Improvement in the Means of Fastening Seed or other Sample Bags or Envelopes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 11th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 11th Jan., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Means of Fastening Seed or other Sample
Bags or Envelopes.
JAMES HODGSON, Manufacturing Stationer, 17 Little Trinity Lane London, E.C.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention consists of a method of fastening sample bags or envelopes by
means of a curved slit, forming a flap, in connection with a particular way of
folding the upper part of the bag or envelope, (afterwards to be more fully described)
whereby the contents are fully secured during transmission and afford perfect facility
for opening & reclosing at any time without injury to the bag or envelope.
To effect these objects the means I employ are as follows:-First I cut a curved
slit, horizontally, a certain distance from the top or mouth of the bag or envelope to
form a flap. Under this I paste or gum a piece of paper or cloth, sufficiently large
and in such a way as to secure my object (i.e. the retention of the contents of the bag,
Fig. 1) I then fold the top left hand corner of the bag at right angles so that it will
pass under the flap, before described, and be parallel with the top of the bag (Fig. 2.)
now fold down the right or remaining top corner at a different angle (Fig. 3)
causing the corner of the bag to form a tongue, which introduced into the slit or flap,
before mentioned, thereby forms a self-locking arrangement and effectually secures
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the contents.
I claim as original and my invention 1st. The cutting and position of the slit, to
form a flap out of the main body of the bag or envelope.
2nd. I claim the self-locking arrangement, whether by the folding down the
corners, in the manner described, or by any other way attained.
3rd. The covering with paper or cloth, the slit or flap on the inside to prevent the
contents from escaping.
DL: 111L
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Means of Fastening Seed or other Sample
Bags or Envelopes.
I, JAMES HODGSON 17 Little Trinity Lane Upper Thames Street E.C. Manu-
facturing Stationer and Envelope Maker 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 consists of an improved method of folding bags or envelopes so that
the upper corners of the bag are made to form a tuck or flap which when inserted in
a slit cut in the body of the bag or envelope_effectually secures the contents at the
same time affording ready access thereto. To secure this object I cut a bag or
envelope without flap or overlap. At a certain distance from the top at the right
hand I cut a semi-eliptical slit to form a flap under which I fasten a piece of paper
of any shape (to prevent the contents from escaping thence see Fig. 1). I then fold
the top left hand corner at right angles across the bag under the semi-eliptical flap
already described (see Fig. 2). The remaining corner I then fold at a smaller angle
also under the flap (see Fig. 3) thereby effectively securing the contents.
Having now particularly described & 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. The cutting of the semi-eliptical slit & the fastening of paper inside.
2nd. The folding of the flaps to secure the contents.
3rd The complete bou itcolt.