Improvements in Postal or other Tubes used for the Transmission and Protection of Papers and other articles
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1893
Complete Specification Left 20th May 1893--Accepted 8th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Postal or other Tubes used for the Transmission
and Protection of Papers and other articles.
I, Peter Tyrer, of Cranfield Lodge, Bexley Heath, Kent, Chemist do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
My invention relates to improvements in postal or other tubes used for the
transmission and protection of papers and other articles, and consists of providing
a hole or holes of any convenient shape or size required, in one or both ends of the
tube in such a way that the thumb can be inserted to withdraw the papers or other
articles from within the tube.
The object of this my invention is to overcome the difficulty experienced of
withdrawing papers or other articles, especially where they fit tightly to the
interior of the tube case.
In order to do this I provide thé hole or holes aforesaid, by means of which the
thumb and fingers can take hold of the papers or other articles so that they can
readily be withdrawn from the tube.
Dated this 1st day of Mo 1802.
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Postal or other Tubes used for the Transmission
and Protection of Papers and other articles.
I, PETER TYRER, of Cranfield Lodge, Bexley Heath, Kent, Chemist 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:-
The object of my invention is to effect certain new and useful improvements in
postal and similar tubes such as are used for the transmission, protection or storage
of papers, drawings or other articles, and the said improvements are designed for
the purpose of facilitating the removal of the enclosed papers or other articles,
and thereby overcoming the difficulty often experienced in the withdrawal of the
said papers when, by reason of their elasticity or other cause, they fit tightly to
the interior surface of the tubular case.
Reference being made to the accompanying drawings in which :-
Figure 1, shows a postal tube with my improvement applied thereto.
Figures 2 and 3 are modifications of the same.
In carrying my invention into practice, I form a hole a in the body of the tube A
of any convenient shape or size, in such a way and in such a position that the
papers, drawings or other articles enclosed, may be taken hold of by the finger and
thumb and thus their removal is greatly facilitated.
The tube may be provided with one or more holes a as may be found desirable,
the tube shown in Figure 2 having two such holes formed therein, Figure 3 showing
a modification of the position and shape of the hole, so that the papers enclosed
within said tube may be withdrawn at will from either end of same.
My invention is especially adapted for the insertion of messages or papers
intended to be transmitted by the pneumatic dispatch system, the tubes containing
the messages being placed in the carriers in the ordinary manner.

page_text: 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 :-
1. As an improved article of manufacture, a tube for the transmission of papers,
said tube having an aperture or apertures in the substance of said tube, substan-
tially as described.
Dated this 10th dor of Mare 1002
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.