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Collapse D5395 - Robinson and Sons Ltd of Chesterfield, textile and packaging manufacturers - 1769-1997D5395 - Robinson and Sons Ltd of Chesterfield, textile and packaging manufacturers - 1769-1997
Expand 1 - Corporate and management records of Robinson and Sons Ltd - 1864-19971 - Corporate and management records of Robinson and Sons Ltd - 1864-1997
Collapse 2 - Legal records including deeds, agreements and patents - 1769-19782 - Legal records including deeds, agreements and patents - 1769-1978
Expand 1 - Title deeds - 1776-19151 - Title deeds - 1776-1915
Expand 2 - Title deeds and agreements - 1769-c19562 - Title deeds and agreements - 1769-c1956
Expand 3 - Correspondence relating predominantly to trade marks and financial affairs - 1897-19193 - Correspondence relating predominantly to trade marks and financial affairs - 1897-1919
Expand 4 - Papers relating to Gamgee tissue and to litigation (Robinson v. Edwards) over the Gamgee trade mark - 1903-19244 - Papers relating to Gamgee tissue and to litigation (Robinson v. Edwards) over the Gamgee trade mark - 1903-1924
Expand 5 - Correspondence and papers relating predominantly to litigation and registration of patents and trademarks - 1903-19415 - Correspondence and papers relating predominantly to litigation and registration of patents and trademarks - 1903-1941
Expand 6 - Correspondence and papers relating to registration of trade marks - 1922-19356 - Correspondence and papers relating to registration of trade marks - 1922-1935
Expand 7 - Correspondence and papers relating predominantly to litigation over trade marks and other matters - 1933-19667 - Correspondence and papers relating predominantly to litigation over trade marks and other matters - 1933-1966
Expand 8 - Correspondence and papers predominantly relating to registration of trade marks, and to litigation over Gamgee Tissue; plus patent specifications relating to lint and sanitary towels - 1871-19518 - Correspondence and papers predominantly relating to registration of trade marks, and to litigation over Gamgee Tissue; plus patent specifications relating to lint and sanitary towels - 1871-1951
Expand 9 - Documents from box originally labelled 'Agreements etc Box L Nos 1-60' - 1869-19149 - Documents from box originally labelled 'Agreements etc Box L Nos 1-60' - 1869-1914
Expand 10 - Documents from box originally labelled 'Agreements etc Box L Nos 61-130' - 1851-197710 - Documents from box originally labelled 'Agreements etc Box L Nos 61-130' - 1851-1977
Expand 11 - Patents, patent specifications and trade mark registrations for round and square boxes and cartons - 1916-197711 - Patents, patent specifications and trade mark registrations for round and square boxes and cartons - 1916-1977
Collapse 12 - British patents, patent specifications and agreements relating to medical and surgical supplies, filters, boxes and cartons - 1871-197812 - British patents, patent specifications and agreements relating to medical and surgical supplies, filters, boxes and cartons - 1871-1978
1 - Copy Patent No. 2262 Round Box Machine - Improvements in the manufacture of the cylinders or rings of boxes made from wood shavings or chips, or from strips of plasterboard or paper - 1871
2 - Patent No. 2736 Improvements in the manufacture of fabrics for surgical and medical dressings and the manufacture of surgical splints and supports, 1 Jun - 1883
3 - Patent, assignment and specifications: No. 3061, Cellulose Wadding - 1891
4 - Patent No. 6112, Improvements in Medical Plasters - 1904
5 - Patent No. 7798, Improvements in the manufacture of absorbant pads for catamenial purposes - 1895
6 - Registration of safety box No. 6720, 11 Oct - 1883
7 - Assignment of Patent No. 9286, Improvements in the manufacture of surgical sheets pads and bandages, Jun 1889 and Nov 1893 - 1889-1893
8 - Patent No. 10417, Improvements in protecting surgical dressings, May - 1899
9 - Assignment of Patent No. 10835, Improvements in bobbins suitable for use in winding yarn, Aug - 1887
10 - Assignment of Patent No. 13921, Improvements in medical and other pads and bandages and in the processes for the manufacture of the same, Oct - 1886
11 - Patent No. 15819, Improvements in the manufacture of reels spools or bobbins for holding sewing cottons silk and the like, Jul - 1897
12 - Patent No. 16736, Improvements in the manufacture of reels surgical and medical dressings, Jul - 1896
13 - Assignment of Patent, specifications and agreements Nos. 19169 and 20077 (Franz Fettback-Robinson & Sons): Improvements in the manufacture of pill boxes and the like and apparatus therefore, and improvements in the machines for making the pill boxes Sep 1901 and Sep 1902 - 1901-1902
14 - Patent No. 22181, Improvements in cardboard boxes, Oct - 1896
15 - Patent and specification No. 26636, Improvements in or relating to sanitary towels, Nov - 1911
16 - Patent No. 30804, Improvements in the manufacture of rollers for winding paper or cloth, Dec - 1897
17 - Patent and specification No. 199256, Improvements in calendars, Jun - 1922
18 - Patent and specifications No. 303532, Improvements for toilet rolls, Jul - 1927
19 - Patent and specifications No. 393592, Improved construction of material suitable as a filter medium, Dec - 1931
20 - Patent and specification No. 456032, Improvements in the manufacture of cellulose wadding, Feb - 1936
21 - Patent and specifications for tampons, nos. 508610, 515041, and 515042: Improvements in the manufacture of cellulose wadding, Mar - 1938
22 - Patent and specifications No. 619372, Improvements in containers for face powder, Dec - 1946
23 - Patent and specifications Nos. 653613, 743115 and 743170, Improvements in and relating to tubes formed by helical winding, Dec - 1949
24 - Patent No. 695194, Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of helically wound tubes, Dec - 1945
25 - Cellulose - Registered embossed designs Nos. 768280, 768284, 768281, 768285, 768279, Oct - 1931
26 - Registration designs for towel fasteners, nos. 832099-832102 and 832885-832892 - 1938-1939
27 - Patent No. 985793, Method and apparatus for cutting spirally wound tubes in accurate register, Aug - 1962
28 - Patent and specifications No. 1031585, Method of making spirally wound containers, Nov - 1964
29 - Bundle of papers relating to the Garrow Loop patent for improvements in sanitary towels - 1927-1929
30 - Canadian Patent No. 189819, New or Improved 'Towelling', 12 Jul - 1933
31 - German Patent No. 490118, Garrow Loop, 15 Jun - 1928
32 - American Patent No. 378178, Manufacture of fabrics for surgical and medical dressings, 7 Aug - 1883
33 - American Patent No. 1850895, Paper-Like Material, 22 Mar - 1932
34 - AD 1889 No. 4061, Specification relating to improvements in connection with Cigarettes, 7 Dec - 1889
34-55 - Patent specifications
35 - No. 143112, Specification relating to improvements to Cigarettes & Cigars, 20 May - 1919
36 - No. 217883, Specification relating to improvements in Tobacco Pipes, 6 Jul - 1923
37 - No. 236957, Specification relating to improvements to smoke filter wads for cigarettes and cigars and tobacco pipes, 7 Oct - 1926
38 - No. 311827, Specification relating to improvements to the production or manufacture of wads by winding paper or similar strip material, 23 May - 1929
39 - No. 311829, Specification relating to improvements to the manufacture of wads for cigarettes, cigars, tobacco pipes and the like, 23 May - 1929
40 - No. 311830, Specification relating to improvements to the manufacture of wads for cigarettes, cigars, tobacco pipes and the like, 23 May - 1929
41 - No. 311831, Specification relating to improvements to the manufacture of wads for cigarettes, cigars, tobacco pipes and the like, 23 May - 1929
42 - No. 311832, Specification relating to improvements to the production of supply spools of strip material for use in the manufacture of filter wads for cigarettes, cigarette holders, cigars, tobacco pipes and the like, 23 May - 1929
43 - No. 360066, Specification relating to an improved duster, cleaner or wiper for cleaning and like purposes, 5 Nov - 1931
44 - No. 363699, Specification relating to improvements to paper handkerchiefs, towels, table napkins or like articles and methods of making the same, 31 Dec - 1931
45 - No. 364115, Specification relating to improvements to paper articles such as handkerchiefs, towels and the like and methods of making the same, 28 Dec - 1931
46 - No. 380041, Specification relating to improvements in or relating to cigarettes, 6 Sep - 1932
47 - No. 380041, Specification relating to improvements to the manufacture of cigarettes, 8 Sep - 1932
48 - No. 456032, Specification relating to improvements in the manufacture of cellulose wadding, 2 Nov - 1936
49 - No. 6470, Specification relating to improvements in surgical pads and the like, 3 Mar - 1933
50 - No. 3283, Specification relating to improvements in the manufacture of cellulose wadding, 3 Feb - 1936
51 - No. 508610, Provisional Specification relating to improvements in or relating to catamenial tampons, 18 Mar - 1939
52 - No. 718732, Specification relating to weighing of webs of flexible fibrous material, 25 Mar - 1953
53 - No. 732451, Specification relating to a machine for use in the manufacture of sanitary towels, 9 Jul - 1952
54 - Copy No. 979047, Specification relating to improvements in sanitary, surgical or medical articles of wearing apparel, 10 May - 1965
55 - No. 233127, Specification relating to surgical dressings, 4 Jan - 1978
56 - Agreement relating to the sale of patent cloth for bandages, etc (Messrs. Robinson & Sons-Messrs. Southall Bros & Barclay), 5 Nov - 1884
56-68 - Agreements, assignments and miscellaneous items - 1884-1969
57 - Agreement relating to patent privileges for Gamgee Tissue (Mrs M Gamgee-Messrs Robinson & Sons), 27 Oct - 1887
58 - Draft agreement relating to making and selling the pedestal described in letters patent 16409 of 1898 and 900 of 1899 (Charles Moseley-Messrs. Robinson & Sons) - 1899
59 - Draft agreement relating to sales of dressings (Messrs Robinson & Sons-Mr F A U Smith) - 1904
60 - Copy agreement relating to surgical dressings (Messrs Robinson & Sons-Mr F A U Smith), 24 Jun - 1969
61 - Assignment of patent no. 265125 (1926) relating to wadding (Messrs Papeteries de la Robertsau-Robinson & Sons), 5 Oct - 1930
62 - Letter from John James & Sons to Robinson & Sons relating to grant of sole rights to Patent No. 5823: Boxes or Cartons intended to contain confectionary, 7 Dec - 1896
63 - Letter from Arthur Berliner to Robinson & Sons relating to the dispute between them as to the use by Mr Berliner of the term 'Gamgee Tissue' in certain advertisements, 14 Jul - 1903
64 - Certificate of payment for renewal of Patent No. 10359 of 1885, 1 Sep - 1885
65 - Legal opinion of Carpmaels & Ransford relating to cellulose wadding wrapping material, 11 Mar - 1933
66 - Report of Carpmaels & Ransford relating to filter wads for cigarettes, 9 Nov - 1932
67 - Assignment of US patent for detachable loop for use with sanitary towel (no. 1681112) from Nora Garrow to Robinson and Sons, for 17 years, 14 Aug - 1928
68 - Certificates of registration of the trade mark 'Paddi' for waterproof disposable nappy holders; and certificates from the Royal Institution of Public Health and Hygiene referring to 'Paddi' liners - 1952-1971
Expand 13 - Patents relating to boxes and the 'Little John Drum' designed by John Bradbury Robinson (JBR) - 1895-196513 - Patents relating to boxes and the 'Little John Drum' designed by John Bradbury Robinson (JBR) - 1895-1965
Expand 14 - Patents for spiral tubing granted outside the United Kingdom - 1944-196714 - Patents for spiral tubing granted outside the United Kingdom - 1944-1967
Expand 15 - American patents predominantly for spiral tubes - 1928-196415 - American patents predominantly for spiral tubes - 1928-1964
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Expand 3 - Financial records - 1850-19933 - Financial records - 1850-1993
Expand 4 - Employment, pension and labour relations records - 1842-19934 - Employment, pension and labour relations records - 1842-1993
Expand 5 - Production records - 1854-19775 - Production records - 1854-1977
Expand 6 - Plant and property - 1884-19866 - Plant and property - 1884-1986
Expand 7 - Company magazine, company clubs and societies, and special occasions - 1918-19967 - Company magazine, company clubs and societies, and special occasions - 1918-1996
Expand 8 - Miscellaneous Robinsons company papers - 1916-19858 - Miscellaneous Robinsons company papers - 1916-1985
Expand 9 - J J Blow Limited - 1929-19899 - J J Blow Limited - 1929-1989
Expand 10 - Edward Hall and Brother Co/Bradbury Lees and Co Ltd/Whitecroft plc, Bleaching Works, Whaley Bridge - 1951-197910 - Edward Hall and Brother Co/Bradbury Lees and Co Ltd/Whitecroft plc, Bleaching Works, Whaley Bridge - 1951-1979
Expand 11 - Cellulose Wadding Supplies Ltd/Frank D Weller Ltd - 1951-197211 - Cellulose Wadding Supplies Ltd/Frank D Weller Ltd - 1951-1972
Expand 12 - Dumero Ltd - 1965-198512 - Dumero Ltd - 1965-1985
Expand 13 - Pressure Sealed Plastics/Speed Plastics Ltd/Flexus Ltd - 1955-198913 - Pressure Sealed Plastics/Speed Plastics Ltd/Flexus Ltd - 1955-1989
Expand 14 - Robinson DSG Ltd - 1987-199014 - Robinson DSG Ltd - 1987-1990
Expand 15 - Spire Transport Ltd - 1972-198815 - Spire Transport Ltd - 1972-1988
Expand 16 - Edward Taylor Limited - 1910-199116 - Edward Taylor Limited - 1910-1991
Expand 17 - I E White Ltd/Robinson White Plastics Ltd - 1972-198817 - I E White Ltd/Robinson White Plastics Ltd - 1972-1988
Expand 18 - Miscellaneous records relating to subsidiary companies - 1953-196418 - Miscellaneous records relating to subsidiary companies - 1953-1964
Expand 19 - William Bradbury Robinson (1826-1911) personal and business papers - 1853-190619 - William Bradbury Robinson (1826-1911) personal and business papers - 1853-1906
Expand 20 - Charles Portland Robinson (1844-1916) personal papers and general family papers - 1839-191520 - Charles Portland Robinson (1844-1916) personal papers and general family papers - 1839-1915
Expand 21 - Charles William Robinson (1875-1959), personal papers - 1893-192321 - Charles William Robinson (1875-1959), personal papers - 1893-1923
Expand 22 - Philip M Robinson (1882-1978) personal papers22 - Philip M Robinson (1882-1978) personal papers
Expand 23 - Sir Robert Robinson, DSc, FRS, OM (1886-1975) personal papers - 1902-198323 - Sir Robert Robinson, DSc, FRS, OM (1886-1975) personal papers - 1902-1983
Expand 24 - Councillor Florence Robinson JP (b 1888) - 1946-194724 - Councillor Florence Robinson JP (b 1888) - 1946-1947
Expand 25 - Wheatbridge Housing Association and other co-operative housing scheme papers - c1920-195025 - Wheatbridge Housing Association and other co-operative housing scheme papers - c1920-1950
Expand 26 - Miscellaneous files re. Robinson and Sons Ltd26 - Miscellaneous files re. Robinson and Sons Ltd
Expand 27 - Sample price lists - 1920s-1960s27 - Sample price lists - 1920s-1960s
Expand UL - Robinson and Sons Ltd.: unlisted recordsUL - Robinson and Sons Ltd.: unlisted records
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