Improvements relating to Wrappers for Bottles and other Articles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 4th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 4th Mar., 1887.
'Improvements relating to Wrappers for Bottles and other
Articles..
We, JOHN NEWTON BEACH, of Hart Street, Bloomsbury, and GEORGE HUGH
MAUNSELL SMYTH, of Britannia Row, Essex Road, Islington, both in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows: :-
Our invention relates to wrappers chiefly designed for enveloping or covering
bottles, but also applicable for covering other articles, especially those having smooth
or polished surfaces upon which ordinary wrappers would be liable to slip or become
displaced.
In carrying our said invention into practice we provide a piece of thick paper,
cardboard, or similar material of the required size to cover the article to be wrapped
up, and to this piece of material we attach, by means of glue or otherwise, a narrow
strip or piece of corrugated paper or cardboard. When the wrapper is placed around
a bottle or other article this strip of corrugated paper or cardboard becomes com-
pressed, so that a certain amount of friction is exerted between the sides of the said
bottle or other article and the wrapper, which friction prevents the wrapper from
slipping.
In order to hold the wrapper tightly around the article enclosed within the same,
we preferably attach to one edge of the said wrapper a sheet of paper, to form what
may be termed an auxiliary or outer wrapper or envelope which is preferably larger
than the wrapper proper, so that it extends beyond the edges of the same, at three
sides. The oppositely extending portions can be folded over the wrapper proper,
while the edge of the third portion is gummed or otherwise arranged so that it can be
readily secured when the wrapper is used.
Instead of using corrugated paper or cardboard as herein before described, we may
use any other suitable material which is capable of a certain amount of compression to
produce the necessary friction, for instance felt, or pieces of cork, or sawdust, glued

page_text: or otherwise secured to a narrow strip or piece of paper. Also, instead of using only
one strip of the said material we may use two or more strips as desired,.or according
to the size of the wrapper. These strips may be attached to the wrapper at one point
only or throughout their entire length. In some cases, instead of using separate
strips attached to the inner wrapper we may provide a narrow portion or narrow
portions of the latter with glue or other adhesive matter and spread thereon sawdust,
small pieces of cork or other suitable substance to take the place of the separate strips
above described.
By, means of our said invention a very inexpensive and effectual wrapper is
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.

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Articles...
We, JOHN NEWTON BEACH, of Hart Street, Bloomsbury, and GEORGE HUCH
MAUNSELL SMYTH, of Britannia Row, Islington, both in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturers 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:-
Our invention relates to wrappers of the class described in the specification of
Letters Patent dated 10th March A.D. 1881, No. 1037, and which are chiefly
designed for enveloping or, covering bottles, but are also advantageous for covering
other articles, especially those having smooth surfaces upon which ordinary wrappers
would be liable to slip or become displaced.
The chief object of our present invention is to provide a cheaper wrapper than that
described in the said former specification, and to this end it comprises the improve-
ments hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawing:
Figure 1 is a view of our improved wrapper open and ready for use, and
Figure 2 is a section of the same on the line x, x Figure 1, two of the different
parts being represented as bent back in order to show them distinctly.
a is a piece of thick paper, cardboard or similar material sufficiently large to
surround and cover the article to be wrapped up.
This piece a forms the inner or body portion of the wrapper, and has strips or
pieces of corrugated paper or cardboard glued or otherwise attached thereto at
one end.
c is a sheet of paper forming a cover for the wrapper and secured to the body
portion a at one edge d.
This cover c is preferably larger than the part a, so that it extends beyond the
edges of the same at three sides, as shown in Figure 1.
The extended portion e is coated with gum or other adhesive substance upon a
portion of its surface, as shown for example at fin dotted lines so that it can be
readily secured when the wrapper is used, or any other suitable securing arrangement
may be used.
The extended portions g g of the cover serve for closing the ends of the package,
after the wrapper has been rolled around a bottle or the like and secured.
Instead of making the strips 6 of paper or cardboard corrugated in parallel lines
they may be made of cardboard, wood-pulp board or the like, having a series of round
or other protuberances, embossed or otherwise formed upon its surface in order to
impart to it a certain amount of elasticity or compressibility. We may also use any
other suitable material which is capable of sufficient compression to produce the
necessary friction, between the article enclosed within the wrapper and the wrapper

page_text: itself, for instance felt or pieces. of cork, or saw-dust glued or otherwise secured to
strips or pieces of paper or the like.
It is obvious that instead of using two strips b as herein before described, we may
employ a single strip only, or more than two strips according to the size of the
wrapper. The said strip or strips b may be attached to, the wrapper at one point only
as hereinbefore described or throughout their entire length, but as our object is to
provide an effective wrapper of this character at a small cost we prefer to attach the
strips at one end only.
In some cases instead of using separate strips b attached to the inner wrapper a, we
coat or provide narrow portions or strips of the latter with glue or other adhesive
matter, and spread thereon saw-dust, granulated cork or other suitable yielding
substance which when the said adhesive matter is dry adheres to the piece a and
serves in lieu of the said strips.
It will be understood that a wrapper constructed according to our invention is less
expensive than the wrapper described in the said former specification, and is therefore
capable of a much more extensive use..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
A wrapper for bottles or other articles, comprising the inner or body portion, the
outer cover and one or more strips of corrugated or embossed paper or cardboard
or other yielding material, all substantially as and for the purposes described.