Improvements applicable to Music, Books, and the like, to Facilitate the Turning of the Leaves thereof.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements applicable to Music, Books, and the like, to Facilitate
the Turning of the Leaves thereof.
I, HERBERT GEORGE CARDOZO, of 84, Tufnell Park Road, in the County of
London, Entertainer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements applicable to music, books, and the like
whereby the leaves thereof can be turned over in a simple and expeditious manner
and with a minimum risk of tearing the leaves.
In carrying out my invention I fix or apply to each leaf to be turned a tab or
its equivalent which normally does not project from the edge of the leaf but, when
required for use, is turned or pulled outwards in a position suitable for being
taken hold of by the finger and thumb to allow of the leaf being turned.
My tab or its equivalent may be made in various ways; for example, it may
consist of a simple tab of paper or other suitable fabric or material, the edge of
which may be cemented to the edge of the leaf, and the tab turned inwards so as
not to project when not required for use. Or the tab may be adapted to slide in
a slit or loop in or on the leaf; or it may turn on a pivot or be adapted to be
attached to the leaf by means of a clip. In practice my appliances are fixed or
adapted one above the other to the leaves alternately so that any particular leaf
to be turned can be readily taken hold of.
Dated this 14th day of October 1897.
Improvements applicable to Music, Books, and the like, to Facilitate
the Turning of the Leaves thereof.
I, HERBERT GEORGE CARDOZO, of 84, Tufnell Park Road, in the County of
London, Entertainer, 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 improvements applicable to music, books, and the like
whereby the leaves thereof can be turned over in a simple and expeditious manner
and with a minimum risk of tearing the leaves.

page_text: In carrying out my invention I affix or apply to each leaf to be turned a tab or
its equivalent which normally does not project from the edge of the leaf but, when
required for use, is turned or pulled outwards in a position suitable for being
taken hold of by the finger and thumb to allow of the leaf being turned.
My tab or its equivalent may be made in various ways; for example, it may
consist of a simple tab of paper or other suitable fabric or material, the edge of
which may be cemented to the edge of the leaf, and the tab turned inwards so as
not to project when not required for use. Or the tab may be adapted to slide in
a slit or loop in or on the leaf; or it may turn on a pivot or be adapted to be
attached to the leaf by means of a clip. In practice my appliances are fixed or
adapted one above the other to the leaves alternately so that any particular leaf
to be turned can be readily taken hold of.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a view of one form of tab made according to the invention:
Figure 2 is a view of a book drawn to a smaller scale, shewing the application
of the tab:
Figure 3 is a perspective view of another form of tab:
Figure 4 is a view illustrating its application to a leaf:
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a slightly different form of tab from that shewn
in Figure 3:
Figures 6 and 7 are views illustrating another form of tab in the outer and
inner positions on a leaf:
Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 6 of another method of attaching the tab:
Figure 9 is a view illustrating a pivoted form of my tab applied to a leaf:
Figure 10 is a section on the line 10-10 Figure 9; and,
Figure 11 is a development of the tab illustrated in Figure 9.
A represents the book or leaf to which the tabs are attached and a is the tab.
In the arrangement shewn in Figures 1 and 2 the tab is formed of a simple
piece of paper or other suitable fabric or material, the edge of which is cemented
to the edge of the leaf and which is then turned inwards so as not to project when
it is not required for use, and turned outwards when it is required for use as
illustrated in broken and full lines in Figure 2 which figure also illustrates the
manner in which the tabs are affixed to the leaves above and below one another.
This form of tab may be made integral with the leaf.
In Figures 3 and 4 the tab a is shewn formed of a strip of paper or other suitable
material bent to form a T as shewn clearly in Figure 3, the short arms a¹, a¹ of
the T being then inserted in a slit 6 in the leaf and cemented thereto as illus-
trated in Figure 4. The double strip can then be turned either outwards when
required for use and inwards when not required for use. In Figure 5 the tab a
is of the same construction as that illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 with the excep-
tion that the parts a¹, a¹ are cemented together by a strip c.
In the arrangement shewn in Figures 6 and 7 the tab a is formed of a flat strip
of a double T shape, the stem a of which is adapted to be passed through two
slits d, d in the leaf A so that it can be slid in and out and is held therein by
the ends e, e of the double T which limit its inward and outward movements. As
above mentioned Figure 6 shews the tab in its outer or operative position and
Figure 7 in its inner or inoperative position.
In Figure 8 the tab is of the same construction as that just described with
reference to Figures 6 and 7 only instead of being passed through two slits d, d
in the leaf A it is slid in a guide f formed of a strip of paper or other suitable
material cemented by its ends to the leaf A.
In Figures 9, 10 and 11 there is illustrated another form of my tab, the said
tab being in this case constructed of a piece of paper a or other suitable material
of the shape shewn in Figure 11, the said piece of paper or the like when cut or
otherwise formed to the shape shewn in this figure, being bent or folded along
the dotted line. It is then placed over the edge of the leaf A and is pivoted thereto
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page_text: by a pin or rivet g as shewn clearly in Figures 9 and 10. When not required for
use it occupies the position shewn in full lines in Figure 9, and when required
for use it is turned outwards into the position shewn in broken lines in the said
figure.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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1. The described improvements applicable to music, books and the like for
facilitating the turning of the leaves thereof, such means consisting in applying
to each leaf to be turned a tab or its equivalent which normally does not project
from the edge of the leaf but which, when required for use, is turned or pulled
outwards substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
2. The tabs for music, books and the like herein before described and illustrated
in Figures 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7; 8; and 9, 10 and 11 respectively of the
accompanying drawing.
3. Music, books and the like having applied to their edges tabs of the kind
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
The 19th
fT. 1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.