Improvements in Book Covers.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 5th Mar, 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Book Covers.
We, GEORGE CORNWALL, of 130, Pearl Street, in the City, County, and State
of New York, United States of America, Broker, and MAX PAUSE, of
45, Exchange Place, in the City, County, and State of New York, United
States of America, Restaurant Keeper, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object the production of an improved double flexible
book adapted to be applied to the ordinary stiff or flexible covers of books,
magazines etc., (for protecting them) which shall have unbroken, stiffened stitched
edges, be capable of ornamentation, be readily and easily applied or taken
off of the book, magazine etc., and be adapted to receive additional leaves for
advertising purposes.
To this end our invention consists of an improved construction of double cover
inanufactured preferably of a single sheet of manila-paper having its top and
bottom edges folded over and its outer flaps then folded in, the whole being then
held together by continuous seams of stitching passing through the four thicknesses
of paper at the top and bottom of the cover, so as to provide stiffened protecting
top and bottom edges.
In making our improved cover we take a sheet of manila-paper of suitable size
and of such proportionate length and height as will adapt it to fit the book to be
covered. What are to be the top and bottom edges of the cover may be protected
by a reinforce of cloth or other material or the whole cover may have such
reinforce. The top and bottom edges are folded over to the depth of about half an
inch. It is then folded so as to bring at the top and bottom edges the folded edges
together thus making at those places four thicknesses of paper.
The continuous seams are now run from side to side of the cover through these
four thicknesses at both top and bottom whereby there are provided two pockets
adapted to receive the ordinary flexible or stiff covers of a magazine or book which
when inserted in the cover are well protected by the unbroken stiffened edges at
top and bottom.
It will be seen that the formation of the cover thus described adapts it to receive
additional leaves which may be gummed to one flap of the pockets and serve to
bear advertisements. The inner and outer flaps of the cover itself may also have
advertisements printed upon them.
Dated this 5th day of June 1890.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicants' Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Book Covers.
We, GEORGE CORNWALL, of 130, Pearl Street, in the City, County, and
State of New York, United States of America, Broker, and MAX PAUSE, of
45, Exchange Place, in the City, County, and State of New York, United
States of America, Restaurant Keeper, 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:-
Our invention has for its object the production of an improved double flexible
book cover adapted to be applied to the ordinary stiff or flexible covers of books,
magazines, etc. (for protecting them) which shall have unbroken, stiffened stitched

page_text: edges, be capable of ornamentation, be readily and easily applied. or taken off of
the book, magazine, etc. and be adapted to receive additional leaves for advertising
purposes.
To this end our invention consists of an improved construction of double cover,
manufactured preferably of a single sheet of manilla paper having its top and
bottom edges folded over and its outer flaps then folded in, the whole being then
held together by continuous seams of stitching passing through the four thicknesses
of paper at the top and bottom of the cover so as to provide stiffened protecting top
and bottom edges.
In order that our invention may be properly understood and readily carried
into effect we have hereunto appended three explanatory sheets of drawings,
in the several figures of which corresponding parts are marked with the same letters
of reference.
Figure
is a perspective inside view of the preferred form of our cover.
Figure 2 is an outside view of the blank.
Figure 3 is an inside view of the same partly folded.
Figure 4 is an inside view of the blank fully folded.
Figure 5 is an inside view of the stitched blank forming a completed cover.
Figure 6 is a sectional view of a book having our cover applied, the section of
the cover being taken at the part indicated by the dotted line Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a similar view of a portion of a book cover having our improvenient
applied, the line of section through the cover being indicated at y, Figure 5.
Figure 8 is an inside view of a blank having reinforced top and bottom
edges.
Figure 9 is an inside view of a blank, the whole blank being reinforced.
Figure 10 is an inside view of a gummed or pasted blank.
Figure 11 is an inside view of a reinforced cover having its flaps turned back.
Figure 12 is an outside perspective view of a book provided with one of our
improved covers, showing how the book is supported on a shelf by the stiffened
protecting edges.
In making our improved cover we take a sheet of manilla paper such as shown
in Figure 2, of suitable size and of such proportionate length and height as will
adapt it to fit the book to be covered. What are to be the top and bottom edges!
of the cover may be protected by a reinforce of cloth or other material 1 (see
Figure 8) or the whole cover may have such reinforce, as shown at 1, Figure 9.
The top and bottom edges I are folded over to the depth of about half an inch on
the line a-a, Figure 2. The blank now has the form shown in Figure 3.
then folded on the line - so as to bring at the top and bottom edges the folded
edges I together, thus making at those places four thicknesses of paper as shown in
Figure 4.
It is
The continuous seans - are now run from side to side of the cover through
these four thicknesses at both top and bottom (sec Figure 5) whereby there are
provided two pockets adapted to receive the ordinary flexible or stiff covers 6 of a
imagazine or book 7, which when inserted as shown in Figure 6 in the cover are
well protected by the unbroken stiffened edges 2 at top and bottom. Figure 7
illustrates the upper and lower protecting edge of the cover.
In the modification shown in Figure 10 the top and bottom edges though
doubled as before are gummed or pasted.
It will be seen that the formation of the cover thus described adapts it to receive
additional leaves 5 which may be gummed to one flap of the pockets 4, and serve
to bear advertisements. The inner and outer flaps of the cover itself may also have
advertisements printed upon them.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The double cover formed integral with folded edges at the top and bottom

page_text: folded in and having seams of stitching providing stiffened protecting edges, sub-
stantially as described and shown.
2. The double cover formed integral with continuous unbroken folded edges at
the top and bottom folded in and having seams of stitching providing stiffened
protecting edges, substantially as described and shown.
3. The double cover formed integral with reinforced folded edges at the top and
bottom folded in and having seams of stitching providing stiffened protecting edges,
substantially as described and shown.
4. The double cover formed integral with folded edges at the top and bottom
folded in and having seams of stitching providing stiffened protecting edges, and
the advertising sheet or blank secured to a flap of the cover, substantially as
described and shown.
Dated this 4th day of March 1891.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicants' Agents.