New or Improved Method and Means for Checking and Recording the Issue and Return of Syphon Bottles applicable for use in connection with other articles and purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1899-Accepted, 6th Jan., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Method and Means for Checking and Recording the
Issue and Return of Syphon Bottles applicable for use in connection
with other articles and purposes.
I, HERBERT WILLIAM KEMP, Proprietor of the Firm trading as W. Kemp
and Son, Horncastle, Chemist, 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:-
My invention relates to new or improved method and means for checking and
recording the issue and return of syphon bottles; applicable for use in connection
with other articles and purposes. In its primary application my invention is
intended for use as stated in connection with syphon bottles, though it is obvious
that it can, with equal facility, be employed for other articles or purposes.
The means I adopt in carrying my invention into effect comprises a series of
perforated forms which it is intended should be bound or otherwise secured
together in book form and counterfoils to serve somewhat the purpose of those in
a cheque or receipt book, the resultant book containing firstly a delivery form;
secondly, a receipt form and thirdly a counterfoil which latter serves as a per-
manent record for future reference.
The method proposed by me and the means for carrying same into effect are
best explained by reference to the accompanying drawing, which shows one of
the perforated leaves, sheets or forms I use in accordance therewith. It will be
seen that the arrangement I adopt assumes the form of a book having a series of
perforated slips in triplicate, these slips corresponding and being consecutively
numbered. The right side forms or slip A is torn off and affixed to the syphon
bottle or other article, and when the syphon is returned the corresponding central
form or slip B is torn off and handed in exchange. The advantage of this
arrangement is, that by merely turning over the leaves of the book it is known
at a glance, by the absence of the receipt form B, that syphon No. has been
returned and receipt handed out, and, on the other hand, if the receipt form B
remain in the book, it is known that the syphon is still with Mr. So and So to
whom it was issued. This method and means entirely dispense with the need
for any other entry of debit or credit for empty syphons, and supersede in
every way the common method employed with books in two divisions viz. where
there is a label for the syphon and a counterfoil corresponding; as, with my
method, the counterfoils C are a complete check on the syphons issued, returned,
and of those still out or for which credit must be allowed.
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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:-
The new or improved method and means primarily intended for checking and

page_text: recording the issue and return of syphon bottles but applicable for use in con-
nection with other articles and purposes substantially as herein set forth and
shown.
VILIS ITU ray
B. BROWNE LIMITED,
Agents for Applicant,
163, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.
The Common Seal of T. B. Browne Limited
was affixed hereto in the presence of
JAMES WANN,
Director,
GEO. W. DOVER,
Secretary.