A Postal Case for the Preservation of Maps, Drawings, and the like during Transmission.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Oct., 1890-Accepted, 13th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Postal Case for the Preservation of Maps, Drawings, and the like
during Transmission.
I, SIDNEY PATRICK READ, Ivy Bank, Etherow Road, Barry Road, East Dulwich,
London, S.E., Journalist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A postal case for containing maps, drawings, and the like, and preserving them
from being creased, crushed or torn during transmission. The case is made as follows.
A piece of cardboard, oblong in shape, is scored in three lines parallel to the long
sides of the cardboard. This divides the face of the cardboard into four divisions;
equal in width except that one of the outer divisions is less than the others in width,
by about the thickness of the cardboard.
The cardboard is then bent, the shorter division being overlapped, and a three-sided
tube or case open at the ends is thus formed. The cardboard is kept in position by
twine, or more securely by paper, the edge being placed under the overlapping side of
the cardboard, and the paper being then wrapped round the case, and fastened by
paste or mucilage.
11000
A Postal Case for the Preservation of Maps, Drawings, and the like
during Transmission.
I SIDNEY PATRICK READ of Ivy Bank, Etherow Road, Dulwich in the County of
Surrey, Journalist 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in postal cases for containing maps, draw-
ings and the like and preserving them from being creased, crushed or torn during
transmission through the post.
I make my improved postal case in the manner hereinafter described and illustrated
by the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a plan of the sheet of millboard or cardboard scored to prepare it for
folding as required to make a triangular postal case with closed ends.
Figure 2 shows the millboard or cardboard folded into triangular form with the ears
employed to close the ends projecting.
Figure 3 shows the paper wrapper employed for fastening the triangular postal case
with ears.
Figure 4 shows the triangular postal case closed, the wrapper being applied ready
for pasting and folding the ears of the wrapper to fasten the ends.
Figure 5 shows the complete triangular postal case closed and fastened by its
wrapper.
Figure 6 shows a triangular postal case having open ends being folded ready for
securing by a wrapper without ears.
Figure 7 shows a complete open ended triangular postal case fastened by its
wrapper.
A piece of millboard or cardboard varying in size according to the size of the
postal case to be produced generally oblong in shape is scored in three lines a b c
parallel with the long sides of the sheet. Thus the face of the sheet is divided into

page_text: four divisions d e f g three of which are of equal width, the fourth g being narrower
by about the thickness of the millboard or cardboard employed.
The sheet is then bent inwardly bending at each of the scored incisions until the
fourth division g is overlapped by the first division d.
A three sided tube or case is thus formed, open at the ends, and retained in form by
means of a paper wrapper, one extremity of which is placed between the fourth
division and the first division d by which the fourth is overlapped, and the remainder
of the paper wrapper is bound round the postal case the extremity being secured by
means of gum or mucilage.
According to the foregoing description the postal case is made open at both ends
but the shape of the sheet of millboard or cardboard may be cut to provide ears h
at both sides as shown in the drawing or at one side only and thus the postal case
may be capable of being closed at one or at both ends as desired. In such cases the
paper wrapper will be cut with cars j to overlap and be pasted or gummed upon the
closing cars of the postal case so as to fasten them in the closed position making a
box closed at one or both ends as desired for transmitting various articles such as
samples usually transmitted through the post in boxes.
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 ;-
1. A triangular postal case produced by bending four divisions of a scored mill-
board or cardboard blank secured by means of a paper wrapper, wrapped round
the postal case and gummed thereon to retain its triangular form substantially as
described.
2. In a triangular postal case means for closing the ends consisting of triangular
cars upon the millboard or cardboard blank folded and retained in position by
similar cars upon the paper wrapper by which the triangular form of the postal
case is maintained.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1890.
AYRTON & THOMAS,
Agents for the Applicant.