US735102A - Recording-board. - Google Patents

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"Nm 735,102. PATENTEDAUG. 4, 1903. l A. E. HUGULEY. RECORDING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 4, 1903.

PATENTv OFFICE.

ADAM EDGER HUGULEY, OF HENRY, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

RECOVRDIQNG-BQARD.

SPECIFICATION forming partV of Letters Patent No. 735,102, dated August 4, 1903.

Application filed January 7, 1903. Serial No. 138,142. (No model.)

duce a simple device by means of which post-I masters and postal clerks may readily keep account of the amount of their daily sales and cancellations of postage-stamps.

A further object of the invention is to provide a board on which the sales and cancellations may be not only recorded, but the amounts of said sales added together, so that the total will be indicated at the end 0f the day, thereby relievingthe clerk or postmaster of the labor of making up his accounts at the close of the days business.

The invention consists of a suitable boardA or table having arranged thereon a plurality of series of figures indicating dollars and fractions thereof and a plurality ot' series of holes corresponding to the series ofl figures, and suitable pegs to lit said holes, by means of which the amount of a sale or cancellation may be indicated and the amount of each succeeding sale or cancellation may be readily added to the total of the preceding sales or cancellations.

Referring to the various parts by letters, a designates the board, which is shown as circular; but it is obvious that it may be of any desired shape. It is also obvious that it may be a permanent part of a desk or table top. The .board is divided into two equal parts A and B, and the figures on part A are used in recording the amount of the sales and those on partvB in recording the amount of the cancellations. As the part B of the board is an exact duplicate of the part A, a description of part A will be sufficient. Parallel with the periphery of the board are four lines suitably spaced apart. These lines on the part A of the board are intersected by radial lines equally spacedapart to form four annular rows of spaces b, c, d, and e, with fifty spaces in each row. The radial lines of the inner row b of spaces are numbered, beginning with cents on the line at the left-hand end of the series, the next line to the' right $1.00, and so on, increasing fifty cents at each succeeding line to the lastdivision-line on the right-hand end, which line is marked $24.50. The adjoinining outer row c of spaces are numbered from l1 on theleft-'hand end to 50 at the right-hand end, these numbers indicating cents. In the.

next outer row d of the spaces are holes f, which are adapted to receive a removable peg g, and these holes are to be used in con junction with the numbers in the row c of spaces to indicate in cents the amount of the sales of stamps. On the radial linesl and between the spaces of the outer row c are formed holes h, which are adapted to receive a peg 2'.. These holes are used in conjunc-v tion with the numbers on the inner ends of the radial lines to indicate the amount of sales of stamps in dollars and half-dollars. At the right-hand end of eachlof the rows of spaces is a space j, in each of which is formed a hole 7c to receive a peg Z; These holes are marked $325.00 and areused when the sales reach the total amount that can be recorded by the numerals in the two rows b and c or multiples of that number. It will be noted that the holes in the spaces j indicate an amount equal t0 the total sum that can be recorded in the rows b and c or multiples of that number.

The operation of the device is as follows: If the iirst sale of stamps amounts to eleven cents, the peg .g is placed inthe hole f, adjoining the 11 in the row c of spaces. If the next sale amounts to one dollar, the peg t is placed in the hole h on the radial line bearing the $1.00 mark. The total amount of sales now indicated is one dollar and eleven cents. The amount of each succeeding sale is added 'to theamount previously recorded. VWhen the peg'g reaches the hole in the space above 50 of row c, the peg 11 is advanced one hole and the peg g removed from the board. When the pega' has reached the hole on the line marked $24.50 and the peg g is above the space numbered 50 IOO of the row c, at the right-hand end of said row, a pin Z is placed in the hole marked $25.00 in one of the spaces j and the pegs g and i removed from the board. As shown in the drawings, the total amount of sales and cancellations possible to record is one hundred and twenty-live dollars. It is obvious, however, that the number of holes marked $25.00 may be increased to any desired eX- tent, so that sales to a very large amount may be recorded. The operation of recording the cancellations of stamps is exactly the same as recording the sale of them.

It will be noted that the row c of numbers forms a primary recording means and that the row b forms an intermediate recording means and that the series of spacesj forms a final recording means. The intermediate recording means serves to record sums equal to the total recordations of the primary recording means and multiples thereof. The iiual recording means is designed to record the total recordations of the combined primary and intermediate recording means and multiples thereof. l

The board may be suitably colored and ornamented, if desired. I prefer to have the annular rows of spaces of different colors in order that they may be readily distinguished, and, if desired, the part A of the board may be of a different color from part B in order to readilydistinguish the sales account from the cancellation account.

consecutively numbered from l to indicate one-cent sales and multiples thereof, a series of numbers on the inner ends of the perpendicular lines to denote the sums indicated by the apertures at the outer ends of said lines, the numeral on the iirst of these lines being equal to the total number of consecutivelynumbered spaces and the next succeeding numbers being multiples of that number, and a transverse series of apertures adapted to receive an indicating-peg,these latter apertures being numbered to indicate the total amounts recorded by the numerals in the consecutivelynumbered spaces and the numerals on the inner ends of the perpendicular lines.

2. A sales-recording board formed with a series of parallel concentric lines suitably spaced apart and a series of radial linesforming parallel rows of spaces, apertures being formed inthe board at the outer ends of the radial lines to receive an indicating-peg, and a series of apertures formed in the adjacent inner rowr of spaces and also adapted to receive an indicating-peg, the next. inner row of spaces being consecutively numbered from l to indicate one-cent sales and multiples thereof, a series of numbers on the inner ends of the radial lines to denote the sums indicated by the apertures in the outer ends of said lines,the numeral on the firstof these lines being equal to the total number of consecutively-numbered spaces, and the neXt succeeding numbers being multiples of that number, and a radial series of apertures adapted to receive an indicating-peg, these latter apertures being numberedto indicate the total amounts recorded by the numerals in the consecutively-numbered spaces and the numerals on the inner ends of the radial lines.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 31st day of December, 1902.

ADAM EDGER I-IUGULEY.

Witnesses:

J. W. MCMANOHAN, VILLIAM R. WALLACE.

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