Improvements relating to the Attachment of Pictures to Note Paper, Correspondence Cards, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 26th Feb., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Attachment of Pictures to Note Paper,
Correspondence Cards, and the like.
I, RUDOLPH MAYER, of Bayerstrasse 10, Munich, in the Empire of Germany,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an arrangement which allows of a convenient decora-
tion of paper sheets and cards for correspondence etc., with pictures. The inven-
tion is applicable to note paper and envelopes, post cards, invitation, congratula-
tion & recommendation cards, menus, labels and similar papers and cards for
communications of various kinds, the text of which may be written by hand or
printed or produced by means of lithography or any other graphic process.
The arrangement serving for fastening said pictures may be varied in many
ways. It may consist in the arrangement of slots on the cards or sheets into which
slots are put the corners of the pictures or their side edges. The fastening of the
pictures can eventually also be effected by stamping on the said cards and sheets
semi-circular, angular, star or rosette shaped tongues, or representations of the
human hand and by putting the pictures with their borders thereunder or by
gumming stamped out hands, rosettes or the like of paper in such a manner that
one can put the pictures with their borders thereunder.
The arrangement for fastening the pictures may also consist of bands of corres-
ponding length and width, which are gummed at the ends in such a manner on the
said sheets and cards that the pictures can easily be slipped under them. These
bands may be arranged in such a manner that they hold the pictures along the
side or longitudinal borders or on the covers. They can be made of woven fabric,
paper, bast, leather, rubber or the like.
The decoration of the said papers and cards may also be made by taking folded
strips of card or paper and gumming them upon the paper or card into which folds
the pictures can be slid. For the said purpose two or three such folded strips or
slides can be so fixed or the same can be arranged on the said papers or cards in
the form of quadrangular or more cornered frames.
This kind of frame can also be produced by perforating the paper with a corres-
ponding form and arranging on the back a second paper layer in such a manner
that the picture can be slid from the border of the sheet into the pocket formed by
the two paper layers so that the picture appears in the open space. The border
of the said open space can be embossed a little so that it may appear like a frame.
The pictures may be suitably provided with a projecting tongue for seizing them
easily and sliding them in or out.
The pictures can also be arranged so that they can be torn off by hand in an
easy and smooth manner. The pictures can then be printed either on the sheets
or cards themselves, or can be fastened in a suitable manner thereon. In the first
case the picture can be perforated round or slit on two or three sides and be per-
forated on the other sides or the picture is arranged on one corner or on the border
of the card and then perforated on the sides connected with the paper etc. The

page_text: picture can also be arranged on a separate sheet, which is fastened with the one
border on the paper and provided with a perforation, which allows the picture to
be easily torn off.
On the fastened border there may be provided the words "Picture to be torn off."
As examples the invention may be applied to a label fastened on a box or on
a wine bottle. The picture can be attached at any place on the label by means of
a border strip which is marked by a perforation. The picture itself lies loosely
on the label, so that it can be easily lifted with the hand and torn off. On the
border there may for instance be written "Picture to be torn off."
The picture produced by any process of reproduction can be square, oval round
oblong etc. They can be chosen with or without relation to the text on the paper.
In labels or tickets the picture is best printed directly thereon and arranged at
the border of the label so that it can be torn off or it can be inside the border of
the same and then be perforated all round or stamped on three sides and perforated
on the fourth, in order to allow an easy tearing off.
The back of the pictures can be provided with advertisements.
Improvements relating to the Attachment of Pictures to Note Paper,
Correspondence Cards, and the like.
I, RUDOLPH MAYER, formerly of Bayerstrasse 10, but now of Nymphenburger-
strasse 125-127, Munich, in the Empire of Germany, Merchant, 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:
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This invention relates to an arrangement which allows of a convenient decora-
tion of paper sheets and cards for correspondence etc., with pictures. The invention
is applicable to note paper and envelopes, post cards, invitation, congratula-
tion, and recommendation cards, menus, labels, and similar papers, and cards for
communications of various kinds, the text of which may be written by hand or
printed or produced by means of lithography or any other graphic process.
The arrangement serving for fastening said pictures may be varied in many
ways. It may consist as in Figs. 1-5 of the annexed drawings in the arrange-
ment of slots a on the cards or sheets into which slots are put the corners of the
pictures Figs. 1 and 2 or their side edges Fig. 3. The fastening of the pictures can
eventually also be effected by stamping on the said cards and sheets semicircular,
angular, star or rosette shaped tongues b, or representations of the human hand c
Figs. 4 and 5 and by putting the pictures with their borders thereunder or by
gumming stamped out hands, rosettes or the like of paper in such a manner that
one can put the pictures with their borders thereunder.
The arrangement for fastening the pictures may also consist as in Figs. 6 and 7.
of bands d of corresponding length and width, which are gummed at the ends in
such a manner on the said sheets and cards that the pictures can easily be slipped
under them. These bands may be arranged in such a manner that they hold
pictures along the side or longitudinal borders or on the covers. They can be made
of woven fabric, paper, bast, leather, rubber, or the like.
The decoration of the said papers and cards may also be made as in Figs. 8,
9, and 10, by taking folded strips e of card or paper and gumming them upon the

page_text: paper or card into which folds the pictures can be slid. For the said purpose two
or three such folded strips or slides can be so fixed as in Fig. 9 or the same can be
arranged on the said papers or cards in the form of quadrangular or more cornered
frames Fig. 8.
This kind of frame can also be produced by perforating the paper with a corres-
ponding form and arranging on the back a second paper layer f in such a manner
that the picture can be slid from the border of the sheet into the pocket formed by
the two paper layers f g so that the picture appears in the open space. The border
of the said open space can be embossed a little so that it may appear like a frame,
Fig. 10. The pictures may be suitably provided with a projecting tongue h for
seizing them easily and sliding them in or out.
The pictures can also be arranged as in Figs. 11, 12, and 13, so that they can be
torn off by hand in an easy and smooth manner. The pictures can then be printed
either on the sheets or cards themselves, or can be fastened in a suitable manner
thereon. In the first case the picture can be perforated round or slit on two or
three sides and then be perforated on the other sides Fig. 4 or the picture is
arranged on one corner or on the border of the card and then perforated on the
sides connected with the paper etc., Fig. 12. The picture can also be arranged on
a separate sheet, which is fastened with the one border on the paper Fig. 13 and
provided with a perforation, which allows the picture to be easily torn off.
On the fastened border there may be provided the words "Picture to be torn off."
As examples the invention may be applied to a label Figs. 14 and 15 fastened on
a box Fig. 14 or on a wine bottle Fig. 15. The picture can be attached at any
place on the label by means of a border strip i which is marked by a perforation k.
The picture itself lies loosely on the label, so that it can be easily lifted with the
hand and torn off. On the border there may for instance be written " Picture to be
torn off."
The picture produced by any process of reproduction can be square, oval round
oblong etc. They can be chosen with or without relation to the text on the paper.
In labels or tickets the picture is best printed directly thereon and arranged at
the border of the label so that it can be torn off or it can be inside the border of
the same and then be perforated all round or stamped on three sides and perforated
on the fourth, in order to allow an easy tearing off.
The back of the picture can be provided with advertisements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:-
1. Papers for communications of any kind characterized by the arrangement of
slots of appropriate form, which allow of inserting pictures.
2. In the papers as in Claim 1, the replacement of the slots by bands fixed on
the paper.
3. In the papers as in Claim 1 the replacement of the slots by folds.
4. In the papers as in Claim 1 the replacement of the slots by the construction
whereby the pictures are arranged on the papers in a detachable manner by means
of perforation.
5. A form of construction of the papers as in Claim 1 wherein the pictures are
printed with advertisements on the back.
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HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant, 18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C., London.