US1804806A - Tablet - Google Patents

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Patented May 12, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT oFF-ICE LIILAND A. PHILLIPS,

a cAImON cOurANY,

or nOcHEsTnR, NEW Yoan, AssIeNo'n, To THE rmrrrs RIBBON or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION or Naw Tom:

' TABLET Application filed February 14, 1929. Serial NIL-839,865.

This invention relates to a tablet for car- -bon and record paper.

In the making of manifold or record copi'es on a typewriter or other manifold machin'e, it is customary to placea sheet of coated transfer paper, such as carbon paper, in engagement with each sheet of paper on which the facsimile record is to bemade. It is therefore necessary for the co yist to line up the sheet or sheets of trans er or .carbon paper with the sheet or` sheets of record paper by striking their surface. This operation, in addition to taking much of the copyists time, quickly causes the deterioration of the carbon paper due to the formation of wrinkles, and for the further reason that the coating is rubbed oif by this rough treatment. A f

In accordance with the present invention 2o it is proposedto provide a tablet including a single sheet of carbon or transfer paper fastened by one edge to a plurality of sheets of paper on which records or manifolds are to be made. Preferably .the number of sheets is such that they will just exhaust the coating on the sheet Of carbon or transfer paper.

Another feature of the invention consists in perforating the sheets of copy paper so that each sheet may be separately and quickly detached from the tablet after a copy has been made, without removing the carbon pager. I

ther obyects of the inventlon w1ll appear p from the detailed description and appended' claims.

For a more complete understanding of the invention, reference is made to the drawings in which Fig. 1 is a top view, having a pol'- tion of the tablet torn away and also havingone corner of the carbony or transfer sheet turned back; Fig. 2 is a side view of the tablet, showing in dotted lines how a letterhead may' be inserted therein; Fig. 3 is a top view of-the tablet with the letterhead shown inserted in position; while Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view of a portion vof a typewriter and a portion of the tablet of this invention partly inserted between the platen and backmgzroller of the typewriter. eferring to the drawings,

the numeral edges. on a smooth 5 designates a' backing sheet which ma be ofjiexible cardboard .onpaper and w ich ma or may not extend the whole length of the tablet. On the top of this backing sheet there are placed a'plurality of copy sheets 6 such as ordinary correspondence paper, on

v the top of which there is laced a single sheet of carbon or other trans er paper 7 with its c oated side down. The 'record sheets 6 may be inalinement but I prefer to arrange their ends in fanned relation as shown in Fig. 2, .thus producing a wedge shape atthe bound edge of the sheets that will be more easily gripped by the platen and feed rolls of the tyepwriter, and at the same time producing an arrangement of the sheets of the opposite end which enables the user to more easily pick up the top sheet. It vshould be pointed out that the top and bottom edges (as shown in Figs. 1,2 and 3) of the backing sheet 5 and the correspondence sheets 6 are in reg istry, while the uncoated margin 8 of the carbon sheet 7 projects beyond'the edge of the sheets 6 and the backing sheet 5. lVith the sheets in this position they are bound in place by a binding strip 9 sewed by a straight -seam of stitching 10 passing through the binding strip, the copy paper sheets 6 and the backing sheet 5. It will be seen that each o f the copy sheets 6 is perforated along a straight line 11 parallel with the seam 10 and it will also be noted that the binding .strip 9 and the backing sheet 5 extend beyond the sheets of copy paper to facilitate the -in sertion of the tablet into a copying machine.

as best shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

In using this tablet the copyist inserts a letterhead such as 12 therein with its upper edge under the binding strip 9 against the seam of stitching 10. The tablet may then be placed in the copying machine, such as a typewriter, with the binder strip 9 engag ing the backing strip 5, thus forming a thin edge or wedge which permits the ready insertion of the tablet between the platen 14 and the roller 15. After the copy has been made and the tablet removed from the machine, the copyist withdraws the letterhead 12 from the tablet then turns back the carbon or transfer sheet zl by grasping the uncoated edge 8 and ing sheet,

tears from the tablet th'e topmost sheet 6 with the record thereon. The carbon sheet is then permitted to return to its flat position in engagement with the next topmost sheet 6 where it isin readiness for future use.

It will be recognized that t-he tablet and backing sheet form a protective support for the sheet of carbon paper and a protective covering for the coating of the paper; in this way its usefulness is materially prolonged. Furthermore, the time of the copyist is saved as it is unnecessary for her to aline the carbon sheets and the copy sheets in making a facsimile copy, so that there is a material saving of time and supplies.

What I claim is:

1. A tablet comprising a backing sheet, a

plurality of record sheets and a carbon sheet arranged in the order named upon said backing sheet, said record sheets being longitudinally fanned at one end, a bindingcovering one of the ends of all the sheets, and fastening means securing the binding and said sheets together.

2. A tablet comprising a backing sheet, a plurality of record sheets and a carbon sheet arranged in the order named upon said backing sheet, said record sheets being longitudinally fanned at one end, a binding strip covering one of the ends of all of said sheets, said binding strip serving to aline and hold an unbound sheet of paper in superimposed relation to said sheets, and fastening means securing the binding strip and all of said sheets together.

3. A tablet comprising a backing sheet, a plurality of record sheets, and a carbon sheet arranged in the order named upon said backing sheet, said record sheets being longitudinally fanned at one end, a binding strip covering the fanned ends of all of the sheets, and means for fastening all of said sheets together with the backing sheet extending beyond the bound edges of said sheets to facilitate their insertion in a copying machine.

4. A tablet comprising a backing sheet, a plurality of record sheets and a carbon sheet arranged in the order named upon said backsaid record sheets being longitudinally fanned at one end, a binding coverin the fanned ends of all of the sheets, an means for fastening said strip and said sheets together with the binding strip and said backing sheet covering and projecting beyond the fanned ends of said record sheets.

5. A tablet comprising a backing sheet, a plurality of thin record sheets and a carbon sheet arranged in the order named upon said backing sheet, said record sheets being longitudinally fanned, a portion of said transfer sheet having an uncoated part extending beyond one edge of said record sheets, fastening means including a binding strip for securing said strip and said sheets together with the binding strip and backing sheet covering and projecting beyond the fanned ends of the record sheets to facilitate their insertion in a copying machine, said fastening means and bindin strip serving to aline an unbound sheet 0% paper on top of said sheets.

6. A tablet comprising a backing sheet, a plurality of thin record sheets and a carbon sheet arranged in the order named upon said backing sheet, said record sheets beinglongitudinally fanned, a binding strip covering and projecting beyond the fanned ends of all of the record sheets, and a row of stitching securing the binding strip and all of the sheets together.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 8th day of February A. D. 1929.

LELAND A. PHILLIPS.

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