US480623A - Receipt and collection-report book - Google Patents

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REGEIPT AND COLLECTION REPORT BOOK. No. 480,623. Patented Aug. 9, 1892.

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RECEIPT AND GOLLEGTION REPORT BOOK. No. 480,623. Patented Aug. 9, 1892.

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JOHN HOLLAND PETTIBONE, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

RECEIPT AND COLLECTION-REPORT BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,623, dated August 9, 1892.

Application filed December 5, 1891- Serial No. 414,135. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HOLLAND PETTI- BONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, in the county of Des Moiues and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receipt and Account Books; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Figure l is a perspective view of this receipt and account book. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same Fig.3 is a plan viewshowingthe receipt-leaves turned -back and thereport-leaves exposed. Fig. A is'a' perspective view exposing, the pocket for the carbonleaveson the insideof the back coven Fig. 5, is; aplanview showing the book opened and the carbon-leaves extendedand ready for use between the thin or tissue-paper leaves; Fig.

6is a view-,showinghowtheseries of receipt leavesare made in triplicate, the. leaves of eachset having the same number. Fig. 7 is a plan view showing'report as made up'of the account-slip and the thin leaves. Fig. 8 is a diagram representing the pocket-sheet extended outwardly and the two carbonsheets as in position for use, excepting that they appear boldly separated in thedrawing so asto show distinctly. s V s 1 This invention belongs to the class known as receipt,account;ormemorandum?books, and it is designedmore especially for the use of drummers or itraveling salesmen in their business when giving receipts for-money and accounting to the employersrtor such receipts. There, havealready .been ipution the market,

aswell, as patented, a: wide; varietyiof; stub 40 receipt-books,bankecheclobooks, and .memorandum-booksqin swhichithetpages have been perfiorated ten the easy separationiof a part therefrom? and carbon -paperth-as {been :used

for the purposes of securingticopi'esaof the written-.;1nemonandum; r'buia none has .yet e een dewisediwhel'e in a isingle; book'there are embodiednneansfor.makingtreceipts initr-iplir I icate means: for; making in duplicate {return-s of monje collected .canhontsheets anc ose and means for affording a suitable backing when the writing is done, which are in general the essential features of my present invention.

The book A, which may be of any convenient size, consists of a series of blanks B B B in triplicatethat is, the receipts or blanks begin at No. 1, and the first three are numbered 1 (or any other suitable number or designation.) The next set of three is numbered 2, the next 3, and so on throughout the book, each sheet of any set having the same number. The main idea is that the blanks shall be in sets of three and each set numbered its proper consecutive number,beginning with No. 1. or Whatever number may be wished, or letter or other designation thoughtqdesirable, being sure that the sets are in sequence. This numbering is to be permanently stamped on the blanks at the time of making the book. Of these sheets two may be thin or tissue paper and one ordinary letter-paper; but I do not wish to be confined to any one kind or variety or any exact arrangement of the separate leaves of each set. The leaves of each set may be perfectly blank or they may have printed matter in part, such as the date in part, V--, 18, the words Received of, &c., in fact anyof the usual and convenient forms of vblank receipts now in use. They'may also have a printed heading designating from what firm or company they purport to come. The first two of each set are'perforated near the inner edge, so as to be, readily detached fromithe book, While the third is fixed-1 The illustration in Fig. :6 shows but two of each set numbered 1. This happens because the numbers will show throughzthe thin, and not thethird orthick sheeta; Be;- sidesathese triplicate sets the-book has at the back a collection-report O, which consists of a; duplicate set of 1 blanks c: 0, one v separated from the: other. :byiperforations, 1 each having blanks paces with suitableheadings,likeawhat iSiShQWlli-IL thedrawingsm 1 it will ;be noticed that :a portion-of thereporti-blanksznext to; the .binding, and-which are. designed 110 iremain. imth'e' book, are of equaltlengith with-the sets of threelol-anksi in ,i g k g e l, the front part of the book? This-is designed 0o to furnish always a solid pad upon which to write each set of the receipts at the front.

Another feature is the manner of securing the carbon-papers D or impression-sheets at the back of the book, they being fastened to the lower edge of the back cover and protected by a cover or pocket E, secured to the back cover of the book, thus insuring their presence with the book at all times in a convenient position for use and furnishing in addition a preventive of soiling the book. There may be one, two, four, or more of these impression sheets or carbons, as the necessities ofthe book and the number of receipts required to be written demand. They should be of a length equal to that of the receipt and of a width which will allow their being brought up over the bottom of the receipts up to the top ofthe same. Of course there maybe as many leaves to the book as desired.

Another feature is the rubber bands, of which there are two F F one to hold the covers together when the book is notin use and theother to hold against the front cover all the receipts which have been written and left in the book, and thus prevent interference with the receipt which is being written-J It may also be noted that the cover ofthe book may be a detachable one, while the main part can be replaced at any time all the receipt blanks have been used.

The mannerof using thebook is as follows: Two of the impression or carbon sheets 19 are pulled out of the pocket E at the back of the book. One sheet is placed on the third of the set of three leaves at the front, being brought up and over the bottom of all the remaining receipts in the book. The other sheet is placed between the; first and second of the set. The first of the set is then held firmly and written upon with a lead-pencil or other suitable tool with sufficient force to leave an impression through the carbon-sheets upon the second and third of the set, thus producing a triplicate receipt, order, or other instrument, as desired. The principal use of the book is for receipts; but the inventor does not wish to confine himself to that form of book wholly. It will be here noted that, all of the set being numbered alike, I have thus three receipts exactly alike in form and substance. The upper receipt is then torn off and given to the party for whom made, and the second and third arecaught back against the inner side of the front cover, being secured thereto by means of the rubber band heretofore mentioned. The carbon- -sheets are then adjusted to the second set of blanks and the same process gone through with as often as may be desired, always leaving the second and third ofeach set in the book. This book being primarily but not exclusively designed for the use of traveling salesmen and collectors, the collector may at the end of such time as he may desire or the rules of his principal require go over the book and remove therefrom allof the second receipts of each set, they also being perforated. He then turns to the back of the book, where the collection-report O is found, and here fills out the blank in duplicate. He then tears off the outer of these reports, they being perforated, pins thereto all the receipts included in the report, and forwards the same to the house with which he is communicating, by this system retaining in the book an exact copy of each receipt given and of each report made by him.

In naming the advantages of this invention f it will be noted that the present manner of L making collections, giving receipts, and making reports hasmanyobj ections, such as that the principal is not advised of the kind of receipt given by his agent, while by my method he has an exact copy of each receipt At present collectors give receipts upon waste paper or upon blanks furnished by the person making the payment. The collector then either notes down thepayment upon any book he may-have forthat purpose or he trusts to his memory as to the amount and the person paying, and thus arise many mistakes and chances for fraud, and it is a well-known fact that there are very few reports, even by the most careful agents and traveling collectors, but what have to be re- 1 vised and corrected, while by the system as 1 proposed by me these mistakes will be minimized, and, while it is not claimed that it is so perfect as to altogether prevent fraud, yet it will reduce the opportunities therefor and prevent a claim of mistake where there is actual fraud, because the agent giving thereceipt keeps an exact copy and cannot claim forgetfulnessof the payment or ofthe amount 7 or of the party paying, nor can he report one amount, while-receipting for another, without its being at once detected by" the principal;

and, again, since the receipts are numbered consecutively, if on the arrival of the report at the house they are found not to be in conseeutlve order the agent can be at once notified of his error and the correction made while all the facts are fresh, while the agent possesses a constant checkzon his principal,

and thus any error of the house made against him can be rectified.

Other advantages of my device are that it saves time, stationery, and clerical work, it

count separable from each other, and leaves attached to said book andapocket for holding to on the inside of the back cover to form, in fact,- said sheets when not in use. a writing-pad on which thereceipts and 210- In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in counts can be made, and means for holding presence of two Witnesses.

5 the cover closed and the blanks in place.

2. A memorandum -bo0k having blank JOHN HOLLAND PETTIBONE leaves for receipt arranged in triplicate, two Witnesses: of each set being of thin paper and one of I. M. CHRISTY,

thick paper, combined with the carbon-sheets ISAAC GANISON.

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