IMPROVEMENTS IN ENVELOPES
Year: 1884

page_text: I EDMUND PALMER HAWKINS of 157 New Bond Street in the County of
Middlesex, Manager to The Smith American Organ Company do bereby declare
the nature of my said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN ENVELOPES," to be as
follows:-
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My Invention relates to an envelope having the whole of its folds on the inner
side, so that both external faces are left perfectly clear and unencumbered, the one
face being used for the name and address of the person to whom the letter or
enclosure is to be sent and the other face being adapted to bear advertisements or
other matter. The envelope is made out of a piece of paper or other suitable
material say of the width of the finished envelope and twice its required length
with an extension at one end of the piece to form an end or final closing flap and
two narrow strips one at each side by preference extending from the end flap to a
distance equal to the length of the envelope. In making up the envelope from
the paper or material so cut the side strips are turned over and gummed on their
upper side, the piece of paper is then doubled over lengthwise and its side edges
caused to adhere to the side strips, and the end flap is then gummed on its under
side. The envelope is then ready for the reception of its enclosure, after which
the flap is turned in and by the aid of moisture is caused to adhere to the inner
surface of the envelope. The enclosure is thus securely held within whilst the
envelope being wholly free from external folds is thereby better adapted for
printing on than the ordinary envelope the flaps of which are folded over and
secured on the outside.
The Invention is applicable to envelopes of any required shape or relative
dimensions the details being accordingly varied as will be well understood.

page_text: I EDMUND PALMER HAWKINS of 157 New Bond Street in the County of
Middlesex, Manager to The Smith American Organ Company do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ENVELOPES," and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
My invention relates to an envelope having the whole of its folds on the inner
side, so that both external faces are left perfectly clear and unencumbered, the one
face being used for the name and address of the person to whom the letter or
enclosure is to be sent and the other face being adapted to bear advertisements or
other matter.
In order that the said Invention may be perfectly understood I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to
the several figures on the accompanying sheet of drawings, the same letters of
reference indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings represent an envelope, made
according to my Invention, in several successive stages of its manufacture, the
'envelope in these figures being of the kind which opens at the end. Figure
represents the envelope closed after the reception of its contents.
Figure 5 represents the first stage of manufacture of an envelope of the kind
opening at the side and Figure 6 shews the same envelope finished and closed.
In carrying out my Invention as applied to envelopes intended to open at the
end, the envelope is made out of a piece A, (Figure 1) of paper or other suitable
material, of the width of the finished envelope and twice its required length, with
an extension a at one end of the piece to form an end or final closing flap, and
two narrow strips bb, one at each side, by preference extending from the end flap
to a distance equal to the length of the envelope as shewn, although of course
they may instead extend inwards from the opposite end of the piece A for a like
distance. In making up the envelope from the paper or material so cut, the paper
or material is folded along the lines indicated by dots and dashes in Figures 1
and 2 and gummed in the following manner viz:-The side strips 66 are turned
over as shewn in Figure 2, and gummed on their upper side; the piece A of paper
or other material is then doubled over lengthwise and its side edges caused to
adhere to the side strips b as shewn in Figure 3, and the end flap a being then
gummed on its under side and folded over, the envelope is finished and ready
for use.
In using the envelope, the end flap a being in the position shewn in Figure 3,
the enclosure is inserted and the flap a is turned in over the enclosure but beneath
the upper side of the envelope, as shewn.in Figure 4 and, by the aid of moisture,
is casued to adhere to the inner surface of such upper side.
The foregoing description applies to envelopes opening at
Invention is also applicable to envelopes of any required
dimensions, as for instance to those which open at the side.
envelope of the kind opening at the side, made according to my
the end, but the
shape or relative
An example of an
Invention is given

page_text: in Figures 5 and 6. The paper or material is cut to the shape indicated in Figure 5
and then folded and gummed. in the manner herein before described with reference
to Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4. The finished and closed envelope is shewn in Figure 6.
It will be seen that by means of my Invention the enclosure is securely held
within, whilst the envelope being wholly free from external folds is thereby better
adapted for printing on than the ordinary envelope the flaps of which are folded
over and secured on the outside.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
An envelope having the whole of its folds on the inner side, so that both
external faces are left clear and unencumbered, substantially as and for the purpose
herein before described.
Dated this 24th day of August 1885.
TH J. HANDFORD,
Agent,
42, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.