Improvements in Manifold Memorandum or Sales Books.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 18th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 7th Feb.,
1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Manifold Memorandum or Sales Books.
I ROBERT LANILAM of Forest House, Crescent Road, Chingford, in the County
of Essex, General Manager London Printing and Publishing Alliance Limited, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in manifold memorandum or sales books
and it has for its object to facilitate the insertion and retention of detachable leaves
or bill heads within the covers while permitting their ready withdrawal, the placing
and securing of the carbon sheet so that it will not need continual handling, but
retain its position for immediate use until the detachable leaves are exhausted,
and to provide a memorandum or sales book very simple and economical in make
and use.
I provide the right or the left hand side of the cover of my book with a fixed or
a movable back or vertical edge which may have a horizontal lip or overlap, or a
spring or springs for the purpose of keeping the detachable leaves from rising, and
I further provide this cover with a hook, pin, stud or suitable fastening to hold the
leaves and the carbon sheet, perforating these latter so that they may be readily
passed on to said hook or fastening and strengthening the fixed edge of the carbon
sheet with cardboard or other suitable material to prevent its tearing away as the
detachable leaves are withdrawn or torn from the fastening and to facilitate placing
it in the book. I may also cut the detachable leaves so that the part to be folded
over on to the carbon sheet shall not be so broad as the part beneath it which is
held by the hook or other fastening.
On the accompanying drawing:
I bill heads or detachable leaves.
Khole or perforation to receive pin or stud D.
It will be seen that the bill heads I and the carbon sheet C, perforated at K, are
passed over the hook, pin or stud D, the vertical flange or back C keeping them
from pivoting thereon or shifting beyond that edge of the cover, and the horizontal
lip or overlap C₁ preventing their rising. The overlap C is cut away in part of its
length to facilitate the insertion of the bill heads and carbon sheet beneath it, but
if the back C is hinged this cutting away of the overlap will not be necessary. To
facilitate drawing the summary or index sheet E from the pocket B this latter is
cut away as shown in dotted lines Figure 1, the summary sheet being held when in
use as shown at Figure 2.
In using this book all the leaves I on the top side of the carbon sheet as
shown Figure 2 are turned on to the cover A, one of the leaves 1 is then folded on
to the top side of the carbon sheet G as shown Figure 1, and when the bill is made

page_text: out it is torn from the fastening D another leaf I folded on to the carbon sheet and
so on until the bill heads are exhausted.
Dated this Twenty-second day of March 1990
For the Applicant.
W. E. GEDGE,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Manifold Memorandum or Sales Books.
1, ROBERT LANHAM, of Forest House, Crescent Road, Chingford, in the County
of Essex, General Manager London Printing and Publishing Alliance Limited, 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 in manifold memorandum or sales books
and it has for object to facilitate the insertion and retention of detachable leaves or
bill heads within the covers while permitting their ready withdrawal, the placing
and securing of the carbon sheet so that it will not need continual handling but
retain its position for immediate use until the detachable leaves are exhausted, and
to provide a memorandum or sales book very simple and economical in make
and use.
I provide the right or the left hand side of the cover of my book with a fixed or
a movable back or vertical edge which may have a horizontal lip or overlap, or a
spring or springs for the purpose of keeping the detachable leaves from rising, and
I further provide this cover with a hook, pin, stud or suitable fastening to hold the
leaves and the carbon sheet, perforating these latter so that they may be readily
passed on to said hook or fastening and strengthening the fixed edge of the carbon
sheet with cardboard or other suitable material to prevent its tearing away as the
detachable leaves are withdrawn or torn from the fastening and to facilitate placing
it in the book. I may also cut the detachable leaves so that the part to be folded
over on to the carbon sheet shall not be so broad as the part beneath it which is
held by the hook or other fastening.
On the drawings left with the Provisional Specification,
Figure 1 represents a sales book embodying my improvements, shown open,
Figure 2 being an end view of the same, and
Figure 3 a front end view of a book closed.
A A being the cover. B is a pocket or case attached to A. C the hinged or
fixed vertical flange or back secured to A. C'horizontal lip or overlap of same.
D hook, pin, or stud for securing bill heads. E summary or index sheet which
may have memorandum, order, or premium forms at back. F pencil. G carbon
sheet. Hstrengthening piece attached to carbon sheet. L bill heads or detachable
leaves. Khole or perforation to receive pin or stud D.
It will be seen that the bill heads I and the carbon sheet C, perforated at K,
are passed over the hook, pin or stud D, the vertical flange or back C keeping
them from pivoting thereon or shifting beyond that edge of the cover, and the
horizontal lip or overlap C preventing their rising. The overlap C is cut away
in part of its length to facilitate the insertion of the bill heads and carbon sheet
beneath it, but if the back C is hinged this cutting away of the overlap will not be
necessary. To facilitate drawing the summary or index sheet E from the pocket B
this latter is cut away as shown in dotted lines Figure 1, the summary sheet being
held when in use as shown at Figure 2.
In using this book all the leaves on the top side of the carbon sheet as
shown Figure 2 are turned on to the cover A, one of the leaves I is then folded on
to the top side of the carbon sheet G as shown Figure 1, and when the bill is made
out it is torn from the fastening D, another leaf I folded on to the carbon sheet,
and so on until the bill heads are exhausted.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The herein described manifold memorandum or sales book, consisting of the
cover A A', one part of said cover being provided with an overlapping flange and
a hook or stud, a carbon sheet secured to said hook or stud, and leaves as I, adapted
to be secured to said hook or stud beneath the carbon sheet.
2. The combination, in a manifold memorandum or sales book, of the flange C
having an overlap C), or its equivalent, and the fastening D, or its equivalent,
whereby the bill heads I, or other leaves, and the carbon sheet G are secured in
the cover A A substantially as described.
3. The combination, in a manifold memorandum or sales book, of the cover A A'
having pocket B, flange C with overlap C, and hook or stud D, with index sheet E,
pencil F, carbon sheet G and leaves I, all substantially as set forth, for the purpose
specified.
4. The combination, in a manifold memorandum or sales book, of the cover A A¹
having pocket B, Hange C, with overlap C, and hook or stud D, with index sheet E,
pencil F, carbon sheet G and leaves 1, said carbon sheet G being provided upon
one edge with a strengthening-strip.
Dated this Eighteenth day of December 1890.
For the Applicant,
W. E. GEDGE,
Agent.