US1351864A - Accounting and record device - Google Patents

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ACCOUNTING AND RECORD DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- I4, I9I8.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

GUSTAVE VJ. MOELLER, OF HARRIS, IOYVA.

ACCOUNTING ANI) RECORD DEVICE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. '7, 1920.

Application led November 14, 1918. Serial No. 262,501.

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The object of J'his invention is to provide au improved laccounting and record device par(F `ularly adapted for use in connection with public sales involving a considerable number ot' articles and pincnasers.

VAIfurther obj-cetV ot this invention is to provide a ilcxiblc, elastic and convenient Serin keeping record ot articles sold, purchasers, prices and terms involved in a public sale.

ii further object oit this invention is to i an improved open enf'lcd envelop a printed tori-n adapted to rncnicraiida relative to individual sales series, said envelop containing a irinizhling nieinher and sheet adapted to e a dupli latc o'-n ti d memoranda; said ion also contain a relatively heavy it backing sheet, means being provided Jtor receiving and holding a collocation ci such envelope and their contents; trie insert contents of said envelops being ot length and spaced. from the open'end of the envelope by ivhich the collocation is held, thereby permitting a ilexing of the envelops 'tor inspection, on `i es between the contents and the holding device.

ha on l/iy invention consists in the construction, arranicment id combination ot elements hereinafter set itoifth, poiidcd out in my `iiiu and ed by the accompanying avving, in l"igure l a 'face vieiv illustrating the complete device, With illustrative memoranda entered on the uppermost envelop. 2 is side elevatori ci the sinne, dotted lines indicating possible flexed positions oi? some oi" the envelope. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through one oi' the envelops and its contents. j a tace viev.7 of the npper portion oi an envelop, partly in section to illustrate its contents.

ln the construction ot the device as shown a plurality o3? identical envelops 10 are employed, which preferably are vformed of a tough quality ot paper and are open at one end. The tace of each envelop is printed with a suitable form and contains a heading With spaces for setting forth the identity or location and date and terms ot the sale to be recorded, and beneath that columns and lines Afor entries and memoranda relating to rticle7 sold, Purchas'er7 and Price lVithin each envelop, and in the orderd named from front to back thereof` are placed a carbon sheet'll, sheet l2 to receive duplicate of the memoranda.A entered on 'face ot envelop, and a rclativelyheavy or stiff backing sheet 13 to stillness to they Whole and furnish a support for'p'enciling the memoranda. A portable shelf or board ll is provided and preferably is of some- What greater dimensions than the cnvelops l() and is provided near one end with a spring clip l5 of any suitable `term, adapted to receive and hold a collocation et loose sheets or members to the board.

ln use any desired number ot the envelops l() are placed on the Vtace oi the board lll and held in place by the spring clip lo, each of said envclopsl preferably haring been supplied with the memoranda indicating the particular sale tor which they are to be used. Then as the sale progresses the clerk maires the entries the columns ot the envelops, starting With the outermost one of the collocation, thus keeping a record in duplicate of the articles sold, the purchasers and prices. The spring clip l5 is designed to engage the open end portion of the envole-ps and not entend beyond nor engage in any manner the inclosures such as carbon she-et ll, second sheet l2 and bucle ing sheet i3, thus engaging only two thicknesses ot cach record device, namely the Vtrout and hack sheets ot the envelop thereo't. lhusa greater capacity of the spring clip is secured, and also a llcxibility ol the record devices. .its the contents ot the cnvelops are not engaged by the spring` clip.y and particularly the stiil backing sheet ll, cach envelop may be flexed away from the others and from the board ll, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, flexing on transverse lines between the spring clip and the upper ends of the contents or the envelops, such as the dott-edline .0c-.r in Fie. Ll. This permits inspection or" the record or any subjacent envelop, and addition to or correction of such record, Without removing the overlying envelope.

As each article disposed ot is paid for, or satisfactory arrangement tor payment made.l

a check mark may be entered by the clerk opposite the entry relating thereto; and in case the entry sought is not found on the uppermost envelop the search may be continued 'to the other envelope in turn by turning back the uppermost as shown and described. As each envelop is used up it may be removed from the top of the pile and slipped beneath by releasing the spring clip. The engagement ot' the spring clip with the open end oi' the envelop prevents displacement or loss of any of the contents but at the same ltime permits ready access thereto when desired. When the sale is concluded the duplicate records may be turned over to the proprietor While the originals are retained by the clerk or left at a designated bank or other place Where settlement is to be made by the respective purchasers.

l claim as my invention- An accounting and record device, comprising a collocation of enveleps each having indicia on its face suitably Varranged to receive entries and memoranda,4 each envelop containing a carbon sheet, second sheet and backing sheet, said insert sheets being substantially shorter than the envelop, and a holding device engaging the collocation of envelops at these portions not occupied by the insert sheets, ivhcrebythe envelops, relatively stiff in their main portions, are free to flex on transverse lines between said holding device and the insert sheets.

Signed at Harris, in the county of Osceola and ntate of Iowa, this 8 day of October, 1918.

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