Improvements in Wrappers for Holding and Delivering Cigarette and other Papers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th June, 1893-Accepted, 22nd July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wrappers for Holding and Delivering Cigarette
and other Papers.
I, LOUIS ADENOT, of 8 Rue Saint Paul, Paris, in the Republic of France,
Commercial Agent, (a communication to me from Louis Hirschfeld, of 7 Rue
Gounod, Paris aforesaid, Engineer), temporarily care of C. Belier 25 Whitecross
Street London E.C. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to separate the top paper from the pile in the
packet each time the wrapper is opened.
The wrapper consists of a strip of stiff paper or thin card folded to form two
covers (one for each side of the pile of papers) and a flap. The latter is formed by
doubling back the strip, the free end overlapping and coming inside one of the
covers. Upon this free end is placed a patch of adhesive material such as wax and
when this is lightly pressed onto the pile the top paper sticks to it and when the
wrapper is opened the free end of the strip owing to its stiffness separates itself from
the cover standing up at an angle from it carrying the top paper with it and
presenting it in a convenient position to be taken hold of. The pile of paper is
secured to the other cover by a thread of india rubber or other elastic material
fixed to the cover and passing through a hole near the edge of each paper. The
friction of this strip on the sides of the holes prevents the papers from falling off,
but allows the top paper to be readily drawn off, its stiffness also when in the holes
is sufficient to prevent the pile of papers from moving sideways.
The flap may be omitted and the patch of adhesive material placed on the inside
of the cover, in this case it is convenient to fold the back connecting the two covers
so that the path of the adhesive patch when the wrapper is opened is such as to
draw the top strip off the elastic thread.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wrappers for Holding and Delivering Cigarette
and other Papers.
I, LOUIS ADENOT, of 8 Rue Saint Paul, Paris, in the Republic of France,
Commercial Agent, (a communication to me from Louis Hirschfeld, of 7 Rue
Gounod, Paris aforesaid Engineer) temporarily care of C. Belier 25 Whitecross
Street, London, E.C., 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:-
The object of this invention is to separate the top paper from the pile in the
packet each time the wrapper is opened.
The wrapper consists of a strip of stiff paper or thin card folded to form two
covers (one for each side of the pile of papers) and a flap. The latter is formed by
doubling back the strip, the free end overlapping and coming inside one of the
covers. Upon this free end is placed a patch of adhesive material such as wax
preferably having its surface roughened and when this is lightly pressed onto the
pile the top paper sticks to it and when the wrapper is opened the free end of the
strip owing to its stiffness separates itself from the cover standing up at an angle
from it carrying the top paper with it and presenting it in a convenient position to
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page_text: be taken hold of. The pile of paper is secured to the other cover by a thread of
india rubber or other elastic material fixed to the cover and passing through a hole
near the edge of each paper. The friction of this strip on the sides of the holes
prevents the papers from falling off but allows the top paper to be readily drawn
off, its stiffness also when in the holes is sufficient to prevent the pile of papers from
moving sideways.
The flap may be omitted and the patch of adhesive material placed on the inside
of the cover, in this case it is convenient to fold the back connecting the two covers
so that the path of the adhesive patch when the wrapper is opened is such as to
draw the top strip off the elastic thread.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figures 1 and 2 are edge views of one of the wrappers when open and closed
respectively and Figure 3 is a plan of the same opened and spread out flat, the
dotted lines showing the folds or creases.
ABCDEFG is a strip of stiff paper or thin card creased or folded at B, C, E
and F and preferably having the portions between D and E gummed together. The
portion A B forms one cover and B C the other. C D and E F form the flap
and F G its free end. H is a pile of cigarette or other papers lying upon A B and
secured by a thread J of india rubber fixed to A B and passing through a hole in
each of the papers-this thread is inserted in a stretched condition so that it
expand and put on sufficient friction. K is a patch of wax or other adhesive
material h (Figure 1) is the paper which has just been removed from the top of
the pile by opening the wrapper.
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Figures 4 and 5 shew modifications in which the flap C E F G is omitted and
the fold at B is such that. the top paper is drawn off the elastic thread J when the
wrapper is opened.
Figure 6 shows another modification in which a fold is made in B C. This may
also be done in the wrappers shown at Figures 4 and 5.
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. A wrapper for holding a pile of cigarette or other papers having a cover or
flap provided with means of taking hold of the top paper of the pile substantially
as described.
2. A wrapper in which a pile of cigarette or other papers is held by means of a
thread of india rubber or other elastic material passing through a hole in each
paper and having one end fixed to the wrapper whilst the other end is free
substantially as described.
3. A wrapper for holding and delivering cigarette and other papers substantially
as described and shewn in Figures 1 to 3 of the drawings.
4. Wrappers for holding and delivering cigarette and other papers substantially
as described and shewn in Figures 4, 5 and 6.
Dated this 17th day of June 1893
L. ADENOT. ·