Improvements in Envelopes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application; 19th Sept.. 1893
Complete Specification Left, 19th June 1894-Accepted, 28th July, 1894
Improvements in Envelopes.
I, RICHARD RAIKES BROMAGE of Keyford Parsonage, Frome, in the County of
Somerset, Clerk in Holy Orders do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
:-
To provide an envelope for postal and other purposes, whereby the following
and other advantages are obtained,
(a) Greater security against surreptitious opening and tampering with the
contents of such envelopes.
(b) Greater economy in the manufacture of the said envelopes.
(c) A better surface on such envelopes for advertising and other purposes.
To this end I cut the paper or other material used for making the said envelopes
of a size equal to two of the surfaces of the said envelopes when finished, with
an additional edge or margin on one end and partly along each side, so that when
the said paper or other material is folded up to form the front and back sides of
the said envelope the additional edges or margins aforesaid may be folded or
turned over, thus forming narrow flaps by which the three open edges of the
said envelope may be secured. These narrow flaps may be provided with gum or
other adhesive substance and two of the said flaps may be secured by the same in
manufacture, the third flap being left open for the insertion of the letter or other
contents of the said envelope, after which the said third flap may be secured by
the gum or other adhesive substance provided for that purpose as aforesaid.
For the purpose of this Specification, the narrow flaps aforesaid are called and
distinguished as follows, the flaps that are secured or fastened down to secure the
edges in manufacture are called securing flaps, and the flaps left open for the
insertion of the letter or other contents of the envelope, and by which the envelope
is closed, is called the closing flap.
In making the envelope as herein described the closing flap may be either at the
top or right hand side of the face of the said envelope so that when used for
postal purposes the postage stamp may be affixed partly to the closing flap and
partly to the face of the said envelope thus giving additional security against
surreptitious opening of the said envelope, or the closing flap may be secured by
affixing the postage stamp alone.
If desired the safety envelope may be made of two pieces, either of the same
material or of different materials and of different colors and thicknesses, and the
securing flaps and the closing flap may be arranged to form a border or edgeing to
the said envelope the said border or edgeing may be black to form black bordered
or mourning envelopes or of any other color or device or may be used for
advertising or other purposes. In making the safety envelope in two pieces with
four flaps forming an edgeing or border the part on which the flaps are formed
may be made of strong thin or other suitable material and the other part having
no flaps may be made of card or other thick material thus forming a strong stiff
envelope giving great protection to the contents of the said envelope. Or the
safety envelope may be made of two pieces of suitable material each of rectangular
shape and of such relative size as to allow the flaps to be turned over and secured
in any suitable manner. The flaps may be turned over and secured either on the
face or on the back of the safety envelope or partly on each and may be made to
overlap each other at the corners thus giving greater security or may be cut
away as desired, and the aforesaid flaps need be only of sufficient width to form a

page_text: secure fastening thus giving a large plain surface on each side of the said envelope
for writing the address, for advertising, for decoration or for other purposes.
Dated this 18th day of September 1893.
RICHARD RAIKES BROMAGE.
Improvements in Envelopes.
1, RICHARD RAIKES BROMAGE Keyford Parsonage Frome Somerset Clerk in
Holy Orders, 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 envelopes & consists in forming same in two pietes &
of a shape so that the pieces may be cut out of the paper by a suitable machine
without unnecessary waste of paper & the same is carried out as follows reference
being had to the annexed drawings in which
Figures 1 & 2 are views of the front & back respectively of an envelope
constructed according to my invention.
Figure 3 view of same opened out.
The portion or part a is cut out & may have scolloped edges or other
ornamental design. The edge Figure 3 is attached by gum or the like to the
part b, it is then folded over upon part b & the edges 62 are folded over & secured
to the part a by gum or such like along the dotted line c. It will be seen that the
envelope is formed of two pieces a & b, the pieces a & being conveniently cut
ont in strips & then subdivided to the required size; the stamp is affixed as shown
in Figure 1 to the part b & flap or turn over of the part a, the edges b¹ & b² may
be of any suitable design & colour. Any well known or suitable machine may be
employed for the purpose of cutting out the parts a & b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is performed I declare that what I
-claim is.
1. An envelope formed of two separate parts said parts being cut in strips by
suitable means & subdivided to the size of envelope required, the parts being
attached together by suitable adhesive material at their edges which are folded
for the purpose & may be plain or ornamental as desired one of the edges forming
the flap for sealing or closing the envelope, substantially as described.
Dated this 10th don of I. 100s
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.