Improvements in Envelopes for Advertising and other Purposes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Oct., 1892-Accepted, 26th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Envelopes for Advertising and other Purposes.
I, FRANCIS CONST BARKER, of 9, Denmark Street, Dublin, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an envelope in which a large space can be given
to advertisements, and which can be sold stamped at the saine or an actual less
price than the value of the stamp, the advertisements paying for the difference in
cost, or it may be used as an ordinary unembossed envelope.
In envelopes as ordinarily constructed, it is impossible to write comfortably on
the sealed side, as the divisions in the envelope meet near the seal, which is in the
centre of the envelope; also this side cannot very well be given up to advertise-
ments, as it is very undesirable to have to print the advertisements after the
envelope is formed and gummed, and if the advertisements be printed on this side
while the envelope is in blank, a single advertisement covering this side, for
instance, would have to be made in four parts, which would almost infallibly not
register with each other, and which certainly would not register if the user put
bulky contents in the envelope.
Now, by this invention, the two sides of the envelope are left for advertisements
or writing, and, instead of having any of the seams coming up the centre of the
envelope, the envelope is formed with the flaps of the seams folded inside and
gummed in that position; or they may be made very narrow and folded and
secured on the outside where being so very narrow, they will not be in the way of
the printing or writing. The top Hap is left open for filling the envelope, and can
be gummed or left ungummed, according to whether the envelope is to be used for
the letter post or for the halfpenny post, but it is preferably folded inside to
preserve the smooth surface for printing or writing; or two open flaps may be used,
one of which may be closed by gumming and the other left open for inspection of
the contents of the envelope by the postal authorities. The gum for closing the
envelope is placed on the outside of the flap or on the inside of the envelope, in
In another
which latter case, the gum may be moistened by damping the flap.
form of Hap, the flaps are not folded in, but project from the envelope and are
gummed together. Any suitable number of seams are used in each envelope.
Dated this 22nd day of January 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Envelopes for Advertising and other Purposes.
I, FRANCIS CONST BARKER of 9, Denmark Street Dublin, Ireland 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 invention has for its object an envelope in which a large space can be given
to advertisements, and which can be sold stamped at the same as or an actual less
price than the value of the stamp, the advertisements paying for the difference in
cost, or it may be used as an ordinary unembossed envelope.
In envelopes as ordinarily constructed, it is impossible to write comfortably on
the sealed side, as the divisions in the envelope meet near the seal, which is in the

page_text: centre of the envelope; also this side cannot very well be given up to advertise-
ments, as it is very undesirable to have to print the advertisements after the
envelope is formed and gummed, and, if the advertisements be printed on this side
while the envelope is in blank, a single advertisement covering this side, for
instance, would have to be made in four parts, which would almost infallibly not
register with each other, and which certainly would not register if the user put
bulky contents in the envelope.
Now by this invention, instead of having any of the seams coming up the centre
of the envelope, the latter is formed so as to offer two flat sides, free from seams,
for writing or advertising purposes.
On the accompanying drawing
:-
Figure 1 represents one form of envelope with the flap open.
Figure 2 represents the blank of the same.
Figure 3 represents another form of envelope with the flaps projecting from
the end.
Referring first to Figures 1 and 2—
A, is the blank, gummed as shown by cross lines at a, a¹ and a², or the latter
may be left plain and the flap A' gummed on the outside, if preferred. This
blank is folded along the lines -,-y, and the two ends fastened up as shown
in Figure 1. The latter may be strengthened, if necessary, by flaps turned in and
gummed.
The flap A may be folded inside the envelope, as shown in dotted lines, Figure 1,
and fastened up or left open according to whether the envelope is to be used for the
letter post or for the halfpenny post, or the said flap may be made very narrow and
folded and gummed on the outside of the envelope, where, being so very narrow, it
will not be in the way of the printing or writing, but it is preferably folded inside.
In either case, a large flat surface will be available for advertising purposes. If
the gum is placed on the inside of the envelope, as at a², it can be moistened by
damping the flap A¹.
In another form of envelope shown in Figure 3, the flaps A' are not folded in
but project from the end and are gummed on the inside as shown. This envelope
may have perforations at B to facilitate the opening of the same, and is folded
along the line y-y as in Figures 1 and 2, and fastened up at one end and along the
top as shown. The flap end can be gummed or not according to whether the
envelope is to be used for the letter post or for the halfpenny post. If necessary,
the end and top edges may be strengthened by flaps bb', Figure 3, one turned in
and gummed against the other leaf, the other folded over that one and gummed.
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 I
claim is :-
The improved manufacture of envelopes with one edge folded, two edges made
to adhere together at or close to the extreme edge of the envelope, and one or two
narrow flaps at the fourth side or a flap folded in substantially as described,
whereby the whole or nearly the whole of both faces of the envelope is flat and
without seam, and capable of being printed upon in the blank with one or more
integral designs or advertisements covering nearly the entire surface without danger
of non-registration.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.