US659413A - Manifold order-book. - Google Patents

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No. 659,4| 3. Patented oet. 9, I900.

T. MCDOWELL.

MANIFOLD 'UBDER BOOK.-

(Application filed. Feb. 3, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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No. 659,413. Patented Oct. '9, I900.

T. mnowsLL. MANIFOLD ORDER BOOK. (A licationji d 1m.- a, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets 8heet 2.

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' //1/:L Attorne UNrrnn STATE-1S. PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS MCDOWELL, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, Assienon o THE OARTER-CRUME COMPANY, on SAME PLACE.-

I'VIANIFOLD ORDER-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Iatent No. 659,4=l3, dated October 9, 1900. Application filed February 3, I899. Serial No. 704,339. (No model.)

f0 all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MCDOWELL, of Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Manifold Order- Books, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to manifold orderbooks or sales-books, andhas particular relation to triplicate sales-books or those containing originals and two sets of copies; and the object of my invention is to produce a more simple and convenient book of this class v and one that has one of its sets of copy-sheets in book-form which is separable from the main portion of the complete book, thus allowing the removal of one set of copies in suitable condition for filing away and the ready insertion of a new set of copies when desired.

In the drawings hereto annexed and forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a top view of my preferred book when open. Fig. 2 shows the same with the hinged section turned down. Fig. 3 shows an edge View of the book when closed.- Fig. 4 shows the lower-edge view when open. Fig. 5 shows the right-hand side edge of the book when open. Fig. 6 shows the same with the hinged section raised, and Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view of several of the folded leaves.

Referring now specifically to the drawings, and particularly to Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, the cover A is composed of a rigid or stiff back a, and front a, hinged at a by suitable flexible material, as usual. The right-hand leaf of the cover or back a is provided with a pocket I), which is preferably nearly as extensive as the back, though it may be much smaller, and which opens at or near and on a line parallel with the flexible hinge a of the cover-A. The

extent of this pocket I) is shown by the broken lines 19 in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The slit or opening edge of the pocket is shown at b. The pocket bis designed to receive the righthand leaf of a cover 0, preferably a flexible cover, of a small book- B, containing leaves B, of thin manifold paper, which are permanently bound to the cover 0 at its fold or on a line between its two leaves and retain the book B in position for use. The leaves B form the second set of duplicates, are numbered correspondingly, and when formed of .thin paper occupy but little space and do not greatly increase the thickness of the book.

The book B is made smaller than the cover A and carried in the pocket.- When the leaves of the book B are all used, the said book is removed from the pocket I) and is in good condition for preservation and filing.

Secured near or preferably to the lower right-hand edge of the cover A bya hinge d, of flexible material, is a base or board D, which extends to the upper edge, but preferably not to the side edge of the cover. This board is adapted to be lifted and turned over to the position shown in Fig. 2. Aftera leaf B has been used this board is raised and the used leaf is then placed beneath the board,

the latter resting upon it, and this operation is performed at each time one of the leaves" are shown lying upon the left-hand side of v the cover 0. The broken lines 0 indicate the edge of the cover 0 within the pocket.

On the board D is a pile of original and duplicate sales-slips composed of folded leaves bound together at one edge, preferably the upper edge, as shown in the drawings, with lines of perforations at the folds between the originals f and the duplicates f and lines of perforations between the leaves and bound edge, which forms a stub from which the leaves may be separated. This form and arrangement of leaves is well known as the Paragon form or style and need not be more fully described herein. These originals and duplicates, forming the folded leaves, may be held on the board D by attaching the bound edge of the leaves to the upper end of the board or hinged section by any suitable and well-known means, as staples or rivets, but preferably by a suitable spring-clamp I, as shown in the drawings. The clamp shown .in the drawings consists of a base-plate j described herein. The base-plate j of the clatnp I is permanently secured upon the top side of the hoard, near its upper edge, in a position to clasp and hold the stub or hound edge of the leaves. Such spring-clamp allows an easy removal of the stub after all the leaves have been used and the insert-ion of a new pile of folded leaves. The npperend of the single carbon-sheet C is also held by the said clamp, lies upon the top of the pile, and is of such a length as to be incloscd by the upper folded leaf, the lower end thereof extending nearly to the fold. Both sides of the carbon or transfer leaf are coated with transferring composition, so that only the single sheet is required to tnake a copy on both duplicates or the duplicate and triplicateleaves when the original is written upon.

To prepare the book for use, the original or upper sheet f, usually termed the flyleaf, is raised and the first or upper thin leaf B of the small book B is turned over and laid upon the carbon-sheet, the latter of course, lying upon thednplicate below. Then the original or fly-leaf is laid upon the said thin sheet or duplicate B. It will be readily understood that any writing now done upon the fly-leaf or original will be copied upon both the duplicate and triplicate or first and second duplicates by the single transfersheet between them. After the writing is finished the original and its attached or integral duplicate is easily separated from the s ub i or bound end on the perforated line near the clamp, and the original and duplicate may be separated from each other on the perforated line at the fold. After the separation of the said leaves from the book the base or board D is raised more or less and the thin duplicate leaf 1%, bearing the copy, is placed beneath the base. Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings show a number of these thin leaves beneath the base. \Vhen the book is closed before the leaves have been used, they assn me the position shown in Fig. 3-that is, the unused leaves of the small book are turned over with the covers 0 and A to rest upon the pile of originals and integral duplicates. The leaves of the small book 13 may be secured together at. the center or hinge by stitching, staples, or other suitable means, and when it is desirable to detach the thin leaves perforated lines on opposite sides of and near to the staples or stitching may be provided.

Any matters shown and described herein relating to form of cover, the hinged base, and the position of the leaves relative to the cover, but not claitned, are not dedicated to the public, but form the subject-matter of separate applications filed on even date herewith-namely, Serial Nos. 704,338, 704,340, and 704,341;

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a manifold order-book, the combination with the pile of double leaves, one half of which are provided with stubs bound together, while the other half fold in as flyleaves, perforated lines between the leaves and between the leaves and stubs, and the transfer-sheet coated with transferring composition on both sides and of a length to be iuclosed by the double leaves, of a cover, a base to support said pile hinged to the lower right-hand edge of the cover, a spring-clamp mounted on the free end of the hinged base and engaging the stubs and transfer-sheet, and a set of triplicate leaves bound together and held in the book, and adapted to lie upon either or both sides of the said base and pile of leaves, as set forth.

2. In a manifold order-book, the combination with the pile of double leaves, one half of which are bound together while the other half fold in as fly-leaves, and the transfersheet coated with transferring composition on both sides bound therein, of a cover, a base to support said pile hinged to the lower edge of the cover, a spring-clamp to hold the carbon-sheet and one end of the pile to the base, a set of triplicate leaves and a flexible cover therefor bound together at their centers, and a pocket in the inside of the first-mentioned cover containing one of the leaves of the second-mentioned cover, as set fort-h.

3. In a manifold order-book, the combination with thepile of double leaves, one half of which are bound together while the other half fold in as fly-leaves, and the transfersheet coated with transferring com position on both sides bound therein, of a cover, a base to support said pile hinged to the lower edge of the cover, a spring-clamp to hold the carbon-sheet and one end of the pile to the base, a set of triplicate leaves and a flexible cover therefor bound together at their centers, and a pocket in the right-hand side of the firstmentioned cover and opening near and on a line parallel with its'central hinge receiving and containing the right-hand leaf of the said flexible cover, as set forth.

4. In a manifold order-book, the combination with the pile of double leaves, one half of which are bound together while the other half fold in as fly-leaves, and the transfersheet coated with transferring composition on both sides bound therein, of a cover, a base to support said pile hinged to the lower edge of the cover, means to hold the carbon-sheet and the pile to the said base, a book containing the triplicate leaves having its hinge opposite the hinge of the first-mentioned cover, the latter cover extending on all sides beyond the other cover, and a pocket in one of the covers containing a leaf of the other cover, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

THOMAS MCDOWELL. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

JOHN R. DIOKSON, JAMES BENGOUGH.

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