An Improvement in Envelopes and Postal Wrappers.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 29th May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1890-Accepted, 2nd Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Envelopes and Postal Wrappers.
I NEHEMIAH FARTHING of No. 6 Westbourne Place Clifton Bristol Commercial
Traveller do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention or improvement consists of reversing the position of the gummed
surface, placing the gum on the body of the envelope or wrapper instead of the
flap, thereby preventing the possibility of any injury to health, as the surface
moistened by the tongue, would be, the plain paper, the moistened surface being
laid against the gummed surface of the envelope or wrapper, perfect adhesion is
the result.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Envelopes and Postal Wrappers.
I, NEHEMIAH FARTHING of No. 6 Westbourne Place Clifton Bristol Commercial
Traveller 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:-
My invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of envelopes and postal
wrappers.
According to the method hitherto persued in the manufacture of envelopes and
postal wrappers, the gum is placed on the flap or cover of the article and is generally
moistened by the tongue before closing. The gum or mucilage used for the
adhesion may be injurious to health, by being brought into direct contact with
the tongue.
According to my present invention I prevent the possibility of such injury fore-
stalling the chance of its occuring by gumming that portion of the envelope or
wrapper which does not come in contact with the tongue.
In order that my invention and the means by which the same is to be carried into
practical effect, may be thoroughly understood I will now proceed to describe it in
detail, referring in so doing to the accompanying figures which are to be taken
as part of the specification and read therewith, and in which, like parts are marked
throughout the figures in which they occur, with the same reference letters, and
my invention may be applied to any other shape or form of envelope or postal
wrapper made.
A the flap
Figure 1. represents the ordinary or commercial form of envelope.
B. B. the surface I propose to gum, during the manufacture
instead of the flap A.
or cover of same.
Figure 2 represents an ordinary postal wrapper-A the flap of same. B B the
surface I propose to gum.
The gum may be placed in the position I propose by the ordinary machinery now
used for making envelopes.
The advantage derived is-preventing the possibility of any injury to health as the
surface of the flap moistened by the tongue would be plain paper. The moistened
surface being laid against the gummed surface of the envelope or wrapper, perfect
adhesion is the result.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In the process of manufacturing envelopes and postal wrappers I place the gum
on the portion of the envelope or postal wrapper marked B B as described in the
accompanying drawings. That the improvement is far preferable to the mode at
present adopted being novel, more cleanly and not injurious to health.
.Dated this 21st day of June 1890.
NEHEMIAH FAKTHING.