Year: 1899

page_text: We, FREDERIC MADELEY MOLE and WILLIAM JOHN NICHOLS, both of Barwick
Street, in the City of Birmingham, Printers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of improvements relating to books containing triplicate
leaves, such as triplicate telegraph books, our object being to enable the different
leaves making up each set to be the more readily distinguished the one from the
other, and to so arrange the same as to prevent confusion and accidental detach-
ment.
In the production of a triplicate telegraph book in accordance with our in-
vention, we place after each of the official or post office telegraph forms, which
constitute the first leaves of the triplicate sets, a confirmation form, as the second
leaf of each set, and a permanent record sheet, as the third and last leaf of each
set. By arranging the leaves in this order the official form and confirmation form
can be easily detached, whilst the next succeeding official form in the book is
protected from accidental detachment by the intervening carbon sheet and the
permanent record sheet.
Upon the confirmation form we print suitable wording, including, when re-
quired, the sender's name and address.
Both the official form for sending to the telegraph office and the confirmation
form for despatch by post to the firms or persons to whom messages are sent,
are suitably perforated to permit of ready detachment from the book, but the
record sheets are not so perforated.
By the use of an ordinary carbon sheet the message written on the official form
is impressed upon the two succeeding leaves of the set.
The record sheets in the book, like the official forms therein, may be white in
colour, but the confirmation forms we make of such tint or colour as will ensure
ready distinction. By the use of such a distinguishing tint or colour for the con-
firmation form and by arranging them intermediately between the official form and
permanent sheet, confusion is avoided and in the event of omission to detach a
confirmation sheet such omission will be disclosed on the next opening of the
book.
We sometimes make our improved books of sufficient dimensions that each
leaf may make two or more forms. In such cases we employ combined slit and
perforated leaves for the official and confirmation forms, such as described in
our Specification No. 9843 of 1898 on which Letters Patent have been granted to us
T 1
1000
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, & 25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Books containing Triplicate Leaves.
We, FREDERIC MADELEY MOLE and WILLIAM JOHN NICHOLS, both of Barwick
Street, in the City of Birmingham, Printers, 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 consists of improvements relating to books containing triplicate
leaves, such as triplicate telegraph books, our object being to enable the different
leaves making up each set to be the more readily distinguished the one from the
other, and to so arrange the same as to prevent confusion and accidental detach-
ment.
In the production of a triplicate telegraph book of one type or pattern in accord-
ance with our invention, we place after each of the official or post office telegraph
forms, which constitute the first leaves of the triplicate sets, a confirmation form,
as the second leaf of each set, and a permanent record sheet, as the third and last
leaf of each set. By arranging the leaves in this order the official form and con-
firmation form can be easily detached, whilst the next succeeding official form
in the book is protected from accidental detachment by the intervening carbon
sheet, and the permanent record sheet.
Upon the confirmation form we print suitable wording, including, when re-
quired, the sender's name and address.
Both the official forms for sending to the telegraph office and the confirmation
forms for despatch by post to the firms or persons to whom messages are sent,
are suitably perforated to permit of ready detachment from the book, but the record
sheets are not so perforated.
By the use of an ordinary carbon sheet the message written on the official form
is impressed upon the two succeeding leaves of the set.
Instead of placing the confirmation form immediately between the official form
and the permanent sheet as hereinbefore described, we sometimes place the per-
manent sheet immediately after the official form and before the confirmation sheet.
The record sheets in the book, like the official forms therein, may be white in
colour, but the confirmation forms we make of such tint or colour, preferably
pink, as will ensure ready distinction. By the use of such a distinguishing tint or
colour, for the conformation forms or sheets, confusion is avoided and in the event
of omission to detach a confirmation sheet, such omission will be disclosed on
the next opening of the book..
We sometimes make our improved books of sufficient dimensions that each leaf
may make two or more forms. In such cases we employ combined slit and per-
forated leaves for the official and confirmation forms, such as described in our
Specification No. 9843 of 1898 on which Letters Patent have been granted to us.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
Books containing sets of triplicate leaves, having two leaves of each set arranged
for ready detachment and one of the said two of such a tint or colour as will
readily distinguish it from the other leaves in the set, substantially as described.
Dated this 23rd day of Morch 1000.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, & 25, Cross Street, Manchester
Agents for the Applicants.