Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 1st Oct., 1887
. Complete Accepted, 15th Nov., 1887
I, MURRAY HINCKLEY SPEAR of 30 Upper Park Street, in the County of Middle-
sex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The books or slips now generally used in shops, or by commercial travellers are
in separate pages or leaves two together one representing the bill proper and the
other the counterfoil. Difficulty sometimes arises on account of one or more of
these leaves or pages getting lost and my object in this invention is to prevent this
occurring.
I form the whole of the leaves or pages to form the book in a single strip or
length perforated to facilitate the separation when required and the and the corre-
sponding leaves being numbered or paged. The shopman places the carbon paper
between two leaves makes out the bill and tears off the two leaves which he separates
and these bear the same No. and form the bill and counterfoil.
A special case is desirable to contain the leaves; in one form this may consist of
a stiff flat piece of cardboard which serves to write on having at one end a circular
case in which the strip of leaves is contained in the form of a roll from which they
are unwound as required.
In another useful form the case is like a flat box with a jointed lid which folds
over and covers the sheets which lie folded flat in the box and can be opened out
when the bill is to be written; the leaves may be retained by a spring flap.
In another form the case consists of a pocket with a stiff back open at the end
and having a hinged cover with the carbon paper secured on its inner side; the
cover can be folded back and the leaves drawn out of the pocket used and the cover
folded back again.
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page_text: Improvements in Counter Check or Duplicating Memorandum Books.
I, MURRAY HINCKLEY SPEAR, of 30 Upper Park Street, in the County of Middle-
sex, 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:—
The books or slips now generally used in shops or by commercial travellers are
composed of separate pairs of pages or leaves one of each pair representing the bill
proper and the other the counterfoil. The bills are numbered consecutively, the
counterfoil bearing the same number as the bill and a difficulty occasionally arises
owing to one or more of the numbered leaves being missing without any assignable
reason.
The object of this invention is to prevent such difficulties arising and for this
purpose I form the whole of the leaves or pages which are to compose the book in a
continuous strip or length which is perforated to facilitate the separation of the
leaves when used. The leaves are numbered in consecutive pairs in the usual manner
and folded for convenience one upon another the direction of folding alternating with
every leaf.
Instead of being folded as above described to form a book the leaves may be wound
upon a roller from which they may be drawn off, or rolled up and folded as required.
In numbering, the distance apart of the numbers measured along the strip should be
such as to allow the strip to be divided transversely between each pair of similar
numbers leaving after each division a detached portion large enough to serve as a bill.
To make use of the same the shopman or other person places the carbon paper
between two leaves bearing the same number, makes out the bill and tears off the
two leaves which form the bill and the counterfoil.
Books formed as above described require a special case or binding two forms of
which are illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively side elevation and plan of a case for containing a
book in the roller form. This consists of a circular case A formed preferably of sheet
metal. The case is divided longitudinally into two halves the upper half A being
hinged to the lower at a. Bearings are formed in the ends of the case for the axis B
of the roll to rest in. The case is fixed to one end of a flat piece C of cardboard or
other material suitable for writing upon and a slot or opening is formed in the case
lengthwise at a through which the leaves of the book can be drawn out as required.
Two strips of metal or other tape are stretched across the face of the plate C and
secured at each side under which the sheets or leaves of the book pass as they are
.drawn out. These strips do not show in the drawing being directly under other strips
or grippers D which are hinged to the side of the plate C or to a wire (₁ fixed along
the edge thereof and may if desirable be temporarily secured at the other side by a
wire staple C. The mode of procedure in this case is as follows. The user taking
hold of the end of the perforated sheet at E draws it out until the perforations e
which separate the bill from the counterfoil appear beyond the bottom of the plate C
as shown in figure 2. The counterfoil for this bill will then rest upon the plate. The
grippers D are raised and the carbon paper placed over the counterfoil secured by
replacing and fastening the grippers. The bill is then folded backwards over the

page_text: plate C as shown in figure 1 where the dot and dash line E represents the bill, E¹ the
counterfoil and the continuous line F indicates the carbon paper. The bill having
been made out the user, before tearing it off, draws the counterfoil thereof and also a
portion of the next bill beyond the bottom of the plate so that sufficient paper may
project to afford a "hold" when it is necessary to repeat the operation. The method
of arranging the numbers for the continuous sheet is shown in figure 5.
On
The case shown in section in figure 3 consists of two "boards" G and G¹ joined
together by a flexible strip g and resembles an ordinary stiff binding or cover.
one of the boards is formed an expanding pocket H to contain the bill-book the con-
nected leaves of which are folded right and left alternately as indicated by the dot and
dash lines J and in diagram figure 4. A sheet of carbon paper F is attached to a
clip K consisting of two stiff strips of wood or cardboard hinged together and secured
to the cover at k. An india-rubber ring is placed around the clip lengthwise
to keep it closed and by removing the ring the carbon paper can be readily removed
and replaced.
When it is desired to make out a bill the user takes hold of the end of the upper-
most leaf, draws it out of the pocket and in so doing he brings the next leaf with it.
The latter which is the counterfoil of the former is laid on the outside of the pocket
as shown by the dot and dash line E¹ the carbon paper F placed thereon and the
leaf E folded over the carbon paper and the bill made out and torn off as before.
This form of case is convenient to use and suitable for carrying in the pocket; other
means may however he adopted for holding the leaves in the case.
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 :-
1. A counter-check or duplicating memorandum book consisting of a continuous
strip or length of paper divided into leaves by perforations at right angles to the
length of the strip such leaves being numbered and folded substantially as described.
2. A counter-check or duplicating memorandum book consisting of a continuous
strip or length of paper folded into leaves and numbered substantially in the manner
and for the purpose described and illustrated.
3. A counter-check or duplicating memorandum book consisting of a continuous
strip or length of paper divided into leaves by perforations at right angles to the
length of the strip such leaves being numbered and formed into a roll substantially
as described.
4. A counter-check or duplicating memorandum book consisting of a continuous
strip or length of paper formed into a roll marked at intervals with consecutive
numbers in duplicate and adapted to be folded at right angles to the length of the
strip into leaves and counter-foils substantially as described.
5. A book holder or case consisting of a cylindrical box such as A attached to a
plate C the latter being provided with reglets D for holding the carbon paper in
position substantially as described and illustrated in figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
6. The pocket case consisting of two folding boards G, G', an expanding pocket H
secured to one of them and a clip such as K for securing a sheet of carbon paper
substantially as described and shown in figure 3 of the accompanying drawings.
7. A counter-check or duplicating memorandum book consisting of a continuous
strip or length of paper marked with consecutive duplicated numbers in manner and
for the purpose substantially as described.
Dated this 30th day of September 1887.