IMPROVE- MENTS IN MANIFOLD MEMORANDUM OR SALES BOOKS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, JAMES LANDRIGAN O'CONNOR, of Toronto, in the County of York and Province
of Ontario, Canada, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MANIFOLD MEMORANDUM OR SALES BOOKS," 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 that class of manifold copying books which are
constructed with detachable leaves folded over in the middle to receive a slip of
interposed carbon paper and bound together at one end only leaving the fold of
each leaf ready to open out from the other, the leaves being numbered consecu-
tively in duplicate so that the two folds of each sheet shall bear the same number,
and the sheets perforated across their upper end near the binding and also in
the line of fold to permit the ready detachment of each sheet from the book and
a separation of its two folds or divisions.
The object of this invention is to provide a book of this general description
which shall be neater and more convenient in form than those heretofore in use,
and it consists in securing the detachable folded leaves and the carbon paper
jointly to the top edge of the left-hand leaf of a cover made to open at a right
angle with the length of the leaves and whose opposite leaf is constructed to receive
and secure by a detachable fastening a summary sheet which may be readily
attached thereto in position for the easy entry thereon of a brief of the facts and
data previously entered in duplicate upon the detachable leaves.
In the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved manifold memorandum or
sales book opened;
Figure 2, a top edge view of the same, and
Figure 3, a view in perspective of the summary sheet to be attached to the free
leaf of the cover.
A, represents a cover constructed with stiff leaves, a, a', connected by a flexible
back, b. C, represents the memorandum book constructed of a number of long
sheets of paper which are folded together transversely in the middle and each
perforated in the line of fold and are all fastened together at one end and again
perforated transversely immediately below their line of attachment. To the top
edge of the inner face of the left-hand leaf, a, of the cover is secured a fastening

page_text: device consisting of a strip of elastic metal, D, doubled upon itself at d, (see
Figure 2) and bent up and over at one end to form a catch, e, for the opposite end
when the two folds of the strip are brought parallel with each other (see dotted
lines in Figure 2). The fold carrying the catch, e, is formed or provided with pins
or sharp points, i, i, i, and is rivetted or otherwise fastened securely upon the
inner face of the cover parallel with and close to its upper edge with said pins
projecting outwardly, (see Figure 2).
The book, C, is attached to the cover, A, by slipping its bound end under the
free end of the strip, D, upon the pins, i, i, and then closing this free end of the
strip under the catch, e, which will thereby securely confine the book.
A sheet of carbon transfer paper, K, carbonized on one side only and of a size to
fit within a folded leaf of the book, is also secured in the centre of the book with
its blackened surface next to the inner leaf, by slipping its upper edge under the
strip, D, on top of the end of the book held therein. When the book is closed, the
carbon sheet lies in the middle of its folded leaves. When the book is opened as
shown in Figure 1, the carbon paper lies upon the upper fold or leaf of the top
sheet with its blackened face in contact with said fold.
The free or right-hand leaf, a¹, of the cover is provided along the lower edge of
its inner face, with a transverse strip, P, of leather or metal made fast thereto at
its ends but free in the middle to perinit of the insertion under the same of a sheet
of stiff paper.
The upper edge of its inner face is fitted with catches, G, G,
constructed of coiled, elastic, metallic strips, made fast at one end to the edge of the
book to curve over its inner face and bear down thereon with an elastic pressure
sufficient to hold fast a strip of paper inserted edgewise under them. In some
cases the same form of catches G, G, may be combined with the lower edge of the
cover instead of the transverse strip, F, and in other cases these fastening devices
may be dispensed with altogether on this lower edge.
H, represents the summary sheet to be used with the book, C, and cover, A. It
may consist of a single sheet or leaf of paper to be fastened to the inner face of
the right-hand leaf of the cover by slipping its upper edge under the catches, G, G,
and its lower edge under the strip, F, or other fastening device, if any be provided.
Whilst a single sheet, H, may be used to receive the brief or summary of the
entries on the leaves of the book, it will be found desirable, where the book is
made up of a large number of leaves, to use a folded sheet, H, (see Figure 3). In
such case the sheet, when folded, is secured to the right-hand side of the cover by
the fastenings, G, G, as described, and after its first page has been filled up, it may
be readily reversed for entries upon the opposite, outer page, so that by opening
out the sheet after removing it from the cover, both pages will be brought together
in view for auditing.
In the use of the book and cover for making memoranda of sales, the free leaf of
each folded sheet is printed in such manner as to facilitate the entries; as for
example, in manner as illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings, with the name of
the firm, and with ruled spaces for the name, address, &c., of customers; the
salesman's number or name; the date; the amount of cash received and cost of
articles purchased, and other items, as required.
The summary sheet is also ruled with parallel transverse lines which are
numbered to correspond with the leaves of the book, and in columns in which to
enter appropriately the amount of paid or unpaid sales, or of collections to be
made, these columns being headed with spaces for entry of the sales number; the
department; the date, &c., the same ruling being carried out on the inner folded
leaf as on the outer leaf.
The cover, A, admits of, and is designed for, continuous use with a constant
change of the memorandum books and summary sheets.
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, for use with that class of detachable memorandum books or slips which

page_text: are formed of sheets united at one end and folded transversely at or about the
middle of their length to form duplicate leaves adapted to close upon an interposed
carbon leaf; is
A stiff-backed cover, constructed with a fastening device at the upper end of the
inner face of its left-hand leaf adapted to engage and fasten the upper ends only
of the folded sheets of the book so that the right-hand leaf of the cover shall fold
and close upon the book at a right-angle to its length, and with a fastening device
on the inner face of the right-hand leaf of the cover, to engage and fasten a
summary sheet thereon, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein
set forth.