Improvements in and relating to Manifold Shipping Books and Tablets, and Carbon-paper Holders therefor.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 6th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1891
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Manifold Shipping Books and
Tablets, and Carbon-paper Holders therefor.
I, PETER JENSEN, of 77, Chancery Lane, in the County of London, England,
Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, which has been communicated to me from abroad by Harold Green
Underwood, of Number 66, Wisconsin Street, in the City and County of
Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, United States of America, Patent Solicitor,
to be as follows:
The invention consists, primarily, in a cover or support for manifold shipping
books, or tablets, consisting of a suitable leaf or plate, provided with a pocket of
less width and length than that of the said leaf or plate, said pocket being designed
for the reception of a tongue secured to the said manifold book or tablet-block, and
in a skeleton-frame carbon-paper holder, formed preferably of wire, and hinged to
said leaf or plate.
The ends of this skeleton-frame are inturned, preferably, and held to the said leaf
or plate in any suitable manner, as by wire hinges, or metallic, leather, or other
loops, and the extreme terminations of these inturned ends may be themselves
turned at an angle to the other part of said ends, (beyond the hingeing-points) to
form stops to prevent the book or tablet-block, when in use, from slipping from
place.
The sheet of carbon paper may be folded around the outer end of the skeleton-
frame, and secured thereto by a clamp or clip made of spring metal, or other
suitable substance.
To use the device the upper leaf of the book or tablet-block is raised, the
skeleton-frame folded down, carrying with it the sheet of carbon paper, which
latter will then lie on top of the second leaf of the book or block, then the first leaf
is restored to place, and when written upon, the writting will also show upon the
second sheet. When a book or tablet-block is wholly used up it can be readily
replaced by another secured to the described tongue, and fresh carbon-paper can be
substituted for that worn out, at any time.
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JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Manifold Shipping Books and
Tablets, and Carbon-paper Holders therefor.
I, PETER JENSEN, a Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents, of 77, Chancery
Lane, in the County of London, England, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, which has been communicated to me from abroad by Harold Green
Underwood, of Number 66, Wisconsin Street, in the City and County of
Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, United States of America, Patent Solicitor,
to be as follows:-
The invention consists, primarily, in a cover or support for manifold shipping
books, or tablets, consisting of a suitable leaf or plate, provided with a pocket of
less width and length than that of the said leaf or plate, said pocket being designed
for the reception of a tongue secured to the said manifold book or tablet-block, and
in a skeleton-frame carbon-paper holder, formed preferably of wire, and hinged to
said leaf or plate and, further, in certain details of construction as hereinafter more
fully set forth, and explained, in connection with the accompanying drawings.
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page_text: the carbon-holder down.
Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same on the line 2-2 of
Figure 1, but showing the carbon-holder raised.
Figures 3 and 4 are detail sectional views on the lines 3-3 and 4-4, respectively,
of Figure 1.
Figure 5 is an end elevation of another form of the device, showing also a book
in place.
In the form of the device shown in Figures 1 and 2, the cover is shown as con-
sisting of two parts A, B, united by a back a, while in the form shown in Figure 5,
the left-hand part B, and back a, of the cover, are dispensed with, leaving merely
the part A of the cover to form a suitable support. In both forms, this cover or
support A is provided with a pocket C for the reception of a tongue secured to the
manifold book or block D in any ordinary manner. This pocket C does not extend
quite to the end or edge of the part A, and to the spaces thus left are hinged the
inturned ends b b of the skeleton-frame carbon-holder E (as by wire hinges or
loops d, over which the leather or other lining, e, may be stretched, or the hinges or
loops may be made wholly of the said lining, as preferred), and the extreme ends
of the carbon-holder E beyond the hingeing points are turned at a right angle,
forming stops c, c, which, when the book or block D is in place, and ready for use
(or for transportation) will project up and serve to prevent the same from slipping
from place; and these stops not only serve to secure the book or block to the cover
or support, as stated, and shown in Figure 5, but serve a further purpose in sup-
porting the carbon-holder in a raised position when a book or block is to be inserted
or removed or a carbon paper adjusted to the holder, as shown in Figure 2.
F represents a sheet of ordinary carbon paper such as is used for manifold books,
and an end of this paper is folded around the outer or upper end (in the position
shown in Figure 2) of the holder E, and fastened thereto by the clamp G, which
latter is made of spring metal, so as to hold the device very closely to the holder.
The use of the device will be obvious from the foregoing description of its con-
struction; but one very useful feature lies in the clamp G, which may be grasped
by the fingers and slid either way on the bar of the carbon-holder to which it is
fastened without removing or touching the carbon-sheet F, and hence the latter
will be shifted slightly whenever it has become worn over the usual place of writing,
and thus a carbon-sheet will last longer with this device and present fresher surfaces
for use than if the same required to be removed when it was partly worn out, besides
obviating the soiling of the fingers in transferring it.
The carbon-holder lies in place solely by gravity, being wholly free from springs
or catches of any description.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A cover or support for manifold books or blocks, consisting of a suitable leaf
provided with a tongue-pocket of less width and length than that of the said leaf,
and a skeleton-frame carbon-holder hinged to said leaf and adapted to be held in
place solely by gravity.
2. The combination of the cover or support A, with the skeleton-frame carbon-
holder E, having inturned ends bb hinged to said cover or support and bent at
their extreme ends beyond the point of hingeing to form stops c c.
3. The combination of the cover or support A and skeleton-frame carbon-holder E,
having ends bb hinged to said cover or upport and right-angled stops c c, with the
carbon-sheet F, and sliding clamp G.

page_text: 4. The combination of the cover A a B, pocket C, book D, skeleton-frame
carbon-holder Ebbc c, carbon-sheet F, and sliding clamp G.
Dated this 6th day of November 1890.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.