Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1886
Complete Left, 4th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 5th Apr., 1887.
I WILLIAM GEORGE STONEHAM of Pear Tree Court, Farringdon Road in the County
of Middlesex, Manager to William G. Stoneham & Co. Limited, Wholesale Booksellers
& Bookbinders, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to produce a label suitable for placing in shop
windows and other places, and which shall have an indestructible character.
In carrying out my invention, I take leather, binder's cloth, silk, or any other
suitable material, on which I print, emboss, or otherwise produco a border, and any
words that may be required for the label. This material I then secure by any
suitable adhesive material on a plate of metal, glass, or other suitable material, which
will not warp, but retain its natural stiffness. The back of the metal or other material
I then cover with binder's cloth or otherwise.
By this means I produce an indestructible label, which will not warp or get out of
shape when exposed to the heat of the sun, or otherwise, in a shop window.
The label may be perforated at one or more places to receive wire or rings by which
it may be suspended, or it may have a projecting support so that it may stand by
itself.

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I WILLIAM GEORGE STONEHAM of Pear Tree Court, Farringdon Road in the County
of Middlesex, Manager to William G. Stoneham & Co. Limited, Wholesale Booksellers
and Bookbinders, 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 :—
The object of this invention is to produce a label or ticket more especially suitable
for placing in shop windows and other places, to mark the price and nature of the
goods, and which shall have a practically indestructible character, such labels or tickets
being also applicable for other purposes.
Hitherto this class of label or ticket has been made from pasteboard or similar
backing material, with a covering of leather, binder's cloth, silk, or other material,
but such labels or tickets are liable to warp and become unsightly in appearance from
many causes.
Now according to my invention, I take leather, binder's cloth, silk, or any other
suitable covering materials, on which I print, emboss, or otherwise produce any words,
letters, figures, device or border, or any combination thereof that may be required, and
I secure this covering material by means of a suitable adherent to a plate of metal or
any other non-fragile material which will not warp.
In the accompanying drawing, I have shown at Fig. 1 in front view, and at Fig. 2
in sectional view, a label constructed according to my invention.
a is the leather or other covering, b is the inetal back, and c represents a lining of
cloth or other material, or it may be a varnish or japan.
It will be seen in the drawing that the label or ticket has bevelled edges a¹, on which
a pattern may be embossed or otherwise produced, the bevelled edges being obtained
by stamping in suitable dies.
The label or ticket may, when it is to be used as a price label or ticket, be perforated
at its corners, or elsewhere, to receive a wire or string, by which it may be suspended,
but in general I prefer to secure to the back of such label or ticket, by soldering or
rivetting, a metal rest or support d, so that the label may stand by itself. When used
as a simple ticket, it may be flat and lined with paper having printed matter thereon,
or the ticket may bo mado in two parts, which will fold together, each part having a
metal stiffening piece or backing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. Producing price and other labels and tickets as herein shown and described.
2. In the production of price and other labels and tickets, the combination of a
suitable covering material with a metal back or stiffening piece, as and for the purpose
set forth.
Dated this 3rd day of March 1887.