Improvements in and relating to Blank Books.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1898-Accepted; 9th July, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Blank Books.
We, THOMAS ELLIOTT, Gentleman, residing at Rexburg, Fremont County, Idaho,
GEORGE BAILEY ROGERS, Receiver, residing on Bridge Street, Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho, and LORENZO RICHARDSON THOMAS, Registrar of U.S. Land Office,
residing at the corner of Shilling Avenue and Bridge Street, Blackfoot, Bingham
County, Idaho, all in the United States of America, 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 :-
Our invention has relation to improvements in the construction of blank books,
and more particularly to that class of consecutive entry day and cash-books, and the
like, having a portion of the edges of the leaves perforated and the perforated
portion of each leaf removed as the page is filled, and the object is to provide a simple,
convenient and inexpensive book of this class.
To this end the novelty consists in the construction, combination and arrangement
of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out
in the claims.
In the accompanying drawing the same reference characters indicate like parts in
all the figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of an open blank-book embodying our invention.
Figure 2 is a similar view of the upper edge of the closed book, and
Figure 3 is a section of the same.
1 represents the front cover, and 2 the back cover, and 3 the leaves comprising the
book proper.
The front cover 1 is provided with a semi-circular recess 4, formed in its top edge,
and 5 represents a semi-circular row of aligned perforations in each of the leaves,
which separates a semi-circular portion 6 from the body of the leaves 3, and when
a leaf is filled, the portion 6 is detached.
The closed book is laid on the desk with the back cover 2 uppermost, the front
cover 1 with the recess 4 being contiguous to the desk.
The book may now be opened instantly at the entry by inserting the index or the
second finger of the right hand in the recess 4, so as to grasp the portion 6 of the
first page from which said portion 6 has not been detached.
This operation may be repeated indefinitely, or until the book has been entirely
filled up and all of the perforated portions removed..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim, is:-
1. As an improved article of manufacture, a blank book having a semi-circular
recess 4, formed in the outer edge of, its cover, substantially as shown and
described.
2. As an improved article of manufacture, a blank book comprising the front
cover 1, formed with a recess 4, in combination with a semi-circular series of aligned
perforations 5, substantially as shown and described.

page_text: 3. As an improved article of manufacture, a blank book comprising the solid back
cover 2, the front cover 1, provided with the semi-circular recess 4, and the
leaves 3-3, having the aligned detachable portions 6-6, separated from the body
of the page or leaf by an intervening row of perforations 5, substantially as shown
and described.
May 1898.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents