Improvements in Note Books, Pocket Books, Account Books, and other Books, either Plain or Printed.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification.Left, 13th June, 1892-Accepted, 16th July, 1892 .
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Note Books, Pocket Books, Account Books, and
other Books, either Plain or Printed.
I, WILLIAM PENMAN, Director of William Collins, Sons & Co. Ld.,
Publishers, of 4 and 5 Bridewell Place, in the City of London, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in note books, pocket books,
account books and other books either plain or printed..
In order that a book may when it is used always open as it was at the previous
closing I resort to the means which I will now describe. In addition to the
ordinary sewing of the book I pass cords or ribbons through the book at å short
distance from the back say a quarter to half an inch more or less. These cords or
ribbons are preferably of silk or other soft material; their ends are fastened to the
covers of the book. The cords or ribbons are left somewhat loose and they are
arranged to act in the following manner :-When the book is opened, the cords or
ribbons pull through the leaves and the slack comes to the place between the two
pages at which the book is open; and when the book is closed this slack of the
cords or ribbons becomes shut in between the pages and it acts as a marker, for
the book will always open where the slack is. When in the use of the book the
pages are turned the slack of the cords or ribbons draws through; hence the slack
is always at the place where the book is open or has last been opened. One or
more cords or ribbons may be used, four is a suitable number and they may be
arranged two near the top and two near the bottom. Thus an automatic or self
acting registration is effected of the place where the book was last opened..
. Dated this 12th day of September 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Note Books, Pocket Books, Account Books, and
other Books, either "Plain or Printed.
1, WILLIAM PENMAN, Director of William Collins, Sons & Co. Ld.,
Publishers, of 4 and 5 Bridewell Place, in the City of London, 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 has for its object improvements in note books, pocket books,
account books and other books either plain or printed.
In order that a book may when it is used always open as it was at the previous
closing I resort to the means which I will now describe. In addition to the
ordinary sewing of the book. I pass cords or ribbons through the book at a short
distance from the back say a quarter to half an inch more or less. These cords or
ribbons are preferably of silk or other soft material; their ends are fastened to the
covers of the book. The cords or ribbons are left somewhat loose and they are
arranged to act in the following manner :-When the book is opened, the cords or
ribbons pull through the leaves and the slack comes to the place between the two
pages at which the book is open; and when the book is closed this slack of the
cords or ribbons becomes shut in between the pages and it acts as a marker, for
the book will always open where the slack is. When in the use of the book the
pages are turned the slack of the cords or ribbons draws through; hence the slack
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page_text: is always at the place where the book is open or has last been opened. One or
more cords or ribbons may be used, four, is a suitable_number and they may be
arranged two near the top and two near the bottom, Thus an automatic or self
acting registration is effected of the place where the book was last opened.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto.annexed.
is always at the place where the book is open or has last been opened. One or
more cords or ribbons may be used, four, is a suitable number and they may be
arranged two near the top and two near the bottom, Thus an automatic or self
acting registration is effected of the place where the book was last opened.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into 5
effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS..
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book in accordance with my invention;
Figure 2 is an end view of the same.
In Figure 1 the book is seen, fully open and. in. Figure 2-it is partially open.
The book is in all respects an ordinary book sewn in the ordinary manner and in
addition the pages are all similarly perforated at a a and cords or ribbons.b.b are
passed through the perforations. The cords are fast to the covers of the book and
are left sufficiently slack to allow the book to be opened out as is seen in Figure 1
or even wider. As the book closes the slack of the cords or ribbons becomes shut 1
in between the pages at which the book was open; they serve as markers and cause
the book to open again at the same place.
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 :-
A book which, in addition to the sewing for holding the book together, is
provided with one or more cords or ribbons or the like passed through the book
from cover to cover at a short distance from the back, and left somewhat lopse;
the whole so arranged that in opening the book the cords, or ribbons draw through
the leaves and in closing the book the slack of the cords or ribbons becomes shut 2
in between the pages at which the book was open.
Dated this 18th day of May 1892..