IMPRT IN PAPER PACKAGES FOR TOILET AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1885

page_text: I, OLIVER HEWLETT HICKS, of Chicago, United States of America, manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPRT IN PAPER PACKAGES FOR
TOILET AND OTHER PURPOSES 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 the manner of arranging and securing
sheets of toilet or other paper in folded packages whereby the package is retained
in & folded form and one sheet after another can be detached from the package for
use leaving the rest intact.
In the drawing Figure 1, is a front elevation of a package of toilet folded
paper
and having the ends of the sheets secured in accordance with my invention.
Figure 2, is a similar view but showing a slight modification of the means shown
in Fig. 1, for securing the ends of the sheets. Figure 3, is a sectional view of
Figure 2, showing the end of one sheet hanging down. Figure 4, is also a
sectional view showing a modification of the manner of suspending the folded
package, or of the means therefore.
A, is the bundle or package of toilet or other paper formed by laying one sheet
upon another with their alternate ends overlapping or with all their ends coincident,
and B, is a stiffening piece over which the package is doubled. Said stiffening piece
may, however, be omitted when the means for securing and suspending the package
are employed which are shown in Figures 3 and 4. C is the reinforcing strip,
preferably of suitable paper which passes through a slot in the stiffening piece B,
and is gummed to the upper edges of the sheets each side of the piece B, thereby
holding the sheets forming the package in the folded form shown in such a way
that one sheet at a time, or more, can be separated from the package by detaching
the ends thereof from the gummed strip C.
The end of the piece B, which projects above the end of the package in Figure 1,
is perforated to provide for suspending the package if desire..
The strip C, may be of any desired width, from that shown in Figure 1, to the
entire width of the package.
In Figure 4, is illustrated a slight modification of the means above described
for holding the ends of the folded sheets in position and for suspending the package.
In said Figure the piece C, is severed at a point between the ends of the sheets,
and a wire loop e, is employed to attach the ends of the severed piece C, and to
hang up the package by.

page_text: If desired, the strip C, in Figure 1, may pass over instead of through the piece B.
The manner of holding the package in a folded form which is shown in Figure 2,
renders gumming unnecessary, as, in said construction, a tapering piece of paper d,
is passed through a suitable incision in the ends of the sheets from the outside
upwardly towards the center of the package, one on each side and the ends of the
said tapering pieces d, above the package are cemented or in any other suitable
way secured one against the other, and are perforated to provide for hanging up
the package.
The strips d, may be gummed or not, to better secure the sheets to them, and
the latter may be laid with their ends even, or overlapping as in Figure 3, which
shows an edge view of the strips d, above described.
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
1st A package of paper doubled upon itself and having a strip of suitable
material gummed or otherwise attached to the ends of the sheets whereby the
latter are retained in a folded position and may be detached one by one.
2d A package of paper folded upon a central stiffening piece and having a strip
of suitable material gumined or otherwise attached to the ends of the sheets and
extending through or over said stiffening piece, whereby the sheets are retained
in a folded position and may be detached one by one, and the package may be
suspended.
Dated thin 14