US3307772A - Gramophone record sleeves - Google Patents

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US3307772A
US3307772A US475200A US47520065A US3307772A US 3307772 A US3307772 A US 3307772A US 475200 A US475200 A US 475200A US 47520065 A US47520065 A US 47520065A US 3307772 A US3307772 A US 3307772A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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  • the present invention relates to gramophone re-c-ord sleeves and has for its object to provide an improved construction of gramophone record sleeve and a method of making'the same.
  • the present invention provides an improved sleeve having a spine along the three nonopening edges, which spine is integral with one side member of the sleeve.
  • the spine in a sleeve according to the invention, is reinforced and the reinforcement is integral with the spine.
  • the improved sleeve preferably has a spine and closing flap along the opening edge, which elements are integral with one of the sleeve side members, conveniently that with which the first-mentioned spine is integral.
  • a sleeve formed in accordance with the invention has a box-like structure of greater rigidity than that of prior sleeves and provides improved protection for a record enclosed therein. It has a further advantage in that its thickness is substantially constant, at least along its edges relative to prior sleeves having one spine only, and consequently when quantities of sleeves according to the invention are arranged closely side-by-side on shelves as is usual in record shops or stores, they stand more satisfactorily by virtue of their sides being parallel.
  • FIGURE 1 shows the inner surface of a blank for forming one side of the sleeve as well as integral spines, reinforcements and closing flap,
  • FIGURE 2 shows the blank after application of adhesive
  • FIGURE 3 shows the blank, in part, after a first folding operation
  • FIGURE 4 similarly shows the blank after a second folding operation
  • FIGURE 5 is a cross-section showing the completed sleeve
  • FIGURES 6, 7 and 8 are partial views, comparable to FIGURE 1, of simplified forms of blank,
  • FIGURES 9, 10 and 11 are partial cross-sectional views through the eventual sleeve, comparable to the view shown in FIGURE 5, formed from blanks as shown in FIGS. 6, 7, 8 respectively,
  • FIGURE 12 shows a modification of the blank of FIG- URE 1 whereby an eventual squared or butt joint is formed in place of a mitred joint
  • FIGURE 13 is a view comparable to FIGURE 12 showing such squared or butt joint.
  • FIGURES l to 5 a blank of cardboard or other suit-able material is cut, as shown in FIGURE 1, to have a square sleeve side portion 10 integrally connected with spine and reinforcement portions 11 on three sides and a spine and fiap portion 12 on the fourth side, the side portion 10 forming the back of the eventual sleeve as shown more 3,307,772 Patented Mar. 7, 1967 clearly in FIGURE 5.
  • the boundary lines between the portions 10 and 11 are indicated in chain line for clarity, but no such markings would have to be used in practice as will be seen hereinafter.
  • FIGURE 1 additionally shows crease and score lines by respective dotted and broken lines, the latter being lines along which the material is cut through part of its thickness. Since creases and scoring are necessary on one face of the blank only, the creasing and scoring may be performed in a single operation if desired.
  • a suitable adhesive is then applied to the other surface of the blank, in particular to those areas shown in double cross-hatching in FIGURE 2.
  • the portions 11 are thereafter folded back on themselves along the score lines 13 to give the result shown in FIGURE 3, wherein the outermost flap 25 overlies the corresponding band 24 along the periphery of the main square shape bounded by crease line '26.
  • FIGURE 4 Further folding is then performed, with areas 14 and 15 being folded inwardly along lines 16 to stand at right angles to the portion 10, and with portions 17 and 18 being folded inwardly along lines 19 to stand parallel to the portion 10.
  • FIGURE 4 The result of this further folding is shown in FIGURE 4 and the section of FIGURE 5, and it will be seen that there is produced a reinforced generally U- shaped channel along three sides with the areas 17 providing a surface to which the other side portion 20 intended to form the front of the eventual sleeve can be affixed as shown in FIGURE 5.
  • the remaining spine and flap portion can be folded inwardly along line 21 at right angles to the portion 10, and the closing flap then folded inwardly along the line 22, as shown in FIGURE 5.
  • the fixing of the second side portion 20 to the remainder can take place at any convenient stage, but it may be found preferable to perform it when the spines at the sides of the sleeve have been constructed as in FIGURE 4, but with the portions at the base of the sleeve as in FIGURE 3.
  • One edge of the underside of portion 20 may then be afiixed to area 17 at the base of the sleeve and can be moved into position for afiixing to the remaining areas 17 when the base of the sleeve is folded to the position shown in FIGURE 4.
  • part of the base portion 11 is left free of adhesive as shown in FIGURE 2 so as to permit the movement which takes place during folding of the base portion 11 to the FIGURE 4 position.
  • the corners 23 may be cut, if desired, so as to provide a mitre as at the other corners, or they may be rounded if preferred.
  • the proportions of the closing flap may be other than those shown in the drawings consistent with ease of opening and closing the sleeve whilst preventing an undue amount of dust from entering at the upper corners of the sleeve. Suitable cut-outs may be provided to receive the flap if desired.
  • FIGURES 6 to 11 these result from the successive elimination of the outer portions of the blank along the three non-opening edges of the eventual sleeve and may be useful where the degree of strength and rigidity achieved by the construction of FIGURES 1 to 5 is not required.
  • FIGURES 9, 10, 11 illustrate the cross-sections through the eventual sleeves resulting from use of blanks according to FIGURES 6, 7 and 8 respectively.
  • the blanks shown in FIGURES 7 and 8 provide a spine of single thickness only as compared to the double thickness provided by the blanks of FIGURES 1 and 6. This distinction is apparent by comparing FIGURES 5 and 9, with FIGURES 10 and 11.
  • the areas 17, 18 of the blank shown in FIGURE 1 are of different profile at their corner junctions (the south-east and southwest corners on FIGURE 1).
  • the N-S opposite pair of areas 17, 18 instead of being shaped at their bottom (south) extremity so as to provide a V-notch in the form of a 45 -90-45 triangle extend downwardly so as to form a straight end edge 432.
  • the E-W pair of ears 17, 18 are stepped inwardly at both (east and west) extremities as shown at 431.
  • the length of steps 431 is equal to the separation between score lines 413 and 419, that is, equal to the width of areas 417, 418 and 427, 428.
  • the outermost flaps 425 are shaped the same as flaps 25 in FIGURE 1 as to form a mitred junction in the eventual sleeve. This is obscured in the view shown in FIG- URE 13 since these outermost flaps lie underneath the squared or butt joint provided on folding by areas 417, 418 and 427, 428.
  • the remaining reference numerals 410-11, 414-15-16, and 419 represent of course the same lines and areas as the corresponding reference numerals 10-11, 14-15-16 and 19 in FIGURE 1.
  • the outermost flaps 425 could of course be shaped to provide a squared or butt joint also, either as depicted in FIGURE 13 or with the E-W flap 425 running out at both sides to the N-S edges 426 and covering the N-S ends.
  • Such arrangement can of course also be provided for the pairs of areas 417, 418 and 427, 428 forming the top arm of the U-shaped channel onto which the front of the sleeve is secured.
  • the invention provides, by a simple production method, a sleeve of considerable rigidity by virtue of its spines and reinforcements which are all integral with a side member of the sleeve.
  • a further advantage lies in the fact that, with a sleeve according to the invention it is not necessary to crease the printed front side of the sleeve by bending its edges around the edges of the back as is the usual practice, with the possibility of cracking or otherwise damaging the film or other surfacing materials on such front side.
  • a gramophone record sleeve comprising: a first substantially square side member; three spine members integrally connected to respectively different edges of said 4 first side member, each doubled back and affixed to them selves to form a reinforcement, each folded inwardly along said edges, and each folded inwardly along lines parallel to and equally spaced from said edges to form a generally U-shaped channel with the U-base forming a spine for the sleeve; and a second substantially square side member having its periphery afiixed along three edges thereof to the U-arm of said channel remote from said first side member.
  • a sleeve according to claim 1 comprising a fourth spine member integrally connected to the remaining edge of one of said side members, said fourth spine member being folded inwardly along said remaining edge to form a spine, and folded inwardly along a line parallel to said remaining edge and having said equal spacing therefrom to form a closing flap for the sleeve.
  • a gramophone record sleeve comprising: a first substantially square side member; three spine members integrally connected to respective ones of three edges of said first side member, each folded inwardly along said edges, each folded inward-1y along lines parallel to and equally spaced from said three edges to form a generally U-shaped channel, and each having been doubled back and affixed to themselves and the periphery of said first side member adjacent said edges, before the aforementioned folding, to form a reinforcement for said channel; a fourth spine member integrally connected to the fourth edge of said first side member, folded inwardly along said fourth edge, and folded inwardly along a line parallel to said fourth edge and having said equal spacing therefrom to form a closing flap for the sleeve; and a second substantially square side member having its periphery affixed along three edges thereof to the U-arm of said channel remote from said first side edge.
  • a blank for use in making a gramophone record sleeve comprising a substantially square side member portion, and spine portions of substantially uniform and equal width extending integral-1y with and along three edges of said side member portion, the end edges of said spine portions at the two corners formed intermediate successive pairs of said three edges each having a substantially identical profile as frusto-45 45 triangular shape with a common integral side between the adjacent pair of end edges at each corner and the triangle bases extending perpendicularly from their respective side member portion edges.
  • a blank according to claim 5 having a spine and flap portion extending integrally with and along the remaining edge of said side member portion.
  • a gramophone record sleeve comprising: a relatively stiff, substantially square first side member; three spine members integrally connected to respectively different edges of said first side member, each folded inwardly along said edges, and each folded inwardly along lines parallel to and equally spaced from said edges to form a generally U-shaped channel with the U base forming a spine for the sleeve; and a relatively stiff second side member, having substantially equal square dimensions to said first side member and initially physically separate therefrom, and said second side member having its peripheral margins affixed along three edge regions thereof to the outer surfaces of said channels remote from said first side member.
  • a blank of relatively stiff material for use in making a gramophone record sleeve comprising: a substantially square side member portion; spine portions of substantially uniform and equal width extending integrally with and along three edges of said side member portion, said spine portions being adapted for folding along said edges; and spine flap portions, each having width less than the square dimension of said side member portion, extending integrally with and along the outer side edge of a respective one of said spine portions, and being adapted for folding along said outer side edges.
  • a blank according to claim 9 wherein, at each corner formed by a pair of said side member portion three edges, a first one of the associated spine flap portions extends fully towards the relevant corner along its respective spin portion, and the other spine flap portion extends towards said corner up to a point spaced therefrom along its spine flap portion by a distance equal to the width of the one spine flap portion at its adjacent end edge.
  • a blank according to claim 9 comprising reinforcement portions extending integrally with and along the outer side edge of said spine flap portion and adapted to be folded back along the last-mentioned outer side edges in superimposed relation over at least its associated spine flap portion.
  • a gramophone record sleeve having one open side comprising: relatively stih. first and second side members of substantially equal square dimensions; three spine members each integrally connected to and folded inwardly along a side edge of one of said side members at a respectively different non-open side of the sleeve; and respective spine flap members integrally connected to and folded inwardly along the outer side edges of said spine members at least at the opposed pair of non-open sides of the sleeve, the outer surface of a spine fiap member being integrally connected to one of said side members through a spine member being affixed to the inner surface of the other one of said side members to secure said side members in spaced apart superposed relation.

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