Wrapping or Package-containing Paper or Fabric.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Sept., 1898--Accepted, 19th Nov., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Wrapping or Package-containing Paper or Fabric.
I, HENRY CONE, of No. 139, Kearny Street, in the City of San Francisco, County
of San Francisco, and State of California, United States of America, Piano Tuner,
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 follow-
ing statement:
This invention relates to improvements in paper or fabric for wrapping and
containing packages. It consists essentially in strengthening the edges or body
of the paper or fabric by the insertion of flexible annealed strips of metal or
other material, and in certain details of construction which will be more fully
explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a view showing the application of the device to roll paper or fabric.
Fig. 2 is a modification to be referred to.
The object of the invention is to provide wrapping and package containing
paper or fabric with yielding, strengthening strips having sufficient rigidity to
hold the package together by folding over the ends after it is made up, as well as
to prevent the rupture of the paper or fabric when employed for packing heavy or
angular substances.
A, is the sheet of paper or fabric which may either be made in definite or fixed
sizes or it may be manufactured in rolls as is now commonly the practice. B, is
a strip preferably made of flexible annealed metal which will yield and bend
in any direction but having no elasticity so that when folded it will maintain
its position.
In roll paper or fabric (Fig. 1) these strips may be fixed across the material
either by forming transverse pockets to receive the strips, or they may be em-
bedded in the material during the processes of manufacturing, which is a prefer-
able way. These strips are extended across the material at such intervals as may
be desired, so that when the same is torn off, one or more of the strips may be left
in the portion which is to be used for the wrapper.
The article to be wrapped, being properly enveloped by the paper or fabric,
the strip which forms the outer edge maintains this edge in a straight line and
the ends of the material being folded in to enclose the ends of the package the
ends of the strip are then folded over so as to retain the material in place without
the use of cord or string.
This wrapper is especially useful for bottles and packages of such shape that it
is impossible or difficult to tie them with a string so that the string will remain
in place, the strip folded over the ends being amply sufficient for this purpose.
In Fig. 2 I have shown the paper or fabric formed with strips B and C extend-
ing across each other and embedded in or secured to the material so as to provide
a strengthening medium in both the direction of the length and the width, this
being especially useful for extremely heavy rough packages, such as are being
constantly made up in hardware and similar goods, and material made in this
way may be employed for the manufacturing of permanent bags or packages of

page_text: considerable size so as to give them the necessary strength to hold their contents.
Where a fabric is employed it may be any suitable cheap woven or other material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1st. As a new article of manufacture, wrapping fabric having a series of
bendable pieces secured thereto and located at intervals to permit the separation
of portions of the fabric of various sizes, said bendable pieces being capable of
remaining in any shape to which they are bent, substantially as described.
2nd. As a new article of manufacture, a roll or web of wrapping fabric having
a series of parallel bendable pieces embedded therein and extending transversely
across the fabric from one side to the other and located at intervals to permit
portions of the fabric of various lengths to be severed from the main portion, the
said bendable pieces being capable of remaining in any shape to which they are
bent, substantially as described.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
Chartered Patent Agent, London, for the Applicant.