US462099A - Bundle-wrapper for cigars - Google Patents

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(NoModeL) A. 81; J. MIOHALITSGHKE. BUNDLE WRAPPER FOR CIGARS.

No. 462,099. Patented Oct. 27, 1891.

UNITED STATES Parana" FFIQE,

ANTON MIOIIAIIITSOHKE AND JOSEPH MIOl-IALITSOIIKE, OF SAN FRANCISCO,

CALIFORNIA.

BUNDLE-WRAPPER FOR CIGARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,099, dated October 27, 1891.

7 Application filed April 1'7, 1891. Serial No. 389.358 (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ANTON MIOHALIT- SCHKE and JOSEPH MIoHALrrsoHKE, citizens of the United States, residing in the city and 5 county of San Francisco, State of California,

' have invented an Improved Bundle-Trap ping for Cigars, of which the following is a specification.

It is the custom at the present time among manufacturers of cigars to cover the bundles of the finer grades of goods before packing in the box with a paper wrapping that completely envelops or covers both ends and the sides of the bundle and to secure this wrapping by bands or ribbons. The brand or quality and other characteristics of the cigars contained in the bundle are usually certified to by printing on this wrapping the name or trade-mark of the manufacturer, and thus the v C u 2o purchaser is assured of the genuineness of the cigars by the condition of the envelope or wrapping and its fastenings at the time of purchase, for the contents of the package cannot Well be tampered with by unscrupulous dealers without defacing the wrapping; but, while this method of preserving intact the original bundle insures the general character of the cigars in it under the manufacturers guarantee, it is objectionable on sev- 3o eral grounds, but chiefly because the cigars are entirely covered and concealed from view, so that the color and other individual qualities cannot be seen and examined before purchasing without disturbing the wrap pings or its fastenings.

The object of our invention is to provide a paper wrapping for cigars in the original bundle or. package that while serving to protect the contents from dampness and to prevent the bundle from being tampered with will afford access to aportion of the bundle for convenientlyinspecting the color and other characteristics of the cigars without destroying or defacing the original wrapper or removing the bands or ribbons that secure it in place on the bundle and without the possibility of removing the cigars.

We secure the desired end and object and produce the paper wrapping that permits the bundle to be inspected without injuring the wrapper or removing the fastenings by means of the construction hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of an open box containing two bundles with our wrappers upon them. Fig. 2 is a view with the wrapping removed and spread out.

A is the wrapping, which is made ofoilnaper or paraffine-paper or other paper not affected by moisture. In this respect it does not differ from those already used for the pur pose.

B is a line of perforations in the center portion of the wrapper or that part which comes uppermost when the bundle is packed in the box. These perforations are arranged either in a semicircle or in a curved line, or in straight lines forming the sides of a rectangle, and are sufficiently close together to permit the paper to be separated on that line or lines in such manner that the portion sepa rated can be turned back or raised to uncover and expose a portion'of one or of several of the cigars beneath, The flap or portion of the wrapper thus formed by the perforation is still attached to the body of the wrapping and forms a part of it, serving always to cover the openings thus afforded for inspection. A semicircular or curved line of perforations is preferred for the reason that the flap having that outline will present no corners to curl up and will lie smoothly in place. The line of perforations also should be disposed in such relation to the matter printed on the wrapping that the reading-matter or the principal features of the trade-mark are not destroyed or defaced, or this printed matter should be properly arranged 011 the front of the wrapping to the same end.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described bundle-wrapper for cigars, having a line or lines of perforations on the front which extend partially around a suitably-shaped portion of the wrapping and terminate at the ends of one side of said por- In testimony that We claim the foregoing tion to form a flap when separated along the we have hereunto set our hands. perforations and to give said flap a perma- 1 7 v n nent and unbroken attachment to the bodyof 5 the Wrapping on the imperforate side,whereby A the flap may be raised and the cigars seen Witnesses: withontthe possibility of removing tl1em,sub- E. M. MORGAN,

' st-antially as and for the purpose set forth. W. S. MORGAN.

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