An Improved Non-adhesive Envelope.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan. 1892
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Feb., 1892-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Non-adhesive Envelope.
I, FRANCIS CARTER, Irongate, Derby in the County of Derby Manufacturing
Stationer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a more convenient form of envelope or
cover for halfpenny postage, the said envelope or cover to comply with the
regulations of the General Post Office.
I form my improved envelope or cover with sealed ends or sides and having a
non-adhesive flap adapted to fit into or pass through a slit cut in the back of the
said envelope for use in transmitting invoices, circulars and the like by the
halfpenny postage as permitted by the regulations of the General Post Office.
Dated this 6th day of January 1892.
FRANCIS CARTER,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Non-adhesive Envelope.
I, FRANCIS CARTER, Iron Gate, Derby, in the County of Derby, Manufacturing
Stationer 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:―
The object of this invention is to provide a non-adhesive envelope or cover for
use in despatching or transmitting printed matter, books, photographs and any
other matter or thing admissable of being transmitted by book post, the said
envelope to comply with the latest regulations issued by Her Majesty's Post
Master General with regard to book post covers or envelopes.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings and to the figures and letters
of reference marked thereon.
Figure 1. represents the piece of paper or other material cut ready for making
one shape of envelope, the chain line, thus
-, indicating the folds
of the paper or other material.
Fig. 2. shews the back of the envelope when closed.
I form my improved envelope or cover with closed ends or sides A and a closed
foot or bottom B and having a non-adhesive flap C of any convenient form; the
said envelope being closed by passing this flap through a slit or slot D preferably
in the back E of the envelope the said slit or slot being made either by a straight
cut or a piece may be stamped or punched out in any convenient form suitable for
the purpose varying according to the size and shape of the envelope and to the
material of which it is made.
It will be seen that this envelope is most easy to slip open and may be closed
with equal ease and is therefore perfectly free for instant inspection and examination
of contents. In use it will prove a boon to Her Majesty's postal service (to
sorters, stampers and carriers alike) as it is handled with the same convenience as
a sealed envelope.
When the flap of an ordinary envelope is simply left unfastened it is a great
hindrance to sorting as these will catch on each other and cause great waste of
time in knocking up, stamping and making into bundles for transmission; again if
the ordinary flap be merely tucked inside it requires more time to open for
[Price 8d.]

page_text: examination of contents and again to tuck in than to slip out the tuck of my
improved book post envelope.
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 closed or sealed at the ends or sides and at the foot or bottom
thereof having a non-adhesive flap capable of being inserted into or passed through
a slit or slot in the back or other convenient portion thereof as and for the
purposes herein described and illustrated by the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1892.
W. SWINDELL,
Agent for the Applicant.