Improvements relating to Books.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1892
Complete. Specification Left, 29th July, 1893-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Books.
1, HENRY RICHARD STEVENSON, of 64 & 65 Paternoster Row, in the City of
London, Wholesale Bible and Prayer-book Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in books.
The object of my said invention is to render books aromatic by the insertion of
aromatic material therein. My invention is applicable with particular advantage
to bibles, prayer-books, and fancy volumes.
According to my invention I make the covers or back of a volume in such a
manner that a space is left between the two walls of the cover and back, or of
either of them, and I insert aromatic material in the said space or spaces.
I preferably perforate the outer walls of the covers or back with small perforations
through which the aroma of the said material may readily diffuse, while at the
same time the issue of the aromatic material therethrough is prevented. I may
form and arrange the said perforations so that they constitute an ornament to the
exterior of the volume, or I may embody them in the embossed or other designs of
the kind usually provided upon the binding.
Or I make the perforations in the back or cover of larger size than those
hereinbefore referred to; in such a case I place a piece or pieces of silk or other
fabric or material of appropriate colour or colours inside the cover or back, so
that it will be visible in the perforations and will increase the attractive appearance
of the volume. The said silk or other fabric will permit of the diffusion of the
scent of the aforesaid aromatic material through the perforations and will act to.
prevent the loss of the aromatic material from the aforesaid spaces.
Instead of inserting the material in the spaces in the covers and backs solely
for the sake of its aroma, I may employ hygienic or disinfectant material therein
in order to utilize its peculiar properties.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1809
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Books.
I, HENRY RICHARD STEVENSON, of 64 & 65 Paternoster Row, in the City of
London, Wholesale Bible and Prayer-book Manufacturer, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in books and the like.
The principal object of my said invention is to render books and the like
aromatic by the insertion of aromatic material in the covers or backs thereof. My
invention is applicable with particular advantage to bibles, prayer-books, and fancy
volumes, and to articles other than printed books, which resemble a book in so far
as the disposition of back and covers is concerned,-for instance, needle-books.
According to my invention I make the covers or back of a volume in such a
manner that a space is left between the two walls of the cover and back, or of
either of them, and I insert aromatic material in the receptacle thus provided.
I preferably perforate the outer walls of the covers or back with small perforations
through which the aroma of the said material may readily diffuse, while at the
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page_text: same time the perforations are sufficiently minute to prevent the issue of the
aromatic material therethrough. I may form and arrange the said perforations so
that they constitute an ornament to the exterior of the volume, or I may embody
them in the embossed or other designs of the kind 'usually provided upon the
binding.
Or I make larger perforations than those hereinbefore referred to; in such a
case I place a piece or pieces of silk, porous paper, or other fabric or material of
appropriate colour or colours inside the cover or back, so that it will be visible in
the perforations and will increase the attractive appearance of the volume. The
said silk or other fabric will permit of the diffusion of the scent of the aforesaid
aromatic material through the perforations, and will act to prevent the loss of the
aromatic material from the aforesaid spaces.
Instead of inserting the material in the spaces in the covers and backs for the
sake of its aroma, I may employ hygienic or disinfectant material therein, in order
to utilize its peculiar properties.
In order that my said invention may be clearly understood I will now proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein
Figure 1 is an elevation of a book cover constructed according to my invention,
Figure 2 is an elevation of another book cover, the outer part of which is turned
down at one corner, to show the interior.
Like reference-letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
A is the outer sheet of the cover, and A' is the inner sheet thereof; the said
sheets are secured together around their edges only. B B are the perforations in
the outer sheet. C is the fabric pasted or otherwise secured upon the inner side of
the outer sheet A, so as to be visible from the exterior, in the perforations B.
D is the aromatic, or hygienic, or disinfectant material, placed in the space left
between the inner and outer sheets of the cover so that the pleasant and beneficial
emanations therefrom can issue through the aforesaid perforations. In the
example illustrated the aromatic material employed consists of sheets of wadding,
having between them or in them an aromatic powder.
I may connect the inner and outer sheets of a cover or back at other places than
the edges, so that the receptacle may have any desired form. Or I may connect
the said sheets in such a manner that more than one receptacle for the aforesaid
material is formed thereby.
My invention is applicable to needle-books, and fancy articles in a manner
similar to that hereinbefore described with reference to its application to book-
covers that is to say, aromatic or hygienic or disinfectant material is placed in a
receptacle or receptacles formed between two sheets or layers of the cover or
casing of the article and perforations, either open, or covered with a suitable
fabric, are made in one or both of the said layers.
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. For books, and the like, covers or backs with aromatic or hygienic or
disinfectant material in receptacles therein, substantially as hereinbefore described,
for the purpose specified.
2. For books, and the like, perforated covers or backs, with or without textile or
other fabric or material placed across the perforations, and with hygienic or
aromatic or disinfectant material in receptacles therein.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.