Improvements in Covers for Sales Books for the use of Drapers and others.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar.,
1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th Oct., 1392--Accepted. 26th .Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Covers for Sales Books for the use of Drapers
and others.
JAMES TOWNSEND, of Little Queen Street, Exeter, Wholesale Stationer, and
FED SMALE CROUCH, of Little Queen Street, Exeter, Stationers' Foreman, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in covers used to hold sales books
for the use of drapers and others in which a duplicate copy or several copies of
the writing is required.
The present improvement consists in a cover with wire attachment thereto on.
the inside to hold a bound writing pad with sheet of carbonic paper secured to the
pad or to hold the ordinary drapers' duplicate billheads (a piece of carbonic paper
with a hollow bound edge being slipped on the wire) so that the user is not obliged
to shift the carbonic paper each time of using.
The cover consists of two boards with a back opening like a book--covered with
leather or other material.
In the centre of the back of cover on the inside there is a piece of raised wire,
the bottom end fixed and the top end loose. At the top end where the wire is
loose is fixed a loop.
Near to the centre of the cover on the inside also is fixed a piece of metal or
other stiff material.
The loose end of the wire at the top of the cover is passed through a space left
at the back of the writing pad between the leaves and cover and the end of the
wire passed under the loop, making it secure. The piece of metal or other stiff*
material is so placed as to prevent the pad from slipping after the wire has been
looped.
The foregoing is applicable to writing pads which have two perforations in each
sheet where the original writing and the copy thereof is taken away from the pad
leaving the third portion in the cover.
The cover can also be used for copying purposes where a single perforation only
is used in the centre of a sale book or pad. The perforated sale book or pad is
placed under the wire in the centre of the cover, a piece of carbonic paper with
a hollow bound edge is slipped on to the wire, then the wire is placed under the
loop, and the operator is enabled to use the sale book or pad without soiling the
fingers.
On the inner left hand side of the cover at the bottom and the two sides are
affixed a piece of cloth, leather, card, or other material which form a receptacle for
carrying an index sheet or any loose sheet which may be required.
Dated this Twenty-fourth day of March 1892.
JAMES TOWNSEND.
FED SMALE CROUCH.

page_text: • COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Covers for Sales Books for the use of Drapers
and others.
JAMES TOWNSEND, of Little Queen Street, Exeter, Wholesale Stationer, and
FED SMALE CROUCH, of Little Queen Street, Exeter, Stationers' Foreman, 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 present improvement consists in a cover with wire attachment thereto on the
inside to hold a bound writing pad with sheet of carbonic paper secured to the pad
or to hold the ordinary drapers' duplicate billheads (a piece of carbonic paper with a
hollow bound edge being slipped on the wire) so that the user is not obliged to
shift the carbonic paper each time of using.
The cover consists of two boards with a back opening like a book-covered with
leather or other material.
In the centre of the back of cover on the inside there is a piece of raised wire,
the bottom end fixed, and the top end loose. At the top end where the wire is
loose is fixed a loop.
Near to the centre of the cover on the inside also is fixed a piece of metal or
other stiff material.
The loose end of the wire at the top of the cover is passed through a space left
at the back of the writing pad between the leaves and the cover, and the end of
the wire passed under the loop, making it secure. The piece of metal or other
stiff material is so placed as to prevent the pad from slipping after the wire has
been looped.
The foregoing is applicable to writing pads which have two perforations in each
sheet where the original writing and the copy thereof is taken away from the pad,
leaving the third portion in the cover.
The cover can also be used for copying purposes where a single perforation only
is used in the centre of a sale book or pad. The perforated sale book or pad is
placed under the wire in the centre of the cover, a piece of carbonic paper with
a hollow bound edge is slipped on to the wire, then the wire is placed under the
loop and the operator is enabled to use the sale book or pad without soiling the
fingers.
On the inner left hand side of the cover at the bottom and the two sides are
affixed a piece of cloth, leather, card, or other material, which form a receptacle
for carrying an index sheet or any loose sheet which may be required.
In order that this invention may be more clearly understood a description of the
drawings is now given.
Fig. 1 is the cover closed.
DESCRIPTION.
:
Fig. 2 is the cover open; showing the wire attachment A A fastened to the
cover at B. There is a loop at C and the wire attachment is removable from the
loop C. D is a piece of metal fixed for keeping the pad in its place. The semi-
circles at E E E of any stout material are for keeping a sheet of paper so that it
can be slipped in and out.
Fig. 3 shows the cover as in Fig. 2 with the addition of a pad of billheads with
two perforations, folded at the outer perforation, fastened at the back (together
with a piece of carbon paper) with stout paper and wired. The back edge of this
is made hollow. The wire A A is released from the loop C and passed through
the hollow space left at the back edge of the pad. the wire being again place
under the loop-the pad is then ready for use. On the left-hand side of the

page_text: cover is shown the printed piece of paper for slipping in and out as described in
Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is the same as Fig. 3 with the billhead thrown open to show the position
of the carbon paper.
Fig. 5 is the cover as at Fig. 2 with the addition of a piece of carbon
paper F F F which
slipped on the wire A by a hollow bound edge at G G.
Fig. 6 shows the cover as in Fig. 5 with the addition of a pad of perforated
billheads, folded at the perforation in the centre and slipped under the wire, the
carbon paper being then in the centre of the pad. This drawing also shows again
on the left-hand side of the cover, the printed piece of paper for slipping in and out
as described in Fig. 2.
Fig. 7 shows the pad of billheads opened for use-the centre billhead is now
folded over the carbon paper, and if the operator makes out his account upon it a
copy is shown on the duplicate-the billhead is torn from the duplicate at the
perforation-then the next one is turned over. The carbon paper being fastened to
the wire, there is no need for the operator to soil the fingers.
Fig. 8 is the piece of wire before being fastened into the cover.
Fig. 9 is the loop before being fastened into the cover.
Figure 10 is the piece of metal which is fastened to the cover inside to keep
the pad of paper or billheads steady.
Having now particularly described and explained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A cover with wire attachment and loop by which a pad of paper or billheads
can be secured and used as described is a novelty and an improvement upon
existing methods.
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2. The piece of metal fastened to the cover to keep the pad of paper or billheads
from slipping is also a novelty.
3. The combination of the cover with the wire attachment, the piece of metal
and the semi-circles for containing the loose sheets is also a novelty.
Dated this 18th day of October 1892.
JAMES TOWNSEND.
FED SMALE CROUCH.