Improvements in Combined Writing Paper and Envelopes, with or without Paper Added, Providing Spaces for Advertising or other Purposes.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Combined Writing Paper and Envelopes, with or
without Paper Added, Providing Spaces for Advertising or other
Purposes.
I CHARLES HARRIS of No. 20 Lambert Villas Brixton Hill in the County of Surrey
Gentleman 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 :-
In the Specification of former letters Patent granted to me dated the 6th day
of March 1888 No. 3461 is described the method by which I combine Envelopes and
Note Paper or Writing Paper of other size with Paper also providing spaces for
advertising or other purposes.
Now my present Invention has reference to an improvement in my former Inven-
tion according to which I not only combine Writing Paper and Envelopes without
added Paper as well as with such addition but I likewise produce an envelope more
perfect and convenient in itself than that described in the Specification of the before
mentioned Letters Patent and one that renders unnecessary the shortening of the left
hand half of the paper whereby the joining on of a piece is avoided and I propose to
do so in the manner I proceed to describe.
In the accompanying drawings I have shewn modes of carrying out my Invention.
Figures 1 and 2 of such Drawings represent pieces of paper cut into forms for
making up into combined Writing Paper and Envelopes which I substitute for the
form shewn in Figure 1 in the Drawings accompanying the Specification of the before
mentioned Letters Patent.
The paper in form applicable to the combined Writing Paper and Envelopes without
addition is shewn in Figure 1 and that with one additional fold of paper (indicated
by dotted lines fg) in figure 2 and each may be cut out of one piece of paper which I
prefer or out of several pieces gummed or otherwise joined together.
The Envelope part d shewn in each of the figures 1 and 2 is provided with a top
flap, a, and two side flaps be cut of ordinary proportions and in such form as fancy
may dictate and gunmed at the edges as required it is also attached to a connecting
piece c.
Where to the combined Writing Paper and Envelope is intended to be added Paper
providing spaces for advertising or other purposes I fold the paper to cut into form
and applicable to the purpose as before described in the manner mentioned in reference

page_text: to the folding as to Figures 1 and 2 of the Drawings accompanying the Specification
of the Letters Patent before referred to No. 3461 claiming to increase or diminish the
number of folds as in such Specification set forth.
The mode of folding may however be varied when and if desired by preceding the
folding directed by the same Specification as to Figure 1 by that which is thereby
directed as to Figure 2 that is to say I fold the left hand half of the paper shewn
in each of the Figures 1 and 2 in the Drawings herewith (this applying to the
combined Writing Paper and Envelope as well with as without Paper added) at
the line h, i to meet the right hand edge j k (Figures 3 and 4 represent the
papers so folded) and I then having cut the under half of the folded Paper across
from to m (Figure 4) fold upwards the lower half so as with the bottom edge n, o to
meet the line p q and Figure 3 shews the paper folded as described both as applied
to Figure 1 and to Figure 2.
I next proceed to fold the Envelope and connecting piece backwards and down-
wards at the line r, s the centre of such connecting piece (Figure 3) whereby the
Envelope with its three flaps is placed behind the Writing paper as shown in
Figure 5.
The two halves of the connecting piece when folded together should be gummed
or otherwise joined forming the piece t shown in Figure 3 which I cut into shape
corresponding with the other Flaps and thus provide a fourth Flap for the Envelope
thereby assimilating it to the form in ordinary use.
This having been done I fold the portion of the paper lying below the said Flaps as
marked by the dotted line u vin Figure 5 into as many folds according to the size of
the paper used as may be necessary to reduce the width of such portion of paper so
folded to within the width of the envelope.
The size of the paper used intended to be represented by the accompanying
Drawings is that of the usual Commercial Note Paper for which I fold the paper
upwards at the two lines w x and uv so that the bottom edge may meet the line y z
and the four Flaps being gummed and folded over the folded paper last described the
whole will form the complete combined Writing Paper and Envelope with or without
added paper as may be desired which is shown in Figure 6.
But I do not confine myself to the use of any particular size paper applying my
Invention to all sizes Foolscap size Letter paper or any other size ordinarily or which
may be conveniently used with Envelopes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. The substitution of an improved Envelope of the form in ordinary use and
having the usual four flaps in place of the Envelope described in and by the Specifi-
cation and accompanying Drawings of Letters Patent granted to me dated the 6th day
of March 1888 No. 3461 together with the substitution also of Writing Paper cut in
the ordinary manner square at the top instead of having a portion of the paper cut
away for the formation of one of the flaps of the Envelope provided by the same
Specification and accompanying Drawings and also the method of applying such
substitutions in the construction of the combined Writing Paper and Envelopes sub-
stantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The application of the combination of Writing Paper with Envelopes in their
construction without Paper added providing spaces for advertising or other purposes
substantially as set forth.
Dated this Ninth day of Anvil 1000