In- PROVEMENTS IN ENVELOPES OR WRAPPERS FOR NEEDLES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Thomas, the younger, of Redditch, in
the County of Worcester, Gentleman, for the Invention of "In-
PROVEMENTS IN ENVELOPES OR WRAPPERS FOR NEEDLES."
Sealed the 3rd August 1869, and dated the 22nd May 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Thomas, at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 22nd May 1869.
I, SAMUEL THOMAS, the younger, of Redditch, in the County of
Worcester, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ENVELOPES OR WRAPPERS FOR NEEDLES," to be
as follows, that is to say :-
My Invention relates to the construction of envelopes or wrappers
used for the purpose of wrapping or putting up of needles into packets.
I cut or stamp out of paper or other suitable
material the form here shewn; the flap part (a)
is then folded up to (6); the needles which are to
be wrapped up in the envelope having been
stuck in the usual manner upon cloth or other
suitable material are placed upon the part (c),
and the flap or tail piece (a) folded down over
the loose end of the cloth upon which the needles
are stuck, so as to prevent their displacement,
and to keep them in one position in the wrapper;
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page_text: the part (d) having in it the slit (d') is then folded down upon the
needles, and the part (e) folded down upon the part (d), the tongue or
tuck () being inserted in the slit (d').
Thus is formed a pocket for holding the needles, and this pocket
is then folded upon the part (9), as here shewn;
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the flap () is next folded down so as to cover
and protect the heads of the needles; the part (i)
is then folded down, having a suitable slit (i¹)
cut in it for the receiving of the tongue piece or
tuck (4), which completes the envelope or wrapper,
or the tuck () may be omitted, and a plain wing
piece similar to (d) may be substituted for it, in which case (d) will not
require the slit (d), and the flap (a) may in some instances also bo
omitted; or I cut out a blank form without the tongue pieces (*)
and (), forming such parts similar to the side wings (i) and (d), simply
folding them one upon the other, the flap or tail piece (a) being used
or omitted as preferred; or I form the packet for holding the needles as
described and shewn, and form the upper portions (i) and (k) as flaps
or wings only to fold over the needlo packet, the part (4) being formed
into the tongue piece for fastening up the envelope. By these arrange-
ments I form a double pocket envelope or wrapper, the one pocket
containing the needles and folding up into the second or enclosing
pocket or wrapper.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Samuel Thomas in the Great Seal Patent Office 2
on the 20th November 1869,
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
THOMAS, the younger, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Gentle-
man, send greeting,
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 8
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suocessors, give
and grant unto me, the said Samuel Thomas, the younger, Her special
license, that I, the said Samuel Thomas, the younger, my executors,

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administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Samuel
Thomas, the younger, 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, usc, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ENVELOPES OR WRAPPERS FOR NEEDLES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Samuel Thomas,
the younger, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tiou, 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 Samuel Thomas, the younger, 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, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that
is to say:-
My Invention relates to the construction of envelopes or wrappers
used for the purpose of wrapping or putting up of needles into packets.
I cut or stamp out of paper or other suitable material the form shewn
in Figure 1; the flap part (a) is then folded up to (6); the needles which
are to be wrapped up in the envelope having being stuck in the usual
manner upon cloth or other suitable material are placed upon the
part (c), and the flap or tail piece (a) folded down over the loose end
of the cloth upon which the needles are stuck, so as to prevent their
displacement, and to keep them in one position in the wrapper; the
part (d) having in it the slit (d') is then folded down upon the needles,
and the part (e) folded down upon the part (d), the tongue or tuck (f)
being inserted in the slit (d¹).
Thus is formed a pocket for holding the needles, and this pocket is
then folded upon the part (9), as shewn in Figure 2; the flap (A) is next
folded down, so as to cover and protect the heads of the needles; the
part (i) is then folded down, having a suitable slit (¹) cut in it for the
receiving of the tongue piece or tuck (4), which will securely fasten up
the envelope or wrapper, and present the form of Figure 3; or the
tuck () may be omitted, and a plain wing picce similar to (d) may be

page_text: substituted for it, in which case (d) will not require the slit (d'), and
the flap (a) may in some instances also be omitted; or I cut out a blank
form without the tongue pieces (k) and (S), forming such parts similar
to the side wings (i) and (d), simply folding them one upon the other,
the flap or tail piece (a) being used or omittod as preferred; or, as
represented in Figure 4, I form the packet for holding the needles as
described and shewn, and form the upper portions (i) and () as flaps or
wings only to fold over the needle packet, the part (4) being formed into
the tongue piece for fastening up the envelope, one or both of the flaps
or wings (i) and (k) being slit for that purpose. By these arrangements
I form a double pocket envelope or wrapper, the one pocket containing
the needles and folding up into the second or cuclosing pocket or
wrapper.
Having thus described the nature and object of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be carried into effect, I claim,
without limiting myself to the precise details as described and illustrated,
the several "Improvements in Envelopes or Wrappers for Needles,
substantially in manner as herein more fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Thomas, the younger, have
hereunto set my hand and scal, this Sixteenth day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
ninc.