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cated adjacent to the inner panels c and c',
and when the envelop is in its folded or closed
position the various apertures 23 and 23" are
adapted to register with the apertures 15 and
5 1G at the bottom of the envelop. The wings
b, b', and b2 serve to provide a means whereby
the upper and lower portions of the envelop
correspond, enabling fastening devices tobe
applied to these portions without interfering
io with the pockets in the envelop or the devices
for sealing the same.
In folding the envelop the panel a is carried
over upon the panel a', forming a pocket
whereupon the two flaps B and B' will be
15 brought one in front of-the other. The two
panels a and a' thus folded are carried over
upon the panel a2, and the panel a3 is then car-
ried over upon the folded portions a and a',
bringing the flap B2 to the front. The signa-
20 tures of the sender and of a witness are duly
produced on the cover-flap B', and the papers
or other valuable inclosures are placed in the
pocket between the panels a and a', and the
cover-flap is then carried down into the pocket
25 at the rear of its contents, as shown in dotted
lines in Fig. 3, thus bringing the auxiliary
sealing-flap B2close to the main sealing-flap B.
The auxiliary sealing-flap is then cemented to
the main sealing-flap B, and the main sealing-
30 flap -in its turn is cemented to the outer face
of the body-panel a3. The wings b and b'
are now folded one upon the other, and these
folded wings are carried over upon the clos-
ing-flap B3, and finally the single wing b is
35 folded over upon the double wings. Next
the closing-flap B2 is carried down upon the
body of the envelop, and the adhesive surface
22 of the said flap B3 will be brought in engage-
ment with the sealing-flap B and adjacent
40 portion of the outer or front fice of the body.
The' apertures in the wings and the closing-
flap B3 when these parts are folded over upon
the body will register with the openings in
the body, and finally the bottom edge of the
45 envelop is folded up upon itself, so as to pre-
sent but two apertures at the front and at the
rear, and a McGill fastener 25 or the equiva-
lent thereof is passed through these aper-
tures and clenched at the back of the envelop,
50 as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.
The prime object of this invention is to pre-
vent as far as possible scalpers and outside
parties from trading in railroad-tickets which
have been sold by a transportation company
55 in good faith to purchasers.
Various rules may be adopted governing
the use of the improved envelop-as, for ex-
ample, it may be used in the following man-
ner: The purchaser of the ticket signs on the
6o front or a flap of the envelop or at both places
in the presence of the selling agent, where-
upon the selling agent places the ticket in
the pocket of the envelop and folds and par-
tially seals the envelop. Supposing a tray-
65 eler having an enveloped ticket arrives in a
certain city, the purchaser of the envelopedticket is required to appear before the return-
ing agent of the road, who will require one or
two more signatures upon the envelop or
package, and the returning agent will also 70
sign as a witness. The returning agent will
next cut the envelop from one side until the
ticket is accessible and can be examined and
theSsignatures produced on the flap of the en-
velop compared with the signature last writ- 75
ten. The envelop is then punched, the agent
retaining the removed portion of the envelop
in his office as a record of the transaction.
Next the returning agent replaces the ticket
and seals the envelop. When the holder of 8o
the ticket is on the return journey, the con-
ductor causes the possessor of the ticket to
sign again. The conductor then cuts the en-
velop or package, examines the signatures
previously made, comparing them with the 85
one last made, and likewise examines the
punch-mark and the ticket. After the con-
ductor has removed his portion of the ticket
the ticket is again placed in the pocket of
the envelop and the envelop is sealed. When 90
the possessor of the ticket meets a second con-
ductor, this conductor requires another sig-
nature and examines the signature previously
made and also the ticket, retaining the en-
velop and the ticket. The ticket is then sent 95
to the general passenger agent of the road
where the ticket was first purchased. The
general passenger agent is required to exam-
ine all the signatures and file the envelop for
future reference, if required. Too
Having thus described our invention, we
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent-
1. An envelop, comprising a body having a
cover-flap extending from the upper edge of 1o5
its inner portion and adapted to be folded
within the envelop, a sealing-flap having an
adhesive coating, secured to the inner face
of the opposite body member and extending
above the mouth of the envelop, a closing- rio
flap, being an extension from a member of
the body, said closing-flap being adapted to
fold upon the body over the cover and seal-
ing-flaps, the said closing-flap having an ad-
hesive surface between its ends, and means 115
for securing the bottom edge of the body to
the bottom edge of the closing-flap.
2. An envelop having aflap extending from
the upper edge of its inner member, the said
flap being a safety or cover flap and adapted 120
to be passed down within the envelop to an
engagement with its contents, a sealing-flap
secured to the inner face of the outer member
of the envelop at the mouth, extendingabove
the same, an auxiliary sealing-flap, being a 125
continuation of the front member of the body
and arranged' for sealing engagement with
the main sealing-flap, both of which flaps are
adapted to be carried down on the body and
attached thereto, a closing-flap, being also an 130
extension of a member of the body and ar-
ranged for sealing engagement with the seal-C)
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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/m1/4/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.