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P. BROUSSE.

PACKAGE OH WRAPPER P-OR CIGARETTE PAPER. No. 509,790. Patented Nov. 28,1893.

A 6 P O UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FIRMIN BROUSSE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

PACKAGE OR WRAPPER FOR CIGARETTE-PAPERS.

To all whom it may concern: bundle of cigarette papers. A support is Be it known that I, FIRMIN BROUSSE, a citithus formed for the cigarette papers, which zen of the Republic of France, residing at rest, on the one hand, in the pocket at and Paris, France,haveinvented certain Improvewhich are held at the opposite edge by two ments in Packages or W'rappers for Oigartongue piecesfg. This support is gummed ette-Papers, (for which Letters Patent have inside an ordinary wrapper as shown in Fig. been granted in France, No. 228,367, dated 1. The effect of the tongue pieces f g is, March 3', 1893; in Belgium, No. 103,698, dated While retaining the packet, to only allow one March 7, 1893, and in Great Britain, N0. sheet ata time to be removed. The pocket 10 5,174, dated March 9, 1893,) of which the fola holds the whole packet of papers on the lowing is a specification. other hand in an immovable position. It is My invention has for its object an improved understood that these methods may be modipackage or wrapper for cigarette papers, in fied. Thus, only one tongue piece may be which the leaves are simply laid side by side employed instead of two, or the tongue pieces I5 without being interconnected either by means could be replaced by a continuous turn down of gum or thread, or any other means, the edge of slight depth. In the same way, the leaves being delivered singly by the peculiar pocket on might be replaced by two lateral arrangement of the wrapper which holds wings bent down upon the pocket of papers them. They may also be taken out automatiand bearing, starting from the base, on a cer- 20 cally on opening the wrapper by an old kind tain part of the height, say, for instance, a of device which consists in employing a wathird or a quarter. The wafer of glue 71. 1s fer of glue, softened or not, placed inside the arranged in the wrapper opposite the cigarwrapper, and which the slighest pressure ette papers in such a way as to come 1n concauses to adhere to the sheet of paper. tact with the upper piece when the wrapper 5 On the accompanying drawings, I have is closed. In this part of the wrapper, the shown this improved arrangement of packpaper which composes it is preferably folded age or wrapper, from which the manner in over along the edge 2' and then bent down which it is made will be understood. toward the interior, then curved back 1n a Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective reverse direction on the line It Z, so that the 3 view of the wrapper open, illustrating how part which carries the glue has alwaysatendthe single cigarette papers are automatically ency to stand out from the wrapper. The delivered. Fig. 2 is a front view, and Fig. 3, effect of this arrangement is to put forward a section, of the arrangement which I add to as far as possible the detached cigarette pathe ordinary wrapper for the object of retainper in order to hand it to the smoker, but it 35 ing the cigarettepapers. Fig. 4 shows the may be dispensed with or replaced by any method of cutting out, and of forming this peother suitable arrangement producing the culiar arrangement. Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate same result. Thus, on Figs. 5 and 6 of the modifications. accompanying drawings, I show a modlfica- A piece A, the shape of which is shown by tion in which the support A, in which the 40 the full lines on Fig. 4:, is cut out of paper of sheets of paper P fit, is gummed along the 0 suitable strength. This piece is then folded central part of the wrapper, and the two other as shown in dotted lines, commencing with parts, B and (),are folded down on the paper the part a, on which the parts or wings I) c P in order to close the wrapper, the piece of are folded down. The ends of these wings glue being fixed on the inside face of B in 45 are fixed by means of gum, and by pressing contact with the cigarette papers. After hav- 9 5 0n the joint a gummed label 6, Fig. 1. The ing been pressed against the piece of glue, part d is then folded down. It will be noeach cigarette paper is delivered by the part ticed that each of these parts is folded twice B when the wrapper is opened; in order that on two parallel lines, the distance apart of the cigarette paper may be more easlly taken 50 which corresponds to the thickness of the hold of, this part Bis shaped or hollowed out I00 SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,790, dated November 28, 1893.

Applicationfiled August 11, 1893. Serial No. 482,941- (No model.) Patentedin France March 3, 1893, No. 228,367; in Belgium March 7, 1893, No. 103,698, and in England March 9, 1893, No. 5,174.

either in astraight line, or in the form shown in dotted lines.

In order to more easily open the wrapper, a wing 19, such as shown in Fig. 5, or a cord or band,Fig. 6, may be added, the latter serving at the same time to fasten the Wrapper.

My improved system of wrapper leaves thus the cigarette papers absolutely intact without perforation or gumming; it may be applied with equal facility to all kinds of papers,whether with gummed edges or other- Wise.

I declare that what I claim is 1. A package for cigarette papers comprising a support for the pap'ers, and a Wrapper provided with a wafer of glue at the part

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