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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
NEWTON J. ALEXANDER, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER BAGS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,02S, dated June 18, 1878; application fled
April 17, 1878.To all Chom it may concern:
Be it known that I, NEWTON J. ALEXAN-
DER, of Austin, in the county of Travis and
State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Improvement in Paper Bags; and I do
hereby declare that the following is a full,
clear, and exact description of the same.
My invention is particularly adapted for
druggists' use, but may be advantageously em-
ployed by grocers and other merchants in put-
ting up articles which consist of loose sepa-
rated parts or particles.
My improved bag has a broad extension or
flap formed in one piece with its body. The
bag is constructed or formed from an oblong
rectangular blank having opposite side slits,
as hereinafter described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawing, forming part
of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of
the blank from which the bag is formed. Fig.
2 is a side view of the bag.
A indicates the bag proper, and B the flap
or extension thereof.
For economy of manufacture, the bag and
flap are formed from the same blank C, Fig.
1, which is of oblong rectangular shape. The
blank is cut or slitted from each side at a a,
at a point about two-thirds of the length of
the blank from that end b of the latter whichis subsequently folded to form the bottom of
the bag. After the blank has been cutin this
manner the side flaps d d are suitably pasted,
folded inward, lapped, and pressed together.
The bottom b is then pasted and folded, which
completes the bag.
In practical use the powder or other sub-
stance to be put up is deposited on the flap,
and the bag may be held in the hand in such
manner that slight compression of its sides,
near its upper end, will cause the flap to as-
sume a concave or trough-like form, so that it
will prevent the powder from being spilled and
guide it safely into the bag proper. The flap
is then torn or cut off and the mouth of the
bag closed in the usual way.
I am aware letter-envelopes have been pro-
vided with a flap extending laterally beyond
the ends thereof, and formed in one piece with
it.
What I claim is-
The oblong rectangular blank for a paper
bag for druggists' use, the same having slits a
a at opposite points in its parallel sides, and
the end projection b, as shown and described.
NEWTON J. ALEXANDER.
Witnesses:
J. W. IHAILTON,
B. J. IIAwEms.
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Alexander, Newton J. Improvement in Paper Bags., patent, June 18, 1878; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169748/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.