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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
MILLARD JEFFERSON DENNIS AND WILLIAM CLARENCE DAVIS, OF
NEVADA, TEXAS.
ENVELOP.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,276, dated May 8, 1900.
application filed November 13, 1899, Serial No. 736,820. (No model)To all whom it tmay 6onCern:
Be it known that we, MILLARD JEFFERSON
DENNIS and WILLIAM CLARENCE DAVIs, citi-
zens of the United States, and residents of
5 Nevada, in the county of Collin and State of
Texas, have invented a new and Improved
Envelop,of which the following is a full, clear,
and exact description.
The object of our invention is to provide
1o an envelop particularly adapted as a cover or
wrapper for valuable papers, money, and the
like and to so construct the envelop that its
contents will be thoroughly protected and so
that the envelop may. be traced from one for-
15 warder to another and identification be es-
tablished at the point of destination.
The invention consists in the novel con-
struction and combination of the several
parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,
go and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawings, forming a part of this specification,
in which similar characters of reference indi-
cate corresponding parts in all the figures.
25 Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank from
Which the envelop is constructed. Fig. 2 is
an inner face view of the completed envelop.
Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the envelop, show-
ing the position of the parts just after the
30 contents have been placed in the envelop and
before the envelop is sealed. Fig. 4 is an en-
larged longitudinal section through the folded
and sealed envelop, the section being taken
practically on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2; and Fig.
35 5 is a horizontal section through the improved
envelop sealed, the said section being taken
practically on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.
The body-section of the blank is formed
into four panels a, a', a2, and a3, and these
40 panels are transversely divided at their bot-
tom portions into sub or auxiliary panels a4
and a3 by means of suitable score-lines 10, 11,
12, 13, and 14. Each sub or auxiliary panel
a4 and a3 is provided with an aperture 15 near
45 each of its ends, and the bottom portions of
the main panels a, a', a2, and a3 are likewise
provided at their bottom portions near each
side with apertures 16, the corresponding
apertures 16 of the main panels and apertures15 of the auxiliary panels being in longitudi-50
nal or vertical alinement. A sealing-flap B
is formed at the upper end of the body-panel
a, and the inner face of the said sealing-flap
B is provided with a coating of a cementing
material 17, such as mucilage. A cover-flap 55
B' is likewise formed at the upper end of the
body-panel a', and this cover-flap B' is pro-
vided with lines 18 and 19 upon its inner face,
upon which the names of the sender and that,
of a witness are to be written. A much longer 6o
flap B3 is formed at the upper end of the body-
-panel a2. This long flap B3 may be denomi-
nated a "closing-flap," since when the envelop
is sealed and its parts are secured together
the flap B3 constitutes the front of the en- 65
velop. This flap B3 is rectangular, while all
of the other flaps are more or less tapering,
being narrowest at their outer ends. A line
20 is produced upon the inner face of the clos-
ing-flap BI at a point near the junction of the 7o
said flap with the panel a2, and the line 20 is
adapted to receive a signature. A short flap
B2 is formed at the upper end of the panel a3,
and this flap B2 may be denominated an " aux-
iliary" sealing-flap, but carries no adhesive 75
matter, being adapted for engagement with
the main sealing-flap B. The various flaps
B, B', B2, and B3 are separated from the pan-
els a, a', a2, and a' by transverse score-lines 21.
An adhesive surface 22 is formed upon the 8o
inner face of the closing-flap B3 at a point
near the line 20 for signatures, and above
said line and at one side of the closing-flap
B3 a wing b is formed, while at the other side
two wings b' and b2 are located, the several 85
wings being separated from each other and
from the closing-flap B3 by suitable. vertical
score-lines 24. The upper edges of the wings
b, b', and b2 are flush with the upper or outer
edge of the closing-flap B3, and the upper or 90
outer portions of the said closing-flap and
connected wings are divided into panels c and
c', corresponding to the auxiliary panels a4
and a0 at the bottom portion of the main or
body panels. Each of the upper panels c and 95
c' is* provided with an aperture 23 near its
end, and each wing and also the closing-flap
B' is provided with similar apertures.23", lo-
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Dennis, Millard Jefferson & Davis, William Clarence. Envelop., patent, May 8, 1900; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509622/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.