Improvements in or relating to the Packeting or Bundling of Envelopes and the like, and Holders for the same.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 30th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Packeting or Bundling of
Envelopes and the like, and Holders for the same.
I, ORSINI STUART, of South Alton, Oxton, in the County of Chester, Broker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the fastening and holding of envelopes, note paper, post
cards and the like in bundles or packets, in such a manner that one or more may be
readily detached when desired without disturbing the remainder.
The envelopes or the like are arranged similarly to the sheets of a sketch block,
that is to say a number are laid evenly one upon another, and a strip or strips of
adhesive binding material, such as paper, canvas etcetera fastened to their edges.
The binding may extend round nearly the whole edge of the packet, but I prefer a
small number of narrow strips, preferably one at each end. The point or points of
adhesion between the edges of the envelopes and the binding strips are so small that
it is easy to detach one or more by lifting or pulling it away. If preferred, the gum
or other adhesive may be applied direct to the edges of the envelopes and will serve
the same purpose as the binding strips.
The packets of envelopes may be held in a suitable holder which might be sold with
them or separately. The holder may have one or more clips or other gripping devices
which grip the ends of the packet or bundle, and may be a distinct article or combined
with a blotting pad, inkstand or other device.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Packeting or Bundling of
Envelopes and the like, and Holders for the same.
I, ORSINI STUART of South Alton, Oxton in the County of Chester, Broker, 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 relates to the fastening and holding of envelopes, post cards and the
like in bundles or packets, in such a manner that one or more may be readily detached
when desired without disturbing the remainder.
The drawing illustrates one way in which the invention may be applied to the
fastening and holding of envelopes in a packet.
The envelopes A, or the like, are arranged similarly to the sheets of a sketch block,
as shown, that is to say, a number are laid evenly one upon another. A strip or strips B
of adhesive binding material, such as paper, canvas etcetera is or are fastened to the
edges of the envelopes. The binding B may extend round nearly the whole edge of
the packet, but I prefer a small number of narrow strips, preferably one at each end
or one on each of two adjacent sides, as shown. The point or points of adhesion
between the edges of the envelopes and the binding strips are so small that it is easy
to detach one or more by lifting or pulling it away. To detach an envelope from a
packet arranged as shown in the drawing, the envelope would be lifted by its corner a
and drawn upwards and forwards. If preferred, the gum or other adhesive may be
applied direct to the edges of the envelopes, and will serve in a lesser degree the same
purpose as the binding strips.

page_text: The packets of envelopes may if desired be held in a suitable holder which might
be sold with them, or separately. The holder may consist of a flat piece of ornamental
hard wood or other suitable substance and may have one or more clips or other
gripping devices, which grip the ends of the bottom envelope or envelopes in the
packet or bundle, which lies on the upper surface of the holder and it may be a
distinct article or combined with a blotting pad, inkstand, or other device. The gripping
devices may be springs, or spring actuated clips with preferably roughened edges to
grip the envelopes or other articles placed between them.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improvement in the packeting or bundling of envelopes, post cards, or the like,
which consist in fastening or securing the individual members of the packet by means
of a strip or strips of adhesive material attached to their edges at one or more sides of
the packet, whereby each member of the packet may be readily detached therefrom,
without disturbing the remainder, substantially as described.
Dated this 29th day of August 1889.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.