An Improvement relating to Envelopes.
Year: 1892

page_text: The decision of the Comptroller-General, of the 21st day of November 1893, allowed,
under Section 18 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883, an Amendment of this
Specification.
Date of Application, 2nd July 1892
Complete Specification Left, 6th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement relating to Envelopes.
We CHARLES MORGAN, Stationery Manufacturer and THOMAS BENJAMIN
BACON Stationers Manager both of 4, 6 and 8 Tabernacle Street, Finsbury, in
the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This improvement is designed chiefly to meet the requirements of the postal
regulation for the transmission of printed and other matter by half penny post.
According to this invention the envelope may be made of the ordinary form but
instead of having the two side and bottom flaps fastened together as at present and
the top flap tucked in for the half penny postage we make the envelopes with one
of the side flaps as well as the top flap (which latter is gummed at one side for
fastening down as hereafter described) unfastened so that a circular or other matter
may be put in in the ordinary way after which the top flap is fastened. down at
the gummed side aforesaid so as to leave the one side flap free for inspection by the
post office officials by which means the name of the firm on the top flap remains
exposed to view as with ordinary letter envelopes, the envelope may be made of
any size or shape.
Dated this 2nd day of July 1892
BROWNE & Co.,
9, Warwick Court, W.C., Agents for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
An Improvement relating to Envelopes.
We CHARLES MORGAN, Stationery Manufacturer and THOMAS BENJAMIN
BACON, Stationers Manager both of 4, 6 and 8 Tabernacle Street, Finsbury, in
the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
This improvement is designed chiefly to meet the requirements of the postal
regulation for the transmission of printed or other matter by half penny post.
According to this invention the envelope may be made of the ordinary form but
instead of having the two side and bottom flaps fastened together as at present and
the top flap tucked in for the half penny postage we make the envelopes with
one of the side flaps as well as the top flap (which latter is gummed at one side for
fastening down as hereafter described) unfastened so that a circular or other matter
may be put in in the ordinary way after which the top flap is fastened down at the
gummed side aforesaid so as to leave the one side flap free for inspection by the
post office officials by which means the name of the firm on the top flap remains
exposed to view as with ordinary letter envelopes, the envelope may be made of
any size or shape.

page_text: And in order that our said invention may be better understood we will now
describe the same with reference-to-the--accompanying sheet of drawings in
which
Fig. 1. shews view of envelope open ready to receive a circular or the like.
Fig. 2. envelope closed and
Fig. 3. shews envelope open for taking circular or the like out.
The same letters denote the same parts in all views.
a. shews the loose flap b. shews gummed portion of 'flap-c. for sticking on to
flap c. when the circular or the like is enclosed, the flap d. being fastened to flap c. as
in an ordinary envelope.
It will readily be seen that when the portion b. of the flap c. is stuck down after
the circular or the like is enclosed that the flap a. can easily be pulled open
(for inspection of contents) by the officials of the post office at the same time the
name of the firm is always visible as shewn on the drawings by the letters M. B.
and when closing the envelope there will not be the trouble of tucking the flap e.
in but the portion b. has simply to be stuck down on the flap c.
Although we have described and shewn the flap a. as being the loose flap it is
of course obvious that either of the other side flaps may be the loose one.
"Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is "
Making envelopes substantially as set. forth.
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