US1803564A

US1803564A - Bookkeeping appliance

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Publication number: US1803564A
Application number: US433712A
Authority: US
Inventors: Schlaepfer Hans Arnold
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1929-04-26
Filing date: 1930-03-06
Publication date: 1931-05-05
Anticipated expiration: 1948-05-05

Description

May 5, 1931.

' H. A. scHLAEPl-ER 1,803,564

BOOKKEE-PING APPLIANCE Filed March 6. 1950 INVENTOR'. #l L Schlaepfer A TI'ORNEYS,

Patented May 5,

UNiTEe,'its Es HANs ARNoLn SCHLAEPFER, or GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 1 BooxKEEPING APPLIANC'E Y Application ined Maren "e, 1930; serial No.

This invention relates to `a book keeping appliance of the kind of those comprising a supporting member to which are removably secured, a ledger sheet, a journal sheet' and, a

vcarbon .paper interleaved between said twov Inthe accompanying drawing which-illus-V trates one of the preferredembodiments of my invention, f

. Fig. 1 is a vplanifie-wot thebook'keepng.

appliance, j

VFig'. 2"is a sectional view on the line II--II of Figgl, l p Fig. f3 is afragmentary plan view on a larger scale,and

Fig. 4 is a 'sectionalview on the line IVfIVV of Fig; v1. j

l This appliance includes a board 1 made of aluminum.' `To the left hand side of theV board is secured a frame formed of two sideVV members 2, twoend members 3 and a median board'V 1 and the bar 10 causesthe sheets 7 and Sto remain in position on the'sheet 6.

fmemberV 4. The right hand sidemember 2 as well as the median member 4f and the two end members 3 are spaced from the board 1 so as to provide arecess 5 into which may be inserted the journal sheet 6, the carbon sheet 7 andthe ledger sheet 8'; 9 and 10 refer to two bars adapted to enter the frame on either side'of the median member 4L These bars are ofunequal lengthsand have their bottom face provided with a layerof vrubber 15.

to engage a corresponding bevel edge 12 provided` on the lowerenfdportion 3 ofthe frame. Alongrthe oppositev side ofthis frame may be shifted a clip 13, the ends of which slide inA two small grooves 14 channeled in the frame.l The b-ar 9 holds the sheet 6 `tightly on the When the clip 3 is placed over the bars as shown in Fig..1, the three sheets are kept together. When the clip 13 occupies the vposition as shown in Fig. 3, the bar 10 as well as the

sheets

7 and 8 become loose,` whilstl the provision'. of a V of said bars in the frame. One endl of the bars is bevelled and adapted 433,712, and infswitzerianaApri-l 26, 1929.L

f' i,soasei -Ysheei 6 is Stili maintained in piace, Se that the"

sheets

7 and 8,`which are slightly shorter than i thesheet can be moved alongthis sheet.v

For removing the journalsheet 6, the clip 13 Y I A`55 hasl to bepushed to the upper` part of the framel until the bars9 and 10 are cleared.

'In illustrating thisn preferred vembodiment othis invention, I want to have it understood that numerous changes and alterations might be made on the Vgeneral form of the? f no parts described without departingfromthe said invention and, hence I do not limit my self to the details as set forth, but shallv consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as Vfall within the scope ofi the appended claims.

IV claim 1. vIn 4a book keeping appliance comprising a supporting member adapted 'to havedetachably secured thereto a journal sheet, a@

ledger sheetl and acarbon sheet interleaved between said journal and ledger sheets, a recessed Vframe secured to Vone side ofgthevsupporting member and comprising side members and a median member, two bars disposed Within said frame between said side members and'said medianmemben the journal sheet being adapted to be passed beneath said median member and to be heldbyoneof i 'j i so j ,said bars, the other barbeing adapted to. holdthe ledger sheet andthe carbon sheet, said bars each having a bevelled end engaging with a corresponding bevel edge on theV frame, "and a clip slidably engaged on the V frame and adapted to maintain the other end:V

J 2. Ina book keeping appliance comprising asupportinginember adapted to have der-v. tachably secured thereto Va journal sheet, a

ledger sheet and a carbon sheet interleaved between saidjournal and ledger sheets, a recessedframe secured-to one side of the vsup- Y porting member and comprising side members and aimedian member, two bars dis- '.posedwithinsaid frame between said side members and said median member, the journal sheet being adapted to be passed beneath said median member andto be held by one of i said bars, the other bar being adapted to hold the ledger sheet Vand the carbon sheet,. said] bars each having a bevelled end engaging with a corresponding bevel edge on the frame, and a clip slidably engaged on the frame andV adapted to maintain the other end of said bars in the frame, said bars being of unequal length, permitting said. clip to engage only the longer or both of the bars.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

HANS ARNOLD SCHLAEPFER.