Improvements in Covers or Wrappers for Bottles and other Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Covers or Wrappers for Bottles and other Articles.
I, GEORGE CALDWELL, of 33, Bridge Road, Blundellsands, in the County of
Lancaster, Wine and Spirit Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a cover or wrapper for bottles and other articles,
and is designed to protect such articles from breakage during transit and also
to hide the shape of the bottle or other article when packed, so that it will disguise
the appearance of the article.
In carrying my invention into effect as applied to bottles, I provide a piece of
cardboard, millboard or the like of sufficient size to extend the entire length of
the bottle and go completely round it, with a projecting piece at each side to form
a cover for the bottle ends. This cardboard or the like is fastened by glueing,
pasting, or otherwise to a sheet or wrapping or paper or other material, of
sufficient size to leave a selvedge or border of the latter round the cardboard, at
at least three of its sides. The cardboard or millboard may be in one piece scored
longitudinally in three places, and transversely at those points where the project-
ing pieces project from the main body of the cardboard, in such a manner that
the wrapper will wrap up into a four sided package square in cross section. It
may however be scored in more than three places to enable it to be wrapped up
into a package hexagonal in cross section, or into a package of any other shape
required. If desired however the cardboard may be pasted or otherwise fastened
to the wrapper in separate pieces instead of being scored. The inside faces of
this cardboard or millboard may bear any suitable advertisement, in which case
the wrapper complete may be used largely as an advertising medium, it being
made cheap and capable of being sold at a small price.
To wrap up the bottle all that is necessary is to wrap the wrapper round it,
folding the ends, and when this is completed it will look like an ordinary parcel
the selvedge edges of the paper or other material to which the cardboard is fastened
enabling this effect to be secured. In this way the bottle is secured from breakage,
and furthermore it is impossible to tell from exterior inspection the nature of the
article contained inside. It is obvious that the cardboard or millboard may be
plain, or to secure greater strength it may be made of what is known as corrugated
board. The invention as applied for the purpose of wrapping other articles will
be obvious without further description.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1897.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Covers or Wrappers for Bottles and other Articles,
I, GEORGE CALDWELL, of 33, Bridge Road, Blundellsands, in the County of
Lancaster, Wine and Spirit Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has for its object a cover or wrapper for bottles and other articles,
and is designed to protect such articles from breakage during transit and also
to hide the shape of the bottle or other article when packed, so that it will disguise
the appearance of the article.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a half plan view of my cover or wrapper laid flat before being
wrapped round the bottle;
Figure 2 a similar view with corrugated board substituted for plain;
Figure 3 the cover or wrapper in use with one end closed and the other open.
In carrying my invention into effect as applied to bottles, I provide a piece of
cardboard A, millboard or the like of sufficient size to extend the entire length of
the bottle and go completely round it, with a projecting piece B at each side to
form a cover for the bottle ends. This cardboard or the like is fastened by
glueing, pasting, or otherwise to a sheet or wrapping of paper C or other material,
of sufficient size to leave a selvedge or border C₁ of the latter round the card-
board A, at at least three of its sides. The cardboard or millboard A may be in
one piece scored longitudinally at a, and transversely at those points where the
projecting pieces B project from the main body A of the cardboard, in such a
manner that the wrapper will wrap up into a four sided package square in cross
section. It may however be scored in more than these places to enable it to be
wrapped up into a package hexagonal in cross section, or into a package of any
other shape required. If desired however the cardboard A B may be pasted or
otherwise fastened to the wrapper in separate pieces instead of being scored. The
inside faces of this cardboard or millboard may hear any suitable advertisements,
in which case the wrapper complete may be used largely as an advertising
medium, it being made cheap and capable of being sold at a small price.
To wrap up the bottle, all that is necessary is to wrap the wrapper round it,
folding the ends, and when this is completed it will look like an ordinary parcel,
the selvedge edges of the paper or other material to which the cardboard is
fastened enabling this effect to be secured. In this way the bottle is secured from
breakage, and furthermore it is impossible to tell from exterior inspection the
nature of the article contained inside.
It is obvious that the cardboard or millboard may be plain as shown in Figures 1
and 3, or to secure greater strength it may be made of what is known as corru-
gated board as shown in Figure 2. The invention as applied for the purpose of
wrapping other articles will be obvious without further description.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is -
1. As an improved article of manufacture, a cover or wrapper for bottles or
other articles consisting of card-board of sufficient size to extend round the bottle
or other article with a projecting piece on each side to form a cover for the ends,
and a sheet of paper to which said card-board or the like is glued or otherwise

page_text: fastened of sufficient size to leave a selvedge or border round the cardboard at at
least three of its sides, the said cardboard or millboard being in one piece so
scored to enable it to be wrapped up into a package of the required shape, or made
in separate pieces, whereby a bottle or other article can be wrapped up to look like
an ordinary parcel, the selvedge edges of the paper or other material to which the
cardboard is fastened enabling the effect to be secured.
2. A cover or wrapper for bottles or other articles substantially as described
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of September 1898.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents, of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London.