AN IMPROVED FOLDING CASE FOR POSTAL AND GENERAL PURPOSES
Year: 1884

page_text: PERUNAL SPECIFICATION.
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I JOHN GEORGE BRANFORD 58 Heath Street Birmingham Warwickshire
Chemist & Druggist do hereby declare the nature of an invention for AN
IMPROVED FOLDING CASE FOR POSTAL AND GENERAL PURPOSES
to be as
follows:-
The case consists of a number (which would vary according to requirement) of
pieces of oblong Metal, Cardboard, Woodboard Papier-mache, Vulcanite, Wood,
Felt or Leather of equal lengths and breadths joined at the lower edge, with
Canvas, Silk, Velvet, Leather, Parchment or Metal Joints or Hinges to form a Fold,
each Fold attached at equal distances on the lower edge to Strips of Canvas, Tape,
Webbing or Leather so as to allow the whole of the Folds to fall backwards or
forwards in the same order as a Venetian Blind, leaving the upper part of each Fold
visible.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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JOHN GEORGE BRANFORD 58 Heath Street Birmingham Warwickshire, Chemist
and Druggist do hereby declare the nature of an invention for AN IMPROVED
FOLDING CASE FOR POSTAL AND GENERAL PURPOSES to be as follows and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
The Case consists of a number (which would vary according to requirement) of
pieces of Oblong, Metal, Cardboard, Paper, Woodboard, Paper Machie, Vulcanite,
Wood or Leather of equal lengths and breadths joined at the lower edge with
Canvas, Silk, Velvet, Leather, Parchment, or Metal Joints or Hinges to form a Fold,
each Fold attached at equal distances on the lower edge to strips of Canvas, Tape,
Webbing, or Leather so as to allow the whole of the Folds to fall backwards or
forwards in the same order as a Venetian Blind, leaving the upper part of each Fold
visible.
Fig 1. in Drawing illustrates Front view of Case open, showing the front of
first Fold and upper front part of the other Folds.
Fig. 2. in Drawing illustrates Back view of Case open, showing the back view
of last fold and the upper back part of the other folds also the material in two
strips to which each Fold is attached.
Fig 3. in Drawing illustrates sectional view of two Folds attached to two strips
at the back or lower edge, showing open fold for Postal Order use with part circular
finger point on the upper part of back flap and space cut in upper part of the front
of the Fold to the right for showing the Postal Order number, the other fold of the
sectional view is intact and closed.
Fig. 4. in the Drawing illustrates side view or elevation of Postal Order Case
showing the ends of folds, also front of first Fold and tho upper front part of the
other folds with space cut in the upper part of each fold on the right to show the
Postal Order numbers,
Fig. 5. in Drawing illustrates the Case closed.
The foregoing description is substantially correct, subject to modification when
applied for general purposes, but the principle remains the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st That it is the Original Idea of the Inventor John George Branford.
2nd That it is particularly applicable for holding or containing any description of
Papers Memorandums &c for reference or otherwise.
3rd That it is especially adapted to establish a system that will minimise time
and labour, also create economy and cleanliness.