Improvements relating to Newspapers, Books, Magazines, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 13th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 2nd June, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Newspapers, Books, Magazines, and
the like.
I, WILLIAM HENRY BURLAND, of Punta Gorda, Soto County, Florida, U.S.A.,
Doctor of Medicine, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to new and useful means for protecting the publishers of
newspapers, books, magazines and the like from being imposed upon by having
publications returned to them as unsold when, in reality, they have been made
use of by news agents in reading rooms, or even sold by them and repurchased
at a cheaper rate.
The invention, moreover, has for its object the protection of news dealers from
the annoyance caused by those persons who read papers at book stalls without
purchasing anything.
In carrying out my invention, a newspaper has its outer cover cut slightly
larger than the inner sheets. The projecting margins are divided from the
remaining part by perforations which permit of the margins being readily torn
off. The margins are gummed together to enclose the inner sheets, to which
access cannot be had without tearing off the margin.
In the case of magazines or thick books, the covers may have projecting tags,
which are perforated near the edge of the cover, and which are gummed together.
If desired, the margins or tags can project from the first or any page of the
subject matter of the book, leaving the title page and advertisements free for
perusal.
It will be understood that publishers would refuse to take back copies which
had the margins or tags broken, and that papers and the like could not be
perused without tearing them.
Datod this 12th day of Tuly 1900
P. R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Newspapers, Books, Magazines, and
the like.
I, WILLIAM HENRY BURLAND, of Punta Gorda, Soto County, Florida, U.S.A.,
Doctor of Medicine, 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 my invention is to provide a newspaper protector or a protector

page_text: for books which, when applied to a book or magazine, may be made to protect
those portions of the leaves which are ordinarily exposed and which, when
applied to a newspaper, may be made to protect an end or a side edge, or both,
or all the open edges.
A further object of the invention is to provide a means for preventing the 5
fraudulent return of newspapers periodicals or books to the publishers, as unread
and unused articles.
A further object of the invention; is to so form the protector that all the leaves
of the book or newspaper may be prevented from being disclosed or the book or
paper opened without mutilating the protector, or wherein any desired number
of leaves may be protected and sealed, the others being left free to be viewed.
The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the
several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and 'pointed out in the
claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book to which the improvement is applied.
Fig. 2 is a section through the book shewn in Fig. 1, illustrating the protector
as closed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a book to which the protector is
applied, illustrating a slightly different manner of securing the ends of the
protector. Fig. 4 is a section through the book shewn in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a per-
spective view of the outside or wrapper sheet of a newspaper to which the
invention is applied. Fig. 6 is a view illustrating the folding of the wrapper
sheet shewn in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the folded sheets
shewn in Figs. 5 and 6. Fig 8 is a perspective view of a folded wrapper sheet,
slightly modified in its construction, and Fig. 9 is a plan view of the wrapper
sheet shewn in Fig. 8, folded out.
When the invention is applied to a book A, sundry of the leaves 10, preferably
two of them, are made considerably wider at their unbound edges than the
other leaves of the book, providing outwardly extending marginal sections 11 and
the projecting marginal sections 11 are separated from the body or main portion
of the leaves by lines of serrations 13, or instead of serrations score lines may be
used. The serrations or score lines are so placed on the larger leaves that when
the extending marginal portions are torn off said leaves will then be of practically
the same dimensions as the other leaves of the book. The opposing faces of the
marginal portions 11 of one or of both the leaves are given a coating 11" of an
adhesive compound, as, for example, mucilage. When the book is comparatively
thin, the projecting marginal portions 11 of the larger leaves will be brought
together and united by means of the aforesaid adhesive coating as shewn in
Fig. 2.
When, however, the book is quite thick, the projecting marginal por-
tions of the larger leaves are carried over one another, and over the edges of
the ordinary leaves between the larger ones, as shewn in Figs. 3 and 4, and the
marginal portions 11 of the larger leaves are then secured together.
In order to facilitate the introduction of a knife or other implement between
the edges of the ordinary leaves and the connected margin 11 of the larger
leaves a space 14 is left at the two front corners of the said larger leaves, as is
shewn in Fig. 3.
When the invention is to be applied to a newspaper B or like periodical, the
outside or wrapping sheet as shewn in Figs. 8 and 9, may be provided with an
extended continuous margin 15, separated from the true margin by perfora-
tions 16 or their equivalents, the inner faces of the extended margins being
coated with an adhesive material 17. Under this construction, after the inside
sheets have been placed within the outside sheet and the two leaves of said
sheet have been carried one over the other the faces of the extended margins of
the wrapper sheet having the adhesive material applied, will be brought together
and will adhere to each other, rendering it impossible to gain access to the

page_text: enclosed sheets until the extended margin of said sheets has been torn off. Under
such a construction the outside wrapper sheet serves as an envelope, instead of
providing a continuous extended margin for the wrapper sheet, as above set
forth, the wrapper sheet may be provided with an interrupted extended mar-
grin 18, which extended margin is formed, for example, at the upper edge of both
of the leaves 21 and 22 of the outside wrapper sheet and at one side and at the
bottom of the leaf 21, as shewn particularly in Fig. 5. The extended margin 18
is separated from the true margin by perforations 19, and the inner faces 20
of the extended margin are covered with an adhesive material. Under this
formation of wrapper sheet, when the inner sheets have been placed in position
the wrapper sheet 22 is carried over upon the wrapper sheet 21 and the extended
margins at the top of each of these leaves are united by adhesion. The wrapper
sheet is then folded transversely, as shewn in Figs. 6 and 7, and the said extended
margin, which will then be bent upon itself, will have its mucilaged surfaces
brought in engagement and may be thus united, while what was the bottom
extended margin 18 will be brought in engagement with the connected margin
Under such a
of the two leaves at the top and may be caused to adhere thereto.
construction it is evident that persons having no intention of purchasing can-
not look over books or newspapers, preventing such articles from becoming soiled
or torn before being disposed of, and further unless the extended margins are
intact or closed together when the books or papers are returned to the publisher
he need not accept the articles, since it is fair to presume that they have been read.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
(1) A book, newspaper, or periodical, having sundry of its leaves extended
beyond the other leaves at the three free edges of such other leaves, forming
projecting margins, said margins being of sufficient length to overlap and being
adapted for sealing engagement so as to completely conceal the contents of the
book or the like between such extended leaves, substantially as described.
(2) A book, newspaper, or periodical having sundry of its leaves at the unbound
portions extended beyond the others, forming projecting margins, the said pro-
jecting margins being arranged for sealing engagement and provided with
perforations which outline the true margins of said leaves, the extended margins
of said leaves being also reduced in width at the corners to form openings when
the extended margin of one leaf is secured to the extended margin of another
large leaf of the book or paper, for the purpose specified.
(3) A book or the like, having one of the inner leaves provided with a marginal
extension projecting beyond the leaves of the book, and an outer leaf, having
a like extension, said marginal extensions being adapted for sealing engagement
with each other whereby a portion of the book may be concealed from view,
substantially as described.
(4) A book, newspaper, or periodical, having sundry of its leaves extended
beyond the others, forming projecting margins, said margins being arranged for
sealing engagement, and being also reduced in width at the corners to form
openings when the extended margins of two leaves are secured together sub-
stantially as described.