Improvements in Albums.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 15th Jan., 1898
Improvements in Albums.
I, WILLIAM BRUNS, of No. 344, West 15th Street, New York City, State of New
York, United States of America, Merchant, 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 improvements in albums of that class used for the
reception and retention of pictures or photographs; and it consists in certain
peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, preparation, operation and
application of the parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and
specifically claimed.
The objects of my invention are to provide an album, which shall be more
especially adapted for the use of tourists and amateur photographers, in which they
may place and permanently secure the photographic prints, in a convenient and
attractive manner, and to furnish blank pages upon which may be written memo-
randa or data relating to the pictures or photographs. Another object of my inven-
tion is to provide an album, in which the pictures may be permanently secured
and their edges covered or protected by means of an ornamental mat, without the
necessity of first mounting the pictures on card-board.
Figure 1, is a perspective view of an album, embodying my invention.
Figure 2, is a vertical sectional view, taken on line 2, 2, of Figure 1, showing one
of the pictures or prints secured in position on the retaining or supporting sheet,
and its edges covered or protected by means of the mat.
Figure 3, is a face view of one of the retaining or supporting sheets detached
from the album, showing a variety of ways of securing the pictures or prints
thereon. And-
Figure 4, is a similar view of a portion of one of the retaining or supporting
sheets, showing it coated with an adhesive substance, and provided with diagrams
to act as guides in placing the pictures thereon.
Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the different views of the drawing.
A, represents the back or binding of my album, within and to which may be
secured in the ordinary or any suitable manner, a series of retaining or supporting
leaves B, mat or apertured leaves C, and blank or memoranda leaves D, which
may be of paper or other suitable material. The leaves B, which support or
retain the pictures or photographic prints E, are provided at proper points, to
correctly register and correspond with the openings c, in the mat-sheets C, with
diagrammatical figures, to indicate the proper position or points in which the pic-
tures are to be placed. These diagrams may be produced in a variety of forms,
and in different ways, as shown in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawing; for instance,
the diagram indicated by the letter b, is produced by coating the entire space to
receive the picture, with an adhesive substance, such as mucilage, gum, or other
cementing material, while the figures b¹, and 63, are formed by placing on the
sheet B, adhesive substance at the perimeters, only, of the figures or diagrams,
and in the diagrams 63, and 64, the corners, only, are provided with suitable adhes-
ive material, and the diagrams 65, in Figure 4 of the drawing, are produced by

page_text: being printed on the sheet B, while the entire surface thereof may be coated with
adhesive material, as is shown. The mat-sheets C, are each provided with a series
of openings c, and are properly secured within the album, so that said apertures or
openings will register with the diagrams on the supporting or retaining-sheets.
These openings c, in the mat-sheets, are somewhat smaller than the diagrammatical
figures and the pictures E, placed thereon, so that when the sheets C, are secured
on the retaining or supporting sheets B, the edges of the pictures or photographic
prints will be covered or protected by means of the edges of the openings c, which
over-lap the edges of the pictures, as is clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawing.
The openings c, may be embellished with suitable ornamental designs e, printed or
otherwise displayed around their perimeters when rectangular, or around their
edges when of other configurations.
Located throughout the album are a number of blank sheets D, on which des-
criptions of the pictures or other data relating thereto, may be inscribed. The
entire surface of the sheet B, adjacent. to the sheet C, to be, superimposed thereon,
may be coated with mucilage, or other adhesive material, as shown in Figure 4
of the drawing, or said sheet may be uncoated, and the entire adjacent surface of
the sheet C, coated with adhesive material, as shown on the upturned portion of
Figure 1 of the drawing, or the sheet B, may be coated in diagrams at proper
points to receive the pictures, while the adjacent surface of the sheet C, is entirely
coated, so that when superimposed on the sheet B, it will adhere closely thereto,
and so cover a part of each of the pictures, as to expose them to view, yet will
cover and protect their edges, thus presenting an attractive appearance and pre-
venting the pictrues being separated from the retaining or supporting sheet.
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The sheets B, may be provided' at three of their edges with a coating 66, as shown
in Figure 3 of the drawing, in which case it will be unnecessary to coat the adja-
cent surfaces of the mat-sheets C, as they will be securely united to the sheets B,
at their edges, by reason of the coating on the borders of the retaining or sup-
porting sheets B, as is apparent.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. An album, comprising a series of retaining or supporting leaves having
diagrams on one or both of their surfaces, and a series of mat-sheets provided with
apertures corresponding and adapted to register with the diagrams on the retaining
or supporting-sheets, said mat-sheets adapted to be superimposed on and secured to
the retaining-sheets, so as to cover and protect the edges of the pictures, substan-
tially as described.
2. An album, comprising a series of retaining or supporting leaves provided with
diagrams on one or both of their surfaces, said diagrammatical portions of the
retaining sheets being provided with a coating of adhesive material, and a series
of mat-sheets provided with apertures corresponding and adapted to register with
the diagrams on the retaining or supporting sheets, said mat-sheets having on
their surfaces adjacent to the retaining-sheets a coating of adhesive material and
adapted to be secured to the retaining sheets, substantially as described.
3. An album, comprising a series of retaining or supporting sheets provided with
diagrams on one or both of their surfaces, said diagrammatical portions of the
retaining sheets being provided with a coating of adhesive material, a series of
mat-sheets provided with apertures corresponding and adapted to register with the
diagrams on the retaining sheets, said mat-sheets having on their surfaces adja-
cent to the retaining-sheets, a coating of adhesive material and adapted to be
secured to the retaining-sheets, and a number of blank sheets located throughout
the album, substantially as described.
4. An album comprising a series of retaining or supporting leaves having dia-
grams on one or both of their surfaces, said diagrams comprising a coating of

page_text: visible adhesive material, and a series of mat-sheets provided with apertures cor-
responding and adapted to register with the diagrams on the retaining or sup-
porting sheets, said mat-sheets adapted to be superimposed on and secured to the
retaining sheets so as to cover and protect the edges of the pictures and provided
around their apertures on the exposed surface with embellishments or ornamental
designs, substantially as described.
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HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant, 18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.