Improvements in or relating to the Boxing or Storing of Pile and other Fabric in Show Rooms and the like.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1887
Complete Left, 26th Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 1st June, 1888
Improvements in or relating to the Boxing or Storing of Pile and
other Fabric in Show Rooms and the like.
I ROBERT BAIRD of 10 Charles Street in the Parish of St. James, County of
Middlesex Drapers Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
as follows:-
This invention relates to the boxing or storing principally of velvet, velveteen
and other pile fabric, it being applicable however to fabric generally, and the
improvements consist in the novel manner of and means for thus storing the same
hereinafter described, by which creases of the material and flattening of the pile
are avoided.
The invention is principally for use in shops, show- or sale-rooms and consists in
arranging the velvet or other fabric as a roll and mounting said roll revolvably in a
suitable box or case.
The box is of sufficient length to receive the width of the velvet or other fabric,
and its breadth from back to front is preferably equal or substantially equal to its
height. In the ends of the box are cut slots into which the trunnions of a roller
may be placed; said trunnions lie at the lower ends of the slots, which form a
bearing to the same and are preferably so placed as to cause the roller lying in
them to be situated centrally in the box. Onto said roller is wound the velvet or
other fabric, preferably with pile or pattern side outward. A crank handle may
be affixed to one trunnion to enable the fabric to be conveniently wound or
unwound.
I do not confine myself to any particular form of box, the same may be rectangular

page_text: in every way or cylindrical or with a semi-cylindrical cover. I prefer to use a box,
the lid of which is almost equal in depth to the box proper. A flange on said box
proper projects into the rim of the lid when the box is closed. With this construction,
to bring the fabric roller centrally in the box, it will be necessary only to cut the slot
or slots so far down through said flange and box end that the trunnions of the roller
lie substantially even with the edge of the box end, the lid will in this case when closed
hold the roller against displacement in the slot or slots, by bearing above upon
the roller trunnions. The slot or slots will in this case be covered against entrance of
dust into the box.

page_text: other Fabric in Show-rooms and the like.
1, ROBERT BAIRD of 10 Charles Street in the parish of St. James, County of
Middlesex, Draper, 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:-
This invention relates to the boxing of fabric, principally velvet, velveteen and
other pile fabric and the object thereof is to box or enclose the same for storing in
shops, show or sale rooms, as also for transport in such a manner as to avoid creases
of the material and flattening of the pile.
The improvements consist in arranging the velvet or other fabric as a roll and
mounting said roll in a suitable box or case.
Reference being made to the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a case showing a roller journalled therein for
receiving the velvet, the cover of the case being lifted above the case.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same showing a roll of velvet or the like upon
the roller.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation and Fig. 4 an end elevation of a case suitable for
transport.
Fig. 5 is a cross section thereof.
Fig. 6 shows detail views of the roller and blocks for fixing same.
In Fig. 1 A is the case and B the cover thereof. The box is of sufficient length to
receive the width of the velvet or other fabric and its breadth from back to front is
A convenient
preferably equal or substantially equal to its height including cover.
size for velveteen is about 26 inches in length by 10 inches in depth. The
proportion between the depth of the cover and of the box proper may vary but
preferably the box is so constructed that the depth of the lid is equal to that of the
box excluding the flange along the upper edge of the latter which projects into the
lid. In the said flange at each end of the box is cut a slot E extending from
the upper edge of the flange to the centre of the upper edge of the end of the box,
the latter being recessed semicircularly to afford a seat for the trunnions D of the
roller C inserted in said slots. A corresponding semicircular recess F is made in
the centre of the lower edge of each end of the cover, so that when the box is closed,
the cover fits close upon the box, slots E being closed against entrance of dust
and the roller held securely in its position. The roller C may be of wood of a
length but slightly less than the interior length of the box, the trunnions may be
metal pins driven into the ends of the roller, or integral with metal caps
enclosing the ends of the rollers and fastened thereto by screws. One of the
trunnions may be provided with a small crank G having a stud or handle H at
its outer end.

page_text: The box may be rectangular in every way as shown or cylindrical or with a semi-
cylindrical cover.
It will be seen that pile fabric boxed in this manner is kept free from folds
or creases and can be more easily displayed and measured off in lengths or
replaced.
In adapting this system for the packing for transport or delivery of lengths of the
fabric, a cheaper construction may be used. The box A is made of suitable material
of a length as before said and of convenient depth and width, and closed by a lid B
of usual form. The size of the box will depend upon the amount of material to be
enclosed therein. The roller C may be of pasteboard or light wood of a length
equal to the interior length of the box. In each end of the box are inserted a
pair of blocks K one above the other, having each a semicircular recess in their
contiguous faces so placed as to form a circular bearing for the roller C centrally
in the box, the pairs of blocks K are of such a size as to exactly fill the end
of the box.
The lower blocks, being inserted in the box one at each end, the fabric is rolled
upon the roller and the latter placed in the recesses in the blocks, the upper blocks
are then inserted upon the lower and the lid closed. The blocks K may if desired be
secured by glue, brads or otherwise.
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. The combination with a box A B of a roller mounted centrally therein sub-
stantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination with a box A having a cover B, slots E in said box, and
a roller having trunnions D journalled in said slots for the purpose set forth.
3. The combination with a rectangular box A having a flange along the upper
edge thereof slots E as set forth in said flange, a cover B having recesses F and
a roller C having trunnions D journalled in said slots whereby the roller is held
substantially centrally in said box for the purpose set forth.
4. A box A having cover or lid B in combination with a roller C and blocks K
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 26th day of April 1888.