IMPROVED ENVELOPE FOR CONVEYING SMALL ARTICLES THROUGH THE POST MODES OF TRANSIT
Year: 1884

page_text: I SYDNEY SMITH of 4 Pembridge Villas Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex,
Physician and Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of my invention AN IMPROVED
ENVELOPE FOR CONVEYING SMALL ARTICLES THROUGH THE POST
MODES OF TRANSIT, to be as follows:-
AND
OTHER
An envelope for the safer and more convenient conveyance of articles through
the post, and other modes of transit, so that the article or articles placed in the
envelope part of the parcels envelope, will not be injured by the necessary punchings
of the post mark or obliterating of the stamp placed upon the label part of the said
Parcels Envelope. The Parcels Envelope is a combination of envelope and label;
capable of being made in any convenient shape, or of any dimensions. It may be
constructed of paper, paper having a linen back, parchment, glazed linen or other
suitable material. The label part of "The Parcels Envelope forms part of the entire
envelope. The envelope part terminates in the middle of the Parcels Envelope.
The envelope part is intended for the reception of the article or articles.
The label part is for the purpose of bearing the name and address of the consignor
or consignee, for receiving the adhesive, or impressed postage stamp or stamps, and
the impressions of the postal, cancelling, and dating stamps, used in the Post office,
or any other modes of transit.
The object of my invention is the production of an envelope, with a label
attached, the whole being made out of one piece of material.
Hitherto parcels sent by post or other modes of transit, have been tied up and
a label affixed thereto by string, or other means of attachment. This method
laboured under the great disadvantage of occupying time, and great likelyhood of the
label becoming detached, the parcel being lost in consequence.
Another way of
sending articles was to place them in an ordinary envelope, the great objection to
this was that the force necessary to make the postal, cancelling and dating stamps
was sufficient to crush the contents of the envelope.
In order to remedy these defects the Parcels Envelope has been invented.
Construction
The Parcels Envelope is made out of one piece of material, the shape of
diagram 1.
This piece is gummed with gum or other adhesive substance, in the positions
shaded in diagram 2.

page_text: Now fold the side A on to the piece B, then fold C over on the top of A and B.
The Parcels Envelope is now complete and on one side will appear as in diagram 3.-
The Parcels Envelope is in diagram 3 solid from D to E. From D to F it is
hollow forming the envelope part.
G is the usual flap part of the envelope gummed as in ordinary envelopes.
Diagram 4 represents the Parcels Envelope complete as in diagram 3 but having
a flap like piece H for turning up over the Parcels Envelope to cover the join I.
The flap H must be turned up and adhered (by gum or other adhesive substance)
over the whole surface so that the corners J. K. shall be in contact with L. M. The
envelope flap N being turned over and sealed it is almost impossible to remove the
contents of the envelope without breaking the seal.
The
Diagram 5 shows the Parcels Envelope complete, ready for posting.
terminates.
is placed to show where the envelope part of the parcels envelope
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be used I declare that what
I claim is
1. The article or articles enclosed in the Parcels Envelope may be sent through
the post without the fear of the label becoming detached.
2. The more convenient method of sending parcels..
3. That the force necessary to impress the postal, cancelling, and dating stamps,

page_text: I SYDNEY SMITH of 4 Pembridge Villas Bayswater in the County of Middlesex
Physician and Surgeon do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN
IMPROVED ENVELOPE and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The improved envelope is a receptical for the safer and more convenient convey-
ance of articles through the post, and other modes of transit. It is divided into two
parts the one forming an envelope the other a label. The two being inseparately
connected; in fact made of the same piece of material.
Articles placed in the envelope part of the improved envelope-called here for
convenience of description "The Parcels Envelope "-cannot be injured by the
necessary punchings of the post marks, or obliteration of the stamp or stamps,
placed upon the label part of the said Parcels Envelope.
The Parcels Envelope is a combination of envelope and label, capable of being
made in any convenient shape or of any dimensions. It may be made of paper,
paper having a linen back, parchment, glazed linen, or other suitable material.
The label part of the "Parcels Envelope" forms part of the entire "Parcels
Envelope." The envelope part terminating about the middle of the "Parcels
Envelope."
The envelope part is intended for the reception of the article or articles.
The label part is for the purpose of bearing the name and address of the consignor
or consignee, for receiving the adhesive or impressed postage stamp or stamps, the
impression of the postal, cancelling and dating stamps, used in the Post office or in
any other modes of transit.
The object of my invention is the production of an envelope with a label attached.
The one inseparable from the other. The whole being made out of one piece of
material.
Hitherto parcels sent by post or other modes of transit, have been tied up and
a label affixed thereto by string or other means of attachment.
Another way of sending articles is to place them in an ordinary envelope.
The former method laboured under the great disadvantage of occupying time, and
a great likelyhood of the label becoming detached, the parcel being lost in conse-
quence. The latter method has this great objection, the force necessary to make
the postal cancelling and dating stamps, was sufficient to crush the contents of the
envelope.
In order to remedy these defects This Improved Envelope has been invented.
Construction.
The Improved Envelope is made out of one piece of material, the shape of
diagram 1 in drawings lodged with Provisional Specification.
This piece is gummed with gum, or other adhesive material in the positions
shaded with cross lines in diagram 2.
Now fold the side A (diagram 2) on to the piece B, then fold C over on the top
of A and B. The improved envelope is now complete and will appear on one side

page_text: as in diagram 3. It is here solid from D to E, it is hollow from D to F forming
the envelope part. G (in diagram 3) is the usual flap part of the envelope, gummed
ready for use.
Diagram 5 shows the Parcels Envelope complete for posting. The X is
placed to show where the envelope part terminates.
Diagram 4 represents The Improved Envelope complete as in diagram 5 but
rendered doubly secure (for registration and foreign service) by the turning up of
the flap H to cover the join I The flap H must be turned up and adhered over the
whole surface by gum or other adhesive material so that the corners J. K shall be
in contact with L. M. The envelope flap N being turned over and sealed it is almost
impossible to remove the contents of the envelope without breaking the seal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The more convenient and safer method of sending parcels through the post
and other modes of transit.
2. The article or articles enclosed in the Improved Envelope may be sent
through the post without the fear of the label becoming detached.
3. That the force necessary to impress the postal, cancelling and dating stamps,
will in no way injure the articles enclosed in the envelope part of the Improved
Envelope.
4. That the label part of the improved envelope, is not only for the reception of
the stamps, postal cancelling and dating stamps, but to receive also the address
of the consignor and consignee.