IMPROVEMENTS IN BAGS OR PACKETS FOR TEA, COCOA, STARCH AND OTHER MATERIALS
Year: 1886

page_text: JOSEPH MELLOR BAINES, General Merchant, 10 Trafalgar St, Bradford, Yorkshire,
SAMUEL WASHINGTON Chemical Manufacturer 19 Radnor St, Hulme, Manchester
do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN BAGS OR
PACKETS FOR TEA, COCOA, STARCH AND OTHER MATERIALS to be as follows:-
This invention relates to bags or packets formed of paper, tinfoil &c lined with
cardboard or chip for packing Tea, Cocoa, Starch and other materials.
The object is to form a lined bag or packet in such manner that when opened
one end of the packet shall form a lid which may be put on and taken off like the
lid of a box or canister.
The invention consists in using in addition to the customary lining (which is a
piece of cardboard or chip cut and scored so as to fold to the shape and size of the
intended packet) a narrow strip of the same material scored so as to fit upon the
outerside of the principal piece between it and the outer covering of paper to which
outer covering it is secured. The strip being placed so as to be flush with one end
of the packet. A piece of cardboard or chip or a piece of paper cut of suitable
size to fit the end of the packet is laid at the end where the strip is and the outer
covering of paper folded down and secured to it.
The lid may or may not be hinged at one side.
One end of the packet is left open to be secured when the packet is filled.
The paper or other material of which the bag or packet is formed may or may
not be printed.
A thread or wire may or may not be attached to the lower rim of the narrow
strip to facilitate the opening of the packet.

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We, JOSEPH MELLOR BAINES General Merchant, 10 Trafalgar St, Bradford
Yorks and SAMUEL WASHINGTON, Chemical Manufacturer of 19 Radnor Street,
Hulme Manchester in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our
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 bags or packets formed of paper, tinfoil & lined with
cardboard or chip, for packing tea, cocoa, starch, and other similar materials.
The object is to form a lined bag or packet in such a manner that when opened
one end of the packet shall form a lid or cover which may be put on and taken off
the package like the lid of a box or cannister.
And in order that this our said invention may be the more readily understood
and carried into practical effect we have hereunto annexed a drawing illustrating
our improvements, and will now proceed to describe the same with the assistance
of the various Figures and letters of reference marked thereon.
The essential features of the improvements consist in the employment of a narrow
strip of cardboard or other material in addition to the ordinary lining (which is a
piece of cardboard or chip cut and scored so as to fold to the shape and size of the
intended packet) which strip when the packet is complete lies between the outer
covering of the packet and the cardboard lining and forms the rim of the lid, being
placed so as to be just flush with one end of the packet as shewn in Fig. 1. which
illustrates a perspective view of our improved package. a. is the narrow strip,
b. the cardboard lining and c. the outer wrapper (which is shewn partially removed
to illustrate more clearly the position of strip and lining).
Our improved bag or packet is most conveniently formed as follows:-The
narrow strip a. (see Fig. 2.) is laid flat upon the inner surface of the paper c. which
is intended to form the outer covering (the paper c. having been previously pasted
or glued on its said inner surface) and the large piece of cardboard b. to form the
lining of the packet is laid on as shewn in Fig. 3. over the strip a. so as to lie flush
with its upper edge. The packet is now folded together and the pasted edge e. of
the paper a is secured over on the back of the wrapper at f. thus forming the
rectangular or other shaped body of the bag or packet.
In the subsequent process of closing in that end of the package, the strip a. so
placed becomes secured by means of the outer covering to the piece of cardboard
or other material forming the end or end lining of the packet and thus with such
end lining constitutes an enclosed lid or cover to the package. To open the
package it is only necessary to cut through the outer covering around the inner or
lower edge of the strip, when the self-formed lid will disclose itself and will be
found to be capable of removal and replacement, the strip a. forming the rim of the
said lid or cover and serving to keep the same in position like the lid of a box or
cannister. This opening of our improved packet may be considerably facilitated
by the introduction (between the inner lining and the outer covering) of a thread
of fibrous or other suitable material placed along the lower edge of the strip

page_text: (as indicated by letter d. in Figs 2, and 3.) during the course of making up.
One
extremity of this thread d. is left exposed as at 6. Fig. 1. to be laid hold of when
it is required to open the packet and which is effected by simply pulling the said
thread which will be found to cut its way through the outer covering and to follow
the line of the lower or inner edge of the strip. The lid so formed may remain
attached at one of its sides to the outer covering and thus constitute a hinged lid
and the outer covering may or may not be covered or ornamented more or less with
printed engraved or illustrative matter. One end of the packet is left open, to be
closed in and secured when the packet is filled.
These improved packets whilst in the tubular form are capable of being folded
flat and so as to occupy the smallest possible compass, say for instance when a
number are packed together during transit or when stored away, this being
accomplished by leaving both ends open and allowing the sides to collapse.
We wish it to be understood that we are well aware that a thread or wire has
hitherto been applied to envelopes and other packages as a means of opening the
same and therefore we make no claim to such use of a thread or wire save and
except in combination with the strip and in the manner herein before described, and
although we only illustrate our improvements as applied to rectangular packages it
will be readily apparent that they are equally applicable to cylindrical and other
forms of bags or packets made of paper or other similar materials.
The improvements are also applicable to making up cheaper bags or packages in
which the cardboard or other lining is only continued a short distance down inside
the package and only in order to form a sufficient support at that end for our
improved lid or cover.
It will thus be seen that our improvements practically consist of a novel mode
of making a self-forming lid which is found to be advantageous in enabling the bag
or package to be used for storing the contents and thus constituting a substitute
for a box or cannister.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of our invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1st The improved manufacture of bags or packets for tea, cocoa, starch and other
materials in the manner and substantially as herein before described.
2nd In the manufacture of paper bags or packets the introduction of a narrow
strip of lining material at the mouth of the same between the inner lining and the
outer covering and secured to the end lining substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
3rd Forming a rimmed lid or cover to paper bags or packages substantially as
hereinbefore described.