US1432020A

US1432020A - Record book

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Publication number: US1432020A
Application number: US434571A
Authority: US
Inventors: Willard L Fales
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-01-03
Filing date: 1921-01-03
Publication date: 1922-10-17
Anticipated expiration: 1939-10-17

Description

W. L. FALES.

RECORD BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1921.

1,432,029, Patented Oct. 17, 1922.

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W. L. FALES.

RECORD BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-3,1921.

1,432,020. Patented Oct. 17, 1922.

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RECORD BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-3,1921- Patented Get. 17, 1922.

WILLARD I. FALES, 0F CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO.

RECORD BOOK.

Application filed January 3, .1921. Serial No. 434,571.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD L. FALES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Castle Rock, in the county of Douglas and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Record Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to record books and its main object is to provide a convenient form and arrangement of record sheetswhich provide a simple and ready means for entering debits and credits in financial or commercial transactions and greatly facilitate obtainingthe balance between the totals thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide an arrangement of record sheets as above referred to which avoids the necessity of transferring a balance either from one part of each sheet to another part there of or from one sheet to another sheet, and still another object is to provide in a record book composed of leaves connected along one of their longitudinal edges, a feature of construction which permitsofits being folded transversely for pocket use.

My invention is particularly adapted for use in check and draft books of the type commonly used by banks and it has been illustrated in this connection in the accompanying drawings. I desire it understood, however, that it may also be advantageously employed in stock books and, in general, in record books in which a balance between totals of difierent entries is carried forward from one sheet to another.

In the drawings in the various views of which like parts are similarly designated,

igure 1 represents a perspective view of .a check book showing the credits side of a record sheet formed and arranged in accordance with the present invention;

Figure .2, a similar view showing the debits side of the sheet;

Figure 3, a view similar to that of Figure 2 showing the record sheet folded upon itself to obtain a balance between the totals of en tries at its opposite sides;

Figure 4, a perspective view of the book in a folded condition;

Figure 5, a perspective view of a check book showing a modification in the construc- I tion and arrangement of the record sheets of my invention; 7

Figure 6, a perspective view of one of the record sheets of the bookshown in Fig ure 5, exposing the reverse side thereof, and

Figure 7, a View similar to that of Figure 5 showing the record sheet folded upon itself to strike the balance between the totals ofentries at opposite sides thereof.

Referring to the drawings by numeral reference characters, the reference numeral 2 designates a pad of checks and record leaves which are bound together at one of their longitudinal edges either between stiff covers 3 for'sepa-rate use, or in association with a tongue or other fastening means for its connection. with a pocket case.

.When the pad is bound between covers, as inthe form shown in the drawings, it may be adapted to be folded transversely for pocket use by making the covers of flexible material and binding it between the same along a part of their edges only as shown ate in Figures.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings the check book or pad is composed of a number of checks 5, and record sheets 6 disposed at regular intervals between .them.

The number of checks between each two succeeding record sheets may be varied according to the entry spaces of the latter, it being for ordinary use, convenient to arrange them in sets of three between the interleaves as in the form shown in the drawrings.

The checks and interleaves are bound together along their upper longitudinal edges and the checks are as usual-provided with a perforated or otherwise weakened tearing line to facilitate their separate removal from the pad. Each record leaf has an entry side 7 for credits and an entry side 8 for debits each arranged in columns to provide a space for the date, character and other particulars of each entry, a space for the amount of each entry and a place for the total at the foot thereof.

The

spaces

9 and 21 for the amounts of the entries at opposite sides of the sheet are placed in. corresponding positions so that when the sheet is folded. longitudinally along a determinate line 10, the total-place 12 of the credits space is brought immedately above the total-place 13 of the debitsspace as shown in Figure 3 of the drawings.

The line along which the leaf is folded may be predetermined by a crease or weakened portion of the paper or it maybe designated by marks or indentations at the end of the sheet or in any other convenient manner.

The several interleaves of the pad are bound in corresponding positions between the checks so that when. the entire number of checks between two succeeding leaves have been detached, the amount spaces of the preceding leaf are in alinement with the corresponding spaces of the next following lea-f as clearly shown in Figures 2'and 3.

It will be seen that by this arrangement the total places of the debits and credits sides of each preceding leaf when folded, are placed immediately above the amount space on the credits side of the next succeeding leaf, thereby permitting of entering the balance obtained by subtracting the total debits from the total credits on the first leaf, directly at the top of the amount space on the credits side of the other leaf.

The form and arrangement of the record leaves thus avoid the necessity of transferring the balance from one sheet to another as is required in the majority of checkbooksat present in use and an accurate account of all transactions may be carried throughout the book without confusion and with little chance of mistakes.

As an illustration of the operation of my improved system of record sheets, I have shown in Figure 1 of the drawings on the credits side of the sheet, a balance of $50.00 at the top of the amount space, entries of deposits of $100.00 and $50.00 at different times, and at the foot of the spacea total of $200.00, this being the aggregate of all the credits at the time the number of checks between thejleaf and the next following one haveall been used. Upon the debits side of the sheet shown in Figure 2 appear the memoranda of issued checks of the values of $10.00, $15.00 and $25.00 respectively, the amounts being written in the amount space at the'right hand end of the sheet and the total of $50.00 at the foot of the space. I

Now when the sheet is folded along the given line as shown in Figure 3, the total debits appear directly below the total credits and immediately abovethe amount 'spaceon the credits side of the next succeeding record leaf and thebalance between the two amounts readily obtained by subtracting the lower one from the other,is at once written on the following sheet to be added-to the deposits subsequently entered therein.

The record sheet is preferably"prtwided with appropriate captions and directilons'to indicate its use. For exainpleythe leaf shown in the drawings has on its debit'side "three divisions of its data space each bearing the words Date, To, No. andv For, for convenience in entering the particulars of the issuedche'cks and the amount column has at its'top' the words Amount'of checks and at its fciotthe words Total of checks The credits side of the sheet bears at its top' t'he legend Fold down topo'f precedmay be varied as desired and that if necessarythe balance obtained by subtracting the total debits from thetotal credits on one sheet be written below the total debits on the same sheet instead of above the credits on the following sheet.

The form of my invention illustrated in Figures 5, 6 and 7 differs from that hereinbefore described, mainly in that the checks and interleaves are connected at one of their ends instead of at their upper longitudinal edges.

The record leaves 14 have a credits side 15 and a debits side 20 as before, but they are folded along a transverse line 16 instead of longitudinally as in the first-described form.

A portion of each leafat the right-hand lower corner thereof, is cut away as atli to expose the foot of the amount space 18 on the debits side of the sheet immediately be neath the amounts space 19 on the credits side of the same when the sheet is folded about its transverse line, and the balance is obtained ina manner similarto that of the other form with the exception that in this case it must necessarily be written on the debits side of the same sheet below the total of the debits to be subsequently transferred to the top of the amountsspace on the credits side of the nextfollowing sheet.

Figure 5 shows the credit side of the sheet.

Figure 6, the debits side of the same, and

Figure 7 illustrates the method ofobtaining and transferring the balance.

The sheet has captions and legends similar to that of the first described form of my invention which plainly appear on the drawings' and require no further explanation.

It will be understood that in the form of my invention shown in Figures 1 and 2, the record leaves may if so desired, be folded "along a central longitudinal line, in which case the total debits are entered on the nest succeeding record leaf before the leaf is folded, and then subtracted from the total credits, which,after' the leaf has been folded, will appear immediately above the same.

Having thus described my invention in the best form at presentknown to me, I desire it understood that modifications in the arrangement of the sheets with relation to each other and in the arrangement of the matter appe'aring'on their sides may be resorted to in order to adapt the invention for different purposes and Without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the following claims:

1. In a record book, a record leaf having an appropriately designated space for creditamounts on one face, an appropriately designated space for debit-amounts on its other face, there being a place for a total at the foot of each space, and the leaf being foldable upon itself along a predetermined line to bring the total-place of its credits to a position above the total-place of its debits for the subtraction of one from the other.

2. In a record book, a record leaf having an appropriately designated space for creditamounts on one face, an appropriately designated space for debit-amounts in a corresponding position on its other face, there being a place for a total at the foot of each space, and the leaf being foldable upon itself along a predetermined line to bring the total-place of its credits to a position above the total-place of its debits for the subtraction of one from the other.

3. In a record book, a plurality of record leaves each having an appropriately designated space for credit-amounts on one face, a correspondingly positioned appropriately designated space for debit amounts at its other face, there being aplace for a total at the foot of each space, and the leaves being arranged With their said spaces in alinement and each leaf being foldable upon itself along a predetermined line to bring the total-placeof its credits to a position above the total-place of its debits for the subtraction of one from the other.

4. A cheek-book comprising a number of checks and interposed record leaves, each record sheet having onone face, an appropriately designated space for credit amounts, on its other face a space for data relative to the checksbetween it and the next succeeding record-leaf, there being an appropriately designated space for the debit-values of said checks, and places for totals at the foot of the credit and debit spaces, and the several record leaves being arranged With their said spaces in alinement and each leaf being foldable upon itself along a predetermined line to bring the total-place of its credits to a position above the total-place of its debits for the subtraction of one from the other.

5. In a record book, a record leaf having an appropriately designated space for a number of successively arranged credit entries on one face, an appropriately designated space for debit entries in a corresponding position on the other face, there being a space for a total at the foot of each space, and the leaf being foldable upon itself along a longitudinal line whereby the total of its credits is brought to a position above the total of its debits for the subtraction of one from the other.

I11 testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

WILLARD L. FALES.