US992413A - Record-book. - Google Patents

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M TTURNE'Y.

Patented May 16, 1911.

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QMLW G M a v T. M. EYNON.

7 RECORD BOOK APPLICATION IILEQD P313. 7, 1910.

1 1 5 WITNESSES: W j

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' RECORD-1300K. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. Enron, a

State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certhe following is a specification. The purpose of my invention is to produce a record book in which any of the leaves of thebook can be placed in juxta-position to any other of the leaves in said book for com arison or any other desired purpose.

T e* further purpose of my inventionis secure one leaf of a book to the medial 'lli-ne of, an adjoin g' by hinged connection and. at such distance as to make it possible to bring the two leaves into substantially the. same plane and with either effective edge of one adjoining the effective edge of the other. .fDhe further purpose of my invention is tofsecure a plurality of leaves in orderfas fromleft to right,-in such manner that each shall bear a given relation to the nextin order, the successive relations of the several leaves to those adjoining them being identical, and be-capable of being brought intosubstantiall the same plane with any other with the e ective' edges ofadjoining leaves substantially together. The structure may bearranged to make either cover of the l the front cover when intended tobe I provide for y the" front-may be thrown opened in one direction only or so as to open from either end with equalfa'cility using either cover as front cover at will. p

A further urpose of my invention is to tile use of either front or back of the first leaf as the actual front cover of the book, facing the inner front leaf-as normally folded either toward' or away from The further purpose of my invention is to provide an extensible book 1n which all or any number of-the leaves may be brought into successive positions. within substang tiall ;the same "lane and in which allorany num erofthe eavessubsequent to a given. lefaf consideredeither from the back or freq;

back of or in 11511 said leaf as may be preferred in the form of my construction selected. 4

A f rther'pur ose. of my invention pneform to provide a fpermanently attached 1 backing, and sup prt r a part, preferably Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 7, 1910. Serial No. 542,475.

. extended to support t Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the structure 'considerabletime, space or other element,

or flexible character, which are designed te Patented May 16, 1911.

of being collapsed in accordion-fashion against the permanently attached ortion or e remain er of the leaf.

While I have preferred to illustratemy invention by thoseforms thereof which have been found to be most desirable and practical n use, I recognize that it is capable of application to a large variety of uses and in a large variety of embodiments and- I desire my illustration therefore not to be understood as representing all of the forms or all of the uses to which my invention is in-'. tended to apply.

In the drawings, Fi ure I is a perspective viewof the preferred orm of my invention.

seen in Fig. 1'. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the structure seen='in'- Figs. 1 and 2, in collapsed position. .Figs. 4 and 5-are top plan views of the structure seen-in Figs. 1,, 2'and 3, in different partially extended os'it'ions. Fig. 6 is an end elevationj o the structure seen in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a diaramma'tic view ofa modified form of1my invention. a

Ini'a'larg e variety of places where records are to be made in columns" representing. a a

all compared or relatin back to-- the same initial subject matter, difliculty is found in. following out the lines accurately to the columns, spaces or portions fartherremoved from the subject matter; tAny space and structure, extending the distance fromtlie name of] the givensubject matter to the. column for the data or other material tobe inserted in respect .to it, renders thebook additionally liable to injury because of the .95 greater space occupied and is unhandy and.

, awkward inuse for the same reason.-

M j invention is intended to obviate this" difli culty and hasbeen -ap lied with great .ad-' vanta e to class .recor s forSunday school and .a ied uses. H

1', 2, 3, 4, and -.5 'representanyi desired number of;leaves oa sheets whether, 'of' u contain "subj ect matter-whichis to be? com pared o'r-iu'sed in desired-relativefjuxfiii rades-i cm eg e; 10,11,12 11a 15 totlienuhr ea undo general'zigzag'or-"bell - l1kie form 8, 10, 12, and 14 to the leaves of a book intended to have the common subject matter upon the first leaf, as 1, attaching also pref erably 15 in such case because it is the final leaf. It will be evident that the attachment need be made along the medial lines only, as in Fig; 7, if desired, except as it may be desirable in specific instance to support the first and last sheets by further attachment of this portion to constitute a support, cover or backing for these sheets andto render,

the attachment of the foldable portions to the final leaves more secure. 1

.My object-is to make each leaf in either direction, as may be desired, swing about approximately the medial lines 16 of the a djoining leaves and, as will be seen, except for convenience in operation and stiffness of structure, it is not necessary that any other portion of the foldable structure be attached to the leaf than that lying along the .ap proximately medial lines. I

I prefer to make the portlons 7, 9, 11,13, in case the left leaf is the preferred leaf having the common structure thereon and form ing the effective front of the book, of such length that when extended the edges of the successive sheets shall lie substantially together, though evidently it maybe some what greater than this where a slight spacing is desired, and somewhat less where the structure is improvedbyoverlapping. 'In' either event, two effective hingesare provided at the medial lines 16 and edges 17,

respectively, by which the structure can be collapsed wholly as in Fig, '3, or partially, or extended to any desired extent as in, Figs. 4 and 5, each medial line16 affording a pivot about which the succeeding sheet or sheets may be extended to a position corresponding, with respect to the preceding leaves, to the position ofv the. leaf whose medial line is used as the-hinge with. respect to these previous leaves.

collapsed, leaf 4 would be brou' ht into juxtaposition-with leaf l whetlher leaf 5 be extend used with tended or colla sed; In this manner, any

arran' e-ment of eaves. may be secured in exposition which does not transpose the initial position of the leaves considered.-

While any relative arrangement of the leaves extended can be secured by the structure shown inFig. 1.. in which partsl l and 15 are attached, this doesrnot permit the last leaf 5 to be turned outwardly with its back against the back of leaf 4, corresponding'to the permissible position of leaf 1 with'its back towardthe face of leaf 2, If'the por tion 14 be freed from attachment to leaf 5 as far as the medial line, 16, however, this shiftingof the last leaf tofturn it outwardly is permissible. It might. be desirablein case of subject matter in which-the book 'could be etphal, facility with either. edge up and with eit 7 Thus, if leaves 1 2, and'3 are or page 5 or 1 representing-the vou d evidently not be essential as the rel 'ative juxta-position of the leaves or sheets could be attained by the structure of Fig. .l.i

The extension of the part 6 to the outer edge18 of leaf 1 and of-the part 15 to the outer edge 19 of leaf 5 provide complete protecting' covers for the leaves upon whichany desired subject matter can be imprinted or secured as at 20 for .titleor other desirable pur oses. v j T e facing shown at 20 may be of flexible material or comprise relatively stiff material, creased or otherwise weakened along the medial line so as to bend freely. Like; wise the foldable portions-6, 7, etc, may be of eitherflexible or stiff material, providing they permit hinge-like action along the lines corresponding to the approximate edge and able portions 7, 9, the underhalves of these leaves and the inside of the foldable portions or with the sheet- 5.

It will be evident that I have formed a collapsible book presenting any of aseries of leaves injjuxta osition and capable of can be supplied with any suitable blanks, .data or surfaces to cooperate with each other reversibility to ma e use ofeither inner cover page as the front thereof, outside or inside, and offerin .leaves for comparison' -'or in either direction.

use in juxta-posit1onwith the book opening j H In a book, a P rality of leaves and a connection between each two adjoining leaves uniting the medial line of one leaf and the edge "of the'next,

2. In a book, a- .pluralityof leaves and a' connection between adjoining leaves united to one leaf along its medial hne and hinged t0 both leaves." j

3. In a device of the character'stated, a binding member of Zig zag formation-exmately twice the width of the sections'of-the sections, whereby when the sections 'are ex- .tended one leaf may overhang an interme-v diate section and register substantially with the edge of any other leaf.

inting the m1ddle. 0 each sheet to the adjo nmg sheet, leaving one-half of each tensible'into a plane and leaves approxi binding member and attached to alternate I '4. In a book, a plu'ralit of-sheets, inemsheet free from contact therewith and an one 'of the leaves and atthe edge of the outer cbver rigidly secured .tehalf of the other. e =back of one .of the sheets.

5'. In a. book, a pair of leaves and a sup- THOMAS 5 port therefor joiningthe leaves and foldable Witnesses:

upon itself between them,- the lines of the F. J. MCMAHON,

folds being substantially, at the .middle of MABEL S. BEARNE.

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