US1146915A - Loose-leaf book. - Google Patents

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C. E. AURACHER.

LOOSE LEAF BOOK.

APPLICATION HLED JUNEIZ, 1914.

1,146,915. Patented July 20,1915.

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ED STATEs Parana oration.

CHARLES E. AURACI-IER, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, ASSIGNOR '10 LE FEBUBE LEDGER COMPANY, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, A CORPORATION OF IOWA.

LOOSE-LEAF BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26 1915.

Application filed June 12, 1914. Serial No. 844,706.

To all whom it may concern: I Be it'known that 1, CHARLES E. AURACHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Loose-Leaf Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to loose leaf books and consists in certain improvements in the construction thereof as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

One of the'principal objects of the invention is to adapt the leaves of a loose leaf book to the bookkeeping systems now being introduced with relation to bookkeeping or ledger posting machines and especially to so form such leaves as to adapt them to the use of such machines so that both sides of the leaves may be conveniently used; especially with index sheets by which several accounts in the book may be readily found. The book may be used, however, otherwise than in connection with such machines.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows 1- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a ledger partly opened at an index page. Fig. 2 is a view of one of the ledger pages. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 showedges of successive ledger pages. Fig. 7 shows the reverse side of the page shown in Fig. 2. 'Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 show the reverse sides of edges of pages shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively.

1 marks the book cover, 2 the ordinary binder metals, which may be of any desired description, the key slot for operating the metal being shown at 3.

4 marks the ledger page. Itis notched on both edges, leavingindex spaces 4 The reverse side, 4 of page 4 (shown in Fig. 7) is similarly notched, so as to form the index spaces 44. Each .space 4 or 4 has an index symbol 1. Page 5, which is a successive page to page 4, is notched along its edges forming the index spaces 5". .These spaces are so arranged relative tothe spaces 4* as to leave some of the index spaces 5* uncovered by the space or tab 4*. The edges of the reverse side 5 of the sheet 5 are shown inFigs. 9 and 10, and have the index spaces 55 on the reverse sides of the index spaces 55. The spaces 5 and 5 are provided with the index symbols 2, the symbols being in aposition to be uncovered bythe index spaces 4* and 4. The sheet 6 is notched to form index spaces 6 6 the spaces being of sufficient length to have a portion of the spaces uncovered by the notches in the sheet 5. The reverse side 6 of the sheet 6 has the index spaces 6 and these spaces 6* and 6 are provided with the index symbols 3. These sheets 4, 5 and 6, are leaves in the book as shown in Fig. 1, and the number of sheets may be increased indefinitely.

Index pages 7 are arranged in the book at intervals, these preferably having index tabs 7' at the top, as shown in Fig. 1. The index pages 7 are provided with the name spaces 7*, 7 and 7 these spaces corresponding or registering with the index spaces 4 5 and 6", the spaces 7, 7 and 7 being preferably provided with index symbols 1, 2 and 3 registering with the symbols 1, 2 and 3, on the pages 4, 5 and 6 respectively. It will be noted that the name spaces 7 7 and? are along both edges of the page 7.

In the operation of the book the accounts are arranged under their proper names and the index spaces are provided with the names with relation to the initial letters of the names, or otherwise as desired. As shown the index sheet with the tab J is open in Fig. 1, and names having this initial letter are to be placed in the spaces 7, 7 and 7.

The accounts corresponding to these names are found on the pages having the index symbols corresponding to the symbols on the name spaces. A series of leaves corresponding to leaves 4, 5, 6, etc, it will be understood are arranged following each index sheet. All that is necessary, therefore, is to refer to the index page, run down to the name, and this will locate the ledger page immediately by the corresponding symbol space, and this page may be held as the other pages are thrown back. It will be noted thatwhen one side of the page as 4 is filled, it may be reversed and the index space 4 will occupy the same space in the book as did the index space 4". .So that the index page applies to the ledger page reversed equally well with that of the first side of the page. V

By placing the symbols on both edges of the sheet as well as both sides an index symbol is provided, corresponding to the name space on the index sheet at both edges of the index'sheet, so that either edge may be used in locating the page with relationtothe in- I dex sheet.

The index pages are ruled with a namefinding device 8 consisting of a series of vertical columns having the letters of the alphabet. \Vhile we have shown only few of the letters of the alphabet in order to enlarge the'column it will be understood that the full number of columns for the complete alphabet may be used. By placing the second initial of the name in the column under the first initial the name may be quickly located by running down the column under the first initial to the second initial and then across to the name. The example used, D. A. Jones is placed under the column D and the second initial is placed opposite the name D. A. Jones.

It will be noted that the side edges of the symbol spaces 4", 5 and 6 form a guiding surface for the sheets as they are laid in the machine so that the columns formed by the machine will register with the ruling.

l/Vhat I claim as new is:-

1. .A. series of leaves for loose leaf ledgers notched to expose successive spaces on said leaves and on two edges of said leaves, each space being located to occupy the same position in the book as its companion space with the leaf reversed; in combination with an index page of a size to expose said successive spaces of the series of leaves at both edges, said index page being ruled to form name spaces, each name space registering with one of the series of spaces.

2. A series of leaves for loose leaf ledgers noched to expose successive spaces on said leaves and on two edges of said leaves, each space being located to occupy the same position in the book as its companion space with the leaf reversed; in combination with an index page of a size to expose said successive spaces of the series of leaves at both edges, said index page being ruled to form name spaces at each edge and each name space registering with one of the successive spaces of the series of leaves.

3. A loose leaf ledger comprising a series of leaves notched to expose successive spaces on said leaves and on two edges, said spaces being oppositely placed on said edges of said leaves; and means in which said leaves are detachably bound, said means when said ledger is open exposing both of said notched edges.

4. A leaf for a loose leaf book notched on two edges with an index space on each edge and on both faces of said spaces, said spaces being located to occupy the same position in the book as their companion spaces with the leaf reversed, each index space having on both faces a similar symbol.

with the leaf reversed, each index space on both faces having a simllar symbol-1n combination with an index sheet exposingboth index spaces at both edges, said lndex sheet being ruled to form name spaces at each edge registering with said index spaces.

6. A leaf fora loose leaf booknotclied on two edges with an index space on each edge and on both faces of said spaces, said spaces being located to occupy the same position in the book as their companion spaces with the leaf reversed, each index space on both faces havinga similar symbol in combination with an index sheet exposing both index spaces at both edges, said index sheet being ruled to form namefspaces .at each edge registering with said index spaces and each. name space having a symbol corresponding to the symbol of the indexspace with which the name space registers.

7 Aseries of leaves for loose leaf books notched to expose successive spaces on said leaves and on two edges of said, leaves, each space being located to occupy the same position in the book as its companion space with the leaf reversed, the opposite faces of companion spaces having similar symbols in combination with an index sheet of a size to expose one edge of said successive spaces and being ruled to form namespaces, each name space registeringwith one of the successive spaces and having a symbol corresponding to the symbol on the successive spaces.

8. A series of leaves for loose leaf books notched to expose successive spaces on said leaves and on two edges of. said leaves, each space being located to occupy thesame position in the book as its companion space with the leaf reversed in combination with an index page of a size to expose the successive spaces at both edges and being ruled to form name spaces at each edge, each name space registering with one of the successive spaces, said index page being provided with a series of alphabetically designated spaces centrally located on the page with relation to said name spaces, the alphabetically designated spaces being arranged transversely to the name spaces.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES ,E. AURACHER. Witnesses:

LEO Ln ,FEBUREI, EDW. D. GREEDY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O.

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