Improvements in Envelopes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 13th Oct., 1894
Improvements in Envelopes.
I, WILLIAM JAMES TATE, of 11 Steyne Street, Bognor, Sussex, Draper, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in envelopes and has for its object to
provide an envelope that can be more easily and speedily opened and the contents
extracted by the recipient, than was possible with those heretofore manufactured.
And in order that the said invention may be the more readily understood, I have
shewn same upon the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings accompanying
this Specification, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a view of a blank, or folded out envelope made in accordance with my
invention,
Fig. 2 shewing same folded and gummed down, while,
Fig. 3 is a view of the envelope shewing the manner in which same is opened
and the contents extracted.
Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts throughout the several figures, a is an envelope blank fashioned
with the usual number of flaps or tabs and of any desired form or design, such
envelopes being perforated near one end, preferably the left, in an oblique manner
as shewn by bor in a vertical or any other suitable manner. The dotted lines b
shew the direction in which I prefer to form the perforations, that is to say,
obliquely from right to left, though if desirable the perforations may follow an
oblique course from left to right as shewn by the additional lines c. At the end
opposite to that at which I perforate the envelope, I provide gum or other
mucilage d preferably placed upon the inner side of the face a' of such envelope,
so that when the flaps or tabs are folded down, that strip or portion a' of the
envelope which is gummed for instance, will adhere to the portions of the said
flaps or tabs which comes over such gunmed strip a², thereby providing a portion
into which the respective end of the letter or the like inserted into the envelope,
will not be able to enter.
In use, the envelope (when it is desired to open same) is grasped at the gummed
or amalgamated end portion a', while the other end a³ is given a pull, thereby
tearing the said perforated end a³ away from the main portion of the envelope a
and consequently extracting the contents e at the same time as shewn in Fig. 3.
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. The improvements in envelopes, consisting in perforating same near one end
and providing the other end with gum or other mucilage to form an amalgamated
or united portion, substantially as and for the purpose hereintofore described, and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. The improvements in envelopes, substantially as and for the purpose specified,
and illustrated by the drawings forming a feature of this Specification.
Dated this 12th day of September 1894.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
12, Basinghall Street, London, E.C.