IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF DOUBLE OR MANIFOLD POST CARDS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the British and Foreign
Patent Offices, 90 Cannon Street in the City of London, Patent Agent,
for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF DOUBLE OR
MANIFOLD POST CARDS a communication from Denise Cornilliac, wife of
Adrien Ralu, a person resident at rue Condorcet, Paris, France,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th December 1883.
HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices,
90 Cannon Street in the City of London, Patent Agent, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF DOUBLE OR MANIFOLD POST CARDS, a communication from
Denise Cornilliac wife of Adrien Ralu, a person resident at rue Condorcet, Paris.
France.
The invention relates to a means for enabling Merchants & Manufacturers to
make use of Post Cards to circulate Prices Current, Patterns or Advertisements
(illustrated or otherwise) by adding one or more pages to them, leaving at the same
time sufficient space to write upon, the latter being in a measure concealed and
protected during its passage through the post.
The invention may be applied in three different ways.
1 Cards are cut by machine, double the size of ordinary Post Cards, the cards
are then folded in two, the ends not being brought evenly together, but folded so
as to leave a narrow band at one end, .e. the lower side of the Post Card, in excess
of the width, which band may be turned over on the front of the Post Card, and
gummed down, and a line of perforations is made at the upper part, so that the two.
sides of this latter may be fastened together; the narrow projecting band is then
gummed and left to dry. To seal up the card, this latter band has only to be.
wetted and turned down upon the front of the card. One of the inside pages of.
the card may be printed upon if desired.
2nd Post Cards to be used as Memorandums may be made. in the same way, only
that one of the extremities is terminated by a flap like that of an envelope, the

page_text: edges being gummed so that the card may be sealed, and the line of perforations,
instead of being at the opposite end to that which is sealed, is at the end of the
flap, which turns down on the back of the card, which is arranged to receive on
one side an advertisement, an announcement, or patterns, and on the other side,
correspondence small pamphlets, or Prices Current.
3 M-morandum Post Cards may be manufactured in several folds; they are
made as follows: After the paper is cut of such size as to provide for its being
folded into 3 or 4 leaves, serving for correspondence, Advertisements, or Patterns,
instead of the tlap or side which fastens up, there is a line of perforations at each
edge lengthwise, of the manifold card, and the space between this line, and the
edge of the card is gummed.
:
To seal it up, all that is required, is to turn down the leaves (which have
previously been folded, and straightened out again) and to moisten the two
gummed edges of the card, which two edges then adhere to the corresponding
edoes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville in the Patent Office on the 22nd May
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1884.
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HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices,
90 Cannon Street, in the City of London, Patent Agent, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF DOUBLE OR MANIFOLD POST CARDS, communicated to me by
Denise Cornilliac, wife of Adrien Ralu, a person resident at rue Condorcet, Paris
France,
The invention relates to a means for enabling Merchants and Manufacturers to
make use of Post Cards to circulate Prices-current, Patterns or advertisements, 2
illustrated or otherwise, by adding one or more pages to them, leaving at the same
time sufficient space to write upon, the latter being in a measure concealed and
protected during its passage through the post.
The invention may be applied in three different ways:
1st Cards are cut by machine, double the size of ordinary Post-Cards; the cards 3
are then folded in two, the ends not being brought evenly together, but folded so
as to leave a narrow band at one end, i.e. the lower side of the post card, in excess
of the width, which band may be turned over on the front of the post card, and
gummed down, and a line of perforations is made at the upper part, so that the
two sides of this latter may be fastened together; the narrow projecting band is
then gummed and left to dry.
To seal up the card, this latter band has only to be wetted and turned down
upon the front of the card. One of the inside pages of the card may be printed
upon if desired.
2nd Post Cards to be used as Memorandums may be made in the same way,
only that one of the extremities is terminated by a flap like that of an envelope,
the edges being gunmed so that the card may be sealed-up, and the line of

page_text: perforations, instead of being at the opposite end to that which is sealed, is at the
end of the flap, which turns down on the back of the card, which is arranged to
receive on one side an advertisement, an announcement, or patterns, and on the
other side correspondence, small pamphlets or prices current.
3rd Memorandum Post Cards in several folds may be manufactured; they are
made as follows: After the paper is cut of such size as to provide for its being
folded into 3 or 4 leaves serving for Correspondence, Advertisements or Patterns,
instead of the flap which fastens up, there is a line of perforations at each edge
lengthwise, of the manifold card, and the space between the said perforated line
and the edge of the card is gummed. To seal it up, all that is required is to turn
down the leaves (which have previously been folded and straightened out again),
and to moisten the two gummed edges of the card, which two edges then adhere
to the corresponding edges.
To open the card, the perforated band at the two extremities is torn, and the
interior remains intact.
Having thus described the invention and the manner in which the same is to
be carried into effect, I claim and desire to secure by Royal Letters Patent, the
manufacture of double or manifold Post Cards with perforated or gummed edges
or with flap as in ordinary envelopes, proper for the transmission of correspondence
advertisements, Patterns, Prices-current or Pamphlets. whatever kind of paper may
be used in their manufacture,
day of
In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this
in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.