Year: 1897

page_text: I, JOHN LOWE of Newton Terrace, Rochester, in the County of Kent, Stationer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention relates to an improved letter card and it has for its object obtain-
ing the largest possible area for writing consistent with ease and rapidity of folding
and sealing.
To this end my improved letter card consists of a sheet of paper card or other
suitable material of any suitable size. One side of this sheet is perforated at a
convenient distance from the edge and the said perforated part is coated with gum
or any other suitable adhesive.
This sheet is intended to be folded in the following manner:-First it is folded
at or about its centre parallel to the perforated edge and next the ends are folded
over towards one another and the one end tucked into the fold of the other. The
adhesive edges are then pressed together the said edges having been damped
previous to the commencement of folding.
Suitable marks are provided on the outside of the sheet to indicate how it should
be folded and to facilitate folding.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.
Consulting Engineer & Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
I, JOHN LOWE of Newton Terrace, Rochester, in the County of Kent, Stationer,
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 an improved letter card and it has for its object obtain-
ing the largest possible area for writing consistent with ease and rapidity of folding
and sealing.
To this end my improved letter card consists of a sheet of paper, card, or other
suitable material of any suitable size and shape, one side of the sheet being perfor-
ated at a convenient distance from the edge and the said perforated margin being
coated with gum or any other suitable adhesive.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my improved letter card:-

page_text: Figure 1 shows the card before it is folded.
Figures 2 and 3 show the card in the stages of being folded, and Figures 4 and 5
are views of the back and front of the card respectively when completely folded.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The sheet A forming the card may be of paper card or other suitable material.
One of its edges a has a perforated margin, the said margin being coated with gum
or other suitable adhesive.
The card is folded after being written on in the following manner:-First, the
adhesive margin is damped, then the card is folded at or about its centre so that
the edge a¹ opposite to the edge a lies close to the perforated margin as shown by
Figure 2. The edges a and a³ are then folded over one at a time as shown by
Figure 3 and one edge is tucked into the fold of the other edge as shown
by Figure 4. The folds of the damped adhesive edge are then pressed together.
Suitable marks such as the lines a' may be employed on the outside of the card
to indicate the approximate places of folding.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved letter card as herein described and illustrated by the accom-
nying drawing.
Dated this 10th day of June 1897.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer & Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.