US572022A

US572022A - murphy

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Publication number: US572022A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-11-24
Anticipated expiration: 1913-11-24

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2 Sheets-Sheet J. H. MURPHY.

MANIFOLD CASH SALESBO'OK.

No. 572,022. Patented Nov. 24, 1896."

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J. H. MURPHY, MANIFOLD GASH SALES BOOK.

No. 572,022. Patented Nov. 24, 1896.

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UNITED STATES 4 PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. MURPHY, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

MANIFOLD CASH-SALES BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,022, dated November 24, 1896.

Application filed December 19, 1895. Serial No. 572,695. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. MURPHY, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Manifold Gash-Sales Book, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved manifold cash-sales book more especially designed for use in stores and arranged to enable the salesmen to quickly and conveniently write out a duplicate salesslip on a doubled-up leaf and remove the same in separate parts from the book and make an entry of each sale.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same,as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement in an open position. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same with the leaves removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the improvement. Fig. 3 is a like view of part of the same and with the cover opened for inserting the leaves. Fig. 4: is a transverse section of the same, and Fig. 5 is a face yiew of the record-sheet.

The improved manifold cash-sales book is provided with a cover A,the two parts of which are united with each other by a suitable flexible'back B, to permit the cover to be closed in the same manner as an ordinary book.

On the inside of the cover A is placed a record-sheet C, ruled in the usual manner and arranged to permit the salesmen to make a record of each sale on the said sheet. On top of this record-sheet C are arranged a number of suitably printed and numbered sales slips or leaves D, perforated at or near their middle at D and extending over both parts of the cover, but not close to the ends thereof, so that the lower end of the record-sheet O is visible when the book is opened, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3.

A transfer-sheet E, preferably a carbonsheet, is engaged at its inner or doubled-up end by a transversely-extendin g bar F,formed with spring side arms F, extending on the sides of the leaves D and secured to pivots G,

held on one end of the cover A and forming 'fulcrums for the arms H, preferably made pressed bar F binds the leaves in place on the cover.

Itwill be understood that the bar F, besides securely holding the leaves D and transfer-sheet E in place, permits of tearing the top leaf into two parts after the sale is recorded thereon.

Now it will be seen that when the several parts are assembled, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the book can be readily opened, so that the leaves D are stretched out lengthwise on the cover A, and the transfer-sheet E extends from the bar F downward over the lower half of the top leaf D, as is plainly shown in Fig. 1. Now when a sale is made the salesman takes the upper half of the top leaf D' and swings it downward on top of the copying or transfer sheet E and then writes the sale on the exposed top face of the uppermost leaf, whereby a duplicate is made of the writing by the sheet E on top of the lower half of thetop leaf D. lVhen this has been done, the operator takes hold of the lower ends of the top leaf D and pulls thereon, so that the leaf is separated into two parts at its perforations on the bar F.

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the transfer-sheet E is shorter than each half of the leaf D, so that the salesman can conveniently take hold of the ends of the top leaf without soiling the fingers on the transfer-sheet and pull on the same to separate fer-sheet E. The two parts of the uppermost of the leaves D become the sales-slips on re- IOO moval from the book, and after the sales-slips have been removed and one given to the customer and the other to the cashier then the salesman writes the sale on the record-sheet (J, it being understood that the latter can be readily exposed, the salesman swinging the leaves D, resting on the said record-sheet, back, while holding his finger on the lower end of the record-sheet and turning the lower parts of the leaves D up upon the upper parts of the said leaves. As the leaves are grad nally removed from the book the spring-bar F moves inward by the action of its spring side arms F, so that the transfer-sheet and the leaves are securely held in place until all the. leaves are removed.

In order to insure a proper clamp of the last leaves, I provide the upper part of the cover A at the flexible back B with a transverse ridge I, located over the stiffening-strip B, and against one edge of which the lower-' most leaves are clamped by the action of the spring-bar F. Then the leaves are all removed, a new set of leaves can be readily put into the cover, the operator opening the side arms H, thereby allowing the back B to drop down, which creates an opening between the cross-bar F and the upper half of cover A, as plainly shown in Fig. 3.

The transverse stilfening-stri p B", onto which the perforated middle portions of the leaves D are pressed by the spring-bar F, is engaged at its ends on top and bottom by the arms, H, so as to hold this flap normally in alinement with the adjacent cover part.

The leaves D for forming the salessslips and used with cover A do not require binding, wire-stitching, or other like fastening for holding the leaves in place before inserting thesame in the cover, all that is necessary for this. purpose being a simple elastic or paper band passed around the leaves and a transferring lea'f, and which band is removed as. soon as the leaves are placed in position in the book.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A manifold cash'sales book, comprising a cover having a flexible back provided with a stiffening-strip, and side arms held on the cover and adapted to engage the said stiffening-strip, to hold the latter in alinement with that part of the cover carryingthe said arms, the latter when open permitting the entire flexible back to swing downward for inserting new leaves, substantially as shown and described.

2. A manifold cash-sales book, comprising a cover having a flexible back, a stiffeningstrip in the said back, and a clamping-bar held on the cover and extending transversely over the said back and stiifening-strip, and side bars pivoted on the cover part adjacent to the said strip, to hold the latter normally in alinem ent with the said cover,substantially as shown and described.

3. A manifold cash-sales book, comprising a book-cover, leaves for forming sales-slips and held on the said book-cover, the leaves being perforated transversely at or near their middle, a transfer-sheet, a spring-pressed bar for holding the said leaves and transfer-sheet in place, the bar extending across the leaves at their perforations, the transfer-sheet extending outward over one-half of the salesslip leaf, and pivoted side arms arranged on the cover and adapted to engage the side edges of the said leaves to hold the latter in place, substantially as shown and described.

4. A manifold cash-sales book, provided with a book-cover, he ving a flexible-back, and arms pivoted on the said book-cover and formed with lugs adapted to engage the side edges of the leaves at the said back, substantially as shown and described.

5. A book, comprising a cover having a flexible portion carryinga stiffening-strip and also carrying a strip forming a ridge,,.a transverse clamping-bar, and an arm carried by the cover and capable of holding the stiffen,- ing-strip. rigid with the cover, substantially as described. 7

6. A book, comprising a cover having a flexible portion carrying a stiifening-strip, a transverse clamping-bar, and an arm carried by the cover and capable of holding, the still;- ening-strip rigid with the cover, substantially as described.

, 7. A book comprising a cover having a flexible body portion carrying a st-ifieningstrip, a transverse clamping-bar, and an army carried'by the cover and capable of holding the stiffening-strip rigid with the cover, the arm having a lug capable of engaging the edges of the leaves of the book and of holding the same from transverse displacement, substantially as described.

JOHN H. MURPHY. lVitnesses:

EDWARD V. NIcHoLsoN, WILLIAM F. HEALY.