A NEW AND 911 PROVED MODE OF AND CONTRIVANCE FOR RIPPING OR CUTTING OPEN NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALS," PAMPHLETS, AND OTHER PAPER, FOLDED OR OTHERWISE
Year: 1864

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LETTERS PATENT to Charles Brown, of No. 23, Old Steine, Brighton, in
the County of Sussex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "A NEW AND
911 PROVED MODE OF AND CONTRIVANCE FOR RIPPING OR CUTTING OPEN NEWS.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Brown at the
Office of the Commissioners of-Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
September 1864
I, CHARLES BROWN, of No. 23, Old Steine, Brighton, in the County of
Sussex, 'Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
A NEW AND IMPROVED MODE OF AND CONTRIVANCE FOR RIPPING OR CUTTING OPEN
NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALS," PAMPHLETS, AND OTHER PAPER, FOLDED OR OTHERWISE,"
to be as follows
My Invention consists in fixing or attaching to the surface of the paper
or in fixing and imbedding partially or wholly in the body of the paper, either,
in course of the manufacture of such paper or afterwards, thread, twine,
cord, tape, or wire in those 'places' where the paper has to be subsequently
folded and cut or ripped open, as is the case with 'newspapers, journals,
pamphlets, books, and other 'printed or unprinted paper.
The said thread, twine, cord, or tape may be formed of silk, cotton, hemp,

page_text: flax, or any other suitable material,. and such thread, twine, or cord may be
used with but little twist in a more or less open state similar to cotton, yarn,
or floss silk, or it may be used with more twist to render it wiry and compact,
similar to sewing cotton, according to the thickness or quality of the paper.
When to be applied to the surface of the paper, such thread, twine, cord,
tape, or wire may be fixed upon it by ineans of glue, size, varnish, or other
suitable adhesive matter, or by stitching. I prefer, however, to fix and
embody partially or wholly such thread, twine, cord, tape, or wire into the
paper when in course of manufacture immediately after the pulp has passed
the wire cloth and enters the first pair of squeezing rollers.
For cutting or ripping open folded paper provided with thread, twine,
cord, tape, or wire as above described. it is simply necessary to take hold of
an end of the cord, and to pull it off in the direction or otherwise in which
the paper knife would be used."
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Brown in the Great Seal Patent Office
16th March 1865.
on the
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
BROWN, of No. 23, Old Steine, Brighton, in the County of Sussex, Gentle-
man, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Charles Brown, Her special licence that I, the said Charles Brown, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles
Brown, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for A NEW AND IMPROVED MODE OF
AND CONTRIVANCE FOR RIPPING OR CUTTING OPEN NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALS, PAM-
PHLETS, AND OTHER PAPER. FOLDED OR OTHERWISE," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Charles Brown, my executors or administrators, by an
instrumentin writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,should
"

page_text: particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after, the date of the said Letters, Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that 1, the said Charles Brown, do hereby declare the
nature of my.,said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly, described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This Invention consists in fixing or attaching to the surface of the paper,
or in fixing and imbedding partially or wholly in the body of the paper,
either in the course of manufacture of such paper or afterwards, thread,
twine, cord, tape, or wire in those places where the paper has subsequently
to be cut, ripped open, or severed, as is the case with newspapers, journals,
pamphlets, books, share and dividend papers, and cheque books, and other
printed or unprinted paper folded and non-folded.
The said thread, twine, cord, or tape may be formed of silk, cotton,
hemp, flax, or any other suitable material, and such thread, twine, or cord
may be used with but little twist in a more or less open state, similar to
cotton yarn or floss silk, or it may be used with more twist to render it
wiry or compact, similar to sewing cotton, according to the thickness or
quality of the paper.
When to be applied to the surface of the paper, such thread, twine, cord,
tape, or wire may be fixed upon it by means of glue, size, varnish, or any
other suitable adhesive matter. I prefer, however, to fix or embody wholly
or partially such thread, twine, cord, tape, or wire .in the paper when in
course of manufacture the pulp reaches the endless web for draining off the
water. This may be done by means of a real of thread conveniently sus-
pended from above, and this thread, previously sized or otherwise, may run
therefrom to a small roller attached to the bar which removes the froth
from the pulp, and be allowed to partake of its lateral vibrating motion.
For cutting, ripping open, or severing folded paper provided with thread
twine, cord, tape, or wire as above described, it is simply necessary to
take hold of an end of the thread and to pull it off in the direction or other-
wise in which the paper knife would be used. Non-folded paper provided
with the said thread is severed in the same manner as the perforated paper
now used for stamps, cheques, and other purposes.
What I claim as the Invention to be secured to me by the herein-before
in part recited Letters Patent is, the attaching or fixing to, and the im-

page_text: bedding partially or wholly in the paper, thread, twine, cord, tape, or wire
in the manner and for the purposes herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Brown, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this 15th day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
CHARLES BROWN. (L.S.)