Improvements in Packages or Wrappers for Cigarette Papers.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 6th May, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Packages or Wrappers for Cigarette Papers.
I, FIRMIN BROUSSE of 14 Rue des Lions St. Paul, Paris in the Republic
of France, Merchant, 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 :-
My invention has for its object an improved wrapper for cigarette papers in
which the leaves are simply placed side by side without being interconnected
either by means of gum or thread or any other fastening; these leaves are
delivered one by one by the peculiar arrangement of the wrapper which holds
them.
They may also be extracted automatically on opening the wrapper by an
already known arrangement which consists in employing a wafer of glue, softened
or not, placed inside the wrapper, and which the slightest pressure causes to adhere
to the sheet of paper.
On the accompanying drawings I have shown this improved arrangement of
wrapper as well as the manner in which I construct it.
Figure 1 of the drawings shows a perspective view of the wrapper open and the
automatic delivery of a single cigarette paper.
Figure 2 is a front view, and
Figure 3 a section of the arrangement which I add to the ordinary wrapper for
the object of retaining the cigarette papers.
Finally, Figure 4 shows the method of cutting out, and of forming this peculiar
arrangement.
A piece, A, the shape of which is shown by the full lines on Figure 4, is cut out
of paper of suitable strength. This piece is then folded as shown in dotted lines
commencing with the part a, on which the parts or wings b c are folded down.
The ends of these wings are fixed by means of gum and by pressing on the joint a
It will be noticed
gummed label e, Figure 1. The part is then folded down.
that each of these parts is folded twice on two parallel lines, the distance apart of
which corresponds to the thickness of the bundle of cigarette papers.
A support is thus formed for the cigarette papers which rest on the one hand in
the pocket a and which are held at the opposite edge by two tongue pieces fg.
This support is gummed inside an ordinary wrapper as shown in Figure 1.
The effect of the tongue pieces f g is, whilst retaining the packet, to only allow
one sheet at a time to be removed. The pocket a holds the whole packet of papers
on the other hand in an immovable position. It is understood that these methods
may be modified. Thus only one tongue piece instead of two may be employed, or
the tongue pieces could be replaced by a continuous turn down edge of slight depth.
In the same way the pocket a might be replaced by two lateral wings bent down
upon the packet of papers and bearing, starting from the base on a certain part of
the height, say for instance a third or a quarter.
The glue wafer his arranged in the wrapper opposite the cigarette papers in
such a way as to come in contact with the upper piece when the wrapper is
closed. In this part of the wrapper,. the paper which composes it is preferably
folded over along the edge i j and then bent down towards the interior, then
curved back in a reverse direction on the line k l so that the part which carries
the glue has always a tendency to stand out from the wrapper.
this arrangement is to put forward as far as possible the detached cigarette
paper in order to hand it to the smoker, but it may be dispensed with or
replaced by any other suitable arrangement producing the same result.
The effect of
My improved system of wrapper leaves thus the cigarette papers absolutely

page_text: intact without perforations or gumming; it may be applied with equal facility to
all kinds of papers whether with gummed edges or otherwise.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is―
1. The improvements in packages or wrappers for cigarette papers herein-
before described and with reference to the accompanying drawing, consisting
more particularly in the application to an ordinary wrapper of a paper holder A
holding the sheets and delivering them one by one, in combination with a wafer of
glue, softened or otherwise, which seizes and successively detaches these sheets of
papers when the case or wrapper is opened substantially as described.
2. In a package or wrapper for cigarette papers of the kind specified in Claim 1,
a folded back portion, as described, for carrying the wafer of glue so that each
cigarette paper will be delivered detached in the manner hereinbefore described.
Dated this 8th day of March 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.