hereinbefore described. By the method of connecting the string to the labels
described the said labels may be issued into commerce with the ends of the string

page_text: untied without fear of detachment of the said string from the labels and the usual
hole or piercing in the label is rendered unnecessary.
Dated the 9th day of January 1894.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Direction and other like Labels.
I, FREDERICK THOMAS JEFFERSON, of the Firm of Kenrick and Jefferson, of
High Street, West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford, Printers, Publishers and
Stationers, 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 has especial reference to labels of the kind commonly called
tag labels, the said labels being principally used for indicating the nature or
contents of the parcels or goods to which they are attached. My improvements are
however applicable to tic-on direction and other like labels.
In tag labels as ordinarily made the label is pierced with a hole at or near the
middle of one of its ends; the string employed for securing the label to the
metal tag is passed through an eye in the metal tag and the ends of the string are
tied. One end of the loop thus formed is passed through the hole in the label,
threaded through the loop at the other end of the string and is then drawn tight.
My invention has for its principal objects to more firmly secure the string
carrying the metal tags to the labels, to avoid the piercing of the said labels and
to so arrange the knot of the string as to obviate the obstruction which is caused
by the knot in attaching ordinary tag labels to the material to which the label is to
be connected.
In making a tag label according to my invention I take a blank of strong paper
preferably of the kind commonly called manilla, or of thin cardboard or linen, and
fold or double it at its middle. When applied to the label, as hereinafter described,
the said blank forms the tab of the label. I take a piece of string threaded through
the eye of a pointed metal tag and the ends of the string being tied the tied part is
engaged with the fold of the tab. Paste or other adhesive material having been
applied to the inner face of the folded tab, the said tab is placed in the desired
position upon the label by passing the edge of the label between the folded parts of
the tab and applying pressure on the sides of the said tab. On the drying of the
adhesive material the tab and string are firmly attached to the label, the knot
of the string being secured in the fold of the tab and the looped part of the string
is without a knot.
Instead of securing the string to the label in the manner hereinbefore described
it may be secured to the said label in the following manner.
Having threaded the string through the eye of the pointed metal tag and secured
the ends by tying, 1 pass the tag through the label, preferably at the point over
which the middle of the tab, when secured to the label will be situated, and pull
the string attached to the said tag through the hole thus made until the knot comes
in contact with the label. I then take a folded tab, coated on its inner face with
paste or the like, and pass the tag and string through a hole made in the middle of
the fold or crease of the tab. The tab is placed in its proper position on the label
and is secured thereto as hereinbefore described.
In applying my improvements to tie-on direction or other labels, that is, labels in
which the ends of the string secured to the label are tied to the string of or are
otherwise attached to the parcels or goods, I place the middle of the untied piece
of string across the fold or crease of the tab and secure the tab to the label in the
way hereinbefore described. By the method of connecting the string to the labels

page_text: described, the said labels may be issued into commerce with the ends of the string
untied without fear of detachment of the said string from the labels and the usual
hole er piercing in the label is rendered unnecessary.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, represents in front elevation, a tag
direction label, the string carrying the metal tag being secured to the label
according to the first described arrangement of my invention and Figure 2
represents a portion of the same in section.
Figure 3 represents the tag and string detached, the string being threaded
through the eye of the metal pointed tag and the ends of the string tied into a knot
ready to be applied to the tab of the label;
Figure 4 represents in elevation and Figure 5 in plan the tied or looped string
applied to the unfolded tab and Figure 6 represents the blank from which the tab
is made.
a is the label made of strong paper or any other of the materials of which
direction and other like labels are made; is the tab made of mauilla or other
strong paper or thin cardboard or linen, the blank of the tab consisting of nearly
circular symmetrical halves; e is the piece of string and d the pointed tag threaded
upon the said string.
Having threaded the piece of string c through the tag d and tied the ends of the
string into a knot at the tab b is folded at its middle as indicated in dotted lines
in Figure 4, the tied part of the string being engaged with the fold or middle of the
folded tab in the manner represented; that is, the tied part at e of the string is
made to cross the fold or middle of the tab, the knot e being situated at the middle
of the fold. Or the tied end e of the looped string c may be applied to the middle or
contracted part of the tab before the halves are folded. Paste or other adhesive
material having been applied to the inner face of the tab b, the said tab is placed
upon the label a by passing the edge of the label between the folded parts of the
tab as represented in Figures 1 and 2. Pressure is then applied to the sides of
the tab. On the drying of the adhesive material, the tab b and looped string e,
carrying the metal tag d, are firmly attached to the label, the knot e of the string
being secured in the fold of the tab and the looped part of the string is without a
knot as represented in Figure 1. The string of the metal tag is thus secured to
the label without piercing the label, and tab, the position of the knot of the string
being such that it offers no obstruction to the tag d in attaching the tag label to the
material.
Figure 7 represents in perspective and Figure 8 in front elevation, a tag
direction label in which the looped string is passed through the label and also
through the fixing tab.
In this arrangement the piece of string e is first threaded through the eye of the
pointed metal tag d and the ends of the string tied into a knot at e; the tag is then
passed through the label at the point at which the middle of the tab is to be fixed
on the label until the knote of the string comes in contact with the label as
represented in Figure 7. The tab is then covered on its inner face with paste
and the tag and string passed through a hole in the middle of the fold of the tab b
as represented in Figure 7. The tab b being folded and placed in its proper
position on the label a as represented in Figure 8, is secured thereto by pressure.
The looped tag string c is thus secured to the label, the knot of the looped string
being held in its place on one side of the label by the folded fixing tab b
Figures 9 and 10 represent a modification of the method of securing the looped
string and tag to the label. In this modification the ends of the string, after it has been
passed through the eye of the tag d, are not tied but the loose ends are placed upon
the inner face of the half of the tab b, after the paste has been applied to the
said tab, as represented in Figure 9. The tab is then folded and applied to the
label in the manner hereinbefore described so as to fix the looped tag string
securely to the label as represented in Figure 10.
Figures 11 and 12 represent a tie-on direction label, the string of which is
secured to the said label without piercing the label and tab according to my

page_text: invention. In this case, I place the middle of the piece of string f under the fold
or middle of the tab b, after it has been coated with paste, as represented in
Figure 11, and then fold the tab upon the label and secure the tab by pressure to
the label as hereinbefore described. The string is thereby fixed to the label
without piercing it and the tab, and the part of the string crossing the middle
or fold of the tab is so firmly secured to the label that there is no fear of the
detachment of the string from the label.
Figures 13 and 14 represent a tie-on label, the string of which is secured to the
label in the manner herein before described with respect to the tag label Figures 9
and 10; that is to say, the string is formed into a loop and its loose ends placed
between the parts of the tab and the latter secured to the label. The looped
tie-on string is in this case secured to the article in the same manner as ordinary
looped tie-on strings are secured.
Instead of fixing the loose or unconnected ends of the tie-on string to the label
in the manner represented in Figures 13 and 14, the ends of the loop of the
tie-on string may be tied into a knot and the knot part be secured to the label by
the tab.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention of "Improvements in direction and other like labels" :-
First. The methods of securing the looped tag strings of tag labels to the said
labels herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 of
the accompanying drawings, whereby the said looped strings are connected to the
labels without piercing the labels and fixing tabs substantially as described and
illustrated.
Secondly. The modification herein before described and illustrated in Figures 7
and 8 of the accompanying drawings in which the looped tag string is passed
through the label and also through the fixing tab.
Thirdly. The methods herein before described and illustrated in Figures 11, 12,
13 and 14 of the accompanying drawings of securing the strings of tie-on labels to
the said labels, whether the tie-on strings have loose or unconnected ends or are
formed into loops substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated the 2nd day of October 1894.
FREDK. THOMAS JEFFERSON.