IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LEAVES OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS AND OTHER LEAVES OR PASSE PARTOUTS FOR THE RECEPTION OF PICTURES
Year: 1876

page_text: ⚫LETTERS PATENT to Peter Jensen, of Chancery Lane, London, for the Inven-
tion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LEAVES OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS AND OTHER
LEAVES OR PASSE PARTOUTS FOR THE RECEPTION OF PICTURES." A commu-
nication from abroad by Franz Friedrich Kullrich, of Berlin, Prussia.
Sealed the 12th December 1876, and dated the 12th July 1
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Peter Jensen at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th July 1876.
PETER JENSEN, of Chancery Lane, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LEAVES OF
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS AND OTHER LEAVES OR PASSE PARTOUTS FOR THE RECEPTION
OF PICTURES." A communication from abroad by Franz Friedrich Kullrich, of
Berlin, Prussia.
The object of this Invention is so to construct the leaves of photographic
albums and other leaves or passe partouts for the reception of pictures, that the
photographic cards or other pictures can be inserted into their places and removed
therefrom more readily than in the leaves of ordinary photographic albums, and
also that the bottom part of the picture shall be exposed to view.
And in order that this Invention shall be fully understood, I will now proceed
to describe it with reference to the accompanying Drawings, in which Figure 1 is a
front view of a leaf of a photographic album made according to this Invention ;
Figure 2 a section through the line A, A, Figure 1, to an enlarged scale as regards
the thicknesses of the parts composing the leaf; and Figure 3 a perspective view;
Figure 4 is a section similar to Figure 2, but according to a modified arrangement.
The leaf is made of three strips or parts as usual, namely, the two outer strips a
and a made of stout paper, and the intermediate or inside strip b made of paste-
board. The opening in or middle part cut out of the outer strips a and a¹ is larger
than the opening in or middle part cut out of the intermediate part b, so that
grooves are formed for the reception of the photographic card or picture.
In some photographic albums as now made narrow slits or openings are made in
each face of the outer strips for admitting the card pictures therethrough, but by the
introduction of them the narrow strip of paper between the openings is liable to
be torn. Also in ordinary photographic albums the lower part of the card picture
is hidden, being covered by the outer part or strip, thus hiding the title or name of
the picture or the autograph writing on such lower part of the card picture.

page_text: Now according to this Invention and as shown on Figures 2 and 3 of the
Drawings, the insertion of the card picture is facilitated and the lower part of the
card picture is left visible.
For this purpose the opening in each outer part a, a, is enlarged or cut away
below as shown at x, this portion of the opening being in fact as wide as that in the
middle part b, so that the card pictures c and e¹ can be inserted into their places from
either face of the leaf; Figure 2 shows the card pictures c and c in place. The
bottom parts & and of the outer strips a and are also partly separated from
the sides by a cut at each side, thus forming lips over which the card picture passes
being partly covered by it. Or in addition to this a lipe, el, of thin paper, as shown
at Figure 4, may be attached to each lip d, d, of the outer strips a, a, the upper
portions of these thin lips e, el, also occupying a position between the two card
pictures c, c¹, so that each picture c, c', on its withdrawal will slide freely over the
said lip e, e¹.
It will thus be seen that when the card pictures are in their places their titles,
names, or other writing or device on their lower part are always exposed to view.
And having thus fully described the nature of this Invention I declare that I
claim, the combination of the enlargements x in the openings of the outer strips
or parts a and a² of a photographic album leaf or similar article with the lips d, ¹,
with or without the additional lips e, e', to underlap the inserted pictures, as and for
the purposes herein specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Peter Jensen, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Twelfth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six.