Improvements in or connected with Railway Guides and other Books of Reference.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 17th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 29th Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Railway Guides and other
Books of Reference.
I, HARRY WALROND GUTHRIE of 76 Prince's Road, Liverpool in the County
of Lancaster, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
In using railway guides and other books of reference, certain pages are, in most
instances, alone or most frequently referred to, and a considerable amount of
annoyance and delay is experienced in searching for the particular page, even if an
index be used.
This is particularly the case with railway guides, as people travel most frequently
between certain particular stations and have therefore occasion to often refer to one
and the same page of the guide.
The object of this invention is to provide a ready means whereby any person may
easily and distinctively mark any one or more particular pages of a railway
guide or other reference book so that such page or pages may be quickly turned to
when required.
For this purpose, I attach to one of the front leaves or other suitable part of the
book, a strip of paper or the like, perforated to form a series of labels and gummed
or provided with other adhesive coating on the back, after the manner of adhesive
postage stamps, and thus adapted to be successively torn away as required.
In perforating the strip, I form a counterfoil carrying the series of labels, and this
counterfoil is attached to the book by means of an adhesive so as to hold the series
of labels and permit of the latter being torn away when required. It will be
understood, however, that the strip of labels may be secured to the book in any
convenient manner such as by staples or fasteners.
The strip of labels aforesaid is preferably formed of paper, coloured or otherwise
distinctively marked, and if desired, all the labels of the one strip may be
differently coloured or marked.
In carrying out the invention, the aforesaid strips may be either attached to the
books, as aforesaid, or be supplied to users loosely, so that the person using same
may himself attach the strips to any desired books.
To use the invention, all that is required, is to detach from the strip which has
been attached to the book, one of the adhesive labels, and after moistening it apply
it to the corner margin or other suitable part of any particular page to which
reference is frequently had, and such page will be thus readily and effectively
distinguished from the other pages of the book. It is immaterial whether the label
project from the edge of the page or not. Other pages may be treated in a similar
manner, differently coloured labels being used for each page when the strip is
provided with differently coloured or marked labels.
Dated this 16th day of W 1905
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Railway Guides and other
Books of Reference.
I, HARRY WALROND GUTHRIE of 76 Prince's Road, Liverpool in the County
of Laccaster, Gentleman, 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 :-
In using railway guides and other books of reference, certain pages are in most
instances, alone or most frequently referred to, and a considerable amount of
annoyance and delay is experienced in searching for the particular page, even if an
index be used.
This is particularly the case with railway guides, as people travel most frequently
between certain particular stations and have therefore occasion to often refer to one
and the same page of the guide.
The object of this invention is to provide a ready means whereby any person may
easily and distinctively mark any one or more particular pages of a railway
guide or other reference book so that such page or pages may be quickly turned to
when required.
For this purpose, I attach to one of the front leaves or other suitable part of the
book, a strip of paper or the like, perforated to form a series of labels and gummed
or provided with other adhesive coating on the back, after the manner of adhesive
postage stamps, and thus adapted to be successively torn away as required.
In perforating the strip, I form a counterfoil carrying the series of labels, and this
counterfoil is attached to the book by means of an adhesive so as to hold the series
of labels and permit of the latter being torn away when required. It will be
understood, however, that the strip of labels may be secured to the book in any
convenient manner such as by staples or fasteners.
The strip of labels aforesaid is preferably formed of paper, coloured or otherwise
distinctively marked, and if desired, all the labels of the one strip may be differently
coloured or marked.
In carrying out the invention, the aforesaid strips may be either attached to the
books, as aforesaid, or be supplied to users loosely, so that the person using same
may himself attach the strips to any desired books.
To use the invention, all that is required, is to detach from the strip which has
been attached to the book, one of the adhesive labels, and after moistening it apply
it to the corner, margin or other suitable part of any particular page to which
reference is frequently had, and such page will be thus readily and effectively
distinguished from the other pages of the book. It is immaterial as regards the
Patent whether the label project from the edge of the page or not but projection
will generally be preferred. Other pages may be treated in a similar manner,
differently coloured labels being used for each page when the strip is provided
with differently coloured or marked labels.
It is obvious too that instead of being differently coloured or marked, the labels
could be differently shaped.
The drawing sets forth a sketch of a railway guide with the labels attached.
It will be seen in this case that there are two rows of labels with a thin selvedge for
attachment to the book. They are each of a different pattern and two are shown
torn off and in use, one projecting from the top of a page and one from the side of
another.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvement in railway guides and other books which consists in

page_text: combining with them a strip or series of labels substantially as and for the purposes
.described.
2. The gummed labels formed in strips with perforations and attachment piece,
the said labels being made different from each other substantially as and for the
purposes described.
Dated the 16th day of December 1895
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.