or Mourning Envelopes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar.. 1889
Specification Accepted, 27th Apr., 1889
or Mourning Envelopes.
I CARL BLANKE of No. 22 Alleestrasse, Barmen, Rhenish Prussia, in the Empire of
Germany, manufacturer, 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 and accompanying drawings:-
My said Invention relates to the manufacture and preparation of black edged or
mourning envelopes and consists in an improved mode whereby such goods are
more neatly and expeditiously executed. The usual or a common mode of putting
the black edges or borders on such envelopes is to cut the envelope blanks to the
proper shape and then to arrange a number of such blanks one lying upon another
and certain breadth of edge in each blank being allowed to project past the
blank immediately above. For example at Fig. 1 I show a number of such blanks a
arranged in the prescribed fashion the edge of each blank projecting slightly from
beneath its successor. When this is done the black is applied to the overlapping
edges b which are shown shaded with horizontal lines in the drawing. The edges
on both sides of the envelope are so treated and then the flaps having been folded
in, the goods are arranged in the fashion shown at Fig. 2 and the sides and
ends of the envelope are similarly edged with black. The gumming and finishing
is then effected. This process is slow, uncertain and subjects the blanks to a good
deal of handling.
Now according to my invention I print the whole of the black edging on the
paper or blank at one operation and cut it off and finish it ready for folding
gumming and completing. To this end I provide a printing block of the shape
shown at Fig. 3. From this block I print impressions upon paper preferably in
the manner shown at Fig. 4 so as to economise material. I now stamp or cut
out the envelope blanks by means of a knife or cutter of the shape or outline
marked c Fig. 5, the white line on the black border showing where the knife
cuts off the edges, the flap d at each end of the envelope being also cut by the
same cutting off operation. The dotted lines show where the envelope is to be
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page_text: folded. The envelope is then folded, gummed and finished.. The cut off edge
gives a beautifully clear and sharp border to the black edging and the use of the
printing block ensures uniformity in the breadth of the border. The printing of
the black edging might be effected by rollers, stamps or other suitable printing
means.
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
:
The hereinbefore described process for manufacturing black edged or mourning
envelopes wherein the black edging for both back and front of the envelope is
printed stamped or impressed upon the paper and the envelope blank thereafter
cut by a suitably shaped knife leaving the article ready for folding gumming and
completing, substantially as herein before described and shown.
·ש.ת
ليوم
1000
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.