A Sheet, Card, or Book, with Alphabetical Spaces or Divisions Containing Names, Numbers of Telephones, and Addresses of Clients, or Customers, for Telephone Renters' Use.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 8:h Dec., 1894-Accepted, 19th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Sheet, Card, or Book, with Alphabetical Spaces or Divisions
Containing Names, Numbers of Telephones, and Addresses of
Clients, or Customers, for Telephone Renters' Use.
I, SYDNEY BUCKTHOUGHT of No. 16 Brundretts Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
in the County of Lancaster Solicitor's Clerk do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a means of ready reference to the names, numbers of
telephone, and addresses, of solicitors clients, or commercial customers, who are
telephone renters or subscribers. The object of this invention is to avoid the
necessity of searching through telephone subscribers' names other than those who
are clients or customers of the person or firm carrying on a business, when said
person or firm is requiring to communicate by telephone.
In this invention I divide a sheet of paper; a card, or a book, with spaces or
divisions corresponding preferably to the number of letters in the alphabet, and
which I mark alphabetically:
Each of said spaces is further subdivided for the insertion of
1st. The name or names of the person or firm.
2nd. The registered number of said person or firm on the telephone.
3rd. The name of the town or other address.
The person using the aforesaid paper, card or book, will write in or otherwise
insert only those names with their telephonic numbers and addresses of his or their
clients or customers, and by these means obtain a ready reference to such names,
and avoid the necessity of searching through a long list of telephone subscribers.
The aforesaid paper, card, or book may also be employed as a
advertizing by having advertizements printed around the edges thereof or in other
suitable places.
Dated this 20th day of November 1894
means of
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
A Sheet, Card, or Book, with Alphabetical Spaces or Divisions
Containing Names, Numbers of Telephones, and Addresses of
Clients, or Customers, for Telephone Renters' Use.
I, SYDNEY BUCKTHOUGHT, of No. 16 Brundretts Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy,
in the County of Lancaster, Solicitor's Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention relates to a means of ready reference to the names, numbers of
telephone, and telephone centres or exchange of solicitors clients, or commercial
customers who are telephone renters or subscribers.
The object of this invention is to avoid the necessity of searching through
telephone subscribers' names in the general telephone lists for those who are
clients or customers of a person or firm, so as to enable immediate reference to be

page_text: made to those only who are clients or customers of said person or firm when
requiring to communicate by telephone.
In this invention I divide a sheet of paper, a card, or book, with spaces or
divisions preferably corresponding to the number of letters in the alphabet, and
which I mark alphabetically: In the accompanying drawing my invention is
represented in Fig. 1 in the form of a book: the outer edge of each of the leaves
is partly cut away for index letters in the same manner as for letter books, account
books, and the like.
Each leaf is preferably ruled transversely with any convenient number of lines
and divided into spaces vertically by means of lines extending from the top to the
bottom of the sheet with headings as represented on the drawing, indicating that
the space a is intended for the insertion of the name or names of the client,
customer, person or firm with whom business is transacted: the space or spaces b is
or are for the registered number or numbers of said client, customer, person or
firm on the telephone or telephones, and the space c is for the name of the town, or
telephone centre or exchange of said client, customer, person or firm: The person
using the aforesaid paper, card or book will write on the transverse lines or
otherwise insert therein only those names with their telephonic numbers and
telephone centres or exchange of his or their chents or customers, and by these
means obtain a ready reference to such names, numbers and centres or exchanges,
and thereby avoid the necessity of searching through the long general lists of
telephone subscribers.
In the drawing my invention is shown applied in book form, but a single sheet,
or card may be divided in like manner for the same purpose.
Although each of the leaves is represented in Fig. 1 as divided for two sets of
names, numbers and telephone centres or exchanges as a, b and c respectively, I
do not confine myself to the number of said sets on each leaf, as in some cases it
may be more convenient to divide a leaf for one set only, and in some cases it
may be preferred to divide the sheet for the reception of two or more sets of names,
numbers and telephone centres or exchanges thereon, or said sheets may have two
divisions for telephone numbers as in Fig. 2.
The aforesaid paper, card, or book, may also be employed as a means of
advertizing by having advertizements printed or otherwise inserted on the edges d
or in other suitable places, or the reverse side e of each or any of the leaves or
sheets may be left blank for the purposes of advertizing thereon in any form, or
for other uses.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
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1st. A sheet, card, or book, on whose surface or leaves alphabetical spaces or
divisions are marked or set out with headings entitled, "Name of client or
customer "Telephone number "the name of telephone company or companies,
and " "Town"
or Exchange," or words that are equivalent thereto, relating to
telephone renters or subscribers, in the manner and for the purpose substantially
as hereinbefore described.
2nd. In a sheet, card, or book, that is marked or set out with alphabetical spaces
or divisions for the reception of the names of clients or customers, number or
numbers of telephone or telephones, and town, telephone centre or exchange of
clients or customers, the combination therewith of an advertizing medium in the
manner substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 7th day of December 1894
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.