US403085A - Currency-package - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- ENRIQUE S. BARREIRAS, OF KIRKVVOOD, ASSIGNOR TO THE BUXTON & SKINNER STATIONERY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CURRENCY-PACKAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,085, dated May 14, 1889.

Application filed February 6, 1888. Serial No. 263,122. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ENRI UE S. BARREIRAS, of Kirkwood, Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in Currency-Packages, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

I have heretofore made an improvement in currency-packages, wherein a pile of bills is strapped and sealed in such a manner as to enable the bills of the pile to be inspected without breaking the seal, in order thereby to locate the responsibility of any shortage or counterfeit bills in the pile.

In the construction referred to a strap narrower in width than is the length of the pile is passed transversely around the pile, and is then sealed thereto by means of a cord passed through the strap and pile and having its ends sealed to the strap. In the present instance the strap is adapted to be slipped, as a clip, edgewise onto the pile or papers or paper, leaving the remainder of the pile exposed for examination. A guard is provided against the inserting of a knife for cutting a bill, so that it can be slipped from off the cord used to seal the package. Coupons are attached to the clip to be used as a depositslip and as a letter of advice, respectively, all substantially as is illustrated in the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, and exhibiting the most desirable mode of carrying out the improvement.

Figure 1 is a front view of the improved package; Fig. 2, a back view of the package. Fig. 3 is a View of the outer side of the clip developed; Figs. 4 to 8, views upon a reduced scale, Fig. 4 being the same view as that of Fig. 3, but showing the pile of bills, 850., in position, the pile being broken away to show the part beneath. Fig. 5 shows one of the top laps folded over the pile. Fig. 6 shows both of the top laps folded over the pile. Fig. 7 shows the bottom part of the clip folded upon the top laps and pile, and Fig. 8 shows the opposite side of the package to that shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and one of the bottom laps folded upon the top part of the clip.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

A, Fig. 3, represents the clip in its most desirable form-that is, the main portion of the clip is a rectangular piece, say, of strong paper adapted to be folded on a line, 00, Fig. 3, to form the top a and the bottom a. of the clip. The top is provided with two laps, a a which are attached, respectively, to the opposite edges, a a, of the top a in the vicinity of the line w, and adapted to be foldedtransversely upon the top a, as shown. The bottom a is similarly provided with two laps, a a, which, and independently of the top laps, can be folded transversely upon the folded top and bottom, as shown. The top a is extended in the direction of its length to form what may be termed the letter-of-advice coupon M, which, by means of the row of perforations y, is made detachable from the top a. The bottom a" is also extended in the direction of its length to form what may be termed the deposit slip coupon a which, by means of the row of perforations z, is made detachable from the bottom a. The clip upon its outer side bears directions and marks for the instruction and for the-guidance of the users of the clip-that is, at a are directions as to the stitching, at 0. are the points where the stitching is to be done, at a the broken lines indicate the string, at 00 is the position of the seal, and at a and a, respectively, are shown in miniature. the front and the back of the completed package.

The letter-of-advice coupon, as shown in Fig. 3, contains data and spaces a for the names of the consignor, consignee, and the party to whom the remittance is to be credited and for the amount remitted.

The depositslip coupon is suitably ruled and marked to enable not only the total amount a to be entered upon the coupon, but also an itemized statement, a", of the remittance-that is, there is a space for entering the number of one-dollar bills, the number of two-dollar bills, and so on, and the amounts, respectively, of the ones, the twos, &c.

In use the consignee places the pile B, of bills, or whatever is to be remitted, upon the clip, as shown in Fig. 4. The top lap, a is then folded over the pile, then the top lap a then the bottom a is folded upon. the inner end of the pile, in doing which the bottom a comes first upon the top laps, and then the bottom laps, a oi, are successively folded across the outer side-of the top a. The cord 0, Figs. 1, 2, is then passed through the clip and pile and the seal D applied, as shown in Fig. 2. The top laps are of use as constitut- 'ing an eiiicient guard against the insertion of any cutting-instrument to cut a bill out of the pile without cutting the cord. To this end a single top lap is of value; but the two top laps are more desirable. The bottom laps are of use in that they serve to give more body to the package at the pointwhere the cord and seal are applied.

The letter-of-advice coupon and also the depositslip coupon are useful, partly as atfording spaces for the memoranda mentioned, and partly as constituting data, which can be separated from the remaining and used-up portion of the clip and saved conveniently for future reference. The consignee, on receiving the package, has opportunity for examining its contents and of comparing them with the statements upon the coupons before breaking the package-seal.

The package, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, is designed, in most instances, to be inclosed and sealed in an outer envelopesuch as the or dinary eXpress-company envclopeand to be transported therein, in order thereby to enable the carrier of the package to locate any interference with it. This outer envelope is not shown, as its nature is familiar. The

cord of its seal passes through the inner package, so not to interfere with the seal of the inner package. The clip is to be supplied to the trade as a new article of merchandise. Of the two sets of laps described the top laps, so called, are the more essential, they being the ones which, when the clip is attached, come between the top (L and the bottom ct of the clip. The terms top and bottom are applied arbitrarily. In use, either part, a or a, may be styled the top and either the bottom. So far as the coupens are concerned their position may be reversed from that shown. The deposit-slip coupon may be attached to the top a and the other coupon, ca to the bottom a.

Either coupon may be used by itself; but it is desirable for the clip to be provided with both coupons. So far as the coupons are concerned the clip may be in the form of a band extended to go around the remittance.

I claim- 'The herein -described currency package clip, consisting of the top and bottom parts adapted to be folded, and provided, respectively,with the laps and with the coupons, substantially as set forth.

\Vitness my hand.

ENRIQUE S. BARREIRAS.

Witnesses:

(3. D. Moonv, STEPHEN 1). IBARLow.

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