USRE12005E - M an xfold-book - Google Patents

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book being-broken away to show a cardboard PATENT (')ITIrIClaL ALEXANDER LYIsomor een FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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BIPIEIIIIC'JAA .IION` forming part of Reissued. Letters Patent N o. 1 2,005, dated July 1. 1902. q pagina1ra-segmented mmm 2mm. applicateurremonta swt 13,1992. statisaoaiis.

`ctlit. may concern,.- Be it known that I, ALEXANDIER LnvlsoN, a citizenof the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco'and state A01T California, havel invented certain new .and useful Improvements in Manifold- Boo'ks, of which the following is a specifica;-

:fold receipta'nd record bookor mercantile, railway, express, or other business uses.

' The object of my invention is to provide a book' of this character 4which shall be convenl lent in use, economical in the number of cartectiou aga'insti'altera-tions and forgeries, and

the sheeteof which can' be readily and cony construction; combination, and arrangement A .ot 'parte forthe'abvfe ends hereinafter fully e ciflechand particularly pointed out in the .c aims;

:i5 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspect'liveview of one 'f my improved manifold-books before use. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the position when folded for' use and-Fig.l 8 is aperspective View of the book, anumber of sheets being turned up and the backing.' 'and carbongpaper.

Referringjto the drawings, it will be seen that my improved manifold-,book is formed iirst, acarbon-sheet 1, of about two-thirds the in sections, each section comprising 'in order,

width-'of fthe book, thenbelow said carbonsheetl ay number of sheets 2, of ordinary paper, the full width ofthe book, then a sheet 3 of hard thick cardboard. Each record-sheet outside thestub 7 is dividedinto three substantially equal parts by verticallines 'of perforations4, saidparts havingsnitable printedmab tel-5 andblank lines 6, wher-'een to inscribe the desired record. The carbon-sheets lare of eniicient width to extend, overl twoof /said parte, while the cardboard backing 3* occupies the width of the inner parts onlyi the sheets above iL, The record-sheets and the cardboard-#backings are attached to stubs 7 along lines of lperforations 8,'so that they can be readily detached from said stubs,.and said ,My invention-relates to an improved mani- I -bons reqniredjfwhich shall give secure pro' :My invention therefore resides in the'novel stubs ano one side of, eacn carbomsheet arc all vbound together to form a book. In use the record-sheet is first folded on the outer line of perforations 4, so ast'o cover.`

about one-half of the carbon-sheet, and itis then folded in the sa me direction on the second line of perforations, so that the carbon is now `upon what was the back of the middle portion of the sheet when it was fiat and unfolded, which will now, however, 'have cometo' the top. The carbon-sheet isdonble or caror backhanded -copy ofthe writing will be formed upon the back of each part.' except the inner one. This latter feature-gives additional security against subsequent alteration of the record, since it is dicult to erasevv and rewriteboth the original and the reverse boniz'edonboth sides, s o :that a copy of the' record will be made upon each of 'the two ter-v4 minal parts of the sheet.v Also an'inverted The use ofl the cardboard 'backing is to pron vide a hard substance to form asniooth Writing-surface and also to .protect the carbon-- paperand sheets below it. from receiving an impression written upon a sheet above said backing. the record-sheet-is-punched with two holes 9 to facilitate the filing of said part.

It has been already stated that the three separable parts of cach recording-sheet are substantially equal. They are not exactly The inner edge of the innerpart of equal, since it is preferable t0 providethe Vinnermost part with an unprinted additional spaceor margin next the stub through which are'punched the holes 9 to facilitate the il-` 'ing of said part. Moreover, it is betterto leave asmall space between the edge of lthe sheet when folded and the line of perforations 8, as this renders it easier to fold vthe parts. With this exception the `separable parts of cach recordingshej are of the same size and in general willcontairridentical printed mat` ter' thereon The'advantages er tneabove construction are that any kind of paper can. be used for the record-sheets, and the Aconstruction does not requireany transparent paper. 1 The carbou naturally falls into the position for use for tlc next record-sheet when one -record- IOO sheet has been removed and the record-Sheet is very readily folded in the desired manner,

` the fold being twice in the same direction.

The device is economical of carbon-paper.

The `cardboard backings are an important feature ofmy invention, 'since they permit a large number of sheets to vbe boundinto a book-with a small number of carbons without any danger of transmitting an impression Vfrom one sheet to another sheet. They are readily removable-by'meaus ofthe lines of perforations when all the sheets above them have been used. -y

I claimi l I 1. A manifold-book composed of sections, each section comprising in order a double carbon-sheet, a plurality of recording-sheets, and a cardboard backing, the record-sheets outside the stubs being divided into three substantially/equal separable parts, the car? bon-sheets extending the width ofitwo oi?v said parts, andthe cardboard backing extending the width ot' lone of said parts,'said vrecording-sheets and backings having stubs towhich they are attached along lines of perforations, said stubs and; one Vside of each carbon-sheet beingall bound together to form a bookj, substantially as described.

2. A manifold-book comprising in order a V'double carbou-sheet, a plurality of recordingsheets, and a cardboard backing, the 'recordsheets outside the stubs being divided into three substantially equal-separable parts, andthe carbon-heet extending the width of two of said parte, said recordingsheets havi'ngstubs .to which they are attached along lines of perforations, said stubs and one sidev i of the carbon-sheet and backing being all bound together-to form a book, substantially as described.

3. A, manifold-book comprising in order a flexible carbon-sheets@ a' plurality of recording-sheets, the record-sheetsoutside the stubsv being divided into three substantially equal separable parts, and the carbon-.sheet extending the width of two of said parte, said recording fsheets having stubs to whichA theyare attached along lines of perforations, said stubs and oneside of the carbon-sheet being fable parts, and the carbonsheet extending the width of said parts except the outermost,-

said recording-sheet'having stubs -to.which.

they are attached along lines of perforations,

said stubs and one side of the carbon-sheet being all bound togethertd form 'a b'eol;s\1b

stantially as described.

5. A manifoldboolc; comprising inorder a double carbon-sheet, nud a plurality of recording-sheets, nach recordlug-sheetoutside'v V'the stub being divided into a plurality not less thanv three of separable -parte joined" along lines of perforatlons, each part beingn ot` greater than the part next it` on the side fo'- ward the stub, and thecarbon-sheet extending the Width of the wholeof said parts except the outermost, said recording-sheethaving stubs towhichV they are attached along lines of perforatloiis,said stubs and one side of the carbomsheet being all bound together to form a book, substantially asdeScribeG.

A. LEVISON.

Witnesses;v

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, Bessin GORFINKEL.

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