Improvements in or connected with Packets or Books of Cigarette Papers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th May, 1896-Accepted, 20th June, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Packets or Books of Cigarette
Papers.
1, JACQUES OCIPOWITCH SCHWEITZER, of 10 Rue Labruyère, Paris, in the
Republic of France, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with packets or books
of cigarette papers and has for object to arrange the cigarette papers in such a
manner that when a packet or book is opened a cigarette paper is exposed in such
a position that it can be easily taken hold of by the smoker.
According to my invention the cigarette papers are placed one above the other
with their edges overlapping; they are secured in position by their lateral edges,
and their inside edges, which overlap one another as described, are left free.
This arrangement of the cigarette papers, that is to say, the arrangement
whereby the inside edges of the said papers overlap one another forms the
essential characteristic of my invention. The cigarette papers may be arranged
so that their longer or shorter edges overlap.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a view of an open packet of cigarette papers made according to my
invention:
Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same; and,
Figure 3 is a view shewing the packet closed:
Figure 4 is a view shewing the manner in which the cigarette papers overlap
one another:
Figures 5, 6 and 7 are views similar to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of a modification of
my invention:
Figure 8 is a view of another modification of my invention:
Figure 9 is a transverse section of the same; and,
Figure 10 is a longitudinal section.
b
Referring to Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, a, a are the cigarette papers which are
superposed with their longer edges overlapping, as shewn in Figure 4, the lateral
edges being held in position by the edge c of the cover a which is folded inwards
over the papers as shewn clearly in the figures. These edges c are fixed to the
cover of the packet by any suitable hooks or fasteners whereby the papers are
held firmly in position. The packet is kept closed by an india-rubber ring e or by
other sui:able means.
With this construction when the packet is opened, as shewn in Figure 2, a paper
is exposed in such a position that it can be easily removed by the smoker.
In this arrangement the papers are folded longitudinally when the packet is
closed. The fold remains so that the papers becoine somewhat U-shaped which
enables the smoker to more easily place tobacco on the paper than on ordinary flat
papers.
In the modification shewn in Figures 5, 6 and 7 the cigarette papers are fixed
along their width instead of along their length as in the former case and
have their shorter edges overlapping so that when the packet is closed as shewn
in Figure 7 it occupies less space than the preceding arrangement.

page_text: In the modification shewn in Figures 8, 9 and 10 the flat papers a are arranged
alternately on the two sides of a central sheet f of strong paper or cardboard the
upper edge of each paper being folded over the central cardboard sheet from each
of the two sides alternately. The packet thus folded is enclosed in a cover and
the end is fastened by a pin or hook d.
The cover a is split at 2, z so that it can be opened to enable a cigarette paper
to be removed, a folded edge of a cigarette paper always being in a position to be
taken hold of.
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. Packets or books of cigarette papers wherein the papers are arranged to
overlap one another so that the inner edge of the uppermost paper is free,
substantially as, and for the purpose, hereinbefore described.
2. The improved packets or books of cigarette papers herein before described
and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8, 9, 10 respectively of the drawing.
Dated the 14th day of May 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.