AN APPARATUS FOR WRAPPING, FOLDING, OR PACKING-UP GOODS OR PARCELS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Addenbrooke, of the City of London, Manu-
facturer, for the Invention of "AN APPARATUS FOR WRAPPING, FOLDING, OR
PACKING-UP GOODS OR PARCELS."
Sealed the 9th March 1860, and dated the 15th September 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Addenbrooke at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
15th September 1859.
I, JOSEPH ADDENBROOKE, of the City of London, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN APPARATUS FOR WRAPPING,
FOLDING, OR PACKING-UP GOODS OR PARCELS," to be as follows, and relates to an
apparatus whereby the operation of wrapping, folding, or packing-up goods or
parcels of goods may be greatly facilitated, and which may be constructed and
carried into effect, as follows:-The goods or articles to be packed are placed
in a receptacle or box without a cover, so as to confine them within a given
space; this receptacle or box is then turned over on to a sheet of wrapping
paper, and the whole is dropped into another receptacle or box having move-
able sides provided with flaps or folders, and moving on hinges or slides; the
first-named receptacle or box into which the goods were put is then with-
drawn, leaving them and the wrapping paper in the second-named receptacle
or box, the moveable sides of which are then brought into action, and cause
the flaps or folders to close upon the wrapping paper, so as to fold in the
ends and hold them until pasted or otherwise secured; the moveable sides
are then withdrawn, and the parcel can be removed from the box in a complete
state.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Addenbrooke in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
15th March 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
ADDENBROOKE, of the City of London, Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Joseph Addenbrooke, Her special licence that I, the said Joseph Adden-
brooke, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Joseph Addenbrooke, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN
APPARATUS FOR WRAPPING, FOLDING, OR PACKING-UP GOODS OR PARCELS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Joseph Addenbrooke, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Addenbrooke, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This Invention relates to an apparatus by which the operation of wrapping,
folding, or packing-up goods or parcels of goods may be greatly facilitated.
The following is a description of such an apparatus constructed on the
principle of the said Invention, for the purpose of making-up parcels. or
packets of "envelopes," and will fully explain the adaptation of this Invention
to other purposes, reference being had to the annexed Drawings.
The "envelopes" (or other goods or articles) to be packed are placed in a
receptacle or box without a cover, and in this case, open also at two of the
sides, as shown in Fig. 2; the ends of this receptacle (which confines the
"envelopes" within a given space) may be of metal, as brass or other suitable

page_text: material. This receptacle with the "envelopes" in it is then inverted on to
a sheet of wrapping paper, and would then take the position as shown in
Fig. 2. The whole (that is to say, the receptacle with the "envelopes "
inclosed and the sheet of wrapping paper,) is then dropped or placed into
another box or receptacle A, Figures 3 and 4 (Fig. 3 being a top view, and
Fig. 4 a side view of the apparatus,) having moveable sides B, provided with
flaps or folders C, and moving on hinges, as shown by dotted lines. The first-
named receptacle or case, Figure 2, into which the "envelopes" were put, is
then withdrawn (the bottom being cut out so as to be easily taken hold of, as
shown in Fig. 1), leaving them and the wrapping paper in the second-named
receptacle or case A, Figures 3 and 4; the moveable sides (B) of which
having been previously extended, are then brought into action and cause the
flaps or folders (C) to close upon the wrapping paper, so as to fold in the ends
and hold them until pasted or otherwise secured. The moveable sides are
then again withdrawn (as shown by dotted lines) and the parcel can be
removed from the box in a complete state.
Although I have described the apparatus as shown in the Drawings, many
variations may be made in carrying this Invention into effect without departing
from the principle thereof; for example, the receptacle or box (Figure 2) may
be made with the four sides complete instead of only two, according to the
requirements of the goods to be packed; also the flaps, folders, or slides C,
may be attached to the box or receptacle by hinges, or they may be made
to slide backwards and forwards, instead of working as shown, but I prefer the
method described as being cheaper in construction.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention and the manner in
which it may be carried into effect, I claim wrapping, folding, or packing-up
goods or parcels of goods, by an apparatus consisting of receptacles, boxes, or
cases, and provided with flaps, folders, or slides, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Addenbrooke, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
J. ADDENBROOKE. (L.S.)