IMPROVEMENTS IN ALBUMS, SCRAP AND OTHER SIMILAR BOOKS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Johann Philipp Lack, of Basinghall Street, in
in the City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
ALBUMS, SCRAP AND OTHER SIMILAR BOOKS."-A communication from
abroad by Johann Fritz Knipp, of Offenbach-on-the-Maine, in the
Grand Duchy of Hesse.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Johann Philipp Lack
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 14th February 1868.
I, JOHANN PHILIPP LACK, of Basinghall Street, in the City of London,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN ALBUMS, SCRAP AND OTHER SIMILAR BOOKS," (communicated to
me from abroad by Johann Fritz Knipp, of Offenbach-on-the-Maine, in
the Grand Duchy of Hessc,) to be as follows:-
Hitherto albums, scrap and other similar books have been provided
with fixed or immoveable leaves, whereby it was necessary to arrange

page_text: the contents to suit the particular forms and characters of the leaves
and their openings.
Now the present Invention consists in so fixing the leaves in the
album or book that they can be removed and rearranged, and various
characters of leaves and leaves with openings of various sizes and
forms for photographs or otherwise may be inserted or removed at
pleasure, whilst the form of the album or book is retained. For this
purpose the leaves are formed in two parts, one part being in the form
of a frame and being fixed and connected to the binding in the usual
manner, whilst the other portion of the leaf (or that which may be
properly called the leaf) is capable of being fixed in the first-mentioned
part or frame by being slidden into suitable slits or grooves or in other
suitable manner, and it is preferred to form the leaves with slits or
openings at the back by which to insert the photographs or scraps,
thereby obviating the appearance of any other opening in the leaf than 1
that through which the picture or scrap is visible.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Johann Philipp Lack in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 14th August 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHANN 20
PHILIPP LACK, of Basinghall Street, in the City of London, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the 2
thirty-first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Johann Philipp Lack,
Her special licence that I, the said Johann Philipp Lack, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Johann
Philipp Lack, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any 3
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

page_text: Britain and Island, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ALBUMS, SCRAP AND OTHER SIMILAR BOOKS,"
a communication to me from abroad by Johann Fritz Knipp, of
Offenbach-on-the-Maine, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Johann Philipp Lack,
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 Johann Philipp Lack, 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, that is to say :-
Hitherto albums, scrap and other similar books have been provided
with fixed or immoveable leaves, whereby it was necessary to arrange
the contents to suit the particular forms and characters of the leaves
and their openings.
Now the present Invention consists in so fixing the leaves in the
album or book that they can be removed and rearranged, and various
characters of leaves and leaves with openings of various sizes and
forms for photographs or otherwise may be inserted or removed at
pleasure, whilst the form of the album or book is retained. For this
purpose the leaves are formed in two parts, one part being in the form
of a frame and being fixed and connected to the binding in the usual
manner, whilst the other portion of the leaf (or that which may be
properly called the leaf) is capable of being fixed in the first-mentioned
part or frame by being slidden into suitable slits or grooves or in other
suitable manner, and it is preferred to form the leaves with slits or
openings at the back by which to insert the photographs or scraps,
thereby obviating the appearance of any other opening in the leaf
than that through which the picture or scrap is visible.
And in order that the Invention may be more fully understood and
readily carried into effect I will proceed, aided by the accompanying.
Drawings, more fully to describe the same.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side view of one leaf of an album, scrap or other
similar book constructed according to the Invention. a is the frame
or fixed portion of the leaf, which is provided with a groove or slit a¹,
into which the other portion of the leaf b (or that which may be
properly called the leaf) is capable of being slidden, as shewn. Figure 2
is a side view, and Figure 3 is a section of the frame or part a,
shewing the mode in which such frame or part a is made up; Figure 4
is a front view, Figure 5 is a back view, and Figure 6 is a section
of one of the leaves or parts b separately from its frame or part a; and
Figures 7, 8, and 9 are similar views of another leaf or part b, having
four smaller and differently shaped openings b¹ from those shewn in
the previous Figures.
It will be seen by reference to the Drawings that one leaf of the
album is shewn to be composed of one part or frame a and two parts or
leaves placed back to back, such parts being indicated in Figure 3
by the red lines, a suitable slit or opening a¹ being provided in cach
side of the part or frame a to. facilitate the entrance of the parts or
leaves b. The parts or leaves arc by preference provided with slits or
openings at the back thereof for the insertion of the portraits,
drawings, or other articles shewn by the red lines b³, such articles being
inserted in the leaves or parts 6 previous to the insertion of such parts b
into the frames or parts a. The frames or parts a are bound together
in the usual manner of binding albums, and may receive leaves or
parts of the character shewn in the Drawings, or such leaves or
parts may be plain or provided with various shaped openings and
with various combinations of openings to receive portraits or other
articles, and may be ornamented to suit the taste of the purchaser.
By these means the leaves and contents of an album, scrap or other
similar book may be variously arranged, and may be changed from time
to time as desired, whilst by reason of the frames or parts a being
fixtures and bound in the book in the ordinary manner the form of the
album, scrap or other similar book is retained..
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and the
mode in which the same may be carried into effect, I would have it
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein

page_text: shewn and described, so long as the peculiar character of the Invention
be retained, substantially as herein explained.
In witness whereof, I, the said Johann Philipp Lack, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of August,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.
JOH. PHILIPP LACK. (L.S.)
Witness,
FRED. HARRIS,
Patent Agent,
35, Southampton Buildings.