An Improved Method of Securing Bags, Wrappers, and Parcels.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Securing Bags, Wrappers, and Parcels.
ROBERT ARTHUR BOLTON, Sylvan House, Belmont Avenue, Donnybrook,
Dublin, Cashier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
To provide paper to be used as parcelling paper wrapping paper, or in the
construction of bags, with one or more gummed slips, so that when quantity
required to be covered, wrapped, or bagged be placed therein and portion of paper
extending beyond contents, folded down, the said gummed slips will protru le, and
can be moistened, and lapped over said folded portion in such a manner as to prevent
same being re-opened, unless slip is torn."
The object of this invention is to minimise the time and labour necessary to
effect the secure fastening of bags, wrappers and parcelling papers, and to prevent
the possibility of fraudulently interfering with contents of same, as is possible when
secured with twine.
Dated this 2nd das of March 1897
ROBERT ARTHUR BOLTON, Sylvan House, Belmont Avenue, Donnybrook,
Co. Dublin, 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 :-
To provide paper to be used as parcelling paper, wrapping paper, or paper to be
used in the construction of bags, with one or more gummed slips, so that when
quantity to be covered, wrapped or bagged be placed therein, and the portion
extending beyond the contents be folded down, the gummed slip will protrude and
can be moistened and lapped over in such a manner as to prevent same folded
portion being re-opened unless slip be torn. The object of this invention is to
minimise the time and labour necessary to effect the secure closing of bags, wrappers
and parcels, and to prevent the contents of same being fraudulently interfered
with, as is possible when same are secured with twine. The term gummed slip
herein before and hereinafter used is understood to include slips provided with gum
or other adhesive substance.
The method of performing this invention is to cut the paper P. (Sheet 1. Fig. A.)
to be used as parcelling paper or wrapping paper, at a and a' and gum at 6 and bl
thereby forming gummed slips T and T' so that when quantity to be covered be
placed therein and portion extending beyond be folded down (Fig. B.) slips T
and T will protrude and can be moistened and lapped over said folded portion as
in Fig. C.

page_text: Sheet 2. shows the application to bags, which are preferably supplied with only
one slip. The paper P. (Fig. D.) is cut at a and gummed at forming slip T.
It is then suitably pasted and folded in the usual manner to form a bag (Fig. E.).
The quantity to be bagged being placed therein and the portion extending beyond
said quantity folded down (Fig. F.) the slip T protrudes and can be moistened and
lapped over said folded portion as in Fig. G.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :
1. Parcel paper, wrapping paper, and paper used in the construction of bags with
one or more gummed slips attached as above described.
ROBERT A. BOLTON.