Improvements relating to Account Books.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Account Books.
I, ELLEN ALICE ANNE BATTEY of Fairview, Trinity Road, Wimbledon,
Surrey, Married, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide means whereby the last account in the
weekly account books used by tradesmen, for the convenience of their customers,
may be readily found.
Hitherto it has been necessary sometimes to turn over many leaves of the book
in order to find the last week's account, thus causing delay and annoyance.
In carrying out my invention, I perforate diagonally, across the top outside
corner of each page, with a line of perforations quite or nearly across, in such a
manner that the corner may be readily torn off.
As soon as the weekly account passes onto a fresh page, the corner of the
preceding page is torn off, and thus an index is produced, shewing the exact
position of the last weekly account in the book.
DAL
CM1005
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements relating to Account Books.
I ELLEN ALICE ANNE BATTEY of Fairview, Trinity Road, Wimbledon,
Surrey, Married, 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 :-
customers.
The present invention relates principally to account books such as those commonly
used by tradesmen and others, in lieu of separate bills in account with their regular
These books, which are periodically made up, settled, and receipted,
may contain many weekly statements, and extend over a lengthened period.
The object of this invention is to enable the tradesman or his customer to readily
find the current or last paid account, without having the trouble of turning over
the leaves previously used, or yet to be used.
In accordance with my invention, I propose to provide for the removal of the
corner of each leaf of the book as it is used, so that all the used pages are marked,
and the unused remain intact.
In the accompanying drawing I have shewn an account book illustrating my
invention.
Fig. 1 shews a partly used book open, and
Fig. 2 shows it closed.
It will be seen that the leaves have a line of perforations extending diagonally
across the outside top corner. This will enable the triangular portions a to be
detached from the leaves A, one by one, as the pages are filled.
The drawing shews a partly used book, from which the corners a of
have been torn, to indicate the position of the current or last account.
many
leaves

page_text: To turn to the proper place, it will only be necessary to put the thumb on the
corners not yet removed, and the book will open naturally at the place required.
Thus, all trouble in turning over leaves to find the current statement of account
is avoided.
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 :-
An account book for the use of tradesmen and others, the leaves of which are
provided with detachable portions to be removed as the pages are used, to give
ready indication of the position of the latest account, in the manner set forth.
Dated this 26th day of February 1896.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.