IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLE CASES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Milward, of the Firm of Henry Milward
and Sons, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Needle and
Fish Hook Manufacturers, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
NEEDLE CASES." -A communication from abroad by Theodore Givry,
of Paris, in the Empire of France.
Sealed the 5th June 1868, and dated the 1st January 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Milward at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st January 1868.
I, HENRY MILWARD, of the Firm of Henry Milward and Sons of Red-
ditch, in the County of Worcester, Needle and Fish Hook Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
NEEDLE CASES," to be as follows:-
The said Invention consists of the improvements in needle cases
herein-after described, by which improvements great facility is afforded
in the selection of a needle of any required size. from a series of
packets held in the case, great compactness in and facility for giving
an ornamental appearance to the case are also afforded.
In constructing a needle case according to the said Invention, four or
other number of. flat cases, each holding a packet of needles, are coma.
bined together at their bases, the combination being effected either by.

page_text: joining their bases together after the manner of the leaves of a book,
or connecting or joining the said cases together at their bases by a joint
similar to that of a fan. When the said cases are joined together after
the manner of the leaves of a book, it is preferred to make the base to
which they are joined, and which corresponds with the back of a book,
into a small stand, so that the cases will be supported in a vertical
or nearly vertical position. The opening of the several cases is limited
by short bands of ribbon or other flexible material. When the cases
are joined together by a joint at their bases, similar to that of a fan,
and by which arrangement the cases are allowed to slide or turn
upon one another, after the manner of the leaves or plates of a fan,
it is preferred to attach to the joint a small loop or handle by which
the compound case may be held or attached to the person.
Needle cases constructed according to this Invention may be made
either of paper or pasteboard, or metal, or of other rigid material.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Milward in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 23rd June 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
MILWARD, of the Firm of Henry Milward and Sons, of Redditch, in
the County of Worcester, Needle and Fish Hook Manufacturers, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-first
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Henry Milward, Her special licence, that I, the
said Henry Milward, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Henry Milward, my exécutors, 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, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLE CASES," a communication
to me from abroad by Theodore Givry, of Paris, in the Empire of

page_text: France, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry
Milward, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing:
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly,
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, 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 Henry Milward, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
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The said Invention consists of the improvements in needle cases
herein-after described, by which improvements great facility is afforded:
in the selection of a needle of any required size from a series of packets
held in the case, great compactness in and facility for giving an
ornamental appearance to the case are also afforded.
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In constructing a needle case according to the said Invention, four or
other number of flat cases, each holding a packet of needles, are com-"
bined together at their bases, the combination being effected either by
joining their bases together after the manner of the leaves of a book or:
connecting or joining the said cases together at their bases by a joint ›
similar to that of a fan. When the said cases are joined together, after.
the manner of the leaves of a book, it is preferred to make the base:
to which they are joined, and which corresponds with the back of a book,
into a small stand, so that the cases will be supported in a vertical.
or nearly vertical position. The opening of the several cases is limited
by short bands of ribbon or other flexible material. When the cases
are joined together by a joint at their bases, similar to that of a fan,
and by which arrangement the cases are allowed to slide or turn upon
one another after the manner of the leaves or plates of a fan, it is
preferred to attach to the joint a small loop or handle by which
the compound case may be held or attached to the person.
Needle cases constructed according to this Invention may be made
either of paper or pasteboard, or leather, or metal, or of other rigid.
material.
Having explained the nature of the said Invention I will proceed.
to describe, with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the manner t
in which the same is to be performed.
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page_text: Figure 1 represents in side elevation, and Figure 2 in front elevation,
a. compound needle case made of a book form, according to one of
these improvements. a, a, are the flat cases of the compound needle
case, each case holding a packet of needles b. The said flat cases a, a,
are combined together at their bases by joining them together after the
manner in which the leaves of a book are joined together, as represented
in Figure 1. The compound needle case is connected to the base c by
the ends d, d, of the paper with which the end cases are covered being
pasted or otherwise fastened to the said base. The cases a, a, so com-
bined together and connected to the base c are capable of opening from
or closing upon one another. In Figure 1 the cases a are represented
opened out, in which position any required packet of needles may be
removed from one of the said cases. The opening of the several cases
is limited by short bands e, e, of ribbon or other flexible material.
The base c constitutes a small stand by which the needle case may
be supported in a vertical or nearly vertical position, and also serves
as the lid or cover of the box in which the closed case after use may
be put.
Figure 3 represents in edge view and front view a box in which the
needle case (indicated in dotted lines) is put, the base c closing the open
end of the said box. Although it is preferred to place the needle case
in a box when not in use, yet a box need not be used with the said
needle case.
Figures 4 and 5 represent front elevations of a fan needle case made
according to this Invention. Figure 4 showing the several cases opened
or moved from off one another, and Figure 5 the same closed upon one
another.
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Figure 6 represents in edge view, and Figure 7 in front elevation a
similar needle case, but having a different ornamental shape. Each
of the compound cases, Figures 4, 5, 6, and 7 consists of a series of flat
cases joined together at their bases by the joint pin g upon which
they are capable of turning. after the manner of the leaves or plates of
a fan. Each of the cases f contains a packet of needles marked h. To
the joint ping a small loop or handle i is attached, by means of which
loop or handle the compound needle case may be held or attached to
the person. By sliding the several cases of from off one another, as
illustrated in Figures 4 and 7, access to any of the packets of needles
in the said cases may be readily obtained. After the needle has been

page_text: selected from the packets in the cases the said cases are closed or
brought together as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6. The flat cases of
which the compound needle cases are constructed may have any desired
ornamental shape given to them, and the said cases may be made of
paper or pasteboard, or leather, or metal, or partly of paper or pasteboard,
or leather, and partly of metal. More than four flat cases or less than
four cases may be combined together in the ways described and illustrated
to form the compound needle cases.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood
that I do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and
illustrated, as the same may be varied without departing from the
nature of the said Invention; but I claim as the said Invention,―
Firstly. The improvements in needle cases herein-before described
and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the accompanying Drawing,
that is to say, making compound needle cases of a series of flat cases
joined or connected together at their bases so as to permit them to
open out or close upon one another after the manner of the leaves
of a book, substantially as described and illustrated.
Secondly. The improvements in needle cases hercin-before described
and illustrated in Figures 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the accompanying Drawing,
that is to say, making compound needle cases of a series of flat cases
joined or connected together at their bases by a joint pin which permits
them to turn or slide upon one another after the manner of the leaves
or plates of a fan, substantially as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Milward, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
WILLIAM LANE,
Redditch.
HENRY MILWARD. (L.S.)
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